| With interest rates at a 40 year low, there are not many Investors wishing to put their money in Banks or Building Societies with little return.
The Stock Market is very uncertain at the moment and is a very high risk Investment area.
Many Investors in the UK Property Market, now agree that the very popular "buy to let" market is becoming saturated and are turning to overseas property to find the return they desire.
With the continuing trend of people retiring earlier and richer and the levels of stress this brings in today's society, health, leisure and quality of life are fast becoming everyone's main concern.
Since European boundaries came down and many other developing countries changed their polices on allowing overseas investors to purchase property, there has been an ever-increasing number of Northern Europeans buying not only holiday homes but also full time residencies Abroad.
Why Invest In Koh Samui Thailand
The beautiful island of Koh Samui is following the world wide trend of rapid price appreciation for tropical resort locations. The islands tourism started with backpackers discovering it during the 1980's. With its beautiful beaches and wonderful climate, major hotels followed during the 1990's, building the infrastructure that we see now.
Today the island has world class shopping, hospitals, communications, marinas, and other facilities that international residents expect. Astute investors know that proper timing when buying property will bring them great returns. The time to buy in Koh Samui is now.
Conclusion
Unfortunately, no one has a crystal ball that can predict the future. Property prices can go up and down but historically, in the long term, they tend to go up. With many more people from all over Europe wanting to own property in Koh Samui Thailand, all indications are for a continuing booming property market offering positive property investment potential.
Ways To Invest In Thai Property
Lifestyle Investment
This is buying your dream home and watching it go up in value long term, giving you good capital growth on your money and at the same time improving your lifestyle with all the benefits that Thailand offers its residents and frequent visitors.
Off Plan Investment
This is buying property at very competitive rates, at planning stage, one or two years before they are built, fixing the price at exchange with 30% and then further staged payments throughout the build. Example of typical Thai payment scheme, 30% on exchange, 30% when footings down, 30% at topping out and 10% on hand over. One or two years later at completion, the property price historically should be a lot higher. After completion you could sell the property on to someone buying for lifestyle at the new higher market price. For more information, contact us.
Buy To Let Investment
This is buying property and using the rental income to subsidise your lifestyle or pay off any loans needed to purchase the property. Again, the benefit of this over Banks, is that long term, your property will invariably go up in value, giving you good capital growth.
The added bonus of overseas Buy to Let is that you can keep the property available a couple of months a year for your own enjoyment. There are very few investments that will enable you to have this combination of quality of life and monetary gain.
Combination Investment
Of course, if your buy to let property is also an 'off plan' investment, you will benefit in all areas.
- Securing a low price, one or two years prior to completion.
- Paying off any loans to purchase the property with rental income.
- Capital growth; long term property prices historically going up in value.
- Using the property for your own holiday and lifestyle benefits a couple of months a year.
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