Housing Industry Association Analysis & Opinion

Australia’s home ownership aspirations at risk By Housing Industry Association - Mar 27, 2019

“Changes to existing capital gains tax and negative gearing arrangements on residential investment properties proposed by the Federal Opposition will dampen first home buyer capacity to save for...

Increasing CGT Will Exacerbate Affordability Challenge By Housing Industry Association - Oct 24, 2018

“With house prices falling and building activity in decline this is not the appropriate time in the housing cycle to increase Capital Gains Tax,” stated HIA’s Principal Economist,...

A Long Path Ahead To Restore Affordability By Housing Industry Association - Oct 18, 2018

“A trend of improving affordability is taking root in the major capital cities - due largely to falling housing prices,” commented Geordan Murray, HIA Acting Principal Economist.The HIA...

Home Building Beats Expectations In 2017/18 By Housing Industry Association - Oct 11, 2018

“Australia’s home building industry beat expectations in commencing construction of 228,480 homes in the 2017/18 financial year. This represents a 3.3 per cent increase on home starts in...

Overseas Migration Down By 9 Per Cent By Housing Industry Association - Sep 21, 2018

“Changes to visas for skilled workers have delivered an immediate hit to Australia’s population growth,” said Geordan Murray, HIA Principal Economist.ABS data released today shows...

Record Supply Of Homes Eases Affordability By Housing Industry Association - Aug 15, 2018

“Housing affordability is about ‘supply and demand’ and for most of this century there have been constraints on new home building that have limited supply and forced up...

First Home Buyer Participation Hits 6-Year High By Housing Industry Association - Aug 09, 2018

“The First Home Buyer share of owner occupier housing loans increased again during June 2018 and is now at its highest since late 2012,” stated HIA Senior Economist, Shane...

Building Approvals Remain Strong By Housing Industry Association - Jul 31, 2018

Building Approvals “The housing industry experienced a strong month of approvals to end the financial year, with the number of new home approvals rising 4.0per cent in June,” stated Tim...

New Home Sales Rise For The First Time In 2018 By Housing Industry Association - Jul 30, 2018

“New home sales rose 2.0 per cent in June 2018, the first rise this year,” stated HIA’s Principal Economist, Tim Reardon.The HIA New Home Sales report – a monthly survey of the...

Some Relief For Home Buyers By Housing Industry Association - Jul 19, 2018

In the June 2018 quarter the HIA Affordability Index registered 74.9, up by 0.4 per cent over the quarter and up by 0.8 per cent compared with a year earlier when affordability had reached its poorest...

New House Sales Continue To Slide In 2018 By Housing Industry Association - Jun 29, 2018

HIA New Home Sales The first half of 2018 saw a renewed downward trend in new house sales, according to HIA’s Principal Economist Tim Reardon.The HIA New Home Sales report – a monthly...