Catie Low

BIS Shrapnel provided some rare good news for the residential property sector this week when it forecast a rise in Perth housing prices and demand for new homes.

LONG-TIME business partners Con Berbatis and George Atzemis are best known in property circles for their retail investments, but sluggish consumer spending has sharpened the pair’s focus on Perth’s bo

WHEN billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey launched a bid to get GST imposed on online purchases less than $1,000, he unwittingly provided a major publicity boost for internet shopping in Australia. 

WESTERN Australia’s super-charged resources sector has provided little protection for retailers battling to overcome sagging consumer sentiment and a shift from spending to saving.

LINLEY Valley abattoir has shelved a $50 million expansion plan for its Wooroloo operation after failing in its Supreme Court bid to overturn an approval for a permanent park home on its boundary.

A FEDERAL government employee superannuation fund is understood to be circling SAS Trustee Corporation’s half share in the blue-chip QV1 office tower in Perth’s sought-after CBD.

Gold producer Ramelius Resources poured cold water on talk its newly acquired stake in promising Western Australian explorer Doray Minerals foreshadowed a take-over bid.

FOR the first time in eight years, homebuilder BGC has lost its grasp on the top ranking in the Housing Industry Association’s annual homebuilders report.

THE Barnett government this week broke free of a punitive, 25-year lease contract, closing the chapter on a business deal that dates back to the wheeling and dealing of Bond Corp and the WA Inc era.