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Tag Archives: hia
Stamp duty has to go – time to consider greater reliance on land tax & GST
It is lamentable that our State Governments are so reliant on a source of revenue, stamp duty, that is very costly to the economy and has no defenders outside of State Treasuries who would greatly miss the money if it … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Tax
Tagged hia, housing, oecd, productivity, qld, queensland, skillsmismatch, stampduty, tax
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State & local govts need to allow development to boost housing supply – Gap mega-suburb would be a good start
Now that likely future PM Malcolm Turnbull has highlighted the “big supply side issue” in Australia’s housing market (see yesterday’s Australian), it would be timely for State and local governments around Australia to review their regulations and charges, which many … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged bcc, brisbane, developercharges, development, gap, heritage, hia, milton, newstead, qld, queensland, queenslanders
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HIA appears worried RBA will move to rein in housing market
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) released an informative (though possibly naively optimistic) note yesterday titled A Portrait of Australian Home Prices, available at the HIA website, which is basically a message to the RBA that “There’s nothing to see here.” … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing
Tagged australia, brisbane, hia, houseprices, melbourne, rba, sydney
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HIA wants debate on stamp duty, not negative gearing
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has released an excellent report from the consulting firm of top Australian economist Chris Murphy on The Economic Impacts of Negative Gearing of Residential Property (see the news report Don’t slash negative gearing, says HIA). … Continue reading
Qld has three of top five regional areas with most expensive residential lots
The Housing Industry Association released a very interesting note today on median lot prices in capital cities and regional Australia (i.e. non-Capital City Australia): Land price pressures signal policy failure. The data should prompt a number of Queensland Councils to review their … Continue reading
Posted in Gold Coast, Housing, Mackay
Tagged development, goldcoast, hia, housing, mackay, qld, queensland, residentialland, residentiallots, sunshinecoast
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Still waiting for building industry recovery
The Queensland building industry will continue to experience lean times over coming months with building approvals remaining significantly lower than they were before the financial crisis (see chart below based on today’s latest ABS data). While seasonally adjusted building approvals … Continue reading
Loans data confirm very slow recovery in housing – is regulation constraining the sector?
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) gave an apt summary of today’s ABS housing finance data in the title of its media release Home lending up but not by enough. The Queensland data (see my chart below) are consistent with building … Continue reading
HIA still worried about Qld housing industry
Building approvals are a reasonably good leading indicator of economic activity across the economy because the construction industry employs nearly 10% of the workforce (see this OESR table) and it buys a lot of products from other parts of the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged abs, australia, buildingapprovals, buildingindustry, construction, hia, oesr, queensland
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Qld building industry recovery postponed
In a post last month I observed that of the so-called four pillars of the Queensland economy – agriculture, construction, resources and tourism – the resources sector has been the only one with employment growth in recent years. Unfortunately, new … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged abs, buildingapprovals, buildingindustry, construction, fourpillars, hia, queensland
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