Property

Brickworks has nearly doubled full year profit on the back of stronger earnings out of its building products group and property development business.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has signalled that another interest rate cut is possible, although it is not keen to make the move soon.

Australian shopping centre giant Westfield is selling seven US malls for $US1.64 billion ($A1.76 billion).

New houses in Australia's capital cities are being built on plots of land that are up to one third smaller than 10 years ago, says industry analyst BIS Shrapnel.

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Westfield Group looks set to offload its stake in two major shopping centres in suburban Perth just days after it was given the green light to increase ownership of the Karrinyup centre.

The Barnett government’s move to integrate year seven students at the state’s high schools is paying dividends for WA builders, with Emco Building the recent beneficiary of a $10.8 million construc

Western Australia’s residential property market is set for further growth in the year ahead but commercial construction is expected to soften, industry experts say.

Housing is costing some Western Australians almost half of their weekly income, a new report has shown.

Construction group Pindan has secured a contract to build a $17 million student accommodation facility at Edith Cowan University’s Joondalup campus, adding to its order book for student housing fun

The $30.6 million, seven-storey Lime Street development has won a major prize from the Urban Development Institute of Australia, taking home the President’s Award on Saturday night.

Perth home prices are either falling or rising, according to the latest separate analyses on the market from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia and RP Data-Rismark.

The former boss of the collapsed Westpoint group has lost his second appeal against convictions for making misrepresentations about a residential property development in Perth.

Malaysian multinational Sime Darby Group is quitting the WA property market after putting its three hospitality assets, including the picturesque Karri Valley Resort, up for sale.

Cedar Woods Properties has made its third significant Western Australian land acquisition for the year, adding a 35 hecta

Property group Mirvac has suffered a 66 per cent drop in net profit following a massive writedown of its development projects, including a $74 million hit to the value of its developments in Wester

WESTERN Australia's high construction costs threaten to constrict the new project pipeline, according to Perth's leading architecture firms.

The managing director of collapsed Perth building firm Gavin Construction made an unsuccessful last-ditch bid to recover a failed Karratha laundry project just weeks before appointing administrator

Millionaire Perth property developer Nigel Satterley has snapped up a $17.5 million bargain, buying one of Western Australia's most historic and prestigious homes for well below

Property developer Stockland has seen its net profit fall almost 80 per cent due in part to weakness in the housing market and a major writedown.

Building products maker James Hardie expects profit to be steady as housing conditions in the US and Australia improve.

UGL will split its shrinking engineering business from its growing property arm to reflect the property division's greater global focus.

A Perth property consultant has secured a major contract in China, indicating ample opportunities for WA service providers willing to embrace the Chinese way of doing business.

Home loan approvals continue to rise, showing that low interest rates are working their way into the housing sector.

Record low interest rates are contributing to the surprising increase in Perth’s property prices.

Office vacancy rates in Perth’s central business district have edged higher while the West Perth rate has jumped sharply, and both sectors face the prospect of even higher vacancy rates as demand r

The state government has released new guidelines for coastal development, with conservationists hailing the move as a critical policy change, while an industry group labelled the policy change

The property industry has welcomed the state government’s plan to halve the number of metropolitan local government areas, saying larger councils would result in a more robust planning and approval

Approvals for the construction of new homes fell 6.9 per cent across Australia in June, official figures show.

Perth median house prices hit a new record in the June quarter, according to a new report, with population growth and the state’s strong economy likely to contribute to further rises in the near fu

Redevelopment plans for a prominent Northbridge property have been resurrected as the City Link breathes new life into land on the city’s northern fringe.

Australand's profit dipped in the first half of 2013, and the property developer says months of takeover speculation have affected the company.