I can’t read tomorrow’s newspaper. But I can read the headlines.
After more than 40 years in property across the UK, the Middle East, Australia and Southeast Asia, Nigel Cornick FRICS has watched confidence rise, credit tighten and entire markets reset. His conclusion is simple: one successful development proves very little. Longevity is the real test.
Gerald Enright on market cycles, tenant expectations, artificial intelligence and the integrity required to build a lasting real-estate business in Thailand.
After more than 40 years in hospitality across three continents, Mark van Ogtrop argues that the industry still rests on a few timeless principles. For investors, the most important is equally simple: location defines demand.
After 45 years of welcoming guests, Rob Rijnders explains why unforgettable hospitality is rarely about the room or the breakfast. It is about recognition, anticipation, genuine human warmth and the small moments that make a guest feel truly noticed.
Rony Fineman reflects on arriving in Pattaya in 1986, developing homes at exactly the right moment, why hotels became the long-term plan, and what the city must get right next.
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.
A radical, controlled answer to "And then what?"
A calm look at what the recent DSI action may really mean for Pattaya, foreign homeowners and the future of a more transparent property market.
After nearly 25 years in Pattaya real estate, I have learned that “expensive”, “cheap” and “good value” are three very different things.
Most building problems start with the land, not the house. Title deeds, access, drainage, permits, and realistic budgets — what to check before your first baht disappears into the ground.
Thailand’s nominee crackdown has created plenty of fear. But nobody seems to be answering the most obvious question for existing foreign homeowners.