Meet the next-gen property moguls
PERTH’S next-gen property moguls give their view on the changing market landscape and reveal the key issues for young buyers.
Perth & WA
Sales boom in Perth’s streets of gold
PERTH’S top 10 most expensive streets have sold more than $218 million worth of real estate in the past 12 months as WA’s elite continue to splash out.
Aussies say time is right for real estate
THE majority of Australians believe now is a good time to buy property, according to a survey released this weekend.
Free transit hot spot rises to top
EAST Perth is back on top as Perth’s number one apartment hot spot for the metropolitan area, new figures show.
Curbing apartments will hurt affordability
NEW State Government policy limiting apartment development in suburbs will hit housing affordability and encourage urban sprawl, property experts fear.
It’s not over for the Pilbara
JUST like the red dust for which it is famous, WA’s North-West is feeling the economic heat. But where are the green shoots?
Apartment living grows in popularity
VACANCY rates in Perth apartments have dropped to just 3.4 per cent as more people take to high-density living. POLL
Top stars rise from zero to hero
IN it for the long haul? A new report has revealed the top 20 suburbs for long term capital growth in Perth.
Osborne Park cheapest suburb near city
OSBORNE Park is Perth’s most affordable inner city suburb, a new real estate report has found. See which other suburbs within 10km and 20km of the city made the list.
Perth renovator takes top award
OLD homes shouldn’t be demolished and replaced with modern mansions, according to the winner of this year’s top gong at the Building Designers WA awards night.
Perth will rebound from spring
WHILE current property sales suggests a slower market in Perth, at least one industry operator is prepared to predict the market will bounce back from spring.
They’re not fancy, but they’re cheap
FEAST your eyes on Lot 501 Prinsep St — WA’s cheapest block of land. There’s just one catch — you have to travel 725km east of the Perth CBD.
Like window shopping? This home is for you
TALK about a window of opportunity. With more than 40 windows, this Wannanup home has views and space to spare.
Homes with divine entrances
HAS a saint come through your front door? In Hot Homes this week we look at some great entrances.
Can you learn to be a property ‘guru’?
PROPERTY whiz kids are turning to higher education to hone their market skills — there’s even a masters degree to chase the real estate dream.
Social housing goals revised up
THE WA Government says it has already met its target of providing 20,000 affordable homes by 2020 and will now increase that target to 30,000 homes.
Home buyers take a breather
THE number of loans to home buyers dropped in every state during May. Which state suffered the most?
Love at first site leads to impulse buy
IT TOOK just one look for the owner of this impressive home to do something that no person is usually brave enough to do.
How to pick suburbs about to take off
WOULDN’T it be great if you could pick the next suburb where price growth was going to take off? Our experts reveal their tips for predicting where they are.
Homebuyers face 30 per cent deposit demand
A MAJOR bank is demanding homebuyers looking in the Pilbara stump up a 30 per cent deposit before giving them a loan.
Style guru launches HOME and Realestate
TRENDS come and go, and that’s why style guru Neale Whitaker — in Perth to launch a new Sunday Times magazine — says “to hell with them”.
Hot Homes: Tennis courts anyone?
There’s nothing like Wimbledon to set a heart a-yearning for one’s own court of courage. Tennis anyone?
One-person households a growing trend
THE number of one-person households is rising, making the segment one of the fastest-growing in the housing market.
New hospital wins architecture gongs
FIONA Stanley Hospital has scooped the prize pool at the WA Architecture Awards, including the architect institute’s highest accolade for design.
Scanning Perth’s time capsule data
IN the past 20 years the number of properties in Perth for sale under $400,000 has dropped from 98.1 per cent of the market to just 15.1 per cent.
Retirement living with all the extras
DOWNSIZERS need to remain realistic about how much room they require once the kids have flown the coop, one Perth couple found.
Where property prices are heading
THE property market was supposed to slow down at the start of this year, but it’s defied predictions. Here’s what’s in store for the year ahead… and beyond.
Home loan interest rates to rise
BUCKLE your seatbelts because experts are expecting rates to start rising by the end of next year.
Bigger home still the goal for FHB
FOUR in five first-homebuyers want to live in a house, rather than an apartment or smaller townhouse, a new survey has found.
Investors snap up house-and-land packages
PERTH mum-and-dad investors now account for 20 per cent of land sales at WA estates, with some buying multiple packages and others building for their extended family.
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