Property

When Bob Williams gazes across the Perth city skyline to the CBD’s western-most high rise building he is clearly still enthralled with the structure that marks the high and low point for his construction career.

Property fund manager Charter Hall announced today that it has moved to full ownership of 225 St Georges Tce, after buying out co-owner The Wyllie Group for $96 million.

Perth has emerged as the hottest capital city location for property investment, with four metropolitan suburbs topping a list of the most affordable inner-city suburbs across the country.

Western Australia has delivered its eighth consecutive month of increases in housing finance commitments, according to official data released today.

The success of a $200 million class action case against the property group Centro Retail Australia is a win for all Australian investors, lawyers for the shareholders say.

PERTH is poised to smash a 20-year record, with the most new office space across the city coming online this year thanks in part to the pending completion of the troubled Raine Square development a

Belmont is undergoing a pickup in commercial and residential building activity along Great Eastern Highway, with new developments proceeding in tandem with the widening of the highway

A Leighton Holdings subsidiary has been named preferred contractor for the Fortescue Metals Group-owned Solomon iron ore project in WA's Pilbara region.

Atlas Iron has outgrown its current home at Alluvion on Mounts Bay Road, and will move into the $500 million Raine Square office tower by the end of the financial year, highlighting the tight offic

The housing sector may be struggling, but there is still a shortage of skilled labour in some parts of the building sector, a study has found.

Kelly Rattigan was named the nation’s emerging architect by the Australian Institute of Architects last month but don’t let the title fool you.

Perth City Council has backed more generous plot ratio bonuses across large parts of the city, with the hope it may encourage more hotel and residential developments in the CBD.

Perth’s residential property market is displaying renewed softness, according to figures released today.

Cedar Woods has celebrated a decade of development in Victoria by acquiring a seven-hectare development site in Melbourne’s north-west for $12 million.

The Housing Industry Forecasting Group is predicting a slow recovery for the Perth new homes sector, with dwelling starts down 11 per cent this year on last.

Low-income Australians are being priced out of the private rental market in capital cities and miningboom towns, a welfare group says.

Australia's housing and retail sectors have called on the Reserve Bank to deliver a 50 basis point interest rate cut to boost consumer sentiment, after a survey showed new home sales have fallen to

Confidence is returning to the residential property sector, the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia says, with a strong lift in sales activity across the state in the March quarter.

Australian house prices made modest gains in the first three months of the year but were still negative over the 12 months to March 31, a report by an online real estate data group says.

Residential developer Port Bouvard has received final environmental approval from the federal government for its Point Grey 3,000-lot master-planned community near Mandurah

House prices in Western Australia's booming Pilbara region are continuing to outpace major capital cities, with recent sales fetching $300,000 more than the Sydney median.

Curtin University has developed sustainable building guidelines independent of the Green Building Council Australia’s Green Star ratings, after having one of its new buildings recently certified un

THE state government’s planning reforms have come under fire after it approved changes to the Town of Cottesloe’s development scheme, allowing up to eight-storey buildings to be constructed along t

The state government has identified 37 areas for future industrial estates in the metropolitan and Peel regions, which are expected to meet long-term demand for industrial land. 

Australia's commercial property sector continued to move downwards in the first three months of the year, a survey shows.

A pick-up in mortgage inquiries for the first time in two years could be an early indicator that house prices are set for a recovery.

Cottesloe’s town planning scheme has been finalised to allow up to eight-storey buildings along the beachfront, but the government says the new regulations do not allow for high-rise development.

Overall home sales reached their highest level for two years in the March quarter, with first home-buyers key to the recovery, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

Land developer Stockland will cut executive bonuses after a review of its remuneration policies.

Land sales figures for the December quarter have highlighted serious issues with state and national government policies, the Housing Industry Association says.

Two property surveys released this week have shown marked differences in sentiment between the retail and residential property markets in Western Australia.

Growing demand for quality apartments and resort-style living in Karratha is providing an increasingly lucrative niche for property developers and investors.