Stable Rates Spark Renewed Interest in Home Renovations
Stable interest rates and resilient house prices have seen major renovation activity come storming back in the June quarter.

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  New Home Starts Bounce Back
Despite weakness in the leading indicators of new housing, Australia’s huge work pipeline has seen new home starts increase in the June quarter.

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  Meeting the challenge to build communities for all ages
The Australian population is maturing and brings new challenges to the building and construction industry to design, construct and refurbish homes that deliver high quality, practical and liveable homes that are adapted to the changing lifestyles and needs of older Australians.

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Rebound in New Housing
The new housing market would appear to have bottomed and is now showing early signs of a turnaround according to Master Builders Australia, the peak building and construction industry association.

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Taskforce finds building industry beset by lawlessness
The construction industry is plagued by a culture of civil disobedience, coercion, intimidation, threatening behaviour and contempt for the law, the final report of the Building Industry Taskforce has found.

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Building inquiries jump with record financial year Building Activity
Record financial year building permit activity figures have been accompanied by a record number of Inquiries, Building Commissioner Tony Arnel said today.

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Forecasts for Residential, Non-Residential and Engineering work
The Construction Forecasting Council (CFC) has released its forecasts for Residential, Non-Residential and Engineering work.

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