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Housing MarketProperty profits up despite lockdowns

The portion of profit-making property sales is expected to continue rising in the coming months but can't last forever, says a leading real estate specialist.

AAP

Market moverANZ drops home loan rates, matches Westpac

ANZ Bank has put more pressure on home loan rates and matched Westpac's lowest variable rate.

Steven Deare

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
rough numbers CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Perth’s homeless population now the size of a small town

A homeless tracker identifying rough sleepers by name and recording what happens to them has found Perth’s homeless population has swelled to more than 1000.

Briana Fiore

Holiday roadPremiumShort-stay accommodation complex approved for Nedlands

A six-storey apartment complex offering short-stay accommodation for business travellers in Nedlands has been given the tick of approval by State planners.

Victoria Rifici

Get readyCommentsPremiumMigrants, investors to fuel next phase of property boom

As WA and Australia reopens to the rest of the world, industry experts say migrants will help to lead the next phase of Perth’s booming housing market.

Kim Macdonald

Getting busyCommentsPremiumHomeowners get lucky twice in our red hot property market

Australia’s red-hot housing market is discouraging people who rent their homes from having children, while having the opposite effect on those who own their property.

Swati Pandey

Prime locationPremiumPerth architect’s $27 million apartment plan for Cott Beach

The upcoming transformation of Cottesloe Beach has stepped up once again with the third development proposal in the past month.

Kim Macdonald

Tougher rulesRegulators keep eye on home loan activity

The Council of Financial Regulators are keeping a watchful eye on home loan activity after criteria for securing a mortgage was tightened earlier this year.

Colin Brinsden

Shareholder fury CommentsPremiumWestpac hit with ‘first strike’ against exec pay report

Westpac has been hit with a “first strike” on its remuneration report at a heated annual general meeting in which shareholders vented their frustration over the bank’s poor performance and share price.

Danielle Le Messurier

Respected CommentsPremiumThe women breaking new ground in WA’s property industry

Respect for female authority may not necessarily be automatic in WA’s male-dominated property sector — but some have earned it in some of the State’s top jobs.

Kim Macdonald

Red hot‘Whopping’ Aussie housing price surge

It’s been two decades since residential property prices soared at the rate seen in the past 12 months, with houses in one city now nudging $1.5m on average, new data shows.

Rebecca Le May

Buyer tacticsCommentsPremiumUse these FBI negotiator tactics to land your dream home

Here’s how you can apply skills used by some of the world’s best negotiators, the FBI, to help you get the best deal in the current property market.

Julia Ewert 

More supportFurther help for first homebuyers: PM

The Morrison government hopes to help 4651 Australians into their first home under its home guarantee scheme.

Colin Brinsden

No slowing down CommentsPremiumWhy Perth property prices will skyrocket again next year

If you thought the Perth property market was losing steam, think again.

Kim Macdonald

Family financeThe Secret is out

New research has identified a Rockingham suburb as one of Western Australia’s top suburbs in the family housing market.

Hannah Cross

Mega bucksValue of housing market passes $9 trillion

The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the value of the nation's housing stock surpassed $9 trillion for the first time in the September quarter.

Colin Brinsden

Housing MarketRegions bucking property bust for now

While Australia's property boom has suddenly cooled, the jury is out on whether regional markets will be as hard hit as the cities.

AAP

Exclusive estateCommentsPremiumHome where Lang and Rose tied knot hits market for $20m

A former estate where WA iron ore pioneer Lang Hancock married former maid Rose Lacson has hit the market with a $20 million price tag.

Daniel Newell

Big costsCommentsPremiumThese are the world’s most expensive cities to live in

The Worldwide Cost of Living is a twice-yearly survey conducted by EIU that compares more than 400 individual prices across 200 products and services in 173 cities. Did any Australian cities make the list?

Vicky McKeever

So greenCommentsPremiumAustralia’s greenest apartments will be in Claremont

You may expect to find Australia’s greenest apartments in Margaret River, White Gum Valley, Byron Bay or Queensland’s hinterland. But these 9.7 green star-rated apartments are set for Perth’s western suburbs.

Kim Macdonald

Off the boilPremiumPerth’s house price boom hits speed bump

House values generally rose across the country in November, but prices in Perth seem to have finally hit the wall.

Colin Brinsden

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Selling fast Premium
The West Australian exclusive
REVEALED: Perth’s fastest and slowest selling suburbs

Properties take 18 days to sell - down from 60 days two years ago - with some blink-and-you-miss-it listings not even making it to the first home open.

Kim Macdonald

More to comeCommentsPremiumUnit sales decline but Como popular

Perth apartment sales eased in the the third quarter with 314 purchases, but the market is set to be swamped with the launch of 1300 new units over the next six months.

Kim Macdonald & Kristie Lim

Teed-offCommentsPremiumVines residents raise $100k to fight $200m golf course plans

Golf greens have emerged as the new flashpoint in the density debate, with residents hiring lawyers and amassing a six-figure war chest to fight proposed developments.

Kim Macdonald