Damian Collins

A spat between coastal residents and the decision-making body which approved the Yelo site development has escalated to the Supreme Court, with a trial planned in May.

In somewhat of a circular argument, WA’s skills shortage is hampering the availability of homes for the workers needed to boost housing stock.

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.

The suburbs of Salter Point, Bicton and Ascot have recorded the largest median house price growth since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.

Construction costs for Momentum Wealth’s proposed six-storey apartment block in Shenton Park have gone up by millions of dollars, nearly 40 per cent up from its initial estimate.

Cath Hart reflects on her time at the Housing Industry Association of WA as she prepares for a new challenge.

Home values in the West Australian capital increased at almost twice the national rate in April.

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

Property groups welcome state government investment in housing, but say its infrastructure spend could further stifle private sector development.

Perth house prices have increased last month despite CoreLogic data recording the first national decline in 20 months.

The building giant has stopped making new sales from its Commodore Homes brand while demand exceeds supply.

A Supreme Court trial over an apartment proposal at the Yelo cafe site has come to an end after resident group Too Big for Trigg dropped its application.

Perth’s median home values defied the national trend to increase by 0.4 per cent to $558,000 in June.

Rental demand in Perth continue to rise but with vacancy rates plummeting, experts say more investors are needed to increase supply.

Median house prices in nearly a dozen Perth suburbs have hit the $1 million mark for the first time ever during the 2021/22 financial year.

The Southern River asset, anchored by Dan Murphy’s, forms part of Westbridge’s Diversified Fund No. 4.

Apartment developers are facing increasing costs amid tightening margins and constrained supply.

Investment in residential property as a rental asset has fallen away in recent years, with concerns that trend will continue.

Home values in Perth have decreased for the first time in 10 months, as CoreLogic’s home index dips by 0.2 per cent.

Western Australia was the only state to record house price growth expectations in a recent Property Council report.

Perth’s median house price has dropped for the first time in at least a year, CoreLogic data shows.

Perth has one of the lowest rental vacancy rates in the country with 0.6 per cent compared to a 1.1 per cent rate nationally.

Dunsborough real estate agent Joe White will head up the organisation, after Damian Collins’ exit.

The state government’s efforts to regulate holiday homes drag on while councils take matters into their own hands.

Recent moves in the industrial property sector show the market should continue to outperform this year.

The property fund is planning a $13 million luxury townhouse development across the three adjoining lots.

The West Perth-based property fund has bought a hotel and liquor store for $15 million as part of its first total return fund.

The Damian Collins-led developer hopes to start building the homes early next year.

Property funds are navigating economic headwinds to deliver returns to their investors.

The WA-based fund manager will place the $6 million asset within its total return fund.

Plans to demolish an existing apartment building to make way for luxury townhomes have been approved by council.

The Subiaco-based fund manager has purchased a $23 million retail centre near Ipswich.

Damian Collins says people tend to make more mistakes in a heated property market.

A $78 million, nine-storey apartment project is being lodged with the City of Subiaco today.

The Subiaco-based syndicator has purchased two medical centres from Centuria.

Westbridge Funds Management sold the Baile Road property for $12.3 million.

WA’s Westbridge Funds Management has divested one of its industrial assets in Victoria, pocketing $30 million from the transaction.

The Subiaco-based fund manager has sold an 809sqm block to a local developer for $2.13 million.

Subiaco-based Westbridge Funds Management has acquired a manufacturing facility interstate for slightly more than $30 million.

Developers are dealing with supply shortages, competition from owner-occupiers and infrastructure constraints.