An upswing in home values has broadly eased, but almost 45 per cent of Australian suburbs are at record-high dwelling values after sustained growth.
Alex Mitchell
Some Perth home owners have made an astonishing $630,000 on their homes in the past year as gravity-defying hikes continue in some suburbs, while others sustain double-digit drops.
Kim Macdonald
Surging rental prices in Perth now account for more than 60 per cent of a single person’s weekly disposable earnings in what has been described as another hit to already stretched household budgets.
Cheyanne Enciso
With the rest of her inheritance soon to kick in, Olivia Mead’s next abode may be more luxurious.
I’m not sure of the legality of removing amenities that were priced into the cost of apartments next to Fraser Suites. But it certainly does not pass the pub test.
Housing approvals dropped in WA in May meaning the State will need to pick up the pace to build enough houses to win extra Commonwealth cash.
Katina Curtis
They are the stuff of our Lotto dreams and our investment desires. These are WA’s most viewed house adverts.
Kim Macdonald & Sam Fletcher
Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.
The decision to house hundreds of social and affordable housing tenants in the former Fraser Suites luxury hotel was made without consultation with neighbours, who fear the price of their homes will plummet.
Kim Macdonald and Jessica Page
The State Government has bought the former Fraser Suites luxury hotel in the city for more than $100 million to use as social and affordable housing.
There is a reason why Perth developers rarely turn empty offices and warehouses into apartments, and it has nothing to do with demand.
Greens calls for 1000 people to live at every Fremantle line station in the western suburbs, claiming it is unrealistic to expect new apartment development at far-flung Metronet stations
Data has revealed a small rise in the number of mortgages in arrears, but experts say the rate has stayed contained despite cost-of-living pressures.
Andrew Brown
The alarming forecast again highlights the need to cut restrictive red and green tape to allow land to be more speedily approved and released.
About half of Perth will run out of land zoned for homes in as little as four years — potentially extending the city’s soaring property prices — warns one of Australia’s land supply experts.
An Aussie influencer has sparked a housing war after publishing the addresses of empty houses online and urging homeless people to use them as shelter.
Madeline Cove
A furnished home in Lathlain with limited photos claims it has the feel of a ‘high end hotel’ and is seeking more in annual rent than a FIFO workers earns in a year - before tax.
A home in the suburbs is far removed from the image of Malcolm Day. But it was one of his more meaningful investments of his illustrious career.
A 35 story tower has been approved for construction in Northbridge. While critics claim it’s a stone jungle, proponents say it will green the city like nothing we’ve seen before.
Labor will unlock 33,000 residential lots across WA in a $101 million investment in water and power infrastructure in Thursday’s State Budget.
Dylan Caporn and Oliver Lane
A review to consider higher heights limits in some areas as the State Government seeks to promote greater density in key locations
Nxt Tex - renowned for technology that can take homes from slab to lockup in four days - is seeking to join the NASDAQ, as it lists a block of land for sale in Perth. But it says it is not finished with WA.
Just when you thought Perth’s property market had run out of steam, experts say there is more to come.
A small Great Southern town will soon be growing in size after the Housing Minister announced the contract to construct 12 new residential and industrial lots had been awarded last week
Melissa Sheil
