Leading developer Nathan Blackburne has painted a more positive picture than many of his peers, saying build costs are expected to decrease and labour availability will improve next year.
Retirement villages will be forced to pay exit entitlements within 12 months under amendments to laws regulating retirement villages proposed by the state government.
Stirling council considers mandating social housing accommodation as part of any new development featuring 20 or more units in the City of Stirling's commercial hubs.
The Health Minister has insisted the state government has no plans to reintroduce mask mandates, despite conceding the rate of infection is much higher than is being reported.
Survey results from Property Council members found Western Australia reported the highest confidence in the property industry compared to the rest of the country.
Sneakers & Jeans Hospitality Group owner Andy Freeman has said businesses like his can't be sole trailblazers in cultivating a night-time economy in Perth's CBD.
The state government has unveiled plans to push through an extension of its controversial COVID-19 development pathway and defer plans to make it permanent.
Mark McGowan has told the state's workforce it's time to return to Perth's CBD, insisting the pandemic peak has passed and the finish line is now in sight.
The state government has announced plans to end the indoor mask mandate from Friday, following mounting pressure from the opposition and the state's business community.
Perth's lord mayor has called for WA's mask mandate to be rolled back by the end of the month, while declining to get behind removing the state's vaccination requirements.
COVID WRAP: COVID cases in WA climb by 65 as the state's border controls ease, industry bodies push for a new reopening date and the opposition slams the elective surgery scale back.
Industry sentiment across WA's property sector is increasingly uncertain as more projects are put at risk or placed on hold, the Property Council of Australia WA Division says.