By John on July 14, 2010
Investments in Bangkok’s property sector were robust in the first half of 2010 despite protests that paralyzed parts of the capital and ended in a looting and arson rampage, a leading property broker said Tuesday.
“For the past six months, investment activity in the Bangkok property market was buoyant,” said Umpon Thepnumsommanus, director of investment at [...]
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By Asia Property Report on October 21, 2009
While rental yields may seem moderate in the current economic climate, continued low interest rates are likely to ensure market stability as property remains the favoured investment.
Interest rates play a complex role in the property market. On the one hand, they help set the price of property by dictating the affordability of mortgage repayments. On [...]
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By Somluck Srimalee on June 24, 2009
While economic difficulties are affecting many aspects of the property industry, Bangkok’s rental-house business is growing rapidly, because among other things, it generates high returns on investment.
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By Nina Suebsukcharoen on May 10, 2009
Property players in Phuket are acknowledging the impact of fresh political turmoil in Thailand and the global recession and downgrading their expectations of a recovery from the third and fourth quarters of this year to 2010.
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Posted in Phuket | Tagged investors, jones lang lasalle, luxury market, luxury villa, Phuket, political turmoil, property launches
By Nina Suebsukcharoen on April 30, 2009
New investment in Thailand this year will come mainly from local investors as foreigners might focus on their current holdings and on their home countries, according to the international real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Posted in National | Tagged downsizing, foreign investors, investments, jones lang lasalle, political turmoil, property developers, residential projects
By Kanana Katharangsiporn on January 5, 2009
Thai real estate prices will not tumble as they did in the post-1997 economic crisis period as there will be no forced sales, says Suphin Mechuchep, managing director of property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle (Thailand).
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Posted in National | Tagged construction costs, economic crisis, investors, jones lang lasalle, leasehold, real estate investment
By John Davids on May 1, 2008
The Thai government’s economic stimulus package is expected to help boost property trading activities in the second half of this year
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