Key Performance Real Estate

23/10/2026

Henry the rat dog

30/09/2026

From our sister business, KPR Property Management. You do not need a disaster, a reason, or an awkward conversation to change property managers. What the switch involves, and what happens to your tenant.

Switching property managers in Perth is easier than owners expect. What the changeover involves, what happens to your tenant, and what to ask the next agency.

29/09/2026

Turning a Perth apartment into short-stay accommodation means state rules, your council, and above all your building's by-laws. Here is how it actually works, and the one decision that makes it easy.

Turning a Perth apartment into an Airbnb means state rules, your council, and above all your building’s by-laws. Here is how short-stay strata actually works, and the one decision that makes it easy.

28/09/2026

Every document we put in front of a strata buyer before the property goes to market. The by-laws take the most work, and the searches cost real money, which KPR pays.

Every document we put in front of a strata buyer before the property goes to market, why the by-laws take the most work, and what the searches cost.

28/09/2026

Every salesperson has had the call where a buyer is certain the competing offer is invented and the seller is certain the buyers are being soft-pedalled. Openn removes the dark that suspicion grows in.

Every salesperson has had the phone call. A buyer is convinced the competing offer is invented. A seller is convinced the buyers are being soft-pedalled. Nobody can see anything, so everybody fills the dark with suspicion, and the person in the middle of it is you. How KPR runs offers KPR runs offer...

27/09/2026

From 1 July 2026 every agency in the country has to verify a seller's identity before a campaign gets far. It is worth understanding now rather than being surprised by it at the worst moment.

From 1 July 2026 real estate agents must verify who their clients are. What KPR asks a seller for, why property management is not affected, and how to get it done early.

26/09/2026

The 12 May federal budget rewrote the tax settings that had been driving the Perth market. What changed, what we have seen since from the coalface, and why the winter headlines got it wrong.

What the May 2026 budget really did to the Perth market: negative gearing limits, CGT changes, and what we are seeing in apartment sales.

25/09/2026

A blanket ban on pets is the textbook example of an oppressive by-law. What the law actually allows, what house rules are worth, and what a fenced courtyard changes.

A blanket ban on pets is the textbook example of an oppressive by-law. What the law allows, what house rules are worth, and what a fenced courtyard changes.

25/09/2026

Around 2 per cent of WA properties sell under the hammer. REIWA explains why, and it comes down to the contract.

Around 2 per cent of WA properties sell under the hammer. REIWA says why, and it comes down to the contract.

24/09/2026

Two kinds of by-law, four kinds of resolution, and the difference between without dissent and unanimous that decides whether your proposal passes.

Two kinds of by-law, four kinds of resolution, and the difference between "without dissent" and "unanimous" that decides whether your proposal passes.