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The Housing Industry Association said the data showed major improvements considering the increased size of the industry.

Commercial propertiesCommentsPremiumThe WA builders who have collapsed this financial year

SEE THE LIST: New data shows nine commercial and residential builders have collapsed so far this financial year, but three construction companies are going under every week.

Kim Macdonald

Workzone East on Nash Street.

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumWA’s first carbon neutral building sells for $79.4m

Perth’s office market was a basket case a few years ago. But a $79.4m sale for a seven-level building reveals what, and who, is leading the revival.

Kim Macdonald

JB O'Reillys in West Leederville

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumPopular Irish pub’s beer garden plan sparks outrage

A popular Irish pub is seeking to more than double its patronage by turning its carpark into a beer garden, sparking outrage in the ritzy neighbourhood.

Kim Macdonald

The changes to negative gearing may also have unintended consequences.

Federal BudgetCommentsPremiumHere’s what happens next to Perth’s housing market

While the Federal Government will be keen to push the line that an additional 75,000 homeowners will result from Tuesday night’s announced changes, it’s the unintended consequences we need to think about.

Nick Bruining

Perth’s property juggernaut is shifting to some WA regions, with Busselton and Albany leading the way with nation-leading price hikes.

PropertyCommentsPremiumWA regions surge ahead of nation in property price race

Perth’s property juggernaut is shifting to some WA regions, with Busselton and Albany leading the way with nation-leading price hikes.

Kim Macdonald

Mortgage brokers account for the lion’s share of Australia’s home loans.

Mergers and AcquisitionsPremiumAFG adds Capita Finance to investment portfolio

The near $550 million national group has bought a minority stake in the Perth-based brokerage, adding to other equity investments taken in businesses in WA, Victoria, NSW and Queensland since 2024.

Sean Smith

Perth’s red-hot housing market could be heading for a sharp reality check as economist Leith van Onselen warns Australia is on the brink of its biggest property correction in 40 years.

PerthCommentsPerth property bloodbath warning amid huge housing crash

The city’s red-hot housing market could be heading for a sharp reality check as economists warn Australia is on the brink of its biggest property correction in 40 years.

Troy de Ruyter

Key indicators for the current state of Perth’s housing market have started to shift in the wrong direction over the past few weeks. And these are the sellers and buyers most likely to feel the sting first.

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Signs Perth’s hot house prices about to feel winter’s chill

Key indicators for the current state of Perth’s housing market have started to shift in the wrong direction over the past few weeks. And these are the sellers and buyers most likely to feel the sting first.

Nick Bruining

There are 2.2 million property investors in Australia holding their collective breath right now ahead of Jim Chalmers’ Budget. And there’s one small but painful thing they may not have considered.

DEBTMANCommentsPremiumBought a rental in the past decade? It’s about to end badly

DEBTMAN: There are 2.2 million property investors in Australia holding their collective breath right now ahead of Jim Chalmers’ Budget. And there’s one small but painful thing they may not have considered.

Bruce Brammall

A meagre 343 first home buyers in WA will pay no stamp duty under changes announced by the Cook Government in Thursday’s State Budget.

Stamp Duty VideoCommentsPremiumLess than 400 WA first home buyers to get stamp duty relief

A meagre 343 first home buyers in WA will pay no stamp duty under changes announced by the Cook Government in Thursday’s State Budget.

Joe Spagnolo

Prices in Australia's two biggest housing markets are already on the slide. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Housing MarketCommentsPremium'Decline': Housing downturn looms as rate hikes bite

Higher rates and affordability pressures are threatening to push the housing market into a decline, with prices in the two biggest cities already on the slide.

Nick Wilson

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

Nollamara home increases 158 per cent in just over four and a half years. Naumovski Real Estate

House That!CommentsPremiumNollamara booms as Perth’s hottest property market

A humble home in Nollamara appears to have increased in value at more than twice the pace of the rest of boom-time Perth, with value tripling in a four-an-a-half year span.

Kim Macdonald

An artist’s impression of the proposed seven-storey apartment development.

Beach apartmentsCommentsPremiumBeachside makeover bid with apartment blocks in Scarborough

A two-storey complex that has stood since the 1960s would need to be demolished to make way for the development.

Liam Murphy

A Floreat resident’s bid to take the Ocean Village redevelopment to WA’s high court has drawn community backing.

PropertyVideoCommentsPremiumResident takes $200m Perth development to Supreme Court

A Floreat resident’s bid to take the Ocean Village redevelopment to WA’s high court has drawn community backing — but the developer insists the legal battle will not derail the $200 million project.

Harriet Flinn

A $297 million tax package can be revealed as Rita Saffioti’s final Budget pitch to first homebuyers as part of a $4.7 billion spending spree on housing. 

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Stamp duty threshold jumps $100k for first homebuyers

A $297 million tax package can be revealed as Rita Saffioti’s final Budget pitch to first homebuyers as part of a $4.7 billion spending spree on housing. 

Jessica Page

West Australians are the most pessimistic in the country that the housing crisis will be solved despite it being at the heart of Rita Saffioti and Jim Chalmers’ budgets.

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WA the most pessimistic state in the nation amid housing woe

West Australians are the most pessimistic in the country that the housing crisis will be solved despite it being at the heart of Rita Saffioti and Jim Chalmers’ budgets.

Katina Curtis

Perth has nailed the milk theory: national research shows WA outscored the rest of Australia on six key quality of life indicators, but a final statistic seems to un-do all the good points about inner Perth — housing affordability.

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WA nails the milk theory, but housing kills lifestyle

National research shows WA outscored the rest of Australia on six key quality of life indicators, but a final statistic seems to un-do all the good points about inner Perth — housing affordability.

Kim Macdonald

On the eve of the State Budget, Housing and Works Minister John Carey said it was up to the Government to step in and help deliver desperately needed rental options.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremiumAlmost 1500 homes to be built in billion-dollar budget spend

On the eve of the State Budget, Housing Minister John Carey said it was up to the Government to step in and help deliver desperately needed rental options amid WA’s housing crisis.

Oliver Lane

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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Cook weighs in on EQ skyscraper spat amid arrest bid

The WA Premier has weighed in as an extraordinary legal fight threatens to derail a huge building project in Elizabeth Quay.

Matt Mckenzie

A survey sent to 45 key operators in the field found cost increases for diesel, materials and supplies had boosted ‘overall costs’ by 5 to 20 per cent.

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumCivil contractors warn fuel cost crisis worse than COVID

In only two months the diesel crisis has boosted prices for civil contractors by the same level experienced over 18 months during the pandemic era.

Kim Macdonald

Kings Square 3 at 10 Telethon Avenue, Perth. Hamilton Lund

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumECU grows CBD footprint with $72m King’s Square tower

Edith Cowan University has strengthened its city presence and is set to offer more courses after purchasing a new high-rise tower for $72 million.

Kim Macdonald

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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Contractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Matt Mckenzie

The low-deposit sugar hit designed to help people get onto the property market has failed, with new data showing a massive drop in first-homebuyer loans this year.

PropertyVideoCommentsPremiumFirst-homebuyers suffer as data shows massive drop in loans

The low-deposit sugar hit designed to help people get onto the property market has failed, with new data showing a massive drop in first-homebuyer loans this year.

Kim Macdonald