WA residential property
The high-end homes in Perth pockets where property prices are climbing most
We pick out a selection of our favourite properties for sale in Wembley, Aubin Grove, Forrestfield, Peppermint Grove and Mount Lawley.
- Indigo Lemay-Conway
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Legal threats, backend hacks: How real estate agents can block honest reviews
Real estate agents who give the least accurate price guides also have near-perfect star ratings and scant negative reviews, sparking concerns buyers are being duped.
- Elias Visontay
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Perth house relocator leaves trail of clients, contractors claiming he owes millions
A group of aggrieved clients claim James Thomson owes them money. He claims he is the victim of an online smear campaign.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Could negative gearing changes be a ‘tipping point’ for a WA building boom?
Western Australia could be in line to benefit from an $8 billion boom in private rental construction, according to a Perth property expert.
- Cameron Myles
The Perth suburbs home to the state’s most expensive luxury homes
Cottesloe sits at the top of a list of the 10 most expensive areas to purchase a luxury house, with a median house price of $3.899 million.
- Michael Philipps
Perth’s house prices are on a hot streak not seen in 20 years. Are we reaching a ‘tipping point’?
Perth’s house prices have risen again in the longest uninterrupted stretch of growth since 2000-07, but there are warnings buyers could be hitting an “affordability ceiling”.
- Cameron Myles
MinRes founder puts record-setting riverside Perth home on the market
Chris Ellison bought the 7567-square-metre riverside property in 2009, setting a national record at the time for the price paid for a private residential property in Australia.
- Michael Philipps
‘Unsustainable’: Perth on track to become second most expensive capital to buy a house
If the trend continues, Perth is on track to overtake Brisbane ($1.1 million), and become the second most expensive city in the nation to buy a house, after Sydney ($1.29 million).
- Holly Thompson and Heather McNeill
WA borrowers have the bleakest outlook in the nation. Here’s why
Housing supply and limited availability of suitable properties have been cited as the key drivers of low sentiment in a new survey.
- Michael Philipps
WA is eyeing new stamp duty concessions. Do they go far enough?
Strategic Property Group managing director Trent Fleskens said stamp duty was the biggest impediment to buying a new home, outside of a deposit.
- Michael Philipps and Holly Edwards-Smith