Hyde Sukhumvit takes top award
By Andrew Batt: Hyde Sukhumvit took home the award for Best Affordable Condo award at last weekend’s Thailand Property Awards 2012.The residential complex in the heart of Sukhumvit is being developed by Grande Asset Hotels and Property, and is located on Sukhumvit Soi 13 within close...
Continue Reading • 18 Oct 2012
Winners of Thailand Property Awards 2012 are revealed
By Andrew Batt: The good and the great of Thailand’s property industry were in the spotlight as the winners of the Thailand Property Awards 2012 were announced in Bangkok on Saturday night,More than 450 guests celebrated with the winners in 36 categories, for which more than 1,400...
Continue Reading • 17 Oct 2012
Hemaraj records 61% sales increase
By Andrew Batt: Hemaraj Land And Development has announced a 61 percent year-on-year jump in industrial estate sales for the first nine months of this year.The company revealed it had 87 contracts comprising 56 new customers and 31 project expansions from existing customers. Of these, 43...
Continue Reading • 17 Oct 2012
PropertyGuru wins big at OPP Awards for Excellence
PropertyGuru picked up three coveted awards - Best Innovation – Gold, Best Media – Silver and Best Online Service – Bronze – at last week’s OPP Awards for Excellence in London. DDproperty.com is part of the PropertyGuru Group.The gala event, which was held in the...
Continue Reading • 16 Oct 2012
DTZ aiming to boost profile
By Andrew Batt: DTZ Thailand is set to boost its profile and expand its business portfolio to include high-valued condominiums and property investments."We're using more Thai connections in lieu of Singaporean ones as we have done over the past 12 years," said Porameth Chantanakomes,...
Continue Reading • 16 Oct 2012
Award wins for CBRE Thailand
By Andrew Batt: CBRE Thailand has been named the winner for Best Residential Agent (Bangkok) and Best Residential Agent (Phuket) at this year’s Thailand Property Awards. The awards, now in their seventh year, showcase the best of Thailand’s property industry, from real estate agents,...
Continue Reading • 16 Oct 2012
ERA partners with DDproperty to boost business
By Andrew Batt: ERA Thailand has joined forces with DDproperty to improve to services that are offered to home buyers in the kingdom.The alliance between ERA Thailand, part of the world’s largest real estate franchise business, and DDproperty.com, Thailand’s number one property...
Continue Reading • 12 Oct 2012
Thai buyers dominate in Hua Hin
By Andrew Batt: Hua Hin has retained its attraction as a second home destination for Thai property buyers, with overseas buyers making up just 25 percent of all condominium sales.According to Knight Frank property buying activities in both Hua Hin and Cha-am are as busy as ever, with most buyers...
Continue Reading • 11 Oct 2012
Condo sector in Bangkok is booming
By Andrew Batt: The number of real estate projects - particularly condominiums - in Bangkok is the highest in the ASEAN countries according to the Thai Appraisal Foundation. During the first nine months of this year, new condominiums in Bangkok sprouted up at the rate of 42 percent year-on-year....
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2012
Thailand hotel sector offers "fantastic potential" for investors
By Andrew Batt: Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is tipping Thailand, along with Indonesia and the Maldives, as the next hotel investment markets to watch in the Asia Pacific region.Tom Oakden, Executive Vice President, Investment Sales, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, said: “We are seeing fantastic...
Continue Reading • 9 Oct 2012
Pattaya tipped by overseas website
By Andrew Batt: A leading UK-based property website has tipped Pattaya as being “ripe for property investment”.Nick Marr, Director of HomesGo Fast.com, said: “Pattaya is becoming increasingly popular with overseas buyers who understand the tourist potential of the city. ...
Continue Reading • 8 Oct 2012
Jones Lang LaSalle wins big at Euromoney awards
By Andrew Batt: Jones Lang LaSalle has been named one overall real estate advisor in Asia Pacific at the Euromoney Real Estate Awards 2012, with the Thailand company coming top in four categories – overall advisor, valuation, agency/letting and research.Alastair Hughes, CEO, Jones Lang...
Continue Reading • 5 Oct 2012
DDproperty showcase starts today
Property buyers and investors will be flocking to Central Ladprao for the second DDproperty.com Showcase, which starts today and runs until October 10.Jedsadakorn Na Lamphun, Country Manager, said, “The DDproperty Showcase gives prospective buyers the chance to search for their dream...
Continue Reading • 4 Oct 2012
Slight oversupply in Bangkok condo sector
By Andrew Batt:The condominium market in parts of Bangkok is experiencing a slight oversupply, according to data from the Real Estate Information Center.Samma Kitsin, Director-General, revealed the number of newly launched condominium units in Greater Bangkok was almost twice that of single...
Continue Reading • 3 Oct 2012
Wealthy Thais look to Yangon ahead of London for property investments
By Andrew Batt: Wealthly Thais are increasingly looking towards Yangon – ahead of London - for their major investments according to Cluttons International Private Capital Survey 2012 which has been published today in association with VPC Asia Pacific.The global survey revealed that more...
Continue Reading • 2 Oct 2012
Tipaporn takes Real Estate Personality award
By Andrew Batt: Khun Tipaporn Chearavanont has been selected as winner of the prestigious Thailand Property Awards Real Estate Personality of the Year Award 2012.A graduate in Electrical Engineering from Boston University, Khun Tipaporn Chearavanont is a leading figure in Thai real estate,...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2012
The Thai love affair with London property is nothing new
By Andrew Batt:The latest rash of media reports over the weekend confirming Thai property buyers' love affair with London will come as no surprise to readers of DDproperty.com.In June we reported how Thai property buyers and investors were buying in the U.K. capital love never before, but unlike...
Continue Reading • 1 Oct 2012
Details revealed of Tulip's new Pattaya project
EXCLUSIVE: By Andrew Batt: Tulip Group Thailand has reached an agreement with Golden Tulip Hotels and Resorts for its new project in Central Pattaya, which will be named Golden Tulip Hotel and Residences Pattaya.The group’s latest mixed-use development will feature a 200-room 4-star Golden...
Continue Reading • 28 Sep 2012
Models in the spotlight
By Andrew Batt:Models from the Pattaya International Fashion Week added some glamour to the already fashionable surrounding of Centara Grand Residences’ showroom recently.The models enjoyed photoshoots on the beach and in the world-class surroundings on the show suite at the Tulip Group...
Continue Reading • 28 Sep 2012
Bangkok condo price rises predicted
By Andrew Batt:Prices of condominiums in central Bangkok are predicted to rise sharply as a result of limited supply, high demand and a lack of new units coming to market.Risinee Sarikaputra, Associate Director of Research and Valuation Department, Knight Frank Chartered (Thailand) revealed the...
Continue Reading • 27 Sep 2012