Change is under way in the Pilbara mining town of Newman, with BHP Billiton's long-held dominance of the housing market moderating in the face of new residential developments and a growing rental sector.
Property player Megara Developments will build eight apartments for the Town of Port Hedland in exchange for the right to sell house-and-land packages at South Hedland's Catamore Court estate.
Megara Developments managing director Matthew Pickford says his company was simply in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the Pilbara's building boom.
