Minimum wage is both too much and not enough. It is too much to get social housing, but not enough to secure a private rental, leaving many stuck in an eligibility trap
Kim Macdonald
Two jilted investors are pursuing Ronnie Michel-Elhaj over an Inglewood apartment project that never happened, but his barrister says his development company has nothing but massive liabilities.
Rebecca Le May
Property magnate Nigel Satterley is bullish about WA as his land development empire expects a thumping $260 million pre-tax profit.
Matt Mckenzie
Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.
Cheyanne Enciso
SEE THE PICTURES: Will this be the new CBD home of a major WA miner? Here’s the new look proposed for a development lot at Elizabeth Quay.
The number of trade apprentices has fallen by nearly 1000 people compared to the preceding year, as WA continues to struggle under a chronic housing shortage.
It has long been a tourist’s first, and most uncomfortable, glimpse of Perth. But could the Great Eastern Highway be due for a change?
Kim Macdonald and Eliana Hullett
Double bricks still rules but steel framed homes are fast catching up, with a Perth factory now operating around the clock to meet demand.
Perth’s big and hungry pool of buyers have been funnelled into fewer homes since the total number of adverts for listed properties plummeted after the Budget changes were announced.
Socio-economic status, age, location and track record are no guide when it comes to the best performing suburbs of the decade.
The old ‘renovator’s delight’ adage is now ‘renovator reluctance’, with caution about the cost and shortage of tradies driving buyers into the turn-key market instead.
Some property listing adverts are so sophisticated they feel like you are reading a wine label, including a home in White Gum Valley.
A new property price record has been set for Perth in 2026 with the sale of a $15.3 million Dalkeith home.
More than 20 women die from FDV every two years in WA. So why wait that long to change the social housing waitlist?
This shopping strip has the tightest vacancy rate of all high streets, but one in five shops are closed on another popular high street.
Another pricey church asset has hit the market, ready for a new waterfront development, amid speculation that many groups are selling off assets to manage shrinking congregations
Kim Macdonald and Liam Murphy
Sheds, garages and car ports costing less than $50,000 will no longer need to be done by a registered builder from July, under changes made by the State Government.
It once cost $5 for a coffee and a multimillion-dollar view at Trigg’s Yelo cafe, but the seven-figure value is now the cost for one of West Coast Drive’s first luxury apartments.
New renders have revealed the Kailis family’s plans for a new venue, a $2 million Mediterranean-Greek restaurant and tavern set to transform an underutilised warehouse.
Sophie Gannon
A 120sqm block of vacant block of land in Cockburn Central — the size of six parking bays — appears to be the smallest current listing on the market.
High-profile property agent Vivien Yap is selling her Mosman Park home just one year after purchasing it for $8m.
No bricks, no tiles, no plaster, no scaffolding. How one Perth developer managed to reduce townhouse construction costs to only $250,000 for each three and four bedroom home.
The Federal Court has given the developer behind OneRichardson and CampusPerth four weeks to raise more than $400,000 to pay a tax debt.
Male construction workers continue to die by suicide at substantially higher rates than other working men, with younger tradies the most vulnerable.
Farid Farid
