TWO of Australia’s biggest building groups - Metricon and NEX - are bullish about the outlook for the home construction market and have declared they need a bigger pipeline of development plots.
Regional Movers Index data shows 27 per cent more people moved from cities to regions than in the opposite direction during the June 2024 quarter.
Eighty-five beach cabins are being turned into social housing as part of the Queensland government’s plans to provide thousands more affordable homes across the state.
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock told a parliamentary hearing that inflation won’t return to its 2 to 3 per cent target until 2026 – a year later than the RBA predicted back in May.
A $10,000 sweetener to lure overseas tradies to WA is being extended for 12 months after 1,100 signed up to the initiative to bolster its under-manned construction workforce.
Workers in the private sector are still clocking robust pay growth but the pace has been gradually slowing over the past year, reflecting a softening jobs market, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.
More than 5,000 customers are expected to join a $100 million class action against the BGC Housing Group building group after the case was lodged in the Western Australia Supreme Court.
Housing industry advocacy groups have called on the government to clarify policy on the build-to-rent sector, claiming that incentives would support building more than 100,000 affordable homes.
Master Builders Australia chief executive Denita Wawn has urged the Federal Government to make it easier for skilled migrants, claiming they are a vital part of the housing crisis fix - and the only way to build 1.2 million homes in the next five years.
The NSW Law Society has updated guidelines for solicitors involved in property transactions and warned them against giving advice where they are not qualified, urging them to seek expert scientific advice.
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