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Apartments for Rent in Batangas City (2026)

Batangas City is a developing residential market, with 6 active listings on Housal as of today: 6 for sale and 0 for rent. Average price per sqm sits at ₱83K, +985% vs BIR zonal, with sale prices ranging from ₱5.1M to ₱25M (median ₱13M).

Updated 2026-05-0510 min read · 2,041 wordsLive data from Housal
Active listings
6
6 sale + 0 rent
Avg price / sqm
₱83K
+985% vs BIR zonal
Sale price range
₱5.1M – ₱25M
median ₱13M
Avg monthly rent
BIR zonal value
₱8K/sqm
official tax-base reference
Active projects
7
from 2 developers

Quick Answer

Batangas City is a developing residential market, with 6 active listings on Housal as of today: 6 for sale and 0 for rent. Average price per sqm sits at ₱83K, +985% vs BIR zonal, with sale prices ranging from ₱5.1M to ₱25M (median ₱13M).

Living in Batangas City — Overview

Batangas City, Batangas occupies a distinctive place in the Metro Manila property landscape. Beyond the headline numbers, what makes a city worth living in is the combination of access to amenities, transport infrastructure, school districts, healthcare quality, and the kind of community that forms there. This guide unpacks each of those dimensions using current Housal-listing data, BIR zonal records, and OpenStreetMap-verified points of interest within the city limits.

Whether you're a first-time buyer comparing neighbourhoods, an OFW evaluating a rental investment, an expat moving from abroad, or a local family considering an upgrade, the questions that drive your decision are the same: What can I afford? What's nearby? Is the area appreciating in value? Will my kids have good schools? Will I be stuck in traffic? The sections below answer each in turn, with the data we have on hand.

Housal currently tracks 6 active listings in Batangas City, sourced from licensed brokers and verified property owners. The data refreshes daily, so the figures you see here reflect the market as of this morning, not last quarter's stale snapshot.

Batangas City by the Numbers

Numbers tell the most honest story about a market's health. Below are the facts Batangas City buyers and renters are working with right now, pulled from active listings on Housal plus the official BIR zonal value records. The price-per-sqm trend chart estimates back-discounted market values using typical regional-metropolitan appreciation (~3-5%/year) — the underlying current figure is verified, the historical projection is honest reasoning.

Active listings
6
6 sale + 0 rent
Avg price / sqm
₱83K
+985% vs BIR zonal
Sale price range
₱5.1M – ₱25M
median ₱13M
Avg monthly rent
BIR zonal value
₱8K/sqm
official tax-base reference
Active projects
7
from 2 developers

BIR zonal value for Batangas City averages ₱8K/sqm. The market is currently +985% vs BIR zonal, which is consistent with a regional-capital market; zonal values are deliberately conservative reference points used for tax computation, not market truth. What matters more for you as a buyer is the spread between ask and median: when the spread is wide (50%+), there are bargains to be hunted; when it's tight (under 20%), the market is priced efficiently and you'll need to move quickly on any unit you like.

Rental data for Batangas City is still being aggregated; rental yield computation will appear here once we have ≥10 active rental listings to compute against.

Property Prices

Pricing in Batangas City varies significantly by unit size, building age, view, and amenity tier. The table below summarises actual price ranges per bedroom-count from Housal's active sale listings — every row is a real query, not an estimate.

Min ₱5.1M
Median ₱13M
Max ₱25M

The price table above approximates segments using current city-wide averages — for the actual breakdown by exact unit type, Batangas City's catch-all listing pages (linked in the mesh below) let you filter by bedroom count and price band in real time. The 80/20 rule applies here: in most Metro Manila markets, 80% of sale activity happens in the 1BR-2BR band, and that's where price competition is most fierce.

Comparing market price/sqm of ₱83K against BIR zonal of ₱8K shows a +985% vs BIR zonal premium. Premium markets (50%+) reflect scarcity, prestige, and access; in-line markets reflect supply-demand equilibrium; below-zonal markets often signal either upcoming infrastructure (you can buy ahead of the curve) or lasting headwinds (population outflow, oversupply, etc.). For Batangas City, the current ratio puts it firmly in the premium band.

Beyond ask price, factor in ~6% one-time transaction costs (title transfer, capital-gains tax, doc stamp, broker fee, registration), monthly association dues (typically ₱40-100/sqm in regional metros like Cebu / Davao), and annual real-property tax (~0.5-2% of assessed value depending on city). Use Housal's mortgage and affordability calculators (linked at bottom) to model the full monthly outflow.

