Table 2. Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions by Type of Building, by Region
         and  Province:  Philippines,  Second Quarter of 2007 

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                                            TOTAL              |              SINGLE               |       DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
       Province,                     | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |       Value |        | Floor Area |   Value
City, and 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                   15,823    1,953,185   13,384,170   13,803    1,579,511    10,363,728      277       37,287    242,670

National Capital Region        1,995      480,933    4,380,700    1,390      321,514     2,684,273       47        9,967     74,432

1st District                      91       75,769      788,554       67       16,327       131,981        2          442      3,888
2nd District                     289       77,801      512,018      243       69,261       451,727        5        1,399     10,396
3rd District                     362      104,389      953,136      285       82,383       789,614        8        1,591     11,101
4th District                     501       47,839      280,118      243       30,894       201,031        1          162      1,006
5th District                     214       44,288      381,040      172       35,315       304,754        8        1,779     15,653
6th District                     538      130,847    1,465,831      380       87,334       805,163       23        4,594     32,386

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                        194       41,615      278,304      142       21,418       144,540        1           98      1,140

Abra                               4          690        4,386        2          334         1,501       -            -          -
Benguet                          181       39,751      267,321      131       19,910       136,442        1           98      1,140
Ifugao                             1          242        1,315        1          242         1,315       -            -          -
Kalinga                            3          594        3,973        3          594         3,973       -            -          -
Mountain Province                 -            -            -        -            -             -        -            -          -
Apayao                             5          338        1,308        5          338         1,308       -            -          -

Region I - Ilocos Region       1,848      166,654      971,541    1,820      162,219       942,021       15        2,457     14,815

Ilocos Norte                     498       46,738      284,127      492       45,721       277,287        4          746      5,331
Ilocos Sur                       538       32,557      170,356      534       32,101       166,883        2          274      1,768
La Union                         236       30,108      194,275      234       29,779       192,467        1          126        643
Pangasinan                       576       57,251      322,782      560       54,618       305,382        8        1,311      7,072

Region II - Cagayan Valley       232       29,767      163,794      226       29,097       160,755       -            -          -

Batanes                            1          115          647        1          115           647       -            -          -
Cagayan                           76       11,584       60,623       76       11,584        60,623       -            -          -
Isabela                          126       14,452       80,592      120       13,782        77,553       -            -          -
Nueva Vizcaya                     19        2,889       18,919       19        2,889        18,919       -            -          -
Quirino                           10          727        3,011       10          727         3,011       -            -          -

Region III - Central Luzon     1,985      253,609    1,620,084    1,704      195,733     1,255,532       23        3,011     19,456

Bataan                            94       12,054       83,892       91       11,664        80,770       -            -          -
Bulacan                          759       91,905      469,047      596       55,716       284,736       12        1,535      6,579
Nueva Ecija                      211       22,713      152,989      205       21,419       144,147        2          304      2,464
Pampanga                         622       87,198      651,067      538       69,933       502,400        7          900      8,884
Tarlac                           170       20,767      143,455      149       18,770       129,745        1          160        800
Zambales                          93       16,601      112,883       90       15,892       107,093        1          112        727
Aurora                            36        2,371        6,748       35        2,339         6,638       -            -          -

Region IVA - CALABARZON        2,866      304,900    2,141,073    2,456      269,463     1,906,125       67        6,802     43,027

Batangas                         541       67,281      376,344      502       58,655       322,351        7          750      4,595
Cavite                         1,116      108,599      871,722      819       93,511       773,758       34        2,468     18,197
Laguna                           447       53,203      380,638      395       45,449       325,333       17        1,979     10,787
Quezon                           520       48,017      305,697      513       47,326       303,001        3          300      1,571
Rizal                            242       27,800      206,670      227       24,522       181,680        6        1,305      7,876

Region IVB - MIMAROPA             61       10,464       55,098       41        6,599        33,245        3          324      1,516

Marinduque                        11        1,000        6,325        8          740         4,850       -            -          -
Occidental Mindoro                 4        1,287        3,898        3        1,223         3,644        1           64        253
Oriental Mindoro                  25        5,721       32,293       13        2,660        15,038       -            -          -
Palawan                           21        2,456       12,581       17        1,976         9,711        2          260      1,262
Romblon                           -            -            -        -            -             -        -            -          -

Region V - Bicol                 449       66,558      311,747      331       57,338       270,283        5          820      5,208

Albay                             90       29,970      104,624       90       29,970       104,624       -            -          -
Camarines Norte                   26        2,971       20,531       26        2,971        20,531       -            -          -
Camarines Sur                    301       29,423      159,550      186       20,811       121,558        5          820      5,208
Catanduanes                       20        2,597       17,260       20        2,597        17,260       -            -          -
Masbate                            4          508        3,253        4          508         3,253       -            -          -
Sorsogon                           8        1,089        6,526        5          481         3,054       -            -          -

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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, and 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          691       90,583    655,898      673       85,824    625,645        7        1,108      8,778

