Sarah Brookes
Sarah Brookes is a journalist with WAtoday, specialising in property and government and is the winner of four WA Media Awards.
Man allegedly armed with replica gun in Victoria Park to face court
A Bentley man will face court today after police charged the 36-year-old over a terrifying incident involving a replica firearm in Victoria Park overnight.
- by Sarah Brookes
Latest
As Perth’s house prices hit record highs, where were our cheapest sales?
There were only five house sales in Perth that were $300,000 or less.
- by Sarah Brookes
They’re not fancy – but they’re cheap(ish): Perth’s biggest fixer-uppers of 2024
There has been a trend emerging of real estate agents delivering warts-and-all pitches to offload run-down properties in Perth’s red-hot real estate market.
- by Sarah Brookes
Pain and gain: Perth’s biggest property winners and losers revealed
Perth home owners made record profits when selling, but there were exceptions, with sellers in one coastal suburb losing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- by Sarah Brookes
What will Perth’s property market do in 2025? Five experts consult their crystal balls
As we close out 2024, there is an end-of-cycle tearaway boom under way, so what does that mean for house prices in the new year?
- by Sarah Brookes
Smaller than a basketball court: Lots shrink as developers urbanise Perth’s fringe
The dream of a spacious home with a white picket fence on a block with room for a pool has become a micro-lot congestion nightmare, says a prominent insider.
- by Sarah Brookes
Where you can buy a house in Perth without the bank of mum and dad
Across the city, only two suburbs remain where a single average income earner could afford a house without major outside help.
- by Sarah Brookes
Australia’s best-performing suburbs this year? They’re all in Perth – and there’s standout winner
One suburb stood out among the pack to record an eye watering 45 per cent increase in price.
- by Sarah Brookes
Opinion
Tourism
How many Perth families can afford $1500 a night to stay at Rotto’s newest lodging?
Nothing highlights how Rottnest Island is losing its charm more than seeing a lone, dejected quokka in the old settlement flanked by an army of amateur paparazzo waiting for an Insta-worthy selfie.
- by Sarah Brookes
Where are Perth’s most energy-hungry suburbs?
Perth’s most energy-efficient suburbs aren’t located in our city’s poshest postcodes – in fact, they are nowhere near them.
- by Sarah Brookes
From a cheese mansion to nurses’ quarters, these are Perth’s biggest trophy home sales of the year
Trophy home sales have significantly increased, thanks to the continued strength and confidence in the Perth property market.
- by Sarah Brookes
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