Home builders are reconfiguring their offering to provide more options at the affordable end of the market, as developers seek to maximise their output by changing the shape of Perth's increasingly smaller residential lots.
Local governments are making little headway in hitting the state government's goal that 47 per cent of new housing development be made in existing areas, according to a progress report on the planning framework, Directions 2031.
More than 60 CEOs from WA provided Business News with detailed views on the year past, the next 12 months, their vision for the state, and what they expect from political leaders.
More than 60 CEOs from WA provided Business News with detailed views on the year past, the next 12 months, their vision for the state, and what they expect from political leaders.
The state government's latest round of approvals reforms has been hailed by the housing construction industry as a game-changer for affordability and another step towards the ultimate goal of priva
Housing finance commitments in Western Australia rose by 0.8 per cent in September, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' seasonally adjusted figures, bucking a national falling trend.
The state government will legislate to include the University of Western Australia, Kings Park, the QEII Medical Centre and the City of Vincent in the City of Perth, but will not include the Burswood Peninsula after that proposal was rejected by the independent Local Government Advisory Board.
Western Australia's residential building sector has broken historical records, setting a new high of $1.99 billion worth of work in June, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Stat
The WA division of the Urban Development Institute of Australia Council has announced Mirvac development director for master-planned communities, Kim Lawrance, will join the returning members of th
The state government has streamlined the planning approvals process, rolling out consistent regulations across local governments, introducing online application systems, and removing the requirement for single homes that meet R-Code regulations to have to go through the planning approvals process.
Western Australia's leading property industry groups have warned the government not to abolish its Keystart shared equity home loan scheme, arguing it could push thousands of low-income earners into public housing.
Western Australia's residential construction sector is continuing to exhibit rapid growth, with the state government's official forecaster tipping the highest level of activity in more than two decades.
SPECIAL REPORT: Concerns have been raised over the sustainability of Perth's apartment construction boom, with prominent industry players suggesting Rivervale in particular is in danger of oversupply.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state government's efforts to boost housing affordability have resulted in an increase in diversity of housing options for those buying their first home, with developers saying Perth is coming of age as a modern city.
SPECIAL REPORT: Despite the state government's best efforts, developers say bureaucracy is the main barrier to getting land to market in a timely fashion.
SPECIAL REPORT: Perth's northern and southern fringes remain the hotbeds for residential land development, but short-term supply issues have hit the industry's ability to keep pace with a surge in demand.
Perth has overtaken Sydney to record the most expensive residential land value per square metre of all major capital cities, fuelling concerns that land supply is not keeping up with market demand.
More than 20,000 Western Australians bought their first home in 2013 in another sign of strengthening activity in WA's residential construction sector.
Perth house blocks in new developments shrank by 9.2 per cent over the year to September, with the average size of a block sold declining to 415 square metres.
The slowing of Western Australia's population growth as forecast in this year's state budget appears to be well under way, particularly in response to the tapering off of resources construction activity.
Higher demand for new housing is placing further pressure on the state's land supply, as a new report finds land sales are tracking at more than 40 per cent above the 10-year average.
The state government's boost to the first home owner's grant for new houses has resulted in applications for new dwellings rising 17 per cent in October.
Residential building approvals have hit a 25-year high in Western Australia, as record-low interest rates drive investors and first home buyers into the housing market.
The state government has unveiled its second phase of planning reforms, with the initiatives being hailed as a positive step forward for the development sector.
The $30.6 million, seven-storey Lime Street development has won a major prize from the Urban Development Institute of Australia, taking home the President's Award on Saturday night.
Listings of new land in Perth have fallen to their lowest level in seven years, with developers scrambling to fast-track releases to keep up with demand.
The state government has released new guidelines for coastal development, with conservationists hailing the move as a critical policy change, while an industry group labelled the policy change
There are more than 75 suburbs in Western Australia, primarily in mining regions, where it is cheaper to buy a house than pay rent, a report released today says.
The prevailing gloom in the resources sector has failed to slow first homebuyer activity, with Western Australian recipients of the grant up 22 per cent in May.
The number of dwellings expected to be built in Perth this year has increased to 22,500, and is forecast to stay around that level for the next three years.
The WA arm of the Urban Development Institute of Australia has warned the residential land market is at risk of overheating if action is not taken to fast-track the release of new land.
