Dan Wilkie

Western Australia’s home builders won’t keep up the record pace achieved in 2013-14, with housing starts flagged to fall 14 per cent next year on the back of slowing population growth and a softening economy.

Vivien Yap has made a significant impact in western suburbs real estate circles in just three years.

A western suburbs real estate agency has set up a dedicated China marketing arm, as growing numbers of Chinese developers eye Perth’s burgeoning apartment market for large project opportunities.

A luxury riverfront apartment project in Belmont is back on the cards after 10 years of disputes and red tape.

The Piccadilly Arcade is set for a $12 million upgrade, with a development application to restore the historic mall lodged with the City of Perth.

The state government will legislate to include the University of Western Australia, Kings Park, the QEII Medical Centre and the City of Vincent in the City of Perth, but will not include the Burswood Peninsula after that proposal was rejected by the independent Local Government Advisory Board.

Offshore buyers are increasingly interested in Perth office stock, but limited assets for sale and the city’s rising vacancy rate are stifling opportunities.

Record building approvals in 2013-14 have resulted in an all-time high of dwelling commencements in Perth, but the latest data show housing construction may have hit the peak of the cycle.

Approvals for detached housing appear to have peaked for the time being, but multi-residential approvals are set to continue growing in the short-term, analysis of approvals statistics by the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia shows.

Perth’s newest marina and beachside estate is entering its final stages of development.

Vacancy across Perth’s suburban office markets contracted slightly over the past six months, in sharp contrast to the CBD commercial property vacancy rate, which has blown out since the middle of last year.

The owner of the successful Cannington shopping centre has made its development a priority as part of a $3 billion expansion push.

City councils are being urged to make it easier for local retail strips to be revitalised.

Retail property players say international fashion brands are only the beginning of the global onslaught.

After 10 years of limited development, Perth’s major shopping centres are expanding and evolving.

Retailers are increasingly trying to find a balance between having an online presence and getting shoppers through the door of traditional stores.

More Western Australians think it is a good time to buy property than in any other state in Australia, but sandgropers remain increasingly pessimistic regarding the prospects of capital growth, according to new research.

The state government has been urged to take a whole-of-state approach to infrastructure planning after it emerged a new tax was being considered to help develop roads, railways and other major projects in regional areas.

Brookfield Multiplex has been given the inside run on two development sites at Elizabeth Quay, after the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority selected the building giant from a large field of developers for exclusive negotiations over the sites.

New figures suggest Western Australia’s first-time home buyers could be dropping off, in the wake of changes to the government’s incentives scheme.

Old enemies East and South Fremantle could soon share the same home ground, with the City of Fremantle set to consider a redevelopment funding proposal at Fremantle Oval.

Colliers International has sold more than $50 million in retail property to date in 2014, with Northbridge’s Tyne Square the latest asset to change hands in a deal brokered by the commercial agency.

The eastern edge of Northbridge is emerging as Perth’s next hotspot for apartment development with four new projects proposing more than 600 dwellings or hotel rooms seeking approval.

Affordable city office space is proving to be alluring for some suburban tenants.

Residential sales in the north-west took a major hit for the year to June 30, as regional markets across the state delivered mixed results.

An affordable housing development in Fremantle is no longer certain to proceed due to the federal government’s scrapping of the National Rental Affordability Scheme.

Boutique firm Roxby Architects has built a reputation as a retail specialist, but a recent award win for a commercial office project shows Adam and Michael Roxby’s business has developed more strings to its bow.

Charter Hall Group and hospitality industry super fund Hostplus have acquired 54 pubs and liquor stores from ALH Group, including the Hyde Park Hotel and the Dunsborough Tavern among several from Western Australia, in a sale and lease-back deal worth more than $600 million.

Static home values are making residential real estate a tricky proposition for investors.

Revised plans for a $50 million revamp of Innaloo Cinema Centre include an Aldi discount supermarket and restaurant, small bar and other hospitality tenancies in the place of a bowling alley previo

A contentious $30 million, 125-apartment plan at the old bottleyard site on Palmerston Street on the outskirts of Northbridge is set to get the green light from the Metropolitan West Development As

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