Table 2. Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions, by Type of Building,
         by Region and Province for the Third Quarter of 2006

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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                   13,121   1,747,982  12,168,209  11,302   1,324,881  8,417,204      367      53,201   354,955

National Capital Region        1,617     550,478   4,939,318   1,254     275,028  2,044,612       80      18,191   119,817

First District                   108      22,902     167,458      92      19,798    144,393        2         406     3,106
Second District                  685     280,026   2,050,965     553     135,128    935,942       34       7,106    32,270
Third District                   281      33,453     207,800     171      26,115    164,000        9       1,180     8,168
Fourth District                  543     214,097   2,513,095     438      93,987    800,277       35       9,499    76,273

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                         130      23,667     140,732     123      21,177    130,335        4       1,754     7,176

Abra                               2         225       1,322       2         225      1,322        0           0         0
Benguet                          124      22,988     136,754     117      20,498    126,357        4       1,754     7,176
Ifugao                             1         104         496       1         104        496        0           0         0
Kalinga                            3         350       2,160       3         350      2,160        0           0         0

Region I - Ilocos Region       1,001     110,839     666,253     961     102,872    618,416       16       2,201    12,756

Ilocos Norte                     318      32,829     228,595     310      30,937    216,177        2         433     3,513
Ilocos Sur                       165      17,383      97,300     161      16,102     89,629        2         269     1,818
La Union                         136      16,602     111,766     132      15,501    104,391        2         146       791
Pangasinan                       382      44,025     228,592     358      40,332    208,219       10       1,353     6,634

Region II - Cagayan Valley       357      31,998     154,083     334      30,755    146,423        0           0         0

Batanes                            1         110         802       1         110        802        0           0         0
Cagayan                          164      15,071      67,708     164      15,071     67,708        0           0         0
Isabela                          167      14,079      69,588     145      13,026     64,380        0           0         0
Nueva Vizcaya                      8       1,455       9,927       7       1,265      7,475        0           0         0
Quirino                           17       1,283       6,058      17       1,283      6,058        0           0         0

Region III - Central Luzon     1,559     172,769   1,035,333   1,052     144,341    884,186       15       2,149    13,602

Bataan                            74      14,265      81,268      72      13,668     76,228        0           0         0
Bulacan                          713      47,498     258,002     254      26,547    160,146        8         656     2,979
Nueva Ecija                      138      20,038     134,758     124      17,353    118,289        0           0         0
Pampanga                         455      61,878     383,170     430      59,868    368,754        3         279     1,629
Tarlac                            85      13,300      76,161      84      13,273     76,052        0           0         0
Zambales                          63      13,244      88,678      57      11,086     71,421        4       1,214     8,994
Aurora                            31       2,546      13,296      31       2,546     13,296        0           0         0

Region IVA - Calabarzon        3,384     332,274   2,395,664   2,685     261,566  1,951,297      186      17,287   133,475

Batangas                         464      53,374     308,420     420      46,006    272,145        9         877     6,789
Cavite                         1,083      93,028     921,241     678      73,170    729,983      145      12,074    96,869
Laguna                           973      89,876     479,090     825      62,089    375,716       17       2,372    16,091
Quezon                           334      33,521     247,088     314      31,854    237,933        2         130       400
Rizal                            530      62,475     439,825     448      48,447    335,520       13       1,834    13,326

Region IVB - Mimaropa            109      14,709      97,909     101      13,406     88,387        1          36       135

Marinduque                         8         892       5,290       8         892      5,290        0           0         0
Occidental Mindoro                 6       1,100       9,846       3         329      2,635        0           0         0
Oriental Mindoro                  22       3,822      17,337      20       3,537     16,220        0           0         0
Palawan                           47       6,392      53,490      45       6,182     52,455        1          36       135
Romblon                           26       2,503      11,946      25       2,466     11,787        0           0         0

Region V - Bicol                 248      31,355     178,710     225      28,276    159,179        4         442     2,437

Albay                             34      10,461      37,729      34      10,461     37,729        0           0         0
Camarines Norte                   14       1,703       9,277      12       1,438      7,513        2         265     1,764
Camarines Sur                    166      15,267     108,609     150      13,385     95,784        2         177       673
Catanduanes                       13       1,546      10,141      13       1,546     10,141        0           0         0
Masbate                           13       1,186       5,349      13       1,186      5,349        0           0         0
Sorsogon                           8       1,192       7,605       3         260      2,663        0           0         0

