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New dev elopment combines three different types of properties

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumPioneering beach complex at Leighton

We have long assumed you can live in your home or rent it out. Now, you can do both - sometimes simultaneously, thanks to an innovative development at Leighton Beach, which has just been completed.

Kim Macdonald

Home prices broadly rose in March but affordability is tipped to keep a lid on future gains. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Urban PlanningPremiumPerth house prices again edge higher after Feb rate cut

Property prices are back near record highs but the bump might not last in the face of affordability constraints and rising living costs.

Farid Farid

While listings are still at historically low levels, there is now an extra 9.1 per cent stock for sale compared with a year ago.

Housing marketCommentsPremiumPerth house prices ‘hit a wall’ despite RBA rate cut

Perth’s property values are now growing at half the national average — signalling the end of its five-year run as the darling of the Australian housing market.

Kim Macdonald

A Margaret River mansion fit for a princess has finally sold — at a hefty discount — after years on the market.

House That!CommentsPremiumSurprise update in Margaret River palace of Bali royalty

A Margaret River mansion fit for a princess has finally sold — at a hefty discount — after years on the market.

Kim Macdonald

St George's Terrace Skyhome

House That!CommentsPremiumA Perth CBD sky home promises life of luxury in the clouds

A Perth CBD sky home listed for sale promises the next owner a life among the clouds.

Kim Macdonald

A seven-storey complex with 20 apartments has been proposed in Mt Pleasant.

Housing MarketCommentsPremiumSeven-storey apartment tower for ritzy, riverfront suburb

A planning application from Gary Batt Associates Architects estimated construction would cost $10 million.

Caitlin Vinci

With the first three houses launching as the Bayswater Co-Living Hub on Tuesday, each house has six bedrooms and six bathrooms.

HousingCommentsPremiumPerth share-houses get a high-class professional makeover

To misquote an Australia classic, no-one will die with a falafel in their hand in these modern sharehouses, which are the latest form of built to rent accommodation in Perth.

Kim Macdonald

West Perth super site

Square MetresCommentsPremiumChurch mega block hits market in West Perth

A rare mega block for sale one kilometre from the CBD complete with a 120-year-old heritage listed church has emerged.

Kim Macdonald

Angelo and Rebecca Rossi.

ConstructionPremiumPandemic shake-out claims another top Perth builder

One of Australia’s best builders - Perth-based Ultimo - has gone under, blaming fallout from the pandemic era for its demise.

Kim Macdonald

Aerial shot of highway connecting to Perth CBD.

HOUSING MARKET CommentsPremiumHow a public servant has fallen through WA’s housing cracks

‘Rose’ is a 48-year-old public servant with two university degrees who has fallen through the cracks of the housing system.

Kim Macdonald

Former West Coast Eagles coach, Adam Simpson, has sold his South West holiday house in Quindalup.

House That!CommentsPremiumSimmo offloads South West beach pad for $1.7 million

The former Eagles coach has sold his holiday home with a storage shed advertised for its clever conversion into a backyard bar that is ‘perfect for watching the footy with mates.’

Kim Macdonald

Perth needs a long-tern plan, says the Committee for Perth

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Perth needs a significant plan to meet our long-term needs

As Benjamin Franklin said, ‘If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail’, which is just as important today as it was nearly 400 years ago.

Paula Rogers

But if home ownership is top of your list, you probably can not afford a pet just yet.

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Housing MarketComments
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If home-ownership is your goal, you shouldn’t buy a new pet

Owning a dog can delay homeownership by two and a half years, so be sure to do the maths to ensure you can afford a puppy.

Kim Macdonald

Residents Beverley Taylor, David Bullard, Pippa Minchin and Robin Bollard.

HOMELESS FEARSCommentsPremium‘Pensioners on street’: Park sale puts residents in limbo

Permanent residents of an Emu Point caravan park fear they will soon be homeless with the sale of the site to RAC meaning their possible eviction.

Melissa Sheil

Perth’s new land prices soared 34 per cent over 2024 to $329,000. Despite the big spike, annual lot sales were up 23 per cent.

PropertyCommentsPremiumPerth land sales soar even as prices rise by a third

Perth has officially ended its reign as the cheapest place for land in the country, with the median lot price jumping by more than a third last year.

Kim Macdonald

The exterior of Garden Towers

HousingCommentsPremium‘Luxurious’ social housing on the rise in Perth and Como

Social and affordable housing has entered a new era, with a $280 million portfolio of community housing set for some upmarket complexes and areas.

Kim Macdonald

Aerial landscape view of a sunny coastal suburb in Rockingham in Western Australia.

HOUSING MARKET CommentsPremiumRecord surge: WA property market booms to $1 trillion

WA’s property market is now worth a third of the entire Australian stock market.

Kim Macdonald

People on six-figure salaries are now feeling the rent cost squeeze, new research shows.

HOUSING MARKET CommentsPremiumSix-figure salaries not enough in Perth’s rental crisis

Landlords have again been warned that tenants have hit their affordability peak as a new report claims people earning $100,000 a year are struggling to pay the rent.

Kim Macdonald

City Beach ground level

Commercial PropertyPremiumControversial $200m City Beach high-rise set to get tick

One of Perth’s more controversial apartment plans is likely to this week win final development approval, introducing an apartment highrise to City Beach for the first time.

Kim Macdonald

Renters would save $100 a week but home prices would drop if WA meets its target under the National Housing Accord, according to a new report by the Property Council of Australia.

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The West Australian exclusive
Amount WA renters could save if State met housing target

The report, by Mandala Partners, is partly based on claims by the Reserve Bank of Australia in 2019 that every one per cent increase in housing supply lowers rental prices by 2.5 per cent.

Kim Macdonald

Overlooking Geraldton, Western Australia from Wishing Well Lookout.

Post-pandemic propertyCommentsPremiumProperty values in this WA town almost doubled in five years

Geraldton homeowners are more than $250,000 richer compared to the start of the pandemic, with new research showing local properties have surged an incredible 94.4 per cent in value.

Kate Campbell & Kim Macdonald

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PropertyCommentsPremiumA decade worth of savings still not enough to buy Perth home

Advice to aspiring homeowners on how to get on the property ladder, from then-treasurer Joe Hockey, has not aged well.

Kim Macdonald

Golden Sedayu's Burswood project.

PropertyCommentsPremiumNew company helps fill void of tier-one construction firms

The developer behind the $3.8 billion Burswood Point project has created a new building company, adding to the relatively few in WA capable of high-rise construction.

Kim Macdonald

Perth home-owners are about $350,000 richer compared to the start of the pandemic with new research showing local properties have surged an incredible 75.9 per cent surge in value.

PropertyCommentsPremiumPerth property owners to reap $350k bonus as value surges

Perth home-owners are about $350,000 richer compared to the start of the pandemic.

Kim Macdonald