The self-built home market value is expected to contract by 9.52% this year from 10.5 bilion baht last year with the poor economy and lack of state stimulus measures for the segment, Wisit Monaiyapong, president of the Home Builders Association, said this years market value was estimated at only 9.5 billion baht, far below the 11-billion-baht target it forecast earlier"The benefits of the governmenrs property incentives for the self buat home market are marginal he said. "What the market gets is only GH Bank's offer to ease its mortgage nules for housing units priced 3 million baht or less. The cabinet approved on Oct 13 property stimulus measures including cuts in the housing transfer and mortgage fees to o 01% for six months for homes priced 3 million baht or less. down from 2x and 13. respectively. The reductions will take effect this month for both new and second-hand homes.
In order to facilitate low- and middle-income eamers' access to mortgages, state-owned GH Bank is now allowed to extend loans equaling half the applicants' salaries, up from 30% in a scheme worth IO billion baht. Applicants must apply within a year from oct 19. Term loans should not exceed 30 years. with prospective applicants primarily those earning 30,000 baht a month or less. We submitted the incentives proposal to the new cabinet last month, but they are still silent," he said The government should boost the economy all market segments. not only the grass roots through He said there were many self-built homebuyers who were not confident about the overall economic sentiment and delayed making a decision despite their purchasing power. The association asked the government to extend the property incentives including a deduction in mortgage fees and in personal income tax to cover the self-built home market.
In order to facilitate low- and middle-income eamers' access to mortgages, state-owned GH Bank is now allowed to extend loans equaling half the applicants' salaries, up from 30% in a scheme worth IO billion baht. Applicants must apply within a year from oct 19. Term loans should not exceed 30 years. with prospective applicants primarily those earning 30,000 baht a month or less. We submitted the incentives proposal to the new cabinet last month, but they are still silent," he said The government should boost the economy all market segments. not only the grass roots through He said there were many self-built homebuyers who were not confident about the overall economic sentiment and delayed making a decision despite their purchasing power. The association asked the government to extend the property incentives including a deduction in mortgage fees and in personal income tax to cover the self-built home market.
It also asked for long-term measures such as allocating vacant land plots near transportation networks. which are now expanding around the city and facilitating mortgage loans for individual plots. People who want a self-built home wil be able to pay for a plot first through a mortgage loan and then a house on the plot when they pay out the plot. This will help people own a house more easily with less risk of non-performing loans," he added. He said self-built homebuyers had lower loan defaults than other homebuyers as they had their own plot and asked for mortgages of only 30%. http://property bangkokpost.com/news/743092/self-built-market-faces drop