Perth & WA

RECENT rate cuts have not caused a rise in the number of Australians taking out home loans.

FOR years we have been scoffing at the first little pig that made his house of straw. But maybe he was onto something.

IT’S the news Perth homeowners have waited five years to hear, the real estate bust is over.

THE Reserve Bank of Australia keeps the cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent in July.

BUILDING appovals have soared, providing hope that the sector has finally emerged from a prolonged period of weakness.

THE growing mining workforce is flexing its muscle in rising home and rent prices.

SUCCESSIVE interest rate cuts have helped turn around falling home prices across Australian capital cities.

THE Reserve Bank cut interest rates in May and June, but is not expected to make it three in a row when its board meets today.

LEND Lease expects to post a modest rise in operating profit for its 2011/12 financial year.

A MUM-AND-DAD group has members joining the queue to jump on luxury buses for a real estate shopping spree.

THINKING about shopping around for a new mortgage? Beware the costs lurking under the surface, experts warn.

RENTS up 13 per cent on last year despite official cash rate barely moving. So what happens when there’s a real rise?

THE biggest office relocation in Western Australia’s history is underway, with about 3000 BHP Billiton workers moving.

THE nation’s biggest private land developer has urged West Australians to cast off the shackles of the global financial crisis.

HOUSE prices are at a six-year low in capital cities despite RBA efforts to lift housing out of the doldrums with rate cuts.