Million downloads milestone for PropertyGuru Group
PropertyGuru Group, Asia's leading online property portal, recently hit a major milestone with more than one million downloads for its mobile apps in its core markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.The achievement affirms the Group's strategy of pioneering mobile property search...
Continue Reading • 21 Oct 2013
Condo social network launched
The first hyper-local social networking site for condominium communities, which has been developed in Bangkok, was launched last week with the aim of giving residents a united voice, and to open up a transparent conversation between residents and building management.Graham Brain (pictured), the...
Continue Reading • 21 Oct 2013
Chan collects top award
The Southeast Asia Property Awards Real Estate Personality of the Year for 2013 has been named as Eric Chan, the Deputy Managing Director of Malaysian developer Eastern & Oriental Berhad (E&O).The award, which is selected by the editors of Property Report magazine, will be presented at...
Continue Reading • 21 Oct 2013
Ascott secures 10th property in Thailand
Ascott, a unit of property giant CapitaLand, will manage a new 133-unit serviced residence project in the Sri Racha district of Thailand's Chonburi province. Scheduled to open in 2014, Citadines Grand Central Sri Racha is the 10th property in Thailand for the serviced residence operator and...
Continue Reading • 11 Oct 2013
Confidence drops amid concerns
Confidence among Thailand's real estate entrepreneurs declined in Q3 as a result of concerns over rising construction costs and the general slowdown in the economy.In its latest report, Thailand's Real Estate Information Centre (REIC) noted that their current situation confidence index stood at...
Continue Reading • 7 Oct 2013
Philippine property showcase in Bkk
EXCLUSIVE: Philippine property developer Ayala Land is set to hold a property showcase in Bangkok next weekend (October 13), the first such preview of properties from the Philippines in Thailand.The developer, which is listed on the country’s stock exchange, is the real estate division of...
Continue Reading • 7 Oct 2013
Double-digit S'pore sales for The Mark
EXCLUSIVE: Bangkok freehold condominium development The Mark achieved double-digit sales to Singaporean property buyers and investors last weekend it what will likely be its last property showcase in the city-state.The development in the Makkasan area of Bangkok currently has less than 30 units...
Continue Reading • 7 Oct 2013
Overseas interest returned in Sept
EXCLUSIVE: After a disappointing performance during August, interest in Thailand property buying and investing picked up ;ast month as the kingdom regained its place in the top ten most-searched overseas property destinations in TheMoveChannel’s monthly Top of the Props report during...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2013
Bangkok hotel sector outperforming Asia Pacific in a big way
Research by the hotels division of CBRE, the world’s largest real estate services provider, indicates that Bangkok hotels have, and are expected to continue to, perform exceptionally well.The revenue per available room across Thailand has increased by a total of more than 10 percent on...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2013
Off-plan buyers achieve better gains
Prices of condominiums in the Gulf of Thailand city of Pattaya has appreciated on average by between 8 percent and 10 percent per year since 2004 – although most appreciation has been seen by buyers who purchase off-plan at an early stage.The research, provided in Kingdom Property’s...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2013
Kingdom reveals more Pattaya plans
Thailand real estate developer Kingdom Property announced today it has amassed a project portfolio on the Eastern Seaboard with an approximate value of THB20 billion in just one year since launching its first project, Southpoint Pattaya. The twin tower development on Pratumnak hill in...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2013
Asia hotel investments up 145%
Hotel investment volumes in Asia this year reached USD3.9 billion at the end of Q3 2013, up 145 percent on the same period in 2012, according to the latest research from Jones Lang LaSalle’s Hotels & Hospitality Group.The quarter itself recorded a robust USD1.2 billion of transactions,...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2013
Pres-sales to start for LIV@49
Lucky Living Properties has released details of its new development - LIV@49 - a low-rise boutique condominium located on Sukhumvit 49 in central Bangkok. The THB1.5 billion project features 209 fully-furnished units priced at an average of THB150,000 per sqm. The highlight of this condominium,...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2013
Welcome to the Jungle - in Bangkok
What has been described as the only property in Thailand with an ‘Amazon Jungle atmosphere’ will open for pre-sales in Bangkok this weekend.The new condominium development, which will boast five-metre high ceilings in every duplex unit, is aimed at: “… answering the...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2013
Award for Mandalay Beach Villas
Mandalay Samui Developments collected a prestigious "Highly Commended Best Residential Development (Samui)" award at the recent Thailand Property Awards 2013 for its Mandalay Beach Villas project.The Thailand Property Awards celebrate the best of the best and offer an unrivalled...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2013
Siam Asset aims for more S'pore sales
Following successful sales in Singapore last month where 41 units were sold in its Surawong Road development in Bangkok, Siam Asset Co is aiming for more overseas sales success.Kajohn Sae-Eng, Managing Director of the developer, said Singaporeans have been attracted to Bangkok property...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2013
Showcase event for The Portrait
Colliers International Thailand will be showcasing luxury development The Portrait Rama 4 at an exclusive event this weekend in Bangkok.The Colliers Days Exclusive Invitation will take place at the Sales Gallery on Rama 4 on Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, between 11am and...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2013
Challenges facing Bangkok's retail sector
Although just one retail project was completed during Q2 2013, the vast majority of retail projects in Bangkok performed well and achieved high occupancy rates during the first half of 2013.In its latest Pulse Bangkok Market Report, real estate agency Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) noted there are...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2013
Singapore interest in The Regent
The Regent Bang Tao, and its developer G-1 Land, was the latest Thailand developer to showcase its projects to Singapore investors last weekend.Pauline Chong of Simply Living Phuket told DDproperty.com: “Phuket offers a very different kind of value proposition to investing in Bangkok, and...
Continue Reading • 30 Sep 2013
Major topping-off for Equinox
Major Development held a topping-off ceremony to mark the end of construction at its ‘Equinox, the Office Place’ development.Suriyon Poolvoralaks (pictured, fourth from left) Chief Executive Officer of Major Development, one of Thailand’s leading high-end property developers,...
Continue Reading • 30 Sep 2013