Interests slashed to a new all time low! Interest rates have reached a new all time low following the Reserve Bank Board’s decision on Tuesday to take another 0.25% off the cash rate. The cash rate now stands at 1.5%. It was the first cut since May 2016 and had been predicted by the majority of... Read More

According to the latest findings from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) survey, Western Australia and Queensland were the only two states in Australia that didn’t experience a decline in home ownership between 2002 and 2014. This seems to indicate that the great Australian dream of... Read More

Applecross and Como (two of the suburbs we look after) are featured in Perth’s eight highest growth suburbs list for the year from May 2015 to May 2016! The list features the eight suburbs that recorded the highest positive annual house price growth during the 12-month period.Perth’s Top 8 (in... Read More

Last weekend the City of Melville was featured on Channel 9 news’ Sunday Focus program. The feature included an announcement that our local area will soon benefit from being home to “the best shopping centre in Australia and the second biggest employment hub in the city”. Judging by the comments on... Read More

Australians have had their say at the polls but we’re still without a clear leader. In fact, as at around 4:30 pm on Thursday there were still more than 16% of votes to be counted. With all this uncertainty, it came as no surprise to learn that the RBA Board decided to leave the official cash rate... Read More

As we prepare to head to the polls this Saturday REIWA has been busy engaging with the WA community to learn their views on property investment and negative gearing. They especially wanted to learn how negative gearing benefits everyday Western Australians.Last week we shared some preliminary... Read More

We are excited to announce a breakthrough in property marketing that we are now actively using to further improve your home selling and buying experience!All our new sellers will now have the benefit of our new Web Books (multimedia marketing brochures) and Intelli SMS system, which prompts... Read More

With the Federal election looming, one of the most hotly debated topics remains the issue of potential changes to negative gearing. While the issue is Federal, any decision to make changes to the policy will affect us at a local level. REIWA conducted a survey of 352 Western Australian property... Read More

As many of you know, we have long been supporters and proud sponsors of the annual Alfred Cove Art Society (ACAS) Awards of Excellence. In fact we have been the major sponsors of the Awards since 2006, each year donating the first prize for ‘Best in Show’. Every year we are astounded by the... Read More

The latest national housing finance figures just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate a stabilisation of lending activity across the country. While the value of investment housing commitments decreased slightly, the number of homebuyers entering the market for the first time... Read More