WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HOME LOAN APPROVALS ROSE IN MAY, WITH LOANS FOR NEW DWELLINGS REACHING 19 YEAR HIGHS The number of loans for homes purchased by owner-occupiers rose 4.0\u2009per cent in seasonally adjusted terms compared to April, according to figures published by the Bureau of Statistics today. Loans for the purchase and construction of new dwellings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1565,"date":"2013-07-08T12:39:30","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/perth-rental-listings-double\/","title":{"rendered":"PERTH RENTAL LISTINGS DOUBLE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE NUMBER OF RENTAL VACANCIES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA HAS DOUBLED IN SIX MONTHS TO 4066 AT THE END OF JUNE, ACCORDING TO REIWA. THE LIFT IN LISTINGS HAS PUSHED THE VACANCY RATE TO 3.2 PER CENT AFTER HOVERING BETWEEN 1.8-1.9 PER CENT IN 2012. A vacancy rate in Perth of 3.2 per cent is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1692,"date":"2013-07-06T18:32:20","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/disability-aging-and-the-property-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"DISABILITY, AGING AND THE PROPERTY SECTOR"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE CHALLENGE OF DELIVERING SUFFICIENT ACCOMMODATION THAT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF \u201cUNIVERSAL ACCESS\u201d IS CONSIDERABLE An interesting document was released recently by URBIS which looked at disability care and the property sector.\u00a0 They quoted the Productivity Commission Report on Disability Care and Support released in 2011 which estimated that $1.2b per year needs to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1569,"date":"2013-07-03T12:43:03","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/understanding-land-sales-data\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDERSTANDING LAND SALES DATA"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFFIRMATION THAT LAND SALES VOLUMES ARE INCREASING OR DECREASING IS UNFORTUNATELY A POST-HOC PROCESS IF YOU ARE RELYING SOLELY ON FINAL SETTLED SALES DATA While Landgate (the state government\u2019s land information provider) sales data is valuable and informative, there is a considerable lag between when land sales contracts are signed and when they are settled. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1573,"date":"2013-07-02T12:46:14","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/perth-house-prices-to-rise-15-per-cent\/","title":{"rendered":"PERTH HOUSE PRICES TO RISE 15 PER CENT"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BIS SHRAPNEL IS FORECASTING PERTH\u2019S MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE TO RISE BY A TOTAL 15 PER CENT OVER THE THREE YEARS TO JUNE 2016 (FROM $520K TO $598K), ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED IN 2013\/14 AND 2014\/15 The report Residential Property Prospects, 2013 to 2016 predicts that the emerging momentum in price growth in Perth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1576,"date":"2013-06-26T12:53:31","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/population-growth-slows-in-december-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"POPULATION GROWTH SLOWS IN DECEMBER QUARTER"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WESTERN AUSTRALIA\u2019S POPULATION GREW BY AN AVERAGE OF 1,432 PEOPLE EACH WEEK DURING THE DECEMBER QUARTER, DOWN FROM 1,613 THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND THE SLOWEST INCREASE SINCE DECEMBER 2011. BUT, ACCORDING TO THE ABS ESTIMATES, THE DECEMBER QUARTER GROWTH IS STILL HISTORICALLY HIGH AND CAPPED OFF A YEAR OF RECORDS. The state\u2019s population growth in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1263,"date":"2013-06-24T16:08:53","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/june-property-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"JUNE PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A SUMMARY FROM THE INSTITUTE\u2019S LATEST ECONOMIC AND PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE. WA economy Expenditure, as measured by state final demand, has fallen for the past two quarters in Western Australia. In the March quarter, expenditure fell a seasonally adjusted 3.9 per cent, or around $2b, with the decline in spending almost all contributable to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1406,"date":"2013-06-22T11:32:59","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/a-good-deal-for-first-home-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"A GOOD DEAL FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHEREVER YOU CHOOSE TO BUY YOUR FIRST HOME, CHANCES ARE IT WILL BE A GOOD INVESTMENT First home buyers are an important component of the property market, buying both new properties and existing homes. The new properties contribute to the number of smaller dwellings available in Perth and the purchase of existing stock allows for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1409,"date":"2013-06-18T11:37:17","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/22-per-cent-jump-in-first-home-buyer-activity-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"22 PER CENT JUMP IN FIRST HOME BUYER ACTIVITY IN MAY"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE RESERVE BANK BOARD\u2019S DECISION TO CUT THE CASH RATE TO A HISTORICAL LOW IN EARLY MAY HAS ENCOURAGED A STRONG LIFT IN FIRST HOME BUYERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. The number of applications for the FHOG increased 22 per cent in May, reaching levels not seen outside the 2008\/09 construction stimulus period. Urban Development Institute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1724,"date":"2013-06-15T11:18:01","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/code-changes-are-big-news-for-smaller-lots\/","title":{"rendered":"CODE CHANGES ARE BIG NEWS FOR SMALLER LOTS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING RECENTLY ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN CODES, (THE R-CODES) THAT WILL IMPACT ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PARTICULARLY THE DELIVERY OF SMALLER LOTS. The R-Codes help establish the density of housing by detailing the minimum size of the lot and then the average lot size in an area.