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the main diff is the level of cyclonic rating, plus those other areas are much closer to other towns, suppliers, infrastructure etc

kta and hedland are chalk and cheese

can't really recall now... I think the house and lands were about $800k, so the house was probably around the $500k mark. It's the cost of freight, cyclonic fencing, cyclonic store rooms, quality air con units, heat pump hws, concrete etc that pushes the price up

I am yet to see an explanation of how the replacement value of a house i.e the house and land and other development costs, can be significantly reduced. The chinese transportable houses ended up coming in more expensive than domestic solutions. And should WA taxpayers continue to subsidise land...

20% in prices? that would put a 3x2 at about $700k and a 4x2 at about $800k - I don't believe it's dropped that far... perhaps 5-10%? the more I think about it, the more comical it is that a spruiker is attacking legitimate professionals - talk about taking the moral high ground!

not sure what the man in the big hat is on about here: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/business/17629710/beware-of-nw-rent-bubble/ 'spruikers' i.e. real estate agents as opposed to spruikers masquerading as not-for-profit clubs with secret commissions, are not promising the...

don't think there is anything particularly good or bad to report Marisa. that's the beauty of Karratha, it's a stable multi industry town. is the OTP stuff apartments? there are huge question marks over whether that stuff is at all suitable to this market, so was always going to be a hard sell.

gees there is some action in onslow at the moment! karratha - good opportunity to buy on a dip. presumably those DHW ones are by ballot for 1st home buyers?

I can say a 3x2 has moved from $880k to under the $800k mark now

I agree - it does sound look like go time

prices of contractors per hour I think is meant? however I would have thought the contractors leaving would have been workign for BHP anyway, else why leave if your hourly rate is on the increase?

I think it's just time of the year and 'between projects'.... but await comments from others

how come ?

despite the rates and the requirements etc it still removes demand from the system

sorry, honestly I can't recall, it was earlier this year and I struggle to remember what i did last week

I think this is the crux. we were looking to put a camp into the centre of town but it seemed there was plenty of supply from the new camps

it's always relative to the asset. it is far from cheap to construct anything up there

I'd get a second opinion on that. I sold one not long ago that was leased at $1850... a 3x2. It was since re-leased at $1500. $1200 sounds ridiculous