Property

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Land developer Peet and apartment developer Finbar have both posted profits for the first half of the 2021 financial year.

Perth-based real estate agent Russell Poliwka has lost an appeal against a 2019 court order to pay $2 million to his former business partner Sherif Girgis, ending a three-year legal battle.

The City of Perth’s development assessment panel has given GDI Property Group the green light for a $1 billion redevelopment of the Mill Street precinct.

Health care assets are becoming increasingly attractive to commercial property investors seeking to diversify and de-risk their portfolios.

Perth may have the highest office building vacancy rate nationally, but that’s done little to dampen the confidence of investors, developers and real estate agents.

Universal Constructions and Crothers Construction have won at least $180 million in school development contracts since the McGowan government came to power.

The Supreme Court has delivered a tactical win to the widow of the late Len Buckeridge as she fights his sons over the carve-up of the magnate’s estate.

Wages grew at a fractionally faster pace than expected in the final three months of 2020, lagging expectations for record property price increases this year.

Real estate funds manager Primewest has signed mining software company Micromine and Sinosteel as new tenants at 251 St Georges Terrace.

A dedicated strata helpline, addressing building defects, and lowering insurance for strata-titled properties are at the top of Strata Community Association’s state election wish list.

The City of Stirling has swung into action following an influx of development applications seeking state approval for variations to the city’s 12-storey height limit.

A draft development plan outlining the vision for the future of Subiaco’s “beating heart” has copped criticism from the site’s largest private landholder.

Property developer Lendlease has posted a first-half earnings decline of 37 per cent after COVID-19 stifled interest in building development.

The Amberton Coastal Precinct by Stockland was named overall winner at the latest instalment of the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA Awards for Excellence.

Emerging interest in commercial property in and around the western suburbs has resulted in several sales, collectively worth more than $10 million.

Property firm Miramar Property Partners is taking food vendor Tao Cafe to the Supreme Court for allegedly breaking a $2.9 million lease agreement.

The Housing Industry Association has forecast a record near-130,000 detached home starts for Australia in 2021, with a steep decline in numbers predicted early next year.

Cedar Woods Properties has posted a net profit of $22.4 million for the first half of the 2021 financial year, up 120 per cent on the same time last year.

Investors continue to eye the retail property space, with the Glenfield Shopping Centre recently selling to an undisclosed buyer for $10.4 million.

The City of Subiaco council has moved to seek a third opinion over serious structural integrity issues identified in two buildings on Hay Street, in a move that has astounded the owner.

More than 10,000 new lots were sold during the 2020 calendar year, nearly double the number of sales compared with 2019, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia.

Perth Property Research Advisory has mapped the pandemic's surprising impact on Perth property sales.

Candidates in the City of Nedlands’ upcoming extraordinary election have expressed mixed sentiment on whether they supported building a three-tower apartment complex along Stirling Highway.

Compared to other resources-driven cities around the world, the Perth office market has performed relatively steady over the past five years.

Willing Property will progress its plans for a four-storey apartment project in Mount Lawley, after the development was approved by planning authorities this morning.

Real estate firm The Agency Group has had its trading halt lifted today, after filing a formal submission.

A $15 million plan to build an eight-storey apartment building incorporating the century-old former Albany Bell Hatchery in Mount Lawley has been recommended for refusal.

The Parmelia Hilton Perth has a fresh look, with Cox Architecture seeking to marry the old with the new.

Pindan has recently secured $31 million worth of construction work in the education sector, with contracts spanning Mandurah to the Pilbara.

Some members of the Nedlands community have expressed their disappointment over the recent approval of a $320 million apartment development along Stirling Highway.

The Department of Communities has secured almost 8,000 square metres of space at 130 Stirling Street, in a 10-year leasing deal brokered by Sheffield Property.