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Best Condos in Marilao (2026)

Marilao is a developing residential market, with 1 active listings on Housal as of today: 0 for sale and 1 for rent. Average price per sqm sits at —, —, with sale prices ranging from — to — (median —).

Updated 2026-05-079 min read · 1,916 wordsLive data from Housal
Active listings
1
0 sale + 1 rent
Avg price / sqm
Sale price range
Avg monthly rent
₱72K
BIR zonal value
₱2K/sqm
official tax-base reference
Active projects
4
from 4 developers

Quick Answer

Marilao is a developing residential market, with 1 active listings on Housal as of today: 0 for sale and 1 for rent. Average price per sqm sits at —, —, with sale prices ranging from — to — (median —).

Living in Marilao — Overview

Marilao, Bulacan 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 1 active listings in Marilao, 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.

Marilao by the Numbers

Numbers tell the most honest story about a market's health. Below are the facts Marilao 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 provincial-market appreciation (~2-4%/year) — the underlying current figure is verified, the historical projection is honest reasoning.

Active listings
1
0 sale + 1 rent
Avg price / sqm
Sale price range
Avg monthly rent
₱72K
BIR zonal value
₱2K/sqm
official tax-base reference
Active projects
4
from 4 developers

BIR zonal value for Marilao averages ₱2K/sqm. The market is currently —, which is in line with provincial-market norms; 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 Marilao is still being aggregated; rental yield computation will appear here once we have ≥10 active rental listings to compute against.

Property Prices

Pricing in Marilao 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.

The price table above approximates segments using current city-wide averages — for the actual breakdown by exact unit type, Marilao'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.

Once the BIR zonal records for Marilao are fully indexed, this section will surface the market-vs-zonal premium calculation for each barangay within the city.

Beyond ask price, factor in ~6% one-time transaction costs (title transfer, capital-gains tax, doc stamp, broker fee, registration), monthly association dues (typically ₱30-80/sqm where applicable), 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 Marilao

Six projects currently account for the highest active-listing concentration in Marilao. Villa Regina Subdivision Phase 1, Cheer Residences, Golden Hills Panorama 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., /villa-regina-subdivision-phase-1-condo-for-sale, /2-bedroom-villa-regina-subdivision-phase-1) give you a direct keyword-friendly URL to share.

Active Condos for Sale in Marilao

Browse the freshest active condos for sale in Marilao — listings from licensed brokers and verified owners. Tap any card for full photos, payment plans, broker contact, and unit details.

For-sale condos in Marilao will appear here once a verified inventory is loaded for the city.

Lifestyle: Shopping, Food & Recreation

Top malls, dining & recreation nearby
  • PUREGOLD
  • Robinsons Supermarket Balagtas
  • Puregold Lias Marilao
  • SM Hypermarket
  • Plaza Cecilia Community Mall
  • Qmart
  • Puregold Jr Marilao
  • National Book Store
  • Alfamart
  • 7-Eleven Philippines
  • Wendy's
  • Dunkin' Donuts
  • Jollibee
  • KFC
  • Gazebo Park
  • Constantino Water Park
  • Sterling Business Park
  • Lopez Park Meralco Village Lias

The Housal database currently indexes 145 lifestyle destinations within Marilao. Shopping & retail (108) — including PUREGOLD, Robinsons Supermarket Balagtas, Puregold Lias Marilao. Food & dining (30) — covering everything from local carinderias to fine dining. Recreation (7) — 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 provincial buyer in Marilao, 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
  • Asia Pacific College of Arts and Management
  • Sta. Faustina Academy
  • Escuela de Santo Padre Pio
  • Flash Express Bocaue Branch
  • E. Rodriguez Jr. High School
  • St Amatiel Technological Institute
  • St. Thomas Technological Institute
  • Divine World School of Marilao

Housal indexes 95 education institutions inside Marilao, 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 Marilao 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
  • Marilao Saint Michael Family Hospital
  • Jephte Peter Hospital
  • Watsons
  • TGP The Generics Pharmacy
  • St. Michael Hospital
  • Dr. Rebecca Dela Cruz Santiago Dental Clinic

Housal indexes 109 healthcare facilities in Marilao — primary clinics, specialty centres, full-service hospitals, dental and diagnostic. The most relevant by Housal's score: Marilao Saint Michael Family Hospital, Jephte Peter Hospital, Watsons, TGP The Generics Pharmacy.

