Insights

What we're seeing on the islands

The deeds we register, the villas we run, the numbers owners are paid.
Research notes, not advertising copy.

Research notes · not legal or investment advice

Sap-Ing-Sith vs a 30-year lease in Thailand: the honest comparison

Both give 30 years.
Only one is registered in your name.
12 min read · updated July 2026.

What the Land Office will actually register, route by route.
11 min read · July 2026.

Where demand is landing, and what is already priced in.
10 min read · July 2026.

8,213 companies on Samui, 3,213 on Phangan, five agencies.
And what can actually be done about it.

The legal question and the credit question, separated.
We answer the sceptics directly.

Registrations we have completed, with the Land Office, the term and the actual processing time.

The three clauses in your lease that decide whether you hold an asset or a contract.

Why company-held villas sell slowest and at the deepest discounts.

The document itself, and how to verify any entry at the Land Office.