Property

Applications for home loans within Western Australia were up 62 per cent year on year for the first six months of 2021, according to the latest data from Bankwest.

Real Asset Management has purchased two health centres for circa $17.5 million, adding to $150 million worth of medical properties transacted across Perth and Peel over the past 12 months.

Brookfield Properties is aiming to significantly scale back the use of single-use plastics at its Perth and Sydney locations in the coming year.

Tattarang's $85 million Ningaloo Lighthouse eco-resort proposal will be subject to the highest possible level of assessment by the EPA.

Momentum Wealth's $18 million proposal to develop 62 apartments across two six-storey buildings in Shenton Park has been approved.

Health care providers are shifting away from the traditional approach to practice design.

A three-year long process to implement new strata reform has raised questions about the government's efficiency, the state's opposition says.

After going back to the drawing board, Woolworths' $120 million proposal to develop a twin-tower mixed-use project in Scarborough has been approved.

The Town of Victoria Park has recommended planners reject a proposal for a 22-storey office development along Burswood Road when the project is formally assessed later this week.

The state government will need to decide whether it opts out of provisions to make housing more accessible.

The local Colliers International office will sever its ties with the multinational, as its franchise agreement comes to an end and a company-owned Perth operation is set to launch.

House building approvals dropped by more than 10 per cent in May, retreating from the record high posted a month earlier.

Sanur will be required to comply with an order from the City of Subiaco to stabilise its buildings and facilitate the reopening of Hay Street.

Western Australian construction company Doric has signed a $285 million contract with the Department of Defence for the proposed refurbishment of Irwin Barracks.

Investors have made their biggest push in the housing market in almost six years, helping lift new home loans in a record month.

Acure Asset Management has made a tidy sum after selling its large-format retail property in Baldivis for almost $20 million more than it paid in 2015.

Australia has recorded its highest annual rate of house price growth since 2004, however Perth has continued to underperform, according to the latest data from CoreLogic.

The Housing Industry Forecasting Group has revised its predictions for 2020-21, increasing its forecast for Western Australian dwelling commencements.

A series of property developments promise to reshape the city, but what else is needed to revive the CBD?

New legislation aims to provide better protection for payments to subcontractors, but some say it misses the mark.

How will the state's construction industry navigate the growing pains prompted by a surge in building activity?

Clublinks Management has been appointed operator of the Links Kennedy Bay golf course, as part of the $425 million Kennedy Bay coastal development.

Australian Development Capital has lodged updated plans to build a $48.8 million residential development and shopping precinct in Mosman Park, a project it hopes to expedite through the state's Development Assessment Unit.

Nyoongar traditional owner Gerard Matera says labour shortages prompted by a surge in building activity has put a spotlight on the training and development of an indigenous workforce.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has signed a long-term lease for a new warehouse at Hesperia's 56-hectare Roe Highway Logistics Park.

Australian Development Capital (ADC_) has added to its property portfolio with the $22 million acquisition of a three-storey office building, leased to NRW Holdings.

Synergy will run a rapid expression of interest process to redevelop the South Fremantle Power Station, after receiving an unsolicited bid.

The state's construction union has voiced its disappointment over the government's failure to include cascading statutory trusts in its Security of Payment Bill.

ASX-listed Finbar Group has released some of its apartment investment stock in Karratha to the market, off the back of a strong regional property market.

National property group Cedar Woods will release more land at its Harrisdale Green estate, located south of Perth, with the launch of the Greenlink Mews precinct.

Two proposals for multi-storey developments along West Coast Highway, including Woolworths' $120 million mixed-use project, have received the tick of approval.

Blackburne Property group has appointed BGC to build its $75 million East Village project, located adjacent to the $800 million redevelopment of Karrinyup Shopping centre.