Editorial Policy

Apartments.ph publishes practical guides on Philippine property, rental and tax rules. This page sets out how that content is researched, sourced and checked — so you can judge for yourself how much weight to give it.

Where our figures come from

Every rate, threshold, fee and deadline we publish is traced to a primary source — the agency that sets it or the law that creates it. In practice that means the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, the Land Registration Authority, Pag-IBIG, the Philippine Statistics Authority, and the statute text itself via LawPhil or the Supreme Court E-Library.

We do not take official figures (rates, fees, caps and deadlines) from other property blogs, listing portals or law-firm marketing pages. Market prices and rents are different: no agency sets them, so where a guide gives a price or rent range it comes from published market data, such as listing-price reports, and the guide names the source and date. Our Sources and Methodology page explains each kind of figure. Where a practical explanation is genuinely needed beyond the legal text, we explain it ourselves from the primary source rather than repeating someone else’s summary.

If a number cannot be verified, we do not publish it

This is the rule we hold most strictly. If we cannot trace a specific peso amount, percentage or day count to a real, checkable source, we describe the range and what drives it rather than asserting a figure. Where a rate is liable to change by legislation or agency circular, we say so and tell you where to confirm the current one.

How our articles are produced

Our guides are researched and drafted with AI assistance, working to a fixed editorial standard that requires primary-source citation, prohibits unverified figures, and specifies the structure every guide must follow. Topics are chosen from a documented content plan based on questions Philippine property owners, buyers and renters actually search for.

Published articles carry the name of the editor responsible for them. We say this plainly because we would rather you knew how the work is made than assumed something else.

Who is responsible

Marjo Villarosa, our Lead Publisher, is responsible for this editorial standard and for what Apartments.ph publishes, including the source checks and corrections. Anton Sheker, the founder, writes our guides on property tax and finance. Each guide names its author, and each author page lists their guides. See About Apartments.ph for more on who is behind the site.

What this site is not

Apartments.ph is an independent information publisher. We are not a law firm, a brokerage, a lender or a tax agent, and nothing here is legal, financial or tax advice for your specific situation. Philippine property transactions turn on facts we cannot see from a web page — the exact wording of your contract, the classification of the property, the practice of your local Registry of Deeds or assessor’s office. Confirm anything you intend to rely on with the relevant agency or a qualified professional before you act on it.

Keeping guides current

Philippine property rules change — tax rates are amended, agencies are reorganised, and new legislation supersedes old practice. Where an article states the date its figures were current as of, treat that date as meaningful. When we correct or update a guide, we update its modification date so the change is visible rather than silent.

If you find something out of date or wrong, please tell us — see our Corrections Policy.