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The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) is Australia’s peak Representative body for all segments of the Urban Development Industry. The institute has been representing the industry in Western Australia for more than 40 years.
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DEVELOPING A BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS SYSTEM
THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS SHOULD DELIVER GREATER SURETY FOR BOTH URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES THAN THE CURRENT PROJECT BY PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. Last week I spoke at a national Biodiversity Conference to highlight some…
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GEN Y HOUSING CHOICE
GENERATION Y PREFERENCES ARE CHANGING THE PROPERTY WE DEVELOP The influence of the Gen Y on the property market, and life in general, is now very obvious in the USA. Ironically Gen Y’s reflect some…
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PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IS PART OF MOST MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND ON THE SWAN COASTAL PLAIN, WHERE PERTH IS LOCATED, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GIVEN WE ARE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE TOP TWENTY BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS…
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ELIZABETH QUAY TO TRANSFORM CBD
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOW HEARD OF ELIZABETH QUAY BUT MOST WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF THE DETAILED PLANNING THAT IS SITTING BEHIND THIS MASSIVE PROJECT. Whilst the government is currently constructing the inlet, it will…
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SHORT SUPPLY ACUTE WHEN MARKET TURNS
FIRST HOME BUYERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET BECAUSE THEY HELP TO “UNCLOG” THE MIDDLE MARKET. In a normal market first homebuyers are about 20 to 25 percent of the market but…
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AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED RECOVERY
WHILST THE FUNDAMENTALS FOR A CONTINUED UPLIFT IN PROPERTY ACTIVITY ARE STRONG, PROPERTY MARKET MOMENTUM WILL BE MAINTAINED AND EXACERBATED BY EMOTIONAL FACTORS Strong economic growth, record population growth, a tight rental market, decreasing mortgage…
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NEW GUIDELINES A POSITIVE STEP
UDIA WELCOMED LAST WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PLANNING MINISTER OF NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE PLANS. Most people will look blankly at you when you start to talk about structure plans but…
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APARTMENT LIFE MORE APPEALING
SOMETIMES WHEN WE REFER TO DEVELOPERS MANY PEOPLE THINK OF BIG CORPORATE ENTITIES BUT THERE ARE MANY OF US INVOLVED AT A FAR SMALLER SCALE There are currently over seventy thousand lots with conditional approval…
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN SEEN AS A LOCAL BUSINESS BUT INCREASINGLY WE ARE SOURCING FUNDING , MATERIALS AND EVEN BUYERS FROM OVERSEAS. In WA, whilst we have had massive foreign investment into mining, we…