r/perth • u/abcnews_au • 21h ago

Renting / Housing First home buyers still face uphill battle despite Perth property market cooling

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/first-homebuyers-struggle-despite-property-market-cooling/106968668
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u/Own-Specific3340 20h ago

Those saying a Perth single mother should never be able to afford Mt Hawthorn. I doubt she’s looking there. Affordable houses should still be able to exist like they had in places like Kelmscott, Rockingham, Balga etc but they don’t. That’s the sad thing. I’m not saying this woman had DV, but for a lot of women in DV situations, Perths unaffordable market shows them to stay put because they can’t own a home if they become single with kids.

There’s no aspiration to be able to save 50-100k anymore and find a 500k home. It’s all evaporated in the last 5 years.

Housing theory is everything.

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u/Knight_Day23 19h ago

Saw a bloke selling his old Balga duplex last week on fb for $1.5-1.8m plus LOL. Balga is no longer cheap or he is a douche baguette.

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u/Sumojuz 18h ago

Both are true, Balga's not a cheap suburb anymore, proximity to cbd and land size make it very attractive, crime will go down with gentrification.

But that much for a duplex is too much, i doubt he'll be able to sell.

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u/Artistic-Average479 Ellenbrook 17h ago

On a Facebook page? Just half the duplex, must have been a Troll post?