Cath Hart

Cath Hart is leaving her position as WA executive director at the Housing Industry Association and joining REIWA as chief executive.

The state government has unveiled plans to transform Highgate’s abandoned Stirling Towers into a build-to-rent development, one of 12 sites to be released for housing projects.

Builders are struggling to stay afloat amid a sea of cost, labour and supply chain issues.

Cath Hart reflects on her time at the Housing Industry Association of WA as she prepares for a new challenge.

Michael McGowan will head up the peak body’s Western Australian division.

Opposition leader Mia Davies said there had been a clear statement from the Australian public following the federal election where a record number of women were elected to parliament.

Industry leaders are forecasting a return to equilibrium for WA, as population growth continues and the pipeline of supply gets built out.

Dunsborough real estate agent Joe White will head up the organisation, after Damian Collins’ exit.

CoreLogic’s latest home value index shows a 0 per cent change for Perth, with a slight increase to its median dwelling price.

An increase to the Keystart price limits to home values of $560,000 has been welcomed by industry.

Perth was the only Australian capital to show a lift in its home value index in December, with a $902 uptick in its median dwelling value.

Perth’s rental prices grew by 11 per cent in 2022, reflecting the trend across the country, but rental growth and residential listings slowed in the December quarter.

Another residential research report has predicted challenging rental market conditions in Perth with low supply and listings recorded in the recent quarter.

Western Australia’s housing affordability has dropped marginally while remaining among the most affordable states or territories to buy and rent.

As part of an ongoing series, Business News asks whether negative consequences from a 2020 sugar hit for housing should have been foreseen.

Pressure is building on businesses to justify retaining personal data as consumer awareness of cyber security builds in the aftermath of the Optus, Medibank and Latitude hacks.

PropTrack data shows Perth’s rental vacancy increased by 0.05 percentage points in March, however REIWA figures show the rate as unchanged.

Perth home values continue to rise in the past month with the median house price recorded as more than $570,000, according to recent reports by property groups.

The city could see continued house price growth throughout 2023, a new report has found.

Western Australian house and rental prices are expected to continue rising with properties selling at their fastest since 1998, new data has shown.

Recent data from REIWA shows a record average sale time for houses of 10 days, as well as record rental yields and vacancy rates.

The capital city outpaced national home price growth to hit a new high in median value.

The residential rental vacancy rate has increased to 0.9 per cent, the first rise in six months recorded by REIWA.

Juukan Gorge’s traditional custodians have blasted the state government for treating First Nations people as “second class citizens” in the fallout from Tuesday’s unprecedented decision to scrap the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act one month after coming into effect.

The weekly median for rentals reached $575 last month, reflecting the ongoing changes in Western Australia's realty sector.

Western Australia's unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points in August, despite reporting a record high number of people in work.

Experts say the state’s house price growth should continue to outpace the nation in 2024.

New data from REIWA shows the state’s listings plummeted in December as the housing shortage continues.

A recent analysis of the unit market shows the segments that stood out over the past 12 months.

A surge in overseas migration and continued strong interstate migration has resulted in Western Australia’s population growing at its fastest rate in 14 years.

Resources royalty reliance and a lack of action on payroll tax were among the key observations from business groups digesting today’s state budget – the first from Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

Housing and rental affordability in Western Australia has declined in the recent quarter, recent data from Real Estate Institute of Australia shows.

The state government has upped the property price and income limits for its Keystart home loans, a move widely welcomed by industry stakeholders.

The city has continued to rise at a faster rate than any other capital, with a 2 per cent increase in CoreLogic’s index to a $773,335 median.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the week in lithium; construction issues; Fortescue’s share price tumble; inflationary data; interest rates; house prices; CFMEU action; and Rex’s plight.

Nearly 40 per cent of a family’s income is needed to afford a house in Western Australia, industry data for the past quarter shows.

The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia council has appointed Suzanne Brown as president, replacing Joe White.

A list of notable businesspeople has weighed in on the future of Perth, including Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney, property developer Adrian Fini, and WA chief scientist Peter Klinken.

The property industry has welcomed a move by the state Labor Party to commit to increasing thresholds for stamp duty exemptions if re-elected.

The Member for Curtin likened funding without reform in WA's social housing space to having “an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.