Property

Fastbrick Robotics will put its prototype truck-mounted bricklaying robot into the field to build 11 residential houses under a collaboration agreement with Perth-based builder Archistruct Builders & Designers.

The state government has spent $3.5 billion over the past decade in the CBD and the Swan River foreshore, generating an expected $8.2 billion worth of spending by the private sector, but making all the pieces work together remains a significant challenge.

Perth house prices showed signs of improvement last month, with the median price now sitting at $480,000.

This week, Reiwa members reported a decrease in weekly sales to 545.

Two Perth-based builders have been denied registration and another has been fined, in a busy week for Western Australia’s Building Commission.

A new train station at Aubin Grove has been the catalyst behind an evolution of product from residential land developer Richard Noble & Company.

Building products maker Brickworks has confirmed it will close its Malaga manufacturing facility and showroom in the face of the decline in residential building activity in Western Australia.

A new player is applying an international model to win work in the highly competitive commercial construction sector.

Civil contractor and mining services company SRG Limited says it is well positioned for further growth on the back of recent contract wins, after booking a 52 per cent lift in net profit in the 201

Suburban shopping centres are becoming the most sought-after asset class in property.

More than 80 per cent of houses sold in Perth in the year to the end of June went for $400,000 or more, the latest evidence of the difficulties faced by low income earners seeking to own a home.

After a quarter of a century, one of Perth’s top planning firms is going back to its roots.

Corporate law firm Gilbert + Tobin has continued its counter-cyclical growth drive, recruiting former Macquarie Capital executive Justin Mannolini as its third new partner this year.

This week, Reiwa members reported an increase in weekly sales to 563.

Pindan has won the $27.8 million contract for the Warren Health Service redevelopment main works.

Former iiNet executive Greg Bader has been officially installed as chief executive of online property portal rent.com.au, following founder Mark Woschnak’s retirement last month.

Perth's residential rental vacancy rate has reached a record high of 5.2 per cent with 10,738 homes currently untenanted, according to property group SQM Research.

LandCorp is seeking a development partner for its latest urban infill project, Parkside Walk in Jolimont.

Strong demand for new apartments and office buildings has helped Lendlease deliver a 13 per jump in annual profit, and it says it has a growing pipeline of projects.

This week, Reiwa members reported a marginal increase in weekly sales to 553. The overall 1 per cent increase in sales over the week is attributed to a 43 per cent increase in sales for vacant land.

Satterley Property Group has made its second Victorian acquisition in the past three months, acquiring a 68-hectare residential estate in Melbourne’s Donnybrook for $34 million.

Pilbara-focused developer Veronica Macpherson has been blocked from leaving the country by the corporate regulator and her Macro Realty Developments business has been ordered to stop providing financial advice.

Property developer Stockland is reaping the benefits of a surge in house and land sales driven by strong population growth, job growth and low interest rates.

Architect Sam Klopper has shrugged off community consternation over an apartment project on Kennedy Street in Maylands, instead pitching the development as a model for future urban infill.

Slowing residential construction has claimed more scalps, with the flow-on effects likely to have negative repercussions for the affordability of new housing.

LWP Property Group has launched two new land estates in Perth’s southern suburbs, shrugging off slowing market conditions that are forcing other developers to look interstate.

Resolving disputes between contractors and subcontractors on government jobs is looming as a key state election issue.

Apartment developer Finbar Group has unveiled plans to build a three-tower residential complex in Applecross, with the project expected to fetch $350 million.

A for sale sign has gone up at the flagship project at Elizabeth Quay, with developer Far East Consortium putting its Ritz-Carlton hotel on the block just one week after Premier Colin Barnett turned the first sod on the luxury development.

Local company PACT Construction has won an $11.2 million contract for work on Byford Secondary College.

Bunnings’ property arm, BWP Trust, has posted a solid 48 per cent increase in net profit for the 2016 financial year, backed by some big revaluations and higher rental growth.

Advocates for the abolition of Western Australia’s development assessment panels took a hit yesterday, after the WA Local Government Association knocked back two motions that called for the scrappi