Property

Vicinity Centres has paid $319 million for The Shops At Ellenbrook and Livingston Marketplace, two suburban shopping centres put up for sale by the Insurance Commission of Western Australia earlier

Satterley Property Group is planning to build up to 420 homes in Forrestfield, after buying the old Western Power site on Hawtin Road from the state government for $30 million.

Building products manufacturer Brickworks is gearing up to sell one of its Western Australian facilities, while also planning to restart its Cardup plant to maintain its production capacity in the state.

Aspen Group's separately-owned holiday parks fund has backed rival suitor Discovery Holiday Parks' increased offer for the portfolio.

Local builders Pindan and Pact Construction have won contracts with the state government, worth a combined $23.1 million.

Some of the state's biggest home builders have joined a government panel to deliver design and construction work on the $560 million Social Housing Investment Package.

Major progress is being made at one of the flagship sites at Elizabeth Quay.

Aspen Group is facing more competition to acquire its separately-owned holiday parks fund, with rival suitor Discovery Holiday Parks increasing its bid to purchase the portfolio.

Planning Minister John Day has moved to allow up to five storeys of apartments to be built at the Guildford Hotel, gazumping the City of Swan which had moved to impose a two-storey limit on the sit

Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX after completing a $5.75 million capital raising.

Perth's biggest ASX-listed land developers are increasingly incorporating apartment developments into their plans, as the shift to smaller dwellings gains prominence in the outer suburbs as well as

Investors have welcomed news that former Doric and John Holland manager Adam Harry has been named Diploma Group’s new chief operating officer and head of construction.

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ASX-listed building company Simonds Group is set to pay $6 million to acquire Western Australia's eighth-biggest homebuilder Gemmill Homes, in a deal foreshadowed in September by Business News.

Western Australian builder Ray Kershaw has been named ‘young builder of the year’ by the Master Builders Association, marking the fourth consecutive year the national prize has been won from this state.

New home buyers are set to wear the costs stemming from the collapse of three Perth-based builders, including Gage Roads Construction and Capital Works Constructions.

Commercial developer Sirona Capital says the latest addition to its Adelaide Street shopping centre in Fremantle is a taste of what’s to come at its redevelopment of the port city’s Kings Square.

If you can't afford to buy a home at least you can take heart that rents are steady, and are likely to remain so for quite a while.

Construction giant CIMIC Group has launched a takeover bid for east coast residential developer Devine.

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Perth-based online property portal Rent.com.au is making good on its ambition to become the website of choice for renters, with traffic to its website surging past 500,000 unique visitors during the month of October.

House prices in Perth's most exclusive suburbs have plunged by as much as 30 per cent in the past year as the mining downturn continues to bite.

LandCorp is aiming to raise at least $17.1 million from the sale of two apartment sites at the Perry Lakes development in Floreat.

Building age has emerged as the biggest factor in office vacancies in Perth’s suburbs, with newer developments struggling to attract tenants as the market gets tougher.

Pindan has won a contract to build the bulky goods development at The Shops at Ellenbrook, which forms part of the Insurance Commission of Western Australia’s $800 million property portfolio that has been put to market.

An independent expert’s report commissioned by Aspen Group has concluded that its takeover of the Aspen Parks Property Fund is fair and reasonable and superior to a competing proposal.

Perth home prices have suffered a steep fall in October, dropping almost 3 per cent as the number of new dwellings on the market surges.

Farmers behind Qube in fight for Asciano

Four months after accounting firms Moore Stephens and UHY Haines Norton merged, the combined group has settled on Exchange Tower as its new home.

Mirvac Group’s long-awaited next stage of apartments on the Burswood Peninsula could be facing further delays, with the developer seeking to extend the date by which it must commence the already approved project until January 2019.