Business News Industry leaders are forecasting a return to equilibrium for WA, as population growth continues and the pipeline of supply gets built out. Speaking at an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today, Real Estate Institute of WA chief executive Cath Hart said Western Australians were more equipped to weather interest rate spikes than other states. “WA […]
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THIS WEEK MARKED THE INTRODUCTION ON NEW STAMP DUTY EXEMPTION THRESHOLDS FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS. FROM THE 1ST JULY ONLY PROPERTIES PRICED UNDER $430,000 WILL RECEIVE THE FULL STAMP DUTY EXEMPTION, WITH CONCESSIONS PHASING OUT AT $530,000. NO CHANGES WERE MADE FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS OF NEW HOUSE AND LAND PACKAGES, WITH EXEMPTIONS FOR LAND […]
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Opinion piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck published in The West Australian on Wednesday November 20. Anyone who drives to and from work in peak hour has experienced the immense frustrations of dealing with the merge-aphobics, the tailgaters, the stickybeaks and the impressively timed roadworks to coincide with the majority of Perth trying to […]
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