• A GOOD DEAL FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS

    WHEREVER YOU CHOOSE TO BUY YOUR FIRST HOME, CHANCES ARE IT WILL BE A GOOD INVESTMENT First home buyers are an important component of the property market, buying both new properties and existing homes. The…

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  • 22 PER CENT JUMP IN FIRST HOME BUYER ACTIVITY IN MAY

    THE RESERVE BANK BOARD’S DECISION TO CUT THE CASH RATE TO A HISTORICAL LOW IN EARLY MAY HAS ENCOURAGED A STRONG LIFT IN FIRST HOME BUYERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. The number of applications for the…

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  • CODE CHANGES ARE BIG NEWS FOR SMALLER LOTS

    THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING RECENTLY ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN CODES, (THE R-CODES) THAT WILL IMPACT ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PARTICULARLY THE DELIVERY OF SMALLER LOTS. The R-Codes help establish the density…

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  • PILBARA MARKETS NORMALISING

    PILBARA HOUSING MARKETS HAVE FELT THE FULL FORCE OF UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, BUT NOW ARE STARTING TO NORMALISE AS MINING CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT EASES WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls called the Pilbara the ‘epicentre of economic…

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  • NEW DWELLINGS LEAD LOAN GROWTH IN APRIL

    THE NUMBER OF NEW HOUSING LOANS INCREASED FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH IN APRIL, WITH LOANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND PURCHASE OF NEW DWELLINGS LEADING THE WAY. According to figures published by the Bureau of…

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  • FUN APP AIMS TO ENGAGE

    FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT LOVE STATISTICS, THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS) DATA IS FASCINATING BUT NOT NECESSARILY FUN. ALL OF THAT CHANGED WITH THE RELEASE OF THE “RUN THAT TOWN” APP. The “Run…

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  • MAY PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE

    A SUMMARY OF THE INSTITUTE’S MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE WA MARKET WHICH WAS PUBLISHED THIS WEEK UDIA Chief Economist, Tim Connoley, this week published his latest report on the WA market.  In essence he said…

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  • MEDIUM DENSITY NEEDED TO MEET SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS

    MEDIUM DENSITY OPTIONS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN AND AROUND ESTABLISHED, AGING SUBURBS TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR AGING POPULATION AND RELEASE LARGE HOMES TO FAMILIES THAT REQUIRE THE SPACE More than half…

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  • PREPARING FOR DRIVERLESS CARS

    WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASING FINANCIAL AND HUMAN COST OF MOBILITY, BUT WHAT WOULD SELF-DRIVE CARS MEAN FOR URBAN PLANNING? Imagine it’s 6:25pm and you’ve just wrapped…

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