{"success":true,"data":{"results":[{"id":110,"title":"Buying Property in Pattaya: What I Check Before I Tell a Client \u201cYes\u201d","slug":"buying-property-in-pattaya-what-i-check-before-i-tell-a-client-yes","url":"https:\/\/towncountryproperty.com\/news\/buying-property-in-pattaya-what-i-check-before-i-tell-a-client-yes","excerpt":"After nearly 25 years in Pattaya real estate, I have learned that finding the right property is about considerably more than bedrooms, bathrooms and price per square metre.","category":"Property Insights","author":"Noom","published_at":"2026-08-28T10:49:17+00:00"},{"id":113,"title":"Replace the Nominees with the Government","slug":"replace-the-nominees-with-the-government","url":"https:\/\/towncountryproperty.com\/news\/replace-the-nominees-with-the-government","excerpt":"A radical, controlled answer to \"And then what?\"","category":"Property Insights","author":"Noom","published_at":"2026-08-28T10:48:52+00:00"},{"id":112,"title":"The Pattaya Nominee Raids Have Started. 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