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Edison McGrath property agent Thea Samuel and Ray White property agent Jody Fewster have noticed a rise in buyers dishonouring signed contracts.

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Uptick in dodgy house buyers making bogus offers on property

The property market has been hit by a surge in deception, with a rise in alleged scammers, thrill-seekers and cutthroat buyers dishonouring signed contracts.

Kim Macdonald

Bassendean MP Dave Kelly

House That!CommentsPremiumLandlords urged to spread Xmas cheer for hard-up families

It may sound like an oxymoron but a politician is spreading Christmas cheer, with Dave Kelly calling on landlords to offer their tenants a week of free rent over Christmas.

Kim Macdonald

The housing affordability problem in Perth has been decades in the making.

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Perth should embrace gentle density to tackle housing crisis

WA needs to build homes that are close to jobs, amenities and educational opportunities - but it doesn’t have to mean high density housing. 

Cassandra Winzar

Perth homes are flying off the market faster than anywhere else in the country, with new data revealing properties are selling in just nine days — three times quicker than the national average.

PROPERTYCommentsPremiumHomes sell at nation-leading speed as stock crisis deepens

Perth properties are flying off the market faster than anywhere else in the country.

Caitlin Vinci

Glick House in Leederville is under offer

House ThatCommentsPremiumA home that dances to the beat of its own drum

Leederville house defies convention

Kim Macdonald

‘The Victorian Government has shown how higher land tax for investors can help to put a lid on property prices,’ writes Kim Macdonald.

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Landlords must pay more to stop runaway property prices

I’m a property investor and I want people like me to be taxed more. Yes, you did actually read that right.

Kim Macdonald

Kim Macdonald

A Scarborough site once approved for an 18-storey tower and a 12-storey hotel could now become just a nine-storey development with 67 apartments.

PropertyCommentsPremiumHigh-rise Scarbs hotel plans shelved but not dead yet

Plans to build an 18-storey tower and 12-storey hotel at a prime Scarborough location have been scrapped, with a scaled-back development now being proposed.

Liam Murphy

Perth’s relentless march of rental prices means households now require a six-figure income to comfortably rent in Perth, according to new research by Domain.

PropertyCommentsPremiumSix-figure salary now a must-have for Perth renters

Perth’s relentless march of rental prices means households now require a six-figure income to comfortably rent in Perth.

Kim Macdonald

Elders’ Property’s Belinda Conner said Rockingham made the list due to its relative affordability and growing reputation as a lifestyle and investment hub. 

PropertyCommentsPremiumThe seven Perth suburbs worth investing in next year

Wondering where to invest in property in 2026? Seven Perth metropolitan suburbs and two regional towns have made the national Hot 100 list.

Kim Macdonald

New research shows 16 types of essential workers - from school teachers to aged care workers - have been priced out of almost all of Perth. Share houses or higher-earning partners are their only rental options.

PropertyCommentsPremium‘Shocking’: Perth rentals unaffordable for essential workers

New research shows 16 types of essential workers - from school teachers to aged care workers - have been priced out of almost all of Perth.

Kim Macdonald

Governments are being urged to intervene in rental markets as new figures reveal a more than 50 per cent increase in WA’s median rent since 2021.

PropertyCommentsPremiumRent explosion prices out WA’s working families

Governments are being urged to intervene in rental markets as new figures reveal a more than 100 per cent increase in WA’s median rent since 2021.

Caitlin Vinci

Record stamp duty receipts are on track to add $1 billion to the State Budget’s bottom line, fuelled by surging property prices and sparking calls the tax to be overhauled or abolished.

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PROPERTY SHOCK: Tax strangling Perth housing market

Record stamp duty receipts are on track to add $1 billion to the State Budget’s bottom line, sparking calls for a major overhaul to end the generational fight over Perth’s tight property market.

Jessica Page

John Van Der Wielen, left, with WA Racing and Gaming Minister Paul Papalia at Crown Perth in July.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumWyllie Group appoints John Van Der Wielen as chair

John Van Der Wielen succeeds Neale Fong and adds to his chairmanships of the ASX-listed biotech Orthocell and the WA Government’s Future Health and Research Fund. 

Sean Smith

An artist’s impression of the proposed development at 2 Upham Street.

PropertyCommentsPremiumMajor $150m high-rise apartment plans eyed up for Subiaco

The apartments — a mix of one, two and three-bedroom options — will be spread across three separate buildings of 12, nine and seven storeys

Harriet Flinn

Plans have been lodged for 78 townhouses on a vacant block of land in Madeley.

PropertyCommentsPremiumTownhouses slated for vacant block in Perth suburb

The developer wants to build 70 two-storey townhouses and eight single-storey houses on the 1.85ha site.

Liam Murphy

The WA Planning Commission has officially put to an end a controversial proposal to build more than 1,000 apartments across seven high-rise towers in Warwick.

PropertyCommentsPremiumPlans for 1040 apartments over seven towers dead in water

The WA Planning Commission has officially put to an end a controversial proposal to build more than 1,000 apartments across seven high-rise towers in Warwick.

Liam Murphy

A 10-storey apartment block has been approved for Mosman Park’s train station precinct.

PropertyCommentsPremiumWestern suburbs $14 million apartment block gets greenlight

A 10-storey apartment tower in a train station precinct has been unanimously approved, paving the way for another major high-rise in the growing corridor.

Harriet Flinn

The wealth effect happens when people feel like they are rich because the value of their assets — usually housing — have risen, encouraging them to loosen the purse strings.

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Perth homeowners guilty of the ‘wealth effect’

The wealth effect happens when people feel like they are rich because the value of their assets - usually housing - have risen, encouraging them to loosen the purse strings.

Kim Macdonald

Kim Macdonald

A home on Dawes Way in Mandogalup.

PropertyCommentsPremiumSurprise suburb leads price growth in Perth in 2025

The outer suburb has shot from obscurity to the top of Perth’s property price growth list, up 33 per cent — or nearly $235,000 — this year.

Kim Macdonald

The boost was largely driven by increase in multi-unit dwellings approvals, which grew from 202 approvals in September to 693 in October.

PropertyCommentsPremiumNothing but blue sky as Perth market crashes $1.1tr barrier

Perth’s property market is continuing its runaway growth with apartment approvals up threefold and the value of the broader real estate market smashing the $1.1 trillion threshold.

Kim Macdonald

JLL director and report author Ronak Bhimjiani forecasts the next phase of WA’s economic growth will be defined by new exports, defence and value-add processing.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumWorld will change but WA commercial property is strong

Demand for WA’s traditional resources will moderate over the next decade but new economic opportunities will help maintain pressure on the local commercial property market, according to a new report.

Kim Macdonald

1325 Hay St West Perth - office as as educational facility

Commercial propertyPremiumPerth’s pitch as student city gets A-plus from educators

Perth’s reputation as a city for students is growing, with multiple education and training providers flocking to the CBD as the upcoming Edith Cowan University city campus prepares to open.

Kim Macdonald

ANZ’s head of Australian economics Adam Boyton said an inflation spike in October meant it was no longer predicting relief in February next year.

BusinessCommentsANZ issues grim forecast for interest rate cuts in 2026

ANZ has released its forecast for interest rates next year — and it is not good news for mortgage holders.

Stephen Johnson

State planning directors are recommending a controversial $278 million proposal to build 1,040 apartments across seven high-rise buildings in Warwick be refused by the WAPC.

Tower troubleCommentsPremiumDecision on controversial apartments after nearly two years

Property developers want to build a mix of residential and commercial space across buildings ranging from seven to 25 storeys on a vacant site next to a WA shopping centre.

Liam Murphy