First Home Buyers Lift Market
Housing loans for December 2008 ended on a stronger note as lower interest rates and the first home buyer provided a necessary boost.

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  Finance Figures Show Rebound
The number of loans in Western Australia for housing finance in December 2008, increased by 5.1% over figures for November 2008.

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  Commonsense Prevails in the Senate
HIA, Australia’s largest building industry association, has welcomed the Australian Senate passing the Australian Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan

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  Housing Affordability Rebounds to 5 Year High
Big cuts in interest rates and the boost to the First Home Owners Grant pushed housing affordability conditions to the best level in five years, according to the HIA-CBA First Home Buyer Affordability Index.

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  Encouraging Rise in Home Lending as Stimulus Bears Fruit
Loans for established dwellings moved sharply higher in December, confirming a recovery in home lending has begun, according to peak building and construction industry organisation Master Builders Australia. Mr Peter Jones, Master Builders’ Chief Economist, said “Today’s figures are precisely what you would expect given aggressive moves by both the Reserve Bank in bringing interest rates down and the Government through its first home buyer stimulus package

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  Builders Back Nation Building and Jobs Plan
Master Builders Australia, the peak body for the building and construction industry, today called on both Houses of Parliament to reconsider the benefits of the “Nation Building and Jobs Plan” and to urgently vote in favour of the package.

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  School upgrade package a golden opportunity to go green
Wednesday, 4 February 2009: The Australian Government's $14.7 billion cash injection into school infrastructure is a golden opportunity to go green, says the nation's leading green building organisation.

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