About half of Perth will run out of land zoned for homes in as little as four years — potentially extending the city’s soaring property prices — warns one of Australia’s land supply experts.
Kim Macdonald
An Aussie influencer has sparked a housing war after publishing the addresses of empty houses online and urging homeless people to use them as shelter.
Madeline Cove
West Australians looking for rentals are being warned to be extra careful with the rise of scammers impersonating government agencies demanding payments for fake bonds.
Oliver Lane
A furnished home in Lathlain with limited photos claims it has the feel of a ‘high end hotel’ and is seeking more in annual rent than a FIFO workers earns in a year - before tax.
A home in the suburbs is far removed from the image of Malcolm Day. But it was one of his more meaningful investments of his illustrious career.
A 35 story tower has been approved for construction in Northbridge. While critics claim it’s a stone jungle, proponents say it will green the city like nothing we’ve seen before.
Renovations are now potentially on the cards at Ikea Innaloo after the Swedish Multinational buys the Innaloo store.
Whether it involves the luxury suites in Subiaco or the micro-apartments a little bigger than a two-car garage recently greenlit in Perth, I can’t help but think that built-to-rent offers a life for rent.
A review to consider higher heights limits in some areas as the State Government seeks to promote greater density in key locations
If you want to get a tradie, your best bet is probably over the next year, with the construction sector due to ramp up between 2026 and 2030.
Nxt Tex - renowned for technology that can take homes from slab to lockup in four days - is seeking to join the NASDAQ, as it lists a block of land for sale in Perth. But it says it is not finished with WA.
It comes despite local opposition including from the City of Stirling.
Sophie Gannon
Just when you thought Perth’s property market had run out of steam, experts say there is more to come.
As well as apartments, the plans show a cafe/restaurant and communal facilities including recreational rooms, gym, swimming pool and outdoor dining areas.
A combination of lower interest rates, growing confidence and initiatives like the first-home guarantee scheme have led to a surge in first home buyers, with WA recording the second-biggest increase.
Cheyanne Enciso
While most of the home is only six metres wide, property hunters are making multi-million dollar bids for the astonishing Fremantle property.
Several seniors who bought brand new ‘luxury townhouses’ in Applecross say their million-dollar plus homes are plagued with building defects.
John Flint
Micro-apartments are billed as the future of living. But could you cope in size of a double garage?
The Fremantle Dockers champ has sold a house, which he helped design, that can withstand an indoor flying football.
The 20-storey tower sold for $100 million just over five years ago. Property watchers expect the new sale price will be a major gauge for the EQ precinct
Landlords, which side of history are you on?
The housing crisis has years more to run before tenants and homeowners find relief, according to respected economic research group BCEC.
Kim Macdonald, Caleb Runciman and Jessica Evensen
A $200 million, 34-storey skyscraper development application for Northbridge — set to become the tallest timber high-rise in Perth — is promising to bring a little bit of the bush to the city.
WA investors scammed out of their life savings by phony property king Ricky Hirsch say they’ve been badly let down by Australia’s ‘toothless’ corporate watchdog.