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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        583      80,984     561,038     559      74,246    517,646       13       3,676   24,696

Aklan                               34       7,984      62,151      32       7,554     59,747        0           0        0
Antique                              7       1,264       9,785       7       1,264      9,785        0           0        0
Capiz                               34       4,534      27,763      32       4,130     23,948        2         404    3,815
Iloilo                             148      26,373     171,082     136      22,556    147,358        8       2,729   15,153
Negros Occidental                  355      39,954     285,985     348      38,033    273,499        3         543    5,728
Guimaras                             5         875       4,272       4         709      3,309        0           0        0

Region VII - Central Visayas     1,389     168,174     853,569   1,322     150,003    768,649       31       4,071   24,910

Bohol                              145      18,348      95,736     141      17,863     92,739        0           0        0
Cebu                               912     121,254     639,988     849     103,568    558,065       31       4,071   24,910
Negros Oriental                    328      27,965     111,768     328      27,965    111,768        0           0        0
Siquijor                             4         607       6,077       4         607      6,077        0           0        0

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      362      36,059     213,486     336      34,371    204,738        6         861    4,469

Eastern Samar                       33       4,457      30,106      32       4,377     29,582        0           0        0
Leyte                              220      19,536     120,283     202      19,046    117,641        2         196    1,395
Northern Samar                      21       1,919       6,467      18       1,532      5,448        3         387    1,019
Samar (Western Samar)               25       3,665      23,831      22       3,030     19,868        1         278    2,055
Southern Leyte                      46       4,557      23,611      45       4,461     23,011        0           0        0
Biliran                             17       1,925       9,188      17       1,925      9,188        0           0        0

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula    225      16,957      78,877     224      16,736     77,887        1         221      990

Zamboanga Del Norte                158       9,686      33,700     157       9,465     32,710        1         221      990
Zamboanga Del Sur                   64       6,897      43,695      64       6,897     43,695        0           0        0
Isabela City                         3         374       1,482       3         374      1,482        0           0        0

Region X - Northern Mindanao       380      40,804     162,329     372      38,629    155,157        4       1,289    4,556

Bukidnon                            65       9,443      25,364      62       8,888     23,806        1         224      600
Camiguin                            42       3,232      14,495      40       2,971     13,266        1          60      739
Lanao Del Norte                    133      15,649      58,579     133      15,649     58,579        0           0        0
Misamis Oriental                   140      12,480      63,891     137      11,121     59,506        2       1,005    3,217

Region XI - Davao Region         1,314      98,089     533,959   1,295      95,279    516,380        4         793    4,734

Davao Del Norte                    374      17,244      51,878     371      17,039     51,277        1          15       19
Davao Del Sur                      806      72,871     457,008     790      70,266    440,030        3         778    4,715
Davao Oriental                      14       1,117       4,112      14       1,117      4,112        0           0        0
Compostela Valley                  120       6,857      20,961     120       6,857     20,961        0           0        0

Region XII - Soccsksargen          234      14,703      67,256     231      14,173     64,554        2         230    1,202

North Cotabato                      13         975       3,631      13         975      3,631        0           0        0
South Cotabato                     111       7,896      39,560     109       7,666     38,358        2         230    1,202
Sultan Kudarat                      19       1,959      10,849      18       1,659      9,349        0           0        0
Saranggani                           7         414       1,768       7         414      1,768        0           0        0
Cotabato City                       84       3,459      11,448      84       3,459     11,448        0           0        0

Region XIII - Caraga               223      23,529      88,089     222      23,429     87,754        0           0        0

Agusan Del Norte                   150      13,976      47,872     150      13,976     47,872        0           0        0
Agusan Del Sur                      25       2,483      10,806      25       2,483     10,806        0           0        0
Surigao Del Norte                   46       6,771      28,827      45       6,671     28,492        0           0        0
Surigao Del Sur                      2         299         584       2         299        584        0           0        0

Autonomous Region In Muslim
  Mindanao                           6         594       1,604       6         594      1,604        0           0        0

Basilan                              1          88         286       1          88        286        0           0        0
Lanao Del Sur                        5         506       1,318       5         506      1,318        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                    1,143     130,163     655,900      15     208,119   2,534,317     294      31,618   205,833

National Capital Region          252      47,866     231,112      14     208,039   2,534,064      17       1,354     9,713

