Table 2. Number of New Residential Building Constructions Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
         by Type of Building, by Region and Province:  Second Quarter, 2003
         (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

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                                                   TOTAL            |       SINGLE        |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Region and Province                  |    Floor |          |        |    Floor |          |        |  Floor |
                              Number |     Area |    Value | Number |     Area |    Value | Number |   Area |   Value
                                 (1) |      (2) |      (3) |    (4) |      (5) |      (6) |    (7) |    (8) |     (9)
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Philippines                   16,956  2,130,013 10,550,673   14,461  1,593,020  8,052,777      548   60,911   317,535

National Capital Region        1,738    636,002  3,733,770    1,486    352,891  2,270,497       99   20,949   122,752

Manila, First District           152     28,002    199,616      122     21,108    151,719        4      540     5,221
Second District                  716    397,587  1,905,653      632    178,423  1,064,618       38   10,081    54,028
Third District                   202     40,406    192,521      160     30,487    150,975       19    2,791    11,591
Fourth District                  668    170,007  1,435,980      572    122,873    903,185       38    7,537    51,912

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                         164     27,001    160,791      135     20,431    118,904        6      878     4,731

Abra                               8      1,092      3,371        7        972      3,091        1      120       280
Benguet                          146     24,668    151,372      121     18,782    112,552        5      758     4,451
Ifugao                             3        232      1,168        3        232      1,168        -        -         -
Kalinga-Apayao                     6        820      4,170        3        256      1,383        -        -         -
Mountain Province                  1        189        710        1        189        710        -        -         -

Region I - Ilocos              1,324    135,004    646,521    1,255    124,713    586,772       22    3,868    25,966

Ilocos Norte                     263     24,639    113,801      260     24,291    112,878        1      160       567
Ilocos Sur                       233     17,520     69,973      231     17,230     69,467        1       90       206
La Union                         229     24,861    127,056      177     17,028     78,073       12    2,350    18,548
Pangasinan                       599     67,984    335,691      587     66,164    326,354        8    1,268     6,645

Region II - Cagayan Valley       422     48,180    193,706      410     46,844    184,089        7      458     3,854

Batanes                            2        338      2,228        2        338      2,228        -        -         -
Cagayan                          226     27,076    101,764      226     27,076    101,764        -        -         -
Isabela                          130     14,137     63,866      119     12,821     54,399        6      438     3,704
Nueva Vizcaya                     21      1,075      4,871       20      1,055      4,721        1       20       150
Quirino                           43      5,554     20,977       43      5,554     20,977        -        -         -

Region III - Central Luzon     1,545    169,758    862,900    1,182    124,843    621,776       19    2,338    11,019

Bataan                           174     17,507     86,632      162     15,223     77,226        4      425     2,255
Bulacan                          623     52,893    267,176      448     29,554    148,224        5      433     2,410
Nueva Ecija                      173     21,667    104,880      155     18,001     77,911        -        -         -
Pampanga                         382     52,994    279,025      236     38,852    201,929        8    1,275     5,167
Tarlac                           139     15,265     70,979      130     14,325     65,837        2      205     1,187
Zambales                          54      9,432     54,208       51      8,888     50,649        -        -         -

Region IV - Southern Tagalog   4,763    489,642  2,357,919    3,392    341,748  1,861,752      286   21,164   101,044

Batangas                         473     55,269    292,200      443     49,663    260,740       12    1,294     8,183
Cavite                           986    120,526    709,297      752     99,937    604,459       45    4,016    20,752
Laguna                         2,351    204,881    782,304    1,330    105,253    504,864      200   12,042    50,734
Marinduque                        69      6,518     26,560       66      6,098     25,003        3      420     1,557
Occidental Mindoro                 6        562      2,263        6        562      2,263        -        -         -
Oriental Mindoro                  72      9,329     44,051       68      8,628     41,015        -        -         -
Palawan                          104     11,134     51,858      100     10,774     49,694        2      217     1,052
Quezon                           188     15,784     79,255      168     13,851     69,462        3      152       695
Rizal                            490     63,152    359,362      435     44,495    293,483       21    3,023    18,071
Romblon                            7        676      5,122        7        676      5,122        -        -         -
Aurora                            17      1,811      5,647       17      1,811      5,647        -        -         -

Region V - Bicol                 749     71,459    292,296      530     58,806    257,322        4      829     3,212

Albay                            136     25,170     90,849      134     24,564     88,490        1      216       997
Camarines Norte                   37      3,084     13,798       36      2,814     12,169        -        -         -
Camarines Sur                    441     31,506    134,080      225     19,729    103,094        3      613     2,215
Catanduanes                       72      5,428     22,960       72      5,428     22,960        -        -         -
Masbate                           23      2,271     10,521       23      2,271     10,521        -        -         -
Sorsogon                          40      4,000     20,088       40      4,000     20,088        -        -         -

