KATHY Pickels has lived in Willagee for more than 40 years -- and would not live anywhere else.
SCARBOROUGH had one of the largest increases in median house prices in the past year, according to REIWA statistics.
MORLEY is a sprawling suburb about 9km north of Perth's CBD -- an easy drive from the Swan Valley and within striking distance of Guildford and the Hills.
WITH 7000 people living there already, Secret Harbour has all but finished its building life.
WANNEROO is the fastest-growing metropolitan area in WA, according to the Housing Industry of Australia's list of building and population hot spots for 2008/09.
THE northwest suburb of Craigie would seem to have a lot going for it.
FINDING a property under $500,000 in an established northern suburb is becoming increasingly difficult, leaving areas that have slipped under the radar to become overnight hot spots .
MENTION Osborne Park and many Perth residents think of big discount stores and car yards lining Scarborough Beach Rd, and the big industrial area further north.
MENTION Ascot, and most people immediately think of Ascot Racecourse - little wonder since horses have been racing on Perth's famous track for more than 160 years.
WITH latest real estate website statistics showing potential home buyers routinely hit Como on their quest for property, what makes the place so popular?
THE sun gleams off mansions, saronged beauties dodge traffic on their way to the beach, runners swish past, mums push baby buggies and a surfies hang in the ocean waiting for that wave.
HEAVY traffic speeds past Bull Creek daily on Kwinana Freeway, Leach Highway, South St and Karel Ave -- the four busy roads that insersect to form the suburb's boundary.
FERNDALE has recorded price growth of up to 5.5 per cent in the past year, bucking the slump in Perth and becoming one of the metro area's top 10 performers.
MANY people still associate Kewdale with an industrial
estate.
GUILDFORD has not only withstood the test of time, it's withstood the global economic crisis to record the biggest median house price growth in Perth in the past financial year.
DESPITE Mt Hawthorn's proximity to the city, few residents need to travel there on a regular basis, arguing they have all they need on their doorstep.
SUBURBS north of the Perth CBD are experiencing a market revival, according to recent figures.
PROPERTIES in Scarborough are as little as $300,000 after a slump of 20 per cent in the past two years. Realtors say it's a good time to get into the market.
THOSE who haven't visited Midland in a while may not recognise the suburb that lies at the heart of the Swan Valley.
WINTHROP is one of Perth's best performing suburbs, with the median house price increasing 12.6 per cent in the past year to $831,000.