The Supreme Court’s new E-Notarization Rules let Philippine notaries authenticate documents remotely using secure video calls, digital IDs, and e-signatures. This article explains how the system works, its benefits and burdens for real estate professionals, and what buyers across the country should check before relying on e-notarized documents.
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Protecting Broker Commission from a Scheming Landowner
This piece unpacks Bayanin v. PNB (2023), where brokers who introduced a buyer were excluded after the deal was recast as a joint venture. It shows how the Supreme Court still treated the arrangement as a sale, affirms the broker’s role as procuring cause, and urges real estate practitioners to secure written agreements and maintain a clear paper trail to safeguard commissions.