Housing construction remains suppressed by high interest rates (5-Aug-2008)
... 2008/09, as high interest rates keep dwelling construction well below underlying demand.BIS Shrapnel’s recent
building activity forecast report, Building in Australia, 2008 to 2023, anticipates a 3% increase in new dwelling construction in ...
Weak total NZ building activity to persist out to 2008/09 (13-Feb-2008)
... Shrapnel expects overall
building activity in New Zealand to remain subdued during 2007/08 and 2008/09, before a moderate rebound in activity between 2009/10 and 2012/13 driven by a recovery in dwelling commencements and the commercial ...
Construction costs to surge again (29-Jan-2008)
... output cost increases in house building have slowed since 2004, in alignment with the fall in overall house
building activity which has occurred since that date. We expect house building output costs to increase more strongly as house building ...
Shortage of housing contributing to upward pressure on inflation and interest rates (22-Oct-2007)
... June 2008.Western AustraliaFuelled by the residential property price boom to the end of 2006, residential
building activity in Western Australia remained high at 24,600 starts in 2006/07.However, with affordability reaching a critical ...
Building industry remains fragile (28-Aug-2007)
... the recent upturn in building approvals, this was not reflected in any improvement in new house
building activity during July. A further lift in interest rates in these circumstances will potentially delay any house-building recovery and lower ...
National building commencements to edge down four per cent in 2007/08 (23-Jul-2007)
... particularly in the retail and warehouse sectors.”BIS Shrapnel notes that there was a flat profile for total
building activity over the four years to 2006/07, which is unusual by historical standards. “The cycle for total building commencement ...
Roof cladding from BlueScope Lysaght (24-Apr-2007)
... the Lysaght Custom Orb cladding cut to size, so that helped to minimise the amount of rubbish generated by the
building activity. The Diamonds even used some Lysaght Mini Orb cladding in Zincalume steel, as a feature on the lower sections of the ...
Building activity to remain constraint on economic growth in 2006/07 (22-Nov-2006)
... building commencements are forecast to edge down one per cent in 2006/07, due to a further decline in residential
building activity and marginal growth in non-residential building in response to tightening interest rates, according to BIS ...
Mounting under-supply of housing (15-Nov-2006)
... 2006, followed by another forecast rise of 0.25 per cent in June quarter 2007, will further depress residential
building activity, according to BIS Shrapnel, extinguishing the embers of recovery in national dwelling construction that were evident ...
Building activity constrains growth (25-Aug-2006)
... building commencements are forecast to edge down one per cent in 2006/07, due to a further decline in residential
building activity and marginal growth in non-residential building in response to tightening interest rates.Total building ...
