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Our Chaotic World

 Various place in Phuket

How geopolitics and global monetary policy affect Phuket’s real estate market

Phuket is a beautiful tropical island. Although a mere 660 metres from the mainland, in many ways we feel isolated from the wider world. This is not necessarily a bad...

Peranakan Traditions in Phuket

 Phuket City

Living Phuket’s Thai-Chinese Peranakan community, also popularly known as Phuket Babas, is predominantly of Hokkien ancestry and has long held on to its unique culture and traditions, remaining a stronghold in...

Applying Rationality: Developing better principles...

 Bangkok / Phuket Boat Lagoon

Legal / Law It might be rational, even if you don’t believe in God or a God, to believe, because the chances of a reward in heaven if you don’t believe in any...

How To Sell Your Phuket Property

 Various place in Phuket

There are many reasons why some Phuket villas sell more quickly than others. In this edition of Window on Phuket, we will discuss what makes a villa or luxury condo...

Exploring Phang Nga Bay

 Phang Nga

Travel Located in between Phuket Island and the Thai mainland, Phang Nga Bay is a stunning bay featuring magnificent limestone karsts rising vertically out of the bay’s waters. A popular day...

Phuket Property after COVID

In the Spring of 2020, as uncertainty was gripping the tourism and property industries in Phuket, we began a series of articles explaining why there would be no “Covid Crash” in Phuket property.

We pointed out that the dominant buyers were foreigners who paid cash, meaning there would be no mortgage payments to miss during the pandemic. Furthermore, there was a low probability...

What Makes a Good Property Manager?

Legal / Law By property management, I mean property managers primarily focusing on residential and commercial retail developments.

Phuket viewpoints

 Various place in Phuket

Living Phuket viewpoints

Phuket Property Guide: Hope floats - The remarkable buoyancy of the phuket real estate market

It would be nice to write about the Phuket Property Market without using the words ‘pandemic’ or ‘Covid’. Unfortunately, for nearly two years now, the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to impact...

Lessons from the Jeffrey Epstein saga

 Bangkok / Phuket Boat Lagoon

Legal / Law Living in Phuket or any ‘tropical’ quasi paradise-esque environment can be seductively deceiving, particularly in relation to the existence of potential or actual fraud. It can seem perfectly normal to...