Bangkok Property Markets
Weakened domestic demand, slower export growth as well as impact from increasing oil prices and political uncertainty ate up the overall economic growth and resulted in a slowdown in the economy in 2H2000. The economy grew at 2.6% in 3Q2000 from a year earlier, lowering from 6.3% in 2Q2000 and 5.1% in 1Q2000. The restructuring of the real sector including real estate in Thailand is still in the early stages. Despite a reduction in real estate NPL s from Bt295.9 billion as at 1H2000 to Bt129.5 billion as at 2H2000, a large reduction was a result of transferring of NPLs to bank owned AMCs rather the actual restructuring. All these macro factors have dampened market sentiment and been reflected in the pace of the property market over 2H2000.The overall picture in 2H2000 continued very much as 1H2000. Steady market improvement continued albeit amidst a mild correction in rentals. Polarisation of demand to prime quality properties emphasised the attractiveness of this sub-market whereas price strategy remained a
Judging from market performance over the past 24 months where sales rates were relatively low, the Condominium sector improved at a very gradual pace. The emergence of the second hand market is threatening the primary market due to cheaper prices. Demand from potential buyers was focused on the resale units, making the sale of the completed units to require at least 2-3 years. Macro Economy to Determine Pace of Property Market in 2001 Apartments and Serviced Apartments were largely improved. While serviced apartments benefited from short-stay tenants shifting from hotels to serviced apartments due to cheaper rentals and easier access to the serviced apartment projects, apartments in all grades reported higher occupancy, following the improved accessibility to the BTS. Expatriates rank location as the most essential factor in decision making whereas affordable rentals and good building management remained preferred by tenants. Apartments registered mild growth as demand remained price conscious. Serviced apartments showed the strongest growth a
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