Table 2. Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions, by Type of Building,
         by Region and Province for the Second Quarter of 2005

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                                          TOTAL             |     SINGLE        |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Province/                            |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|    Value
City/Municipality             Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000) | Number |   (sq.m.)|  (1,000)
                                 (1) |       (2)|        (3)|    (4) |       (5)|       (6) |    (7) |       (8)|      (9)
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Philippines                   19,370   2,375,363  13,828,693  16,499   1,979,579  11,318,894     484      61,591   384,592

National Capital Region        1,992     487,205   3,474,233   1,597     361,516   2,430,387     103      18,831   142,244

First District                   172      30,220     244,516     112      16,304     133,064       6         862     7,406
Second District                  736     204,648   1,243,682     664     180,249   1,085,216      29       5,535    38,140
Third District                   325      49,482     269,905     257      38,529     214,838      30       3,116    16,392
Fourth District                  759     202,855   1,716,130     564     126,434     997,269      38       9,318    80,306

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                       285      40,571      243,931     263      38,803     234,691       4         661     3,039

Abra                             13       2,358       12,341      12       2,178      11,506       1         180       835
Benguet                         251      35,851      219,996     234      34,907     213,882       2         181     1,826
Kalinga                          10       1,735        9,164       7       1,111       6,938       1         300       378
Apayao                           11         627        2,430      10         607       2,365       0           0         0

Region I - Ilocos Region      1,603     164,359      846,372   1,555     153,974     787,014      17       2,576    14,494

Ilocos Norte                    704      55,205      307,722     695      54,023     297,703       3         495     5,296
Ilocos Sur                      188      20,508      109,762     182      19,434     100,970       5         263     1,029
La Union                        231      30,564      162,171     210      25,774     135,346       7       1,453     6,621
Pangasinan                      480      58,082      266,717     468      54,743     252,995       2         365     1,548

Region II - Cagayan Valley      401      39,917      204,626     397      39,238     200,597       0           0         0

Batanes                           1          50          511       1          50         511       0           0         0
Cagayan                         164      16,139       83,133     164      16,139      83,133       0           0         0
Isabela                         176      18,308       91,460     172      17,629      87,431       0           0         0
Nueva Vizcaya                    42       3,623       21,240      42       3,623      21,240       0           0         0
Quirino                          18       1,797        8,282      18       1,797       8,282       0           0         0

Region III - Central Luzon    2,173     247,732    1,414,083   1,688     173,291   1,021,745      39       5,743    28,443

Bataan                          141      16,461      104,836     130      14,290      91,549       2         279       994
Bulacan                         693      78,943      411,001     447      31,626     167,282       9       1,710     6,300
Nueva Ecija                     362      30,328      156,105     350      27,877     141,038       5         468     2,835
Pampanga                        594      74,843      468,404     411      57,816     380,476       7         992     5,099
Tarlac                          223      25,294      134,557     208      23,435     125,759       8         573     3,298
Zambales                         98      18,165      126,608      80      14,549     103,069       8       1,721     9,917
Aurora                           62       3,698       12,572      62       3,698      12,572       0           0         0

Region IVA - Calabarzon       5,300     576,169    3,584,172   3,682     450,575   2,899,570     235      20,990   116,551

Batangas                        705      91,955      515,085     594      73,312     415,340      14       1,479     5,895
Cavite                        1,740     200,819    1,249,638   1,133     151,702     988,916     137      11,559    62,008
Laguna                        1,724     147,966      857,872     914     107,366     683,148      55       3,523    21,822
Quezon                          463      53,567      337,748     444      47,180     269,241       7       1,583     7,457
Rizal                           668      81,862      623,829     597      71,015     542,925      22       2,846    19,369

Region IVB - Mimaropa           256      30,201      163,463     218      23,307     129,359       5         896     3,881

Marinduque                       84       5,949       32,102      80       5,531      28,546       0           0         0
Occidental Mindoro               22       4,274       17,232      19       3,325      13,406       2         490     1,976
Oriental Mindoro                 88      12,935       70,507      59       8,372      47,166       3         406     1,905
Palawan                          59       6,827       42,310      57       5,863      38,929       0           0         0
Romblon                           3         216        1,312       3         216       1,312       0           0         0

Region V - Bicol                614      95,986      436,823     519      87,521     392,412      15       2,218    14,495

Albay                           179      50,962      184,936     179      50,962     184,936       0           0         0
Camarines Norte                  39       3,663       21,135      34       3,166      17,861       4         397     2,474
Camarines Sur                   303      30,986      170,954     217      24,051     137,397       9       1,231     7,006
Catanduanes                      42       4,300       22,188      39       3,717      18,508       1         140     1,115
Masbate                          22       2,664       16,718      22       2,664      16,718       0           0         0
Sorsogon                         29       3,411       20,892      28       2,961      16,992       1         450     3,900

