WA Business News The state budget will be in surplus in 2019/20, according to Premier Mark McGowan, while a $421 million expansion of the Keystart program for first homebuyers and a move to reduce red tape will be two new policies to support the local economy. Speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia’s […]
The West Australian Both the State’s key property lobby groups are backing Planning Minister Rita Saffioti’s move to introduce a WA State Design Review Panel, citing the need for clarity and better outcomes for local communities. Ms Saffioti last month asked built environment experts to apply for positions on the panel, to provide independent advice […]
WA Today Rendering ugly old exposed brick, adding balconies, building rec rooms and other common spaces, and installing barbecues or pools to make the most of underused space are all now choices within reach for owners of Perth’s oldest blocks of units, thanks to new strata laws. The laws also mean one grumpy owner will […]
The West Australian The answer to the ever elusive goal of converting the great Australian dream of owning a home into an affordable reality may be hiding in plain sight. In tracking his personal housing journey, Urbis director Michael Webb put a spotlight on two cities, Perth and Brisbane, comparing the suburbs of Innaloo and […]
The West Australian Community resistance and a lack of sizeable development sites are major barriers to medium density development in Perth. Perth and Peel@3.5m promotes higher density residential developments around activity centres, station precincts and along high-frequency public transport routes, to create housing diversity and choice. However, WA Planning Commission chairman David Caddy told an Urban […]
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WA Today Perth land prices are among the cheapest in the country after recording a 2.3 per cent drop in the September quarter. Urban Development Institute of Australia figures released on Monday revealed Perth land prices were down 3.9 per cent for the year making the city cheaper than Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and on […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Tanya Steinbeck has been appointed chief executive of WA’s Urban Development Institute of Australia starting next month. Ms Steinbeck replaces Allison Hailes, who is moving overseas after three years at the helm. UDIA WA president Nick Allingame said Ms Steinbeck had property development industry experience across the private, government and peak body […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN It’s time to reshape the way we talk about housing affordability, diversity and density in Perth, according to the Department of Communities director of business development Nigel Hindmarsh. Mr Hindmarsh, speaking on a panel at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA Solving the Housing Affordability Challenge lunch last week, said there […]