Aklan                                 42       10,367     81,425       39        9,886     76,535        1          200      2,431
Antique                               20        2,182     13,538       20        2,182     13,538       -            -          -
Capiz                                 53        8,773     58,996       52        8,342     56,034       -            -          -
Iloilo                               147       20,777    136,128      136       17,445    118,210        4          593      3,447
Negros Occidental                    425       48,205    364,445      422       47,690    359,961        2          315      2,900
Guimaras                               4          279      1,365        4          279      1,365       -            -          -

Region VII - Central Visayas       2,622      272,186  1,582,018    2,279      207,845  1,199,322       73        8,157     47,215

Bohol                                641       51,593    272,601      638       50,604    265,611       -            -          -
Cebu                               1,584      195,025  1,193,003    1,256      132,096    818,612       72        8,090     47,130
Negros Oriental                      383       24,227    105,111      371       23,804    103,797        1           67         85
Siquijor                              14        1,341     11,301       14        1,341     11,301       -            -          -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas        346       30,655    167,874      260       25,956    140,265       18          940      4,942

Eastern Samar                         27        2,945     20,362       27        2,945     20,362       -            -          -
Leyte                                225       18,561    102,194      146       14,638     80,982       17          841      4,418
Northern Samar                        16        1,583      8,621       12        1,163      4,021       -            -          -
Samar (Western Samar)                 14        1,458      5,977       14        1,458      5,977       -            -          -
Southern Leyte                        42        4,399     23,147       39        4,043     21,350        1           99        524
Biliran                               22        1,709      7,571       22        1,709      7,571       -            -          -

Region IX - Western Mindanao         233       17,985     84,860      228       17,224     81,384        4          563      2,476

Zamboanga del Norte                  133        6,294     20,636      129        5,731     18,159        4          563      2,476
Zamboanga del Sur                     99       11,655     63,974       98       11,457     62,974       -            -          -
Zamboanga Sibugay                     -            -          -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Isabela City                           1           36        250        1           36        250       -            -          -

Region X - Northern Mindanao         473       51,566    240,863      465       50,551    233,236        3          412      1,526

Bukidnon                              76       12,019     34,610       75       11,839     34,130        1          180        479
Camiguin                              36        3,481     12,630       36        3,481     12,630       -            -          -
Lanao del Norte                       96       11,158     53,535       95       10,967     51,967       -            -          -
Misamis Occidental                    65        5,737     30,145       65        5,737     30,145       -            -          -
Misamis Oriental                     200       19,171    109,941      194       18,527    104,362        2          232      1,046

Region XI - Davao Region           1,456      100,737    554,213    1,426       97,169    521,554        8          840     14,601

Davao del Norte                      446       20,949     82,177      443       20,636     81,569        1           30         30
Davao del Sur                        725       65,528    428,210      698       62,273    396,159        7          810     14,571
Davao Oriental                        51        2,817      9,286       51        2,817      9,286       -            -          -
Compostela Valley                    234       11,443     34,539      234       11,443     34,539       -            -          -

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN            175       13,408     69,695      168       11,062     63,748        3        1,788      3,534

North Cotabato                        -            -          -        -            -          -        -            -          -
South Cotabato                       126        9,979     56,779      121        7,805     51,888        2        1,722      3,428
Sultan Kudarat                        14        1,077      5,586       13        1,011      5,480        1           66        105
Sarangani                             15        1,077      3,755       15        1,077      3,755       -            -          -
Cotabato City                         20        1,275      3,573       19        1,169      2,623       -            -          -

Region XIII - Caraga                 193       21,035    104,700      190       19,969    100,091       -            -          -

Agusan del Norte                     164       17,552     90,235      162       16,850     87,695       -            -          -
Agusan del Sur                        -            -          -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Surigao del Norte                     29        3,483     14,465       28        3,119     12,395       -            -          -
Surigao del Sur                       -            -          -        -            -          -        -            -          -

Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao                            4          530      1,700        4          530      1,700       -            -          -

Basilan (Excluding Isabela City)       4          530      1,700        4          530      1,700       -            -          -
Lanao del Sur                         -            -          -        -            -          -        -            -          -
Maguindanao
   (Excluding Cotabato City)          -            -          -        -            -          -        -            -          -

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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, and 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                     1,287      252,412    2,179,949       71        8,828       73,115      385       75,147    524,706

National Capital Region           482      136,461    1,512,338       70        7,992       69,115        6        4,999     40,539

1st District                       21       58,720      650,102       -            -            -         1          280      2,581
2nd District                       41        7,141       49,894       -            -            -        -            -          -
3rd District                       67       16,366      116,055        1          500        7,000        1        3,549     29,365
4th District                      256       16,706       76,662        1           77        1,417       -            -          -
5th District                       18        2,486       22,586       14        3,864       32,547        2          844      5,498
6th District                       79       35,042      597,035       54        3,551       28,150        2          326      3,095

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                           6        4,037       24,840        1          836        4,000       44       15,226    103,783

Abra                               -            -            -        -            -            -         2          356      2,885
Benguet                             6        4,037       24,840        1          836        4,000       42       14,870    100,898
Ifugao                             -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Kalinga                            -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Mountain Province                  -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Apayao                             -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -

