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Australia’s new house building pipeline appears to be stable in mid-April, with construction work able to continue in most situations. The rush by builders to complete work to the next payment...

When Dr Philip Lowe, the RBA Governor, announced a $105 billion liquidity package for the banks on 19 March, 2020 he commented that “…to get to the other side we need a bridge…. building that bridge...

Show me the money: Housing finance hits 10 month high, but details are patchy August saw housing finance lift a solid 2.9% on the prior month to reach $18.438 billion, the highest monthly total...

Building activity remains flat: pipeline still soft As befits its status as the major private sector driver of the domestic economy, housing is both simple and complex at the same time. Simple in...

Small Business Tax Breaks: Budget Measures on which we can all agree (apparently) No matter what the outcome of the May 18th Federal Election, there are a few things that are certain. The world will...

In an essentially consumption driven economy, economic growth measures like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) record the rate of growth in consumption, among other factors. Soft consumption data  –...

Is Steel Growing Its Share? New Report for FWPA A constant question in the forestry and wood products industries is to what extent steel house framing is growing its share of the Australian housing...

House Prices are Falling – And the Size of Loans Prove It   The total number of housing loans fell in September – but for the usually stable owner-occupier loans, the falls were quite...

Sawn Softwood Imports Continue To Grow As Average Price Rises Imports of sawn softwood rose to a new peak over the year-ended June 2018, totalling 747,645 m3, up a massive 32.7% on the prior year,...

Strong result for domestic softwood but import rise all the more impressive Little more than six months on from the closure of the Morwell sawmill, domestic sales of sawn softwood are higher, and...

Victoria’s Lead Over New South Wales Continues To Grow Australia’s housing market continues to throw up its regular ‘remarkables’. Right now, one of the features most remarked upon is that...

Forget The Hype  House and Townhouse Approvals are Still Growing   The headlines tell us that housing approvals are declining. We are reminded constantly that all booms must come to an end. And...