Saturday, November 24, 2007

Thailand Land Banking





What is Land Banking?

Land Banking (land investment) is the practice of acquiring land and holding it for future use.

Historically, countless fortunes have been made in Land Banking by individuals who understood the concept of buying and holding pre-developed land in the path of growth. They did nothing more than buy and hold land in growing regions. Imagine buying land on the outskirts of London, New York, Tokyo at prices 50 years ago and what it is worth today.

World Famous Land Bankers
Worldwide famous personalities have made fortunes by investing this way. For example; Rockefellers, Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Howard Hughes, Walt Disney, Li Ka-Shing, Mori family (Mori Trust) to name but a few.

Good Timing for Land Banking
So when is the best time to invest? Invest while prices are still affordable, where there's room for growth, and where the potential for profit is greater. This is buying land at the pre-developed stage. One could compare purchasing land at the pre-developed stage to purchasing at wholesale, while purchasing land at the developed stage to purchasing at retail.

Land banking is timeless. The power of land is universal. The pressure of an exploding population on unimproved land places the owner of that land in an enviable profit-making position that will never again exist. Once the land is improved, the original opportunity is gone.


Why Thailand?

As a fast growing, emerging economy, Thailand offers huge growth opportunities in land investment, which had been previously only available to wealthy Thai nationals. With Royal Siamfs help, non-Thais can now take part in this highly lucrative growth area. Thailand also offers many attractive reasons to vacation and even relocate there.

The cost of land although rising at a fast pace is still inexpensive in comparison to most other countries. This, combined with low construction costs makes real estate in Thailand very attractive. Fastest economy to emerge from the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

More money has been made through the ownership and development of land than through all other investments combined, more than all the stocks and bonds ever created or all the gold and silver ever mined. Consistently delivering solid investment opportunities that provide significant returns, we committed to providing top quality land investment opportunities to all our clients.

+++ Facts about Thailand +++

Under valued currency

Fast growing, emerging market, economy

Currently the No.1 vacation destination for Europeans outside of Europe.

The fastest growing retirement destination in Asia, popular among nationals all over the world.

International experts rank Thailand as the World's 4th Foreign Direct Investment Destination and among the top 3 in Asia.


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The Most Intriguing Billionaire Heiresses



It used to be heiresses just lunched, shopped and partied. Don't tell the $20 billion babies on Forbes' list of the 20 Most Intriguing Billionaire Heiresses, who defy the stereotype of the bon-bon popping princess thanks to achievements in business, sports and the arts.

Though society and gossip columns track them like Hollywood starlets, these women distinguish themselves by exhibiting the tenacity and risk-taking that makes their parents the most powerful people on Earth. Not all are success stories -- it may take a lifetime for these women to match their parents' legacies.

Forbes editors -- our very own "wealth experts" -- compiled the list. Under 40 and hailing from around the world, the heiresses are ranked according to their father's or mother's most recent net worth on either Forbes' World's Billionaires list, the Forbes 400 list of the Richest Americans or Forbes Asia's 40 Richest Indians.

Vanisha Mittal tops the ranking. Daughter of Indian-born, London-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, Forbes estimates his net worth at $51 billion. Like her brother, Vanisha is active in her father's industrial empire, holding a seat on Mittal Steel's board after interning in the business. She's perhaps best known -- dare we say infamous -- for the $60 million wedding her father threw her and 1,000 of their closest friends in 2005. A performance by pop star Kylie Minogue capped the week-long Parisian affair.

Number two on the list: Delphine Arnault Gancia, daughter of France's Bernard Arnault ($26 billion), who runs the Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton luxury goods empire. The former McKinsey consultant is the first woman to have been named a director on the LVMH board. At No. 3 is Marta Ortega Perez, the youngest child of Spain's richest resident, Amancio Ortega ($24 billion), the self-made apparel manufacturing giant who lords over Inditex, which counts the Zara fashion chain among its assets. Marta is being groomed to succeed her father, and she's learning the how-to's of retail by working the floor -- stocking shelves, assisting customers -- in some of the family's stores.

Hind Hariri, the youngest child of construction tycoon-turned Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, also makes it. Slain in 2005 in a car bombing, his children split the fortune, crowning Hind, albeit briefly, the youngest person listed on Forbes' World's Billionaires list in 2006 with a fortune of $1.4 billion. Despite the tragic circumstances of her father's death, Hind graduated last year from the Lebanese American University in Beirut undeterred from politics. She campaigned for her brother Saad in his recent successful bid for a seat in Lebanon's Parliament.

Two heiresses on the list are vying for spots on America's 2008 Olympic team for show jumping. Both Georgina Bloomberg, daughter of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ($11.5 billion), and Paige Johnson, daughter of Black Entertainment Television founders Robert ($1 billion) and Sheila Johnson, are world- class equestrians with scores of championships under their respective belts.

Several socialites also make the list. Allison Sarofim, daughter of Houston investor Fayez Shalaby Sarofim, is a classically trained chef and sometime actress. The so-called "Downtown Doyenne" transformed her townhouse in Manhattan's West Village into a pseudo-salon for her legendary soirees (slumber parties in her basement, burgers and champagne inside a Moroccan tent erected in her attic). Anna Getty, niece of Gordon Getty and stepdaughter of John Paul Getty III, is a former actress turned yoga guru. She now runs PureStyle Living, purveyors of instructional yoga DVDs and other eco-friendly gear.

Equally accessible: Josie Ho Chiu Yi, daughter of one of Hong Kong's richest men, Stanley Ho ($7 billion). Josie Ho, as she's known to fans, is an indie rocker with several films and commercials to her credit. She even dishes on the often-unglamorous details of her gigs on her blog, JosieHo.com.

Anna Anisimova, daughter of Russian metals mogul Vassily Anisimov ($2 billion), is the paparazzi's favorite bicoastal It Girl of the moment. Her knockout looks help, but her dealmaking really generates the ink. In 2005 she debuted in Manhattan's clubby real estate scene, shelling out $23 million to buy Diane Von Furstenberg's downtown Manhattan headquarters. Most recently, the former model paid $15 million for her 4,000-square-foot pad in the new Time Warner Center.