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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

Tailored Market Research

Australia’s building product markets are undergoing enormous change. Imported products, technological advances and substitute materials are transforming Australian renovations, new-homes and apartments and the way that Australian builders and tradespeople buy and specify their building products.

Senior managers, responsible for the sales and marketing of building products, face significant challenges in ensuring that they understand the purchasing behaviour of builders and anticipate market trends - before they destroy bottom line performance and shareholder value.

How can you and your team stay ahead of aggressive competitors? How do you know that you are still relevant to an increasingly competitive and complex customer base? How will you ensure that you extract the maximum return from your sales and marketing investment?

HIA Economics Group has first class credentials in the design, execution, analysis and presentation of tailored market research into Australia's residential building industry. Our in-depth knowledge and experience can help you identify business opportunities and create a framework for successful decision making.

Our Expertise:

All HIA research is conducted and delivered by our team of research professionals with specialised industry and methodological expertise. Our team has extensive experience in both quantitative and qualitative research that generates information insights into the industry’s attitudes and purchasing behaviour.

Our Advantage:

Our unique advantage comes from our comprehensive membership database of over 30,000 industry professionals in the fields of:

  • trade subcontracting;
  • small, medium and large volume house builders;
  • apartment builders;
  • extension and renovation builders; and
  • building materials manufacturers, suppliers and distributors.

HIA members carry out in excess of 80 per cent of Australia ’s residential building work and are a true representative sample when measuring industry activity, attitudes, decision making and future trends.

Our Methods:

From brief, cost effective online-surveys to comprehensive industry-wide research on a company by company basis, HIA Economics Group can tailor research to client’s needs and budgets. Specific groups within HIA’s membership can be targeted according to location, size, type of work or the industry sector in which they operate.

Our Clients:

Our recent clients include:

  • AGL
  • Austral Bricks
  • Australand
  • Boral Building Products
  • Carter Holt Harvey
  • CSR
  • Landcom
  • The Australian Window Association
  • The Copper Development Centre
  • Whirlpool

For an obligation free quote on your next market research project, please contact us at economics@hia.com.au or Harley Dale on (02) 6245 1393

 
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