The Thai government has released a housing stimulus measure which grants personal income tax allowance for buyers of first homes worth up to 5 million baht during April 30-December 31, 2019.
This measure will help reduce housing costs based on the personal income tax rate of each purchaser.
Although houses with the prices under 5 million baht are account for about 80% of the residential properties in the market today, EIC expects the benefits from this measure to be rather insignificant as
(1) the stimulus is limited to the first home buyers,
(2) the latest tax privilege being granted has lower degree and shorter runtime than the measures in the past,
(3) housing loans from financial institutions are becoming more strict especially with the new LTV criteria, and
(4) the household debt is still high while household income expands poorly. Nevertheless, residential developers may take this opportunity to offer more sales promotions to attract home buyers who gain from the new government’s measure in order to run down their unsold complted units
This measure will help reduce housing costs based on the personal income tax rate of each purchaser. Although houses with the prices under 5 million baht are account for about 80% of the residential properties in the market today, EIC expects the benefits from this measure to be rather insignificant as
(1) the stimulus is limited to the first home buyers,
(2) the latest tax privilege being granted has lower degree and shorter runtime than the measures in the past,
(3) housing loans from financial institutions are becoming more strict especially with the new LTV criteria, and
(4) the household debt is still high while household income expands poorly.
Nevertheless, residential developers may take this…
