WA residential property
The Perth suburbs where property prices have skyrocketed in 2025
The median sale price growth in the unit market has historically been lower than for houses. But in the past 12 months, that has changed.
- Holly Thompson
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Perth has become the nation’s second-most expensive capital to rent in. Here’s why
According to the latest Domain Rent Report, only Sydney rentals cost more than those listed in Perth as of June.
- Holly Thompson
The suburbs where home owners can’t afford their mortgages now
Five years ago, the types of neighbourhoods struggling to keep up with repayments looked very different.
- Alice Uribe
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‘People are suffocating’: Property manager’s harrowing text lays bare WA’s housing crisis
Louisianna Giumelli was driving to court to carry out a tenant eviction when she received a text message that has pushed her to speak out WA’s housing crisis.
- Holly Thompson
WA ‘not doing enough’ to fix worsening housing crisis
Experts have urged the state and federal government to act urgently, after a new report revealed the state of WA’s housing market was worse than ever.
- Holly Thompson
The type of housing cost that just soared 75 per cent in five years
Economists warn it could take considerable time before costs fall enough to improve affordability for average home buyers.
- Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Property market records one of the quickest downturns ever
It compares to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of a 2015 ruling that put limits on investor finance.
- Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
The houses where Australia’s billionaires live, and how much they cost
At the absolute top end of the property market, buyers need business success or family wealth, or a bit of both.
- Elizabeth Redman
The locations where houses make more money than their owners
In a two-speed housing market, some home owners made higher paper capital gains over the past year compared to their salary.
- Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
This creative duo turned a 1940s Freo bungalow into a family haven
Developers had made offers but the creative couple managed to buy the house for $50,000 off the asking price, and then give it a glow-up.
- Elizabeth Clarke
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