Dauin or Valencia

We also bought land with an overlooking view in metro dumaguete, the only things bad happened because of our ignorance we bought a land that is not titled, so be careful of land buying there, before you buy consult many people that have knowledge of land law there in philippines or else your money will just be wasted.
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Tax declaration BTW is not a proof a ownership..as much as possible try to avoid buying a property with this nature to avoid headache! My advice if you want to buy lang in PI find a piece of
land already has had the work done, and
it comes with a clean title.

 

Here in Valencia, tax declarations are fine if you're careful.

Personally I really like Valencia. I really don't see what the attraction is in Dauin except for living near the sea.

As a former seaman that doesn't appeal to me so much.

 

Dauin or Valencia

Well I'm not filipino (my wife a filipina), we are just to hurry to buy this lot.But it's late alraedy I knew that buying land in Philippines have many problems, because many lands there are not titled and some are even owned from the govt. where the locals are selling it which is not allowed by the law.

I have a message here that I like to post this is the advice I got from an expert which able to inlightened me whats the meaning with this kind of land (tax declaration).

PLEASE READ:

Make sure you are dealing only with the person named in the tax
declaration and not a relative or a friend or agent. DEAL ONLY WITH
THE NAME ON THE TAX DECLARATION AND REQUIRE PROOF OF ID.

Ask this person how he/she came about owning the land. If they say
by inheritance or by purchase, ask for a copy of their notorized
documents showing ownership. Tax declarations are only proof of
registration, not proof of ownership. The seller must have a
notorized deed of sale or an offical public document whereby they
inherited the land.

Get a copy of their deed and the tax declaration and go see the
municipal assessor and compare these documents with those in his
file and make sure both are the same. Then ask how long the land has
been "tax declared" by this person. Ask him to look up the last 15
years of registered owners and give you copies of the tax
declarations covering the property for at least 15 years.

Then ask questions of all the neighbors. Find out if there are
others who claim interest in the property. The neighbors will know
the history:

If all goes well, then go to the local CENRO office or to DENR and
ask when the land was first declared "alienable and disposable" and
when it was classifed as "agriculural land." These dates should be
the same. The land must be classifed "A&E" otherwise your seller
has no interest to transfer to you.

Also keep in mind that with tax declared land, all you are buying is
the right to possession. Possession is very important since this is
all the tax-registered holder has is possessionary rights. This is
why you must ask all the neighbors who has possession of the land.
Make sure that no one is living on the property and make sure that
no tenant is rasing any crops or tending to the coconut trees.
Tenants usually have better possessionary rights over property than
the tax-declared owners since the DAR office backs these folks to
the hilt.

Let everyone know that you will be conducting a full investigation
into the possessionary rights of the seller and into his right to
transfer this interest to you.

If you get any "song and dance" bull sh*t and excuses, run away as
fast as you can.


Remember, it takes two for a land swindle to work. The crooked
seller and the greedy buyer who thinks he is getting a fantastic
bargin.

 

Well said Kai. And to those who are planning to buy a piece of land in the Phils or even in the process of purchasing a lot, DON'T PAY IN FULL unless the Certificate of Title is already transferred in your name. Ignorance and trust will lead you to downfall... Just my humble advise...

 

Payment

I think you would have to pay in full for the deed of absolute sale to be fully executed. All you can do is to make sure the title is clean prior to the signing...

 

The old adage has never applied more,

"If a deal is too good to be true then it often is"

 

Kai, great advice! Looks like a Dave Williams original. He gives some outstanding tips for avoiding problems.

 

Dauin or Valencia

YOU ARE RIGHT....this advice as i said I got from an expert (Dave Williams ).He can give many advices when it comes to real estate and he is a big help to some of my friends who have also problems in land buying there.