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PH banks' real estate exposure hits 6-yr low

Manila Bulletin

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June 23, 2025

The real estate exposure of banks and their trust units at end-March, fell to 19.41 percent of the total loan portfolio, excluding interbank loans, down from 20.31 percent the previous year.

Based on the latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the overall property exposure ratio has been the lowest in six years, or since March 2019.

The total real estate exposure of banks and trust units, based on real estate loans (REL) and real estate investments (REI), for the first three months, totaled P372.4 billion, a 1.9 percent decrease from last year’s P379.4 billion.

As of March, real estate exposure as residential REL totaled P1.13 trillion, up 10.8 percent from last year’s P1.02 trillion. Commercial REL, at P183 trillion, was also 7.7 percent higher than the previous year’s P1.70 trillion.

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