Property

The state government will offer owners of vacant properties a $5,000 incentive to put their houses on the rental market, in a bid to unlock housing stock.

Burtonwood Investment Partners and Saracen Properties have cleared a planning hurdle for its $55 million neighbourhood centre in Anketell.

The Claremont-based Proptech has signed a binding agreement to acquire the company.

The state government has committed $843 million for affordable housing and homelessness initiatives in the upcoming 2024-25 budget.

Town of Cambridge mayor Gary Mack has failed to sway his fellow councillors to buy a West Leederville site previously earmarked for a resort by Ricky Hirsch-led company FTD.

The 1930s Weeties factory turned family home owned by Tattarang boss John Hartman has hit the market, with the property expected to fetch offers in the mid $4 million range.

Property developer Adrian Fini said today governments are out of touch with normal people and Australia will only get efficient government "when Canberra burns down".

A shopping centre in East Bunbury has sold to South Australian investors for $4.72 million.

The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved a $280 million replacement of the 80-year-old Fremantle Traffic Bridge.

Peet non-executive director Tony Lennon and his family have bought a site that formed part of Prix D’Amour from William and Rose Porteous for $3.75 million.

Cygnet Bay pearl farmers have sued Windsor Knight for almost $2 million, in a legal dispute over office tenancies in a Subiaco shopping centre.

Paul Blackburne says developers who rely on investors could end up in trouble.

St John of God has proposed to build a five-storey private hospital in its Midland precinct, estimated to cost almost $160 million, to replace the services acquired by the state government.

The city’s median house price has reached another record high, with 2 per cent growth in April to $721,278.

The global management consultant firm is moving to QV1.

The Federal Court has knocked back property developer Nigel Satterley’s claim that a $2.5 million payment to compensate shareholders after a failed project should be tax deductible.

Nicola Brischetto is set to replace Sandra Brewer as the head of the organisation in WA.

Yeeda station has been placed on the market two months after its owner fell into administration owing more than $100 million to debtors.

A $200 million, 26-room mansion to be built for a local architect and inventor in the hills northeast of Perth has been approved by the Shire of Chittering.

Bunbury Farmers Market founder Graham Heath, who is in partnership with Gina Rinehart, has bought a Kwinana Beach property.

Hesperia will start construction of a four-storey orthopaedic hospital, estimated to cost $69 million, by the end of the year after receiving unanimous support from a development panel.

A development assessment panel has greenlit a $19 million expansion to Collie Hills accommodation village, which includes adding more than 480 rooms.

Historic Perth building company Collier Homes has closed up shop after more than 60 years in business, with liquidators from McGrathNicol appointed to wind up its remaining operations.

Property mogul Allen Caratti has failed to overthrow a WA Supreme Court decision that included an order to pay $1.5 million to an investor.

A portion of a 42-hectare Yallingup vineyard will be transformed into a holiday resort after a development assessment panel approved the $17.5 million plan.

Perth builders are increasingly embracing alternative construction methods.

A creditor has sued FTD Construction founder Ricky Hirsch over an alleged $5 million debt and has applied to repossess his $2 million Marmion home.

Perth-based construction company Monford Group has announced it will be expanding its footprint on Australia's east coast by opening a new regional office in Brisbane.

Jeff Leach has sold a Murray Street Mall retail complex to Banjo Bond, in the largest retail transaction in the CBD this year.

An eastern states buyer purchased the $4.5m property, with a view to expand their business.

Nearly 100 beds and two storeys have been added to a $40 million student accommodation project, to be built on a Perth CBD site owned by a syndicate that includes the Eagles' boss.

A three-storey apartment project in Alkimos has been approved, with the developer opting to go through the local government pathway after the state government reformed the planning system.