Business News Single homes will be able to be built and modified without the approval of councils under fresh measures introduced as part of the state government’s major planning shake-up. Premier Roger Cook and Planning Minister John Carey on Wednesday unveiled tranche two of planning reforms under which decision making for construction of and additions to single homes would […]
WAToday The Liberal party has been urged to support the Cook government’s new tranche of planning reforms by one of the state’s leading property developer lobby groups. Premier Roger Cook and Planning Minister John Carey will introduce the legislation, first flagged by former premier Mark McGowan back in February, into parliament on Wednesday. The reforms […]
The West Australian Perth’s has been ranked the 69th largest by geographical size in the world, placing just behind London according to the latest edition of Demographia World Urban Areas report. UDIA WA chief executive Tanya Steinbeck said there were a range of factors that were influencing the city’s urban growth. “Perth’s urban development has […]
Business News Richard Pappas has been appointed as president as the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA president, as the outgoing head moves onto a national role. Mr Pappas, managing director of Celsius Property Group, formally assumes the position today at UDIA’s AGM. He has come into the job at a time where the industry group is expanding its […]
ABC Drive UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck was interviewed on ABC Drive following the announcement of the Housing Supply Unit. Listen in here from 1:40:00
WAToday A new unit will be established within the WA Treasury department to address the state’s critical housing shortage and ensure WA gets its fair share of federal funding under the Housing Australia Future Fund. Like other property markets across the country, WA’s housing market is facing significant pressures with strong population growth and ongoing building delays […]
The West Australian There was a time when the great Australian dream was to buy a house and then live in it until you die. Adult children who suggested apartments, retirement or aged care homes for their ailing parents were deemed positively evil by broader society. As if they were forcing their parents into an […]
Business News Developers say the state’s planning system played a major role in the current housing shortage, with approval times blowing out by up to seven years in some cases. Speaking at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today, Blackburne managing director Paul Blackburne commended the government on its planning reforms, but said the system was broken for many […]
Australian Property Investor Magazine Opinion piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck. Downsizers are an important and growing part of the property market in Western Australia and indeed across the country. We have an aging population combined with a trend toward smaller family units that is having an impact on the size of homes required […]