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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... increased by 25 per cent over the past three years whereas those of New South Wales have fallen by 37 per cent over this time. The HIA forecasts housing starts to decrease by 1 per cent in 2006-07 and to start growing again by 3 per cent in 2007-08 and ...

Daily economic round-up

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... booming, housing starts in New South Wales fell by 37 per cent although in Western Australia they increased by about 25 per cent. HIA Executive Director for Western Australia Mr John Dastlik said that on a national basis the reduction in housing starts ...

Daily Economic Round Up: All about Housing

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... new private sector houses were down 2.5 per cent although the other residential building category fell 10.3 per cent. The HIA said that if WA and Queensland were excluded from the analysis, housing starts would be down by about 9 per cent. Western Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... 35.9 per cent. Although Sydney lagged behind other capitals the growth rate of 1.4 per cent was the highest for 10 quarters. HIA Chief Economist Simon Tennant noted that there are 50 per cent less homes on the market than a couple of years ago and that ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... family income, whereas now it is of the order of nine times that level. Nevertheless, the Housing Industry Association's (HIA)affordability index dropped by 5.3 per cent in the June quarter to be about 6.1 per cent lower than it was last Christmas. The ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
... ABS building approvals data is consistent with the weakness in the Housing Industry Association's new home sales survey. The HIA survey shows that Australian new home sales dropped by 6.5 per cent in April, more than reversing the 5.2 per cent increase ...

Daily economic update

... the year - is renewing confidence in the property market. Improved housing affordability is also luring homebuyers back. The HIA/CBA housing affordability index rose by 5.4 per cent in the December quarter to its highest level in more than a year. While ...

Challenger welcomes back S&P four stars

After an almost two year hiatus, Challenger's Australian Share Fund and Select Australian Share Fund have both been upgraded back to four stars by Standard and Poor's (S&P). The Australian share fund has returned from a three star rating to a four star ...

Investing in residential property should be Devine

... Devine is the seventh most active home builder and developer in Australia, according to the Housing Industry Association's (HIA) top 100, with 1,067 houses and 416 apartments being built in 2005, placing it ahead of Australand, Meriton and Multiplex. ...

Economic roundup

... should give indications of consumer spending and borrowing trends. Likewise, the property market would be interested in the HIA new home sales and Australian building approvals data for an update on the state of the housing market. The currency market ...