How to Search for a Property on ManilaOpenHouse

Looking for a condo to rent in BGC, a house and lot to buy in Quezon City, or a warehouse to lease somewhere along C5? You really only need to tell ManilaOpenHouse three things: what kind of property you want, whether you're buying or leasing, and where. Type those in, hit Search, and the right listings show up in seconds. Here's how to get the most out of it.

Aerial view of the Manila skyline on a clear day, a dense mix of high-rise condo towers and older low-rise rooftops stretching toward the bay — Wherever in Metro Manila you're searching, ManilaOpenHouse's location field covers it — from established districts to up-and-coming pockets.

The three-part search, explained

Every search on ManilaOpenHouse.com boils down to three simple choices. Get these right and everything else falls into place.

Property type — House and Lot, Townhouse, Condo, Lot, Commercial, and the other categories you'll find in the dropdown. Pick the one that matches what you actually want to move into or invest in.
For Sale or For Lease — are you buying, or just renting for now? This single toggle quietly filters out a huge chunk of irrelevant listings before you've even typed a location.
Location — type it in or pick it from the suggestions. A city, a specific barangay, even a well-known landmark nearby.

A hand pressing a red pushpin into a printed street map, with several more red pins scattered nearby — The Location field works the same way — pin down a city, a barangay, or a landmark, and the results narrow around it.

Set those three, click Search, and you're looking at listings that actually match what you had in mind — no scrolling through condos when you wanted a warehouse, no lease units cluttering up your buy search.

Running your first search, step by step

If you haven't tried it yet, here's the whole flow:

Go to ManilaOpenHouse.com.
Find the search bar or filter panel on the homepage (it's usually the first thing you see).
Choose your property type from the options available.
Select For Sale or For Lease, depending on what you're after.
Type or select your location.
Hit Search.
Browse the results that come up.

A couple standing indoors discussing a property with an agent, who is holding a dark tablet — Once results come in, it's the same conversation you'd have in person — just faster, and without leaving your couch.

That's it. No account required just to look around, no long form to fill out before you can see a single listing. The search bar does the heavy lifting so you can spend your time actually looking at properties instead of hunting for how to look.

Tips for getting better results

A search is only as good as what you feed it, so here's how to make yours count.

Start broad, then narrow. If you're not sure exactly which barangay you want, search the whole city first. Once you see what's out there and around what price range, narrow it down to a specific barangay or a landmark you know well — near a particular mall, school, or MRT station, for example.
Try both Sale and Lease if you're flexible. Plenty of buyers eventually decide to rent while they save up more, and plenty of renters end up finding a unit for sale that makes more financial sense long term. If you're genuinely open to either, it's worth toggling between the two and comparing what shows up.
Think like the listing, not just like yourself. A property might be tagged under "Commercial" even if you're picturing it as a small retail space, or under "Lot" even if there's already a structure on it waiting to be renovated. If your first search comes up thin, try an adjacent category.

Close-up of two hands typing on a laptop keyboard resting on a small table — A few extra seconds refining your search terms usually saves a lot more time scrolling later.

What to do once you've got results

Getting a list of matching properties is really just the start. Here's how to actually make progress from there:

Open a listing to see the full details — photos, description, and everything else the poster has shared about the property.
Heart the ones you like so you can find them again later without having to redo the same search from scratch.
Use Inquire to reach out directly to whoever posted the listing. That's the fastest way to ask about availability, schedule a viewing, or get details that aren't in the listing itself.

A couple sitting on the floor with a laptop and printed floor plan, comparing layouts — Shortlisting a few favorites side by side — floor plan in hand, listing on screen — makes the final decision much easier.

Think of it like walking through a village of properties with a very specific set of directions — type, transaction, location — and letting that narrow the whole map down to a handful of doors worth knocking on.

Several colorful pushpins of different colors marking different points on a folded travel map — Comparing a few different locations at once? Heart each one as you go so you can weigh them side by side later.

The takeaway: pick your property type, choose sale or lease, add a location, and let ManilaOpenHouse do the sorting for you.

A quick note on searching well

We built the search this way on purpose. Real estate hunting in Metro Manila can already feel like enough of a maze — traffic on EDSA, conflicting listings from different sites, prices that change by the time you follow up. The least we can do is make finding the right property in the first place a little less painful.

A hand holding a smartphone displaying a map app with a route drawn across city streets — Good search results are only half the job — knowing exactly where a listing sits on the map is what turns it into a real option.

Of course, no search bar can tell you everything. Price, unit condition, and exact availability are worth confirming directly with the person who posted the listing — that's exactly what the Inquire button is for.