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
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.
High demand in the economy is driving the high rental yields benefitting commercial property investors.
A $48 million Budget spend on two advanced manufacturing factories will aim to fast-track high density housing and key Cook Government projects.
Jessica Page and Daniel Newell
WA conglomerate Wesfarmers is shifting into apartment construction and will tip $100 million into a joint venture it says can help address WA’s affordable housing supply crisis.
Daniel Newell
Last month City of Bunbury councillors engaged in a heated debate to decide the future of lot 89 Beach Road, land adjacent to the city’s Big Swamp.
Craig Duncan
A ‘phenomenal’ rise in the number of granny flats being built in Perth is not only solving the housing crisis, it’s also keeping families together.
Nick Bruining
For borrowers, the question is not simply whether rates will rise again, but if paying for certainty now is worth the risk of being locked in later.
Ryan Johnson
A commitment by the Cook and Albanese Governments to build more than 30,000 homes in the next eight years has been welcomed by industry groups, but labelled as too good to be true by the Opposition.
Oliver Lane
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti says her third budget will give young West Australians a shot at achieving the Australian dream of home ownership.
Joe Spagnolo
Dr Craig Challen’s latest endeavour — listing a commercial property — seems world’s away from the 2018 cave rescue that led him to become West Australian of the Year.
The Opposition has levelled blame for the increasing unaffordablity of rentals at the Cook Government, saying more people are falling through the cracks of WA’s housing crisis.
A home designed by one of Perth’s most celebrated architects is set to be demolished. But property watchers are divided over whether it the home is an architectural beauty, or simply past its use-by date.
Katanning shire council has approved the Ausgold workforce accommodation development, clearing the way for housing for up to 350 workers subject to strict conditions.
Amy Towers
Albany has been named among seven regional cities “critical” to WA’s future economic growth, with the region to be bolstered with 26 new homes for frontline workers by 2030.
Melissa Sheil
The ECU campus is a key part of any city sales campaign these days. A Beaufort St site is no exception
Kim Macdonald and Danielle Marsland
A Wheatbelt shire’s large residential investment nearly two decades ago has reaped its rewards, announcing a sold-out estate as demand for regional housing continues to soar.
Hannah Whitehead
Cash gifts from Baby boomers have spiked since the First Home Guarantee was expanded in October last year
A property analyst has broken ranks with other analysts by calling the top of the market, which he says is due in three to six months.
Country-raised Eagles champion Matthew Priddis seems to have put his money where his heart is by buying a hobby farm.
Plans for a $40 million retirement-style redevelopment in Nedlands are set to move ahead, with the first stage of the project recommended for approval.
Harriet Flinn
West Australian voters, including property investors, show an increasing lion’s share of those surveyed support calls to end no-cause evictions, according to new research.
Buying a home but not living in it is an increasingly popular ownership model.
Kim Macdonald and Oliver Lane
The first 3D printed recycled-plastic home in the southern hemisphere is about to happen thanks to game-changing technology from WA startup Hyperion.
