WA residential property
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
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‘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
How the gap between the property haves and have-nots just got wider
House sellers have been able to bank windfall gains, but everyone else risks being left behind as the property market soars out of reach.
- by Sue Williams
What happens when a threatened species gets in the way of a new Perth housing estate?
These spectacular little spiders are found in only one spot: in the pathway of a housing estate that received its environmental approval decades ago.
- by Sarah Brookes
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
Our eight favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a sunny island escape to a sandstone villa and Insta-worthy architectural curves, we’ve rounded up our top picks.
- by Kate Farrelly
The Perth suburb knocking Armadale off the house price growth mantle
Cheaper markets like Armadale and Kwinana have led the pack in house price growth but fresh data shows the middle market is catching up.
- by Sarah Brookes
My beautiful laundrette: Wembley outbuilding selling as $300K+ ‘studio’
In a sign of the times, a strata complex’s outbuilding has been creatively converted into a 35-square-metre dwelling and is selling with a “mid-$300Ks” asking price.
- by Emma Young
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Construction
Leaks and mould latest woes for homeowners battling building giant
Winter weather has brought a flood of new problems for homeowners tangled in Western Australia’s BGC housing construction dispute as leaking homes experience an explosion of mould.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Big Perth
A sprawling Perth housing estate means peacock spider faces certain death
It’s been revealed that there are no environment laws in WA to protect a unique species from losing its habitat to a sprawling housing estate along Perth’s coast.
- by Sarah Brookes