Property

Frank Marra will step down as chief executive of the state's land development agency, with tomorrow his last day on the job.

The city has the second highest office occupancy in the country, bouncing back by 7 per cent.

A development assessment panel was unable to decide on a six-storey apartment proposal on the old Mediterranean restaurant site despite a two-hour meeting today.

A survey of close to 800 residents showed that 70 per cent supported density in their own suburb.

Cedar Woods has booked a 12 per cent increase in presales compared with this time last year, but says rising interest rates are keeping a lid on overall sales volumes.

Mirvac Group chief executive officer Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz has tendered her resignation after a decade with the property group, following suit from outgoing chair John Mulcahy.

Developers are taking on risk to build more sustainably, with Fremantle projects leading the way.

Perth has one of the lowest rental vacancy rates in the country with 0.6 per cent compared to a 1.1 per cent rate nationally.

The City of Subiaco has objected to a proposed six-storey apartment proposal on the former Mediterranean restaurant site on Rokeby Road.

Malaysian property developer SKS Group has cleared another hurdle in progressing its $40 million Burswood project, with the Town of Victoria Park council backing the apartment build.

Hesperia’s plans to redevelop the East Perth racetrack into a new town square are gaining traction.

Daughter of bankrupted Perth racing identity Alan Macalister, Kirsty Wardle, has sold two Bayswater properties, both subject to freezing orders in the Federal Court.

The Perth fund manager has bought a South Guildford industrial asset and Queensland medical facility for close to $23 million combined.

Home lending has dropped 15.4 per cent since the Reserve Bank started hiking interest rates, but dwelling approvals bounced back in August.

Climate risks and emissions are no longer an afterthought for developers.

Western suburbs real estate highflyer Vivien Yap has won a bid to stop her former client from airing “scandalous” details of their legal stoush online, a threat allegedly shared with the state’s top judge.

Property developer Jeff Leach has broadened his business interests with the opening a new medical centre in the CBD in partnership with former surgeon Eric Tan.

Perth’s median house price has dropped for the first time in at least a year, CoreLogic data shows.

The financial regulator has told the property group its $100 million Retail Income Fund is non-compliant.

Hopes of a smaller interest rate rise may have been premature with most experts forecasting another 50 basis point hike.

One of the best-known names in WA property remains firmly entrenched in the industry.

Construction on an eight-storey apartment development in Mt Hawthorn is expected to start next year after receiving the green light.

Hawaiian fetched more than $100 million for the St Georges Terrace asset.

Vivien Yap has launched a second lawsuit against a former client in an 11th-hour bid to thwart an alleged plan to make a "scandalous" legal document public.

Western Australia was the only state to record house price growth expectations in a recent Property Council report.

BGC has shed more light on its ongoing restructuring, with its FY21 annual report detailing more asset sales, a fall in revenue, a slender profit and a big dividend.

The millionaires' row residents on Jutland Parade are up in arms over an unsightly front verge, which has been described by one neighbour as a "monstrosity".

A mystery proposal has emerged to demolish the 123-year-old houses in West Perth, which the Heritage Council claims does not warrant protection.

More than 1,600 people are against Adrian Fini’s proposed $280 million Smiths Beach Project, with 852 in favour.

A Queensland-based commercial property investor and funds manager has acquired an industrial and engineering workshop in Kalgoorlie for $10.9 million.

Andrew Forrest-led Fiveight has received approval for its Spicers site project in Fremantle after a development assessment panel's three-hour meeting.

A nine-hectare lot with holding income has been sold for $31.5 million, with plans to develop an A-grade logistics facility on the vacant portion of the land.