HOME ABOUT CONTACT FEES F. A. Q. GLOSSARY ACRONYMS LAWS LINKS Here are some commonly used abbreviations. Sometimes, what a realtor says is so full of acronyms that it's impossible to tell what he is trying to say! Note that most of these acronyms are unique to the PR (Philippine Republic).

APD Areas for Priority Development BBM Barangay Boundary Monument BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue BL Bureau of Lands BLLM Bureau of Lands Locator Monument BTRCP Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection CAR Certificate Authorizing Registration CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program CBM City Bureau Monument CEREB Cebu Realtors Board CF Community Facilities CGT Capital Gains Tax CLOA Certificate of Land Ownership Awards CMP Community Mortgage Program CNC Certificate of Non-Coverage CWT Creditable Withholding Tax DENR Department of Environmen & Natural Resources DST Documentary Stamp Tax DTI Department of Trade and Industry ECC Environment Compliance Certificate ECP Environmental Critical Project EFRS Electronic Filing and Payment System EGGAR Engineering Geological and Geohazard Assessment Report EIA Environment Impact Assessment FA Final Approval HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board HOA Home Owners Association HSRC Human Settlement Regulation Council HUDCC Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council IEE Initial Environment Examination LGU Local Government Unit LRC Land Registration Commission LRA Land Registration Administration LMB Lands Management Bureau MBM Municipal Bureau Monument NEDA National Economic Development Authority NIPAS National Integral Protected Areas System NSO National Statistics Office NWRB National Water Resources Board OPT Other Percentage Tax OCT Original Certificate of Title PAG-IBIG Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan, Ikaw, Basuko, Industriya, Grobyerno. (The Philippine's semi-governmental housing loan agency; the acronym means "love" in Filipino. PALC Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance PAREB Philippines Association of Realtors Board P/P Parks and Playgrounds RA Republic Act RDO Revenue District Office (of the BIR) REB Real Estate Broker REA Real Estate Appraiser REC Real Estate Consultant RESCCP Realty Estate Service Council of the Philippines ROW Right of Way RSP Realy Service Practitioner PUD Planned Unit Development TCT Transfer Certificate of Title TCC Tax Clearance Certificate TD Tax Declaration (also called Tax Dec) TIA Traffic Impact Assessment UHLP United Home Lending Program VAT Value Added Tax