Manila, Philippines – 10 January 2014: An industry game-changer and one of the country’s largest financial institutions have become partners to make it easier for Filipinos to find and purchase their dream home.
ZipMatch has signed a strategic partnership with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Family Savings Bank to give Filipinos more options and financial opportunities when searching for their dream home. What’s more, this partnership is set to modernize the real estate industry by streamlining the buying process as well as educating Filipino home-buyers.
Chow Paredes, co-founder of ZipMatch, said: “The real estate industry in the Philippines is changing rapidly. Buyers expect more information available online, and better customer service to help them compare and find their dream home.”
Fortunately, it’s now easy for buyers to search for new homes by checking out the aggregate real estate listings on the ZipMatch website (
www.zipmatch.com). They can also get helpful information of the surrounding city environs as well as one-on-one concierge service.
With the new partnership, buyers will have a one-stop shop in ZipMatch thanks to BPI Family’s appropriate financial support right when they need to buy their new home. More importantly, the joint efforts of the two partners will help educate Filipinos on how to properly assess and use their finances.
ZipMatch and BPI Family are a perfect match because like ZipMatch, the financial institution proactively markets to buyers. John Dang, co-founder of ZipMatch, said they initially approached BPI Family because they are the only progressive bank that markets to real estate, which makes them the right fit for ZipMatch.
“We are very excited to work with BPI Family to help bring the home-buying experience into the digital age,” John said. “They are such an institutional Filipino brand and they have so much history in Philippines and its recent mega-growth. They’re the perfect partner to help us really shake up the industry.”
On the other hand, BPI Family Vice President and Head of Product Marketing Ramon Noel Altamirano said they were impressed with ZipMatch’s dynamism: “We see they have new ideas in contrast to the other people who we’ve talked to and who have offered us a similar partnership.”
Altamirano said that they prefer a partner who is constantly looking at different angles rather than just offering the usual perspective: “(ZipMatch) always thinks beyond, which is very important to us, because that’s how we do things also.”
ZipMatch’s technological solutions and BPI Family’s financial strength will certainly both help and educate the buyers in the process of finding a property. As a result, this dream partnership will help the Filipino dream of owning a home an easy reality.
ZipMatch.com is the first comprehensive online community of sellers, developers, brokers, and buyers in the Philippines. ZipMatch offers everything to make your home purchase easy, from finding the right property and broker to tips on how to make money from real estate investment. For more information, visit www.zipmatch.com.
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