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MANILA, Philippines – Home prices in the Philippines grew at a faster rate in the first quarter of 2026, before the Middle East crisis weighed on the volatile market.
The cost of various types of homes in the country, as measured by the residential property price index (RPPI), edged up 4.5 percent from a year earlier in the three months through March, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported.
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That marked the strongest annual gain since the second quarter of 2025, when home prices grew 7.5 percent. On a quarterly basis, the index jumped 5.6 percent, its sharpest sequential increase on record.
