ABC Drive UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck was interviewed on ABC Drive following the announcement of the Housing Supply Unit. Listen in here from 1:40:00
WAToday A new unit will be established within the WA Treasury department to address the state’s critical housing shortage and ensure WA gets its fair share of federal funding under the Housing Australia Future Fund. Like other property markets across the country, WA’s housing market is facing significant pressures with strong population growth and ongoing building delays […]
The West Australian There was a time when the great Australian dream was to buy a house and then live in it until you die. Adult children who suggested apartments, retirement or aged care homes for their ailing parents were deemed positively evil by broader society. As if they were forcing their parents into an […]
Business News Developers say the state’s planning system played a major role in the current housing shortage, with approval times blowing out by up to seven years in some cases. Speaking at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today, Blackburne managing director Paul Blackburne commended the government on its planning reforms, but said the system was broken for many […]
Australian Property Investor Magazine Opinion piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck. Downsizers are an important and growing part of the property market in Western Australia and indeed across the country. We have an aging population combined with a trend toward smaller family units that is having an impact on the size of homes required […]
WAToday Property experts warn Western Australia is facing a problem that has been “years in the making” as strong population growth and ongoing building delays pushed Perth’s rental vacancy rate down to 0.7 per cent in September, a decline of 0.1 percentage points from August. REIWA chief executive Cath Hart said data suggested the rate […]
The West Australian The number of potential downsizers in WA has grown by 25,000 in two years but many will be forced to stay in empty nests because of the growing shortfall of smaller homes. New research to be revealed by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) on Wednesday show there are about 190,000 […]
Business News Industry has welcomed the state government’s expansion of the stamp duty rebate plan to include apartments under construction, with experts hoping it will boost housing supply. Treasurer Rita Saffioti announced the move today, speaking at Blackburne’s East Village project in Karrinyup, which is due for completion later this year. The scheme provides a 75 per cent […]
The West Australian The Witchcliffe Eco-Village has scored two major awards at the Urban Design Institute of Australia WA awards. The ambitious project which continues to grow on the former Foxcliffe vineyard site nabbed the awards for Sustainability as well as Affordable Housing at the most recent gala event. Judges lauded the eco-village for its […]