Region I - Ilocos Region            5        1,033        7,359       -            -            -         8          945      7,346

Ilocos Norte                        1          251        1,328       -            -            -         1           20        180
Ilocos Sur                         -            -            -        -            -            -         2          182      1,705
La Union                            1          203        1,164       -            -            -        -            -          -
Pangasinan                          3          579        4,866       -            -            -         5          743      5,461

Region II - Cagayan Valley          6          670        3,039       -            -            -        -            -          -

Batanes                            -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Cagayan                            -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Isabela                             6          670        3,039       -            -            -        -            -          -
Nueva Vizcaya                      -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Quirino                            -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -

Region III - Central Luzon        146       33,495      232,032       -            -            -       112       21,370    113,063

Bataan                              3          390        3,122       -            -            -        -            -          -
Bulacan                            39       13,284       64,667       -            -            -       112       21,370    113,063
Nueva Ecija                         4          990        6,377       -            -            -        -            -          -
Pampanga                           77       16,365      139,781       -            -            -        -            -          -
Tarlac                             20        1,837       12,909       -            -            -        -            -          -
Zambales                            2          597        5,063       -            -            -        -            -          -
Aurora                              1           32          110       -            -            -        -            -          -

Region IVA - CALABARZON           280       18,758      126,432       -            -            -        63        9,877     65,487

Batangas                            5          715        3,708       -            -            -        27        7,161     45,690
Cavite                            239       10,642       65,659       -            -            -        24        1,978     14,107
Laguna                             28        5,412       41,843       -            -            -         7          363      2,673
Quezon                              2          341          799       -            -            -         2           50        325
Rizal                               6        1,648       14,422       -            -            -         3          325      2,690

Region IVB - MIMAROPA              -            -            -        -            -            -        17        3,541     20,336

Marinduque                         -            -            -        -            -            -         3          260      1,475
Occidental Mindoro                 -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Oriental Mindoro                   -            -            -        -            -            -        12        3,061     17,255
Palawan                            -            -            -        -            -            -         2          220      1,606
Romblon                            -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -

Region V - Bicol                   27        2,990       13,902       -            -            -        86        5,410     22,353

Albay                              -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Camarines Norte                    -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Camarines Sur                      27        2,990       13,902       -            -            -        83        4,802     18,881
Catanduanes                        -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Masbate                            -            -            -        -            -            -        -            -          -
Sorsogon                           -            -            -        -            -            -         3          608      3,471

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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, and 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            5        1,330      8,181       -            -         -         6        2,321    13,293

Aklan                                  2          281      2,458       -            -         -        -            -         -
Antique                               -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Capiz                                  1          431      2,962       -            -         -        -            -         -
Iloilo                                 1          418      1,176       -            -         -         6        2,321    13,293
Negros Occidental                      1          200      1,583       -            -         -        -            -         -
Guimaras                              -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region VII - Central Visayas         255       48,241    220,852       -            -         -        15        7,943   114,627

Bohol                                  3          989      6,990       -            -         -        -            -         -
Cebu                                 241       46,896    212,633       -            -         -        15        7,943   114,627
Negros Oriental                       11          356      1,228       -            -         -        -            -         -
Siquijor                              -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas         64        3,339     18,066       -            -         -         4          420     4,600

Eastern Samar                         -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Leyte                                 62        3,082     16,793       -            -         -        -            -         -
Northern Samar                        -            -          -        -            -         -         4          420     4,600
Samar (Western Samar)                 -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Southern Leyte                         2          257      1,273       -            -         -        -            -         -
Biliran                               -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region IX - Western Mindanao           1          198      1,000       -            -         -        -            -         -

Zamboanga del Norte                   -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Zamboanga del Sur                      1          198      1,000       -            -         -        -            -         -
Zamboanga Sibugay                     -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Isabela City                          -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region X - Northern Mindanao           3          493      5,157       -            -         -         2          110       942

Bukidnon                              -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Camiguin                              -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Lanao del Norte                        1          191      1,567       -            -         -        -            -         -
Misamis Occidental                    -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Misamis Oriental                       2          302      3,589       -            -         -         2          110       942

Region XI - Davao Region               4          842      4,600       -            -         -        18        1,886    13,456

Davao del Norte                        2          283        578       -            -         -        -            -         -
Davao del Sur                          2          559      4,022       -            -         -        18        1,886    13,456
Davao Oriental                        -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Compostela Valley                     -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN              3          525      2,146       -            -         -         1           33       266

North Cotabato                        -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
South Cotabato                         2          419      1,196       -            -         -         1           33       266
Sultan Kudarat                        -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Sarangani                             -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Cotabato City                          1          106        949       -            -         -        -            -         -

Region XIII - Caraga                  -            -          -        -            -         -         3        1,066     4,609

Agusan del Norte                      -            -          -        -            -         -         2          702     2,539
Agusan del Sur                        -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -
Surigao del Norte                     -            -          -        -            -         -         1          364     2,069
Surigao del Sur                       -            -          -        -            -         -        -            -         -

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

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