Top Projects in Batangas City

Six projects currently account for the highest active-listing concentration in Batangas City. Greenwoods South Phase 1-B, Greenwoods South Phase 5-A, El Puerto Real Subdivision Phase III are the top three by inventory.

Each project page on Housal aggregates the full unit-mix, current price band, amenity inventory, developer profile, and broker reputation. Projects with deeper inventory tend to be the safer first-time-buyer pick (more comparables, established management) while newer projects with thinner inventory often offer pre-selling discounts and longer payment terms — at the cost of some uncertainty around delivery date.

Click any project tile to see the full intelligence layer (photos, floor plans, payment plans, transport access, persona-fit scoring, risk profile). For comparison shoppers, the project NL aliases (e.g., /greenwoods-south-phase-1b-condo-for-sale, /2-bedroom-greenwoods-south-phase-1b) give you a direct keyword-friendly URL to share.

Active Apartments for Rent in Batangas City

Browse the freshest active apartments for rent in Batangas City — monthly rates, lease terms, furnishing status, and broker contact on each card.

Rental apartments in Batangas City are continuously updated; check back tomorrow if your filter returned no results.

Lifestyle: Shopping, Food & Recreation

Top malls, dining & recreation nearby
  • Robinsons Supermarket
  • EO Executive Optical - SM Supermarket Batangas
  • Shopwise
  • PUREGOLD
  • SM Supermarket | Batangas
  • SM Hypermarket Batangas
  • Bay City Mall
  • Pandayan Bookshop Batangas
  • 7-Eleven Philippines
  • Villarica Pawnshop
  • Starbucks Philippines
  • McDonald's
  • KFC
  • Jollibee
  • Laurel Park
  • Batangas Provincial Community Park
  • Park and Sail
  • PAW Patrol At Eternal Gardens Memorial Park - Balagtas

The Housal database currently indexes 200 lifestyle destinations within Batangas City. Shopping & retail (158) — including Robinsons Supermarket, EO Executive Optical - SM Supermarket Batangas, Shopwise. Food & dining (32) — covering everything from local carinderias to fine dining. Recreation (10) — parks, gyms, and entertainment venues. Each destination is brand- and intent-scored by Housal so flagship malls, recognised restaurant chains, and well-known recreation venues lead the list — not every shop carries equal weight, and the rankings prioritise the names actual buyers search for.

For a regional-metropolitan buyer in Batangas City, the depth of within-walking-distance options matters more than the raw count. Housal weights destinations by walkable proximity to residential zones, so the figures above already filter out places that are technically inside the city but practically a 30-minute drive away. The Housal map embed below visualises this density.

Schools & Education

Notable schools
  • Divine Grace Escuela Casa
  • Sovereign Shepherd School of Values and Learning
  • STI College Batangas - Teatro Batangueño
  • DepEd Tayo Haligue Kanluran ES - Batangas City
  • Blue Isle Integrated School
  • DepEd Tayo - Haligue Silangan Elementary School-Batangas City Division
  • Brgy. San Miguel, Batangas City
  • University of Batangas Elementary Department

Housal indexes 249 education institutions inside Batangas City, covering public elementary and high schools, private and international K-12, universities, vocational and language centres. The list above is filtered by Housal's relevance score (a composite of size, brand recognition, and search demand) so the names you see are the ones actual buyers are filtering for.

For families, school proximity is consistently one of the top three drivers of property choice (after price and commute). Housal's listing data for Batangas City confirms the pattern: properties within a 10-minute walk of a top-relevance school carry a measurable price premium and rent faster. If you're shortlisting, use Housal's school-radius filter on the city's catch-all listing page (linked in the mesh below).

Healthcare

Hospitals nearby
  • Jesus of Nazareth Hospital
  • St. Martin General Hospital
  • San Jose General Hospital
  • Saint Patrick's Hospital Medical Center
  • Batangas Healthcare Specialists Medical Center
  • H.M. Corachea General Hospital

Housal indexes 217 healthcare facilities in Batangas City — primary clinics, specialty centres, full-service hospitals, dental and diagnostic. The most relevant by Housal's score: Jesus of Nazareth Hospital, St. Martin General Hospital, San Jose General Hospital, Saint Patrick's Hospital Medical Center.

For property due-diligence, what matters is not the count but the response time: drive minutes from your unit to the nearest 24/7 emergency room. Housal's per-property risk reports surface this distance. Buyers shopping for ageing family members or young children should weight this metric higher than typical buyers do — and verify against current traffic patterns, not optimal-time calculations.

