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You might want to read my posting again. I will retire in three years and I will be in HH in October to buy something pre-construction that will be built by the time I retire.
Correct, I went back and read the entire post and you said that is not what you want to do, but, having been a real estate agent (as a second job) in Florida I can still tell you that there would be very little interest anywhere in someone intending to view and buy 7 or 8 months out.
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There are a lot of dreamers when it comes to moving to a "tropical paradise", but very few are serious when "the rubber meets the road". I suspect if you contact a couple of good companies within a month of your arrival with your requirements, they will be ready with a list of properties to show you and will neither waste your time nor theirs.
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
TT: I do not need to step up to anyone's plate.
What I did do was browse the sites in Hua Hin to get a feel of the prices and what one would expect from the budget we set for ourselves.
From this I told all the agents my limit on price and my minimum expectations from that budget.
After all the responses I chose 3 agents and when i went to Hua Hin each one picked us up at our hotel and took care of us and drove us around to see various property.
I did not let any agent show me any property which was given to me by another agent so I did not work one against the other.
You have stated that you are in this profession so I would assume that you are experianced in this field when dealing with different people so maybe you are giving off the wrong vibes.
By the way I do know the difference between a loaf of bread and a house, one has dooors and windows
There are a lot of dreamers when it comes to moving to a "tropical paradise", but very few are serious when "the rubber meets the road".
Well, I live in Hawaii and that qualifies as "tropical paradise," but you are correct, we get lots of inquiries here from "dreamers" too. I would never "work" with three different real estate agents, if I show no committment why would do they?
TT Citizen of The World "I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather....
Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car..."
Turning back to the original topic "Hua Hin Property Picking Up".
From my own experience meaningful property growth in Thailand has been usually driven by short periods of speculation lasting around 2 years followed by longer periods of stagnation. The periods of growth have always been very localised.
If this model does not change I expect the current climate of the property market in Hua Hin to stay as it is for some time yet.
malcolminthemiddle wrote:Turning back to the original topic "Hua Hin Property Picking Up".
From my own experience meaningful property growth in Thailand has been usually driven by short periods of speculation lasting around 2 years followed by longer periods of stagnation. The periods of growth have always been very localised.
If this model does not change I expect the current climate of the property market in Hua Hin to stay as it is for some time yet.
If so, it raises the question as to what triggers the speculation periods ?
Surely it has to be something more tangible than estate agents hype ?
As I mentioned the periods of speculation have been very localised, here are a few subjective examples in no particular order.
Ban Chang/MapTha Phut Area - Star Refinery
Sukhumvit Bangkok - MRT and BTS
Chiang Khong - New road to Kumning through Laos
Hua Hin - European property prices and Baht exchange rate.
The point is in Thailand there is not the steady periods of appreciation we are used to seeing in the UK and other established markets. So does that make all us who own property in Thailand speculators who may or may not have got in and out at the right time?
Correct, I went back and read the entire post and you said that is not what you want to do, but, having been a real estate agent (as a second job) in Florida I can still tell you that there would be very little interest anywhere in someone intending to view and buy 7 or 8 months out.
