UK buyers venturing overseas
After years of United Kingdom buyers being thoroughly taken by their own domestic property market, recent figures have shown that the allure of international...
Signs of a slow recovery
The Bank of Thailand has reported that the Thai economy has shown evidence of a slow recovery during the second quarter of 2015 following...
Gov’t to reclaim river bank land
In a new move to revamp land use in Bangkok, the government has announced plans to reclaim areas of what is has described as...
Challenges ahead: Colliers
After what it described as a “steady” first half of the year, real estate agency Colliers International Thailand expects the second half of the...
Retirees opt for Hua Hin
Thailand has had two of its cities ranked in the top ten of best places to retire.
Hua Hin (in seventh place) and Chiang Mai...
Why Thailand needs regulation
With the fast-looming debut of AEC 2015 in December throughout the ASEAN region, the question of professionalism in Thailand’s real estate sector is one...
Construction contracts by 8% in Q2
Privately-run residential and commercial construction projects have contracted by 8 percent in Q2 compared with data from the previous quarter, according to a survey...
Decline in consumer confidence
Global consumer confidence declined by one index point in the second quarter according to the Nielsen’s Consumer Confidence Index Report, with consumers in the...
Bangkok property ‘unaffordable’
The Quality of Life in Bangkok is assessed in many reports throughout the year. In the latest mid-year 2015 report from website Numbeo.com, the...
Unlikely fans for Bangkok icon
One of Bangkok’s property icons is attracting a whole new audience of Thais and foreigners – on Facebook.
A victim of the 1997 Asian Financial...