\u00a0 R-20 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1271,"date":"2013-06-11T16:11:52","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/pilbara-markets-normalising\/","title":{"rendered":"PILBARA MARKETS NORMALISING"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PILBARA HOUSING MARKETS HAVE FELT THE FULL FORCE OF UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, BUT NOW ARE STARTING TO NORMALISE AS MINING CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT EASES WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls called the Pilbara the \u2018epicentre of economic growth in the world\u2019. The world is a stretch, but the Pilbara has definitely driven economic growth in Australia, particularly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1267,"date":"2013-06-11T16:10:29","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/new-dwellings-lead-loan-growth-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW DWELLINGS LEAD LOAN GROWTH IN APRIL"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE NUMBER OF NEW HOUSING LOANS INCREASED FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH IN APRIL, WITH LOANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND PURCHASE OF NEW DWELLINGS LEADING THE WAY. According to figures published by the Bureau of Statistics today, the number of new loans for owner occupation in Western Australia (excluding refinancing) increased a seasonally adjusted 1.5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1728,"date":"2013-06-01T11:27:10","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/fun-app-aims-to-engage\/","title":{"rendered":"FUN APP AIMS TO ENGAGE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT LOVE STATISTICS, THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS) DATA IS FASCINATING BUT NOT NECESSARILY FUN. ALL OF THAT CHANGED WITH THE RELEASE OF THE \u201cRUN THAT TOWN\u201d APP. The \u201cRun that Town\u201d app is a strategy game, a bit like Sim City, but using real data from any town in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1275,"date":"2013-05-31T16:13:57","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/may-property-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"MAY PROPERTY MARKET UPDATE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A SUMMARY OF THE INSTITUTE\u2019S MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE WA MARKET WHICH WAS PUBLISHED THIS WEEK UDIA Chief Economist, Tim Connoley, this week published his latest report on the WA market.\u00a0 In essence he said that the low rate environment has encouraged the two most sensitive market segments: investors and First Home Buyers (FHBs). Investor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1298,"date":"2013-05-29T16:29:42","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/medium-density-needed-to-meet-senior-housing-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIUM DENSITY NEEDED TO MEET SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEDIUM DENSITY OPTIONS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN AND AROUND ESTABLISHED, AGING SUBURBS TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR AGING POPULATION AND RELEASE LARGE HOMES TO FAMILIES THAT REQUIRE THE SPACE More than half a million single Australians over the age of 60 currently reside in detached houses across the country. Originally intended for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1732,"date":"2013-05-27T11:28:49","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/preparing-for-driverless-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"PREPARING FOR DRIVERLESS CARS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASING FINANCIAL AND HUMAN COST OF MOBILITY, BUT WHAT WOULD SELF-DRIVE CARS MEAN FOR URBAN PLANNING? Imagine it\u2019s 6:25pm and you\u2019ve just wrapped up a meeting. You still have several items on your \u201cmust-do\u201d list before you can call it a night and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1779,"date":"2013-05-18T12:23:36","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/need-for-action-before-disaster-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"NEED FOR ACTION BEFORE DISASTER HITS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE GLOBAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED AFTER THE 2004 BOXING DAY TSUNAMI KILLED 230,000 PEOPLE IN 14 COUNTRIES. LOCALISED WARNING SYSTEMS HAD EXISTED SINCE THE 1920\u2019S AND EXPANDING TO COVER THE PACIFIC IN THE 1940\u2019S BUT IT TOOK A DISASTER OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS FOR THERE TO BE A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO THIS INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1279,"date":"2013-05-15T16:15:46","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/south-west-starts-to-emerge-from-downturn\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH WEST STARTS TO EMERGE FROM DOWNTURN"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IT\u2019S EARLY DAYS, BUT CONFIDENCE IN PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH WEST IS TURNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN 2013 It is common for regional property markets to experience deeper troughs than the Perth metropolitan area as spending on holiday homes virtually ceases when the market turns down. But local economic factors remain at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1737,"date":"2013-05-11T11:32:56","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/distance-from-city-no-disadvantage\/","title":{"rendered":"DISTANCE FROM CITY NO DISADVANTAGE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THERE ARE MANY OTHER FACTORS AT PLAY IN RELATION TO SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE AND INDEED WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE One of the frustrations of public policy is when a single issue is examined and presented as a holistic assessment.