The West Australian The answer to the ever elusive goal of converting the great Australian dream of owning a home into an affordable reality may be hiding in plain sight. In tracking his personal housing journey, Urbis director Michael Webb put a spotlight on two cities, Perth and Brisbane, comparing the suburbs of Innaloo and […]
The West Australian Community resistance and a lack of sizeable development sites are major barriers to medium density development in Perth. Perth and Peel@3.5m promotes higher density residential developments around activity centres, station precincts and along high-frequency public transport routes, to create housing diversity and choice. However, WA Planning Commission chairman David Caddy told an Urban […]
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WA Today Perth land prices are among the cheapest in the country after recording a 2.3 per cent drop in the September quarter. Urban Development Institute of Australia figures released on Monday revealed Perth land prices were down 3.9 per cent for the year making the city cheaper than Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and on […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Tanya Steinbeck has been appointed chief executive of WA’s Urban Development Institute of Australia starting next month. Ms Steinbeck replaces Allison Hailes, who is moving overseas after three years at the helm. UDIA WA president Nick Allingame said Ms Steinbeck had property development industry experience across the private, government and peak body […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN It’s time to reshape the way we talk about housing affordability, diversity and density in Perth, according to the Department of Communities director of business development Nigel Hindmarsh. Mr Hindmarsh, speaking on a panel at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA Solving the Housing Affordability Challenge lunch last week, said there […]
WA TODAY The plan to house 60,000 people in Perth’s far northern suburbs was revealed today. The land around the future Alkimos station, the first in the Yanchep rail extension, will become a Metronet precinct. It was expected the precinct, coined Alkimos Central become a hub for the huge growth in population predicted for the […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Perth homeowners may not have to wait much longer for some property price solace, if predictions by REA Group chief economist Nerida Conisbee come true. Ms Conisbee, a keynote speaker at the Property Council of Australia WA’s Residential Property Recovery breakfast tomorrow, says in the 21⁄2 years she has been with REA […]
THE SUNDAY TIMES IMPROVED economic growth and new-found confidence in the Perth housing market has had a positive impact on the new land market, according to latest data from the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) WA. Outgoing UDIA WA chief executive officer Allison Hailes said the new land market in Perth had weathered tough […]