Western Australia Market Reports

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 August Market report

  New research shows that Perth buyer activity is up at a time when the number of property listings is well below average read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 July Market report

  Low interest rates and rising rents are encouraging tenants to enter the housing market in Perth, which is putting pressure on supply and forcing property prices up. read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 June Market report

  Perth continues to be the capture point for the benefits of WA’s resources revolution. The workforce demands of the Pilbara and other areas have created towns with pricing beyond the threshold of sound investment strategy that should be avoided by most investors. Recent news confirms that Perth leads the nation’s property markets – no surprise at all, given that it is also the leading centre of population growth on the back of mining-related investment. read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 May Market report

  As property investors along the eastern seaboard increasingly turn their attention to the western state, the best place to park investment dollars may not necessarily be in mining towns. read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 April Market report

  Investors on the hunt for fast equity only have roughly two years until prices stop increasing and start going down again, says one forecaster read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 March Market report

  After climbing steadily for the last 12 months, rents are starting to ease along the western fringe, while investors are competing with first homebuyers for the best deals on the market read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2013 January Market report

  Perth, not surprisingly, will do well on the back of a blazing WA economy, but time could be running out for investors to take advantage. read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2012 December Market report

  Escalating rents and changing lifestyle choices could transform the way Perth residents chose to live – with obvious consequences for investors read more

• WA Excerpt from the 2012 November Market report

  Rental stock is dwindling, even though population growth in Australia’s fourth largest city remains red hot read more