Advice to aspiring homeowners on how to get on the property ladder, from then-treasurer Joe Hockey, has not aged well.
Kim Macdonald
The number of West Australians months behind in their home mortgage repayments continues to rise, new Reserve Bank of Australia data shows.
Joe Spagnolo
Long suffering buyers at a ‘boutique apartment complex’ in Subiaco - some of whom paid deposits five years ago - are being asked to stump up tens of thousands of extra dollars to see them completed.
John Flint
A liquidator is investigating whether the former West Coast Eagle and his wife engaged in illegal phoenixing over the sale of a business mired in consumer complaints.
The developer behind the $3.8 billion Burswood Point project has created a new building company, adding to the relatively few in WA capable of high-rise construction.
Perth home-owners are about $350,000 richer compared to the start of the pandemic.
House-hunters and developers are yet to meet the $3.5 million asking price for the property.
If you think this home was built in colonial times, and set in the rolling plains of regional Australia, you would be wrong.
Savills UK is fighting to get back $1.8 million it claims to have mistakenly transferred to an expat Brit who has done well Down Under.
Neale Prior
The City of Vincent’s proposed planning changes to revitalise under-used land along the popular entertainment strip includes provision for high-rise developments of up to 16 storeys.
Sophie Gannon
The long vacant Jamie’s Italian restaurant on William Street is set to be leased by a Byron Bay restaurateur, amid a raft of other new eateries set to open in Perth over the next few weeks.
Which commercial property sectors saw price hikes of 15 per cent last year? REIWA research shows two spaces are leading the sector.
House price growth continues to outpace the rate of savings for most. But for developers, it may be enough to push projects over the line.
One of Australia’s top silks, the wife of WA’s former Governor and a strip of dirt on Perth’s most exclusive street are at the centre of a bitter court battle over a councillor’s ‘hate campaign’.
Rebecca Le May
Once Australia’s most affordable city for renters, Perth now holds its worst affordability rating on record, according to PropTrack
Kim Macdonald and Caitlyn Rintoul
There are now four lenders offering first-time homebuyers 40-year mortgages. The dangers of taking on extra debt, albeit over an extra decade, may be the only option for those shut out of the house price boom.
Daniel Newell
While Greater Perth remains in a rental crisis, the pendulum is shifting in some suburbs, particularly those with a high supply of apartments.
Having escaped the rental market, this group of first homebuyers should have been celebrating. Instead, they’ve been mauled by Perth’s housing crisis – dodgy builds, poor oversight and greedy developers.
It also blitzed the standing record from 18 months ago, when a six-bedroom property sold for $3.815m.
The former doctor, professional cricketer, Australian hockey player, Olympic gold medal-winning coach, author and politician has in recent years added developer to his impressive CV.
A resident of a beachfront Cottesloe complex reportedly in danger of collapse intends to fight in the courts for his right to stay, claiming unjust eviction.
Harriet Flinn
The proposed development, worth $80m and brought forward by Locus Property, would feature 83 units and 157 car parking bays across two underground basements.
Liam Murphy
Developer appetite appears to be returning to the ailing apartment market, with plans for more than 1000 apartments in Perth projects seeking approval over the past three months.
Long-suffering customers of Inspired Homes are angry the builder is working for a State-owned developer despite regulators probing lengthy delays in private projects.
Neale Prior and Jake Dietsch
