House values have shrugged aside the coronavirus and surprised most experts. So what’s in store for the rest of the year?
Anthony Keane
The State Government received 1642 applications for the $10,000 First Home Owner Grant last month — a record for monthly applications for new-build homes and a massive 260 per cent jump from 2019.
Peter Law
The New Year has seen WA’s biggest increase in newly created job opportunities since 2012, with a list of industries desperately seeking workers.
Meilin Chew
With the end of the Federal’s Government JobKeeper payment looming, the “vast majority” of WA businesses are ready to see the end of the stimulus measure.
A tightening of social distancing rules caused Britain's economy to shrink in November for the first time since the initial COVID-19 lockdown last year.
David Milliken and William Schomberg
China’s economic ascent is accelerating barely a year after its first coronavirus lockdowns, as its success in controlling COVID-19 allows it to boost its share of global trade and investment.
Tom Hancock and Enda Curran
The proposal unveiled in the US overnight will be followed in coming weeks by a second, broader jobs and economic recovery plan.
Nancy Cook, Jenny Leonard and Mario Parker
Chinese exports grew more than expected in December as coronavirus disruptions around the world fuelled demand for Chinese goods.
Successful containment of COVID-19 cases in WA has resulted in the State being the least impacted by the pandemic, a new report shows.
New Treasury modelling has found households and business amassed more than $200 billion in savings last year - with plenty ready to spend big, ensuring the Australian economy avoids a fiscal cliff.
Annabel Hennessy
In a further sign of improving economic conditions, payment times between businesses declined in many industries last year.
Colin Brinsden
West Australians are increasingly turning to start-ups to launch a side hustle, with businesses inundated with people seeking a means to bring in extra money.
Perth’s CBD office market could be hit this year, with more than a third of city-based businesses wanting to shed space in the wake of the shift towards remote working.
Kate Purnell
The state’s success in handling the COVID pandemic has seen WA outperform the other states and territories in retail spending growth in the 12 months to last November, according to the latest data.
Western Australia is experiencing a brain gain with workers from the Eastern States flooding here as the State benefits from its stability and success in combating the coronavirus.
Don Banfield — the grandfather of Fremantle Docker, Bailey — was forced to walk away from his Wheatbelt sheep farm in the mid-1980s due to a financial downturn. Then he met Lord Alistair McAlpine.
Steve Butler
WA homeowners in luxury areas are seeing up to 20 per cent profit increases on their investment thanks to the growing number of buyers looking for backyard swimming pools, according to experts.
Kim Macdonald
Interstate investors and superannuation syndicates are helping Perth property prices rebound, with 10 suburbs seeing double-digit quarterly price growth as buyers snap up homes sight unseen.
WA’s first Indigenous-owned company in the engineering and mining safety sector is intent on creating a legacy for future generations, and strengthening the state’s Aboriginal business sector.
The Italian luxury fashion house has snuck out of the State, marking another high-end departure from Perth’s most lavish shopping strip.
Digital coins are jumping in a world awash with fiscal and monetary stimulus, even as some commentators fear an inevitable bust.
Olga Kharif
Approvals for private houses had now surged 40 per cent since June.
Bitcoin has jumped to another all-time high, just two days after registering its biggest one-day decline since March.
Australia’s vehicle market fell by more than 13 per cent last year, with total sales dipping below one million for the first time since 2007, but there were signs of improvement late last year.
Tim Dornin
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