By Kanana Katharangsiporn on February 18, 2010
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 [...]
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Posted in National | Tagged kasikornbank, mortgage fees, promotional giveaways, property developers, rental guarantee, siam city bank, variable interest rates
By Kanana Katharangsiporn on November 26, 2009
The local property market continues to rebound thanks to stable interest rates, improved economic sentiment and stronger consumer confidence, say property developers.
Thongma Vijitpongpun, chief executive of Preuksa Real Estate Plc, the country’s second-largest developer, said the number of units sold in the third quarter increased by 20% over the second after bottoming out in the [...]
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Posted in National | Tagged consumer confidence index, economic sentiment, political crises, property developers, stable interest rates, townhouse projects, upward trend
By Somluck Srimalee on July 22, 2009
The Thai Condominium Association has joined hands with property agency Century 21 Real Affiliates (Thailand) to stage the first Thailand Condo Expo in Singapore from October 23-25.
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Posted in National | Tagged condominium association, property developers, Ratchadaphisek, residential projects, return on investment, singapore international convention and exhibition centre, Sukhumvit, suntec singapore
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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Posted in Bangkok | Tagged jones lang lasalle, property developer, property developers, residential projects, Sukhumvit Road
By Somluck Srimalee on June 1, 2009
As confidence grows of a significant property market recovery in the second half of this year, Thailand’s major developers are walking a financial tightrope between prudence imposed by the downturn and grasping the opportunities of recovery.
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Posted in National | Tagged Asian Property Development, downturn, Preuksa Real Estate, property developers, property market, Ratchadaphisek, residential projects, Sukhumvit
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 April 21, 2009
Property developers are turning increasingly to direct approaches to stimulate real demand in the economic downturn, with more selective and effective marketing channels beyond mainstream and traditional ones.
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Posted in National | Tagged economic downturn, market sentiment, marketing campaign, network marketing, Preuksa Real Estate, property developers, residential market
By Somluck Srimalee on April 8, 2009
Residences priced between Bt2 million and Bt5 million continue to be popular on the Thai market, despite the economic downturn, property experts say.
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Posted in National | Tagged detached houses, luxury residences, mortgages, property developers, property projects
By Somluck Srimalee on April 6, 2009
Thailand’s top 10 property developers are facing the rest of 2009 with an acceptance that the fight for sales may become so intense later in the year that they will be left with lower profits.
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Posted in National | Tagged construction costs, marketing campaign, property developers, residential project, residential projects
By Somluck Srimalee on March 11, 2009
Firms may take more than three years to sell out an inventory of residences worth more than Bt200 billion in Bangkok and its suburbs because of a slowdown in demand arising from the economic downturn, property experts say.
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Posted in Bangkok | Tagged Bangkok, marketing campaigns, Preuksa Real Estate, property developers, property experts, Quality Houses, real estate information, residential projects
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