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Housing Bubble Talk Rubbished by Lending Figures

Home lending for both new and existing dwellings fell for a third straight month in January 2010, rubbishing claims of a property bubble and pouring cold water on the strength of Australia's housing recovery, said the Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation. » More

Rate Hike Hits First Home Buyers

"The Reserve Bank of Australia has now hiked interest rates four times in five meetings pushing up standard monthly mortgage repayments for first home buyers by $216 per month," said Ben Phillips, HIA Senior Economist. » More

Unit Approvals Dive

The Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation, said that building approvals fell by 7 per cent in January 2010. The much needed housing recovery hit a snag at the start of the new year with a 29.1 per cent drop off in private sector units and semi-detached "Other dwelling" approvals. This result was heavily influenced by a halving of unit approvals in Victoria. » More

New Home Sales Rebound in January

The Housing Industry Association's (HIA's) New Home Sales report, a survey of Australia's large volume residential builders, rebounded by 9.5 per cent in January 2010. » More

Short Term Dip for New Home Building

The Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation, said ABS figures showing a decline in new residential work done at the end of 2009 was a disappointing result. » More

Home Affordability Crashes

Housing affordability nose-dived at the end of 2009 due to the perfect storm of higher house prices, increased interest rates, and the winding-down of the first home buyers' boost according to the latest HIA-CBA First Home Buyer Affordability Report. » More

Skilled Trade Shortages are Widespread says HIA

The latest Housing Industry Association-Austral Bricks Trades Report shows there was a deterioration in the availability of skilled tradespeople in the residential sector in the December 2009 quarter. » More

Lending Hit by Higher Rates, Fewer First Homes

Home lending for both new and existing dwellings fell further in December 2009, reflecting the unwinding of the first home buyer stimulus and a third consecutive rate rise, said the Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation. » More

Building Approvals Moving in Right Direction

The Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation, said that building approvals grew by 2.2 per cent in December 2009. The December quarter was a remarkable 34.9 per cent stronger than a year earlier in a positive sign that the new home building recovery is well underway. » More

National Land Sales and Prices Surge

The cost of residential land continues to rise nationally; with a new report showing the median price of raw land jumped 5.7 per cent to $181,158 in the September 2009 quarter. » More

Steady Rates the Appropriate Decision

The Housing Industry Association (HIA), Australia's largest building industry organisation, applauds the Reserve Bank's decision to adopt a wait and see approach to interest rates. » More

Population Boom to Push Housing Demand to the Limit

The Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation, welcomes the release of the Federal Government's third Intergenerational Report (IGR). The HIA recognises the report as a timely reminder of the enormous challenges already faced by many other advanced economies and that will increasingly be faced by Australia. » More

First Time Buyers Drag on Sales

According to the latest Housing Industry Association (HIA) survey of Australia's largest builders, the number of new home sales fell by 4.6 per cent in December 2009 as interest rates rose and the impact from the First Home Owner Boost continued to wane. » More

Inflation Controlled Late in 2009

Mild economic conditions drove a benign result for consumer inflation in the December quarter of 2009, claimed the Housing Industry Association (HIA), Australia's largest building industry organisation. » More

Housing Recovery - Is It Sustainable

The Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation, said that final figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirm that new residential building activity began to recover in the September 2009 quarter, as did work commenced. » More

Australian Kitchens and Bathrooms Getting Bigger and Better

Australians are demanding bigger kitchens and bathrooms, with a new report from the Housing Industry Association predicting the value of K and B installations and renovations will hit a record $12 billion by 2012. » 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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