First home buyers take the lead in Perth's new land market
First home buyers are taking an increasingly prominent role in Greater Perth's new housing market, accounting for more than half of new land buyers.
New land supply levels are beginning to improve in Perth. (Image source: ungvar/Shutterstock.com)
First home buyers have been steadily growing as a proportion of Greater Perth’s new housing market since mid-2025, according to the latest new land sales data from the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA WA).
In the September Quarter 2026, first home buyers accounted for 55.7 per cent of the new land market, compared with 31.4 per cent for owner occupiers and just 12.8 per cent for investors. That represents a further increase from 51…
