The Housing Industry Association today welcomed Stockland Property Trust on board as a National Leader in the HIA GreenSmart sustainable building program.
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Building approvals ticked higher in March, but only due to an increase in apartment approvals.
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A Canberra company director described as giving significant service to the Housing Industry Association through good times and bad, has been admitted to life membership of HIA.
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The Housing Industry Association’s annual Home and Building Expo, the premier event on the home building and renovation industry’s calendar, opens to the public tomorrow (Friday May 5) after a trade only day today at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
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Today’s move by the Reserve Bank to raise official interest rates is both unwelcome and unjustified.
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The Housing Industry Association has welcomed today’s announcement by the Federal Government to provide 97,500 visas for skilled migrants in 2006-07, with trades in the housing industry to receive greater priority.
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Despite a slowdown in the leading indicators of housing activity, the availability of key home building and renovation trades remains stuck in the red.
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Total owner occupier loans held steady in January, not a bad outcome following the decent recovery seen in the second half of 2005. First home buyer numbers, however, dropped back and their proportion of the total remained low.
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An environment of relatively stable house prices and a slower rate of household debt accumulation are showing up in a continued easing in major renovations expenditure in the ACT.
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Small businesses in the home building Industry will see the development of a host of new training options over the next 12 months, the Housing Industry Association said today.
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Housing activity declined at the end of last year and the Australian economy continued to grow below average. Economic growth was, nevertheless, slightly stronger at the end of 2005 than was the case through the earlier stages of the year.
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Ignoring the overwhelming concerns of industry and government, the Australian Building Codes Board has ratified its decision to adopt mandatory five-star energy regulations for all new homes from 2006.
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The Housing Industry Association has just celebrated its Group Apprenticeship Scheme reaching 1000 apprentices – proof it is a significant contributor to the Federal Government’s strategy to overcome skill shortages.
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The level of residential building activity moderated further at the end of 2005, while an encouraging update on the wages front added further ballast to the case for interest rates remaining on hold.
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The Housing Industry Association (HIA) welcomes decisions today by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) as the most important reforms for industry training in at least a decade.
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