RENTAL PRESSURE AND DECLINING MORTGAGE COSTS DROVE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2010 Data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today show dwelling starts in the September quarter 2012 increased a seasonally adjusted 23.6 per cent to 5,166, its highest level since December 2010. UDIA (WA) CEO Debra Goostrey […]
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ABC Radio Perth Houses in Western Australia have long been built around a double-brick frame. But is it time we move to timber frames, like builders in the eastern states? UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck tells Russell Woolf and Nadia Mitsopoulos from ABC Radio Perth Breakfast why timber is now proven to be the cheaper, […]
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Business News The pathways to access power supply on new residential subdivisions will be simplified by the state government, in a move designed to accelerate project delivery and shorten a growing waitlist. The changes announced today by Energy Minister Reece Whitby will give land developers multiple pathways to achieve pre-design conformance review clearance on subdivision projects. Developers […]
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