Parkwahn

Very true

Well done Tom, we should never forget the sacrifices made

Canterbury Tales is nice,, so is Valentines on Soi Lengke 99 baht very good indeed

Well done the girl and indeed the guy for throwing a few quid back, both are quality people :)

Of course it matters your reactions are dulled, you will take more chances and if there were a noise or clue of teh breakdown you may have neard it if not blotto, driving pissed will make anything worse, except the pain on the crash

Good counsel mate Defensive all the way

Again mate whats the bet, I have posted today how much do want to bet, no rethink mate money where the mouth is

Its a typo the I is next to the O , it can get keyed in error I have a mate who works in real estate here, he said some zoom phoned up asking to buy a condo, but he said "it must overlook a play ground" I dont think my mate was joking either

I am interested, how far do you cycle ? I know the place I looked at a condo there in April, is the bar inside the complex ? Thanks

Thong is if you buy now a decent gaff, you are saving £500 a month evey month in rent ? Sure you are lumping in some capital, but with rent you know you are toast !!!!

I have done the trip twice, apart from flight times which are not great its good Clark is 5 mins from the strip as it were, AC is ok apart from the food its appalling.

Not sure who is banned I am not, willing to bet what ever you want meet up and collect the money Never lat a fact get in the way of an argument

I have seen many reduced in price since last year, a guy paid 3.3 million for one the next door one same spec is no up for 2.7 mill... Why do you say not ? if the baht goes to 40 do you not think 48 is a good deal ?

Thats what I was trying to get over, there is an opportunuty for a seller and a buyer if the guy is looling to move money to the UK a UK could drop 20% and still take a profit. For sure not are all from UK , a Danish guy could not drop 30% he would be losing, any currency on its ass gives the vendor a chance to get out if he wanted. I guess a UK guy who bought 5 years could take a 20% hit and make a buck where a Danish lad could not

Yes I know that, I am saying the £ is shot and has got worse since the election the evidence I was using against the two properly managed countries shows the baht has gained 5% not 33%. The £ is shot end of story

Hence my view, if you spend more than you earn whether a person, a business a company sooner or later you are skint. Borrowing to invest os one thing, borrowing to throw away is not the way to financial stability , again you are spot on mate.

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The Bank of England will raise interest rates in the next 4 months by .25% I think, back end of next year could see 2.00% base rate they just to stop wasting money on scroungers and muggy public sector clowns. (PS nice to see you are here mate)

Your view is like two people in a swamp, the drowning guy is thinking he is lucky he never got eat by the croc, 3 mins later he drowned. Benchmarking against people doing worse is not the way forward, as you stated the £ droped 11% then 2%, check the bahts value v the aussie $ or the Danish Krona over 5 years. The issue is the poor management of the UK 11% and 2% is proof of that, the two currencys above have seen a 5% decline the £ has shown a 33% decline , its the £ thats shot mate

I am talking v the baht You showed 11% in 6 then a further 2% since election mate, your figures how can you say no ?

Chris, prices have dropped from their peak in some places 30% others have dropped 5%, I agree buying if you intened to stay it gives you a hedge againts currency fluctuations on any rental place. As most of the farang owned places dont have a debt and if you lock and leave you pay peanuts people can wait, I must say paying 20-25k rent each month I dont find appealing, rent is dead money as to what happens when you buy will only be found out in the fullness of time. I know a guy bought in Markland for 1.4 mill 10 years ago, he could sell it tomorrow for 4 million and would b

Yes on top of that fall See how bad it is

You see the long term future unless change is made you are correct, sad for Uk but true I woul love to able to counter the view but I cant.

Thats a drop bigger tha 2% mate

Ok I will try to explain, a UK guy has bought a place for 3 million say, at 70 or 75 to the pound, the condo would have gone from say 3 million to 4 million in 5 or 6 years maybe more, however prices are down 30% he can afford to sell at 47 at less than the original price in £ and still show a profit. If people are not buying due to exchgange rates where property has risen inline with currency, there has been a correction in prices as the baht has got stronger, I think its a good time to buy but its just my view.