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, 2004

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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                    19,786  2,335,587  13,293,847   16,687  1,837,271  9,953,747      512   61,523   353,627

National Capital Region         1,829    584,243   4,317,901    1,532    322,358  2,153,339       79   15,810   101,409

Manila, First District            180     34,462     292,142      121     17,471    141,373        6    1,049     9,000
Second District                   847    351,561   2,457,964      739    178,265  1,103,389       29    6,161    37,282
Third District                    181     27,581     170,822      156     22,758    146,954        8    1,328     5,753
Fourth District                   621    170,639   1,396,973      516    103,864    761,623       36    7,272    49,374

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                          235     39,801     203,618      174     23,359    113,144        9    1,482     8,765

Abra                               14      1,635       5,898       13      1,530      5,558        0        0         0
Benguet                           199     36,103     188,276      143     20,428    100,424        8    1,330     8,465
Ifugao                              5        504       1,948        4        352      1,648        1      152       300
Kalinga                             9      1,084       5,399        6        574      3,417        0        0         0
Apayao                              8        475       2,097        8        475      2,097        0        0         0

Region I - Ilocos               1,737    170,757     800,682    1,674    157,245    720,490       17    2,586    17,894

Ilocos Norte                      484     46,932     226,287      476     45,633    218,484        5      768     5,156
Ilocos Sur                        221     20,513      90,612      217     17,877     77,665        1      100       838
La Union                          235     27,868     138,860      205     21,805     98,087        3      612     5,378
Pangasinan                        797     75,444     344,923      776     71,930    326,254        8    1,106     6,522

Region II - Cagayan Valley        653     51,393     218,580      651     51,036    217,166        0        0         0

Batanes                             5        347       3,093        5        347      3,093        0        0         0
Cagayan                           450     27,991     112,744      450     27,991    112,744        0        0         0
Isabela                           142     14,830      65,582      140     14,473     64,168        0        0         0
Nueva Vizcaya                      15      1,525       8,558       15      1,525      8,558        0        0         0
Quirino                            41      6,700      28,603       41      6,700     28,603        0        0         0

Region III - Central Luzon      2,071    205,702   1,077,647    1,450    144,088    755,397       43    4,388    23,766

Bataan                            203     20,966     118,014      196     19,444    109,488        4    1,165     6,608
Bulacan                           836     67,382     335,108      580     38,206    199,481       25    1,551     5,124
Nueva Ecija                       171     20,394      96,708      165     19,312     90,637        1      112       500
Pampanga                          662     72,034     406,850      329     45,925    253,228       12    1,488    11,309
Tarlac                            173     21,940     109,557      157     18,574     93,406        0        0         0
Zambales                            6        850       3,789        5        778      3,564        1       72       225
Aurora                             20      2,136       7,621       18      1,849      5,593        0        0         0

Region IVA - Calabarzon         5,052    476,318   2,874,585    3,238    375,750  2,412,147      254   20,407   122,892

Batangas                        1,258    144,458     853,491    1,142    125,726    746,040       32    3,666    23,102
Cavite                          1,250    121,925     760,774      738     97,340    650,669      131    8,449    42,870
Laguna                          1,646    104,510     542,965      570     62,429    384,320       49    2,875    17,490
Quezon                            234     21,670     134,090      209     19,670    124,066        7      626     4,154
Rizal                             664     83,755     583,265      579     70,585    507,052       35    4,791    35,276

Region IVB - Mimaropa             267     29,782     145,746      248     27,585    132,820        5      590     2,761

Marinduque                         82      7,481      35,779       76      6,541     30,876        3      434     1,792
Occidental Mindoro                 23      2,366       9,527       23      2,366      9,527        0        0         0
Oriental Mindoro                   68     10,605      55,926       56      9,468     48,792        1       36        80
Palawan                            67      6,865      36,760       66      6,745     35,871        1      120       889
Romblon                            27      2,465       7,754       27      2,465      7,754        0        0         0

Region V - Bicol                  350     50,259     235,842      303     45,524    215,411        6      812     5,518

Albay                              84     22,614      82,180       84     22,614     82,180        0        0         0
Camarines Norte                    25      2,362      11,888       21      2,053      9,918        0        0         0
Camarines Sur                     149     15,044      85,537      109     11,126     70,065        5      620     4,038
Catanduanes                        36      2,823      15,440       35      2,631     13,960        1      192     1,480
Masbate                            23      3,631      18,271       22      3,510     17,859        0        0         0
Sorsogon                           33      3,785      22,526       32      3,590     21,429        0        0         0

