Controversial former health department boss Dr Neale Fong has emerged with a new role as executive chairman of a small exploration company that is planning to list on the Australian stock exchange next month.

Although it's still four years away from completion, the impact of the new Perth to Bunbury Highway is already being felt in residential property markets in the Peel and South West regions as more buyers look for medium to long-term growth prospects.

While there is no shortage of tenants looking for space in the Perth CBD, Saville Australia's proposed 60,000 square metre office tower at Capital Square has actually intensified the competition to secure one of the largest tenants in the market left to p

View Resources Ltd major shareholder IMC Resources (Australia) Pty Ltd has thrown a lifeline to the failed gold miner, offering to advance a $19 million loan to View's administrators.

New home sales in Western Australia have got off to a cracking start in 2008, rising by 47.1 per cent in January to their highest level since March 2006, according to new data from the Housing Industry Association.