\u00a0 For example, there is a common belief that there is an inverse relationship between household income […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1282,"date":"2013-05-09T16:17:28","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/declining-interest-rates-to-drive-rebounding-residential-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"DECLINING INTEREST RATES TO DRIVE REBOUNDING RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE LATEST HOUSING INDUSTRY FORECASTING GROUP REPORT, TABLED IN PARLIAMENT BY MINISTER FOR HOUSING BILL MARMION YESTERDAY, HAS LIFTED ITS FORECASTS FOR DWELLING COMMENCEMENTS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AFTER RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND LAND MARKET ACTIVITY GREW STRONGLY OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS ON THE BACK OF DECLINING INTEREST RATES The Housing Industry Forecasting Group, a joint […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1741,"date":"2013-05-08T11:35:07","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/cbd-centric-arguments-off-the-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"CBD CENTRIC ARGUMENTS OFF THE MARK"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE GRATTAN INSTITUTE\u2019S LATEST REPORT, PRODUCTIVE CITIES, IS RICH IN STRONG CONCEPTUAL ARGUMENTS, BUT ITS FAILURE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PERTH AND AUSTRALIA\u2019S OTHER THREE LARGEST CITIES MAKES IT A SOMEWHAT SLANTED REPRESENTATION OF WHY PEOPLE LIVE WHERE THEY DO \u201cIf the structure of a city severely restricts access to jobs or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1579,"date":"2013-04-30T13:14:58","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/sales-up-but-what-about-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"SALES UP, BUT WHAT ABOUT PRICES?"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STOCK LEVELS HAVE DECLINED BY A THIRD, SALES ARE AT SIX-YEAR HIGHS; THIS WILL INEVITABLY PUT UPWARD PRESSURE ON PRICES. Six months ago, I mentioned that the fundamentals had shifted dramatically in favour of new dwellings and this would translate into further increases in land sales and eventually construction. Land sales in Perth subsequently increased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1455,"date":"2013-04-29T18:31:53","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/housing-crisis-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSING CRISIS LOOMS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WITH LAND MARKET ACTIVITY HAVING PICKED UP PACE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, STEVE ROBERTSON FROM PRM PROPERTY GROUP DISCUSSES THE THREAT OF A HOUSING SUPPLY CRISIS With further evidence emerging of a healthy recovery in the urban development sector in 2013, the ability to adequately meet the expected demand for new housing in WA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1286,"date":"2013-04-29T16:20:12","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/construction-timeframes-to-widen-but-cost-increases-contained\/","title":{"rendered":"CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAMES TO WIDEN, BUT COST INCREASES CONTAINED"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PAUL ROBERTS, ASSOCIATE AT RIDER LEVETT BUCKNALL, DISCUSSES HIS FORECASTS FOR CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAMES AND COSTS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Growth in the Western Australian economy continues to surpass growth in all other states, supported by solid growth in private business investment. Household consumption growth was also strong, driven by the State\u2019s strong population growth as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1459,"date":"2013-04-26T18:35:56","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/tackling-undersupply\/","title":{"rendered":"TACKLING UNDERSUPPLY"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CONTRARY TO THE OPINION OF SOME, THE LAST THING THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY WANTS IS AN OVERHEATED MARKET BECAUSE A RAPID ESCALATION IN PRICING BRINGS IN SPECULATORS WHO TRY TO BUY AND SELL ON THE SAME RISING MARKET On Tuesday the Census Population Clock clicked over the 23 million mark with Australia\u2019s population growing at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1463,"date":"2013-04-24T18:37:28","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/lots-brought-forward-to-ease-land-supply-pressures\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTS BROUGHT FORWARD TO EASE LAND SUPPLY PRESSURES"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAND DEVELOPERS BROUGHT FORWARD NEW LAND RELEASES IN THE MARCH QUARTER TO HELP MEET INCREASING DEMAND FOR NEW DWELLINGS IN PERTH THAT HAS SEEN SALES VOLUMES REACH THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2006 Research by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA Division) showed that for the sixth consecutive quarter land developers have increased the number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1678,"date":"2013-04-20T17:32:32","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/loan-figures-show-were-on-the-up\/","title":{"rendered":"LOAN FIGURES SHOW WE\u2019RE ON THE UP"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THIS WEEK ABS DATA WAS RELEASED SHOWING THAT THE NUMBER OF HOME LOANS INCREASED 18.9 PER CENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2009, DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN LOANS TO UP-GRADERS (I.E. NON-FIRST HOME BUYERS). The amount borrowed also rose with both first home buyers and non-first home buyers increasing the amount […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1583,"date":"2013-04-19T13:17:37","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/baby-boomers-to-shape-property-market-for-years-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"BABY