In last week’s blog Tim highlighted that the Sustainable Australia – Sustainable Communities, A Sustainable Population Strategy for Australia Report released by the Department Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities failed to meet its objective. Tim specifically noted, ‘The objective of the report is to provide strategic guidance for population growth across Australia. While the [...]
Why Australia needs to drop the obsession with our capital cities
by Cameron Kusher on May 26, 2011 in Housing affordability, Housing supply, Population growth, Research
The four pronged plan that will profoundly affect property markets around the country
by Tim Lawless on May 20, 2011 in Housing supply, Population growth, Research
Over the last two weeks there have been four significant strategic announcements from the Federal Government that are likely to have a profound impact on the Australian housing market. The new membership of the National Housing Supply Council were announced and their first meeting will be held in June of this year with the key [...]
Housing remains in the too hard basket at budget time
by Tim Lawless on May 11, 2011 in Housing affordability, Housing supply, Research
Once again, some of the key issues affecting virtually every Australian have not been addressed in the Federal Budget. Housing supply, and associated with that, housing affordability has again flown under the budget radar. Is it simply that politicians don’t know how to deal with the issues of land undersupply or is that they don’t [...]
Market slowdown likely to create a hole in State budget revenues
by Tim Lawless on May 6, 2011 in Consumer confidence, Research
The number of home sales moved upwards sharply in February, increasing from just 23,047 sales in January up to 32,090 in February. The upwards movement is partly seasonal, with the January sales volumes typically lower due to the time of year. The severe weather events recorded during January would have also contributed to a slower [...]
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