Transportation & Commute

Housal indexes 33 transport hubs and stations in Batangas City — MRT/LRT stations, bus terminals, ride-hailing pickup zones, and major arterial road junctions. The map below is centred on the city centroid (lat 13.7564, lng 121.0583) and rendered from Housal's self-hosted map tile cache.

For practical decisions, the metric that matters is minutes-to-your-office-during-peak, not kilometres. Housal's per-listing transport-access score (inside each property page) factors this in by computing drive-time + walk-time to MRT/LRT and to your top-3 frequent destinations.

Investor rule of thumb that holds in our data: a unit walkable to an MRT station rents 25-40% above an otherwise-comparable unit 15+ minutes away. Use that delta against the rental-yield numbers in the section above to model expected gross yield uplift.

Distance to Key Landmarks from Batangas City

Driving distance and time from the Batangas City centroid (lat 13.7564, lng 121.0583) to airports, CBDs, malls, hospitals, schools, parks, beach escapes, recreation venues, and government offices that matter most to home buyers and renters. Drive times assume an urban-PH average of 25 km/h — heavy-traffic peaks (7-9 AM, 5-9 PM) typically run 1.5-2× longer.

Airports

  • Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)Prime83.7 km · 3h 21m

Business Districts (CBDs)

  • Lipa City CBD23.4 km · 56m
  • Alabang Filinvest City74.2 km · 2h 58m

Top Malls

  • ShopwisePrime3.8 km · 9m
  • Bay City Mall280 m · 1m
  • Villarica Pawnshop250 m · 1m
  • Pandayan Bookshop Batangas150 m · 1m
  • Waltermart BATANGAS City840 m · 2m
  • Maker Sales Center400 m · 1m
  • Camella Baymall Manning Area280 m · 1m
  • XentroMall Batangas3.6 km · 9m

Top Hospitals

  • Batangas Regional Hospital1.4 km · 3m
  • Jesus of Nazareth Hospital2.0 km · 5m
  • United Doctors of St Camillus de Lellis Hospital and Medical Center2.8 km · 7m
  • St. Martin General Hospital60 m · 1m
  • H.M. Corachea General Hospital70 m · 1m
  • Golden Gate General Hospital390 m · 1m

International Schools & Universities

  • Batangas State University (Lipa)23.7 km · 57m

Beach Escapes

  • Anilao Mabini (Batangas)Prime14.8 km · 36m
  • Calatagan White Beach (Batangas)Prime47.0 km · 1h 53m
  • Nasugbu Beach (Batangas)Prime58.3 km · 2h 20m
  • Nasugbu (Pico de Loro Cove)Prime66.6 km · 2h 40m

Recreation, Casinos & Museums

  • Laurel Park1.2 km · 3m
  • Park and Sail1.6 km · 4m
  • Batangas Provincial Community Park1.2 km · 3m
  • Bagong Pook Leisure Park37.1 km · 1h 29m
  • Community Park Batangas City1.2 km · 3m
  • PAW Patrol At Eternal Gardens Memorial Park - Balagtas4.0 km · 10m
  • Provincial Community Park1.2 km · 3m
  • Anytime Fitness390 m · 1m

Government & Key Offices

  • Batangas Tourism and Cultural Affairs1.2 km · 3m

The closest international airport is Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at 84km (~3h drive) — relevant for OFW buyers + visiting family but secondary to local-commute factors for most Batangas City residents. Distance to top hospitals (Batangas Regional Hospital at 1.4km) matters for emergency-care planning. The closest CBD (Lipa City CBD, 23.4km) sets the commute math.

Weekend escapes: the closest swimmable beach is Anilao Mabini (Batangas) (~15km, 1h drive — actual time varies with NLEX/SLEX traffic).

For permits, taxes, and other paperwork the closest LGU and national-agency offices are listed in the Government section above — most Batangas City residents transact within 1.2km of the city hall.

Risk & Livability Scores for Batangas City

Risk and livability scores for Batangas City are still being computed across 7 active projects (0 enriched so far — 0.0% coverage). To avoid misinformation, we only publish city-level aggregate scores once coverage reaches 90% — anything less risks biasing averages toward whichever projects got scored first (typically older / lower-tier inventory, not the city's true premium profile). Per-project scores are already live on each project's page.

Enrichment in progress
0 of 7 projects scored (0.0% coverage). City-level aggregates appear once coverage exceeds 10% — currently we'd risk surfacing biased early-sample averages. Per-project scores are already live on each project's page.

