THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Planning reform troubleshooter Evan Jones is calling time on game playing and finger-pointing in WA’s complex, convoluted and inefficient planning system. Mr Jones, called into service by Planning Minister Rita Saffioti to lead a team charged with fixing the State’s messy planning regime, last week implored 450 council, developer and property attendees […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Perth councils have been accused of sitting on more than $1 billion that should have been spent on parks, libraries and street lights. At least one metropolitan council has more than $150 million in unspent funds earmarked for public infrastructure, which earned more than $4 million in interest last year. The […]
WA BUSINESS NEWS Stuart Gardiner acknowledges the past few years have not been easy for those in Perth’s land development business. He says 2017 was a good example, with the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia showing a 17 per cent decrease in residential lot sales in the 12 months to […]
WA BUSINESS NEWS More than 4,000 dwellings have been created across LandCorp’s infill development sites during the past five years, providing development opportunities on previously underutilised sites. The chief executive of the state’s land development agency, Frank Marra, said recent sales results for these sites had bucked sluggish market trends for residential land, new […]
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Developers, buyers and tenants are eyeing mixed-use precincts across Perth's suburban property market.
CONSIDERING AUSTRALIA’S WELL-DOCUMENTED AGEING POPULATION, IT IS NO SECRET THAT DOWNSIZING AMONG OLDER AUSTRALIANS IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. Considering Australia’s well-documented ageing population, it is no secret that downsizing among older Australians is becoming more prevalent. In fact, with 14 per cent of the Australian population in 2011 aged over 65 and Perth in particular […]
THE HOUSING INDUSTRY FORECASTING GROUP (HIFG) RELEASED THEIR MEDIUM TERM FORECAST FOR DWELLING COMMENCEMENTS THIS WEEK. HIFG IS A JOINT INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT BODY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT COMMENTARY ON THE HOUSING SECTOR IN WA. IT HAS A BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION, INCLUDING UDIA, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENTS […]
THE CHALLENGES THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY POSE IN AUSTRALIA ARE COMMON IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. IN FACT, WE CAN LEARN MUCH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OTHER NATIONS ON THIS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. In a recent address to the Victoria University Business and Investment Club, the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English echoed many […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING CHOICES TO THE MARKET IS REFLECTED IN THE SUCCESS OF A RANGE OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UDIA AWARDS PROGRAM. IN TERMS OF MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, THIS YEAR’S AWARD WINNERS OFFER PERTH’S GROWING APARTMENT MARKET SOME QUALITY OPTIONS. There is certainly an increasing appetite for medium […]