Abstract:
The research was a quantitative work aimed to study and compare the marketing
factors which affected a decision to buy a condominium in Ubon Ratchathani province according to sex, age, occupation, income, educational levels and residence. The informants were the residents who were interested to buy the condominium in Ubon Ratchathani. The present study collected data from the booking records of the Grand Condo Ubon 2557 (2014). The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire of an entire confidence value equivalent to .92. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regressive analysis, t-test and F-test.
The research findings were as follows:
1. The majority of the informants were females, aged 31-40 years, worked in the state enterprise, earned an average income more than 50,000 a month, and had a university degree. Considering their residence, they owned the house and wanted to buy a condominium for the purpose of living.
2. Four marketing factors which influenced a decision to buy a condominium could be arranged in a descending order: service, physical environment, personnel and marketing promotion. These factors could predict the buyers decision to buy a condominium in Ubon Ratchathani by 89%.
3. A comparison of the marketing factors influencing the decision to buy a condominium in Ubon Ratchathani, it was found that the customers who had different age, occupations, income, educational levels, and residences held a different view in consideration of the factors which could influence their decision to buy a condominium in Ubon Ratchathani province.