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Perth has one of the world’s most affordable luxury property markets.

Move over Seoul and Dubai: Perth offers luxury homes at global bargain prices

A six by four in Peppermint Grove, anyone? Perth’s luxury house prices are the fastest rising in the nation, but still offer bang for buck on the global stage.

  • Sarah Brookes

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The cheapest houses sold in Perth’s most expensive suburbs. Picture: WAtoday

The cheapest homes sold in Perth’s most expensive suburbs

A home for less than $1 million in Perth’s most expensive suburbs? It’s possible.

  • Sarah Brookes
Busselton, a popular coastal tourist destination on the doorstep of WA’s Margaret River wine region, has a high number of short-stay holiday rentals.

Revealed: The Perth suburb where land costs just $57 per square metre

In 10 exclusive suburbs, buyers are willing to fork out more than $5000 per square metre for some of Perth’s smallest blocks. But what about on the other end of the scale?

  • Sarah Brookes
Artist impression of the approved children’s hospice in Swanbourne.

Green light for WA’s first children’s hospice in western suburbs

The WA Planning Commission has approved a seven-bed children’s hospice in Swanbourne.

  • Sarah Brookes and Holly Thompson
Cottesloe recorded the highest median price per square metre of land in Greater Perth.

The sought-after Perth suburbs where buyers pay a premium for space

A Perth coastal suburb recorded the highest median price per square metre of land at $7260, while the cheapest suburb is just a mere $93 per square metre.

  • Sarah Brookes
The four most expensive schools in Perth have all hit over $30,000 in annual fees for 2023.

Perth’s top private schools smash $30,000 fee ceiling for first time in 2023

Perth’s private school fees have risen to record levels, with some increasing costs by up to 10 per cent – but they’re still a bargain next to those in the east.

  • Holly Thompson
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A timelessly designed palatial masterpiece, together with the best river and city views Perth has to offer.

The most expensive Perth homes sold in 2022

Perth’s Golden Triangle has dominated the top 10 list of the most expensive homes to sell in Perth this year.

  • Sarah Brookes
The WA private schools that received the highest JobKeeper payments in 2020.

‘Obscene greed’: WA’s priciest schools rake in fat JobKeeper profits

An eight-month investigation has revealed WA’s most elite private schools had their “snouts in the trough” of JobKeeper, enabling them to record hefty profits.

  • Lauren Pilat
WA Planning Minister Rita Saffioti.

Saffioti knew about Swanbourne apartment proposal ‘months’ before election

The plans were submitted to the state government through its market-led proposals process, which allows unsolicited bids from private enterprise to the government.

  • Hamish Hastie
Senior Scotch College captain of school Joshua Ledger (front centre) with Jarvis Banfield, Brenton Macauley, Jim Allan and Simon Arnott.

‘Like a girl’: Perth private school student leader urges peers to take responsibility for attitudes towards females

A current student leader and an ‘old boy’ from an elite independent all-boys school in Perth have united to take responsibility for their role in getting rid of sexist and abusive attitudes towards women that exist in society.

  • Lauren Pilat

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