Lhoopa

Honoring Our Everyday Heroes on #NationalHeroesDay 🇵🇭 Today, we celebrate the modern-day heroes who embody courage and hope—those who turn dreams into reality. Our partner contractors and agents build the foundation of communities, our buyers turn houses into homes, and our employees drive the mission forward with passion and dedication. By sharing their journeys, we aim to inspire meaningful action, create a lasting impact on the lives of many, and deepen the bonds that bring us together.

"My goal is to ensure my children have everything they need for their education and future. I want to give them the opportunities I didn't have growing up." From a humble home in Sampaloc, Manila, Mildred grew up in a close-knit family that valued education despite financial hardships. After losing her husband at 26, Mildred balanced a single motherhood of five with multiple ventures, including launching an online shoe business and navigating the pandemic's impact. Today, she’s thriving in real estate, turning every obstacle into an opportunity for growth to build a better future for her children. Read the full story here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gsiyDXiv

What you see here is the reason why we've succeeded in making affordable houses available at scale. As you can imagine, the buying, construction, and selling process is quite complicated. It takes time and hard work to build a tech platform that streamlines and decentralizes the entire process, but we did it. Here’s how our end-to-end process works: 1️⃣ Identify Our in-house technology finds properties that are undervalued. 2️⃣ Estimate Our partner contractors evaluate building and renovation requirements. 3️⃣ Purchase We will proceed with the acquisition once the property has passed through the extensive due diligence phase. 4️⃣ Renovate or Build & Sell Our partner agents handle sales while our partner contractors take care of the renovation. 5️⃣ Loan Processing Our partner agents assist homebuyers in securing loans. 6️⃣ Move-In Our home buyers move in once loans are approved. By decentralizing through local partner networks and leveraging ERP technology, we ensure efficiency and transparency at every step.

It’s hard for a small-scale contractor to grow his business in the Philippines. The main reason? They just cannot wait for half a year after the end of the work to get paid. That’s the way it goes in traditional systems, and of course, these contractors don’t have the capital to accept bigger projects and pay workers upfront. Hardworkers should have the opportunities they deserve, and it’s now possible for our partner contractors to get their fair and timely compensation, thanks to our innovative approach. With our system, we ensure contractors are paid within a week from the approval of each progress. So how are we making real-time payments happen? 1️⃣ Our partner contractors use our app to update their progress, uploading pictures of the projects.  2️⃣ Our engineering team assesses the properties through our system to ensure the specified standards of quality and efficiency in every project.  3️⃣ Once validated, payments are released by our back office swiftly, ensuring no delays. By integrating advanced technology with a human touch, we’re not just building properties—we’re building trust, efficiency, and empowerment in the real estate industry.

His name is Jamandron 👇   He is a contractor partner working with Lhoopa.   We're excited to shine a spotlight on our partner contractor for their outstanding work last quarter.   With 59 houses built, Jamandron and his team have demonstrated what it means to be a true partner in progress. Their commitment to quality, efficiency, and community aligns perfectly with our vision of making homeownership accessible to everyone.   Thank you, Jamandron Construction Services, for your unwavering dedication and exceptional performance.    We're on a mission to make affordable housing a reality, and we know that we can't do it alone.   People like Jamandron are making it possible. 🏠

How are we transforming the real estate industry? 🚀 1️⃣ Head Office: Our proprietary system identifies undervalued properties and monitors their entire lifecycle in real-time. Significantly fewer people are needed to supervise the process. 2️⃣ Process: The apps used by our partner brokers and contractors allow two-way communication and synchronization of progress for each transaction. It completely removes the need for satellite offices on the ground. 3️⃣ Areas: Our networks of brokers and contractors, empowered by technology, build and sell properties in the areas where they live and operate, reducing risks while increasing productivity. By decentralizing processes and leveraging advanced technology, we're making real estate more efficient and transparent.

We align our efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 🌍 Here’s how our commitment makes a difference: 💪 Gender Equality We champion equal opportunities, empowering women in our workforce and communities. 71% of our internal team and 95% of our partner agents are women. 📈 Decent Work and Economic Growth Our projects have created thousands of jobs and supported local economies, driving inclusive economic growth. We work with 100 contractors and 4000 agents and brokers. 🏗️ Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure We’re setting new standards in the industry with innovative decentralized approaches to construction and property development. 🏙️ Sustainable Cities and Communities With affordable homes built and renovated in 60 cities nationwide, we’re transforming lives and creating resilient, sustainable communities. 🌱 Climate Action Our eco-friendly building practices reduce environmental impact and promote greener living solutions. A massive thanks to our dedicated team and partners who make these possible. We’re building a better future together.

Most Filipinos can’t afford a house near jobs. This issue stems from various systemic factors. The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) published a comprehensive discussion on the critical issue of housing affordability in our country. This insightful study delves into the metrics and methodologies for measuring affordability, shedding light on the challenges and potential solutions. This study provides some intriguing insights into the situation. For example, the poor and low-income households are not able to afford housing priced at 30% of their income, while the middle-income and rich are able to afford housing priced at more than 30% of their income. The study also shows that the structure of a family (i.e., size and presence of children) affects housing affordability. To read the full discussion paper, click the link in our comment 👇

BusinessWorld has featured our recent milestone 🌟 We've successfully raised $80M to tackle the affordable housing backlog in Southeast Asia. Check out the full article to learn more about our journey and future plans 👇 https://lnkd.in/g9GV-Yjp

“If we continue to live in rental houses until we are old, we won’t be able to see where all of our hard work has gone. And if our children ask where their father’s hard-earned money went, I’ll have something to show.” - Tatay Jojo Prudencio Jr., fondly known as "Tatay Jojo," faced incredible odds to achieve his dream of homeownership. Growing up in Zamboanga, he worked from a young age as a farmer, taking care of carabaos, and as a rice mill attendant and kargador to support his family, sacrificing education for survival. Despite the challenges, his determination never wavered. After years of hard work and perseverance, Tatay Jojo and his partner Nanay Amalia now have a place to call their own. From being declined to securing a driver's license to buying a motorcycle, and finally, their dream home, his journey highlights the power of never giving up. Our new website features human-centric stories like Tatay Jojo’s. Read more about his journey here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQeqddqC