Australia's Housing Crisis Undermining Society's Foundations
Interest rates can no longer be held as the sole cause for the housing affordability crisis, the Housing Industry Association said today.

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  Housing Snapshot Shows No Short Term Upswing
Rising interest rates have had a dampening affect on home building activity while high land prices and excessive regulatory costs continue to make a negative contribution to housing affordability.

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  $16 Billion Record For Victoria 's Building Industry
Victoria 's building industry continues to set records, breaking through the $16 billion barrier for permits issued in a calendar year for the first time in 2006.

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Building Commission audits Western region in February
The Building Commission will undertake performance audits in the Western Region of Victoria in the final week of February 2007.

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Construction Industry Forecasting Tool Goes Global
Australia 's construction industry is going global by working with its Canadian counterparts to share approaches on predicting construction labour needs and addressing skilled trade shortages.

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Australian PCI™: Fall in new business hurts construction sector
Activity in Australia's construction sector deteriorated in January, underpinned by a reduction in new business, with The Australian Industry Group - Housing Industry Association Performance of Construction Index™ (Australian PCI™) falling 3.7 points to 48.4 (below the 50.0 points level separating expansion from contraction). 

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WA Housing Report Card Highlights Cracks Appearing in Boom Times
Western Australia’s most comprehensive housing report card highlights a strong 2006, but acknowledges that there may be tough times ahead as the industry fights against the headwinds of very low affordability.

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