Location Guides
Grounded, city-by-city guides to where the opportunity is real and where it depends on factors outside a buyer's control.
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Cambodia's Northeast Frontier: Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri and the SPIN Investment Push
Cambodia is steering roughly $2 billion of approved capital into its four northeastern provinces under the SPIN programme — agro-industry, gold, wind and a crowd-funded border road. A guide to the frontier: what is real, how land works there, and where buyers get hurt.
Koh Rong Development Watch: The $39M Push, the 4C Airport, and What Actually Changed
In mid-2026 Preah Sihanouk province reviewed 15 projects worth $39M and set a formal eco-tourism vision for Koh Rong — backed by a planned 4C airport and undersea power. What the new momentum changes for a buyer, and what it deliberately does not.
Cambodia Emerging as a Major MICE Destination: What It Means for Commercial Property
MICE tourism is booming in Cambodia — Siem Reap leading, Phnom Penh growing. How business events drive hotel, retail and convention centre demand.
Renting in Phnom Penh: The Rent-First Guide for Future Buyers
A year's lease is the cheapest due diligence in Cambodian property. What Phnom Penh rents actually cost district by district, how the deal mechanics work, and how to turn twelve months of renting into the buying decision no guide can make for you.
The Techo Airport Corridor: What a $2 Billion Airport Does (and Doesn't) Do for Land
Techo International opened September 2025 — 2,600ha, 4F-class, 1.67M passengers in four months — and the corridor south of Phnom Penh became Cambodia's loudest land pitch. What the airport really changes, where value lands, and why foreign corridor deals are structures deals.
Siem Reap Beyond Angkor: A Tourism-Recovery Location Guide
A single-industry town whose anchor attraction still draws less than half its 2019 visitors. Where the property opportunity is real, where it depends entirely on tourism returning — and what the ticket data actually says.
Sihanoukville: A Sober Location Guide for Investors
Hundreds of stalled towers, an $8 billion revival program, and a scam-economy crackdown reshaping demand. The highest-variance market in Cambodia, with the actual numbers — and who it does and does not suit.
Bavet and Poipet: Cambodia’s Border Towns and the Casino/SEZ Economy
Cambodia’s big land-border towns run on two engines — cross-border casinos and special economic zones. A sober guide to how Bavet and Poipet work, why they’re a specialist commercial play not a buyer’s market, and the regulatory risks involved.
BKK1 vs Tonle Bassac vs BKK2/BKK3: Central Phnom Penh, Compared
Central Phnom Penh isn’t one market. BKK1 is the established prestige core, Tonle Bassac is the high-rise and mega-project belt, and BKK2/BKK3 are the quieter value side of Boeung Keng Kang. A three-way comparison for foreign buyers choosing inside the centre.
Cambodia’s Expressway Corridors: A Buyer’s Map of the New Routes
Cambodia’s expressways are creating new property corridors — but value accrues at interchanges, not along the tarmac, and only where the road is actually built. A corridor-by-corridor guide to the Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh–Bavet, and planned northwest routes.
Kampot vs Kep: Which Southern Coast Town Should You Buy In?
Two gentle lifestyle markets, 25 minutes apart, that suit different buyers. Kampot is the larger riverside town with more going on; Kep is the tiny seaside village that’s even slower and thinner. A head-to-head for choosing between them.
Koh Rong and Cambodia’s Islands: A Coastal Development Guide
Cambodia’s islands — Koh Rong, Koh Rong Sanloem and their neighbours — sell a powerful dream and carry the country’s hardest property realities: untitled or concession land, off-grid infrastructure, deep seasonality, and almost no liquidity. A sober guide to island property.
Phnom Penh’s Satellite Cities and Borey Belt: A Guide to the Outskirts
Where Phnom Penh is actually growing — Chroy Changvar, Sen Sok, and the Hun Sen Boulevard corridor of master-planned satellite cities and gated borey developments. What the outer ring offers a buyer, and the developer, filled-land, and infrastructure risks that come with it.
Phnom Penh vs Sihanoukville: Capital or Coast for a Foreign Buyer?
Cambodia’s two most-discussed markets sit at opposite ends of the risk scale. Phnom Penh is the deep, liquid, already-repriced capital; Sihanoukville is the highest-variance coastal recovery play. A head-to-head on which suits which buyer.
The Siem Reap Living Guide: Expat Life, Property Options, and Connectivity
What it’s actually like to live in Siem Reap — where expats settle, what it costs, the healthcare and schooling realities, how the new international airport changed connectivity, and how to think about renting versus buying a home here.
BKK1 vs Toul Kork: Which Phnom Penh District Should You Buy In?
A head-to-head on Phnom Penh’s two leading residential districts — BKK1’s premium expat core versus Toul Kork’s quieter family upmarket. Price, yield, tenant pool, resale, and which buyer each one actually suits.
A Phnom Penh Neighbourhood Guide for Property Buyers
BKK1, Daun Penh, Toul Kork, Chroy Changvar, and the Russian Market area each attract a different buyer and carry a different risk profile. A district-by-district orientation for investors.
Battambang: Cambodia’s Quiet Northwest — A Location Guide
Cambodia’s best-preserved colonial town and its rice-bowl capital is a place to live, not a place to flip. Why Battambang charms residents and frustrates investors — the arts-town appeal, the agricultural economy, and the thinnest foreign-buyer market of any city covered here.
Kep: A Practical Guide to Cambodia’s Smallest Coastal Market
Kep is tiny, slow, and gorgeous — a former French seaside resort of crab shacks, hillside villas, and modernist ruins. A granular look at its micro-markets and why it is even thinner and more illiquid than neighbouring Kampot.
Kampot: A Practical, Sub-Market-by-Sub-Market Location Guide
Beneath Kampot’s easy charm sit several distinct little property markets — the old town, the riverfront, the road to the sea, Bokor, and the farmland around them — each with its own buyers, risks, and realities. A granular guide for anyone looking past the postcard.
Kampot and Kep: A Lifestyle-First Coastal Location Guide
Cambodia’s gentle southern coast is a lifestyle and hospitality market, not a capital-growth play. Who Kampot and Kep genuinely suit — and the thin-market risks that come with the charm.
Battambang vs Siem Reap: Choosing a Secondary City
Two northwest secondary cities, both cheap and slow, that suit different people. Siem Reap has tourism, amenities, and an international airport; Battambang has colonial charm, an arts scene, and almost no investment market. A practical head-to-head for residents and investors.
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