Area Guides

Bangkok, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Nine practical guides from the Tenara team: where each corridor sits, what a unit costs and earns, who your tenant would be, and the trade-offs nobody puts in the brochure. No jargon, no hype, no developer bias.

Ownership & costs · Start here

Buying a Bangkok condo as a foreigner

The one every overseas buyer needs first: the 49% quota and how to check it, the FET wire that trips people up, the real cost at handover, and why net beats gross.

Quota · FET · all-in cost · net not gross
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Prime · In depth

Thonglor & Ekkamai

Bangkok's lifestyle capital, decoded: the restaurant and bar scene, the Japanese expat layer, Samitivej and Bangkok Prep on the doorstep, and the honest yield maths of paying for proof.

13 min to Siam · deepest prime tenant pool
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Prime · In depth

Silom & Sathorn

The original central business district: One Bangkok, Dusit Central Park, Lumphini Park as your front lawn, embassy and bank-tower tenants, and what buying prime actually gets you.

One Bangkok · Lumphini Park · one-seat Silom line
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Growth corridor · In depth

Chula, Samyan & Banthat Thong

Central Bangkok's growth corridor: Samyan Mitrtown, the Banthat Thong food boom, university land-bank redevelopment, and leasehold versus freehold explained plainly.

Samyan Mitrtown · freehold picks flagged
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Between prime and growth · In depth

Rama 9, Ratchada & Huai Khwang

A working second business district two stops from Asok: the Orange Line arriving, Jodd Fairs and RCA at night, and how to buy the address at a sensible price per square metre.

Two stops from Asok · Orange Line arriving
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Growth corridor · In depth

Punnawithi & Udom Suk

The overlooked end of the Green Line: True Digital Park, Cloud 11 opening in stages, a serious coffee corridor, and a tenant base of tech workers who rent where they work.

True Digital Park · Cloud 11 · ~16 min to Asok
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Value · In depth

Wutthakat & Talat Phlu

The value end of the Silom line: a one-seat commute to Sala Daeng, century-old street food at Talat Phlu, Wat Paknam's giant Buddha, and the lowest tickets on a rail line that matters.

One-seat Silom line · lowest-ticket rail entry
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Prime ยท In depth

Phrom Phong (Little Japan)

Sukhumvit's polished, family-friendly heart and the centre of Bangkok's Japanese community. The EmDistrict, Soi 39, and the most stable tenant base in town.

~3.5 to 5% gross · ~200k to 300k+/sqm
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Prime central

Sukhumvit: Asoke, Phrom Phong, Thong Lo & Ekkamai

Bangkok's prestige spine - why you buy here for liquidity and lifestyle, not yield, and which pocket fits which buyer.

~3.5 to 5% gross · ~200k to 300k+/sqm
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Value & yield

On Nut, Punnawithi & Bang Na

Where a normal budget buys a newish, transit-connected unit with a real tenant pool - including the sub-5M two-beds most agents forget.

~6 to 8% gross · ~75k to 110k/sqm
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Ownership & legal

Can foreigners actually own Bangkok property?

Freehold condos, the 49% quota, leasehold, Sap-Ing-Sith, taxes and the buying process - the full picture, in the FAQ.

The essentials
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