Region VI - Western Visayas      870    123,281    646,440      850    119,744    626,080       12    1,576     6,848

Aklan                             35      6,968     38,214       32      6,116     33,741        -        -         -
Antique                           27      3,974     22,587       27      3,974     22,587        -        -         -
Capiz                             79      9,847     36,192       74      9,028     33,053        5      819     3,139
Iloilo                           386     59,030    304,190      383     58,746    303,304        2      209       797
Negros Occidental                317     40,222    228,444      308     38,640    216,582        5      548     2,912
Guimaras                          26      3,240     16,813       26      3,240     16,813        -        -         -

Region VII - Central Visayas   2,117    172,347    672,902    2,068    160,566    619,454       24    4,405    16,534

Bohol                            643     38,004    129,802      641     37,842    129,066        1       95       636
Cebu                           1,101    106,691    456,974    1,058     95,383    406,067       19    3,999    14,093
Negros Oriental                  348     25,312     74,189      347     25,266     73,984        1       46       205
Siquijor                          25      2,340     11,937       22      2,075     10,337        3      265     1,600

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas    399     40,370    167,230      333     36,257    149,781       60    2,692    11,491

Eastern Samar                     38      4,748     21,146       37      4,606     20,646        1      142       500
Leyte                            226     24,258    102,739      168     21,389     89,574       55    2,175     9,684
Northern Samar                    13        801      2,964       13        801      2,964        -        -         -
Samar                             24      3,735     13,501       22      3,248     11,744        -        -         -
Southern Leyte                    79      5,157     19,881       76      4,756     18,572        2      161       589
Biliran                           19      1,671      6,999       17      1,457      6,281        2      214       718

Region IX - Western Mindanao     240     28,040    142,556      228     23,567    107,204        3      480     2,250

Basilan                            2        326        787        2        326        787        -        -         -
Zamboanga del Norte               46      5,025     22,249       46      5,025     22,249        -        -         -
Zamboanga del Sur                192     22,689    119,520      180     18,216     84,168        3      480     2,250

Region X - Northern Mindanao     359     34,996    116,559      356     34,669    115,422        1      190       447

Bukidnon                         127     15,502     43,702      127     15,502     43,702        -        -         -
Camiguin                          32      3,110     16,626       32      3,110     16,626        -        -         -
Misamis Occidental               161     13,771     46,637      159     13,484     45,546        1      190       447
Misamis Oriental                  39      2,613      9,594       38      2,573      9,548        -        -         -

Region XI - Southern Mindanao  1,506     93,618    342,422    1,491     90,114    328,456        3      829     6,761

Davao                            607     28,408     75,144      603     27,814     74,073        1      191       580
Davao del Sur                    546     43,596    199,924      541     42,328    189,442        1      561     5,999
Davao Oriental                    47      3,346     10,171       47      3,346     10,171        -        -         -
South Cotabato                   287     16,225     48,177      281     14,583     45,764        1       77       182
Sarangani                         19      2,043      9,006       19      2,043      9,006        -        -         -

Region XII - Central Mindanao    303     23,696     86,868      298     22,647     83,729        1      140       275

Lanao del Norte                  227     17,204     57,886      223     16,295     55,022        -        -         -
Cotabato                          57      4,742     21,311       56      4,602     21,036        1      140       275
Sultan Kudarat                    19      1,750      7,671       19      1,750      7,671        -        -         -

Region XIII - Caraga             354     31,207    110,891      347     30,396    107,609        1      115       351

Agusan del Norte                 125     13,339     44,500      123     12,964     42,351        -        -         -
Agusan del Sur                     7        488      1,507        7        488      1,507        -        -         -
Surigao del Norte                191     14,695     56,341      189     14,669     56,303        -        -         -
Surigao del Sur                   31      2,685      8,543       28      2,275      7,448        1      115       351

Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                       103      5,412     16,902      100      4,784     13,930        -        -         -

Maguindanao                      103      5,412     16,902      100      4,784     13,930        -        -         -

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Table 2.  (concluded)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |   RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Region and Province                  |    Floor |          |        |    Floor |          |        |  Floor |
                              Number |     Area |    Value | Number |     Area |    Value | Number |   Area |   Value
                                (10) |     (11) |     (12) |   (13) |     (14) |     (15) |   (16) |   (17) |    (18)
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Philippines                    1,428    413,368  1,862,771        3      1,355      7,871      516   61,359   309,719

