News Articles for Real Estate Institute of Australia

The Member for Curtin likened funding without reform in WA's social housing space to having “an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.

Nearly 40 per cent of a family's income is needed to afford a house in Western Australia, industry data for the past quarter shows.

Housing and rental affordability in Western Australia has declined in the recent quarter, recent data from Real Estate Institute of Australia shows.

Perth voted the preferred national capital to invest in property in the next 12 months.

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Western Australia is the most affordable place in the country for renters, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia's latest report.

While Western Australia has recorded solid growth in residential property values in recent months, it's still yet to catch up to its east coast counterparts.

Perth unit sales during the March 2021 quarter reached the highest volume recorded since 2013, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

New housing finance data is painting a positive picture for Western Australia's residential property sector, with both the value and the number of loans increasing in the last three months of 2019.

Housing affordability improved slightly in the March quarter in Western Australia, while the number of first home buyers and approved loans decreased.

Housing affordability is improving in Western Australia, but the number of first homebuyers active in the market has continued to decline, according to new research by the Real Estate Institute of Australia and Adelaide Bank.

Subiaco-based Small Business Matters is hoping the 'buy local' message of its new online portal will resonate with consumers ahead of Small Business Day this Saturday.

Houses in Perth are at their most affordable level since 2002, with less than 24 per cent of income required to meet loan repayments.

The Real Estate Institute of Australia says its recently released report into negative gearing shows renters would pay much more if there were to be any changes to the policy, despite claims to the contrary by a leading research institute.

A surprise fall in home loan approvals in November shows the national housing market is starting to moderate and a rate cut should be on the cards early in 2015, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia.