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Bangkok, Thailand's capital and the world's most visited city, runs at full pace all year round: the business districts of Silom and Sathorn, Sukhumvit Road with its restaurants and shopping centres, and quieter residential neighbourhoods along the metro lines.
Property in Bangkok suits buyers who want an apartment in Thailand with tenants all year round. New and completed apartments near BTS and MRT stations work as a city base and as a long-term rental.
Bangkok has been named the world's most visited city by international arrivals for the second year running. Between 1 January and 3 October 2026, Thailand welcomed 23.45 million foreign visitors, and the country's main gateways are here: Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.
Rental demand in the capital does not depend on the season. Embassies, international companies, hospitals and schools keep expats in the city all year. If you are buying property in Thailand for steady rental income, Bangkok offers the widest choice: the largest property portal alone lists more than 35,000 apartments for sale.
✓ 280 km of BTS, MRT and Airport Rail Link lines, with the Orange Line due to open in 2028
✓ Two international airports: Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang
✓ Private hospitals: Bumrungrad International, Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej
✓ International schools: Bangkok Patana, Shrewsbury, NIST
✓ Shopping centres: Siam Paragon, ICONSIAM, EmQuartier
✓ Developers launched 17,409 new apartments in 2025, against 50,681 in 2022, and 47% of the units launched in the first half of 2026 have already sold
Location moves prices more than size does, so we work with two reference points: the entry price and the median, separately for new developments and resales. Prices are in Thai baht (฿), with US dollar and euro equivalents for guidance.
Studios in new projects start from ฿1.57M ($46.8K / €41.8K), one-bedroom apartments from ฿1.75M ($52.2K / €46.6K). The median is ฿5.45M ($162K / €145K) for a one-bedroom of about 34 m², ฿9.2M ($274K / €245K) for two bedrooms of about 59 m² and ฿25.4M ($757K / €676K) for three bedrooms of about 104 m².
Across new developments the median is around ฿157,000 per m² ($4,680 / €4,180). In new projects in the central business district, a square metre averages ฿190,000 ($5,660 / €5,050).
Apartments for sale in Bangkok cost least at launch. Developers raise prices as construction progresses, so early buyers lock in the starting price.
Completed apartments are cheaper on average. The median is ฿2.46M ($73.3K / €65.4K) for a studio of about 28 m², ฿3.35M ($99.8K / €89.1K) for a one-bedroom of about 35 m² and ฿6.95M ($207K / €185K) for two bedrooms of about 68 m².
A resale square metre averages ฿104,000 ($3,100 / €2,770), but districts differ widely. Pathum Wan and Bang Rak sit at ฿180,000–190,000 ($5,360–5,660 / €4,790–5,050), Watthana (Sukhumvit) at about ฿126,000 ($3,760 / €3,350), and Bang Na and Suan Luang at ฿58,000–76,000 ($1,730–2,270 / €1,540–2,020).
Prices rise the closer you get to the metro and the business district, so it helps to see Bangkok as four zones, each with its own buyers.
✓ The main expat street, with offices, restaurants and the EmQuartier and Terminal 21 shopping centres
✓ The strongest demand for long-term lets; apartments near BTS stations let fastest
✓ Buyers choose one-bedroom apartments to let and larger residences to live in
✓ Banks, embassies and office towers around Lumpini Park
✓ The highest price per square metre in the city and tenants with corporate budgets
✓ Buyers choose premium two- and three-bedroom apartments
✓ Rama 9 is being built up as a new business district with office towers and shopping centres
✓ Ari keeps the feel of a residential neighbourhood, with cafés and quiet streets
✓ Buyers choose apartments at launch, expecting the price to rise after completion
✓ Residential areas on the Green and Yellow lines and along the Purple Line extension now under construction
✓ Tenants are families and office workers who watch the rent closely
✓ Buyers choose studios and one-bedroom apartments with the lowest entry prices in the city
Income in Bangkok comes from long-term lets. Expats, company staff, teachers and students rent for a year at a time. Studios let from ฿6,500 a month ($194 / €173), one- and two-bedroom apartments usually for ฿15,000–25,000 ($447–745 / €399–665), and rents are higher near BTS stations in Sukhumvit and Silom.
Your net return depends on the distance to the metro, the layout, the furniture, the service charge and the sinking fund. We do not promise guaranteed returns: before you reserve, we work out a net figure for the specific apartment. Property values can fall as well as rise.
Developers now bring roughly a third as many new apartments to market as in 2022, and about half sell while still under construction. By completion, the launch price is usually gone.
Yes. A foreign buyer can own a condominium apartment as freehold: full ownership in your own name, which your heirs inherit, within the 49% of a building's floor area that may be sold to foreigners. The money has to arrive from abroad in foreign currency. The receiving Thai bank then issues a Foreign Exchange Transaction form (FET, Thor Tor 3), and on the strength of it the Land Department registers the apartment in your name.
If a building's foreign quota is already taken, the apartment is held on a long-term lease (leasehold) registered at the Land Department. We agree the terms with you before you reserve.
✓ Available foreign quota in the building
✓ The developer's registration with the Department of Business Development (DBD) and its completed projects
✓ An approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and building permit
✓ The agreement with the management company
✓ The real walking distance to the station
You reserve the apartment with a deposit. Then come legal due diligence on the project and its permits, a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with a payment schedule, an international transfer with an FET form for freehold, registration at the Land Department and handover of the keys. Many clients complete the whole purchase remotely.
We handle the purchase from start to finish: a shortlist matched to your goals and budget, checks on the developer in official registers, legal support and handover to a management company. We work directly with developers, including Noble Development and Sansiri. Our team works in eight languages and can also show you off-market listings and resales.
Tell us your budget and what you want the apartment for, and we will send you a shortlist of apartments in Bangkok.
Quite a lot. Studios in new developments start from ฿1.57M ($46.8K / €41.8K) and one-bedroom apartments from ฿1.75M ($52.2K / €46.6K); the lowest entry prices are along the new metro lines in Bang Na, Srinakarin and Rat Burana. On the resale market, the median one-bedroom costs ฿3.35M ($99.8K / €89.1K).
Yes, though it works differently from Phuket. During construction you pay part of the price in interest-free instalments on the developer's schedule, and the main balance at registration once the building is complete. We send the schedule for each project with your shortlist.
Yes. A freehold apartment is yours with no time limit, and you can sell it, give it away or leave it to your heirs. Before the deal we check that the building still has foreign quota available, because without it freehold registration is not possible.
At registration, the transfer fee is 2% of the registered value and is commonly split between buyer and seller; registering a leasehold costs 1.1%. At handover you pay the service charge a year in advance, plus a one-off sinking fund contribution. Electricity and water are metered. We set out the full cost of a specific apartment before you reserve.
Lets of under 30 days require a hotel licence, and many condominiums ban them in their house rules. Bangkok owners earn from lets of a month or longer, so for rental buyers we pick buildings where that demand holds all year.
Yes, if you buy a freehold apartment worth at least ฿3M ($89.4K / €79.8K). Since October 2025 such buyers receive a 90-day stay and can then extend it for a year at a time while they own the property. In central Bangkok most one-bedroom apartments meet this threshold.
Bangkok is home to the country's largest developers, including companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand with dozens of completed buildings. Before you pay a deposit, you receive the developer's DBD registration, a list of its completed projects, the draft SPA with the payment schedule and current photos or video from the site.
No, our services are free for buyers. The developer pays our commission from its marketing budget.
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