One group of Aussie homebuyers is now more likely to be caught in negative equity, where they owe their bank more than their home is worth.
Stephen Johnson
There has been yet another twist in the $2 billion-plus tussle for Ingenia Communities Group, which will likely leave Perth-based residential developer Peet out in the cold.
Daniel Newell
Experts predict house prices across Australia’s capital cities will plunge by 13.5 per cent by the end of next year – with Perth not immune.
Stephen Johnson and Hannah Cross
Without a national definition of affordable housing, rents are often set too high and affordable homes seldom go to those who need it, a think tank reports.
Jacob Shteyman
Syringes thrown into backyards, night time screaming matches and people walking around with machetes are some of the dramas being dealt with by the neighbours of problem social housing tenants.
Melissa Sheil
About 20,000 West Aussies have seen their home values fall since they bought or refinanced, with two-thirds likely to be in negative equity, according to experts.
Kim Macdonald
Developer takes swipe at greed in the sector as plans for a $180 million tower have collapsed again, after his company becomes the second on the project to go into liquidation.
The housing sector is grimmer than many people realise for our more vulnerable renters and homeowners, according to a new survey.
WA is struggling to build its way out of the housing crisis because of red and green tape, tax changes and CFMEU, according to the opposition housing spokesman.
There are some super-sweet concessions available for pensioners selling up the family home, from pension asset test exemptions and mega earnings on interest to free rent assistance from Centrelink.
Nick Bruining
Baby boomers keen to cash in before WA’s cooling property market gathers pace are looking to maximise their options under a range of senior-friendly rules.
They say your home is your castle and some people take the saying quite literally — by building magnificent manors out in the ‘burbs.
Perth mortgage giant AFG has warned of one of the quietest spring property markets in years and lashed Labor’s housing reforms, as shareholders demand answers over its battered share price.
Ryan Johnson
A $450,000 price drop on one of Perth’s most celebrated homes is a sign of the times.
Some homes take summer very seriously, like this resort-style home recently listed in Como.
Apartment owners would not be able to transition to Airbnb if original strata group rule it out, under proposed new laws
How did we get here? Affordability constraints, fears of urban sprawl and planning laws that do not value mature trees mean land developers can move in with bulldozers and erase everything in sight.
Perth sellers have an uphill battle this spring, according to new research.
The first build-to-rent operator in Australia is selling a Scarborough site where it had approval for a 24-storey mixed-use development featuring 175 apartments.
Could images of treeless estates be a turning point for Perth’s acceptance of apartment towers? Developer Paul Blackburne says the estates are a disgrace,
New research paints a worrying picture of young people on the tools. Failing to fixing the culture on construction worksites will destroy lives and affect the housing crisis
KIM MACDONALD
A leading economist has delivered a sobering warning for national house prices, claiming the fall in some individual suburbs could be as high as 40 per cent.
Where you wish you had invested in residential property a year ago, according to new research.
ASIC has questioned mortgage brokers’ explanations for home loans that could cost borrowers $20,000 extra, while revealing some brokers were tipped off days before compliance audits.
