January 30 2012
Categories: Land Ownership, Thailand Property
As you know a “witch hunt is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria and lynching, but in historical instances also legally sanctioned and involving official witchcraft trials. The term “witch-hunt” is often used by analogy to refer to panic-induced searches for perceived wrong-doers other than witches.” Now Thailand has been since 2006 affected by a serious political crisis and the successive governments since the beginning of this crisis have been under a lot of pressure.
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Originally posted 2009-10-28 04:23:27.
January 16 2012
Categories: Condominium Ownership, Land Ownership, Leasehold Ownership, Property General Issues, Thailand Business, Thailand Property
Dear Reader
I just want to let you now that my book “How To Safely Buy Real Estate In Thailand” is now available on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iBooks.
Description
Buyers of offshore real estate property can be divided into two categories: The fortunate buyers who actually receive the property they paid for and the unfortunate ones who end up losing their money in offshore real estate fiascos or end up with a lemon of a property. Although the fortunate buyers outnumber the unfortunate, ventures in purchasing real estate offshore still end up badly for too many people. Did you know that the difference between fortunate and unfortunate buyers is sheer luck, not more business savvy on one side than the other? Fortunate buyers are lucky enough to buy from one of the reliable developers doing business overseas. Do not let luck dictate offshore real estate purchases. Learn all about the critical issues and the many pitfalls awaiting the unwary buyer.The book is divided in two sections. In the first section Rene Philippe discusses the general issues to be addressed by a buyer who purchases real estate outside his home country. In the second part he explains how those issues are dealt with in Thailand. Because the author deals in the first part with general issues this book is a worthwhile read not only for foreigners who want to buy real estate in Thailand but also for foreigners or Thais purchasing real estate overseas.Rene Philippe approaches the subject in a manner clear, easy to understand and conductive to reflection and questioning. His objective is not only to impart knowledge and experience but also to raise buyers’ awareness of the potential dangers that are awaiting them and how to avoid them.
About the Author:
The author Rene-Philippe DUBOUT is a lawyer since 1990 when he was admitted to Geneva bar (Switzerland). He practiced as a litigator there for 10 years until he moved to Thailand in 1999. In 2002 he founded with a group of Thai lawyers Rene Philippe & Partners Ltd a local law firm that specialized in Cross Borders Investments and Real Estate. He has been lecturing in several Thai Universities and a speaker to numerous conferences and seminars. He is the author of a must read book:”How to Purchase Real Estate Offshore Safely: The Case of Thailand”.
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Originally posted 2011-01-20 09:41:15.
January 15 2012
Categories: Land Ownership, Thailand Property
One of the reasons I’m calling the nominee scrutiny a “Witch Hunt” is because one of the declared target of said inquiry will be the “Thai wife”. Yes, the Thai wife, not the Thai Spouse. There is gender discrimination in this whole Thai wife business that i do not like at all.
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Originally posted 2009-10-29 02:14:36.
January 15 2012
Categories: Land Ownership, Thailand Property
May the Thai spouse of a foreigner own land or not?
During his latest nationwide inspection tour of 30 provinces, Anuwat Meteewiboonwut, the director-general of the Thai Land Department let an old monster lose again. In substance is said that foreigners that the titled deed of Thais spouses that are purchasing land on behalf of their foreign spouses could be revoked if the land department was to find out.
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Originally posted 2009-07-27 11:06:29.
January 15 2012
Categories: Land Ownership, Thailand Property
If you are a regular reader of my posts you already know that I believe that the “foreign investors that have purchased land through a company with Thai Shareholders that may be deemed nominees” is a big messy situation that at one point will need to be resolved.
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Originally posted 2009-11-01 07:03:18.
January 7 2012
Categories: Land Ownership, Property General Issues, Thailand Property
There have been a lot of activities on the “nominees” front lately. It is an issue that resurfaces from time to time. Lately there has been the scandal of foreigners purchasing farm land through the cover of companies that have shareholders that may be deemed “Thai nominees”. This morning in the Bangkok post an article was published under the title “Nominees Ownership under watch”.
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Originally posted 2009-08-25 12:37:59.
January 2 2012
Categories: Land Ownership, Thailand Property
Assuming that Thai authorities take as announced a hard stance in relation to the matter of “companies that own land with Thai Shareholders that may be deemed nominees” and assuming that the company do not fight back the accusations. What would happen then?
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Originally posted 2009-11-02 09:59:13.
December 19 2011
Categories: Land Ownership, Property General Issues
Buying Land in Chiang Rai: A unique opportunity to purchase 11 rai of land ( 1 rai = 1,600 sqm) at a price of 200,000 THB per rai only that is to say below average selling price in the area.
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