Pattaya has an image problem

For the last several years, however, Thailand´s real estate industry has argued that Pattaya is changing for the better, that it’s becoming a more conventional beach-side resort town. But is this really the case? What is the current state of Pattaya’s real estate market? And what does the future have in store? Will a slew of new real estate developments help clean up Pattaya’s image? Pattaya is slowly cleaning up, says Clayton Wade, of Premier Homes, another well-established local figure. “And I wish it would rub off a lot more on the real estate industry,” he adds. “It’s getting sleazier by the second.”