TALAY VILLAS RESORT AND RESIDENTIAL ESTATE CLARIFICATION

The View Talay Villas Holiday Resort in Pattaya, which cheated me & my friend by sending emails in black & white saying offerring us a complimentary staying for a week. "The fact is there are 198 villas in the View Talay Villas Estate. Seven of these villas are owned and controlled independently by a Time Share company known as View Talay Villas Holiday Resort. This is the company your reader has complained about. Our company has nothing to do with this business, or Mr Ross Gould." Mr. Rob Astbury, Sales Manager

The heart of the matter

The rapid change that Bangkok is undergoing with train lines spreading in many directions might confuse property buyers, but to play it safe it is still best to be located in or close to the heart of the city because this does not change for generations, according to Pritpal Singh Gill, the country manager of Pacific Star International, Areas identified by Mr Gill as having the potential of benefiting from the spinoff of real estate values in the city centre include stretches further down Sukhumvit toward Soi 105 although he warned that this will take some time because there is still absorption left in the main Sukhumvit strip.

Investors 'cautious' over Thai property market

Many people considering purchasing property in Thailand remain cautious, despite the fact that the risk to investment is "not large", according to one expert. Commenting on the Thai market, Marsha Lu, head of the legal, diligence and compliance department at Property Frontiers, said that media reports on the recent military coup has prompted some investors to be wary of buying property there.

'Wide variety' of investors head to Thailand

A variety of investors are setting their sights on Thailand's property market, which continues to attract various different types of investor according to experts. Representatives at David Stanley Redfern maintain that the Thai property market is proving attractive to investors looking for pure investment opportunities, holiday home purchasers and business buyers alike, underlining the varied appeal of the market at large. Meanwhile Thailand continues to enjoy a strong tourism trade, with over 850,000 UK tourists having visited the country in 2006.