Figures released today show that in the month of the second interest rate increase, lending to first home buyers, new home builders and investors all fell.
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“The largest ten companies accounted for 58 per cent of work won by the 100 largest companies, while the largest twenty companies accounted for 68 per cent of work won,” Mr Tennent said.
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Australia’s largest home builders have turned in a remarkable performance in 2005/06, increasing both their number of starts and their market share.
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A lack of suitable sites and local government opposition to high rise development in larger cities has stalled the modest recovery in housing.
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Australia’s largest building industry association, Housing Industry Association, is taking its highly successful Brisbane home show national through an alliance with dmg world media, Australia’s largest exhibition organiser.
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The number of new homes sold in Australia rose modestly in August, thanks largely to gains in the Queensland and Western Australian markets.
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New home starts declined in the June 2006 quarter and for the 2005/06 financial year the level was well down on that required to satisfy underlying demand.
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Resilient house prices and a strong labour market are keeping Australia's home renovators active.
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The Housing Industry Association has rejected the view that house prices will crash, resulting in negative equity for heavily-mortgaged home owners, if state governments increased the land supply for new housing.
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Home lending for owner occupiers rose only marginally in July and the first home buyer market continued to weaken.
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The Housing Industry Association today warned that a new tax on home renovations represents another attack on homeownership in NSW.
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Housing activity in the ACT fell in the June quarter of 2006, but the 2005/06 year overall proved to be stronger than 2004/05.
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Housing activity in a Queensland increased in the June quarter of 2006, with spending on dwellings and renovations regaining some of the ground lost over the March 2006 quarter.
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The Australian economy slowed significantly in the June 2006 quarter, vindicating the decision by the Reserve Bank to leave interest rates on hold.
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To help inform members of their policies, just after the State election was called HIA wrote to the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition asking them what they would do if they won the election to:
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