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Vacant land for sale along Perth’s northern coastal communities.

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.

  • Sarah Brookes

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Boorloo Bridge lighting testing.

Testing starts on groundbreaking light show for new Perth bridge

Ambitious plans to transform the eastern foreshore gateway to Perth city have reached new milestones, including testing of a state-of-the-art moving light show.

  • Emma Young
Government projects are guzzling workers needed for housing, the property industry lobby says.

‘No longer viable’ to build apartments in sprawling Perth

Perth’s urban bloat is widening, and the property lobby says it cannot get the workers to make starting any apartment projects worth it. Is Metronet to blame?

  • Emma Young
WAtoday journalist Jesinta Burton and Hesperia managing director Ben Lisle at Dilly Dally in Subiaco.

Ben Lisle on life lessons, riding motorbikes and helming Hesperia

The man leading one of Perth’s most successful property development firms talks calculated risks, motorbikes, and helming Hesperia.

  • Jesinta Burton
The maratus yanchep.

What happens when a threatened species gets in the way of a new Perth housing estate?

These spectacular little spiders are found in only one spot: in the pathway of a housing estate that received its environmental approval decades ago.

  • Sarah Brookes
An eye-catching arachnid known for its intricate courtship dance was discovered near Yanchep. Now, a housing estate is landing on its sandy doorstep.

A sprawling Perth housing estate means peacock spider faces certain death

It’s been revealed that there are no environment laws in WA to protect a unique species from losing its habitat to a sprawling housing estate along Perth’s coast.

  • Sarah Brookes
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Deputy secretary for regions, cities and territories David MacKay, AHURI managing director Michael Fotheringham, UDIA WA chief executive Tanya Steinbeck, National Growth Alliance chief executive Bronwen Clark and Hatch RobertsDay town planner Mike Day spoke on the impacts of the National Urban Policy on Perth.

Perth housing target falls short by 35,000 homes

As WA falls deeper into a housing crisis, the next state government must prioritise measures to deliver homes faster, say property industry professionals.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Save Perth Hills protesters in the Supreme Court gardens ahead of a tribunal hearing in February.

Satterley’s most controversial housing estate faces 11th-hour delay

The 1000-lot estate proposed for the North Stoneville bush has hit another roadblock, with both the proponent and opponents sharpening their legal swords.

  • Sarah Brookes
The maratus yanchep.
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Peacock spiders dance for their lives as Perth sprawl threat looms

An eye-catching arachnid known for its intricate courtship dance was discovered near Yanchep. Now, a housing estate is landing on its sandy doorstep.

  • Sarah Brookes
Golden Sedayu’s second twin-tower development for Burswood Point is up for approval.

Multibillion-dollar Burswood project’s second twin-tower plan up for approval

This is the second twin-tower development application for the behemoth redevelopment planned for one of Perth’s most prime patches of riverfront real estate.

  • Emma Young

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