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Use this hub to work out who owns what, what an owner may and may not do, and how competing claims over land and buildings are resolved. Possession, title and registration are distinct concepts, and most property disputes turn on telling them apart.
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Forcible entry, unlawful detainer, accion publiciana or accion reivindicatoria? How to pick the right case to recover land in the Philippines: the one-year rule, which court by assessed value, what to prove and what to file first.
Can you sell leased co-owned property? Understand Article 493, buyer options, tenant rights, partition and lawful ways to end a five- or ten-year lease.
When a neighbor’s karaoke, parties or machines become a legal nuisance in the Philippines, why self-help is risky, and the step-by-step path from a written request and barangay conciliation to a civil case for abatement and damages.
A notarized but unregistered deed of sale binds the seller and the seller’s heirs, but not third persons. Here is who wins against second buyers and creditors, and how to register, file an adverse claim or compel the seller.
Yes — an unnotarized deed of sale still binds the buyer and seller. But it cannot be registered, is weaker proof in court and does not protect you against a second buyer or the seller’s creditors. Here is what that means and how to fix it.
When the Registry of Deeds’ original title is lost or destroyed, RA 26 lets the owner rebuild it — administratively after a mass loss, or in court. Sources, steps, notice rules and deadlines.
How to replace a lost owner’s duplicate TCT or OCT: affidavit of loss, RTC petition under Section 109 of PD 1529, proof of loss and fake-title risks.
How a co-owner buys back a share sold to an outsider: written notice, the 30-day deadline, the redemption price, tender and consignation.
The most common legal problems in Philippine property sales — wrong seller, missing spousal consent, unregistered deeds, disguised loans, area and title issues — with the rule, the fix and the next step for each.
How Philippine law resolves disputes between co-owners of land or a house: each co-owner’s rights over their share and the whole, use and income, expenses, decisions, sale of a share and legal redemption, partition, and repudiation.