CBRE Market View: Buyers Want Income-Producing Properties

1,070 condominiums and 155 villas were sold in the whole of 2017. Villa sales improved by 21% Y-o-Y, but condo sales were subdued due to limited launches. Property sales were also concentrated in investment-oriented or...

23/03/2018

Milestone Completed for Upscale MontAzure on Kamala Beach

The developers of MontAzure, the upscale residential resort community on the west coast of Phuket gathered in Kamala with the joint venture partners to celebrate the completion of the main structure at its unique beachfront...

17/03/2018

New Building Regulations target Phuket Hillside Developments

Phuket New building regulations that quietly came into immediate effect in mid-December have introduced more restrictions on hillside developments while making it simpler and quicker for smaller developments to be granted building permission. Issued late...

11/03/2018

New Rights for Long-Term Tenants in Thailand

BANGKOK — New protections for tenants will soon come into effect that include limits on what landlords can charge and a way out of long-term leases. Practices such as demanding multiple months of rent in advance...

23/02/2018

Singapore Developer enters Deal for New B579mn Marina in Phuket

PHUKET: The owner and operator of the ONE°15 Marina at Sentosa Cove in Singapore has bought a 60% stake in a Thai company that already has construction permits to build a B579 million 171-berth marina...

03/02/2018

New Phuket Smart Bus service to serve entire West Coast

PHUKET: The PKCD Smart Bus will begin its trial run in the coming week, ahead of its launch to provide a bus service along Phuket’s west coast at the end of this month. The move...

25/01/2018

Development of the Light Rail Transit in Phuket, EIA in Process

In Phuket International Airport, the reporter recently said that the Light Rail Transit (LRT) operational party is surveying the construction site, under the new railway train route for tourism traffic plan from Phuket – Surat...

06/01/2018

Phuket Villa Outlook A Mixed Bag

Phuket villas priced between 8-15 million baht will continue to see healthy take-up rates this year while those priced over 300 million baht hold gloomy prospects, says property consultant Knight Frank Phuket. Nattha Kahapana, the...

08/12/2017

Phuket’s Smart City Vision

The region’s smart city lead discusses plans to improve tourists’ safety and boost local businesses with tech. Trouble in paradise? The beautiful island of Phuket has a problem: “unsustainable tourism”, says Pracha Asawathira, Phuket Smart...

16/01/2017

What the new airport means for Phang Nga

PHUKET: It’s been three months since the new Phuket International Airport terminal was officially opened, but the moans and groans about the efficiency of the airport remain, with passengers complaining of long delays at immigration...

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