Rental prices in WA soar 66pc in five years, the biggest increase in the nation, Cotality data shows
ABC News Rents in Western Australia have surged more than 3.5 times faster than wages over the past five years off the back of the highest growth in rental prices in the country, according to data from property research firm Cotality. Figures show the average rent in WA has increased by 66 per cent in […]
The West Australian. Deputy governor Andrew Hauser has declared the Reserve Bank will do “whatever is necessary” to slow inflation while again ringing the alarm on Australia’s productivity woes. The hawkish comments came one week after the RBA lifted the official cash rate from 3.6 per cent to 3.85 per cent amid signs consumer prices […]
Business News Perth’s median house price is continuing to rise at a faster rate than other Australian cities, with a 2 per cent gain in January to more than $960,000. Cotality’s latest home value index shows that median values in the Western Australian capital reached $961,898 last month. The city’s rate of growth well exceeded […]
The West Australian Soaring inflation in the housing sector has resulted in the number of property listings in Perth dropping by 18 per cent over the year, with fewer than 2500 houses, units and blocks currently for sale. The Real Estate Buyers Agent Association of Australia claims the drastic drop — almost double the 10 […]
The West Australian A “short-term sugar hit” provided to West Australians via an expanded Federal Government home deposit scheme has caused house prices to explode for lower and medium-priced properties, analysis shows. Latest Cotality data, published on Thursday, revealed Perth recorded 8.4 per cent growth for homes under $850,000 since September. The $850,000 price point […]
The West Australian The below is an excerpt of Sean Briggs article interviewing Real estate experts first published in the Saturday edition of The West Australian January 3 2026. With Perth’s property market achieving outstanding growth last year – recording high demand and low supply – all eyes now turn to the year ahead to […]
The West Australian Rita Saffioti will use WA’s iron ore and gold royalties windfall to fund a $434.5 million housing blitz. The West Australian has revealed that Perth’s housing shortfall is the main target of Thursday’s mid-year Budget update that will include $234m for social and affordable housing, enough to build 329 new homes and […]
Australian Property Investor Australia’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector has spent the past few years proving it can scale. The coming year will determine whether it can sustain that growth. As the sector enters 2026, delivery economics will emerge to become a defining constraint. Rising delivery costs, tight labour markets and decades of declining building productivity will […]
Business News Prominent urban planner Rob Adams sees Perth as a vibrant city with one major problem. The director of urban design practice Adams Urban was one of the key minds behind Melbourne’s transformation during the past three decades. On a recent visit to Perth, Mr Adams observed that, while the Western Australian capital had […]