Winning an award speaks volumes. It can be a testament to the hard work of the people involved in the project, and can serve as the crowning glory of a development. It can likewise determine key players in the real estate industry or those who go above and beyond in responding to the changing needs of property seekers.
Lamudi’s The Outlook: Philippines’ Buyers Choice Awards, co-presented by Philippine Daily Inquirer Property and Holcim, is a chance to felicitate the shortlisted developments through a selection process that ensures transparency and leaves no room for bias.
Nomination process
Lamudi opened the nominations in January to all developers in the Philippines. This allowed enough time for nominees to pour in until May. All Philippine property developers had the opportunity to nominate their developments that best fit the Outlook Awards categories.
We have set up an Outlook Awards website where developers filled out a form to nominate their projects. After the form has been officially submitted, Lamudi allowed submissions to be edited until May 31 by contacting us directly. There is no nomination fee to submit the name of a project.
There is no limit to the number of nominations that developers can submit in the award categories. There is, however, an exclusion criterion, which states that previous winners of The Outlook Awards cannot be nominated again. We added this in the rules to guarantee the variety of winners over time.
Lamudi will be giving away a total of 19 awards during the gala night slated in November.
Categories for Luzon:
• Best Affordable Condo
• Best Premium Condo
• Best Luxe Condo
• Best Affordable House
• Best Premium House
• Best Mixed-Use Development
Categories for Visayas and Mindanao:
• Best Affordable Condo in Visayas and Mindanao
• Best Premium Condo in Visayas and Mindanao
• Best House of the Year
• Best Mixed-Use Development of the Year
Special Awards:
• Best Green Project
• Best Innovation Project
• Best Co-living Space
• Best Co-working Space
• Personality of the Year
Grand Awards:
• Best Boutique Developer of the Year (VisMin)
• Best Developer of the Year (Visayas and Mindanao)
• Best Boutique Developer of the Year (Luzon)
• Best Developer of the Year (Luzon)
Our esteemed panel of judges carefully selected the shortlisted nominees for the categories assigned to them.
The winners will then be determined from the shortlisted entries after conducting a 10,000-respondent survey involving active property seekers on the Lamudi platform. For the special awards, those who received the highest score from the judges will be announced as winners.
All the projects that did not pass the shortlisting process or win an award in 2019 can be nominated again next year,provided they fall within the award categories of The Outlook Awards for 2020.
We will be announcing the winners at The Outlook Awards gala on November 14 at the Makati Shangri-La.
For more information, visit lamudi.com.ph/outlook2019.
The author is the CEO of Lamudi Philippines, the leading real estate platform that offers sellers, buyers and renters a secure and easy-to-use platform to find or list properties online. By connecting developers, real estate agents, and private owners with property seekers, Lamudi helps real estate buyers find their dream property online.