For the Thai office worker unable to buy a house, she needs to lower her sights. I have Thai relatives who live in the Bangkok suburbs scattered around the IMPACT arena area. When we drive out to visit them from central Bangkok, I see new condo projects starting around 2MB. She needs to be realistic regarding her situation and she should be looking at a small condo in her salary price range, not a house she can't afford. As others have mentioned, this situation is not unique to Thailand. When I lived in the US, my salary was low and housing was pricey in my area. I was realistic and realized that I would never own a house there--and I never did. The most I could afford on my salary was a 1-bedroom condo--and even that was a stretch, eating up probably half of my monthly salary. At one point I took a second job to make ends meet--you do what you need to do. But, the smartest thing I ever did financially was trading my renting of a 1-bedroom apartment--paying the landlord--to buying a similar 1-bedroom condo--and paying myself, instead. The reality is that not everyone will be able to afford a house, just as the reality is that not everyone will be able to afford a BMW. True not just in Thailand. That's life and you deal with it--making the right budget choices you need to make depending on your situation. The sooner the office girl realizes this and resets her sights to her reality, the better off she will be.
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