Property

Nearly half of renters are living in houses infested with pests as fresh data reveals Perth is now the least affordable capital city in the nation to rent in.

The bottleneck in housing construction in recent years was worse in WA than any other state but the increase in construction costs was lowest in WA, a new report has found.

The $5.45 million purchase paves the way for the developer’s medical facility at the site.

The Victorian syndicator that owns several WA retail assets has bought a 7-Eleven for $5.1 million.

The South Perth developer plans to build an 18-dwelling, seven-storey, apartment building on Hampden Road.

ANALYSIS: A federal investment in 550 homes for defence workers is expected to ease the housing and rental squeeze.

Richard Goyder has been named as the incoming chair of one of Australia’s largest private companies, just months after his early retirement from the Qantas board.

An entity controlled by Christopher Somas, Anthea Somas and Jim Litis has bought a $13 million home.

The north-west is short of beds for leisure and corporate travelers, yet proponents find it near-impossible to build a development business case.

The number of housing starts in the state is expected to rise steadily in the coming years, with construction of homes to increase by nearly 7 per cent next year.

The developer is planning to bring a seven level, 83-dwelling apartment building to a site near Hillarys Boat Harbour.

A housing project in the South West has being approved after the proposal was reviewed in the State Administrative Tribunal.

Question marks hang over the redevelopment of several derelict properties throughout the city.

Nicheliving directors have fronted a $200,000 indemnity to cover operating costs and ensure the administrators get paid in the "likely" event the construction entities are too strapped for cash.

A $10,000 incentive to attract eastern states construction workers to Western Australia has been described as a shot in the arm for the industry amid the state’s crippling housing crisis.

A $900 million fund has been welcomed by economists hopeful it will modernise the construction industry where productivity has been flat for three decades.

A development assessment panel has knocked back a $500 million plan to build a workers’ camp in South Hedland over issues on the design and the mystery surrounding the tenant.

National Storage has snapped up the asset for $8.45 million.

The state's land agency has approved UEM Sunrise’s $450 million proposal to build a 36-storey apartment block in the Subiaco Oval precinct.

The airport has unveiled its plan to accelerate development on more than 2,000 hectares of non-aviation land.

Perron Group is selling out of the expansive Vasse Estate, a master-planned community on the outskirts of Busselton, with its stake tipped to be worth tens of millions of dollars.

Hanson Construction Materials has rebranded to Heidelberg Materials Australia, nearly 20 years after the latter acquired the company.

Perth-based NXT TEC has received its fifth US patent, this time for its NXT Spacedeck prefabricated concrete design for high rise buildings.

Nutrien Ag has proposed a $70 million facility in Rockingham, being the first major tenant signed up to build on industrial land owned by Philip Cardaci’s CFC Group.

Lendlease’s almost $1.3 billion sale of a dozen master-planned projects, including two in Perth, has cleared the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Leederville-based real estate agency has made several changes to its leadership structure as it marks 35 years in business.

The housing minister and Liberal Party’s Steve Martin have faced off in a spirited debate on the housing crisis and planning system.

The WA government has approved a new scheme for Mandogalup in hopes to solve uncertainties over the controversial area developers have eyed for housing for more than a decade.

Suncorp, Dassault Systemes and Gallagher will join BP, Euroz Hartleys, Steinepreis Paganin, JERA Australia and BCG in the office tower.

A plan for a 15-storey, 248-room hotel has been given the green light by authorities this week.

The Liberal candidate for Bullwinkel has written to the federal environment minister opposing the environmental approval of the project.

The commercial contractor behind two Metronet stations, the State Football Centre and Elizabeth Quay, will be absorbed into its parent company amid several redundancies.