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'Corruption issues to take toll on property market'
The Philippine Star
|October 07, 2025
Issues involving massive corruption are seen as having a temporary impact on the country’s property sector, which has been experiencing robust growth in recent quarters.
“There might be a pullback on transaction volume, but I don’t think prices are going to fall. I think this is highly temporary,” Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) chief executive officer David Leechiu said.
This story is from the October 07, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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