SEARCH DWELLING CONSTRUCTION TRENDS IN OVER 2,500 LOCATIONS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. The upswing in residential construction in Australia has been uneven, with to date Western Australia leading the dwelling construction recovery in the country. Approvals for the construction of new homes in Western Australia increased 27.5 per cent in 2012/13 compared to 1.9 per cent in […]
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FIRST HOME BUYERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET BECAUSE THEY HELP TO “UNCLOG” THE MIDDLE MARKET. In a normal market first homebuyers are about 20 to 25 percent of the market but they are still running well above that level in some areas. WA Treasury figures show that first home buyer activity […]
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THE REVISION OF THE STATE PLANNING POLICY (SPP) FOR PLANNING FOR “BUSHFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT” WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING, AND THAT IS PROVING TO BE THE CASE. SUBMISSIONS ON THE SPP CLOSE ON THE 25TH JULY WITH THE FEEDBACK REQUIRED ON THE MORE DETAILED GUIDELINES BY 1 AUGUST THIS YEAR. The catastrophic fires in […]
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