Construction activity has fallen, after enjoying four months of expansion, due to weakness in mining-related engineering construction, as well as commercial construction.
Liquidators have been called in to recover what they can from the assets of Scho Homes, with the builder's collapse expected to put more pressure on Western Australia's homebuilding insurance scheme.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state's construction sector has developed a unique initiative aimed at minimising the prevalence and effects of depression and substance abuse.
ASX-listed building company Simonds Group is set to pay $6 million to acquire Western Australia's eighth-biggest homebuilder Gemmill Homes, in a deal foreshadowed in September by Business News.
Perth's tallest hotel, Crown Towers, is on track to be completed by December next year, with Crown Resorts chief executive Barry Felstead staking the claim it will be the best resort in Australia w
Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA-Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.
BGC has returned to its traditional position as Australia's largest home builder, with the latest data from the Housing Industry Association showing six Perth-based builders among Australia's top 20.
New home sales have continued on the trajectory followed throughout much of 2015 in Western Australia, falling 4.9 per cent in the month of July, according to the Housing Industry Association.
Evidence is continuing to mount of weakness in the new housing construction sector, with sales of new homes down 1 per cent in June, the third consecutive month of declines in Western Australia.
Housing affordability in Western Australia is at its most favourable level in more than 10 years, according to new research by the Housing Industry Association.
Perth land prices are defying the conventional supply-demand equation, hitting a record high in the March quarter despite a significant fall in sales in 2015, according to the Housing Industry Asso
Loans for new houses have fallen to their lowest level for three and a half years, another sign of slowdown in Western Australia's home building sector.
New home sales in Western Australia have resumed the downward trajectory of 2015 following a modest rise in April, dropping by 8.1 per cent in the month of May, according to the Housing Industry Association.
Building Commission head Peter Gow has called for more checks and balances in Western Australia's housing construction sector to ensure there is no repeat of the collapse of Capital Works Constructions.
New home sales were slightly higher in Western Australia in April, but the level of sales during the past three months was 2.6 per cent lower than at the same time last year.
More than 30,000 homes will commence construction in the current financial year, according to the Housing Industry Association's latest forecast, but its predictions for the next few years exceed those made by the state government's residential building forecasting body.
New home sales rebounded by 4.2 per cent in Western Australia in March, the first time in 2015 where transactions were higher than the previous month, according to the Housing Industry Association.
Western Australia's home-building sector may be set to break all-time records in the 2014-15 financial year but the booming conditions aren't likely to last, with a significant slowdown predicted over the next two years.
Building approvals took a dip in Western Australia in February, adding to mounting evidence that Perth's home building sector is in for a slower year after all-time records were rewritten in the last 12 months.
New home sales in Western Australia continued to decline in February, falling to a level 14.3 per cent lower than the five-year peak recorded in October last year.
Major players in the residential construction sector say building and plumbing reforms announced today by the state government are simply a cash grab that do not adequately address housing affordab
The number of loans for housing in Western Australia slid by 8.5 per cent in the first month of 2015, providing more evidence of cooling in the residential property sector.
Builders and land developers are increasing the roll out of ready-built homes to boost affordability and reduce the time between the purchase of a house and land package and the build's readiness for occupation.
Western Australia's residential property sector has had a rough start to 2015, with building approvals on the way down, new home sales slipping, and median house prices continuing a slow decline, a
Land sales across the Perth metropolitan area slipped by more than 20 per cent in the September quarter, while at the same time the median lot price increased, with the Housing Industry Association
Private house sales rose 13.4 per cent in Western Australia in the December quarter, the highest three-month achievement in more than a decade, new figures from the Housing Industry Association have revealed.
A surprise fall in home loan approvals in November shows the national housing market is starting to moderate and a rate cut should be on the cards early in 2015, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia.
Building approvals rose 1.2 per cent in Western Australia in November, according to seasonally-adjusted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, contributing to national approvals reaching
Western Australia's biggest homebuilder and the state's most prolific land developer say the heat has come out of the new house and land market, with home buyers set to reap the rewards of an affordability breakthrough over the next 12 months.
The federal government's report on foreign investment in the property sector has been roundly welcomed by industry bodies, as it identifies that offshore buyers can be a positive addition to the ma
Perth-based construction and development company Pindan has inked a $25.6 million contract to build a new aged care facility for Braemar Presbyterian Care in Melville.
Perth house prices fell by 0.1 per cent in the September quarter, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, making it the only capital city to record a fall in dwelling values over the peri
An interstate developer has launched its first apartment project in Perth, near the banks of the Swan River, joining a long list of multi-residential projects in the City of Belmont.
Western Australia's home builders won't keep up the record pace achieved in 2013-14, with housing starts flagged to fall 14 per cent next year on the back of slowing population growth and a softening economy.
New home sales are continuing to decline in Western Australia, falling 5.6 per cent in September, according to the latest report from the Housing Industry Association.