BOOMERS TO SHAPE PROPERTY MARKET FOR YEARS TO COME"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OLDER HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN, ARE AND WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME KEY PLAYERS IN THE MAINSTREAM HOUSING MARKET The founding and current chairman of the National Housing Supply Council, Dr Owen Donald, speaking at the recent UDIA National Congress stressed that it is therefore important to understand the residential decisions and behaviours of this cohort and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1343,"date":"2013-04-18T17:12:15","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/placing-value-on-environmentally-sustainable-urbanisation\/","title":{"rendered":"PLACING VALUE ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LUKE ROGERS, LEAD SCIENTIST AT COTERRA ENVIRONMENT EXPLORES THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND DISCUSSES THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT (OR SUSTAINABLE URBANISM) WITH A FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS I heard a disturbing statistic the other day in relation to the world\u2019s population growth, which said that the amount of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1302,"date":"2013-04-13T16:31:10","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/complex-issues-need-clear-definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPLEX ISSUES NEED CLEAR DEFINITIONS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFFORDABILITY IS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE RIGHT BEFORE WE DISCUSS SOLUTIONS Housing affordability is being raised once again as an issue as the supply of developer lots available for sale has plummeted over the last six months and prices are rising on the existing market.\u00a0 Discussion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1587,"date":"2013-04-10T13:20:42","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/in-detail-harrisdale-piara-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"IN DETAIL: HARRISDALE, PIARA WATERS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THESE NEIGHBOURING SUBURBS HAVE BECOME AN INCREASINGLY PROMINENT DESTINATION FOR NEW HOME PURCHASES, WITH MORE THAN ONE IN SEVENTEEN NEW HOUSES BUILT THERE IN 2012 These two suburbs located between the Tonkin Hwy and Kwinana Fwy has featured prominently over the last five years, increasing its share to 6.3 per cent of all Perth metropolitan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1413,"date":"2013-04-06T12:16:24","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/first-home-buyers-seeking-family-support\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST HOME BUYERS SEEKING FAMILY SUPPORT"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIRST HOME BUYERS ARE INCREASINGLY SEEKING FAMILY SUPPORT TO PURCHASE THEIR FIRST PROPERTY According to the latest RP Data-Rismark Index, Perth apartment values rose by a significant 5.3 per cent in the space of a month to a median of $420,000. This price gain for March was more than seven times the 0.7 per cent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1591,"date":"2013-04-03T13:26:42","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/new-home-buyers-building-more-affordable-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW HOME BUYERS BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IT IS WIDELY REPORTED THAT LAND VALUES SHOT UP DRAMATICALLY LAST DECADE, BUT SO DID THE VALUE OF HOMES BUYERS WERE BUILDING; AND JUST LIKE LAND PRICES, NEW HOMES PRICES HAVE NOT INCREASED FOR FIVE YEARS. The price of land was often cited as the main reason for new home prices shooting up dramatically between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1417,"date":"2013-04-02T12:18:46","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/in-detail-baldivis\/","title":{"rendered":"IN DETAIL: BALDIVIS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THE UDIA INTELLIGENCE UNIT WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT A NUMBER OF NEW DWELLING HOTSPOTS AND FIRST ON THE LIST IS NONE OTHER THAN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT MECCA, BALDIVIS. Recent figures from RP Data showed that Baldivis recorded 936 land sales last year, far outstripping land markets in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1466,"date":"2013-03-23T18:41:23","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/is-this-cycle-different\/","title":{"rendered":"IS THIS CYCLE DIFFERENT?"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY MARKET IS ON THE MOVE, BUT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF SUBDUED DEMAND WHAT WILL THIS CYCLE LOOK LIKE? Last week UDIA Economist Tim Connoley suggested that maybe we should add property cycles to Benjamin Franklin\u2019s popular adage about death and taxes. Or maybe we should look to Isaac Newton who said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1746,"date":"2013-03-16T11:38:22","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/the-need-for-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NEED FOR COOPERATION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WITH THE LIBERAL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT RECEIVING A VOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT IN WA ON THE WEEKEND, THE TIME HAS COME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT IMPROVING THE INTEGRATION OF PLANNING BETWEEN STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BETWEEN LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT The recent announcement of a comprehensive review of state development laws in South Australia prompted comments by State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1595,"date":"2013-03-14T13:31:35","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/a-short-history-of-wa-housing-cycles\/","title":{"rendered":"A SHORT HISTORY OF WA HOUSING CYCLES"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WE ARE NEAR ON TWO YEARS INTO PERTH\u2019S EIGHTH PROPERTY CIRCLE IN THE LAST 35 YEARS. EACH HAS BEEN UNIQUE, DRIVEN BY A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF LOCAL, DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL EVENTS. ‘In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.