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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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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…
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Supply of battleaxe blocks in Perth diminish putting more pressure on State’s housing shortage
The West Australian The days of mum and dad developments are numbered as the supply of battleaxe lots dries up, putting further pressure on Perth’s housing shortage. A new report by the Urban Development Institute…
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Just six years until Perth runs out of development land
Australian Property Investor Magazine Perth is one of the most affordable cities in the country but that status is under threat, with the city having just six years of supply left in current major greenfield…