Major Renovations Slide Further
An environment of relatively stable house prices and a slower rate of household debt accumulation are showing up in a continued easing in major renovations expenditure.

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  Housing Finance Holds Steady Into New Year
Total owner occupier loans held steady in January, not a bad outcome following the decent recovery seen in the second half of 2005. First home buyer numbers, however, dropped back and their proportion of the total remained low.

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 Obscene cash grab must be resisted - HIA
Legislation introduced into the NSW Parliament last week gives the
Planning Minister free reign to squeeze more funds out of already distressed new
home buyers, the Housing Industry Association said today.

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Builders Talk Straight on IR Reform
Master Builders Australia, the peak body for the building and construction industry, is providing contractors and subcontractors with a guide to help them through the legislative maze of workplace reform.

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Home Lending Flat
An unchanged figure for housing finance in January is unlikely to derail the positive trend that has developed, according to peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders Australia.

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Another strong reporting season but growth is slowing
The latest reporting season has delivered another double digit earnings result but the signs are there that growth is starting to slow.

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Property Council of Australia Warns GST Amendments Could Prove Costly for Investors
The Government has announced that it will amend the law in relation to the GST treatment of certain types of real property, including serviced apartments and strata title units.  The amendments will deny investors GST credits with retrospective effect from 1 July 2000.

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