Land sales down 17 per cent since March, with the unrelenting cost of construction

The West Australian WA will finally introduce mandatory building inspections as part of moves to clean up the construction industry — but the changes will not come into effect until 2026 at the earliest. Even then, only high-rise apartments and commercial builds will be captured by the first tranche of legislation, with single residential homes […]

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY MARKET IS ON THE MOVE, BUT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF SUBDUED DEMAND WHAT WILL THIS CYCLE LOOK LIKE? Last week UDIA Economist Tim Connoley suggested that maybe we should add property cycles to Benjamin Franklin’s popular adage about death and taxes. Or maybe we should look to Isaac Newton who said […]

The West Australian The multi award-winning community of Alkimos Beach, which received Western Australia’s first six-leaf accreditation under the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s (UDIA) EnviroDevelopment scheme in 2012, has obtained re-accreditation in all six ‘leaves’ under the program in 2020. To achieve an EnviroDevelopment rating, a project must meet rigorous criteria and achieve a […]