Plus, many expats here make a good living out of capturing the management committee and ripping off their neighbours with inflated service charges. Don't buy, rent.
Every Thai woman I have talked to claims to have children without any support from the father. Admittedly they are not a random sample, and perhaps they are lying. Perhaps their well paid husbands send them out to make a bit extra from farangs. But there does seem to be a problem, which is not mentioned in the above report.
Have a look at the condos on soi 15 of soi buakhow. I have one myself for around 3 million, 45 m2 foreign name, but it's just been rented out for a year.