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                                   TOTAL              |       SINGLE        |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
           Province/                  |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|   Value
      City/Municipality        Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)| (1,000)
                                  (1) |       (2)|        (3)|    (4) |       (5)|       (6)|    (7) |       (8)|     (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas     1,001    144,100     852,323      974    139,143     828,530      10      1,962    10,201

Aklan                              24      5,969      32,178       24      5,969      32,178       0          0         0
Antique                            21      2,945      16,849       21      2,945      16,849       0          0         0
Capiz                              88     13,263      65,004       85     12,668      61,621       3        595     3,383
Iloilo                            517     76,615     449,986      506     74,945     441,289       1        434     2,202
Negros Occidental                 336     43,527     278,469      323     40,835     266,756       6        933     4,616
Guimaras                           15      1,781       9,837       15      1,781       9,837       0          0         0

Region VII - Central Visayas    2,144    228,655   1,120,445    2,063    201,686     955,091      33      5,220    35,648

Bohol                             603     48,620     207,213      600     47,397     201,710       1         21        30
Cebu                            1,119    148,488     787,336    1,045    123,116     629,031      30      4,884    34,204
Negros Oriental                   390     28,064     106,040      387     27,823     104,994       1        182       914
Siquijor                           32      3,483      19,856       31      3,350      19,356       1        133       500

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas     310     33,585     169,491      291     30,363     154,795      12      1,428     7,393

Eastern Samar                      44      4,605      30,629       44      4,605      30,629       0          0         0
Leyte                             138     17,646      83,716      130     15,388      74,935       6        891     4,514
Northern Samar                     34      2,924      12,360       32      2,720      11,700       2        204       660
Samar (Western Samar)              29      2,546      14,056       25      2,268      12,318       1        108       722
Southern Leyte                     50      4,671      23,648       47      4,294      20,656       1        120       972
Biliran                            15      1,193       5,082       13      1,088       4,557       2        105       525

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula   132     12,621      72,133      131     12,504      71,583       1        117       550

Zamboanga del Sur                 128     12,233      69,380      127     12,116      68,830       1        117       550
Isabela City                        4        388       2,753        4        388       2,753       0          0         0

Region X - Northern Mindanao      785     83,749     364,308      773     82,099     358,625       5        457     1,484

Bukidnon                          129     17,448      47,224      127     16,973      45,954       0          0         0
Camiguin                           41      4,022      19,294       41      4,022      19,294       0          0         0
Lanao del Norte                   236     25,688     117,758      234     25,364     116,038       1         63       250
Misamis Occidental                140     12,590      56,211      139     12,438      55,611       1        152       600
Misamis Oriental                  239     24,001     123,821      232     23,302     121,728       3        242       634

Region XI - Davao Region        1,533    119,546     598,947    1,527    118,197     591,840       2         44        73

Davao del Norte                   600     32,356     104,196      595     31,326     100,810       2         44        73
Davao del Sur                     708     74,132     451,511      707     73,813     447,790       0          0         0
Davao Oriental                     55      5,990      24,247       55      5,990      24,247       0          0         0
Compostela Valley                 170      7,068      18,993      170      7,068      18,993       0          0         0

Region XII - Soccsksargen         368     22,527      89,274      358     20,687      76,517       3        448     6,096

North Cotabato                     27      1,348       6,075       27      1,348       6,075       0          0         0
South Cotabato                    195     11,497      47,853      187      9,940      36,790       3        448     6,096
Sultan Kudarat                     43      4,544      19,214       41      4,261      17,520       0          0         0
Saranggani                         33      2,030       6,557       33      2,030       6,557       0          0         0
Cotabato City                      70      3,108       9,575       70      3,108       9,575       0          0         0

Region XIII - Caraga              406     37,468     151,504      397     36,027     145,822       0          0         0

Agusan del Norte                  221     18,119      73,700      218     17,875      73,112       0          0         0
Agusan del Sur                     21      1,864       8,835       21      1,864       8,835       0          0         0
Surigao del Norte                 128     13,777      56,886      122     12,580      51,792       0          0         0
Surigao del Sur                    36      3,708      12,083       36      3,708      12,083       0          0         0

Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao                        67     10,972      42,565       66     10,648      40,316       0          0         0

Lanao del Sur                      50     10,495      41,592       49     10,171      39,343       0          0         0
Maguindanao                        17        477         973       17        477         973       0          0         0

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |    RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Province/                            |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|
City/Municipality             Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|    Value
                                (10) |      (11)|      (12)|   (13) |      (14)|       (15)|   (16) |      (17)|     (18)
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Philippines                    1,787     185,156    999,495       5      45,049    510,139      595    103,988    615,573

National Capital Region          281      61,047    394,424       4      43,938    501,786        7      1,873      5,392

First District                    53      13,016    103,955       0           0          0        1         38         91
Second District                   40      13,188     89,674       1       4,654     29,330        2      1,022      1,322
Third District                    37       7,822     38,427       0           0          0        1         15        248
Fourth District                  151      27,021    162,368       3      39,284    472,456        3        798      3,731