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Table 2.  (continued)

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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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Region VI - Western Visayas     1,301    167,593    992,262    1,283    163,897    969,555       16    2,958    15,361

Aklan                              31      6,393     34,003       30      6,335     33,753        1       58       250
Antique                            10      1,423      9,974        9      1,253      8,485        1      170     1,489
Capiz                              74      9,500     40,888       71      8,396     34,193        3    1,104     6,695
Iloilo                            752    104,251    645,768      751    104,198    645,501        1       53       267
Negros Occidental                 409     44,061    254,326      397     41,750    240,320       10    1,573     6,660
Guimaras                           25      1,965      7,303       25      1,965      7,303        0        0         0

Region VII - Central Visayas    1,989    172,197    745,372    1,922    160,807    683,347       42    6,345    32,780

Bohol                             646     46,965    187,410      642     46,118    181,819        2      115     1,131
Cebu                              997    100,748    476,820      936     90,403    420,996       40    6,230    31,649
Negros Oriental                   323     21,480     63,329      321     21,282     62,719        0        0         0
Siquijor                           23      3,004     17,813       23      3,004     17,813        0        0         0

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas     334     42,377    205,410      321     38,664    191,367        8    1,799     6,353

Eastern Samar                      25      3,406     20,367       25      3,406     20,367        0        0         0
Leyte                             149     21,973     97,509      145     20,171     90,199        0        0         0
Northern Samar                     37      3,585     19,679       36      3,448     19,332        1      137       347
Samar (Western Samar)              22      2,452     11,956       19      2,126     10,388        3      326     1,568
Southern Leyte                     76      7,419     41,741       73      7,151     40,251        2      156     1,110
Biliran                            25      3,542     14,158       23      2,362     10,830        2    1,180     3,328

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula   608     50,120    198,914      594     48,230    188,947        5    1,296     7,000

Zamboanga del Norte               503     38,931    143,107      491     37,897    136,140        4      784     6,000
Zamboanga del Sur                 104     11,124     55,486      102     10,268     52,486        1      512     1,000
Isabela City                        1         65        321        1         65        321        0        0         0

Region X - Northern Mindanao      900     76,137    294,585      876     73,731    287,486       17      984     2,433

Bukidnon                          151     15,072     42,630      148     14,776     42,013        1      124       334
Camiguin                           27      2,882     15,099       27      2,882     15,099        0        0         0
Lanao del Norte                   314     23,708     79,473      311     22,844     75,834        0        0         0
Misamis Occidental                112      9,326     39,269      111      9,186     38,790        1      140       479
Misamis Oriental                  296     25,149    118,114      279     24,043    115,750       15      720     1,620

Region XI - Davao               1,686    147,456    690,029    1,676    145,985    682,704        2      154       413

Davao del Norte                   433     23,134     73,410      428     22,480     70,282        2      154       413
Davao del Sur                     989    110,607    579,581      985    109,884    575,695        0        0         0
Davao Oriental                     38      2,743      8,381       38      2,743      8,381        0        0         0
Compostela Valley                 226     10,972     28,657      225     10,878     28,346        0        0         0

Region XII - Soccsksargen         516     43,232    195,958      496     32,096    138,768        3      987     2,892

North Cotabato                     56      2,995     16,349       56      2,995     16,349        0        0         0
South Cotabato                    318     29,037    134,084      303     19,297     81,080        1       99       574
Sultan Kudarat                     47      4,507     17,950       45      3,619     15,632        2      888     2,318
Saranggani                         14      1,815      6,396       12      1,707      5,938        0        0         0
Cotabato City                      81      4,878     21,179       80      4,478     19,769        0        0         0

Region XIII - Caraga              258     28,220     96,716      249     26,916     91,659        6      925     3,390

Agusan del Sur                     33      2,657      9,517       33      2,657      9,517        0        0         0
Surigao del Norte                 189     21,428     70,282      183     20,503     66,892        6      925     3,390
Surigao del Sur                    36      4,135     16,917       33      3,756     15,250        0        0         0

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Table 2.  (continued)

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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                    1,977    198,627    998,857        8    156,841  1,551,443      602   81,325   436,173

National Capital Region          208     90,142    518,311        7    155,762  1,544,598        3      171       244