\u2019 But maybe we should add property cycles to Benjamin Franklin\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1305,"date":"2013-03-12T16:33:06","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/the-rise-of-the-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RISE OF THE APARTMENT"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PERTH HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND ONE OF THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES IS THE PERTH SKYLINE. Apartments in Perth were the fastest growing dwelling type over the last decade, growing three times faster than detached houses. According to the latest Census figures, the number of occupied private apartments increased 66 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1348,"date":"2013-03-09T18:25:26","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/the-challenge-of-public-open-space-provision\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PROVISION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING WELL-DESIGNED, ACTIVE OPEN SPACES WILL LIKELY WORSEN AS FINITE LAND SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED. The Department of Sport and Recreation recently released a report on the provision of active playing reserves in Perth- Peel. The study mapped 139 suburbs and looked at the various uses for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1598,"date":"2013-03-07T13:34:49","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/2013-from-a-buyers-to-sellers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"2013: FROM A BUYERS\u2019 TO SELLERS\u2019 MARKET"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE BALANCE OF RISK HAS CHANGED. ESTABLISHED HOME OWNERS IN PERTH ARE WAITING FOR PRICES TO RISE AND BUYERS ARE RACING TO GET IN THE MARKET OUT OF FEAR OF MISSING OUT. THIS HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE NEW DWELLING MARKET. The Perth property market continues to gather momentum after reaching a trough in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1352,"date":"2013-03-02T18:27:47","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/recognising-sustainable-residential-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"RECOGNISING SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IT WAS RECOGNISED A FEW YEARS AGO THAT MANY BUYERS STRUGGLED WITH THE LEVEL OF \u201cGREEN WASH\u201d IN THE INDUSTRY AND NEEDED SOME CLARITY ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF SOME OF THE CLAIMS BEING MADE. THE INSTITUTE INTRODUCED A NATIONAL PROGRAM OF VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION, ENVIRODEVELOPMENT, TO ASSIST BUYERS. EnvirDevelopment aims to recognise the top ten percent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1602,"date":"2013-03-01T13:37:36","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/increased-appetite-for-smaller-lots\/","title":{"rendered":"INCREASED APPETITE FOR SMALLER LOTS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER OF THE TREND TOWARDS SMALLER BLOCKS IN PERTH. WHETHER THIS TREND TOWARDS SMALLER LOTS WILL BE AS SIGNIFICANT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS THE PREVIOUS FIVE WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON IF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE INNOVATE, WELL DESIGNED HOUSING SOLUTIONS. A tenth of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1495,"date":"2013-02-23T11:07:20","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/actual-land-supply-drives-market-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ACTUAL\u2019 LAND SUPPLY DRIVES MARKET CONDITIONS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UDIA MONITORS IS LAND AVAILABILITY. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A SIMPLE AND LOGICAL THING TO DO BUT IT IS A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. Firstly, even the definition of land supply can change depending upon your interests. Government look at supply in relation to the total land available for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1310,"date":"2013-02-09T16:35:31","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/understanding-affordability-a-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDERSTANDING AFFORDABILITY A CHALLENGE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DEFINING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HAS CREATED A CHALLENGE FOR ACADEMICS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT OVER MANY YEARS WHILE RANKING THE AFFORDABILITY OF CITIES IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING WITH OVER SIMPLIFICATION BEING THE MAJOR ISSUE. Measures such as dividing median house price by median income to provide comparison gives an indicator of housing affordability but it is only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1358,"date":"2013-02-02T18:31:12","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/solar-panel-proliferation\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLAR PANEL PROLIFERATION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES COMBINED WITH SOLAR PANELS MAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED FOR PEAK LOADS. The use of photovoltaic (PV) systems, otherwise known as solar panels, is growing rapidly with 93,914 systems connected to the Western Power electricity grid.\u00a0 As of September 2011 Mandurah had installed the most systems (3507) followed by Canningvale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1640,"date":"2013-02-01T15:47:04","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/land-sales-at-six-year-high\/","title":{"rendered":"LAND SALES AT SIX YEAR HIGH"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES IN PERTH REACHED ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE PEAK OF NEW DWELLING DEMAND IN EARLY 2006 The largest developers in Perth recorded a 23.4 per cent rise in land sales over the December quarter and 77 per cent more sales over the year. Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA Division) CEO Debra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1606,"date":"2013-02-01T13:42:03","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/land-speculation-in-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"LAND SPECULATION IN PERTH"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RE-SELLING OF VACANT LAND BECAME A KEY FEATURE OF THE MARKET DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG PRICE GROWTH IN 2003 TO 2006, BUT SINCE THIS TIME THE RETURN ON SPECULATIVE LAND PURCHASES HAS CONSIDERABLY DECLINED. Land speculation is a risky investment but when the Perth residential land market was experiencing strong demand and price growth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1791,"date":"2013-01-25T12:43:41","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/housing-affordability-a-key-issue-for-the-state-election\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSING AFFORDABILITY A KEY ISSUE FOR THE STATE ELECTION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE RENTAL SQUEEZE AND THE PREDICTION BY THE ANZ THAT WESTERN AUSTRALIA WILL BE SHORT 90,000 DWELLINGS BY MID THIS DECADE MEANS THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING REMAINS A KEY ISSUE FOR THE STATE Whilst welcoming the announcement today by Minister Redman and Minister Day on the new partnership between the Department of Housing and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1750,"date":"2013-01-23T11:41:45","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/australian-sameness\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN SAMENESS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GIVEN THAT TODAY IS AUSTRALIA DAY, IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT WHERE WE LIVE AND THINK ABOUT HOW OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT REFLECTS WHO WE ARE. UDIA recently published an article by Michelle Cramer, National Portfolio Leader in Urban Development with Hames Sharley, on the \u201cAustralian Sameness,\u201d the proliferation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1753,"date":"2013-01-19T11:43:31","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/managing-rapid-urbanisation\/","title":{"rendered":"MANAGING RAPID URBANISATION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE URBANISATION OF POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD IS CREATING CHALLENGES FOR BOTH CITY PLANNING AND THE DETERIORATING ECONOMIC BASE OF REGIONAL TOWNS. Having recently returned from New Zealand it is clear that they too are facing this global phenomenon. It is projected that nearly ninety percent of New Zealand\u2019s total population growth to 2026 will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1796,"date":"2013-01-18T12:46:07","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/premier-needs-to-broaden-housing-affordability-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIER NEEDS TO BROADEN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOCUS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE PREMIER\u2019S STATEMENT THAT THE BIGGEST PRESSURE POINT IS ON THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE RENTING ACCOMMODATION OR YOUNG PEOPLE RENTING ACCOMMODATION FAILS TO ADDRESS THE BROADER ISSUE OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY \u201cWe have had dire predictions by one of Australia\u2019s leading banks that Western Australia will have a shortfall of 90,000 homes by the middle of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1499,"date":"2013-01-17T11:10:13","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/housing-construction-rebounds\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSING CONSTRUCTION REBOUNDS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RENTAL PRESSURE AND DECLINING MORTGAGE COSTS DROVE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2010 Data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today show dwelling starts in the September quarter 2012 increased a seasonally adjusted 23.6 per cent to 5,166, its highest level since December 2010. UDIA (WA) CEO Debra Goostrey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1421,"date":"2013-01-16T16:55:53","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/2012-the-year-of-the-first-home-buyer\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 THE YEAR OF THE FIRST HOME BUYER"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 2012 WAS THE MOST ACTIVE YEAR FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT\u2019S TEMPORARY STIMULUS ENDED IN 2009 Figures published yesterday show that the number of First Home Owner Grants (FHOG) paid in Western Australia increased 28 per cent to 17,171 in 2012. \u201cThroughout 2011\/12 first home buyer momentum drove the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1424,"date":"2013-01-12T16:57:50","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/options-aplenty-for-new-home-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"OPTIONS APLENTY FOR NEW HOME BUYERS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, THERE ARE NUMEROUS OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIAL NEW HOME BUYERS. With summer well and truly in full force and the return to work imminent, people often have a good look at their lives and, in some cases, make the New Year’s resolution to start looking for a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1756,"date":"2012-12-29T11:44:48","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/implementing-strategic-planning-documents-a-must\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENTS A MUST"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PUBLISHED