RealData weekly · 2026-10-25 · foreign-quota
Five Bangkok Condos Still 100% Foreign-Quota Available
Thai law caps foreign freehold ownership at 49% of any building's total area. When 100% of a building's observed foreign-quota listings remain available, it signals either a new project, slow absorption, or thin secondary demand — all facts a buyer should price in before moving. This week five Bangkok buildings each show 30 foreign-quota listings available out of 30 observed, a full 100% availability rate across every district from Bang Na to Ratchathewi.
This week's numbers
- Cybiq Ratchada 32100% foreign-quota available (30/30 listings)
- Lumpini Park On 19100% foreign-quota available (30/30 listings)
- Reach Sukhumvit 10730 foreign-quota listings available
- SHUSH Ratchathewi30 foreign-quota listings available
- Life Ratchada - Rama 930 total quota listings observed
What 100% Availability Actually Tells You
A 100% foreign-quota availability rate does not mean a building is undervalued — it means the foreign tranche has not cleared. That can reflect a project still in presale absorption, a secondary market with no liquidity, or pricing above what foreign buyers will pay at current mortgage rates. Before interpreting availability as opportunity, verify whether units are developer-held or resale, and whether list prices have moved.
All five buildings this week sit at the 30/30 mark — our observed ceiling for this data pull. Treat that figure as a minimum floor: actual foreign-quota stock at these addresses may be higher.
The Five Buildings and Their Districts
Cybiq Ratchada 32 (Chatuchak), Lumpini Park On 19 (Suan Luang), Reach Sukhumvit 107 (Bang Na), SHUSH Ratchathewi (Ratchathewi), and Life Ratchada - Rama 9 (Din Daeng) span Bangkok's mid-ring and inner districts. Geographic spread this wide, with identical availability metrics, suggests the pattern is systemic — foreign demand has not returned to pre-2023 volumes across these price bands — rather than building-specific.
Yield and sale-price data are not available for any of these five this week, so carry-cost and income modeling is not possible from RealData alone. Cross-reference developer price lists and DDProperty rental comps before committing.
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This post is part of RealData's auto-generated weekly series, drawn from our live measurement of every Thai condo we can find across hipflat, dotproperty, ddproperty, and fazwaz. Every number cited above was re-verified against the live database immediately before publish. See more at /blog.