00:02Single mum of four Tess McKenna dreams of home ownership but right now it's out of reach.
00:08It's very isolating and there are not many options and you feel like you're going backwards
00:14and you're constantly having all this self-doubt thinking that you're failing all the time.
00:19The 31-year-old spends most of her afternoons in her Mount Hawthorne rentals scrolling real estate websites.
00:27But she's also scrolling at work in her role as a Perth buyer's agent, helping others find a home while
00:34she's still on the hunt.
00:35The fact that I can help other people do it is awesome. I would love to do it for myself.
00:40Despite some easing in prices recently, the median house price in Perth is still stubbornly high after breaking through the
00:47$1 million mark in January.
00:50We've had really strong demand particularly from investors the last few years
00:54and there just isn't the supply there.
00:56We used to be the affordable state and that's no longer the case.
00:59We've caught up with Melbourne. We're not that far behind Sydney. We were accelerated ahead of Adelaide.
01:06Property analyst Gavin Hegney encouraging first home buyers to hold off and shop around.
01:11If a normal cycle prevails, we should see a settling back in values over the next 12 months.
01:16Prices are coming off a bit in some areas and so there's no sense of urgency of first home buyer
01:21entering the market today.
01:22The government maintains its focus on supply to address current challenges.
01:28But given experts say there's been a lack of new homes since 2016, it's largely playing catch up.
01:35Every day I get up with a resolute focus about delivering on the policy that accelerates housing supply.
01:44And what I understand is this, there isn't a single silver bullet.
01:48Ms McKenna not giving up just yet.
01:51I think at some stage there has to be some sort of change that will happen to make it possible.
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