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6 stories for Western Australia
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Three years of double-digit growth have turned Perth’s riverside and coastal enclaves into a genuine national prestige market. Thirty-one suburbs now have a median house price of $2 million or more, and in September a Cottesloe home set the year’s benchmark.
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The 2026-27 State Budget delivered a $297 million housing tax package, raising first home buyer stamp duty thresholds by $100,000. REIWA welcomed the move but warned that few Perth homes now sell below the new limit.
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REIWA’s annual settled-sales measure reached $850,000 for houses and $600,000 for units in December 2025, with units recording the faster annual increase.
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A year after vacancies sat at 0.4 per cent, REIWA's March 2025 figures put Perth at the edge of what it considers a balanced rental market, as investor-built homes in the outer suburbs added supply.
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A record 37 Perth suburbs crossed a $1 million median house price in 2024, Peppermint Grove became the first to pass $5 million, and a $25 million riverside home in Mosman Park was the city's most expensive sale.
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The 2024-25 State Budget raised the duty-free threshold for first home buyers to $450,000 and extended the concession to homes worth up to $600,000, as Perth's surging prices left the old limits behind.
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