• IN DETAIL: HARRISDALE, PIARA WATERS

    THESE NEIGHBOURING SUBURBS HAVE BECOME AN INCREASINGLY PROMINENT DESTINATION FOR NEW HOME PURCHASES, WITH MORE THAN ONE IN SEVENTEEN NEW HOUSES BUILT THERE IN 2012 These two suburbs located between the Tonkin Hwy and Kwinana…

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  • FIRST HOME BUYERS SEEKING FAMILY SUPPORT

    FIRST HOME BUYERS ARE INCREASINGLY SEEKING FAMILY SUPPORT TO PURCHASE THEIR FIRST PROPERTY According to the latest RP Data-Rismark Index, Perth apartment values rose by a significant 5.3 per cent in the space of a…

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  • NEW HOME BUYERS BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES

    IT IS WIDELY REPORTED THAT LAND VALUES SHOT UP DRAMATICALLY LAST DECADE, BUT SO DID THE VALUE OF HOMES BUYERS WERE BUILDING; AND JUST LIKE LAND PRICES, NEW HOMES PRICES HAVE NOT INCREASED FOR FIVE…

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  • IN DETAIL: BALDIVIS

    OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THE UDIA INTELLIGENCE UNIT WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT A NUMBER OF NEW DWELLING HOTSPOTS AND FIRST ON THE LIST IS NONE OTHER THAN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT MECCA, BALDIVIS.…

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  • IS THIS CYCLE DIFFERENT?

    THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY MARKET IS ON THE MOVE, BUT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF SUBDUED DEMAND WHAT WILL THIS CYCLE LOOK LIKE? Last week UDIA Economist Tim Connoley suggested that maybe we should add property…

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  • THE NEED FOR COOPERATION

    WITH THE LIBERAL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT RECEIVING A VOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT IN WA ON THE WEEKEND, THE TIME HAS COME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT IMPROVING THE INTEGRATION OF PLANNING BETWEEN STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BETWEEN LAYERS…

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  • A SHORT HISTORY OF WA HOUSING CYCLES

    WE ARE NEAR ON TWO YEARS INTO PERTH’S EIGHTH PROPERTY CIRCLE IN THE LAST 35 YEARS. EACH HAS BEEN UNIQUE, DRIVEN BY A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF LOCAL, DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL EVENTS. ‘In this world nothing…

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  • THE RISE OF THE APARTMENT

    PERTH HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND ONE OF THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES IS THE PERTH SKYLINE. Apartments in Perth were the fastest growing dwelling type over the last decade, growing…

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  • THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PROVISION

    THE CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING WELL-DESIGNED, ACTIVE OPEN SPACES WILL LIKELY WORSEN AS FINITE LAND SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED. The Department of Sport and Recreation recently released a report on the…

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