{
  "dataset": "Cebu Rent Baseline (editorial) — asking-rent ranges by neighborhood × unit type",
  "_disclosure": "EDITORIAL BASELINE — NOT A MEASURED SAMPLE. range_midpoint_php = (low+high)/2, an arithmetic midpoint, NOT a median. n is null: no listings were counted. No median, p25 or p75 exists for any row. Do not cite these figures as observed or typical market rents.",
  "slug": "cebu-rent-index",
  "url": "https://liveinph.com/data/cebu-rent-index",
  "asOf": "2026-05",
  "temporalCoverage": "2026-05",
  "spatialCoverage": "Cebu, Philippines",
  "source": "https://liveinph.com/methodology",
  "sourceLabel": "LiveInPH editorial estimate — NOT an external source (see verificationNote)",
  "methodology": "https://liveinph.com/methodology",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "LiveInPH — https://liveinph.com",
  "limitations": [
    "Not an index and not a measurement. Editorial estimate only — no listing sample has ever been collected.",
    "Self-cited until 2026-07-12: the source URL was a LiveInPH article whose own rent figures carry no external citation. No external source backs these bands.",
    "midpoint = (low+high)/2. It is not a median, not a mode and not a typical observed rent.",
    "n is null on every segment; median/p25/p75 are absent because there is no sample to compute them from.",
    "Asking rent, not transacted rent.",
    "Single baseline period (2026-05); no change-over-time, and none can render (history is empty).",
    "Talisay omitted: the standard gives only a 'starting ₱11,000' floor and no upper bound — not fabricated.",
    "IT Park 2br spans ₱40k–120k: the upper tail is luxury stock, so the midpoint of that band describes nothing real.",
    "No sourced 3br condo figure exists for IT Park, Lahug or Talamban; those tier × size cells are intentionally absent rather than back-filled."
  ],
  "columns": [
    "neighborhood",
    "unit_type",
    "low_php",
    "range_midpoint_php",
    "high_php",
    "basis",
    "n",
    "confidence"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "neighborhood": "IT Park / Cebu Business Park",
      "unit_type": "studio",
      "low_php": 18000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 26500,
      "high_php": 35000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "IT Park / Cebu Business Park",
      "unit_type": "1br",
      "low_php": 25000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 40000,
      "high_php": 55000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "IT Park / Cebu Business Park",
      "unit_type": "2br",
      "low_php": 40000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 80000,
      "high_php": 120000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Lahug",
      "unit_type": "studio",
      "low_php": 14000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 19500,
      "high_php": 25000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Lahug",
      "unit_type": "1br",
      "low_php": 20000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 27500,
      "high_php": 35000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Banilad",
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      "low_php": 12000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 16000,
      "high_php": 20000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Banilad",
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      "range_midpoint_php": 24000,
      "high_php": 30000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Banilad",
      "unit_type": "2br",
      "low_php": 30000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 47500,
      "high_php": 65000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Banilad",
      "unit_type": "3br",
      "low_php": 50000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 60000,
      "high_php": 70000,
      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
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      "low_php": 10000,
      "range_midpoint_php": 14000,
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      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
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    },
    {
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      "n": null,
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    },
    {
      "neighborhood": "Mandaue",
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      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
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      "basis": "editorial-baseline",
      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
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      "n": null,
      "confidence": "low"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ]
}