Showing 1 - 10 of 11
Call for longer leases to boost home ownership
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 31/10/2025
» Three real estate associations have asked the next government to extend the lease period for residential properties from 30 years to 60 years, as a new generation of potential homebuyers can no longer afford to purchase them.
4 developers take homebuilding plunge
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 21/03/2025
» SET-listed developers with a large portfolio of residential properties are shifting towards the homebuilding business in a bid to capture the self-built home market valued at 211 billion baht, amid a slowdown in housing development.
Associations see minimal impact from rate cut
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 01/11/2024
» Three property associations forecast a slim impact from the recent policy rate cut, as interest rates for mortgages were reduced by only 0.125%.
House prices having less impact than mortgage woes
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 08/10/2024
» The increase in house prices, driven by rising construction costs, has had a significantly lower impact on prospective homebuyers compared to the difficulty people face in securing mortgage loans, according to property associations.
Developers project 10% residential gain
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 22/03/2024
» The residential market this year is expected to grow by 10%, even though eased loan-to-value (LTV) limits were not approved, and interest rates might not decrease soon, according to property developers.
TCC Assets preps B113bn One Bangkok
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 21/03/2024
» TCC Assets (Thailand), a property arm owned by the Sirivadhanabhakdi family, is transforming Rama IV Road with the launch of the 113-billion-baht One Bangkok mixed-use project, following its investment of nearly 39 billion baht in developing six projects along the same road.
Developers focus on more US rate hikes
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 14/03/2023
» Developers are more worried about the impact on the housing market of future interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve than they are about the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
UHG forecasts revenue to increase by 40% this year
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 28/02/2023
» Hotel and office developer UHG is forecasting a 40% increase in revenue this year, banking on robust demand from foreign tourists and the Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) sector in Bangkok.
Realtors warn of hike in costs
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 28/10/2022
» Three real estate associations are urging homebuyers to make a decision this year as new residential development costs will affect housing prices in the second quarter of 2023.
Real estate factors change
Business, Published on 20/10/2022
» Our way of life often changes because of external factors that we are helpless to influence. Factors such as global warming, PM2.5 air pollution, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising energy costs, the economic downturn and other recent phenomena have forced people to approach their lives in different ways and alter their behaviour to match new realities.