Is it just me or are new condos in Chiang Mai forever getting smaller and smaller? In the headlong rush to keep total prices down, whilst the amounts charged per m2 for completed units is on the up, over the last 2-3 years, most developers have been “forced” (their word) to build smaller units of somewhere around 22-40m2. Now a 40 Sq meter can be considered a large unit and with developers... Source ..read more

360 Virtual Property Tours – Chiang Mai In order to further consolidate its position as Chiang Mai’s leading real estate agency, Perfect Homes Chiang Mai have launched 360-degree virtual tours of those properties which it is offering for rent and sale. Well known for its innovative marketing and professional standards, Perfect Homes is taking another step further forward by enhancing its marketing... Source ..read more

Sometimes real-estate can be really stressful, but then you often need to smile and move on! These were done just to put a little smile on your face, and we hope it worked. Please feel free to share on Face Book, Pinterest and anywhere else. Just in the hope you can put a smile on someone else’s face. Have a great day! Source ..read more

As we all know, the impact of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting our daily lives in unprecedented ways.Accordingly, it may still be a little too early to ascertain the full impact of the virus on the Chiang Mai real estate market, when compared with other health related events such as SARS or H1N1, or even the GFC financial meltdown in 2008.Yet, one thing is clear: Source ..read more

Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn 5 top tips to sell your house or condo in Chiang Mai Before we give you our top 5 tips on how to sell your home in Chiang Mai, we’d ask that you kindly remind yourself about just what “market value” means.“Market value” is the price a willing vendor is prepared to sell at, and the amount a willing purchaser is prepared... Source ..read more

Volumes could be written on Chiang Mai’s multitude of virtues but as a holiday destination and especially as an adopted home, the milder climate of Northern Thailand is a major draw. Unlike so many other places in the Tropics which suffer from stifling hot and sticky conditions year round, the Chiang Mai weather is decidedly seasonal thanks to its northerly latitude, modest altitude and distance... Source ..read more

Who doesn’t want to build and live in their dream home? So, spend some time looking around Chiang Mai and the outer areas such as Mae Rim or Pa Daet, find an ideal site and commission an architect to design, then engage a contractor to build, your piece of heaven; your own castle, your own fortress! All well and good…, until you come to try to sell the property… Then, when you start doing the mathematics: right, I bought the land for Baht xxx, built the house for Baht xxx… so the property now has to be worth at least 4 times the total I spent because it is my house, it was designed by me (and ..read more

The “market value” of anything, whether it be real estate or any commodity, is the price a willing vendor is prepared to sell at, and the amount a willing purchaser is prepared to pay. There are other key assumptions to be made but, broadly speaking, this is the gist of the definition of market value. In respect of real estate, it is NOT, contrary to many people’s opinions, the sum of the asking price for the land on which a property stands PLUS the cost to build the house or shop-house or whatever. That is the replacement cost which is usually used by insurance companies, quantity surveyors ..read more