WELCOME TO THAILAND
Siam Real Estate & Siam Villa Rentals would like to welcome you to Thailand. We hope you and your family will really enjoy this wonderful opportunity to experience life in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Whether you are moving here for retirement, spending time or working there are [...]

Property & Land Ownership Rights
If you are considering buying property in Phuket, the first thing you should know is that under Thai law, foreigners are not allowed to own land. However, foreign nationals do have the right to the ownership of buildings distinct from the land such as condominiums.
Foreign nationals may own:

A unit in a [...]

The Real Estate Industry in Thailand is poorly regulated and this article will assist you in buying property.
Due diligence on title and the property
A property due diligence should always be conducted on the land title and building permit for any structure, and verification of road access should be made. Further, a surveyor should verify [...]

First let me say that it is between seller and buyer to negotiate who pays what in regards to taxes when transferring property or land in Thailand. The norm back in 2007 was that both seller and buyer shared the cost equally of property taxes in transfering a property, however as there are no absolute [...]

Offering properties for “sale” to foreigners under a long term registered lease is becoming the norm for new developments in resort areas. Even condo developments limited to offering 49% of their freehold capacity to foreigners may offer the remaining units to foreigners on a long term leasehold.
If however you are considering purchasing a resale villa [...]

To help you to better understand the difference between a condominium and an apartment building I need first to clarify the definition of the term of “condominium”. For example, most people in Thailand commonly associate the term “condominium” with the concept of an “individual unit” into a “multiple unit building” generally a high rise that may [...]

The Thai are a proud nation of people with a long history and well-established, complex hierarchal structure of status. Starting with the Royal family and percolating down, everyone in Thailand knows and respects their place in society. A polite Thai (which is most of them) will usually immediately identify whether another [...]

Land Purchase
Thai law stipulates that a foreigner may not own land in his name, he has the right of ownership of buildings only. If a foreigner wishes to purchase land to build a property he has 2 options.
The land is purchased on a 30 year leasehold, with an option to extend the [...]

The easiest and most secure way for a foreign investor to purchase real estate property in Thailand is to purchase a condominium unit freehold because the legal requirements are as we will see below minimal.
Personal Requirements
In order to be eligible to purchase a condominium freehold foreign investors need only to [...]

One of the legal headaches limiting access of foreign buyers to the Thai real estate market is that Thai laws currently limit foreign buyer freehold purchases of condominium units to percent of the total area (reserved for private ownership) of a condominium building at any one time.

While this limitation is rarely [...]