Foreigners do not buy a landed house in Thailand in the normal freehold way because Thai law restricts land ownership by non-Thai nationals. A landed house sits on land. Land ownership is the main legal right. Thai policy keeps land ownership mainly in Thai hands, linked to sovereignty, long-term control of territory, and protection against speculative land holding by outsiders. A condo works differently. Condominium law allows foreign freehold ownership of a condo unit, with
