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10 potential Perth hotspots for 2017

By Shane Kempton | 21 December 2016

Is Perth about to bounce back? Here are the 10 suburbs to watch in 2017.

The PerthPerth, TAS Perth, WA real estate market is poised for a rebound during 2017 due to improving housing affordability and a tightening in the supply of new homes, with new residential building approvals in Perth falling for the past 30 months.

The building boom of 2012 to 2014 brought a huge amount of new housing stock onto the market at a time when Perth's population growth was slowing, and this led to downward pressure on property values and rents.

This downward pressure is underlined by the fact that Perth property owners now offer the biggest price discount of any state capital in Australia.

Average discounts by vendors
1. Perth -7.1 per cent
2. Hobart -5.7 per cent
3. Adelaide -5.7 per cent
4. Brisbane -4.9 per cent
5. Sydney -4.3 per cent
6. Melbourne -3.5 per cent

In Melbourne, where the median house price is $130,000 higher than Perth, the average discount by vendors is only 3.5 per cent, less than half that of Perth (7.1 per cent).

The affordability of the Perth property market, combined with ‘green shoots’ in the WA economy, is why the outlook for the Perth property market is positive for 2017.

With a median house price of just $510,000, professionals believe there is strong potential in the Perth market and we are now focusing on selective areas that have the most potential for capital growth in the city.

Overall, the number of properties listed for rent and for sale has started to stabilise in Perth and this is generally a forward indicator that the market has bottomed.

10 affordable Perth suburbs as potential hotspots for 2017

Two Rocks

Yanchep

Butler

Midland

Forrestfield

Armadale

South Lake

Bertram

Baldivis

Safety Bay

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About the author

Shane Kempton

Shane Kempton is the inaugural Group CEO of Professionals Real Estate Group which has nearly 300 offices located throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Professionals have been operating in Australia for four decades and provide a wide range of real estate services to... Read more

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Mirador

103.33%
Bawley Point

98.13%
Walla Walla

90.7%
Byron Bay

86.67%
Kiama Heights

85.93%
Greta

84.14%
Nulkaba

81%
South Hobart

78.78%
Diddillibah

76.25%
Lennox Head

73.98%

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10 potential Perth hotspots for 2017

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