Category: Economy / Trends
Construction across the country in housing, apartments and commercial—all fell in June, with industry blaming ongoing interest rate rises, labour shortages and supply chain issues. The Australian Performance of Construction...
To understand what is happening to Australian house prices, it is important not to view Australia in isolation, but to also understand the global trends currently affecting world real estate....
Brisbane’s inner eastern suburb of Woolloongabba has been named Australia’s best location for residential investment as the nation emerges from the pandemic. Research commissioned by ME Bank revealed the top...
Bricklayers are the most in demand tradies as the building boom continues to sap the supply of skilled workers and materials. The HIA Trades Availability Index deteriorated further in the...
The winds of change appear to be sweeping across property prices as the first capital city in Australia records a drop in monthly values—and experts predict there will be more...
A swathe of new developments in Western Australia has prompted questions about whether the state is shedding its penchant for NIMBYism once and for all. NIMBY, or “not in my...
Latest Gold Coast housing market insights reveals the city’s property prices have increased by nearly $400 a day in the past year—jumping by more than 30 per cent in some...
An increasing number of job seekers are open to something new. The trouble is, few are likely to set their sights on construction. In America skilled trade companies are desperate...
Experts weigh in on the factors that made construction a profession for “someone else’s kid,” and the long road ahead to fix it. A four-decade veteran of the construction industry,...
Tradies from the southern states are flocking to Queensland in record numbers as skills shortages hit the construction industry. The Queensland Building and Construction Commission has had its biggest jump in licensee...