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	<title>Thailand Real Estate Magazine &#187; National</title>
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		<title>Developers ramp up stimulus promotions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kanana Katharangsiporn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kasikornbank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[promotional giveaways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Property developers are launching promotional campaigns to lure buyers before stimulus tax breaks expire in March.
Promotional giveaways include one million air miles for Thai Airways International, gold bars and package holidays.
Tax breaks for buyers and developers consist of lowered transfer and mortgage fees to 0.01% from 2% and 1% respectively, and cut the special business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreigners seek clarity, consistency</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asia Property Report</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colliers International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand needs clearer regulations and policies to attract more foreign property investment, says George McKay, managing director of Colliers Corporate Services Asia Pacific Region.
&#8220;Rules should be rules. Some regulations are not clear enough &#8211; like foreign property ownership. Investors want clarity. It builds confidence. Unclearness will obstruct investment,&#8221; he said.
As the Thai government aims to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyers return to resuscitate market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asia Property Report</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CB Richard Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economic outlook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[serviced apartments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The entire property market except the industrial sector and serviced apartments is showing signs of recovery as the political situation, the government&#8217;s stability and policies to promote foreign investment are helping revive foreign demand.
Aliwassa Pathnadabutr, managing director of the property consultant CB Richard Ellis Thailand, said 2010 had begun with better market sentiment. The improving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colliers: Plan for older buyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kanana Katharangsiporn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lease periods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand should capitalise on the surge in the elderly population in the coming decade through medical and wellness tourism, special packages for retirees and a clearer property ownership structure.
Antony Picon, senior research manager of the property consultant Colliers International Thailand, says concerns over freehold and leasehold ownership for foreigners persist and a more open and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thai property market lagging Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Suebsukcharoen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condominiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political instability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stimulus packages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The property market should improve this year due to progress on new mass transit routes and greater capital flows, but mitigating political risk will remain a key factor in ensuring a smooth recovery, says the Real Estate Information Center (REIC).
The strength of East Asia&#8217;s economy in part buoyed the Thai economy last year, helping the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raimon Land plans large projects for Thai buyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Lowe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial restructuring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreigners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury condominiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Cornick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The listed developer Raimon Land will continue building luxury condominiums but with a new focus on larger projects and Thai buyers, a shift from its previous focus on foreigners, says chief executive Hubert Viriot.
The previously troubled company has almost completed a financial restructuring, resolved its &#8220;internal issues&#8221; and is ready to move forward with greater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Condo Market Set for Resurgence</title>
		<link>http://www.thailandrealestatemagazine.com/national/condo-market-set-for-resurgence</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Suebsukcharoen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[new condominiums]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thai tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Heightened demand is likely to follow last year&#8217;s slowdown which saw the addition of only around 10,000 new units in the capital.
As many property developers have cautiously reduced project launches this year, the pace of new developments is likely to pick up in the new year because they now have few units to offer, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MahaNakorn sees full revival in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.thailandrealestatemagazine.com/national/mahanakorn-sees-full-revival-in-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kanana Katharangsiporn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condominium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condominium units]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreigners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing in thailand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Israeli real estate company Industrial Buildings Corporation Ltd (IBC) is optimistic the Thai property market will fully recover by the end of next year, says chief executive Dalit Braun.
Market sentiment has improved since early this year when the company and its Thai partner, Pace Development, formed a joint venture to construct the 14-billion-baht MahaNakorn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping foreigners out serves whose interests?</title>
		<link>http://www.thailandrealestatemagazine.com/national/keeping-foreigners-out-serves-whose-interests</link>
		<comments>http://www.thailandrealestatemagazine.com/national/keeping-foreigners-out-serves-whose-interests#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Lowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic and social development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas investors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Preventing foreigners from owning land and property in Thailand does many things: it protects powerful Thai landlords and agricultural monopolies, forces overseas investors to consider setting up shop in other regional markets, drives Thai capital from the country and provides a pool of nationalist bile for tub-thumping politicians to draw on and whip up a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owner&#8217;s death raises questions over future of property firm</title>
		<link>http://www.thailandrealestatemagazine.com/national/owners-death-raises-questions-over-future-of-property-firm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thailandrealestatemagazine.com/national/owners-death-raises-questions-over-future-of-property-firm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Somluck Srimalee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hua hin beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Nature Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residential projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunattee Nerng-chamnong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Nature Group may face hard times after its chairwoman, Sunattee Nerng-chamnong, was shot dead on Sunday, real estate industry sources said yesterday.
The residential development firm was managed by &#8220;Khun Sunattee&#8221; herself, a source said. Her two daughters and son are still young, a property expert said.
The company launched two upscale residential projects in 2006 [...]]]></description>
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