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Waiting for the Big Sleep
Posted: 13 May 2013 | 3:07 pm
From the Property Report South East Asia:
Once you hit 50 it's hard to avoid doing the math and realising that so many mundane trips and tasks may take on a last time ritual.
How Same-Same Drove me Insane
Posted: 11 May 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
Today, as you drive across the island, you can't help but find your mind being sedated by row after row, after row, of monotonously stacked units.
Confessions of a Bubble Boy
Posted: 10 May 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Property Report South East Asia:
During my travels through Asia this year at various real estate and hospitality conferences one topic that often comes up in softly spoken tones is concerns over an impending property bubble.
The Season of our Discontent
Posted: 04 May 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
It's been a long and hard high season here in Phuket. The local populace is tenser than a sun-dried cracker; punctuating the dry surroundings has been the absence of rain.
Bare Walls and Other Real Life Catastrophes
Posted: 27 Apr 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
My heart bleeds for the island's toiling interior artisans, landscape designers and other specialists who should be rewarded handsomely instead of viewed as second-class citizens.
Slave to the Bean
Posted: 20 Apr 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
I've just checked out of the emergency room, covered in bandages not dissimilar to those worn by the damaged star of the movie The English Patient, or perhaps more fittingly, Return of the Mummy.
Property Prices 'Under the Gun'
Posted: 13 Apr 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
I thought not once, but twice about putting the word gun into the title of this article, but why not? Live vicariously. Guns and real estate, now that's an entirely different story altogether.
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Posted: 06 Apr 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
They came, they spent, they left. That pretty much sums up the great Russian tropical cold war of this the high tourism season.
Death of a Salesman
Posted: 01 Apr 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Property Report South East Asia:
Modern property sales techniques leave plenty to be desired. Is demand so high there's no longer a need for convincing sales pitches or is the web taking over as a remote closer?
The Art of Elbow Wars
Posted: 23 Mar 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
Seemingly there are more idiots in the world today that at any other time in the history of mankind.
Koh Samui Puts On a Game Face
Posted: 16 Mar 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
We've just completed our 2012 C9 Hotelwork's Koh Samui Hotel Market Update and the upswing in trading is impressive.
East is East and West is West
Posted: 09 Mar 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
My fingers are digging deep into the armrests of our Bangkok Airways ATR 72, or more appropriately called "the prop job", as it takes a sharp left turn high above the island of Koh Samui.
Escape From Boracay
Posted: 02 Mar 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
Timing is everything, and my recent sortie to the Philippines for island hopping was ill advised.
The End of Conversation
Posted: 01 Mar 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Property Report South East Asia:
Drawing comparison's between cave dwellers from the dawn of time and the budding Donald Trumps populating the nearest Starbuck's is easy.
Down at the Eleventh Hour
Posted: 26 Feb 2013 | 10:07 am
From the Property Report South East Asia:
In Asia, cooling down heated markets seems to require quite some considerable effort and the results may see domestic investors run from the cold.
And Then Came Layan
Posted: 23 Feb 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
Thinking of owning property in an island paradise? Swaying coconut trees, tropical drinks in day-glow colors and of course the ultimate deal closer - the beach.
A Short History of Bad Hotel Ideas
Posted: 16 Feb 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
I come from another planet. One which is absolutely pedantic, startlingly interior and shamelessly derivative. Welcome to the Willy's Wonky World of Hoteldom.
Tourism Heads off to the Mall
Posted: 09 Feb 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
Shopping therapy: Tourists seem as interested in a shopping spree as they are in the beach.
Xenophobia Strikes Out in Phuket
Posted: 02 Feb 2013 | 3:39 pm
From the Phuket Gazette Property Watch:
Tempers flared at Bangtao Beach last week over alleged Russian-controlled businesses staking a claim in the lucrative tourism market.
Dude, Where's My Car?
Posted: 01 Feb 2013 | 6:00 am
From the Property Report South East Asia:
They did pave paradise - but in many cases forgot to put up the parking lot.
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