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Knightley1
  3/23/2022 18:13 EST

Does Davao city offer up a decent expat community and can someone living there give me an idea as to the best areas to look for long term housing ?

Thanks

Waiting4home
  4/6/2022 03:42 EST

Villa Viva Belgica is an interesting hang out of expats from Europe and North America.

As far as long term housing, it really depends on your tastes.

Downtown city, the burbs, and somewhat rural can be found.

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Asawa
  4/6/2022 17:01 EST

If you go visit the Abreeza Mall, You'll pass international folks (Europe and Americas) ever few minutes if not more often. It's the luxery (high-end mall). You can find it at google maps here:

https://goo.gl/maps/C4aHGKzUVsWZVFwE7

The best Real Estate in Davao requires boots on the ground (in person visits).

But if you want to do some online dreaming and browsing around Davao to see what's possible I like:

https://www.lamudi.com.ph/davao-del-sur/davao/house/rent/?sorting=price-high&page=1

I list places from High Price to Low Price. Just remember the conversion before you get excited:

200,000 = $4000/mo
150,000 = $3000/mo
100,000 = $2000/mo
75,000 = $1500/mo
50,000 = $1000/mo
etc.

There is such a small market for the high-priced places that most of them do get listed. As you go to lower cost rentals, you can probably find more locally than people bother to list.

You will at least get some idea of the market by browsing those listings. Do not rent anything until you are there... even it means staying in a hotel or AirBNB for several months.

-Asawa

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