• WA BUILD TIMES NATION’S LONGEST

    RECENT ABS DATA CONFIRMED WHAT MANY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN’S SUSPECTED, THAT BUILDING A HOUSE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TAKES LONGER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN AUSTRALIA. The ABS analysed average dwelling completion times around Australia and found that…

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  • OVER 20,000 WA FIRST HOME BUYERS IN 2013

    2013 WAS THE MOST ACTIVE YEAR FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S TEMPORARY GRANT BOOST ENDED IN 2009. The number of First Home Owner Grants (FHOG) paid in Western Australia…

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  • A LOOK BACK AT THE PERTH MARKET

    BEFORE WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE PERTH MARKET IS LIKELY TO BEHAVE IN 2014, LET’S FIRST TAKE A LOOK BACK AT DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. Throughout most of 2011, dwelling sales were…

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  • OPPORTUNITY FOR SENATE ENQUIRY TO ADDRESS REAL ISSUES

    IF WE ARE TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS. With Christmas just around the corner people are looking to those less fortunate than themselves. Last week the Senate Economic Reference…

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  • DAPS FEEDBACK MIXED

    THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING UNDERTOOK A REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT PANELS RECENTLY AND FEEDBACK WAS MIXED. Development Assessment Panels (DAPs) were introduced into Western Australia in 2011 with the objective of increasing transparency, consistency and…

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  • INDUSTRY CONFIDENT OF STRONG SUMMER

    URBAN DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS EXPERIENCED A STRONG LIFT IN WORKLOADS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND MANY EXPECT CONDITIONS TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER OVER SUMMER, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS SURVEY. Sales activity and general…

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  • ACCESS TO THE CBD LOSING IMPORTANCE

    WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK HAS IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS ON OUR LIVES, BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF PERTH’S RESIDENTS PROXIMITY TO THE CBD IS NOT A DECIDING FACTOR IN WHERE WE LIVE. We go to a…

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  • LOT SUPPLY LOOKS GOOD IN SHORT-TERM

    UDIA RECENTLY RELEASED OUR “URBAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX” WHICH IS A SURVEY OF OVER EIGHTY DEVELOPMENTS. THE SURVEY COVERS AN ENORMOUS VARIETY OF INFORMATION BUT THE DATA THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS TO FIRST IS WHETHER THERE WILL…

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  • NOVEMBER PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE

    PROPERTY IS BACK IN THE FRONT PAGES IN PERTH AND THE MEDIA ATTENTION WILL ONLY INCREASE AS WE HEAD INTO A SUMMER THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE SUNNIEST FOR THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SECTOR SINCE…

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