Housing Market

Rebates pleaLand tax incentives needed to lure investors

There are calls for short-term incentives such as land tax rebates to help entice investors back into the market, as economists predict prices could jump 12 per cent this year.

Kim Macdonald

Bruining Q+AIs fixing the best fit for first-homebuyers?

With interest rates set to remain at record lows for some years to come, Your Money expert Nick Bruining looks at the pros and cons of young first-homebuyers fixing their mortgage.

Nick Bruining

Best in the WestIndustry salutes State’s finest developments

WA has a swag of excellence to be proud of, as the Urban Development Institute of Australia Awards has recognised.

Tanya Steinbeck

Golden westPerth leads Aussie boom in luxury properties

Perth's luxury properties are growing in price faster than anywhere else in Australia and a global real estate agency thinks it knows why.

Kim Macdonald

Hot propertyPrices rise as demand for tradies heats up

The lid on trade prices is set to be lifted this year, with expectations of significant increases for some trades.

Kim Macdonald

House ThatZak Kirkup’s former Halls Head home sold for profit

Senior public servant Michelle Gadellaa has sold the Halls Head home she once shared with Liberal leader Zak Kirkup.

Kim Macdonald

Panic buyingQueues that prove Perth has hit property market madness

Perth’s property madness led a single home in Carine to recently attract 500 people to inspections as a panic-buying spree sets in across the State.

Kim Macdonald and Brianna Dugan

Family’s nightmareMischin slams A-G over sinking home

The State Government has been accused of failing in its responsibility to protect homeowners, after telling a family to seek justice in court over their sinking house.

Kim Macdonald

Changes wishlistDark side of Perth’s property boom

The State may be in a building and infrastructure boom, but there are looming insolvency fears as labour shortages hit and the price of supplies rocket.

Kim Macdonald

Going higherBurswood high-rise to tower over Crown’s jewel

A $165 million 25-storey building in Burswood that rises above nearby Crown Towers is set to replace an old office block as part of plans to meet growing demand for office space outside the CBD.

Sarah Brookes

Start date$30m Lyric Theatre revamp gets green light

It’s lights, camera, action for a “game-changing” $30 million residential redevelopment of the old Lyric Theatre in Maylands.

Kristie Lim

The West LiveHow to cash in on Perth’s home buying frenzy

In an exclusive interview, a leading real estate agent has revealed his tips on how you can still cash in on the current Perth property boom as sight unseen purchases soar.

Ben O'Shea

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Scarborough home sold for $602k without a look inside

Urgency to snare a home in Perth’s buying frenzy means buyers, including locals, are snapping up property sight unseen — like this one on Corbett Street that sold for $602,000.

Kim Macdonald

Going smallPrimewest in long-awaited pitch at retail punters

Primewest goes retail with pitch to mum-and-dad investors after decades of syndication among networks linked to bosses John Bond, Jim Litis and David Schwartz

Neale Prior

Sinking feelingCracks turn dream home into court nightmare

The State Government has denied flaws in laws covering site inspection, saying a Yanchep family with a sinking home must seek recourse through the courts.

Kim Macdonald

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Tradies line up to help bushfire rebuild

WA’s tremendous community spirit has kicked in, with more than 150 tradies to rebuild — for free — some of the homes lost in the bushfire.

Kim Macdonald

Domino effectConstruction firms struggling to pay bills

On a monthly basis, construction firms are now on average 44 days late paying their bills, compared with a 35-day delay in December.

Danielle Le Messurier

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Minister raises rent during covid crisis

Federal Industry Minister Karen Andrews increased the rent on her three-bedroom investment property on the outskirts of Kalgoorlie by 15.25 per cent in June.

Lanai Scarr

Hot marketPerth property prices breach magic milestone

Perth houses have crashed through the $500,000 median price barrier for the first time in three years, as construction teams work through lockdown to meet heavy demand.

Kim Macdonald

Hot propertyPerth homes surge as national prices breach 2017 peak

But expert have warned that if WA’s lockdown continued for an extended period of time, it could have a negative impact on prices.

Kim Macdonald

Digital growthNAB buys digital-only bank for $220m

It has confirmed it will buy a smaller digital bank in order to grow its digital banking technologies.

Gerard Cockburn

House ThatWhen Balga meets Dalkeith in $4.1m mansion buy

Nightclub owner David Heaton has come a long way since he was a kid with a chip on his shoulder in Balga.

Kim Macdonald

Homely touchBrightwater starts on small house model for aged care

Brightwater Inglewood will include an 128-bed residential aged-care community, broken into 16-bed small houses where residents live together like an extended family.

Kim Macdonald

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‘Bridging the gap’
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Cheap rentals for essential workers in swanky suburbs

Relief is on hand for some of the forgotten cohort of essential workers caught up in WA’s rental crisis, amid warnings they will be squeezed out of the market when the moratorium ends in March.

Kim Macdonald