Table 2.   Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions by Type of Building, by Region
           and Province : Philippines, 2006	

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                                             TOTAL               |             SINGLE               |        DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Region                          Number | Floor Area |      Value |  Number | Floor Area |     Value | Number | Floor Area |     Value
                                       |     (sq.m.)|    (P1,000)|         |     (sq.m.)|   (P1,000)|        |     (sq.m.)|   (P1,000)
                                   (1) |         (2)|         (3)|      (4)|         (5)|        (6)|     (7)|         (8)|        (9)
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Philippines                     75,932    9,104,767   58,454,457    63,554    7,535,544  46,169,118    1,949      232,457   1,451,168

National Capital Region          8,101    1,902,432   16,040,267     6,025    1,195,688   8,704,062      280       55,885     412,675

Ist District                       472      120,146      950,250       353       66,314     483,788       11        2,016      15,462
2nd District                     1,705      518,370    3,526,438     1,329      352,679   2,144,666       45        9,610      62,749
3rd District                     1,736      354,573    3,082,653     1,236      215,912   1,573,879       68       10,313      69,470
4th District                     1,455      161,518      977,450       958      121,051     711,027       20        2,267      15,289
5th District                       763      371,862    4,291,747       603      129,501   1,059,033       23        5,967      38,828
6th District                     1,970      375,963    3,211,726     1,546      310,231   2,731,666      113       25,712     210,876

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           897      168,688    1,045,694       815      152,552     964,038       25        5,401      25,811

Abra                                22        3,927       26,051        18        2,227      14,653        2          895       3,255
Benguet                            841      159,779      986,869       763      145,343     916,611       23        4,506      22,556
Ifugao                               7          889        4,484         7          889       4,484       -            -           -
Kalinga                             22        2,343       11,910        22        2,343      11,910       -            -           -
Mountain Province                    5        1,750       16,378         5        1,750      16,378       -            -           -

Region I - Ilocos Region         6,195      662,334    3,966,944     6,025      628,433   3,764,478       58        9,469      59,018

Ilocos Norte                     1,892      190,142    1,265,868     1,873      185,169   1,227,561        6        1,078       6,956
Ilocos Sur                       1,206      120,736      721,570     1,182      114,753     680,622       17        3,517      24,979
La Union                           730       92,093      584,623       713       86,897     549,560        6        1,157       7,261
Pangasinan                       2,367      259,363    1,394,883     2,257      241,614   1,306,735       29        3,717      19,822

Region II - Cagayan Valley       1,293      137,873      708,441     1,248      132,995     680,231        6          873       5,249

Batanes                             11        1,463        9,274        10        1,263       7,430       -            -           -
Cagayan                            672       72,253      350,405       672       72,253     350,405       -            -           -
Isabela                            469       47,028      245,402       433       43,537     227,988        3          453       3,243
Nueva Vizcaya                       92       12,692       84,721        84       11,505      75,767        3          420       2,005
Quirino                             49        4,437       18,639        49        4,437      18,639       -            -           -

Region III - Central Luzon       8,119    1,023,147    6,066,067     5,968      865,820   5,258,430      416       35,691     183,623

Bataan                             401       63,415      382,462       383       59,835     364,924        3          594       2,431
Bulacan                          2,847      271,833    1,465,649     1,457      185,910   1,050,020       40        2,898      14,358
Nueva Ecija                        702       88,653      560,004       657       78,060     492,488        4          466       3,827
Pampanga                         2,440      349,597    2,130,964     2,173      321,222   1,979,171       92       13,060      63,966
Tarlac                             821      107,500      597,457       515       93,997     548,726      222        9,446      31,339
Zambales                           792      133,106      885,316       670      118,381     781,266       55        9,227      67,700
Aurora                             116        9,043       44,212       113        8,415      41,832       -            -           -

Region IVA - CALABARZON         21,423    2,074,595   14,436,224    15,349    1,664,196  11,888,786      625       58,267     393,808

Batangas                         2,968      355,914    2,023,164     2,741      309,168   1,773,473       27        3,071      19,516
Cavite                           7,098      628,115    5,548,466     3,383      452,545   4,229,472      256       20,482     155,454
Laguna                           6,361      522,712    2,927,455     4,732      416,307   2,444,646      233       18,062     112,210
Quezon                           2,126      213,556    1,435,981     2,016      203,316   1,380,461       21        2,777      11,761
Rizal                            2,870      354,298    2,501,156     2,477      282,860   2,060,732       88       13,875      94,866

Region IVB - MIMAROPA              626       83,979      518,450       580       76,705     474,684       12        1,426      10,646

