Urbes Orientem: The Rise of Township Development in Pampanga

Pampanga has become one of the strongest province in terms of infrastructure development in the mid-2000s during the term of then President and now Congressman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The province has become a potential powerhouse in growth second to Metro Manila and the first in Central Luzon. The province of Pampanga is in the “W” growth corridor of northern Philippines in which Clark Freeport Zone’s growth, development and expansion has a become a game changer. It produces spillovers to nearby towns producing local jobs, local and international businesses and investments from foreign companies expanding in the country from export processing, business process outsourcing and commercial leasing of spaces either inside this former U.S. military base as well.

What's Up: Pampanga in the Forefront of Growth in Central Luzon and Beyond

For the few decades, Pampanga is now in the crossroads of progress and development. Surviving from different calamities and conflicts in the past decades or even into three centuries of post-European and American colonialism. It has become destination for tourism and businesses with its skilled manpower from Business Process Outsourcing Companies (BPOCs) to manufacturing in textiles, furnitures, electronic even microchips.

Caveat Emptor: Is Your Real Estate Professional a Licensed / Accredited Practitioner?

Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)

Have you transacted your real estate properties to an agent or a broker?

Recently, there is uproar and slur from a Facebook group licensed real estate professionals and unlicensed real estate agents who are pitted against each other from the practicing real estate particularly focus on the Republic Act 9646:  Philippine Real Estate Service Act of 2009. It has been a debacle for more than a decade now on what is happening into the real estate industry which have seen numerous upheavals with these two group because of lack of regulatory agency to monitor, lack of law enforcement by assigned agencies and lack of internal policing of professional real estate groups of their members against malpractice and violation of Republic Act 9649 also known as Real Estate Service Act of 2009.