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REAL ESTATE
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The Treasury Department has found overall land prices in Thailand have increased 21.34 per cent over the last four years. Average land prices in Bangkok has risen 17.13 per cent from 2008-2011, while those upcountry have risen 21.40 per cent.
Undecided buyers to delay property-market The Nation 05.01.2012 | Phuket Farewells Courtyards as Owners Opt for Brand Switch Phuketwan 05.01.2012 |
 The Greater Bangkok property market will not recover until the second half of this year as home-buyers are still hesitating and developers have to redesign their projects located in flood-prone areas. |  As suddenly as it arrived on Phuket, the Courtyard by Marriott brand is vanishing as the owners of three resorts opt for alternatives. |
Developers aiming to be better prepared for future floods Asia Property Report 05.01.2012 | Real estate firms prepare for future floodsKanana Katharangsiporn Bangkok Post 04.01.2012 |
 The floods in Bangkok have made people think twice about the location they want to invest in. Flooding has become a new decision making factor when it comes to buying a house, acquiring land and approving home loans. |  Location, location, location has been a byword for all parties related to the real estate industry for a long time. This word is still applicable in all situations, even in the country's worst inundation last year. People are now looking for non-flooded locations. |
Russian billionaire buys most expensive apartment in NYCElise Knutsen The New York Observer 19.12.2011 | Phuket property: A Rottweiler at the gates to the Garden of Eden...Rebecca Smith Phuket Ocean Villas 09.12.2011 |
 Dmitry Rybolovlev has been a busy man lately. He is in the middle of a bitter divorce that could cost him more than $6 billion (when finalized it will be the world’s costliest divorce), but he has still found the time and funds to buy a struggling AS Monaco soccer team and, it turns out, the most expensive home in the history of Manhattan real estate. Well-connected sources have confirmed to The Observer that the mystery Russian chemist behind the sale of Sandy Weill’s $88 million penthouse at 15 Central Park West is indeed Mr. Rybolovlev. |  Well, not quite. The ‘Rottweiler’ in question is a security guard. And he really is quite fierce - although I’m pretty sure he’s human. |
Phuket property: Recession buster - under 125,000 dollarsRebecca Smith Phuket Ocean Villas 02.12.2011 | AIA to Invest $337 Million in Biggest Thai Property ProjectDaniel Ten Kate and Bei Hu BusinessWeek 23.11.2011 |
 Yesterday I went to see an apartment near Kamala on the West Coast of Phuket. The owner needs a quick sale, so the price is pretty good. |  AIA Group Ltd., the third-largest Asia-based insurer by market value, plans to spend 10.5 billion baht ($337 million) on two office towers in Bangkok, the company’s biggest ever real estate investment in Thailand. |
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