The state continues to defy national trends and set new house price records, with median home values lifting 0.2 per cent as national prices track south.
Interest rate rises are tipped to send property prices plunging up to 15 per cent nationally over the next 18 months, but Perth is expected to buck the trend.
House prices in Perth have risen by one per cent in March, above the national increase of 0.7 per cent, as home values in Melbourne and Sydney dropped.
Perth-based mining company South32 has implemented new leave provisions that exceed those of most other employers, offering six months' parental leave on full pay and up to 10 days of paid domestic violence leave.
Lydon Hollitt is planning to shake-up property advertising with a new listing platform that matches active buyers and tenants with agents and vendors at minimal marketing cost.
News Corporation's full-year earnings have dropped about 28 per cent as growth in its real estate classifieds businesses fails to offset declines in news and book publishing.
Jamie Pride has been appointed as chairman of the board of advisers of Applab Technologies' 100 per cent owned real estate open inspection portal, Home Open.
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