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Total dwelling approvals fell 6.1 per cent in August. Underneath that number, detached house approvals climbed to 10,885, the strongest month since August 2021, while townhouse and apartment approvals fell away sharply. The headline number from the Australian Bureau...
The Reserve Bank has lifted the cash rate to 4.60 per cent. The pressure on builders is not only in new enquiries. It sits inside contracts signed when borrowing was a full percentage point cheaper. The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60 per cent on Tuesday. It...
Vista Built runs with three people in Victoria's Macedon Ranges and has a year of work ahead while much of the market waits. On The Good Builder Podcast, Mitch Thompson explained the decisions behind that. Plenty of builders are describing a quiet market right now....
The state will pay for half its council assessment officers to sit a half day course on the new planning rules. The program targets what planners ask for, not how many of them there are. Every builder who has lodged a development application in New South Wales knows...