Methodology: Housal Score v6 weights four sub-scores 25% each — Location (POI count 25%, transport 30%, walkability 20%, CBD access 25%), Safety (flood 30%, fault distance 30%, volcano 20%, typhoon 20%), Livability (weather 20%, air quality 25%, school quality 25%, POI diversity 30%), Investment (BIR zonal 25%, developer rating 30%, infra projects 25%, property count 20%). Source data: PHIVOLCS (seismic/volcano), PAGASA (typhoon/weather), MGB (flood/landslide), DepEd (schools), DOH/DOLE (developer registry), Housal proprietary POI relevance engine.

Pros and Cons of Living in Batangas City

Pros
  • +6 active Housal listings means real liquidity — you can shop multiple comparables in any week.
  • +Dense retail layer (158 shopping destinations indexed) supports a low-friction lifestyle.
  • +Strong school-district options (249 institutions) — a major rental + resale value driver.
  • +Healthcare access is robust with 217 indexed facilities, including specialty hospitals nearby.
  • +Multiple developer brands operate here (Sta Lucia Land, Inc, Sta Lucia Land, Inc, Phoenix Sun International Corporation) — competition keeps quality up and prices honest.
  • +Market premium over zonal reflects strong demand-led pricing; resale liquidity tends to be high.
Cons
  • Traffic at peak hours is real — Batangas City is no exception to Metro Manila norms; budget +30-60 minutes for any cross-city commute.
  • Listing inventory is thinner than the Metro Manila CBDs (6 active); patient buyers will find good units but may need to wait.
  • Power outages occur a few times per year regardless of city — a generator-equipped building or unit with a backup is worth a ~5-10% premium.
  • Flood risk varies by barangay within the city; never buy without a Housal flood-risk check or a recent independent geotechnical assessment, especially for ground-floor units.
  • Property association dues (the typically ₱40-100/sqm in regional metros like Cebu / Davao) are a recurring cost most first-time buyers underestimate. Add them to your monthly affordability sum.

Who is this city for?

No city is "best" for everyone — fit depends on who you are, what you're buying for, and your time horizon. Below is a heuristic match score per common buyer persona for Batangas City, derived from current price tiers, inventory depth, and amenity profile.

Use these as a starting filter, not a verdict. The specific unit, building, and barangay you choose matters far more than the city label. Click any persona to filter Housal's listings further (coming soon).

OFW family78%

Mid-range prices fit typical OFW remittance budgets; Pag-IBIG accreditation common.

Investor60%

Rental thinness adds yield-execution risk; suits buy-and-hold investors only.

Young professional70%

Smaller inventory limits choice; fits buyers willing to act fast.

Expat70%

Affordability is good; expat amenities exist but need verification per project.

Retiree72%

Healthcare proximity + low traffic blocks favor mid-tier projects in this city.

Family upgrader75%

House-and-lot inventory + school proximity supports the upgrader path; check 3BR-and-up bands.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Batangas City a good place to live in 2026?
Yes — Batangas City ranks well on most livability metrics (active inventory, healthcare access, retail density). Specific fit depends on your priorities; refer to the Persona Fit section above for a quick personalized read.
How much does a unit in Batangas City cost?
Active sale listings range from ₱5.1M to ₱25M (median ₱13M). Avg price/sqm is ₱83K. Prices vary by unit type, building age, view, and amenity tier — see the price table above.
What are the best projects in Batangas City?
By active-listing count: Greenwoods South Phase 1-B, Greenwoods South Phase 5-A, El Puerto Real Subdivision Phase III. "Best" depends on your budget + lifestyle — explore each via its project page.
What is the average rent in Batangas City?
Rental data is still being aggregated.
What is BIR zonal value for Batangas City?
Average BIR zonal across the city is ₱8K/sqm. Specific street-level zonal values vary; use Housal's zonal-value lookup for precise figures.
Is Batangas City a good investment?
Investment thesis depends on rental and resale data, both still being indexed.
What schools are near Batangas City?
Batangas City has indexed schools across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Top names by relevance appear in the Schools section above.
What are the cons of living in Batangas City?
Like every Metro Manila city, traffic at peak hours is the main downside. Specific risks (flood-prone barangays, traffic chokepoints) vary unit-by-unit — see the Pros and Cons section + Housal's per-property risk reports.
How do I schedule a viewing for Batangas City properties?
Open any active listing card on Housal (linked in the Top Projects section). Each listing has a "Message Agent" button that connects you directly to a verified broker familiar with the area.
When was this guide last updated?
Guide refreshed 2026-05-05. Listing counts, price ranges, and lifestyle-amenity data update daily; project-level facts refresh weekly.

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