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The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) is Australia’s peak Representative body for all segments of the Urban Development Industry. The institute has been representing the industry in Western Australia for more than 40 years.

  • Perth councils squirrel away $1b in infrastructure cash

    THE WEST AUSTRALIAN   Perth councils have been accused of sitting on more than $1 billion that should have been spent on parks, libraries and street lights. At least one metropolitan council has more than…

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  • Developers sense a shift in sentiment

    WA BUSINESS NEWS Stuart Gardiner acknowledges the past few years have not been easy for those in Perth’s land development business. He says 2017 was a good example, with the latest data from the Real…

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  • Managing infill-greenfield mix

    WA BUSINESS NEWS   More than 4,000 dwellings have been created across LandCorp’s infill development sites during the past five years, providing development opportunities on previously underutilised sites. The chief executive of the state’s land…

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  • BRIGHT FORECAST FOR REAL ESTATE IN NEW YEAR

    WESTERN SUBURBS WEEKLY With 2017 a year of stabilisation for the property market here, I expect 2018 will be a year of moderate growth. New construction activity, along with declining levels of stock on the…

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  • SCARBOROUGH PROJECT IN LIMBO

    WA BUSINESS NEWS Perth’s property sector is still coming to terms with the implications of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s recent decision to block two high-rise towers near Scarborough beach.

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  • LEADER OF THE YEAR

    THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Lavan partner Tamara Heng has walked away with this year’s UDIA WA and Frasers Property Women in Leadership award.

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  • TAX ON THE TABLE AMID DISORDER

    THE AUSTRALIAN Developers have called for property taxes to be looked at “holistically” in the event that a possible early federal election next year forces tax back into the spotlight.

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  • UDIA’S NEW PRESIDENT WANTS ‘VOICE TO BE HEARD’

    AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW The Urban Development Institute of Australia has elected new national president Darren Cooper, pictured, to replace the outgoing Michael Corcoran.

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  • BUYERS MARKET TO CONTINUE WELL INTO 2018, SAY INDUSTRY FIGURES

    WEEKEND WEST Leading industry experts across the Perth and WA residential markets share their forecasts for the coming months, including the hotspots for buyers to watch. PEET LIMITED MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO BRENDAN GORE WA…

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