Government Institutions and Private Organizations involved in the promotion and professionalism in the Philippine Real Estate Sector. 

Housing and Urban Land Development Council 

The HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL (HUDCC) which is under the immediate control and supervision of the President of the Philippines, is charged with the main function of coordinating the activities of the government housing agencies to ensure the accomplishment of the National Shelter Program. The HUDCC formulates national objectives for housing and urban development and to design broad strategies for the accomplishment of these objectives. It also monitors, reviews and evaluate the effectiveness of agencies of their assigned functions.
Website: www.hudcc.gov.ph
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board  
The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) is a national government agency tasked as the planning, regulatory and quasi-judicial body for land use development and real estate and housing regulation. These roles are done via a triad of strategies namely, policy development, planning and regulation.
Website: www.hlurb.gov.ph


Home Mutual Development Fund
The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) was created on June 11, 1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1530. Primarily, the Fund was created to address two of the nation’s basic concerns : generation of savings and provision of shelter for the workers. Under PD 1530, two agencies administered the fund. The Social Security Systems (SSS) saw to the funds from private employees; Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the funds from government workers.


To further strengthen the stability and viability of the two fund, Executive Order No. 538 was issued on June 4, 1979. The said EO merged the two funds into what is now known as PAG-IBIG FUND.

Pag-IBIG is an acronym which stands for Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan : Ikaw, Bangko, Industria at Gobyerno. In effect, Pag-IBIG harness these four sectors of our society to provide its members with adequate housing through as effective savings scheme.

Website: www.pagibigfund.gov.ph


National Housing Authority

The NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NHA) is a government owned and controlled corporation under the administrative supervision of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and classified under the Infrastructure Utilities Group.

NHA was tasked to develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated housing program which shall embrace, among others, housing development and resettlement, sources and schemes of financing, and delineation of government and private sector participation. Under EO 90 dated 17 December 1986. NHA was mandated as the sole national government agency to engage in shelter production focusing on the housing needs of the lowest 30% of the urban population.


Website:
www.nha.gov.ph


Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines
Twenty eight years ago, a group of concerned and dedicated licensed real estate brokers bonded together and dedicated themselves to pursue their common objectives of truly professionalizing the real estate industry and raising the level of ethical standards of licensed real estate practitioners. With this noble purpose in mind and adhering to the ideas they firmly believed in, they established an entirely new association known as the Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (REBAP). 

Website: www.rebap.com.ph


Philippine Association of Realtors Boards
The Philippine Association of REALTORS® Boards, Inc. (PAREB) is the umbrella organization of 42 boards from Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. Its general membership is composed of bonafide REALTORS® all of whom are government-licensed real estate brokers and many of whom are also licensed appraisers, real estate consultants, property developers, builders, and practitioners of other professions.

Website:
www.realtors.org.ph 


Professional Regulation Commission - Board of Real Estate Service

Agency responsible for regulating and supervising the practice of real estate professional individuals according to knowledge base and practice.

Website: www.prc.gov.ph


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