Can foreigners buy a condo in Phuket?

Yes. Freehold, in your own name, as long as foreign ownership in that building stays within the 49% quota set by the Condominium Act. It is the most straightforward property purchase available to foreigners in Thailand: no visa requirement, full ownership of the unit, and a registered title deed. The building’s quota position is the first thing to verify on any shortlist.

What is the 49% foreign quota, and is it changing?

Foreigners collectively may own up to 49% of a condominium building’s saleable floor area; the rest must be Thai-held. A 2024 government proposal to study raising the cap to 75% never became law. As of 2026 the 49% limit stands. In popular launches the foreign allocation sells out early, leaving leasehold as the fallback, so ask the juristic person for written quota confirmation before reserving.

What is the FET form and why does it matter?

To register foreign freehold, the Land Office requires evidence that your purchase funds entered Thailand as foreign currency: the Foreign Exchange Transaction form your Thai bank issues on conversion. The classic mistake is converting to baht before transferring. The bank then cannot issue the FET and registration stalls. Send foreign currency, convert in Thailand, keep the paperwork.

What ongoing costs does a Phuket condo have?

Two main items: a monthly common-area management fee charged per square metre (the rate scales with the project’s tier and amenity load) and a one-time sinking-fund contribution at purchase that capitalises the building’s repair reserve. Both are set per project; we confirm the actual figures for any unit you shortlist so the yield maths uses real numbers.

What if the foreign quota in a building is already full?

You can still buy the unit as a registered 30-year leasehold rather than freehold. Leasehold trades outright ownership for a defined term and typically softer resale liquidity, which should be reflected in the price you pay. In quota-tight buildings that discount is a genuine negotiating point; another reason to confirm quota status before agreeing terms.

Condos for Sale in Layan — 26 Available

26 live condos for sale from ฿5.1M to ฿110M

Condos for sale in Layan buy the west coast’s rarest combination: new-build stock in a area the national park keeps permanently quiet. The beach is small and uncrowded, the resort neighbours are Anantara and Trisara, and Bang Tao’s amenities start five minutes south. Foreign freehold applies within each building’s 49% quota. The live units below span Layan’s current generation of hillside and garden projects.

Layan is the quiet northern end of Bang Tao Bay, and its calm is structural, not accidental: Sirinat National Park forms the area’s hard northern boundary, so property in Layan sits against a protected green buffer that permanently limits how far development can spread. The beach itself has no clubs and rarely crowds, with calm water sheltered by the little island of Koh Kala, reachable on foot across a sandbar at low tide. Buyers come here for exactly what Bang Tao’s livelier stretch gave up.

The area’s reputation was built by its resorts (Anantara Layan and its fifteen branded pool villas, with Trisara next door), and Layan’s villa estates rank among Phuket’s most exclusive addresses. The new wave, though, is hillside condominiums with an ecological focus: low-rise buildings stepped into the slopes, landscaped land ratios above forty per cent, and green-building certifications that were rare on the island until recently. It is the only area on the west coast where “quiet” and “new-build condo” genuinely coexist.

Practicalities hold up despite the seclusion. Phuket International Airport is around 20–25 minutes away, Bang Tao’s amenities begin five minutes south, Boat Avenue and Porto de Phuket are a 10–15 minute drive, and the international school area (HeadStart Cherngtalay and UWC Thailand) sits within about fifteen minutes. Two honest caveats we would rather you hear from us: the beach is small at roughly 700 metres, and the bay is shallow, so the swimming area recedes noticeably at low tide.

For investors, Layan’s case is the supply constraint plus premium positioning. With the national park capping northward growth, well-located projects here compete on scarcity rather than volume: a useful hedge in a market where thousands of new mid-market units are reaching Phuket through 2026. Developer rental projections for the area vary widely and should be read as marketing, not market data; we prefer to talk through comparable demand on your specific shortlist. Browse the live Layan projects below, then ask us for a side-by-side comparison.