 High Land Costs Cut Demand
Vacant residential land prices remain stubbornly high and continue to hamper new home activity.
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HIA GreenSmart welcomes sustainable display homes
HIA congratulates Burbank Australia on the opening of Victoria's newest HIA GreenSmart® accredited house projects
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Lending Figures Highlight Housing Stress
Home lending data for August points to the continuation of a wide gap between new housing supply and demand and explains increases in existing house prices and rents.
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Master Builders Congratulates Geelong TAFE
Master Builders Australia, the peak building and construction industry association, is proud to be part of a world first scheme that recognises the efforts of industry training providers that deliver excellence in meeting the contemporary training needs of both the employer and apprentice alike.
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Rise Belies Weakness in Housing Finance Numbers
Despite a rise in August, housing finance approvals for owner occupied housing have fallen back to levels experienced earlier in the year as concerns related to interest rates, affordability and pre-election jitters continue to frustrate the housing market, according to peak building and construction industry organisation Master Builders Australia.
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Master Builders Sets Five Policy Priorities for the 2007 Election
Australia's peak building and construction industry association, Master Builders Australia, will work in a bipartisan way with both major political parties during the 2007 election campaign to ensure that election policies support the estimated $1.7 trillion of investment required to build Australia's economic and social infrastructure over the next decade.
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Construction industry records firm growth in September
The construction industry in Australia has experienced its strongest rate of growth in more than a year, underpinned by an improvement in house building and stronger engineering and commercial activity, new figures show.
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