Thousands of WA property buyers could be caught up in a costly contractual nightmare as the residential housing market turns. Here’s the one clause you must now include to protect yourself.
Nick Bruining
Property magnate Chiu Chi Wen and wife Mei Chi have finally found a new place to call home after buying a house from three men believed to be their sons for $6.1 million.
Kim Macdonald
A recently sold home in the western suburbs was designed around a seashell inspired spiral staircase and a kitchen bench that is as long as most homes are wide.
Property magnate Nigel Satterley is bullish about WA as his land development empire expects a thumping $260 million pre-tax profit.
Matt Mckenzie
Perth houses are forecast to grow a median 7 per cent in price next year to reach a new record high, with interest rates likely to hold for a year.
The Shire of West Arthur have bought a Crown reserve in Darkan after a below market-value price was approved by State Government, with a long-term plan in place for more aged care homes.
Jacki Elezovich
The number of trade apprentices has fallen by nearly 1000 people compared to the preceding year, as WA continues to struggle under a chronic housing shortage.
Double bricks still rules but steel framed homes are fast catching up, with a Perth factory now operating around the clock to meet demand.
Perth’s big and hungry pool of buyers have been funnelled into fewer homes since the total number of adverts for listed properties plummeted after the Budget changes were announced.
Socio-economic status, age, location and track record are no guide when it comes to the best performing suburbs of the decade.
The old ‘renovator’s delight’ adage is now ‘renovator reluctance’, with caution about the cost and shortage of tradies driving buyers into the turn-key market instead.
Some property listing adverts are so sophisticated they feel like you are reading a wine label, including a home in White Gum Valley.
A new property price record has been set for Perth in 2026 with the sale of a $15.3 million Dalkeith home.
More than 20 women die from FDV every two years in WA. So why wait that long to change the social housing waitlist?
Those hoping for relief in the costly housing market may be disappointed, with a major analyst forecasting Perth house prices to rise over the next 18 months
Another pricey church asset has hit the market, ready for a new waterfront development, amid speculation that many groups are selling off assets to manage shrinking congregations
Kim Macdonald and Liam Murphy
The mansion owned by the wife of Nicheliving founder and the builder’s former headquarters set to rake in more than $10 million.
Sheds, garages and car ports costing less than $50,000 will no longer need to be done by a registered builder from July, under changes made by the State Government.
Few phrases create more anxiety for homeowners than negative equity. And for first-homebuyers who entered the market with smaller deposits, it can feel like a financial nightmare.
Chris Foster-Ramsay
Q+A: Being declared bankrupt is life-changing. It’s true, some assets held under certain trust arrangements can’t be seized. But could you hide money you may have left from creditors by sticking it in super?
New social housing to help seniors stay connected to their community is under construction in Melville.
Eliana Hullett
A 120sqm block of vacant block of land in Cockburn Central — the size of six parking bays — appears to be the smallest current listing on the market.
High-profile property agent Vivien Yap is selling her Mosman Park home just one year after purchasing it for $8m.
Advance Housing has appointed Wauters Building Company as the contractor to deliver a 36-home social and affordable housing development in Albany.
Amy Towers
