Overseas Filipino workers continue to provide a crucial source of demand for the Philippine housing market, with homeownership aspirations proving resilient despite economic uncertainties abroad, according to listed developer Empire East Land Holdings Inc.
Megaworld Corp., along with Travellers International Hotel Group, Inc. (TIHGI) and Southwoods Mall, Inc. (SMI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with listed real estate investment trust MREIT, Inc. to pursue a strategic property-for-share swap.
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI) reported a 6 percent increase in first-quarter net income, supported by stronger residential sales, rising leasing revenues, improving hotel operations, and an early recovery in liquor demand despite uncertain economic conditions.
MREIT Inc., a real estate investment trust, is channeling P1.26 billion into township expansion projects across Cebu, Palawan, Bacolod, and Pasig City, as sponsor Megaworld Corp. moves to recycle capital from a recent share sale into fresh property developments and debt reduction.
Megaworld-backed MREIT is accelerating its expansion plans, with the company aiming to grow its gross leasable area (GLA) portfolio to at least one million square meters by 2027 — three years ahead of its original target.
Metrobank Chief Economist Nicholas Mapa has been named the top analyst at The Asset Benchmark Research Awards, clinching the Best Individual Sellside Research title.
Slower economic growth, elevated inflation, and softer consumer demand weighed on GT Capital Holdings Inc.’s businesses, pulling consolidated net income down 10 percent to P23.3 billion in the first nine months of 2026, even as its banking and automotive units continued to generate substantial earnings.
Strong investor demand enabled Bank of Commerce (BankCom), an affiliate of San Miguel Corp., to raise P17.4 billion from its latest bond offering, more than 3.4 times the minimum P5-billion issue size despite a challenging market environment.
The Board of Investments (BOI) remains confident of meeting its P1-trillion investment approvals target this year, but is shifting greater attention to the policy environment and industrial planning needed to sustain project inflows beyond its own investment pipeline.