HIA calls for Mortgage Assistance Plan
Today's increase in official interest rates will see more than 650,000 Australian households caught in the grips of mortgage stress.

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  HIA Welcomes Labor's First Home Deposit Plan
Labor's first home super saver is a dynamic, big picture plan that should give renewed hope to thousands of struggling first home buyers says the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

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  Greater Union Accountability Supported
Master Builders today welcomed the announcement by the Coalition about placing greater levels of accountability on union officials.

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WEAK HOUSING FINANCE AS RATES RISE
Housing finance approvals for owner occupied housing fell by 2.4 percent in September as the lagged effect of past interest rate hikes continue to weigh on the housing market, according to peak building and construction industry organisation Master Builders Australia.

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Rate Rise Hits Home
Australia's peak building and construction group, Master Builders Australia has expressed concern at the consequences for first home buyers and the rental market at today's Reserve Bank's decision to lift interest rates by a further 0.25 per cent, warning that it will delay the housing recovery, by making home ownership and rental even less affordable.

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Skills shortages affecting building,construction industry
Australia's peak building and construction industry association, Master Builders Australia, said on Wednesday that the Government and Opposition must offer urgent solutions to the impact of national skills shortages on the building and construction industry during the current election campaign.

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Building approvals rise 6.8 percent in Sep :economists
A very strong increase in building approvals last month supports the case for a rise in official interest rates by the central bank next week, economists say.

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