Desmond Hughes

Property deposit scams – AVOID!
Certain innocent but naïve buyers are losing their good faith reservation deposits on a regular basis in Phuket – and eventually writing off what is often exceeding 5,000USD because they discover that verbal promises were untrue and that the costs...
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Check Who You Do Business With
If you are a short or long term visitor to Phuket, you will discover that there isn’t a shortage of good opportunities for investment, but that there are also an abundance of scams too. Be cautious, take your time, observe,...
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Phuket Island Never Gives Up Hope
Desmond Hughes' regular Property Watch Column for this edition covers the developments in Phuket including real estate and infrastructure projects which have moved forward despite the numerous challenges and hurdles along the way:
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Predicting Changes – Property and the Asian Economic Community – 2015 and Beyond
At the end of every calendar year, I purchase a publication which predicts economic trends for the following year, the normally very serious authors allowing themselves free reign to speculate and move away from their normal system of analyzing the...
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