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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.

  • Writing is on walls as regulator vows ‘no more hits’

    The West Australian Australia’s banking regulator has assured WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt the State’s struggling property market will not be further hit by tougher lending restrictions on prospective homebuyers. In a letter sent to Mr…

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  • Planning failures drive DAP woes

    WA Business News Property industry bodies say it is local governments, not development assessment panels, which need to eliminate uncertainty in the planning process. Outdated planning policies have been blamed for flashpoints of frustration emerging…

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  • Housing, red tape focus as state budget lifts

    WA Business News  The state budget will be in surplus in 2019/20, according to Premier Mark McGowan, while a $421 million expansion of the Keystart program for first homebuyers and a move to reduce red…

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  • PCA, UDIA back State design push

    The West Australian Both the State’s key property lobby groups are backing Planning Minister Rita Saffioti’s move to introduce a WA State Design Review Panel, citing the need for clarity and better outcomes for local…

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  • New strata law lets Perth’s ugliest apartment blocks in for facelifts

    WA Today Rendering ugly old exposed brick, adding balconies, building rec rooms and other common spaces, and installing barbecues or pools to make the most of underused space are all now choices within reach for…

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  • Diversity makes a great place to live

    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…

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  • Resistance, site size hit medium density

    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…

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  • THE LAND REPORT: October 2018 Edition

    Find the latest new land market data, market commentary and editorial on a range of issues impacting on Perth’s future growth and development here

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  • Cheapest in the country: Perth land values take another hit

    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…

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