Formerlurker: what made you think of Joondalup vs inner east (not city) units such as burswood / rivervale / mtlawley / inglewood? I'm buying in these areas as I believe people who want to live in units are generally single people or kidless couples - most of whom work in the city.
When I get some spare time I will definatly be looking in the inner east corridor though -
I like inner east too.
Especially Dianella, Yokine and surrounding areas
For my next buy in 2012 I'm looking at villas in Dianella in the price range of around $320 K - $350 K with a view to turning it into my ppor sometime in the future.