{"id":172036,"date":"2026-06-21T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thai-property-crackdown-foreign-buyers-hit-pause-on-villas-as-nominee-loophole-closes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:52:18","slug":"thai-property-crackdown-foreign-buyers-hit-pause-on-villas-as-nominee-loophole-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thai-property-crackdown-foreign-buyers-hit-pause-on-villas-as-nominee-loophole-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai property crackdown: Foreign buyers hit pause on villas as nominee loophole closes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThailand\u2019s crackdown on a loophole that effectively bypasses its restrictions on land ownership by foreigners is causing prospective buyers to delay purchase decisions on luxury villas in resort destinations such as Phuket and Koh Samui, according to agents.
\nBangkok has stepped up its scrutiny of business and property ownership in the country, with the Department of Business Development (DBD) flagging 11,426 companies on Koh Phangan and Koh Samui where foreigners hold stakes, accounting for…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Thai property crackdown: Foreign buyers hit pause on villas as nominee loophole closes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thailand\u2019s crackdown on a loophole that effectively bypasses its restrictions on land ownership by foreigners...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-IKM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":659,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-a-new-frontier-of-cambodian-real-estate-for-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":172036,"position":0},"title":"There\u2019s a new frontier of Cambodian real estate for 2016","date":"January 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r And it\u2019s calling on international investors The Royal Sands in Koh Rong, via Facebook Cambodia\u2019s real estate market has been given an overhaul over the last few years in a bid to become more attractive to foreign and local investors. 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