Marinduque                         136       12,072       75,407       129       11,371      70,300        3          439       3,262
Occidental Mindoro                  34        6,119       35,542        28        4,899      25,982        3          449       2,349
Oriental Mindoro                   133       24,063      119,785       107       19,306      93,687        5          502       4,899
Palawan                            211       29,152      212,881       205       28,593     210,038        1           36         135
Romblon                            112       12,573       74,834       111       12,536      74,675       -            -           -

Region V - Bicol                 1,286      206,885    1,053,798     1,094      186,148     923,422       12        1,633       8,440

Albay                              305       97,688      346,523       305       97,688     346,523       -            -           -
Camarines Norte                     94        9,251       57,300        91        8,751      54,036        2          265       1,763
Camarines Sur                      711       78,169      511,944       539       61,186     406,575        9          964       3,679
Catanduanes                         57        7,280       47,714        56        7,260      47,671       -            -           -
Masbate                             62        7,071       40,174        61        6,593      34,653       -            -           -
Sorsogon                            57        7,426       50,141        42        4,670      33,961        1          404       2,997

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Table 1.  (continued)

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                                             TOTAL               |             SINGLE               |        DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Region                          Number | Floor Area |      Value |  Number | Floor Area |     Value | Number | Floor Area |     Value
                                       |     (sq.m.)|    (P1,000)|         |     (sq.m.)|   (P1,000)|        |     (sq.m.)|   (P1,000)
                                   (1) |         (2)|         (3)|      (4)|         (5)|        (6)|     (7)|         (8)|        (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas      3,370      466,672    3,121,838     3,251      425,428   2,803,949       54       11,568      80,707

Aklan                              196       59,713      461,525       191       42,446     316,424       -            -           -
Antique                            131       17,706      110,122       129       17,475     108,840        1          130         815
Capiz                              255       36,970      210,321       241       33,841     186,888       14        3,129      23,433
Iloilo                             996      151,816      993,808       932      138,878     900,877       23        5,485      33,615
Negros Occidental                1,773      198,257    1,332,207     1,740      190,744   1,278,028       16        2,824      22,843
Guimaras                            19        2,210       13,852        18        2,044      12,889       -            -           -

Region VII - Central Visayas     9,926    1,029,397    5,056,048     9,028      915,565   4,511,220      228       35,604     192,018

Bohol                            2,781      244,723    1,069,508     2,758      238,046   1,034,787        5          500       1,853
Cebu                             5,847      672,926    3,486,311     4,979      566,795   2,981,395      219       34,727     188,222
Negros Oriental                  1,205       99,592      409,431     1,199       98,700     404,739        3          245       1,441
Siquijor                            93       12,156       90,797        92       12,024      90,297        1          132         500

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas    1,482      143,942      792,600     1,178      130,383     738,625      169        7,198      32,777

Eastern Samar                      118       14,858       91,272       116       14,678      90,148        1          100         600
Leyte                            1,000       88,524      487,384       711       77,482     450,305      160        5,801      22,863
Northern Samar                      38        3,919       19,180        33        3,099      14,858        5          820       4,322
Samar (Western Samar)               92       13,239       75,763        87       12,111      67,495        2          374       3,459
Southern Leyte                     157       15,473       88,524       155       15,187      86,874       -            -           -
Biliran                             77        7,929       30,474        76        7,826      28,942        1          103       1,532

Region IX - Western Mindanao       556       47,035      237,759       552       46,423     234,398        4          612       3,360

Zamboanga del Norte                323       25,307       99,402       319       24,695      96,041        4          612       3,360
Zamboanga del Sur                  227       20,974      134,911       227       20,974     134,911       -            -           -
Isabela City                         6          754        3,444         6          754       3,444       -            -           -

Region X - Northern Mindanao     3,968      472,236    2,057,638     3,930      465,480   2,030,483       11        2,206       7,662

Bukidnon                           393       61,983      170,813       387       61,196     168,496        1          224         600
Camiguin                           157       14,721       54,533       154       14,420      53,201        1           60         738
Lanao del Norte                    625      135,630      531,050       619      134,206     526,294        4          720       2,634
Misamis Occidental                 267       32,348      120,412       267       32,348     120,412       -            -           -
Misamis Oriental                 2,526      227,554    1,180,828     2,503      223,310   1,162,078        5        1,202       3,689

Region XI - Davao Region         6,253      480,701    2,449,019     6,123      454,347   2,331,765       36        4,921      24,797

Davao del Norte                  2,090      103,492      340,318     2,061       97,459     314,184        7          710       1,896
Davao del Sur                    3,365      333,552    1,974,664     3,264      313,231   1,883,544       29        4,211      22,901
Davao Oriental                     164       13,560       53,290       164       13,560      53,290       -            -           -
Compostela Valley                  634       30,097       80,745       634       30,097      80,745       -            -           -

