Real estate careers in Pattaya

The market in Pattaya

Foreigners bought 4,164 condo units in Chonburi, the province of Pattaya, in 2025, worth 11.59 billion baht (REIC data).

Pattaya, in Chonburi province on the Eastern Seaboard, is Thailand's second foreign condo market. Foreigners bought 4,164 condo units in Chonburi in 2025, worth 11.59 billion baht, an average of about 2.8 million baht a unit, much cheaper than Bangkok (REIC data, Khaosod English, March 2026). The market is described as structurally oversupplied rather than collapsing, with the worst pressure in Jomtien and the southern beachfront, where developers use discounts and flexible payment terms; buyers from Myanmar moving for schools and healthcare are the main new demand (Pattaya Mail, February 2026). Chonburi is also one of the provinces under special checks for nominee ownership in 2026 (Leto, June 2026).

Foreign buyers

Chonburi took 4,164 condo units bought by foreigners in 2025 (REIC data). Many developments are marketed with 30+30+30 lease structures, but only the first registered 30-year term is reliably enforceable (Pattaya Mail, February 2026; Bektu, June 2026).

Main neighbourhoods

JomtienSouth PattayaCentral Pattaya (Pattaya Klang)Pattaya Sai 2Bang Lamung

Agent licence

No licence is needed. Thailand has no state broker licence and no mandatory exam, so anyone legally allowed to work can be a property agent (Themis Partner, 2025; Thaiger, May 2026). Credibility comes from elsewhere: membership of TREBA, the international CIPS designation from the US National Association of Realtors for agents serving foreign buyers, and the agent certifications run by portals such as DDproperty. An agency is an ordinary Thai limited company registered with the Department of Business Development, with the usual anti-money laundering duties. No draft law to create a broker licence was found in the 2025 and 2026 legal guides consulted, so the profession should be described as unlicensed rather than as about to be regulated. The full guide