WA residential property
Moving goalposts? The next hurdle for hopeful home buyers
Just as home hunters adjust to the prospect of sky-high monthly mortgage repayments and the rising cost of living, there’s another rethink coming.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
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Perth’s rental vacancies still below 1 per cent as crunch attracts east coast investors
The industry hopes the vacancy rate’s inch upwards by a tiny fraction signals that the tide is finally turning for Perth’s sustained and painful rental crisis.
- by Sarah Brookes
The mortgage-laden Perth suburbs where an interest rate cliff looms
The suburbs of Brabham and Henley Brook in Perth’s north-east top the list of the city’s most mortgaged suburbs, according to 2021 Census data.
- by Sarah Brookes
The short-term home owners choosing to sell as Perth house prices hit new peak
Home buyers are increasingly choosing to sell within the first two years of owning their property. Several factors could be influencing this decision, experts say.
- by Holly Thompson
Which Perth suburb is at risk of dropping out of the million-dollar club?
A well-known western Perth suburb has seen its median house price drop by 19.3 per cent to $1.09 million over the past year. It’s not the only one to record a fall.
- by Sarah Brookes
Perth’s fastest growing suburbs ... and the winner is Winthrop
Six of the suburbs in this year’s Top 10 fastest growing were under the median house price whereas last year none were under the median house price and nine were priced over $1 million.
- by Daile Cross
Perth builder Modco goes into voluntary administration
A WA builder that guaranteed cost-effective home builds within 20 weeks has gone into administration less than two years after launching.
- by Sarah Brookes
Cashed-up Chinese investors tipped to spend big on Perth property market
Chinese buyers had accumulated record savings and were looking overseas for opportunities to invest this money, according to an international real estate group.
- by Sarah Brookes
Modco Residential directors fail to show at court as creditors come knocking
The Perth glamour couple behind embattled builder Modco Residential have failed to front a Federal Court hearing amid a wind-up bid at the hands of a growing list of fed-up creditors.
- by Jesinta Burton
The tiny 1950s South Perth house listed for $4 million
As higher density dwellings pop up around it, this two-bedroom, two-bathroom double-brick home has remained relatively untouched for more than 60 years.
- by Sarah Brookes
Opinion
Opinion
Seven things that were completed faster than a house in Perth
From the Eiffel Tower to Disneyland and even the city’s famous Bell Tower, building a single-storey house in Perth is taking longer than some of the world’s most iconic endeavours.
- by Sarah Brookes