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN        1,265       96,457      437,296     1,232       88,793     401,360       10        1,269       8,098

North Cotabato                      67        5,501       29,817        67        5,501      29,817       -            -           -
South Cotabato                     626       49,440      249,135       600       42,695     217,079        6        1,000       6,796
Sultan Kudarat                     118       11,865       57,836       115       11,215      55,259       -            -           -
Sarangani                           73        5,998       23,949        73        5,998      23,949       -            -           -
Cotabato City                      381       23,653       76,556       377       23,384      75,254        4          269       1,302

Region XIII - Caraga             1,138      106,363      460,018     1,123      104,633     453,126        2          358       2,174

Agusan del Norte                   615       56,575      229,323       610       56,077     226,935        2          358       2,174
Agusan del Sur                     268       18,113       96,251       268       18,113      96,251       -            -           -
Surigao del Norte                  182       23,338       99,372       176       22,421      96,947       -            -           -
Surigao del Sur                     73        8,337       35,071        69        8,022      32,992       -            -           -

Autonomous Region in
   Muslim Mindanao                  34        2,031        6,347        33        1,955       6,051        1           76         295

Basilan (Excluding Isabela City)     2          164          581         1           88         286        1           76         295
Lanao del Sur                       21        1,649        5,448        21        1,649       5,448       -            -           -
Maguindanao
  (Excluding Cotabato City)         11          218          317        11          218         317       -            -           -

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                        APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA     |     RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |            OTHERS
Region                           Number | Floor Area |     Value | Number | Floor Area |    Value | Number | Floor Area |    Value
                                        |     (sq.m.)|   (P1,000)|        |     (sq.m.)|  (P1,000)|        |     (sq.m.)|  (P1,000)
                                   (10) |        (11)|       (12)|    (13)|        (14)|      (15)|   (16) |        (17)|      (18)
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Philippines                       8,654      731,427   4,705,223       64      386,401  4,782,218    1,711      218,938  1,346,728

National Capital Region           1,709      262,220   2,126,054       63      386,321  4,781,965       24        2,318     15,509

Ist District                         74       18,572     144,660       31       32,931    303,625        3          313      2,714
2nd District                        323       70,034     445,660        7       86,012    873,182        1           35        179
3rd District                        417       76,403     889,931        4       51,161    543,240       11          784      6,131
4th District                        465       35,559     237,500        6        1,871      9,797        6          770      3,835
5th District                        126       22,110     142,828        8      213,868  3,048,408        3          416      2,648
6th District                        304       39,542     265,473        7          478      3,710       -            -          -

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                             8        1,449      10,347       -            -          -        49        9,286     45,495

Abra                                  1          715       6,406       -            -          -         1           90      1,736
Benguet                               7          734       3,941       -            -          -        48        9,196     43,759
Ifugao                               -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Kalinga                              -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Mountain Province                    -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region I - Ilocos Region             41       13,166      80,893       -            -          -        71       11,266     62,553

Ilocos Norte                         13        3,895      31,350       -            -          -        -            -          -
Ilocos Sur                           -            -           -        -            -          -         7        2,466     15,968
La Union                              6        2,434      17,234       -            -          -         5        1,605     10,567
Pangasinan                           22        6,837      32,307       -            -          -        59        7,195     36,018

Region II - Cagayan Valley           34        3,253      16,329        1           80        253        4          672      6,377

Batanes                               1          200       1,843       -            -          -        -            -          -
Cagayan                              -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Isabela                              32        2,958      13,916        1           80        253       -            -          -
Nueva Vizcaya                         1           95         570       -            -          -         4          672      6,377
Quirino                              -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region III - Central Luzon        1,482       90,756     438,147       -            -          -       253       30,880    185,866

Bataan                               14        2,915      14,727       -            -          -         1           71        378
Bulacan                           1,124       53,846     223,356       -            -          -       226       29,179    177,915
Nueva Ecija                          39       10,051      63,450       -            -          -         2           76        237
Pampanga                            152       13,954      81,660       -            -          -        23        1,361      6,167
Tarlac                               83        3,864      16,224       -            -          -         1          193      1,167
Zambales                             67        5,498      36,348       -            -          -        -            -          -
Aurora                                3          628       2,380       -            -          -        -            -          -

Region IVA - CALABARZON           4,496      243,204   1,408,993       -            -          -       953      108,928    744,635