First District                    12       2,566      19,453       0           0           0       2         132       506
Second District                   85      30,244     116,485       3     106,864     960,271      10         684     5,997
Third District                    98       5,961      34,471       1          75         600       2         122       561
Fourth District                   57       9,095      60,703      10     101,100   1,573,193       3         416     2,649

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           0           0           0       0           0           0       3         736     3,221

Benguet                            0           0           0       0           0           0       3         736     3,221

Region I - Ilocos Region          11       3,137      21,541       0           0           0      13       2,629    13,540

Ilocos Norte                       6       1,459       8,905       0           0           0       0           0         0
Ilocos Sur                         0           0           0       0           0           0       2       1,012     5,853
La Union                           2         955       6,584       0           0           0       0           0         0
Pangasinan                         3         723       6,052       0           0           0      11       1,617     7,687

Region II - Cagayan Valley        21         973       4,955       1          80         253       1         190     2,452

Isabela                           21         973       4,955       1          80         253       0           0         0
Nueva Vizcaya                      0           0           0       0           0           0       1         190     2,452

Region III - Central Luzon       461      21,499     105,369       0           0           0      31       4,780    32,176

Bataan                             2         597       5,040       0           0           0       0           0         0
Bulacan                          420      15,515      62,701       0           0           0      31       4,780    32,176
Nueva Ecija                       14       2,685      16,469       0           0           0       0           0         0
Pampanga                          22       1,731      12,787       0           0           0       0           0         0
Tarlac                             1          27         109       0           0           0       0           0         0
Zambales                           2         944       8,263       0           0           0       0           0         0

Region IVA - Calabarzon          328      39,071     206,076       0           0           0     185      14,350   104,816

Batangas                           3         311       1,398       0           0           0      32       6,180    28,088
Cavite                           131       4,025      43,273       0           0           0     129       3,759    51,116
Laguna                           126      23,359      78,887       0           0           0       5       2,056     8,396
Quezon                            10         458       2,930       0           0           0       8       1,079     5,825
Rizal                             58      10,918      79,588       0           0           0      11       1,276    11,391

Region IVB - Mimaropa              4         758       5,556       0           0           0       3         509     3,831

Occidental Mindoro                 2         547       4,497       0           0           0       1         224     2,714
Oriental Mindoro                   0           0           0       0           0           0       2         285     1,117
Palawan                            1         174         900       0           0           0       0           0         0
Romblon                            1          37         159       0           0           0       0           0         0

Region V - Bicol                   2         373       2,899       0           0           0      17       2,264    14,195

Camarines Sur                      2         373       2,899       0           0           0      12       1,332     9,253
Sorsogon                           0           0           0       0           0           0       5         932     4,942

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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 VI - Western Visayas         8       2,444     14,242       0           0          0        3         618    4,454

Aklan                               2         430      2,404       0           0          0        0           0        0
Iloilo                              2         636      5,080       0           0          0        2         452    3,491
Negros Occidental                   4       1,378      6,758       0           0          0        0           0        0
Guimaras                            0           0          0       0           0          0        1         166      963

Region VII - Central Visayas       30      11,852     51,788       0           0          0        6       2,248    8,222

Bohol                               4         485      2,997       0           0          0        0           0        0
Cebu                               26      11,367     48,791       0           0          0        6       2,248    8,222

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      20         827      4,279       0           0          0        0           0        0

Eastern Samar                       1          80        524       0           0          0        0           0        0
Leyte                              16         294      1,247       0           0          0        0           0        0
Samar (Western Samar)               2         357      1,908       0           0          0        0           0        0
Southern Leyte                      1          96        600       0           0          0        0           0        0

Region X - Northern Mindanao        1         354      1,168       0           0          0        3         532    1,448

Bukidnon                            0           0          0       0           0          0        2         331      958
Camiguin                            0           0          0       0           0          0        1         201      490
Misamis Oriental                    1         354      1,168       0           0          0        0           0        0

Region XI - Davao Region            5       1,009      6,915       0           0          0       10       1,008    5,930

Davao Del Norte                     2         190        582       0           0          0        0           0        0
Davao Del Sur                       3         819      6,333       0           0          0       10       1,008    5,930

Region XII - Soccsksargen           0           0          0       0           0          0        1         300    1,500

Sultan Kudarat                      0           0          0       0           0          0        1         300    1,500

Region XIII - Caraga                0           0          0       0           0          0        1         100      335

Surigao Del Norte                   0           0          0       0           0          0        1         100      335

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

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