The land of Oz is set to host a Phuket Property Exhibition on January 24th and 25th at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel at Darling Harbour.
Local property firm Siam Real Estate who have tied up with the Ray White Group have enlisted 10 local developments to participate.
Australian-based Ray White staff will be manning the event.
With a strong Australian currency and growing number of direct flights, Phuket is a key market for overseas Aussie buyers.
Island property personality Lyndon Phillips has launched a new island brokerage house Tranquility.
Housed at Plaza Del Mar in Cherngtalay the firm is targeting upscale new and resale properties.
Phillips was formerly with Laguna Phuket and Banyan Tree, heading up their real estate offerings.
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Not too many people will reference country and western star Johnny Paycheck who wrote the classic "take this job and shove it."
But increasingly American's are telling the US government to take this country and shove it."
What are driving them are the global taxation regime and certainly the illustrious soon to come Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
This massive paper test is driving international banks to treat American citizen's like virtual criminals. Into the sin bin or you have been relegated.
Simply put the hassle of reporting on American's overseas assets requires too much time, money and effort so many banks are simply not interested in the rough trade.
One by-product of the whole exercise is a whole new global industry of immigration lawyers who help American's take on other passports.
In the old days it was about the world wanting to come to America. Now it seems many American's simply want to get out.
There is no doubt that now more then ever, Asia remains absolutely the most interesting place in the world. Sometimes it takes a journey off Wall Street or those gyrating bourses in London, Tokyo or Sydney to see where the real action is.
In Bill Barnett's new book "It Might Get Weird" readers will find a series of collected essays on Asia's real estate landscape from the pages of Property Report Magazine. With subjects ranging from Fight Club, All Night Long in Jakarta, Listening to the Dead Presidents or the Great Toast Crisis the storylines blur in a high definition of airplanes to the thump of ink drying on a passport page.
As "13" is about to be done, dusted and archived to the cloud drive, Bill's thoughts turn to the year that was.
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Yes we all know where the real SoHo is, that's in New York.
Even Hong Kong has it's own version – South of Hollywood Road.
But Singapore property is now buzzing of SoHo units which can be more clearly described as "small office, home office."
Leave it to Asia to get practically buzzed over functional real estate.
One of Bangkok's leading luxury retail malls Emporium will undergo a THB4 billion upgrade.
Owned by The Mall Group, the developer has planned two other mega retail complexes nearby with the EmQuartier and EmSphere projects rising near to existing landmark.
A skywalk will link the three complexes for easy pedestrian access.
The group also has future plans for a large-scale project in Phuket .on a site that is understood to be located in Kathu.
Laguna Phuket has brought another hotel managed residence project to the market with the launch of the Angsana Waterfront Suites.
Pricing starts at THB10.5 million for a one bedroom furnished unit and comes with a free golf membership.
Construction will start later next year and is set to complete in 2016.
The project is set to target the current island trend of investment real estate buyers versus end users.
Boat Avenue Shopping Street in Cherngtalay will hold an opening party on Friday December 20th.
The public is invited to drop in with a reception starting at 6:00pm, later will come the officlal opening of Villa Market followed by a Katalina fashion show at 8:00 pm. The evening's activities are expected to wrap by 9:00 pm.
A live DJ from 89.5 will be on site during the party, and there will be face painting and balloon artists for the kids.
The Boat Avenue shopping and residential complex has been developed by Boon Yongsakul.
Sliding property sales in Hong Kong have driven many developers to increase agent commissions.
Reading a report in the South China Morning Post the piece cited the government's cooling measures as a key catalyst.
Commissions are generally 2% for brokers, though in hot market conditions agents often rebate a portion to buyers to drive deals, so the payout drops.
With developers keen to move units, commissions are being upped to 3% and beyond which is a sign of the times.
