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20th Aug, 2010 at 6:30pm
 
Good website rentsbuy.com, I though it providing very good information about renting, buying property and business in Laos. I don't know a lot about real estate in Laos. My question is can you build or buy a decent house in Laos for around $25,000?
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Re: Buying and selling property in Laos
Reply #1 - 21st Aug, 2010 at 12:47am
 
Yes, $25,000 US can get you a comfortable house in Laos, but not in the middle of the city.

People who have very little money like to build a simple house to begin with, and slowly add/fix things along the way into a bigger house.
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Reply #2 - 21st Aug, 2010 at 6:32pm
 
Admin Saovaluck wrote on 21st Aug, 2010 at 12:47am:
Yes, $25,000 US can get you a comfortable house in Laos, but not in the middle of the city.

People who have very little money like to build a simple house to begin with, and slowly add/fix things along the way into a bigger house.


Just like buying a brand new car in the US with that prices. I don't grow up with much, so a simple house, motorcycle, car that is paying for sound really good. Buying house is cash only or  you can get a bank loan for more expensive house?
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Reply #3 - 21st Aug, 2010 at 6:37pm
 
There's a lot of nice house in Vietiane, some really nice one are expensive too. How come most house don't have a garage? They don't like to use them?
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Reply #4 - 21st Aug, 2010 at 11:13pm
 
The banks in Laos are reluctant to give loans to buy a house unless you have the ability to pay them back.

There's probably not enough room to build a garage. Most people park their car and motorbikes inside the house, such as the lounge room or kitchen area during the night.
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Reply #5 - 22nd Aug, 2010 at 6:00pm
 
Admin Saovaluck wrote on 21st Aug, 2010 at 11:13pm:
The banks in Laos are reluctant to give loans to buy a house unless you have the ability to pay them back.

There's probably not enough room to build a garage. Most people park their car and motorbikes inside the house, such as the lounge room or kitchen area during the night.


Even in US without Bank loan and government support. Most people will not be able to buy a decent house. Most people don't have $100,000-$200,000 cash laying around. You had to have good jobs, credit, 20% down payment to buy decent house. But if you're a low income or first time home buyer. You can get help from charity or government program. Right now house is cheap because of economic recession, but its still difficult to get loan, bank are very strict.

I think it depend on the design. You can build house above the garage instead of on the side of the house to save space. I think some house in Lao are well build and well design. But in the US average house are simple design, they make good use of the space. Average house can be build in three month. Let say 3 bd rm, 2 bath, 3 car garage. About 95% house in have car garage and all the new build house come with garage. Time is money here, they has to build it quickly as possible.

   
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Reply #6 - 22nd Aug, 2010 at 6:29pm
 
25 grand is tons of money in laos, in america you could probably fit 25k cash in your pocket and back pockets but in laos no way! hahahaha there be like tons of paper money sticking out your pockets.

anyway i think 25k for a house is more than enough, you should be able to buy a car too, and a wife and have some extra left for livestock. i mean isnt $25k american money worth double in laos?
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Reply #7 - 22nd Aug, 2010 at 8:33pm
 
$25,000 is about 205,000,000.
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Reply #8 - 22nd Aug, 2010 at 10:30pm
 
The value of the US dollar is very low in Laos at the moment.

$1 US = 8,200 kip

Therefore,

$25,000 US = 205,000,000 kip

When people make a large purchase on a house or car, they normally pay in US dollars or Thai baht because Lao kip has too many notes and it takes a long time to count.
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Reply #9 - 23rd Aug, 2010 at 2:10am
 
Admin Saovaluck wrote on 22nd Aug, 2010 at 10:30pm:
The value of the US dollar is very low in Laos at the moment.

$1 US = 8,200 kip

Therefore,

$25,000 US = 205,000,000 kip

When people make a large purchase on a house or car, they normally pay in US dollars or Thai baht because Lao kip has too many notes and it takes a long time to count.


My calculation was way off. Thank for the correcting me. hehehe
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Reply #10 - 23rd Aug, 2010 at 9:04am
 
ok so i have a question,

how many different bills is in lao money?

an example of american money there is the 1 dollar bill, 5 dollar bill, 10 dollar bill, 20 dollar bill, 50 dollar bill and finally 100 dollar bill. so altogether there 6 different bills. of course there is the 2 dollar bill if you want to get technical. so how many bills like america money are in the lao money system?
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Reply #11 - 23rd Aug, 2010 at 9:17am
 
Longhang, We use 500 kip, 1000 kip, 2000 kip, 5000 kip, 10000 kip, 20000 kip and the highest denomination is 50000 kip.

At the present time, 50000 kip bill is about $6 US.
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Reply #12 - 23rd Aug, 2010 at 5:41pm
 
How about 100,000 kips bill so people don't have to carry a suitcase of money around. Do people in Laos use Debate Card or Bank card for purchased?
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Reply #13 - 23rd Aug, 2010 at 11:51pm
 
Maybe they will introduce a 100,000 kip bill in the future. Lao people usually don't have alot of money to carry around. Those with alot of money will have some Thai baht in their wallet/purse.

Some people have debit and credit cards. These days, there's lots of ATMs around so bosses like to deposit employee's salaries into their bank account and they can withdraw cash using their card.

Not many places in Laos accept plastic cards for purchases. Major hotels, travel agents and some high class restaurant will accept cards, but you can't use them for general shopping.
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Reply #14 - 24th Aug, 2010 at 1:43pm
 
In the US they use bank card or credit cards for almost everything. But they charge fee. So its very easy to spend your money, but you have to work hard to earn it. Maybe that's why some business don't want to use it yet. Because of the fee and also have to buy the machine to process credit card transaction.
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