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HIA Trades Report Highlights Difficult Conditions for Residential Construction

The HIA Trades report for the March 2013 quarter presents an update highlighting the difficult conditions that continue to prevail in Australia's residential construction industry, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

Federal Budget Lacks Focus on Housing Australians

Tonight's Federal Budget has largely ignored Australia's residential building industry and the opportunity to implement further measures to increase housing supply, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

HIA Housing Report Card Signals Challenging Year for Residential Construction

The Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry, today released the Autumn 2013 edition of its National Outlook, Australia's most comprehensive housing report card. » More

RBA Rate Cut Will Assist Residential Construction

The Reserve Bank of Australia today lowered the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

House Price Growth Fizzles Out in early 2013

House price growth in Australia's capital cities stagnated in the first quarter of 2013, said the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

Sharp Decline in Building Approvals Underlines Delicate State Of Housing Industry

The number of residential building approvals fell by 5.5 per cent during March, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

New Home Sales Highlight a Window of Opportunity for the Federal Government

New home sales bounced back in March to maintain the modest recovery underway from the record lows reached in 2012, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's home building industry. » More

Land Sales Signal Inadequate Home Building Recovery

The latest residential land update signals any new home building recovery in 2013 will fall short of policy makers' expectations and the requirements of Australia's population. » More

New Home Starts Slip Back in December 2012 Quarter

The ABS Building Activity update for the December 2012 quarter shows a 2.3 per cent decline in new home commencements from an upwardly revised September quarter, said the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

New Home Lending is Grinding Higher

Lending for new homes continued to make modest improvements in February 2013, according to ABS Housing Finance figures reslease today, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia's residential building industry. » More

Facts, Figures and Research Notes

Facts About Australia's Housing and Renovation Industries

Australia's Building and Construction industry employs over 350,000 people and contributes more than $45 billion to Australia's economy. It’s therefore little surprise that such activity generates countless thousands of individual data sets rich with facts and figures on virtually every facet of the industry.

Aside from HIA’s suite of regular economic publications, HIA has a large and regularly updated archive of data to assist HIA members and non-members in understanding the in’s and out’s of the industry.

Below are examples of some basic facts and figures and if we can assist you with any data needs, please send an email clearly outlining what you require to economics@hia.com.au (All emails are actioned within 2 working days of receipt).

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