arick Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 How many billion cheated out of foreigner in the last 3 years? Oh you don't know? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, hioctane said: Wow. The Chinese own 10x the second closest! No surprises there considering the connections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Enzian said: Americans not even in the top five, and for sure I won't ever be helping bump up that standing one bit. China delenda est. even for tourism americans are down on the list, easier to go to mexico for a trip 1 hour ago, Boarn said: Well in my opinion Thailand owes me the Thailand I moved to ???? Joking aside this has absolutely nothing to do with race, it's down to behavior, noise made, cleanliness and regard for people in your vicinity. No issue whatsoever with people from Hong Kong, Taiwan or people of Chinese descent not from mainland China, they behave in very different ways. Only talking based on experience, it's sad I know but I suppose their government is to blame for allowing their citizens to be so uncouth and unsophisticated. Yes, maybe people wouldn't want to live next to me, however I never spit in the corridor, scream at ungodly hours of the night, shut at my partner instead of talking, smoke in the elevator, push and shove to get to the food and the list goes on. You have to rememberwho has been teaching the manors in china the last 30 or 40 years. They killed all the people with manors and education. The manors have been taught by the wild and wooly farmers and people who use to carry around the little red book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10baht Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: Top five for real estate ownership were the Chinese with 20,796 units, 2,007 Russian, 1,113 UK, 1,110 French and 825 Japanese. I really thought the Brits were smarter than that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, John Drake said: Not much American information on this forum. Everything is slanted towards the UK. This is America information. It indicates lack of condo ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM Dad Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 2 hours ago, EricTh said: I see more Americans than British or Russians in Thailand, why aren't they in the top 5? Most Americans don't want to live in a condo. We much prefer homes with no shared walls and with a garden. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 6 hours ago, webfact said: From 2018 to 2020 this comprised 34,653 units amounting to 1.4 million square meters worth 145 billion baht. So in average, that's just above 40 square meters per unit. Hardly the high rollers they seek to attract in large numbers. Before the pandemic, they could attract a few ten thousands of low to mid range real estate buyers per year. No way they'll attract 1 million with the much higher requirements they have in mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, tomyami said: evergrande thai style Exactly not. It's quite illegal for foreigners to buy Thai soil forever. And Chinese are foreigners in Thailand. Buying a condo does not mean you're the owner of the soil that it's built on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 6 hours ago, RafPinto said: Would be nice to see a survey on farang "home ownership in girlfriends name" A lot I should imagine. Not so much the Chinese, they tend to marry their own kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 6 hours ago, hioctane said: Wow. The Chinese own 10x the second closest! Let's remember the figures are for the past 3 years only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garet Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, John Drake said: Not much American information on this forum. Everything is slanted towards the UK. These are statistics, not slanted toward or against anyone. Should they slant it toward Americans by saying they own more condos than they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkktodd Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 6 hours ago, hioctane said: Wow. The Chinese own 10x the second closest! Then they rent them out. Other farangs buy to live in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozfarang Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The largest number of expats in Thailand are Chinese, 150,000, probably one of the reasons they are top of the list of condo purchases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 No one is buying anything in the Phuket market and the building and on-going environmental disaster continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Well, the origin of the Chinese money is not always as clear as from Japan or the UK ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby1947 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Revised list 1, Mugs 2, Chinese 3, Russians 4, U.K. Brits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1duckyboy Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 No one here has mentioned that many Chinese condo owners own multiple condos that they illegally rent out to short-stay dollar tour chinese tourists. This practice harms local hotels, brings less baht into Thai coffers and displeases on site condo owners. The Base Condos in central Pattaya is a prime example of this. One Chinese owner is said to own 30 condos there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 2 hours ago, moe666 said: even for tourism americans are down on the list, easier to go to mexico for a trip You have to rememberwho has been teaching the manors in china the last 30 or 40 years. They killed all the people with manors and education. The manors have been taught by the wild and wooly farmers and people who use to carry around the little red book. manners! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, The Hammer2021 said: manners! ....maketh the man said a Kingsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 41 minutes ago, Sydebolle said: Well, the origin of the Chinese money is not always as clear as from Japan or the UK ???? China has very strict currency controls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, ThailandRyan said: ....maketh the man said a Kingsman ıll Manors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, The Hammer2021 said: ıll Manors is that the name of the cheap hourly rental hotel in Udon Thani on Soi Sampan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 49 minutes ago, ozfarang said: The largest number of expats in Thailand are Chinese, 150,000, probably one of the reasons they are top of the list of condo purchases They live near Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportRider Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Boarn said: Quite sickening that Chinese are allowed to buy, no place for them here with the current government they have. If there were this many Chinese here when I moved in good faith in 2005, I wouldn't have moved. Good faith counts for nothing in Thailand. Glad I never bought a condo, it's a toss of a coin as to who will live next door, these numbers don't put odds in your favor. ???? Chinese people are not their government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupooey Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The surprising thing to me is seeing the French in fourth place. One would have thought that they would have been more attracted to the countries in the old French Indo-China, where they would have a chance of being able to communicate in their own language (I've found myself before having to speak French in Laos to make myself understood), and also be able to appreciate the baguettes! For every Frenchman I've met in Thailand there must have been about 20 Scandis: perhaps the latter don't buy condos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 8 hours ago, hioctane said: Wow. The Chinese own 10x the second closest! Nouveau-riche. China has been able to position itself as the number one world producer of low cost goods through a centrally controlled economy and, in a bit of irony, earning capitalist profits from the capitalist west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, Stupooey said: The surprising thing to me is seeing the French in fourth place. One would have thought that they would have been more attracted to the countries in the old French Indo-China, where they would have a chance of being able to communicate in their own language (I've found myself before having to speak French in Laos to make myself understood), and also be able to appreciate the baguettes! For every Frenchman I've met in Thailand there must have been about 20 Scandis: perhaps the latter don't buy condos. Difference in the form of government??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 hours ago, EricTh said: I see more Americans than British or Russians in Thailand, why aren't they in the top 5? Probably because they are fairly well educated on real estate markets and purchases. Buying in a non transparent market with no oversight, military coup government, minimal building standards, and dead money low if any appreciation is something they are not interested in.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 3 hours ago, moe666 said: even for tourism americans are down on the list, easier to go to mexico for a trip You have to rememberwho has been teaching the manors in china the last 30 or 40 years. They killed all the people with manors and education. The manors have been taught by the wild and wooly farmers and people who use to carry around the little red book. can't speak to today but when I was looking to retire from the US a decade ago, other countries on the list were Mexico, Panama Canal Zone and Ecuador. never mind the reality deniers, the USA has been a bi-lingual country since taking half of Mexico, then add in Puerto Rico and Cuba pre Castro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Wonder how much of the money used to buy the condos here by Chinese folks is dirty money from Ill gotten gains, scams, or from government stooges. Hmmm, I would be tempted to smart off but in light of both the Panama Papers and the recent Pandora investigative reporting ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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