Insights
Reading for a considered purchase.
Short, sourced pieces from the property, investment and legal-liaison desks. They sit alongside — not on top of — the foreign-buyer guide and the investor notes, and every legal-topic piece carries the same reminder that it is general information, not legal advice.
Buyer guide
- Buyer guideHow to buy a Bangkok condominium without flying to ThailandYou can complete a Bangkok condominium purchase from abroad: video viewing, an inspection we attend for you, remote contract review, a legalised power of attorney and funds remitted the compliant way. Here is the honest version — including what still needs you in person.25 July 20269 min read
- Buyer guideCurrency and timing: sending your purchase funds to ThailandWhy the money must reach Thailand from abroad in foreign currency, why an app that pays out baht locally may not produce the evidence the Land Department needs, and why the timing of the exchange is your decision — not ours.25 July 20266 min read
- Buyer guideTransfer day at the Land Office: what actually happensThe day ownership of a Thai condominium changes hands is a single appointment at the Land Office: documents are checked, the price is registered, the fees and taxes are paid over the counter, and a new owner's name is entered on the title. Here is what to bring, what the FET form is for, what is paid on the day, and how a representative can attend for you.25 July 20269 min read
- Buyer guideBuying a Thai condo from mainland China: moving money and the FET ruleHow buyers in mainland China fund a Bangkok condominium lawfully: China's foreign-exchange limits, why the purchase money must reach Thailand from abroad in foreign currency, the FET evidence, and how to plan the timing.25 July 20267 min read
- Buyer guideLiving in On Nut and the Sukhumvit line as a foreign ownerOn Nut is a BTS station on the Sukhumvit line in eastern Bangkok, at the meeting point of the Khlong Toei, Watthana and Phra Khanong districts. Here is what the area is like, how the line works, who lives there, and the residences we list along it — with an honest note that owning a condominium here does not, by itself, give you the right to live in Thailand.25 July 20265 min read
- Buyer guideSriracha and the Eastern Seaboard: a guide for foreign residentsWhy Si Racha holds Thailand's second-largest Japanese community outside Bangkok, what daily life on the Eastern Seaboard looks like, the residences we list there — and the honest line between owning a condominium and having the right to live in Thailand.25 July 20267 min read
- Buyer guideBuying a home near the Eastern Seaboard industrial estatesFor a professional relocating to work at Amata City, WHA or the ESIE estates in Chonburi and Rayong: where the estates sit, the residences we list nearby, and the foreign-ownership basics before you commit.25 July 20267 min read
Insights
Start with the fundamentals
These pieces assume the ownership rules the foreign-buyer guide sets out, and the machinery the investor notes explain. If any of it is new, begin there.