Property

Workplace recovery is an emerging niche in Perth’s office market.

Empty shopfronts in some of Perth’s high-profile retail strips are a sign of WA’s wider economic malaise.

Perth residents want to live in apartments, and not just in the inner city, however, a leading industry lobby group believes the state government’s planning regime is leaving them with little choice than to buy houses and land.

ANZ has lifted interest rates for property investors in response to the banking regulator's efforts to slow investor lending growth.

Fleetwood Corporation shares jumped today after the company sold the Osprey key worker village in Port Hedland to the government for $62.2 million, which will be used to reduce its net debt to zero.

Pact Construction has begun work on Bethanie’s $58 million aged care facility in Gwelup.

The state government may be struggling on some fronts, but it had some good news to announce on affordable housing.

A Perth-based startup is setting about saving the environment, one office building at a time.

Suburban office developers are facing an uncertain outlook similar to their CBD counterparts.

Developers’ precinct plans have been the driving force behind a revitalised Perth.

With a record run of construction coming to a close, commercial developers are facing an uncertain few years in Perth’s CBD. Click through to find the special report, which also looks at Perth's biggest landlords, place making, suburban office markets and a green technology company.

The dynamic of Perth’s apartment market is changing quickly, with the big developers poised to take advantage.

The Real Estate Institute of Australia says its recently released report into negative gearing shows renters would pay much more if there were to be any changes to the policy, despite claims to the contrary by a leading research institute.

Telstra has passed the costs of delivering copper wire for new residential developments onto developers, with the charges being described as another blow for housing affordability in Western Australia.

Global fashion giant H&M says its first Western Australian store will open at Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City on August 29, while it also appears to be making progress on opening its planned C

Two local miners have announced plans to exit the resources industry and move into other fields, by way of backdoor listings.

Vacancies are rising rapidly in the residential leasing market, while at the same time median rents are falling; but that’s just the market returning to normal from its recent highs, according to a prominent local property player.

The Fiona Stanley Hospital has won the top prize at this year’s WA Architecture Awards, with Hassell, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley commended for their design efforts.

The financial year finished with sales recording their highest level in the June quarter, with this week’s total activity up 3% to 723, the highest since the pre-Easter surge of 876.

New home sales in Western Australia have resumed the downward trajectory of 2015 following a modest rise in April, dropping by 8.1 per cent in the month of May, according to the Housing Industry Association.

Developers and real estate agents are embracing virtual and augmented reality technology, as well as sophisticated video animations, to ensure listings stand out in what is becoming an increasingly crowded residential property market.

A Perth-based company has created an innovative approach to address the rising costs of housing construction with its invention of a robot capable of doing the work of a bricklayer.

EXCLUSIVE: Aldi is continuing to stake its territory in Perth, with Wattle Grove the next frontier for the supermarket giant.

Despite last weekend’s inclement weather, REIWA members reported a 9% increase in sales for the week ending 23 June which may also reflect a small flurry of end of financial year activity.

Perth-based firm Fastbrick Robotics is bringing its bricklaying robots, which have been backed by Dale Alcock, to the ASX, lining up an all-scrip acquisition deal with DMY Capital.

The state government plans to invite the private sector to bid for state-owned properties that aren’t listed for sale under a proposed unsolicited bids process, while also announcing the listing of 40 extra assets in the second wave of its land sales program.

The average home price dropped 0.3 per cent, to $545,000, in Perth in the 12 months to March, against a national average gain of 6.9 per cent, to $576,100.

Online property rental company rent.com.au has commenced its first day of trading on the ASX, after being acquired by Select Exploration in a backdoor listing.

Demand for apartment living is rising in the western suburbs, but a lack of suitable sites and community opposition to large-scale projects is hampering developers’ efforts to meet buyers’ needs.

Retail and office landlords are building on the City of Perth’s initiative to focus on Forrest Place, which is emerging as the next precinct of the CBD to undergo a significant transformation.

Building Commission head Peter Gow has called for more checks and balances in Western Australia’s housing construction sector to ensure there is no repeat of the collapse of Capital Works Constructions.

The big number this week is the impending breakthrough of the 8,000 barrier for property listed for lease. Since the beginning of March when seasonal demand tailed off, rental listings have been rising at an average of 118 per week which compares with the average of 44 per week since the same time last year.