The West Australian Opinion Piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck The term urban sprawl is a dirty word these days and while no one wants to see a monotonous spread of housing stretch out around our cities, there is a balance needed to the discussion around Perth’s future growth. In Perth, a diverse supply […]
The Weekend West – Apartment Living While Western Australia still has some way to go to catch up to the volume of apartments in New South Wales and Victoria, an uptick in sales and development over recent years has buoyed hopes of a move towards higher density living in the state. At the time of […]
The Weekend West looked into a request from Productivity Commission Chairman Michael Brennan to abolish Stamp Duty and UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck was asked to provide her thoughts. Read the full story here.
Western Suburbs Weekly WITH statistics showing a continual decline in property prices and more than three in 10 Perth homes selling at a loss, it may come as a surprise that confidence within the property sector is improving. A lot has happened in the past few months to give the industry some hope. Following the […]
Following the interest rate cuts in June and July 2019 UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck commented on the implications this might have for buyers and renters in WA. Read the full story here.
The West Australian Opinion Piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck Last month, Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley advised that the Threatened Species List under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) was updated to reflect 34 listings, and three ecological communities, including Tuart Woodlands and Forests of the Swan Coastal Plain (Tuarts). […]
WA Today Low-to-moderate income earners are still effectively locked out of Perth’s central suburbs, with only one central suburb’s median house price coming in under the Keystart loan cap of $480,000. Read more here
The Weekend West Analysis by Research4 Director Colin Keane for the Urban Development Institute of Australia Western Australia (UDIA WA) has shown the WA property market is on the cusp of recovering. Speaking at a UDIA WA luncheon at Crown Perth last week, Mr Keane told a crowd of over 350 property industry professionals about […]
The West Australian Jobs growth will be the single biggest driver of land sales, but an increase takes two years to boost sales, according to a leading property analyst. Speaking at an Urban Development Institute of Australia function, Research4 analyst Colin Keane said land sales were no longer driven by affordability, because land is cheap, […]