The Property Tribune Downsizing in Australia is part of the broader housing diversity conversation. While there is growing momentum behind the idea of downsizing, major hurdles remain firmly ahead. At a UDIA WA event, Downsizer Economist in Residence, Michael Blythe, highlighted Australia’s aging population. In parallel, houses were also aging and becoming less suitable or unsuitable for older Australians. […]

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Business News Housing and Planning Minister John Carey has defended building single dwellings amid a push for infill, saying some higher-density projects are just not viable in Perth. Speaking at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today, Mr Carey was part of a panel speaking about the continued resistance to delivering density. UDIA WA chief executive Tanya Steinbeck asked […]

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Business News More than half of new land purchasers in Western Australia during the recent quarter were investors, according to Urban Development Institute of Australia WA. UDIA WA’s urban development Index shows the proportion of investors in the market has surged from 28 per cent in the September 2022 quarter to 62 per cent in the […]

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The West Australian WA land buyers are set to pay significantly more money for smaller blocks of land as dwindling land supply becomes the next major battleground in the housing crisis. New figures from the Urban Development Institute, revealed at a recent housing roundtable, show land is back in hot demand, with a 70 per […]

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The latest edition of UDIA’s Land Report was published in The West Australian on Saturday 14 October providing readers an overview of the current state of the land market in Perth. Released twice a year the Land Report provides readers with an overview of the current status of the land market across the Perth Metropolitan […]

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Business News Single homes will be able to be built and modified without the approval of councils under fresh measures introduced as part of the state government’s major planning shake-up. Premier Roger Cook and Planning Minister John Carey on Wednesday unveiled tranche two of planning reforms under which decision making for construction of and additions to single homes would […]

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WAToday The Liberal party has been urged to support the Cook government’s new tranche of planning reforms by one of the state’s leading property developer lobby groups. Premier Roger Cook and Planning Minister John Carey will introduce the legislation, first flagged by former premier Mark McGowan back in February, into parliament on Wednesday. The reforms […]

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The West Australian Perth’s has been ranked the 69th largest by geographical size in the world, placing just behind London according to the latest edition of Demographia World Urban Areas report. UDIA WA chief executive Tanya Steinbeck said there were a range of factors that were influencing the city’s urban growth. “Perth’s urban development has […]

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Business News Richard Pappas has been appointed as president as the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA president, as the outgoing head moves onto a national role. Mr Pappas, managing director of Celsius Property Group, formally assumes the position today at UDIA’s AGM. He has come into the job at a time where the industry group is expanding its […]

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