Perth homeowners have been laughing to start 2025, cashing in with big profits on house sales to start the year.
Cheyanne Enciso
A parliamentary probe into the ‘efficiency, integrity and probity’ of planning decisions and land deals done in WA will push ahead after a motion pushed by shadow minister Neil Thomson cleared the upper house.
Simone Grogan
Peak building bodies have called for WA’s ambiguous building law to be tightened as customers turn to strangers on social media to figure out their rights amid the mass confusion.
Kim Macdonald
Black mould, sewerage flow-back, balconies that turn into pools in the rain. The list of defects at Perth apartments prompts calls for 10-year repair guarantees
A Yallingup resort led by one of the State’s most prominent developers has been held up as an example of a “broken planning system” that would be scrutinised under a probe pushed by the Liberals and Greens.
A huge tech company backed by Australia’s sovereign wealth fund is planning a $415 million data centre in Maddington to chase the AI boom.
Matt Mckenzie
Construction has started on a new four-storey build-to-rent project in Perth’s inner-north, replacing the abandoned Stirling Towers public housing block.
Jessica Page
Q+A: Getting that first foot on the property ladder is becoming harder and harder, and as parents it’s natural to want to help your kids by going guarantor. But what happens to you if it all goes wrong?
Nick Bruining
Can you guess how much was spent on property in WA over the year? (Clue: For the same price, we could have bought supermarket giant Coles Group - twice)
The 1.2 million new homes target is ‘aspirational’ for the nation, but experts cast doubt on whether building that many homes is achievable in the time-frame.
Katina Curtis
The new price record exceeds the old one by 60 per cent, and it is not surprising with views like this.
The mansion was built the same year six British colonies united to form the Commonwealth of Australia. But while the world around it changed, the property is standing strong.
Perth CBD now has the second-highest office vacancy rate nationally, with the influx of new buildings and an increase in work-from-home arrangements being blamed for empty floor spaces.
The rise of AI has raised alarm bells over the thought of rapidly advancing technology taking not just people’s jobs, but their homes as well.
New $230 million development due in city promises hundreds of apartments and new entertainment hub
Hastening development approvals without increasing building capacity will only add to the bottleneck in housing construction, researchers warn.
Tess Ikonomou
A 95-year-old Perth woman is planning for the future after selling her Nedlands home of 62 years for an eyewatering profit.
Tegwen Bescoby
The $800 million Perth Girls School project needs changes before shovels hit the ground. Developer ADC explains why the development, and another in Maylands, needs amendment.
While the ‘brain drain’ once led from country towns to capitals, national data now shows that more city slickers move to the regions than in reverse.
South Perth has a new price per square metre record after a block sold for a massive $33 million.
Australia’s first completed, multi-storey 3D printed home hits the market. But how much does it cost?
The three-bedroom house’s eye-watering sale came thanks to the $230,000 wine cellar.
Housing should be a must-have for all, not a luxury only for the rich or lucky.
‘This shortage of lots held by developers comes during a time when the State is experiencing one of its worst housing crises on record,’ James Limnios says.
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