As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

Only got a little time between commitments? We’ve collected the day’s headlines here for you to catch up in a flash.

  • byHolly Thompson

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The Perth suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home now than a year ago

The Perth suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home now than a year ago

Buyers across more than a dozen Perth suburbs from the coast to the hills can spend less on a house today.

  • bySarah Brookes
Global shock,rate rises only way to stop Perth’s runaway home prices

Global shock,rate rises only way to stop Perth’s runaway home prices

New data released by CoreLogic shows property prices increasing for the 15th month running,with overall values up $78,000 since the trough last January.

  • bySarah Brookes
The top five suburbs in Australia for price growth in the 12 months to April are in Perth

The top five suburbs in Australia for price growth in the 12 months to April are in Perth

Ray White Group chief economist Nerida Conisbee said all suburbs across Australia were now seeing year-on-year price growth,with the top performers in Perth’s outer suburbs.

  • bySarah Brookes
Parts of Perth are more crowded than Berlin and Paris. Find out how dense your suburb is

Parts of Perth are more crowded than Berlin and Paris. Find out how dense your suburb is

Perth has recorded the largest increase in population over the past 20 years in Australia,while also clocking the highest portion of detached houses of any capital.

  • bySarah Brookes
Perth continues to sprawl as residential infill rate goes backwards

Perth continues to sprawl as residential infill rate goes backwards

Perth has fallen short of its infill target every year since 2017,with the rate of residential infill going backwards for the past two years.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Perth house prices have hit a new record high. So what’s your suburb’s value?

Perth house prices have hit a new record high. So what’s your suburb’s value?

Perth is now the third-cheapest capital to buy a house in,despite prices rising 1.5 per cent in the March quarter. Use our interactive tool to see your suburb’s median.

  • bySarah Brookes
Want to live by the beach in WA for less than $1 million? You can – but there’s a catch

Want to live by the beach in WA for less than $1 million? You can – but there’s a catch

Ten West Australian suburbs have made the Property Credit’s national list of affordable seaside homes.

  • byHolly Thompson
What keeps homeowners in these Perth suburbs where no one wants to leave?

What keeps homeowners in these Perth suburbs where no one wants to leave?

The suburbs in Perth where homes very rarely go up for sale are scattered across the city from the coast to the hills.

  • bySarah Brookes
Urban return:From Balcatta to Wellard,the Perth suburbs primed for price growth

Urban return:From Balcatta to Wellard,the Perth suburbs primed for price growth

The first signs of moderation in the three-year Perth property boom are evident,but 10 suburbs are rising stars,according to a new report.

  • bySarah Brookes
Growing pains:The Perth suburbs bearing the brunt of the population surge

Growing pains:The Perth suburbs bearing the brunt of the population surge

It is the sprawling suburbs on Perth’s eastern fringe accommodating the lion’s share of the city’s post-COVID population boom. Here are the top 20.

  • bySarah Brookes andCraig Butt