Industry News

  Recovery for Housing Industry Patchy - GCNR
Residential building on the Gold Coast appears to be taking two steps forward and one step back, as the industry searches for a recovery from historically low building levels.

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  Land Sales Signal Rocky Recovery For New Housing
The latest residential land update signals a long road ahead before new home building activity returns to healthy levels.

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  RBA Has Room to Move on Rates
The consumer price index for the December 2012 quarter shows underlying inflation has remained at the lower end of the RBA’s inflation-target range, thereby leaving room for an interest rate cut next week, says the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  Govt investing $40m-a-year to drive digital economy
The federal government is launching a new $40 million-a-year research project to try and make the digital economy the key ...

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  Under-investment in infrastructure 'constraining Aust'
Treasurer Wayne Swan says the federal government is giving infrastructure financing "serious consideration" as a Labor ...

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  Economic growth 'to improve' in months ahead: study
Growth in the Australian economy looks set to improve in the coming months, a study shows.

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  'Struggling builders' expected to axe jobs, survey shows
Struggling builders are bracing for another tough year, after sales and profits fell in the last three months of 2012 and ...

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