Estate Agent

[mrbojangles]

Can someone please tell me what is the best word for an "Estae Agent" or "Real Estate Agent" in Thai.

Which word for agent best describes it?

ตัวแทน dtua taen

คนกลาง kon glaang

and would this do for real estate?

อสังหาริมทรัพย์ à-săng-hăa-rim-sáp

Or would it be something more simple like:- kăai bâan

Thanks people

[Lacoste]

นายหน้าขายบ้าน

[mrbojangles]

Thanks lacoste. So the best is:-

naai nâa kăai bâan

Why is naai nâa better than "dtua taen" or "kon glaang" are they different types of middlemen?

[meadish_sweetball]

Agree with Lacoste that 'naai nâa' is the common expression.

'tua thaen' is more like 'representative' and 'khon klaang' is a middleman in general.

[mrbojangles]

cheers chaps

[percy2]

Can someone please tell me what is the best word for an "Estae Agent" or "Real Estate Agent" in Thai.

Which word for agent best describes it?

ตัวแทน dtua taen

คนกลาง kon glaang

and would this do for real estate?

อสังหาริมทรัพย์ à-săng-hăa-rim-sáp

Or would it be something more simple like:- kăai bâan

Thanks people

Plaa Wan

"Ones a scum sucking bottom feeder and the others a fish"

[Johpa]

Just a little off-topic, but as nuances have not been discussed, beware that in Thailand real estate can go up quickly as more and more people get involved. If you have a friend who connects you to a real estate agent, that person will expect at least a 10% commission. So it is possible to have both a คนกลาง (middleman) and a นายหน้าขายบ้าน (real estate agent) both looking for commissions on the same deal.

I have seen close friends and even family members get invloved and cause the price of a house or apartment to increase for the buyer as a result of all the people demanding a cut of the deal. This is especially true for Farangs and other ex-pats who are not that familiar with the local real estate markets.

[mrbojangles]

Can someone please tell me what is the best word for an "Estae Agent" or "Real Estate Agent" in Thai.

Which word for agent best describes it?

ตัวแทน dtua taen

คนกลาง kon glaang

and would this do for real estate?

อสังหาริมทรัพย์ à-săng-hăa-rim-sáp

Or would it be something more simple like:- kăai bâan

Thanks people

Plaa Wan

"Ones a scum sucking bottom feeder and the others a fish"

Thanks for that Percy. Most educational and a nice serious answer, to my innocent question. Now, <deleted> off

[samran]

Keep it clean chaps.

[mrbojangles]

Keep it clean chaps.

No worries Samran but if i had wanted to know the word for a "scum sucking bottom feeder" i would have asked for it. As it is i just asked for the word for "Estate Agent"

[Lacoste]

yes that is what you aked for.

[samran]

yes that is what you aked for.

Thanks for that Noodles.

Am closing this thread. Questions have been answered.