WA’s cost-of-living pain has been laid bare in new data released by the Liberals showing rental spikes of up of to 64 per cent over the past two years.
Joe Spagnolo
A respected property analyst expects Perth’s median house price will be $1 million within five years, challenging people’s ability to get into the market.
Housing is almost always front and centre during election campaigns and a flood of opinions is swirling around ways to solve the housing crisis in the lead-up to this Federal poll.
Noel Whittaker
West Australians are on a quest for more space in the family home, pushing the renovation sector to the brink of a billion dollar market.
Kim Macdonald
Houses in the Bunbury area remain as one of the lowest median purchase prices across Western Australia, despite the prices increasing by almost 24 per cent since last year.
Sofia Fimognari
John Howard’s first home buyer grant of 2000 drove up entry-level house prices in Perth six times faster than the rest of the market. Liberal and Labor new election policies could do the same.
The supply of homes is increasing but prices are still at record highs, with $1 million properties the norm facing buyers in a record five Australian cities.
Farid Farid
Long-stay residents of a recently sold Emu Point caravan park have slammed offers of up to $25,000 by the park’s operators and new owners as “just not good enough” as they face imminent eviction.
Melissa Sheil
Voters will have to wait until closer to election day for the full costings of the Federal Government’s $10 billion pledge to build new homes for first-time buyers.
Katina Curtis
A 1.8 hectare former school site in Nedlands, with a heritage listed convent, has been sold to an aged-care provider in one of the big property deals of the week
Markets may be in chaos but shoppers are still spending, with Knight Frank predicting mortgage holders will hit the shops with interest rates drop.
A new CoreLogic report has revealed the city’s rental pain is not over.
Any savings made by young home buyers as part of new housing pledges committed by both major parties would be counteracted by price hikes across the country, analysts say.
First-home buyers were central to the Federal election campaigns of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on Monday as they both started week three selling their latest headline policies.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Ellen Ransley
Peter Dutton says he doesn’t want parental wealth to be the deciding factor for young Australians getting into the property market but failed to rule out if he’d allow his kids with the bank of mum and dad.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton can guarantee their respective housing policies won’t drive up prices, as they defended their new offerings from mounting criticism.
Ellen Ransley
Fresh housing policies from both the major parties may end up pushing up house prices, a prominent economist has warned.
Poppy Johnston
First-home buyers won’t have to save for as long or pay tens of thousands for mortgage insurance under a major Labor pitch to young voters that also comes with a $10 billion promise to build new housing.
The National Trust has defended its decision to turn former prime minister Bob Hawke’s West Leederville childhood home into an Airbnb-style property.
Caitlin Vinci
Australia’s financial crime watchdog has for the first time revealed a $750 million property splurge linked to international fugitives, showing just how attractive local real estate has become for criminals.
Angus Whitley
Is it a Queen’s retreat, or is it a case of the Queen retreating from her Margaret River abode? Either way, Constance Hall’s Margaret River home has hit the market. And it is fit for royalty.
Busselton residents have accused the developer behind a proposed $15 million wedding venue on the Cape-to-Cape trail of greenwashing, amid fears a planned eco-tourism lodge may harm the environment.
Soccer superstar Brad Jones and wife Dani have sold their Applecross home for $6 million, netting the highest property price of the week in Perth.
A couple of old chooks — standing buck naked in the gym showers — recently gave me a masterclass in how to counsel a grieving person.
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