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Pattaya in November 2026: market up, prices steady, visa 30 days

11/10/2026

The 10-day roundup: condo sales +18%, a new 4.8bn THB wellness project, per-area price indexes and the visa-exemption change.

Condo market is growing again

REIC data shows Chon Buri (Pattaya, Bang Saen, Si Racha) condo sales rose 18% year-on-year in H1 2026 — 3,580 units — driven by returning tourists and foreign buyers from Russia, China and Europe. Pattaya–Na Jomtien posted the highest sales rate at 21%.

Browse current options: condos for sale in Jomtien and rentals in Jomtien.

Price per square metre: November 2026

Median price of new builds in Pattaya is 115,000 THB/m², median unit about 4M THB. Two thirds of available units cost up to 5M THB, one in five up to 3M THB. By area:

  • Pratumnak — 186,000 THB/m²;
  • Wongamat / Naklua — 122,000 THB/m²;
  • Na Jomtien — 120,000 THB/m²;
  • Jomtien — 109,000 THB/m², the most affordable and widest choice.

Pratumnak rentals, Wongamat rentals, East Pattaya houses.

New 4.8-billion-THB wellness project

Developer Lunique announced Lucean Bay Jomtien Pattaya — a 60-storey freehold condo with 588 sea-view units, 200 m from Jomtien beach, from 160,000 THB/m², presale in December 2026. Wellness design plus a partnership with Bangkok Hospital Pattaya. Pattaya is shifting from a short-stay tourist town to a home for quality living.

Fresh Jomtien listing: Arom Jomtien, 1 bedroom, 47 m² — 10.5M THB.

Visa: 30 days and tougher on visa-runs

From 15 September 2026 the visa exemption for 60 countries dropped from 60 to 30 days (Russia — 30 days under a bilateral agreement). Immigration has also tightened screening of repeat entries: more than two exemption entries without justification may be refused. For long-term living and ownership, the paths are the 3M THB condo visa, LTR and Thailand Privilege.

Find a Pattaya apartment and sort out housing + visa in one go.

Tourism at record pace

Thailand entered the top-3 destinations for Russians over the November holidays — 17.6% of bookings (+6 p.p. YoY). The state targets 4 trillion THB in tourism revenue by 2032 — a flow that keeps fuelling Pattaya's rental and sales demand.

See move-in-ready condos and villas for rent.