Archive for the ‘Real Estate Finance’ Category

It all started with delayed or missed payments against the home loan obligation. Those who have been granted a Housing Loan by the Pag-IBIG Fund should be aware that three (3) missed payments on the monthly amortization could lead to foreclosure — a sort of disaster. What would you do if your property is on [...]

This article is a little bit off-topic considering that many of you are coming to this website mainly to know more about the programs of the Pag-IBIG Fund especially the Pag-IBIG Housing Loan. But please bear with us because this article could become a life saver to the other visitors who are not members of [...]

This article is inspired by a letter sent by one of the site visitors who was planning to apply for a Pag-IBIG Housing Loan. He was doubtful whether he qualifies for certain amount of loan which is equivalent to the selling price of the a particular lot-only piece of real estate considering that the amount [...]

Do you have any idea how much is the going rate of the Home Loan Program offered by your favorite bank? As a home buyer, one of the first steps you should take before starting the legwork of searching for your home is to get to know the interest rates currently available in the market. [...]

In Part 1 of this series, you’ve learned that long term home financing could be very expensive in the long run while at the same time it also makes an expensive property look more affordable on a monthly basis. For many, getting a home loan is the only way to ever achieve their dreams of [...]

Some of you may have already thought about, or even calculated, the real cost of getting a mortgage loan to finance your home purchase. If you did, that’s a good sign that you are savvy when it comes to your money. Keep that good habit alive. The calculation is actually very simple and straight-forward. All [...]

In an ideal world, you should never be turned down whenever you apply for a Pag-IBIG Housing Loan. You can simply go to the office of the Pag-IBIG Fund, the staff would be excited to serve you, you smile as you submit all the requirements and wait the next day for the approval. What wonderful [...]

This is the second part on this series of articles about the Pag-IBIG Interest rates, penalties and defaults, as the title clear suggests. In part 1, we mentioned about the going rate of Pag-IBIG Housing Loan. In case you missed it, please click here to read the article. In this article, we’ll touch on the [...]

There’s more to loans than just getting the money and paying for it. If you have been a frequent visitor to this website and you are constantly in the look out for new articles, you should already know that Pag-IBIG Loans (both Housing Loan and Multi-Purpose Loan) come with interests. Borrowing Money Comes With A [...]

Pag-IBIG Fund members can be grouped roughly into two: those based locally in the Philippines, and those based overseas (The Filipino Overseas workers, Filipino Expats, Immigrants and the sea farers) For the first group, sending their payments and contributions to the Pag-IBIG Fund should be easy. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Not every [...]