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The ‘quick-fix’ renovations that could save WA home owners (and the government) big on power bills

With another sizzling summer approaching and energy efficiency disclosure laws in the works,new research gives the inside scoop on what upgrades households can prioritise.

  • bySarah Brookes

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One-third of Perth suburbs are now ‘million-dollar markets’

One-third of Perth suburbs are now ‘million-dollar markets’

An analysis of 300 Perth suburbs has revealed a third are now million-dollar markets,joining a list that,for the first time,includes four suburban unit markets.

  • bySarah Brookes
The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive

The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive

West Australians are paying 42 per cent more to build new houses than before the pandemic – and the most expensive places to build are attracting a premium for one reason.

  • bySarah Brookes
Ben Lisle on life lessons,riding motorbikes and helming Hesperia

Ben Lisle on life lessons,riding motorbikes and helming Hesperia

The man leading one of Perth’s most successful property development firms talks calculated risks,motorbikes,and helming Hesperia.

  • byJesinta Burton
The morbid reason house prices will soar in the western suburbs

The morbid reason house prices will soar in the western suburbs

Prices are predicted to go through the roof in some of Perth’s most tightly held neighbourhoods.

  • bySarah Brookes
‘Residential dustbowls’:The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist

‘Residential dustbowls’:The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist

Suburbs on Perth’s ever-expanding outer fringe feature heavily on a national list of the riskiest postcodes to invest. Investors are warned to avoid them.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Perth house price growth could keep rising ‘at least 5-10 years’ and leave boom-bust cycle behind

Perth house price growth could keep rising ‘at least 5-10 years’ and leave boom-bust cycle behind

The chief economist for the nation’s peak residential building body predicts Perth’s average property price could surpass Queensland’s within three years.

  • byConnor McGoverne
How the gap between the property haves and have-nots just got wider

How the gap between the property haves and have-nots just got wider

House sellers have been able to bank windfall gains,but everyone else risks being left behind as the property market soars out of reach.

  • bySue Williams
What happens when a threatened species gets in the way of a new Perth housing estate?

What happens when a threatened species gets in the way of a new Perth housing estate?

These spectacular little spiders are found in only one spot:in the pathway of a housing estate that received its environmental approval decades ago.

  • bySarah Brookes
They refused to sell as a whole Perth suburb was built around them. Until now

They refused to sell as a whole Perth suburb was built around them. Until now

The six acre property in Hammond Park has been owned by the same family for nearly four decades.

  • bySarah Brookes
Our eight favourite luxury homes for sale right now

Our eight favourite luxury homes for sale right now

From a sunny island escape to a sandstone villa and Insta-worthy architectural curves,we’ve rounded up our top picks.

  • byKate Farrelly