The West Australian government has hustled to introduce and pass reforms representing the state’s biggest-ever planning system overhaul, three years in the making and previously scheduled to take at least another two. The laws, introduced and passed in just five weeks, could see the time to get a big project off the ground reduced from […]
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DENSITY IS ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS AT THE MOMENT, FROM THE EMERGENCE OF SMALL LOTS TO THE GROWTH IN THE APARTMENT SECTOR. WE HEAR CONSTANTLY ABOUT THE “SPRAWL IN PERTH”, BUT HOW DOES OUR DENSITY REALLY COMPARE WITH OTHER STATES? Late last year the ABS released their first population grid, which maps resident population […]
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STRONG POPULATION GROWTH, DECLINING MORTGAGE COSTS AND HEALTHIER PROPERTY MARKET ACTIVITY ARE DRIVING A CYCLICAL UPSWING IN DWELLING CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS MOST PREVALENT IN PERTH. Perth is leading the dwelling construction recovery in Australia. During the first seven months of 2013, an average of 1,755 dwellings were approved for construction – a 34.3 per cent […]
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