Three questions decide whether anything else matters: can you own it, does the register hold, and is your deposit protected. Here are the answers for Thailand, each with the law or source it rests on. The answers are written for EU and EEA citizens; where rules differ for other nationals, the ownership answer says so. As of September 2026.
The core answers
Can you buy property here as an EU citizen?
No land ownership. A freehold condominium unit can be acquired as long as the foreign share of the building's total floor area does not exceed 49 percent. Beyond that, only a lease of up to 30 years remains.
Legal basis: Condominium Act B.E. 2522, Sec. 19bis; Land Code; CCC Sec. 540
Residence
LTR visa Wealthy Global Citizen, 10 years: USD 1 million in assets, USD 80,000 income, USD 500,000 investment, property counts
Source: siam-legal.com
First thing to check
- Whether the foreign quota in the building is still available at the time of transfer. It is used up in the order of registration.
All 24 dimensions
Scale 0 to 100, higher is better. Each value shows where it comes from: tied to a published index, own research with a source on file, or approximated from comparable countries.
Law and register
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Property rights | 38 | Index |
| Register | 60 | Research |
| Deposit protection | 22 | Research |
| Rule of law | 38 | Index |
| Freedom from corruption | 30 | Index |
| Political stability | 44 | Index |
Money and market
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase costs | 59 | Index |
| Tax burden | 60 | Index |
| Entry price | 52 | Index |
| Rental yield | 55 | Research |
| Short-term rental | 15 | Research |
| Price development | 41 | Index |
| Demand pipeline | 35 | Index |
Residence and access
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Residence | 75 | Research |
| Exit | 36 | Index |
| Currency | 94 | Index |
| Accessibility | 34 | Research |
Place and building stock
| Dimension | Score | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Climate | 41 | Index |
| Natural hazards | 12 | Index |
| Utilities | 70 | Index |
| Build quality | 62 | Research |
| Construction cost | 81 | Research |
| Quality of life | 31 | Index |
| Healthcare | 82 | Index |
Researched individually
These entries do not come from an index but from research for this country. The source is given with each.
Residence
LTR visa, Wealthy Global Citizen category, 10 years: USD 1 million in assets, USD 80,000 in income, USD 500,000 in investment, with property counting towards this
Source: siam-legal.com · 2026
Accessibility
8,794 km great-circle distance from Munich
Source: Grosskreisentfernung Muenchen-Hauptstadt · 2026
Build quality
BQCI 11/15 (WB Doing Business 2020) + WGI Government Effectiveness 56,27 (2024), Gewicht 35/65
Source: archive.doingbusiness.org · 2019
Place and building materials
What to check in Thailand
Derived from the four weakest dimensions of this country - statistically, that is where buyers lose money.
- Natural hazards. Exposure to earthquake, storm, flood and wildfire at the specific site, not the national average.
- Short-term rental. Whether short-term rental is and will remain allowed there - the rules are changing everywhere right now.
- Deposit protection. Whether your deposit is protected by law - escrow account or bank guarantee - or goes straight to the developer.
- Freedom from corruption. Whether permits are granted by rules or by connections.
Developers and projects in Thailand
The developer index records 45 projects and 11 developers in Thailand without rating them, each entry with source and retrieval date. An excerpt:
| Project | Place | Developer | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botanica Luxury Krabi | Ao Nang | Botanica Luxury Phuket Co.,Ltd | planned |
| CASCADE Bangtao Beach | Bang Tao | Habitat Group | planned |
| Highland Park Residences Bangtao Beach | Bang Tao | Habitat Group | completed |
| The Modeva Bang-Tao | Bang Tao | Rhom Bho Property PLC (THE TITLE) | under construction |
| Walden Sukhumvit 39 | Bangkok | Habitat Group | completed |
| Botanica Chalong Bay | Chalong | Botanica Luxury Phuket Co.,Ltd | planned |
| Qnity | Cherngtalay | Wallaya Villas Development | under construction |
| The Harmony | Cherngtalay | Wallaya Villas Development | under construction |
| The Liberty | Cherngtalay | Wallaya Villas Development | under construction |
| Banyan Tree Beach Residences Varuna | Choeng Thale | Banyan Group Residences | planned |
| Bellaguna Lake Residences | Choeng Thale | Banyan Group Residences | planned |
| Botanica Grand Avenue | Choeng Thale | Botanica Luxury Phuket Co.,Ltd | planned |
Individual project pages are currently in German; they contain the recorded data, the source and the retrieval date.
All 45 projects and 11 developers in Thailand
What the guide cannot do
A country can look good in all three columns and the specific property can still be a total loss. The reverse is also true: in a country with a weak register, a cleanly titled plot can be entirely unproblematic. The guide tells you what the environment looks like. Whether this one property holds up is decided by the review.