Buying from abroad
You will not be in the room for the reservation, the contract or the deed. Someone at home signs for you under a Special Power of Attorney, and the money you remit has to land in the right account against an official receipt. This page is the order to do it in.
The Special Power of Attorney, step by step
Consularised at the Philippine Embassy or Consulate, or notarised locally and apostilled — either way, these are the steps, and the checklist remembers where you got to.
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1. Decide who acts for you
2. Draft the Special Power of Attorney
3. Sign and authenticate it
4. Get it to the Philippines
5. Use it carefully
Your ticks are saved in this browser only. Embassy and consulate procedures and fees change; confirm the current ones with the post you will use.
Before you send anything
Verify the practitioner first
Type the PRC license number on the flyer before a single peso is sent.
Projects with a verified License to Sell
Pre-selling projects whose DHSUD License to Sell REACTIVE.PH has checked.
What the taxes and fees add
Size the first remittance with the transfer costs included.
How property scams work
Double selling, fake titles and reservation-fee scams, and how to see them coming.
The guides
Paying for property from abroad: remittances, loans and who receives the money
How to send the money so it is traceable, who it must be payable to, and the financing that is open to an overseas Filipino.
Aug 25, 2026
The Special Power of Attorney: consularised, apostilled, and what it must say
A general authority is not enough to buy land for someone else. Here is what the SPA must contain, where you sign it, and why an apostille now does what the consulate used to.
Aug 25, 2026
Buying property from abroad: the OFW guide
What an overseas Filipino can buy, who can sign for you at home, and the order to do things in so that the money you send ends up as a title in your name.
Aug 25, 2026
Not legal advice
This guide describes the usual Philippine procedure. Your citizenship, the country you are in and the developer or bank you deal with all change the details; confirm them with the Embassy or Consulate and with the counterparty before you sign. Verification badges on REACTIVE.PH confirm documents submitted to the platform; they are not a guarantee of any person, property or transaction.