Manila, First District            50     11,428     97,951        3      4,514     43,818        0        0         0
Second District                   77     56,166    273,141        2    110,969  1,044,152        0        0         0
Third District                    14      3,324     17,871        0          0          0        3      171       244
Fourth District                   67     19,224    129,348        2     40,279    456,628        0        0         0

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           9      2,005     13,530        1      1,079      6,845       42   11,876    61,334

Abra                               0          0          0        0          0          0        1      105       340
Benguet                            9      2,005     13,530        1      1,079      6,845       38   11,261    59,012
Kalinga                            0          0          0        0          0          0        3      510     1,982

Region I - Ilocos                 13      4,087     22,447        0          0          0       33    6,839    39,851

Ilocos Norte                       2        446      2,477        0          0          0        1       85       170
Ilocos Sur                         2      2,247     11,209        0          0          0        1      289       900
La Union                           3        790      3,735        0          0          0       24    4,661    31,660
Pangasinan                         6        604      5,026        0          0          0        7    1,804     7,121

Region II - Cagayan                2        357      1,414        0          0          0        0        0         0

Isabela                            2        357      1,414        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region III - Central Luzon       289     20,760    110,973        0          0          0      289   36,466   187,511

Bataan                             3        357      1,918        0          0          0        0        0         0
Bulacan                           14      1,951      6,988        0          0          0      217   25,674   123,515
Nueva Ecija                        4        890      5,331        0          0          0        1       80       240
Pampanga                         257     15,657     88,919        0          0          0       64    8,964    53,394
Tarlac                             9      1,618      5,789        0          0          0        7    1,748    10,362
Aurora                             2        287      2,028        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region IVA - Calabarzon        1,363     59,598    226,229        0          0          0      197   20,563   113,317

Batangas                          16      2,318     13,004        0          0          0       68   12,748    71,345
Cavite                           281     11,696     46,166        0          0          0      100    4,440    21,069
Laguna                         1,020     38,269    134,630        0          0          0        7      937     6,525
Quezon                            16      1,334      5,774        0          0          0        2       40        96
Rizal                             30      5,981     26,655        0          0          0       20    2,398    14,282

Region IVB - Mimaropa              0          0          0        0          0          0       14    1,607    10,165

Marinduque                         0          0          0        0          0          0        3      506     3,111
Oriental Mindoro                   0          0          0        0          0          0       11    1,101     7,054

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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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Region V - Bicol                  33      2,653      7,841        0          0          0        8    1,270     7,072

Camarines Norte                    1        214      1,606        0          0          0        3       95       364
Camarines Sur                     32      2,439      6,235        0          0          0        3      859     5,199
Masbate                            0          0          0        0          0          0        1      121       412
sorsogon                           0          0          0        0          0          0        1      195     1,097

Region VI - Western Visayas        1        306      1,756        0          0          0        1      432     5,590

Negros Occidental                  1        306      1,756        0          0          0        1      432     5,590

Region VII - Central Visayas      23      4,929     28,895        0          0          0        2      116       350

Bohol                              2        732      4,460        0          0          0        0        0         0
Cebu                              20      4,041     24,000        0          0          0        1       74       175
Negros Oriental                    1        156        435        0          0          0        1       42       175

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      5      1,914      7,690        0          0          0        0        0         0

Leyte                              4      1,802      7,310        0          0          0        0        0         0
Southern Leyte                     1        112        380        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula    9        594      2,967        0          0          0        0        0         0

Zamboanga del Norte                8        250        967        0          0          0        0        0         0
Zamboanga del Sur                  1        344      2,000        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region X - Northern Mindanao       7      1,422      4,666        0          0          0        0        0         0

Bukidnon                           2        172        283        0          0          0        0        0         0
Lanao del Norte                    3        864      3,639        0          0          0        0        0         0
Misamis Oriental                   2        386        744        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region XI - Davao                  5        772      3,512        0          0          0        3      545     3,400

Davao del Norte                    3        500      2,715        0          0          0        0        0         0
Davao del Sur                      1        178        486        0          0          0        3      545     3,400
Compostela Valley                  1         94        311        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region XII - Soccsksargen         10      9,088     48,626        0          0          0        7    1,061     5,672

South Cotabato                     9      8,688     47,216        0          0          0        5      953     5,214
Saranggani                         0          0          0        0          0          0        2      108       458
Cotabato City                      1        400      1,410        0          0          0        0        0         0

Region XIII - Caraga               0          0          0        0          0          0        3      379     1,667

Surigao del Sur                    0          0          0        0          0          0        3      379     1,667

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

Page last updated:  October 20, 2004
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