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I am looking for a nice, preferably seaside, condo in Hua Hin Cha Am area.

 

The place appears to be as crowded with condos as Pattaya, making me wondering if it is a good idea to buy in the first place???

 

When I buy, I want to be sure I can also sell in the future, without losing money.

 

For example, there are these beautiful high end seaside condos (developed by Q company), which appear to be occupied at about 50%, even though they have been on the market for a few years now...why is that? there are not so many beach front properties like that.

 

Input from members living in that area is welcome.

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1 hour ago, GeorgeCross said:

just had a recent chat with a western developer who's been building in hua hin for over 20 years..

 

his take "hua hin is dead right now, nothing's selling"

 

take it with a pinch of salt obviously but do do your due diligence

 

i'd say you are buying into a shrinking western market and thais like to buy new

 

 

One could say that it's good to be a buyer in such a market...puts one in a position of strength, at least theoretically, since many Thais would rather not sell for years rather than lowering their asking price and lose face in the process.

 

Developers have been building like mad all over the country, and now comes the hangover...and this is in a booming economy!

What is it gonna be when things turn bad in the West, as they will?

 

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"When I buy, I want to be sure I can also sell in the future, without losing money."

In that case, I recommend you familiarise yourself thoroughly with the Thai real estate market before buying - possibly for years.

The Thai market is in general illiquid, though of course there are exceptions. In addition, you are as a foreigner by definition at a disadvantage. I don't deny that there are people who buy and sell successfully, in a timely manner, but that is not the rule; it may take years to sell your property, and you may very possibly, if needing to make a speedy or forced sale, have to lose money on your transaction.

Approach it with your eyes open, and to do that you need time.

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I know a guy who bought a house for about 1.8 Million Baht, he painted it, fixed up a couple of fences and then put it up for sale at about 3.5 Million.

 

This was about 3 years ago, it hasn't sold, he still lives there. It's still for sale....

 

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You can virtually guarantee there will be no buyers in the future, no western ones either compulsory health insurance and farang ownership will come up with increased scrutiny  What looks good now will become an increasingly heavy lead weight,impossible to get shut

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If you can get something that is 50 000,- pr m2, with seaview, you might get a good return on it. Studios with seaview, is still selling, but everything else,,,,, forget it if not the locations is great, less than 10 years old, good maintenence, and not more than 10 min from shopping malls, beach you can actually swim on, and downtown. 

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Thanks for all this information, which confirms my initial doubts.

 

When it comes to real estate in the Land of Smiles, you can either lose money slowly by paying a rent, or all at once by buying a condo.

At least, when you rent you can move from one place to another rather quickly, whereas when you own you may be stuck with your condo for a very long time...

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The real estate dream buy low, sell high ! Good luck with that possible but highly unlikely.  The earth is strewn with burnt speculators!

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Agree fully with NCC1701A (thumbs up!) and AtoZ posts. I am living here since 17 years. Saw the bubble emerging. A friend owns two condos. For one he lowered the price from 3 million to two million. Still no buyer. Good location in the center of town. Since years I repeat my warning: Do not buy! I live in a big house close to the palace for 8000 Baht.

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6 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Whenever you're thinking of buying somewhere always check out how much it would cost to rent the apartment or house you're buying.

 

For example nofarang mentioned above that his rent is 8000 Baht per month, that's 96,000 Baht a year. Multiple it by 20 to 25 and this is what I would consider it to be worth'..... around 2 million Baht.

 

If you were to ask them how much they want to sell it for the price will likely be north of 4 million. That's a 2.5% annual yield on 4 million (just a guess but I know what they're like around these parts).

 

There are a couple of places in the world which command such high prices with low yields at the high end of the market, it's a short list and includes places like NYC, Shanghai and certain parts of California, they're global business hubs, Hua Hin is not on that list.

 

5% of the sale value is a good rent value, and visa versa 

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On 1/1/2019 at 7:33 PM, ukrules said:

Whenever you're thinking of buying somewhere always check out how much it would cost to rent the apartment or house you're buying.

 

For example nofarang mentioned above that his rent is 8000 Baht per month, that's 96,000 Baht a year. Multiple it by 20 to 25 and this is what I would consider it to be worth'..... around 2 million Baht.

 

If you were to ask them how much they want to sell it for the price will likely be north of 4 million. That's a 2.5% annual yield on 4 million (just a guess but I know what they're like around these parts).

 

There are a couple of places in the world which command such high prices with low yields at the high end of the market, it's a short list and includes places like NYC, Shanghai and certain parts of California, they're global business hubs, Hua Hin is not on that list.

 

2 bedroom condo in the building where I sometimes stay is about 6 million THB

 

I see a Thai owner advertise it for 20k a month rent - and not much luck with that. The monthly maintenance fee is 4k so IF she would theoretically got 100% occupancy and no other expense the break even point is 31 years away. In 31 years the condo gonna look like crap.

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