National Capital Region          153    262,162  1,340,521        -          -          -        -        -         -

Manila, First District            26      6,354     42,676        -          -          -        -        -         -
Second District                   46    209,083    787,007        -          -          -        -        -         -
Third District                    23      7,128     29,955        -          -          -        -        -         -
Fourth District                   58     39,597    480,883        -          -          -        -        -         -

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           2        902      4,074        -          -          -       21    4,790    33,082

Benguet                            2        902      4,074        -          -          -       18    4,226    30,295
Kalinga Apayao                     -          -          -        -          -          -        3      564     2,787

Region I - Ilocos                  4        688      3,040        -          -          -       43    5,735    30,743

Ilocos Norte                       1        108        215        -          -          -        1       80       141
Ilocos Sur                         -          -          -        -          -          -        1      200       300
La Union                           1        220      1,093        -          -          -       39    5,263    29,342
Pangasinan                         2        360      1,732        -          -          -        2      192       960

Region II - Cagayan Valley         5        878      5,763        -          -          -        -        -         -

Isabela                            5        878      5,763        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region III - Central Luzon       139     14,906     84,931        1      1,168      7,558      204   26,503   137,616

Bataan                             8      1,859      7,151        -          -          -        -        -         -
Bulacan                           38      3,802     18,603        -          -          -      132   19,104    97,939
Nueva Ecija                        8      2,396     21,212        -          -          -       10    1,270     5,757
Pampanga                          81      6,127     33,748        1      1,168      7,558       56    5,572    30,623
Tarlac                             3        520      2,981        -          -          -        4      215       974
Zambales                           1        202      1,236        -          -          -        2      342     2,323

Region IV - Southern Tagalog     977    111,395    311,996        1        112        224      107   15,223    82,903

Batangas                           3        290      1,199        -          -          -       15    4,022    22,078
Cavite                           149     10,370     49,017        -          -          -       40    6,203    35,069
Laguna                           780     84,274    210,191        -          -          -       41    3,312    16,515
Oriental Mindoro                   -          -          -        -          -          -        4      701     3,036
Palawan                            -          -          -        -          -          -        2      143     1,112
Quezon                            13      1,148      5,688        1        112        224        3      521     3,186
Rizal                             32     15,313     45,901        -          -          -        2      321     1,907

Region V - Bicol                  90      5,091     14,238        -          -          -      125    6,733    17,524

Albay                              1        390      1,362        -          -          -        -        -         -
Camarines Norte                    1        270      1,629        -          -          -        -        -         -
Camarines Sur                     88      4,431     11,247        -          -          -      125    6,733    17,524

Region VI - Western Visayas        4      1,496     11,657        1         75         89        3      390     1,766

Aklan                              2        572      3,015        -          -          -        1      280     1,458
Iloilo                             -          -          -        1         75         89        -        -         -
Negros Occidental                  2        924      8,642        -          -          -        2      110       308

Region VII - Central Visayas      24      7,154     35,614        -          -          -        1      222     1,300

Bohol                              1         67        100        -          -          -        -        -         -
Cebu                              23      7,087     35,514        -          -          -        1      222     1,300

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      6      1,421      5,958        -          -          -        -        -         -

Leyte                              3        694      3,481        -          -          -        -        -         -
Samar (Western Samar)              2        487      1,757        -          -          -        -        -         -
Southern Leyte                     1        240        720        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region IX - Western Mindanao       9      3,993     33,102        -          -          -        -        -         -

Zamboanga Del Sur                  9      3,993     33,102        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region X - Northern Mindanao       -          -          -        -          -          -        2      137       690

Misamis Occidental                 -          -          -        -          -          -        1       97       644
Misamis Oriental                   -          -          -        -          -          -        1       40        46

Region XI - Southern Mindanao      8      1,745      6,041        -          -          -        4      930     1,164

Davao Del Norte                    2        373        429        -          -          -        1       30        62
Davao Del Sur                      3        687      4,453        -          -          -        1       20        30
South Cotabato                     3        685      1,159        -          -          -        2      880     1,072

Region XII - Central Mindanao      4        909      2,864        -          -          -        -        -         -

Lanao Del Norte                    4        909      2,864        -          -          -        -        -         -

Region XIII - Caraga               -          -          -        -          -          -        6      696     2,931

Agusan Del Norte                   -          -          -        -          -          -        2      375     2,149
Surigao Del Norte                  -          -          -        -          -          -        2       26        38
Surigao Del Sur                    -          -          -        -          -          -        2      295       744

Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                         3        628      2,972        -          -          -        -        -         -

Maguindanao                        3        628      2,972        -          -          -        -        -         -

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:   November 13, 2003
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