THE WEST AUSTRALIAN WA’s newly introduced foreign buyers’ surcharge was unlikely to help the State’s sluggish property market, Reserve Bank assistant governor Michele Bullock said. Ms Bullock told a UDIA WA function last week that in times of strong growth a surcharge would “take the edge off”. “I would only observe that given the WA […]
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The West Australian Opinion Piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck For decades we have been building for the traditional, nuclear family of two adults and two children — and back in 2002 an extra child “for the country”. The Great Australian Dream was a large house with a big backyard in which to play […]
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WITH LAND MARKET ACTIVITY HAVING PICKED UP PACE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, STEVE ROBERTSON FROM PRM PROPERTY GROUP DISCUSSES THE THREAT OF A HOUSING SUPPLY CRISIS With further evidence emerging of a healthy recovery in the urban development sector in 2013, the ability to adequately meet the expected demand for new housing in WA […]
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