MYRIAD STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN 2012, NOW THEY MUST BE THOUGHTFULLY IMPLEMENTED. This week the Minister for Planning released the State Planning Strategy, a worthy volume which outlines how we will move towards 2050 when our population is expected to have doubled to more than 5.6 million. The release brings to 23 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1801,"date":"2012-12-22T12:49:32","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/a-look-back-at-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"A LOOK BACK AT 2012"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2012 POSED A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SECTOR. It was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, unless of course you live in Perth where the rental vacancy rate has dropped to less than two percent and you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1503,"date":"2012-12-15T11:13:33","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/reforming-property-taxation\/","title":{"rendered":"REFORMING PROPERTY TAXATION"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STAMP DUTY IS WIDELY CONSIDERED INEFFICIENT AND INEQUITABLE, BUT ANY MOVE AWAY FROM THIS TAX NEEDS TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. In a recent article published in South Australia, commentator Jessica Irvine described stamp duty, on \u201ca scale of one to evil, as the green vomit-spraying head spinner of the tax toolbox.\u201d When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1507,"date":"2012-12-08T11:24:30","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/wa-heading-towards-a-90000-dwelling-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"WA HEADING TOWARDS A 90,000 DWELLING SHORTAGE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WESTERN AUSTRALIA IS HEADING TOWARDS A SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE RECORD POPULATION GROWTH. According to well respected economist, Paul Braddick from the ANZ, we are likely to be 90,000 dwellings short in Western Australia by the middle of this decade. According to the National Housing Supply Council we were already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1648,"date":"2012-12-01T15:53:54","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/perth-land-market-kicks-into-another-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"PERTH LAND MARKET KICKS INTO ANOTHER GEAR"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE LAND MARKET IN PERTH IS WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH SALES INCREASING FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE QUARTER IN THE THREE MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER, 2012. Every three months UDIA surveys our forty largest developers to determine trends in the residential market sector and for the third quarter in a row the news is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1362,"date":"2012-11-24T18:34:24","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/developing-a-better-environmental-approvals-system\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING A BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS SYSTEM"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS SHOULD DELIVER GREATER SURETY FOR BOTH URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES THAN THE CURRENT PROJECT BY PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. Last week I spoke at a national Biodiversity Conference to highlight some of the challenges of trying to manage Western Australia\u2019s rapid population growth within an ecologically sensitive footprint. The South West […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1314,"date":"2012-10-27T16:42:26","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/gen-y-housing-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"GEN Y HOUSING CHOICE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GENERATION Y PREFERENCES ARE CHANGING THE PROPERTY WE DEVELOP The influence of the Gen Y on the property market, and life in general, is now very obvious in the USA.\u00a0 Ironically Gen Y\u2019s reflect some of the idealism of the 1969’s and 70’s; less about possessions and more about the experience.\u00a0\u00a0 Of course the latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1367,"date":"2012-10-13T18:36:51","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/protecting-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IS PART OF MOST MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND ON THE SWAN COASTAL PLAIN, WHERE PERTH IS LOCATED, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GIVEN WE ARE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE TOP TWENTY BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS IN THE WORLD. With local, state and federal government environmental approvals applying to many developments it can be a minefield […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1317,"date":"2012-10-06T16:47:49","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/elizabeth-quay-to-transform-cbd\/","title":{"rendered":"ELIZABETH QUAY TO TRANSFORM CBD"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOW HEARD OF ELIZABETH QUAY BUT MOST WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF THE DETAILED PLANNING THAT IS SITTING BEHIND THIS MASSIVE PROJECT. Whilst the government is currently constructing the inlet, it will be the private sector that takes up the opportunity to deliver the hotels, restaurants, shops and office space. The Metropolitan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1428,"date":"2012-10-02T17:00:11","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/short-supply-acute-when-market-turns\/","title":{"rendered":"SHORT SUPPLY ACUTE WHEN MARKET TURNS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIRST HOME BUYERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET BECAUSE THEY HELP TO \u201cUNCLOG\u201d THE MIDDLE MARKET. In a normal market first homebuyers are about 20 to 25 percent of the market but they are still running well above that level in some areas.