The Business Council of Australia says state governments should be able to intervene in council planning decisions, using a carrot and stick approach.
Caitlin Powell
Perth councils would be forced to report on their residential approval speed under sweeping national reforms to home construction demanded by the Business Council.
Dylan Caporn
Premier Roger Cook has claimed the Liberal party’s pledge to raise the stamp duty-free threshold for first home buyers is akin to treating the public as ‘idiots’.
Jake Dietsch
First homebuyers look set to be targeted in the upcoming State election with the Liberal Party promising to lift stamp duty exemptions by $100,000 to win their votes.
Joe Spagnolo
No one is getting carried away, but there’s growing confidence WA’s building industry is emerging into the sunlight after some dark and difficult years.
John Flint
This ‘exclusive’ neighbourhood is secluded despite its location near two busy highways, with locals managing to largely keep its highlights to themselves.
Caitlin Vinci
Nicheliving's giving up its building license will relieve abandoned customers, but taxpayers will have to foot the $40 million bill, sparking anger.
Jessica Page
Nicheliving claimed this week it had assets worth $100 million. Why is it not being pursued for an insurance bill worth up to $40 million?
Kim Macdonald
Nicheliving’s directors will not be pursued for an insurance bill that will run into the millions, after agreeing to relinquish its building license.
Kim Macdonald and Jessica Page
Seven years of Labor Government have been disastrous for both the private and public housing sectors in WA.
Steve Martin
A great sense of style is at the art of a Swanbourne property that has ignored every interior design fad to create a home that is as timeless as it is magical. SEE INSIDE.
A former aged care facility wedged between a primary school and daycare which was once destined to become a drug rehab centre has been approved for residential use and likely to home single mothers or widows.
Erick Lopez
Australian homes are worth more than ever but the annual pace of growth has slowed rapidly in the past three months.
Luke Costin
Perth is still the nation’s property winner but some trigger-happy investors from the east are overpaying in WA, according to an influential analyst.
Payouts to customers of collapsed builders are set to hit $84 million — triple the level three years ago — underscoring the damage of the industry’s bubble.
Matt Mckenzie
Property prices have increased solidly across the nation for the past two decades, growing 186 per cent in Perth in that time. What can we expect in 2044?
Specialist disability accommodation has been approved for two sites in Perth’s south-east in a bid to meet ‘unmet demand’ felt across the city.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
‘If it wasn’t preying on people’s desperation, it would be funny.’
Hayley Taylor
The company behind realestate.com.au is tipping slower house price growth as a result of more homes being listed for sale.
Cheyanne Enciso
REA Group CEO Owen Wilson says the company has had its best September since 2015, and the increased listings should moderate housing price growth.
Derek Rose
Wealthy neighbours of Fremantle Oval fear incorporating desperately needed social housing into a multimillion-dollar development of the area will hit the value of their properties.
Kim Macdonald and Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
It’s been a wild ride for Perth from the swinging 60s until now. And a photographic exhibition held by commercial real estate agency JLL shows just how far we’ve come.
Plans for a controversial South Perth skyscraper have once again riled locals after it sought to remove public amenities and increase height.
Subiaco Council has made a $4.5 million profit on a property it bought six years ago and 13km away.
