The Koh Samui Airport Bangkok Airways recently began direct flights between Samui and Hong Kong. Expatriates working in this city account for more than half of Phuket’s buyer group and many are now gaining interest in Samui especially after Dragon Air and Thai Airways cancelled their direct flights from Hong Kong to Phuket. The route will bolster the villa rentals market, and will make Samui an even more...

International healthcare on Koh Samui Koh Samui has a strong image as a health hub in the region and every year this industry brings hundreds of thousands of people to her shores. Much as with the Phuket property scene, this invaluable exposure could well benefit the Samui property market. The addition of the Bangkok-Samui Hospital has also raised the island's profile. As a member of the rapidly expanding...

The Koh Samui Lifestyle The island of Koh Samui has slowly transformed from a budget-backpacker resort to a high-end center of healing yet at this stage of its development, Koh Samui is still an idyllic tropical paradise; quaint and charming with a low-key lifestyle. There are white sand beaches, aquamarine seas, jungle, waterfalls and the Koh Samui archipelago consists of 80 beautiful...

Cost of living on Koh Samui People can holiday or retire in a villa with private pool, cook, maid and driver at an average cost of living about a third of the UK prices. From a quaint bungalow style property just minutes from the beach to an exclusive seaside villa, Koh Samui's properties sell for less than Phuket property and at a fraction of the cost of other areas in the region....

Growth in Koh Samui commercial property Last year saw substantial growth in the commercial property sector, with a number of new shopping centers set to open, improving retail services and facilities around the island considerably. Many local market commentators still cite the arrival of the Tesco Lotus superstore three years ago as a major contributing factor in the success of Samui’s property market....

Land and build costs on Koh Samui Koh Samui has prime real estate available for purchase at prices much lower than similar destinations. Build costs are also 15-25% less...

Rising real estate prices at home A lot of people have benefited from soaring real estate prices in their home country which has given them a large amount of equity. People realize that this equity is largely relative if they were to release this money and spend it within their home country. Traditional holiday destinations for the Northern Europeans like France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have all...

Real Estate Outlook for Thailand Thailand Real Estate & Property Development has a huge appeal for foreigners wishing to purchase investment, holiday and retirement properties, partly due to favorable ex­change rates, low building costs, relative low cost of living and the thriving tourist market. Current average capital growth for Thai property is set at between 10 and 15% per annum. The...

Thailand real estate summary Resort type property developments in Koh Chang, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Samui will continue to enjoy robust growth and also create a lot of new opportunities for the coming year for both developer and investor alike as foreigners continue to purchase properties.Cheap properties within idyllic holiday resortsIn this sense there is a double aspect to the Thailand property market,...

Thailand real estate information One of the main casualties of the economic crisis in the late 1990s was the housing market. Many development projects were abandoned midway through construction in Bangkok, resulting in them being named ‘ghost-scrapers’. Prior to the crash, the housing market had been booming, but as a result many buyers found themselves stuck with negative equity. Now the housing market...