\u00a0 WA Treasury figures show that first home buyer activity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1610,"date":"2012-10-02T13:44:56","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/an-emotionally-charged-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED RECOVERY"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHILST THE FUNDAMENTALS FOR A CONTINUED UPLIFT IN PROPERTY ACTIVITY ARE STRONG, PROPERTY MARKET MOMENTUM WILL BE MAINTAINED AND EXACERBATED BY EMOTIONAL FACTORS Strong economic growth, record population growth, a tight rental market, decreasing mortgage costs, falling property listings; the list could go on.\u00a0 Even though the land development industry is largely not optimistic, these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1760,"date":"2012-09-24T11:49:03","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/new-guidelines-a-positive-step\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW GUIDELINES A POSITIVE STEP"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UDIA WELCOMED LAST WEEK\u2019S ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PLANNING MINISTER OF NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE PLANS. Most people will look blankly at you when you start to talk about structure plans but they are the first round of planning that occurs for new sites.\u00a0 They are intended to give a broad understanding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1320,"date":"2012-08-27T16:49:12","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/apartment-life-more-appealing\/","title":{"rendered":"APARTMENT LIFE MORE APPEALING"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SOMETIMES WHEN WE REFER TO DEVELOPERS MANY PEOPLE THINK OF BIG CORPORATE ENTITIES BUT THERE ARE MANY OF US INVOLVED AT A FAR SMALLER SCALE There are currently over seventy thousand lots with conditional approval from the WA Planning Commission wrapped up in 4,362 applications, which is an average of just over 16 lots per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1681,"date":"2012-08-21T17:35:36","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/foreign-investment-in-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REAL ESTATE HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN SEEN AS A LOCAL BUSINESS BUT INCREASINGLY WE ARE SOURCING FUNDING , MATERIALS AND EVEN BUYERS FROM OVERSEAS. In WA, whilst we have had massive foreign investment into mining, we lag behind in real estate investment. The Foreign Investment Review Board identified that Western Australia attracted just 5.4 per cent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1323,"date":"2012-08-14T16:51:55","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/five-years-on-and-no-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE YEARS ON AND NO RECOVERY"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A LOOK AT HOW ACTIONS FIVE YEARS AGO PRECIPITATED SUBDUED MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA On the face of it, Friday August 10, 2007 isn\u2019t the most memorable date on the calendar. More Australians would probably remember it as the day last placed Richmond beat Collingwood rather than as one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1432,"date":"2012-07-30T17:03:11","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/signs-of-improvement-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN 2012"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIVE MONTHS OF STRONGER PROPERTY MARKET ACTIVITY IN 2012 SUGGESTS THAT THE TOUGH PROPERTY MARKET CONDITIONS IN 2010 AND 2011 ARE BEHIND US. Data released this month by the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate that the rate cuts in May and June are starting to have a positive effect which is a good thing for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1614,"date":"2012-07-26T13:48:23","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/productivity-commission-reviews-local-government-regulatory-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REVIEWS LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATORY ROLES"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BUILDING, PLANNING AND LAND-USE REGULATIONS ARE THE LARGEST BURDENS IMPOSED ON BUSINESS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN AUSTRALIA, ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION\u2019S MOST RECENT REPORT, \u201cPERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGULATION: THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS REGULATOR.\u201d In undertaking this study, the Productivity Commission was requested to benchmark the extent to which local governments, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1618,"date":"2012-07-25T13:50:45","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/a-new-urban-planning-system-for-new-south-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"A NEW URBAN PLANNING SYSTEM FOR NEW SOUTH WALES"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFTER YEARS IN OPPOSITION, THE INCOMING COALITION GOVERNMENT IN NSW HAS FOCUSSED ITS ATTENTION ON THE ANAEMIC RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE STATE First off the rank was a budget in June that places a firm emphasis on stimulating new home construction. Key initiatives focussed mainly on the provision of grants to purchasers of new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}},{"id":1625,"date":"2012-06-25T13:53:57","link":"https:\/\/www.udiawa.com.au\/the-census-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CENSUS ARRIVES"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFTER FIVE YEARS, THE WAIT IS OVER. NO, IT IS NOT TIME FOR THE ESTONIAN SONG FESTIVAL, LAULUPIDU, THIS IS HELD AGAIN IN 2014, BUT THE MUCH ANTICIPATED CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING. The Census is the largest and one of the most important statistical collections undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false}}]