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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

ZAMBOANGA CITY BRANCH CONDUCTS DEVELOPERS’ FORUM

By Cora Mamaug

ZAMBOANGA CITY, 7 AUG. - - Pag-IBIG Fund, Zamboanga City Branch recently conducted a Developers’ Forum in one of the local hotels here. Vice-President for Northern Mindanao Operations, Mr. FERMIN “Jong” STA. TERESA, JR. was the keynote speaker during the said occasion.

The forum was so timely because it was the best avenue to disseminate to both the old and new players, the Amended Guidelines of the Fund’s Housing Loan Program.
  
VP STA. TERESA delivering his message

The good news was positively received by the developers, considering that under the Amended Guidelines for End-User Financing (HDMF Circular 310),  a Pag-IBIG member may avail of a housing or lot loan as high as Six Million (P6,000,000.00) Pesos with a minimal interest of 7.985% per annum payable in a maximum term of thirty (30) years. 

Moreover, the Fund released the New Guidelines on the Pag-IBIG Affordable    Housing     Program   (HDMF Circular 312), where the interest rate is as low as 4.5% for P 400,000.00 and 6.5% for P 750,000.00, still with a maximum term of thirty (30) years.  

Mr. Cesar C. Bazan, the Assistant Department Manager for Operations was the one who presented the salient features of both  circulars. 

 ADM BAZAN discussing HDMF Circulars 310 
& 312

The forum was culminated with the awarding of the two (2) top performing Pag-IBIG accredited developers of Zamboanga City,  Shie Jie Corporation, owned by Mr. Yang Chi Hao,  and Blue Shark Development and Trading Corporation, represented by Hja. Farida M. Radja.

At least forty (40) developers were present during the Forum.(JPA/CM/PAG-IBIG/PIA9-ZBST)