Floor Remains Under House Prices
A lack of new housing and tight rental markets have put a floor under Australian house prices.

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  Housing Activity All Over the Place
The impact of the recent increases in interest rates will have a varied impact throughout Queensland as there are big differences in current home building activity levels around the State, according to HIA, Australia’s peak building industry organisation.

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  HIA Calls on All Parties to Take Queenslands Housing Affordability Problems More Seriously
Whichever party wins Government on 9 September will need to address housing affordability problems in Queensland more urgently than has been done to date, according to HIA.

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Commercial growth in Queensland exceeds expectations
The Queensland commercial market has exhibited stronger than expected growth in the 2005/2006 financial year, recording an increase of 36% in approval values, rising from approximately $1.7 billion to $2.3 billion, according to Master Builders.

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Australian PSI®: Growth in the services sector subdued in July
Services activity was flat in July, with The Australian Industry Group - Commonwealth Bank Performance of Services Index® (Australian PSI®) falling 2.2 points to 50.4.

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Magnitude of risk rises with each rate increase
"With every rate increase the magnitude of risk rises for Australian industry and households.  When combined with earlier rate rises and higher fuel costs households have been hit with the equivalent of a 0.75% lift in mortgage rates this year.

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Residential construction spending forecasts improve over medium, long term: new research
Spending growth in the residential construction sector will overtake spending in the engineering and non-residential sectors in the medium to long term, according to new research released today.

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