Anan Property Group Named Phuket’s Best Real Estate Agency at the 2026 Nestopa Agency Awards
Anan Property Group has been named Best Agency, Phuket, at the 2026 Nestopa Agency Awards, judged on transparency, due diligence and client-first service. Managing Director Marcus Divirgilio sees good service and good outcomes as the same goal, built on honest guidance rather than a sales pitch. The award's criteria offer a useful checklist for anyone evaluating a Phuket agency, from deal transparency to support after completion.
- Anan Property Group won Best Agency, Phuket, at the 2026 Nestopa Agency Awards.
- The award recognises transparency, due diligence and client-first service rather than sales volume.
- Marcus Divirgilio says honest guidance, not a sales pitch, leads to better outcomes for buyers.
- Buyers should expect clear deal structuring, thorough due diligence and genuine local market knowledge from any agency.
- Ongoing support after completion, including rental management and maintenance, separates good agencies from the rest.
Anan Property Group has been named Best Agency, Phuket, at the 2026 Nestopa Agency Awards, an honour that recognises transparency, due diligence and client-first service over sales volume alone.
Below, we explain what the award reflects, and turn its judging criteria into practical guidance for anyone buying property in Phuket, particularly those coordinating a purchase from abroad.
What the award recognises
Anan Property Group has been named Best Agency, Phuket, at the 2026 Nestopa Agency Awards, judged on service quality and client outcomes across the local market rather than sales volume alone.
Marcus Divirgilio, our Managing Director, sees the two as inseparable. As he puts it, good service and good outcomes are really the same goal approached from different directions: clients who receive honest guidance, rather than a sales pitch, tend to make better decisions and end up happier with them.
That is the standard the award reflects. It looks at transparency, due diligence and client-first service throughout a transaction, not just how many properties an agency moves in a given year.
Transparency in deal structuring
Foreign ownership in Thailand is straightforward once explained properly, and confusing when it is not. Before signing anything, buyers should expect a clear breakdown of freehold versus leasehold options, how company structures work where relevant, and where the foreign ownership quota stands on a given condominium.
Costs deserve the same treatment. Transfer fees, taxes, agency commissions and any ongoing charges should be set out early, not discovered midway through a transaction.
One warning sign is worth remembering: if an agent is reluctant to put a verbal promise in writing, that promise probably will not survive contact with a contract.
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Due diligence as standard practice, not an add-on
Proper due diligence means checking the title deed itself, confirming the developer’s track record on previous projects, verifying planning and zoning status, and ensuring there are no outstanding debts or encumbrances attached to the property.
None of this should depend on a buyer knowing to ask. It ought to happen on every transaction, regardless of how confident the buyer feels or how straightforward the deal appears.
Overlooking this step is, by some distance, the most common source of regret among overseas buyers in Thailand. Problems that surface later, an unclear title, an unresolved debt, are almost always ones that a proper check would have caught before contracts were signed.
Local market knowledge that goes beyond listings
There is a difference between an agent who can name a district and one who knows a specific development: how a particular soi floods in the wet season, which buildings have had management disputes, why one road within Laguna commands a premium over another a few hundred metres away.
An agency claiming to cover all of Phuket equally is rarely as useful as one with granular knowledge of a smaller patch, in our case Bang Tao, Cherngtalay, Layan and Laguna. That depth shapes realistic pricing and sound negotiation, not just persuasive marketing.
Support that continues after the sale
For many buyers, particularly those living overseas, the transaction is the easy part. What follows — renting the property out, coordinating maintenance, keeping paperwork current — is where an agency’s real value either shows up or quietly disappears.
An agent who vanishes after the transfer of ownership has left the harder half of the job undone. Ownership in Thailand tends to bring ongoing, practical needs: rental management, tradespeople for repairs, and renewal of paperwork connected to the property.
Before signing with any agency, ask plainly what happens after completion. Is there a long-term rental team. Who do you call when something needs fixing while you are abroad. The answer says as much about the agency as anything discussed before the sale.
What this means for buyers working with us
This award changes how we are described, not how we work. The same standards — transparency, due diligence, honest guidance over a sales pitch — apply to every enquiry that comes through our office, whatever the budget or property type.
Most of our clients are coordinating a purchase from abroad, often across several time zones and without the chance to see a property in person before committing. Our aim remains straightforward: to make that process feel manageable rather than uncertain.
You can read the full announcement via Nestopa, or contact our team directly to discuss a property search in Phuket.
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