• WA HEADING TOWARDS A 90,000 DWELLING SHORTAGE

    WESTERN AUSTRALIA IS HEADING TOWARDS A SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE RECORD POPULATION GROWTH. According to well respected economist, Paul Braddick from the ANZ, we are likely to be 90,000 dwellings…

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  • PERTH LAND MARKET KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR

    THE LAND MARKET IN PERTH IS WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH SALES INCREASING FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE QUARTER IN THE THREE MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER, 2012. Every three months UDIA surveys our forty largest…

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  • DEVELOPING A BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS SYSTEM

    THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS SHOULD DELIVER GREATER SURETY FOR BOTH URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES THAN THE CURRENT PROJECT BY PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. Last week I spoke at a national Biodiversity Conference to highlight some…

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  • GEN Y HOUSING CHOICE

    GENERATION Y PREFERENCES ARE CHANGING THE PROPERTY WE DEVELOP The influence of the Gen Y on the property market, and life in general, is now very obvious in the USA.  Ironically Gen Y’s reflect some…

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  • PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

    ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IS PART OF MOST MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND ON THE SWAN COASTAL PLAIN, WHERE PERTH IS LOCATED, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GIVEN WE ARE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE TOP TWENTY BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS…

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  • ELIZABETH QUAY TO TRANSFORM CBD

    MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOW HEARD OF ELIZABETH QUAY BUT MOST WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF THE DETAILED PLANNING THAT IS SITTING BEHIND THIS MASSIVE PROJECT. Whilst the government is currently constructing the inlet, it will…

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  • SHORT SUPPLY ACUTE WHEN MARKET TURNS

    FIRST HOME BUYERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET BECAUSE THEY HELP TO “UNCLOG” THE MIDDLE MARKET. In a normal market first homebuyers are about 20 to 25 percent of the market but…

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  • AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED RECOVERY

    WHILST THE FUNDAMENTALS FOR A CONTINUED UPLIFT IN PROPERTY ACTIVITY ARE STRONG, PROPERTY MARKET MOMENTUM WILL BE MAINTAINED AND EXACERBATED BY EMOTIONAL FACTORS Strong economic growth, record population growth, a tight rental market, decreasing mortgage…

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  • NEW GUIDELINES A POSITIVE STEP

    UDIA WELCOMED LAST WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PLANNING MINISTER OF NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE PLANS. Most people will look blankly at you when you start to talk about structure plans but…

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