{"id":3983,"date":"2019-09-06T09:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T09:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:38:00","slug":"is-the-thai-baht-too-strong-for-foreign-home-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/en\/is-the-thai-baht-too-strong-for-foreign-home-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Thai baht too strong for foreign home buyers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kingdom’s development firms report middling overseas sales<\/p>\n

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Bangkok as seen on New Year’s Day 2019. PhotoExpozure\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Property developers expect the baht\u2019s stronger showing against the US dollar and the Chinese yuan to bode negatively on international demand for Thailand’s residential offerings, The Nation<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Demand from overseas investors for residential units priced under THB10 million has been \u201cdropping\u201d since the second quarter of 2019, according to Prasert Taedullayasatit, chief executive at award-winning developer<\/a> Pruksa Real Estate Plc.<\/p>\n

More: Thailand\u2019s secondary property markets don\u2019t play second fiddle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The baht strengthened 8.07 percent against the yuan and 5 percent against the greenback last month, the exec noted. With yuan-denominated home prices rising eight percent on average and dollar-denominated prices soaring five percent, foreign buying demand for units under THB10 million has soured as a result.<\/p>\n

Developers, however, have been able to parlay the restive situation in Hong Kong into some form of demand for their projects. \u201cWe were successful with sales of our new luxury condominium, Chapter Charoennakorn-Riverside, last week, with 10 percent of the units booked by Hong Kong customers,\u201d reported Prasert.<\/p>\n

Similarly, SC Asset Corp Plc reported that half of the foreign buyers of its luxury condo project in Chidlom, launched in 2017, were Hongkongers looking for a second home in the kingdom. The strong baht and the consequent drop in foreign demand have caused the company to shift its residential business strategy to focus on domestic buyers, according to Prayongyut Itthiratchai, first vice president at SC Asset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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