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 27 transport hubs and stations in Marilao — MRT/LRT stations, bus terminals, ride-hailing pickup zones, and major arterial road junctions. The map below is centred on the city centroid (lat 14.7724, lng 120.9600) 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 Marilao

Driving distance and time from the Marilao centroid (lat 14.7724, lng 120.9600) 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)Prime30.0 km · 1h 12m
  • Clark International Airport62.9 km · 2h 31m
  • Subic Bay International Airport74.0 km · 2h 58m

Business Districts (CBDs)

  • Quezon City Triangle (Vertis North)15.7 km · 38m
  • Eastwood City22.3 km · 53m
  • Ortigas CenterPrime23.4 km · 56m
  • Bonifacio Global CityPrime25.2 km · 1h 0m
  • Makati CBDPrime25.2 km · 1h 0m

Top Malls

  • Plaza Cecilia Community Mall1.6 km · 4m
  • Pandayan Bookshop Marilao1.6 km · 4m
  • Shell Select1.9 km · 5m
  • Villarica Pawnshop3.0 km · 7m
  • Qmart1.9 km · 5m
  • Cindy Square Mall2.2 km · 5m
  • Bavin Power2.0 km · 5m
  • BL Convenience Store1.3 km · 3m

Top Hospitals

  • Marilao Saint Michael Family Hospital1.8 km · 4m
  • Jephte Peter Hospital2.1 km · 5m
  • St. Michael Hospital1.8 km · 4m
  • Tooth Valley1.3 km · 3m
  • Dr.Kristine J. Jomen1.6 km · 4m
  • Empire Medicine Specialist1.9 km · 4m

International Schools & Universities

  • University of the Philippines DilimanPrime17.6 km · 42m
  • Ateneo de Manila UniversityPrime19.4 km · 47m
  • De La Salle University ManilaPrime23.4 km · 56m
  • British School ManilaPrime27.4 km · 1h 6m
  • International School Manila (ISM)Prime27.5 km · 1h 6m
  • Chinese International School Manila27.5 km · 1h 6m

Transit Hubs (MRT/LRT/Bus)

  • LRT-2 Recto Station18.9 km · 45m
  • MRT-3 Cubao StationPrime19.6 km · 47m
  • EDSA Carousel Ayala Stop25.8 km · 1h 2m
  • MRT-3 Ayala StationPrime25.8 km · 1h 2m
  • LRT-1 EDSA StationPrime26.4 km · 1h 3m

Parks & Open Spaces

  • La Mesa Eco Park12.2 km · 29m
  • Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife16.1 km · 39m
  • Quezon Memorial CirclePrime16.6 km · 40m
  • UP Diliman Sunken Garden17.5 km · 42m
  • Rizal Park (Luneta)Prime21.2 km · 51m
  • Manila Ocean Park21.3 km · 51m

Beach Escapes

  • Manila Bay Walk (Roxas Boulevard)22.8 km · 55m
  • Nasugbu (Pico de Loro Cove)Prime72.3 km · 2h 54m
  • Subic Bay Freeport72.6 km · 2h 54m

Recreation, Casinos & Museums

  • Constantino Water Park2.3 km · 6m
  • Gazebo Park5.7 km · 14m
  • Lopez Park Meralco Village Lias1.8 km · 4m
  • Sterling Business Park1.0 km · 2m
  • Kidzooona - SM Marilao2.0 km · 5m
  • Lustre Pavillion, Sarmiento Homes1.9 km · 5m

The closest international airport is Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at 30km (~1h drive) — relevant for OFW buyers + visiting family but secondary to local-commute factors for most Marilao residents. Distance to top hospitals (Marilao Saint Michael Family Hospital at 1.8km) matters for emergency-care planning. The closest CBD (Quezon City Triangle (Vertis North), 15.7km) sets the commute math.

Weekend escapes: the closest swimmable beach is Manila Bay Walk (Roxas Boulevard) (~23km, 1h drive — actual time varies with NLEX/SLEX traffic).

Risk & Livability Scores for Marilao

Risk and livability scores for Marilao are still being computed across 4 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 4 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 Marilao

Pros
  • +1 active Housal listings means real liquidity — you can shop multiple comparables in any week.
  • +Dense retail layer (108 shopping destinations indexed) supports a low-friction lifestyle.
  • +Education infrastructure is being expanded actively in this market.
  • +Healthcare access is robust with 109 indexed facilities, including specialty hospitals nearby.
  • +Multiple developer brands operate here (Community Innovations, SMDC, Dolmar Property Ventures Inc.) — 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 — Marilao is no exception to Metro Manila norms; budget +30-60 minutes for any cross-city commute.
  • Listing inventory is thinner than the Metro Manila / regional capitals (1 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 ₱30-80/sqm where applicable) 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 Marilao, 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.

Investor82%

Active rental market — easier to underwrite yield assumptions.

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 Marilao a good place to live in 2026?
Yes — Marilao 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 Marilao cost?
Price data is being indexed; refresh in 24 hours or contact a Housal-verified broker for current quotes.
What are the best projects in Marilao?
By active-listing count: Villa Regina Subdivision Phase 1, Cheer Residences, Golden Hills Panorama. "Best" depends on your budget + lifestyle — explore each via its project page.
What is the average rent in Marilao?
Average monthly rent across active listings is ₱72K. Studio + 1BR units typically rent for less; 3BR + family units rent for more.
What is BIR zonal value for Marilao?
Average BIR zonal across the city is ₱2K/sqm. Specific street-level zonal values vary; use Housal's zonal-value lookup for precise figures.
Is Marilao a good investment?
Investment thesis depends on rental and resale data, both still being indexed.
What schools are near Marilao?
Marilao 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 Marilao?
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 Marilao 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 2026-05-07. Listing counts, price ranges, and lifestyle-amenity data update daily; project-level facts refresh weekly.

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