Property investment
The morbid reason house prices will soar in the western suburbs
Prices are predicted to go through the roof in some of Perth’s most tightly held neighbourhoods.
- by Sarah Brookes
Latest
‘Residential dustbowls’: The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist
Suburbs on Perth’s ever-expanding outer fringe feature heavily on a national list of the riskiest postcodes to invest. Investors are warned to avoid them.
- by Sarah Brookes
Perth house price growth could keep rising ‘at least 5-10 years’ and leave boom-bust cycle behind
The chief economist for the nation’s peak residential building body predicts Perth’s average property price could surpass Queensland’s within three years.
- by Connor McGoverne
Locals nab gutted, derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars
It went for $100,000 more than the asking price that made it Perth’s cheapest standalone property – but even the inflated price is well below the “new normal”.
- by Claire Ottaviano
‘More than paint, less than a bulldozer’: This rundown property is Perth’s cheapest
At $399,000 this stand-alone Gosnells home is the cheapest in Perth - but buyer beware, she comes with baggage.
- by Claire Ottaviano
They refused to sell as a whole Perth suburb was built around them. Until now
The six acre property in Hammond Park has been owned by the same family for nearly four decades.
- by Sarah Brookes
Analysis
Interest rates
Respite for first home buyers as Sydney and Melbourne markets cool
Analysts expect the Sydney and Melbourne property markets to cool for the remainder of this year, giving those looking to get into the market more time.
- by John Collett
Opinion
For subscribers
Should big super get involved in tackling housing affordability?
Recent moves by major funds to invest in housing are welcome, but we shouldn’t expect the sector to have a significant impact on the wider property market.
- by Clancy Yeates
Perth’s luxury property sector flush despite global market ‘running out of steam’
The Perth property market continues to outpace all other Australian capital cities, claiming the highest recorded growth in the luxury residential sector.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Updated
Property development
‘This is just killing us’: Nicheliving succeeds in last-ditch bid to halt deregistration
Nicheliving has succeeded in an 11th-hour bid to temporarily halt its deregistration following an appeal to the State Administrative Tribunal.
- by Claire Ottaviano and Jesinta Burton
Victoria considers new building insurance checks – but at a cost
Prospective home buyers could be charged to check if a house has domestic building insurance under a proposal from Victoria’s state-managed insurance agency.
- by Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst