Vista Land up by 5

US$ Peso exchange rate today: (Indicative rates)
Buying: Php 45.40
Selling : Php 45.95


From the SONA we jump over to Manny Villar. Nope I won't say that he just won convincingly the Senate presidency (huh) but his holding firm Vista Land has just experienced its first increase in share value by 5cents. (http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0727&282007/headlines02.html).

Hey good news for your $ today. Buying was up by .65 cents! Hurry up on those remittances to Juan dela Cruz.

To continue on with my 26 Best Developments in the Philippine Real Estate

13. Mayfield Park Residences (Loc : Rosario, Pasig City. View : Pasig and Ortigas skyline, Pricing :$49,000 - $98,000). Notes... They have a koi pond. Here is a link to a sample koi pond (for lack of words to describe it) http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://www.shooterdog.com/pondbridge3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.shooterdog.com/pond.htm&h=536&w=800&sz=100&tbnid=MaGqI0YyTziRiM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkoi%2Bpond%2Bpicture%26um%3D1&start=2&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=2

14. Woodsville Viverde Mansions (Loc : Merville, Paranaque City, Pricing : $23,000 - $56,000) Available units : studio, 1 br and 2 br. Designed for start up families and conveniently located South of Makati (SOMA). www.robinsonsproperties.com.ph

15. One Serendra and Two Serendra (Loc : Bonifacio Global City, View : Makati skyline, Pricing : $138,000 - $435,000).

16. Ayala Westgrove Heights (Loc : Silang Cavite, lots start at $89,000). Hey these guys have a 6 hectare park with lagoon. www.ayalalandpremier.com

Next week I will be bringing more of these list of the 26 Best Developments to live in the Philippines.

Special thanks to Eric Newman (www.ericnewman.com) for his picture of a koi pond, cheers!

Vista Land beefs up in the North too

US$ Peso exchange rate today: (Indicative rates)
Buying: Php 45.05
Selling : Php 45.55

Camella Homes (now known as Camella Homes and Communities) now has the following roster of master planned communities north of Metro Manila;

1. Grande Vita - Mediterranean (or seaside like villas, prominent in California and Florida since these are coastal regions) style homes located in Valenzuela City (right after Novaliches).
2. Siena Villa - carefully laid out townhomes with bigger lay outs of 3 bedrooms and 1 toilet and bath (t&b). Same location - in Valenzuela City.
3. Nova Romania - another Mediterranean inspired community, 2 storey homes located in Deparo - in the gut of Caloocan City.
4. El Paseo - if you want to live around tall palm trees and lush landscaping, this is the place to be. Its near SM Novaliches and the 2 top schools - UP and Ateneo.
5. Tierra del Sueno - Spanish inspired community (most exclusive project in the vicinity). Price range is from $17,000 to $36,000.00. Located in San Jose del Monte Bulacan.

This is just a view from South to North - till then ...

Vista Land, largest homebuilder...

Here is another juicy article that I scanned today at one of Philippine's broadsheets; Vista Land is now the biggest homebuilder in Asia. Such a bold and dangerous claim. Let us quickly look why the daring claim. Vista Land being the holding arm of Brittany Corporation, Crown Asia, Camella Homes and Communities Philippines has a total combined area projects of ... 1,077 hectares generously scattered all over the Philippine Real Estate archipelago. The other major reason is how Vista Land has a complete spectrum of projects for the different income classes of your average Juan dela Cruz. Take your pick - 12 master planned Brittany projects, 20 large scale themed projects from Crown Asia, 19 projects from socialized housing developer Camella Homes (which by the way debuted last year in the condominium arena with its Pacific Residences in Taguig) and 23 projects from Communities Philippines scattered over Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Batangas, Iloilo, Cebu, Leyte, CDO and Davao.

The author would become your lens for these projects - let us see how Vista Land combines quality with quantity and come up with the most livable breathing space for every Juan dela Cruz wanting to have some piece of land in his native home land.