WA residential property
Around 90% of Perth homes selling for more than listed price
Now is not the time to make a cheeky lowball offer on that property you’ve been eyeing off, as new data shows how many are selling for more than the asking price.
- by Sarah Brookes
Latest
Abandoned Chinese mansion in Perth’s south sells for mystery price
A dilapidated Chinese-style mansion that reportedly cost its billionaire owner $75 million to build has sold days before its auction.
- by Sarah Brookes
The Perth postcodes where homeowners are selling at a loss
Back in 2020, nearly half of homes were sold at a loss in Perth, now in a remarkable turnaround the percentage of loss-making sales has declined to 6.4 per cent.
- by Sarah Brookes
‘Many will regret their decisions’: East coast investors caught out in Perth property buying frenzy
Many east coast investors raiding the Perth property market are paying too much to beat the competition without regard to quality or location.Â
- by Sarah Brookes
Fifty shades of beige: ‘Unprecedented demand’ for abandoned Perth house
This, ahem, retro 1980s house features many details synonymous with the decade, including a sunken lounge, frosted glass and a fetching colour palette.
- by Sarah Brookes
Lot release sells out in 48 hours as demand outpaces supply in WA
Seachangers and FIFO workers are snapping up land and homes in coastal towns in regional WA.
- by Sarah Brookes
That’ll be how much? Perth house prices tipped to reach new high in 2025
FOMO as Perth grapples with an acute housing crisis is forcing up property prices, off the back of strong population growth and construction challenges.
- by Sarah Brookes
Opinion
Construction
Time for a reckoning over WA’s Nicheliving and construction crisis
This government overcooked the property market with millions of stimulus dollars in 2020, leading hundreds of ordinary West Australians into a nightmare.
- by Gary Adshead
Red hot: Trashed Kelmscott house sells for $100,000 over asking price
Just when you thought Perth’s property market couldn’t get any hotter, a trashed home abandoned by its owners has sold for a premium … with bonus bong included.
- by Sarah Brookes
Foreign homebuyers spend millions in Perth amid calls for surcharge rethink
Buyers from Asia spent more than $5 billion purchasing real estate in Australia last year, but only 5 per cent of that investment was in Perth.
- by Sarah Brookes
Seven of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a Mediterranean-inspired design to a Parisian-style manor, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
- by Kate Farrelly