Everyone who matters in this market

Government & regulators

The bodies that register, tax and regulate property in Thailand. These are the primary authorities — where they and a commercial site disagree, they win.

• Department of Lands — Registers every title and every transfer. Sets appraised values. Under the Ministry of Interior.
• Real Estate Information Center (REIC) — The official data body, established 2004 under the Government Housing Bank. Transfer volumes, price indices, supply and demand series.
• Bank of Thailand — House price indices, mortgage lending data, loan-to-value rules and the foreign exchange regulations that govern bringing purchase funds in.
• Revenue Department — Specific Business Tax, stamp duty, withholding tax and personal income tax on rental income.
• Government Housing Bank (GH Bank) — State housing bank; REIC sits under it.
• Board of Investment (BOI) — Investment promotion, and the framework around the Foreign Business Act.
• Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) — Environmental Impact Assessment approvals — the stage at which stalled projects usually stall.
• Eastern Economic Corridor Office — The EEC development authority for Chonburi, Rayong and Chachoengsao.
• Department of Business Development (DBD) — Company registration and filed accounts. Where you verify that a developer or agency is a real, filing company.

Trade associations

Industry bodies. Useful for market commentary, membership checks on a counterparty, and the sector's own lobbying positions — read as advocacy, not as neutral analysis.

• Thai Real Estate Association (TREBA) — The principal developer and industry association.
• Housing Business Association — Landed-housing developers.
• Thai Condominium Association — Condominium developers and operators.
• Home Builder Association — Custom and contract home builders.

Research & market data

Independent and agency research. The international agencies publish free outlook reports that are considerably better than most of what is written about this market.

• Agency for Real Estate Affairs (AREA) — Independent Thai research house. Publishes developer rankings and market-share analysis in English.
• CBRE Thailand — Annual market outlook and sector research.
• Knight Frank Thailand — Residential and prime market research.
• Colliers Thailand — Research across residential, office and industrial.
• Savills Thailand — Market outlook and research notes.
• JLL Thailand — Capital markets and residential research.
• Global Property Guide — Thailand — Long-run price history, yields and transaction cost comparisons.

Listing portals

Where the stock is advertised. Asking prices, not transacted prices — the gap between the two is the whole negotiation.

• DDproperty — Thailand's largest listing portal, part of PropertyGuru Group. Publishes its own price index.
• Dot Property Thailand — Listings and news; runs the Thailand Real Estate Awards.
• Hipflat — Condominium listings with per-project price and rent history — unusually transparent for this market.
• FazWaz — Sales and rentals, strong in the resort provinces.
• Thailand-Property — Listings aimed at overseas buyers.

News & analysis

The sources behind the weekly digest. Several of the best are Thai-language — which is exactly why they are worth reading.

• Prachachat Turakij — property — Thai business daily. The strongest property desk in the country.
• Bangkok Post — Property — English-language daily. Note: the site blocks some non-Thai IP ranges.
• The Nation Thailand — Property — English-language business and property coverage.
• The Thaiger — Property — English-language, strong on the practical questions foreign buyers actually ask.
• Thailand Business News — English-language business and real estate news.
• Matichon — economy — Thai daily with substantial property coverage.