Plans to tighten condo management
Thailand’s Department of Business Development (DBD) has announced plans to tighten rules for the management of condominiums and housing projects.The aims, according to a statement issued by the organisation, will be to promote transparency and provide greater protection for tenants and...
Continue Reading • 17 Jul 2014
Matrix takes City Center to S'pore
Prolific Pattaya property developer Matrix Developments declared itself fairly happy with its venture to Singapore last weekend where it exhibited its City Center Residence development for the first time.Jery Jeritza, International Sales Director for Matrix Development, said that although sales...
Continue Reading • 17 Jul 2014
Ananda joins forces to build homes
Management and staff from listed property developer Ananda Development joined forces with some of its residents earlier this week to help less fortunate residents in Thailand.Around 50 people partnered with the Habitat for Humanity Thailand charity to build homes for disadvantaged...
Continue Reading • 16 Jul 2014
Summer Garden shines the spotlight on Chaengwattana's potential
Summer Garden, a new condominium in Chaengwattana, is nearing completion and is being touted as a new prime location for residential and property investment purposes, according to Knight Frank, the sole marketing agents for the project.The development is being developed by Winsome Co Ltd with an...
Continue Reading • 16 Jul 2014
Bangkok CBD offers opportunities
Many experienced Thailand property market watchers have been expressing concerns about possible oversupply in the Bangkok condominium market, however real estate firm CBRE has again reiterated its belief that the central business district (CBD) condominium market is in a very different situation...
Continue Reading • 15 Jul 2014
Hemaraj happy with 1H results
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Hemaraj Land And Development Public Company Limited declared himself satisfied with his company’s performance during the first six months of the year.David Nardone revealed that Industrial Estate land sales (including some rental) for the first...
Continue Reading • 15 Jul 2014
SC Asset is heading for Beijing
EXCLUSIVE: More than one year after first declaring that Chinese buyers were firmly in its sights, listed property developer SC Asset Corporation will hold its first property exhibition in Beijing next weekend.In June 2013 the company highlighted plans to expand its overseas customer base, buoyed...
Continue Reading • 14 Jul 2014
Data shows how Bangkok buyers are searching further afield for homes
EXCLUSIVE: DDproperty.com can exclusively reveal that Bangkok’s Thai property buyers are searching further from the city for their ideal home to buy or rent.According to data captured in June from Thailand’s number one website’s ‘search by transport station’ feature,...
Continue Reading • 14 Jul 2014
Now is the time to buy Thailand
With this question on the lips of many, experts from Thailand spoke exclusively to DDproperty.com. to give their views as to whether now is the right time to buy property in the Kingdom, and offer words of advice to anyone reconsidering their options after last month’s military...
Continue Reading • 11 Jul 2014
Buyers snap up Bangkok CBD land
Although Bangkok witnesses a slowdown in land purchases by major developers during the first six months of the year, individual investors kept purchasing plots with the intention of developing smaller condominium projects, or to simply resell them, with expected yields of between 15 percent and...
Continue Reading • 10 Jul 2014
Singapore buyers not put off by Thailand's recent political instability
EXCLUSIVE: Singaporean property buyers, not put off by the recent military intervention in Thailand, were out in force at last weekend’s Thailand Property Show.The event, which focused on property investment opportunities from Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket, was organised by PropertyGuru Group...
Continue Reading • 9 Jul 2014
Property prices up across Bangkok
Prices of homes in Greater Bangkok rose across the board during the first six months of 2014, according to a survey published by the Real Estate Information Centre (REIC), part of the Government Housing Bank. According to the report, condominium rises rose by an average of 4.7 percent while...
Continue Reading • 8 Jul 2014
Prime riverfront land up for sale
A large, rare plot of prime riverfront land in the centre of Bangkok is being marketed for sale by Colliers International Thailand.The 10-rai plot is bounded by both Charoennakorn Road and the Chao Phraya River, one of the most prominent landmarks in Bangkok. It is in close to BTS Taksin station...
Continue Reading • 4 Jul 2014
Pattaya: The infrastructure impact
Up until just a five or six years ago most of Pattaya’s condominium developments were low rise, seven to eight floor projects. This was due to the fact that when designing a project, if you stay within specific criteria on a number of factors, it became easier to obtain planning permission...
Continue Reading • 3 Jul 2014
Look what's coming to Bangkok
Piling work has begun on what is touted as being the largest private property development to ever take place in Thailand, and one that will bring a world-class iconic development to central Bangkok.Work on the THB50 billion Iconsiam project, a joint-venture between developers Siam Piwat, Magnolia...
Continue Reading • 2 Jul 2014
Transparency improves in Thailand's real estate and property sector
Transparency in Thailand’s real estate and property markets has improved in the last two years, according to the eighth edition of JLL and LaSalle Investment Management’s biennial Global Real Estate Transparency report, published today.Covering 102 countries, the report noted that...
Continue Reading • 30 Jun 2014
Zire, Unixx remain on course
Listed property developer Raimon Land has revealed that it is on course for its Zire Wongamat project in Pattaya to be completed in Q3 2014, with unit Inspections set to start at the end of next month.The development features one- and two-bedroom apartments and duplex homes, all with an...
Continue Reading • 30 Jun 2014
Green site award for Southpoint
Thailand property developer Kingdom Property is continuing to set quality standards in the country after becoming the first real estate developer in Thailand to achieve Green Site Platinum Status for its twin tower condominium project Southpoint Pattaya. The recognition came after its...
Continue Reading • 30 Jun 2014
Penultimate penthouse up for sale
The last remaining penthouse at Minor International’s award-winning development St Regis Residences Bangkok has been released for sale.Minor’s Senior Vice President, Robert Collins said the group would be accepting expressions of interest and arranging viewings starting this week,...
Continue Reading • 26 Jun 2014
Phuket villas are bouning back
Fewer than 10 Phukut luxury villas with price tags above THB80 million were transacted during the whole of last year, however CBRE is noting the return of some positive movement in this segment in terms of both new sales and launches.In its latest Phuket MarkeView Report. real estate firm CBRE...
Continue Reading • 25 Jun 2014