Domain Demand for housing is booming across Perth, with new figures from the Urban Development Institute of Australia in WA revealing a 92 per cent increase in the number of new land sales over the past 12 months. According to the institute’s Urban Development Index for the December quarter 2023, new land sales in the […]

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The West Australian Despite a crisis of confidence in the building sector, the house-and-land package dream is being revived, with Perth recording its largest number of land sales in more than three years. The rise follows a period of poor sales, as buyers shied away from the troubled industry amid a raft of company collapses and tardy […]

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Business News The pathways to access power supply on new residential subdivisions will be simplified by the state government, in a move designed to accelerate project delivery and shorten a growing waitlist. The changes announced today by Energy Minister Reece Whitby will give land developers multiple pathways to achieve pre-design conformance review clearance on subdivision projects. Developers […]

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Business News ABN Group head Dale Alcock has slammed the federal government’s IR reforms, calling the changes “a load of s**t” while predicting the construction industry’s woes will remain. Federal Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke’s second tranche of the Closing Loopholes legislation today passed the Senate, which will allow millions of employees to ignore work communications after hours and giving casual […]

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The Property Tribune Housing choice is the key to accommodating the modern first home buyer, according to industry experts. There has been an evolution in the housing needs of this critical portion of the market, due to changing demographics, as well as economic circumstances that are making it harder to get a foot on the […]

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Australian Property Investor Magazine Western Australia has taken a major step towards tackling the housing crisis that is wreaking havoc across the country. The state is scrapping rules around the building of granny flats in suburban back yards as it tries to increase urban density, slow urban sprawl and bring more housing stock to the city with […]

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Business News Environment and Energy Minister Reece Whitby says there is no conflict of interest in holding both portfolios, after the state government announced sweeping change to the environmental approvals process. The changes announced this morning have been welcomed by industry groups but met with disappointment by environmentalists, with Conservation Council of WA president Richard Yin claiming he wasn’t […]

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Business News The capital growth potential of Western Australia’s undersupplied residential sector, coupled with its relative affordability compared with other states, is proving attractive for an increasing number of investors. WA has experienced an influx of eastern states capital into its housing market during the past few years, and investment from that cohort has remained […]

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WA BUSINESS NEWS Builder David Simpson is increasingly confident Western Australia has hit the bottom of its housing slowdown and forecasts better times ahead.

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