The impact of the expanded home deposit scheme has been revealed, with new data indicating it sent first home buyer loans skyrocketting by up to nearly 70 per cent with some brokers.
Kim Macdonald
The owner of one of Gold Coast’s biggest mansions has just sold one of Cottesloe’s smallest homes, but his Queensland property lacks one priceless feature offered at the WA abode.
A house that sat vacant for years has just provided someone a home - and added to the taxpayer funded government kitty.
Building magnate Dale Alcock has throw down a challenge to his industry to train more apprentices and is encouraging school leavers to learn a trade.
Matt Mckenzie
More residents are living in park homes after being priced out of the mainstream market. And where there is demand, there are investors.
New pre-approved house and land packages have hit market, in a vast change to the traditional process
First homebuyers will face another tough year in 2026, with Perth forecast to jump by about $85,000, according to three of the State’s top analysts.
It’s natural to want the best for your children, but good intentions are no substitute for good planning. With these strategies, the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ can lend a hand without risking your financial future.
Felipe Araujo
In the midst of a housing crisis that has left thousands waiting more than five years for a home, the Cook Government is rolling out its build-to-rent scheme in a bid to get more people into affordable housing.
Bethany Hiatt
Horse stables, buses, churches, hotels and mental asylums — you name it, it’s been converted into a home in WA somewhere as buyers feel the squeeze.
One of Perth’s most revered and tastefully renovated heritage homes has hit the market in Peppermint Grove, poised to become one of the biggest sales of the year.
Tennis power couple Bruce and Margaret Robinson are used to the view from the top - both in their sporting life and at home. Now that property view is for sale.
Perth houses are just a stones throw away from seven figures, with median prices set to smash the $1 million barrier before Christmas.
It was once nicknamed Hell City and was home to serial killers David and Catherine Birney but now the area is among a number of surprising suburbs to join the million-dollar property club. SEE THE FULL LIST
The number of WA households struggling to meet their mortgage repayments has fallen from its peak late last year but still remains among the highest rates in the country.
Charlton Hart
Is it really any wonder Australians are having fewer babies when there’s a real and growing risk they won’t be able to afford a roof over their head?
Danielle Le Messurier
New analysis has revealed WA has recorded the nation’s worst blowout in construction time frames, as all states struggle to meet housing targets.
Jessica Page
After 33 years of ownership, Fremantle born basketball legend puts serene Denmark ‘hideout’ on the market for offers more than $4.5 million.
Caitlin Vinci
Very few rentals listed in WA are within reach of the State’s childcare and hospitality workers.
Bayswater’s first high rise will also be the only place in Perth where some people will be able to take a lift home from surgery
Australia's wealth landscape is changing, and younger Australians are increasingly looking to markets to secure their financial future.
Adrian Black
DEBTMAN: In reality, the wrong people are excited by the scheme. It’s not the first-homebuyers who should be upbeat about the changes. It’s the other side of the property transaction.
Bruce Brammall
Q+A: How do mortgage offset and redraw accounts work? And can you tax-deduct interest payments if you use money from one to buy an investment property?
Nick Bruining
Property agents say the level of demand is beyond expectation, with listings 40 per cent below last year’s levels.
