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“This is the fourth consecutive monthly increase and leaves sales in the three months to November 8.0 per cent higher than the previous three months,” stated HIA Economist Angela Lillicrap.
The HIA New Home Sales report – a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states – is a leading indicator of future detached home construction.
“Demand for new detached and multi-unit construction has remained strong even with lockdowns. It appears that the more time people spend in lockdown, the higher demand is for detached housing,” added Ms Lillicrap.
“Sales in the three months to November 2021 were significantly higher than pre-COVID levels. This is a strong level of home building and suggests that the current boom will continue throughout 2022 and into 2023.
“The constraint on home building is not demand but the availability of land, labour and materials.
“The shortage of labour and materials has led to construction timeframes increasing significantly. Under normal circumstances, the surge of HomeBuilder projects would have translated into an increase in completions from the June 2021 quarter. However, completions have not yet begun to respond.
“This has resulted in the volume of work approved but not yet commenced at its highest level in over a decade,” concluded Ms Lillicrap.
Across the states, sales in New South Wales increased in the three months to November 2021 to be 27.8 per cent higher than the same time as last year. Over the same period, Queensland and Victoria declined by 8.6 per cent and 15.2 per cent respectively.
Western Australia and South Australia were 34.7 per cent and 36.9 per cent lower in the three months to November 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has welcomed the Prime Minister's acknowledgement today that housing must remain a central consideration as Australia expands its digital infrastructure and data centre capacity.
This member alert is for members who enter into domestic building contracts entered into before 1 July 2026. It is also important information for members who enter into domestic building contracts with clients with untitled land.
Over the past few weeks HIA has been advocating strongly on behalf of members on a range of policy and regulatory issues that have significant implications for housing supply, business confidence and the capacity of our industry to deliver the homes Australia needs.
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has today written to the Tasmanian Government calling for a commitment that state-funded and state-partnered housing work will continue to be awarded on merit, not industrial arrangements, warning new federal procurement rules could shrink the pool of builders able to deliver the homes Tasmania needs.