Archive for November, 2007
Thailand’s long-stay programmes
Malaysia is not the only country to provide incentives to foreigners to stay. Thailand has tried too, but as you can see from the November edition of Thailand Property Report, it’s hardly competing with Malaysia.
Thailand’s exotic, friendly charm attracts tens of millions of visitors each year, with more and more tourists opting for [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2007 under Visas.
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Pattaya property confounds the sceptics
It is generally accepted that the Pattaya property boom is over. Or then again……
According to international property firm CB Richard Ellis, Pattaya is on the upward trend of the property cycle albeit the growth of the overall property market in the resort city is below projection due mainly to the Foreign Business Act amendment.
The [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2007 under Pattaya.
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Bangkok International Film Festival
Technorati Tags: asia life , thailand
Thai Property News is looking forward to this summers’ film festival. Not to be mistaken for the Bangkok Film Festival, the Bangkok International Film Festival was first organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in 1998, and is now an established world player on the cinematic festival scene.
In the Official [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 under Bangkok, Thai life and leisure.
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Asian investment behaviours
Umesh Pandey writing for The Bangkok Post reports Asia, increasingly the centre of gravity for the world’s investors, continues to fare well as a region for doing business, despite policy volatility in some markets.In the recent Doing Business in 2008 report released by the World Bank and Industrial Finance Corp late last month, Singapore led the [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 under Asia.
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Green shoots of the Thai economic recovery
Technorati Tags: thailand , thai property investment , property investment
An article in Hua Hin Today reveals a report by The Real Estate Information Center of Government Housing Bank confirming the property slowdown given the nationwide land & real estate fee payments decreased by both value and number for the first half [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2007 under Economic News.
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Weakened Baht: an opportunity to invest in the Thai property market?
Technorati Tags: thai property , thailand , asis property investment
With the sudden weakening of the Baht last week, Anoma Srisukkasem of The Nation reported the central bank’s warning of currency volatility from risk aversion would continue if the sub-prime mortgage fiasco in the United States went unresolved.
The Bank of Thailand admitted it had intervened in [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2007 under Economic News.
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Hua Hin Blue Sky Condominium: 35% of units reserved on day one
Technorati Tags: asia property , thailand property , thailand investment , bangkok property
What is happening to the property market in Thailand? Is it softening?
Well, there do seem to be signs of softening, and yet…. and yet here is a project where 35% of units were reserved on day one.
In August 2007, Phongnares Real Estate Co., [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2007 under Hua Hin.
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Bangkok property: value for money?
Technorati Tags: thailand , property , thailand investment , bangkok property
MrB says…
Bangkok still offers tremendous value compared to other regional and international property options, and strong underlying potential for growth. Prices of prime properties in Thailand are still a fraction of those in neighbouring countries.
Hong Kong is selling prime properties for more than one million [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2007 under Bangkok.
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