Batangas                             24        7,073      31,299       -            -          -       176       36,602    198,874
Cavite                            2,859      106,413     767,669       -            -          -       600       48,675    395,870
Laguna                            1,353       80,653     318,650       -            -          -        43        7,690     51,947
Quezon                               70        4,981      30,700       -            -          -        19        2,482     13,058
Rizal                               190       44,084     260,673       -            -          -       115       13,479     84,884

Region IVB - MIMAROPA                 7        1,141       8,435       -            -          -        27        4,707     24,683

Marinduque                            1          145       1,269       -            -          -         3          117        574
Occidental Mindoro                    2          547       4,496       -            -          -         1          224      2,714
Oriental Mindoro                     -            -           -        -            -          -        21        4,255     21,198
Palawan                               3          412       2,510       -            -          -         2          111        197
Romblon                               1           37         158       -            -          -        -            -          -

Region V - Bicol                     20        2,847      22,803       -            -          -       160       16,257     99,131

Albay                                -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Camarines Norte                       1          235       1,500       -            -          -        -            -          -
Camarines Sur                        18        2,134      15,782       -            -          -       145       13,885     85,907
Catanduanes                          -            -           -        -            -          -         1           20         43
Masbate                               1          478       5,520       -            -          -        -            -          -
Sorsogon                             -            -           -        -            -          -        14        2,352     13,181

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Table 2.  (concluded)

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                                        APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA     |     RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |            OTHERS
Region                           Number | Floor Area |     Value | Number | Floor Area |    Value | Number | Floor Area |    Value
                                        |     (sq.m.)|   (P1,000)|        |     (sq.m.)|  (P1,000)|        |     (sq.m.)|  (P1,000)
                                   (10) |        (11)|       (12)|    (13)|        (14)|      (15)|   (16) |        (17)|      (18)
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Region VI - Western Visayas          23       22,480     180,306       -            -          -        42        7,196     56,874

Aklan                                 5       17,267     145,100       -            -          -        -            -          -
Antique                               1          101         466       -            -          -        -            -          -
Capiz                                -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Iloilo                                3          780       6,958       -            -          -        38        6,673     52,357
Negros Occidental                    14        4,332      27,780       -            -          -         3          357      3,555
Guimaras                             -            -           -        -            -          -         1          166        962

Region VII - Central Visayas        650       70,577     318,215       -            -          -        20        7,651     34,594

Bohol                                17        6,113      32,699       -            -          -         1           64        167
Cebu                                630       63,817     282,266       -            -          -        19        7,587     34,426
Negros Oriental                       3          647       3,250       -            -          -        -            -          -
Siquijor                             -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas       134        6,193      20,080       -            -          -         1          168      1,117

Eastern Samar                         1           80         523       -            -          -        -            -          -
Leyte                               128        5,073      13,097       -            -          -         1          168      1,117
Northern Samar                       -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Samar (Western Samar)                 3          754       4,808       -            -          -        -            -          -
Southern Leyte                        2          286       1,650       -            -          -        -            -          -
Biliran                              -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region IX - Western Mindanao         -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Zamboanga del Norte                  -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Zamboanga del Sur                    -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Isabela City                         -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region X - Northern Mindanao         14        3,374      15,226       -            -          -        13        1,176      4,266

Bukidnon                              2          144         523       -            -          -         3          419      1,193
Camiguin                             -            -           -        -            -          -         2          241        593
Lanao del Norte                       2          704       2,122       -            -          -        -            -          -
Misamis Occidental                   -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Misamis Oriental                     10        2,526      12,580       -            -          -         8          516      2,479

Region XI - Davao Region             25        7,000      39,101       -            -          -        69       14,433     53,354

Davao del Norte                      19        5,120      22,906       -            -          -         3          203      1,330
Davao del Sur                         6        1,880      16,194       -            -          -        66       14,230     52,023
Davao Oriental                       -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Compostela Valley                    -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN             9        3,446      19,365       -            -          -        14        2,949      8,471

North Cotabato                       -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
South Cotabato                        9        3,446      19,365       -            -          -        11        2,299      5,894
Sultan Kudarat                       -            -           -        -            -          -         3          650      2,577
Sarangani                            -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Cotabato City                        -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Region XIII - Caraga                  2          321         921       -            -          -        11        1,051      3,796

Agusan del Norte                     -            -           -        -            -          -         3          140        213
Agusan del Sur                       -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Surigao del Norte                     2          321         921       -            -          -         4          596      1,503
Surigao del Sur                      -            -           -        -            -          -         4          315      2,079

Autonomous Region in
   Muslim Mindanao

Basilan
  (Excluding Isabela City)           -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Lanao Del Sur                        -            -           -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Maguindanao
  (Excluding Cotabato City)

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

Page last updated:  March 1, 2008
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