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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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Land sales down 17 per cent since March, with the unrelenting cost of construction
6PR New statistics released today show new land sales have fallen 17 per cent, since the March quarter this year. CEO of Urban Development Institute of Australia WA, Tanya Steinbeck told 6pr Radio she’s not…
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New land sales plummet
Business News New residential land sales have dropped by 17 per cent in the last quarter and by 4.6 per cent in the financial year, figures from the Urban Development Institute of Australia show. The…
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Ongoing skills squeeze hits the land market, sends sales down
The West Australian The chronic skills shortage has tipped over into the land market, with a drop in sales as people shy away from building their homes. New data from the Urban Development Institute of…
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Perth mayor wants ideas on bringing residential boom to the city
WAToday Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is pushing for ideas to nearly double the inner-city’s population to 55,000 people over the next 14 years in the face of high building costs and a stalled pipeline…
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Powerful groups join forces to declare war on stamp duty in WA, demanding its removal
Realestate.com.au A peak industry group has demanded the removal of one of the “most economically damaging taxes” by declaring war on stamp duty in Western Australia. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA released its…
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The sprawling suburbs soaking up Perth’s growing population
WAToday Western Australia welcomed an extra 420,000 residents in the 10 years to 2021, with some suburbs sprawled along Perth’s urban fringe more than tripling in population to absorb the intake. Back in 2011, fewer…
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Local government reforms to break culture of NIMBYism
Opinion piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck, published in The West Australian An educated, enlightened and informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy. These words by…
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More than half of Perth’s ‘infill’ is just more single-storey houses
WAToday A greater focus should be put on inner-city train stations when it comes to meeting housing infill targets in the greater Perth region which continues to sprawl, says a crossbench MP. The greater Perth…
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It’s a knockout: Why Perth city is losing the battle against the ’burbs
WAToday There is an ambitious blueprint to triple the population of Perth city by 2050, but when property professionals gathered at a summit last week to discuss what is wrong with the city and how…