By Penchan Charoensuthipan on August 25, 2009
About 90% of beach land in Phuket is controlled by foreigners through Thai nominees, a leading research body has found.
Posted in Phuket | Tagged condominium units, foreign investors, Hua Hin, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, legal loopholes, Pattaya, Phuket
By Asia Property Report on July 21, 2009
Pattaya has an image problem. Conventional wisdom holds that the seaside city is a uniformly unsavory red-light destination, one that’s far from family-friendly and somewhat at odds with up-scale real estate development.
Posted in Pattaya | Tagged feature, foreigners, high-end, Jomtien, Northshore, Pattaya, Raimon Land
By Nina Suebsukcharoen on May 31, 2009
Political battles and gamesmanship have had a far-reaching impact on every economic sector, including large property developers such as Charn Issara Development (CI).
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Nina Suebsukcharoen is a senior journalist with The Bangkok Post, Thailand's first English language newspaper and specialises in the property and real estate sector.
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Posted in National | Tagged Bangkok, BTS, condominiums, Eastern Seaboard, luxury development, Pattaya, Phuket, Skytrain, Sukhumvit
By John Davids on April 27, 2009
Stephen Michael Carleton, a resident of Pattaya for the past 15 years, died in his sleep on April 22, 2009, aged 43.
Posted in Pattaya | Tagged Jomtien, Pattaya
By Kanana Katharangsiporn on April 17, 2009
Foreign demand for Thai property will collapse in the aftermath of the Songkran protests, property experts say. They say the government needs to implement measures to spur foreign demand, such as increasing maximum lease terms, having 100% foreign ownership zones for condominiums, providing financial support for foreign buyers, and issuing longer visas.
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Kanana Katharangsiporn is a senior journalist with The Bangkok Post, Thailand's first English language newspaper and specialises in property and real estate areas.
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Posted in National | Tagged Bangkok, beachfront, Colliers International, foreign buyers, foreign ownership, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, lease terms, leasehold, Pattaya, Phuket, political turmoil, scandinavians
By Nina Suebsukcharoen on April 12, 2009
Supalai Plc chairman and CEO Prateep Tangmatitham says there was clearly a negative influence on the property market from November last year to January 2009, when political confrontation reached boiling point, and he expects this year’s performance to hinge on political stability as well as economic recovery.
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Nina Suebsukcharoen is a senior journalist with The Bangkok Post, Thailand's first English language newspaper and specialises in the property and real estate sector.
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Posted in National | Tagged Bangkok, condominiums, economic recovery, infrastructure projects, mass-transit, Pattaya, Phuket, political stability, property tax, tax incentives
By Asia Property Report on April 9, 2009
Residential projects that are worth more than Bt10 billion in resort destinations like Phuket, Krabi, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Koh Samui have been put on hold now that demand from foreign investors is showing a significant drop since last year.
Posted in National | Tagged Bangkok, CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International Thailand, foreign investors, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Pattaya, Phuket, tourist numbers
By Somluck Srimalee on March 24, 2009
Declines in the prices of land and residential projects have prompted some foreigners to expand their investments in Thailand’s property market, especially condominiums.
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Somluck Srimalee is a journalist with The Nation, Bangkok's independent English language newspaper and specialises in the property and real estate sectors.
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Posted in National | Tagged Bangkok, condominium project, foreign investors, Hua Hin, Pattaya, Phuket, residential prices, residential projects
By Nina Suebsukcharoen on January 25, 2009
Thailand’s resort markets are under severe pressure right now, with foreign buyers who have been negatively affected by the exchange rates opting to walk away from the deposits, says Phil Alexander, president of Martello Realty.
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Posted in National | Tagged central business district, condominium market, foreign buyers, Koh Samui, Pattaya, resort areas, resort markets
By Nina Suebsukcharoen on November 24, 2008
Pattaya is currently witnessing a slowdown with a very significant volume of new supply entering the market in 2008 and a lot more in the pipeline for 2009, says Robert Collins, managing director of Savills (Thailand) Limited.
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Suebsukcharoen
Nina Suebsukcharoen is a senior journalist with The Bangkok Post, Thailand's first English language newspaper and specialises in the property and real estate sector.
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Posted in Pattaya | Tagged beachfront, condominium developments, construction costs, new projects, Pattaya, price escalation, Russia, savills
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