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                         13         453      2,834       0           0          0        5        654      3,367

Benguet                           13         453      2,834       0           0          0        2        310      1,454
Kalinga                            0           0          0       0           0          0        2        324      1,848
Apayao                             0           0          0       0           0          0        1         20         65

Region I - Ilocos Region          12       2,904     14,422       0           0          0       19      4,905     30,442

Ilocos Norte                       4         590      4,133       0           0          0        2         97        590
Ilocos Sur                         0           0          0       0           0          0        1        811      7,763
La Union                           1         144      1,228       0           0          0       13      3,193     18,976
Pangasinan                         7       2,170      9,061       0           0          0        3        804      3,113

Region II - Cagayan Valley         4         679      4,029       0           0          0        0          0          0

Isabela                            4         679      4,029       0           0          0        0          0          0

Region III - Central Luzon       211      23,241    106,606       0           0          0      235     45,457    257,289

Bataan                             7       1,817     12,107       0           0          0        2         75        186
Bulacan                           40       6,491     17,428       0           0          0      197     39,116    219,991
Nueva Ecija                        6       1,611      9,777       0           0          0        1        372      2,455
Pampanga                         156      12,799     64,243       0           0          0       20      3,236     18,586
Tarlac                             2         523      3,051       0           0          0        5        763      2,449
Zambales                           0           0          0       0           0          0       10      1,895     13,622

Region IVA - Calabarzon        1,184      67,679    312,473       0           0          0      199     36,925    255,578

Batangas                          14       1,828      7,631       0           0          0       83     15,336     86,219
Cavite                           381      22,717    101,249       0           0          0       89     14,841     97,465
Laguna                           740      35,203    142,636       0           0          0       15      1,874     10,266
Quezon                             6         967      5,890       0           0          0        6      3,837     55,160
Rizal                             43       6,964     55,067       0           0          0        6      1,037      6,468

Region IVB - Mimaropa              3         864      4,161       0           0          0       30      5,134     26,062

Marinduque                         0           0          0       0           0          0        4        418      3,556
Occidental Mindoro                 0           0          0       0           0          0        1        459      1,850
Oriental Mindoro                   2         300      1,180       0           0          0       24      3,857     20,256
Palawan                            1         564      2,981       0           0          0        1        400        400

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Table 2.  (concluded)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |    RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Province/                            |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|
City/Municipality             Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   Value
                                (10) |      (11)|      (12)|   (13) |      (14)|       (15)|   (16) |      (17)|    (18)
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Region V - Bicol                   7       1,289      7,356       1       1,111      8,353       72       3,847   14,207

Camarines Norte                    0           0          0       0           0          0        1         100      800
Camarines Sur                      6       1,098      5,761       1       1,111      8,353       70       3,495   12,437
Catanduanes                        1         191      1,595       0           0          0        1         252      970

Region VI - Western Visayas        8       1,421      6,420       0           0          0        9       1,574    7,172

Iloilo                             3         140        712       0           0          0        7       1,096    5,783
Negros Occidental                  5       1,281      5,708       0           0          0        2        478    1,389

Region VII - Central Visayas      38      18,978    118,178       0           0          0       10       2,771   11,528

Bohol                              2       1,202      5,473       0           0          0        0           0        0
Cebu                              36      17,776    112,705       0           0          0        8       2,712   11,396
Negros Oriental                    0           0          0       0           0          0        2          59      132

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      5       1,515      4,828       0           0          0        2         279    2,475

Leyte                              2       1,367      4,267       0           0          0        0           0        0
Samar (Western Samar)              2          66        351       0           0          0        1         104      665
Southern Leyte                     1          82        210       0           0          0        1         175    1,810

REGION X - Northern Mindano        4         998      3,742       0           0          0        3         195      457

Bukidnon                           1         448      1,198       0           0          0        1          27       72
Lana del Norte                     1         261      1,470       0           0          0        0           0        0
Misamis Oriental                   2         289      1,074       0           0          0        2         168      385

Region XI - Davao Region           4       1,305      7,034       0           0          0        0           0        0

Davao del Norte                    3         986      3,313       0           0          0        0           0        0
Davao del Sur                      1         319      3,721       0           0          0        0           0        0

Region XII - Soccsksargen          7       1,392      6,661       0           0          0        0           0        0

South Cotabato                     5       1,109      4,967       0           0          0        0           0        0
Sultan Kudarat                     2         283      1,694       0           0          0        0           0        0

Region XIII - Caraga               5       1,067      4,078       0           0          0        4         374    1,604

Agusan del Norte                   0           0          0       0           0          0        3         244      588
Surigao del Norte                  5       1,067      4,078       0           0          0        1         130    1,016

Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao                        1         324      2,249       0           0          0        0           0        0

Lanao del Sur                      1         324      2,249       0           0          0        0           0        0

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

Page last updated:  November 14,2005
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