As I write my final column as REIWA president, I do so with enormous pride and gratitude.
Suzanne Brown
If there is one issue that continues to dominate conversations around the state, it is housing affordability and availability.
Grant Shepherd
Former undertreasurer Tim Marney and wife Claudine are seeking to downsize — and given the size of their home, it is fair enough too.
Kim Macdonald
An off-grid home has all the the luxuries you would expect from exclusive Bremer Bay.
Property listings in some of Australia’s biggest cities have fallen significantly, as realestate.com.au says it expects prices to keep falling.
Blair Jackson
Everyone talks about skilled migration in terms of the demand on housing but it’s time to think about the impact on supply.
During the mining downturn West Perth was quieter than the meal aisle at a modern day supermarket. You should see it now
Perth’s office vacancy rate has been forecast to halve in just over three years — in 2030 — with Knight Frank making a bold prediction.
Nearly one in four new borrowers opted for interest only home loans in the three months to June, worth nearly $50 billion, in a sign of significant mortgage stress.
It’s all about the listings and three Albany-based agents have been named in the top 5 per cent of salespeople at the Real Estate Institute of WA awards.
Claire Middleton
For 14 years, everything inside the beloved Melbourne nightclub has been for sale, from the paintings on the wall to the bartender’s clothes. Now the venue itself is being pawned.
Alexandra Feiam
This Sorrento residence is all about modern coastal living, featuring a thoughtful design and an enviable location mere moments from the water.
Nelson Liu
The upcoming reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 will regulate the information prospective tenants can be asked to provide.
The Federal Government releases an intergenerational report at least once every five years, providing a long-term view of the economic and social trends that will shape Australia’s future.
Few cities can claim a natural setting quite like Perth’s, with Swan River curling through the suburbs and world-class beaches only minutes away...
Ronald Chan
It is official. Perth’s housing market is tougher now than it was in 1990, when interest rates were 17.5 per cent.
Aussies who bought their first house with the government 5% deposit scheme have been given bad news, following a new RBA report.
One of the last remaining eyesores on South Perth Esplanade is likely to get bulldozed.
Hike to fuel investor change : economist
KIM MACDONALD
Australia’s biggest banks have moved in lockstep after the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to its highest point since 2011 – in a “brutal” move for mortgage holders.
Cameron Micallef, Paige Fryer
Official interest rates are set to hit their highest point in 15 years this week but the impact will sting more this time around after an explosion of debt.
With negative market commentary out of the east coast impacting sentiment in Western Australia, I felt it was important to give some local context.
Continued population growth is important for our economy and workforce but puts further pressure on housing demand.
Walk through South Perth today and it’s hard to separate the suburb’s identity from its apartment towers and the precincts that have evolved around them.
