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Find your ideal expat home in bangkok
Spectrum, Published on 28/07/2013
» Moving to Bangkok to take up a new job is a challenging experience and one of the most important tasks is to find somewhere to live. This is a reasonably straightforward process with a wide range of choices that match a range of budgets, but it is important to understand the range of options.
Brown and out? Black family in land of stares
Spectrum, Published on 14/07/2013
» A motorcycle taxi driver slips off the bike he had been perched on at the mouth of a soi. A tuk-tuk driver rear-ends a car stopped at a red light. A lady walks straight into a lift door.
Online shopping can be quite taxing
Spectrum, Published on 16/06/2013
» As the taxi pulled away from my hotel in Seoul I realised I had left my Amazon Kindle e-reader in my room. No problem, I thought, I'll just have them mail it. For reasons that remain beyond me, that was not possible and my quest for a replacement Kindle began. Despite the seemingly endless labyrinth of malls and merchandise-lined marketplaces throughout Thailand, one cannot find everything, and imports ordered on the internet can fill the void. But what will it actually cost to get that purse from Nordstrom's, the Barbour jacket or the Amazon Kindle to your condo in Hua Hin?
A home of your own on sukhumvit road
Spectrum, Published on 19/05/2013
» The condominium market along Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road remains healthy, with a good balance of supply and demand. Within the lengthy strip are two distinct sub-markets and smaller divisions within these, each of which has its own unique characteristics.
Things are looking bright for UP-Market bangkok condominiums
Spectrum, Published on 17/03/2013
» We have begun to see more positive growth recently in the upper-tier condominium market in Bangkok, which is attracting both affluent Thais as well as a rising number of foreigners. The latter had been largely absent from the market for about three years following the start of the financial meltdown in the US.
Proliferation in the periphery
Spectrum, Published on 17/02/2013
» Momentum continued in the Bangkok condominium market in the second half of 2012, bringing the total of new launches for the full year to 61,462 units, an increase of 49.2% from 41,167 the year before. The focus of many developers continued to be on locations near mass transit, with a noticeable pickup in activity along routes still under construction, particularly the MRT purple line in the Bangkok peripheral area.
Corporate strategies needed for tightening prime office market
Spectrum, Published on 10/02/2013
» The happy days for occupants of prime office buildings in Bangkok's main business areas are coming to an end. With limited new supply and growing demand, this market segment is now in full recovery.
Bangkok condo boom spreading outward
Spectrum, Published on 03/02/2013
» Condominium development in Bangkok continues at a frenzied pace, and the only thing slowing development has been a shortage of workers to complete them. Labour-related delays that began last year could result in nearly three times as many units being completed this year as in 2012 _ if enough workers can be found.
The knock-on effect for Bangkok's knock-offs
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 20/01/2013
» Last week, a man came to tell Jasmine, a vendor in the Nana area, that the Department of Special Investigation would be conducting a raid. He took the unusual step of telling her not only to temporarily close down, but to move all of her counterfeit goods back home for two days.
Keeping up with the shifting trends in 2013
Spectrum, Published on 30/12/2012
» With each year seeming to go by more quickly than the one before, changes are happening just as fast, making it difficult to keep up. As we welcome 2013, let's take a look at the developing trends that will affect the property market in Thailand in the next year.