The West Australian Thresholds for Keystart home loans will be lifted to reflect surging Perth property prices and make the market more accessible for first homebuyers. The West Australian can reveal housing — a key battleground ahead of the March 8 election — will be in focus when the Cook Government delivers its pre-Christmas budget […]
WA Today Perth has dominated a national list of best-performing suburbs, taking out all top 10 spots for the strongest growth in house values, with all suburbs delivering growth of 30 per cent or above over the year. CoreLogic’s Best of the Best report for 2024 revealed growth conditions varied significantly across the country, with […]
The West Australian First homebuyers have become a major election battleground, with the WA Nationals vowing to cover settlement fees and accusing the Cook Government of blocking access to assistance grants. The West Australian can reveal the number of first homebuyers accessing full stamp duty relief has halved since 2021-22, with only 4029 people exempt […]
Australian Property Investor The Labor Government’s Help to Buy scheme has officially passed Parliament after months of political brinkmanship, with a build-to-rent bill now subject to a Senate vote. A key plank of the Federal Government’s housing policy has become a reality after The Greens agreed to support Labor’s Help to Buy bill. Monday’s revelation that […]
The Guardian Roger Cook says he spoke to ‘highest level’ of federal government to reiterate his view the environment bills in their current form ‘should not be progressed’ Anthony Albanese has killed off a potential deal with the Greens to pass the government’s “nature positive” legislation after an intervention by the Western Australia premier, Roger […]
The West Australian New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that inflation has failed to drop in the month of October in a sign that prices are yet to come under control. The headline figure of 2.1 per cent is broadly in line with economist forecasts but the more important trimmed mean, which […]
WA Today The price tag for Western Australia’s new container port has jumped by more than $2.5 billion. After two-and-a-half years of planning the Westport business case has been handed to the government revealing a cost of $7.2 billion in today’s dollars compared to the $4.7 billion the project was originally slated to cost in […]
The West Australian Building mogul Dale Alcock says the industry needs a freeze on red tape and a big inflow of workers to fight the housing crisis. The Federal Government wants 1.2 million properties finished within five years but the boss of Australia’s second biggest home builder has warned growing regulation is adding to construction […]
ABC Polling by a Labor-linked firm shows less than half of voters back the idea of restricting negative gearing, as the federal government gives its strongest indication it will not attempt to reform the policy. A survey of 1,000 people provided to the ABC and conducted by the firm Talbot Mills, which has previously done […]