News Articles for Cath Hart

This week's appointments include Veronica Jeffery, Kylie Groves, Marisa Orr, Tim Fraser, Ben Jones, Graham Gadsby and more.

Blaine Slater has been appointed chief executive of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, following Cath Hart's resignation in May.

One of the state's major builders is critical of the industry's preoccupation with double brick homes, but says it is slowly changing.

Boom Logistics managing director and chief executive officer Ben Pieyre will leave the company at the end of 2025, having served in the role since early 2023.

The state government has appointed former WAPC chair David Caddy, Cath Hart, and Bianca Sandri to manage the dysfunction at the City of Nedlands.

Former Real Estate Institute of Western Australia head Cath Hart has launched her own consultancy, a little over a week after her exit.

Applecross-based Mustera Property Group has appointed stalwart director Nicholas Zborowski as its managing director.

Real Estate Institute of Western Australia chief executive Cath Hart has announced her resignation, after three years in the role.

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

The property industry has welcomed a move by the state Labor Party to commit to increasing thresholds for stamp duty exemptions if re-elected.

A list of notable businesspeople has weighed in on the future of Perth, including Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney, property developer Adrian Fini, and WA chief scientist Peter Klinken.

The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia council has appointed Suzanne Brown as president, replacing Joe White.

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.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the week in lithium; construction issues; Fortescue's share price tumble; inflationary data; interest rates; house prices; CFMEU action; and Rex's plight.

The city has continued to rise at a faster rate than any other capital, with a 2 per cent increase in CoreLogic's index to a $773,335 median.

The state government has upped the property price and income limits for its Keystart home loans, a move widely welcomed by industry stakeholders.

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

Resources royalty reliance and a lack of action on payroll tax were among the key observations from business groups digesting today's state budget – the first from Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

A surge in overseas migration and continued strong interstate migration has resulted in Western Australia's population growing at its fastest rate in 14 years.

A recent analysis of the unit market shows the segments that stood out over the past 12 months.

New data from REIWA shows the state's listings plummeted in December as the housing shortage continues.

Experts say the state's house price growth should continue to outpace the nation in 2024.

Western Australia's unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points in August, despite reporting a record high number of people in work.

The weekly median for rentals reached $575 last month, reflecting the ongoing changes in Western Australia's realty sector.

Juukan Gorge's traditional custodians have blasted the state government for treating First Nations people as “second class citizens” in the fallout from Tuesday's unprecedented decision to scrap the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act one month after coming into effect.

The residential rental vacancy rate has increased to 0.9 per cent, the first rise in six months recorded by REIWA.

The capital city outpaced national home price growth to hit a new high in median value.

Recent data from REIWA shows a record average sale time for houses of 10 days, as well as record rental yields and vacancy rates.

Western Australian house and rental prices are expected to continue rising with properties selling at their fastest since 1998, new data has shown.

The city could see continued house price growth throughout 2023, a new report has found.

Perth home values continue to rise in the past month with the median house price recorded as more than $570,000, according to recent reports by property groups.

PropTrack data shows Perth's rental vacancy increased by 0.05 percentage points in March, however REIWA figures show the rate as unchanged.

Pressure is building on businesses to justify retaining personal data as consumer awareness of cyber security builds in the aftermath of the Optus, Medibank and Latitude hacks.

As part of an ongoing series, Business News asks whether negative consequences from a 2020 sugar hit for housing should have been foreseen.

Western Australia's housing affordability has dropped marginally while remaining among the most affordable states or territories to buy and rent.

Another residential research report has predicted challenging rental market conditions in Perth with low supply and listings recorded in the recent quarter.

Perth's rental prices grew by 11 per cent in 2022, reflecting the trend across the country, but rental growth and residential listings slowed in the December quarter.

Perth was the only Australian capital to show a lift in its home value index in December, with a $902 uptick in its median dwelling value.

An increase to the Keystart price limits to home values of $560,000 has been welcomed by industry.

CoreLogic's latest home value index shows a 0 per cent change for Perth, with a slight increase to its median dwelling price.