THE WEST AUSTRALIAN The blunt message last week from Reserve Bank assistant governor Michele Bullock’s speech to the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) was that lending and development excesses have hangovers that take time to recede. The mood in the room was that WA developers were being unfairly crippled by tighter lending standards brought […]
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THE FEDERAL ELECTION IS SURPRISINGLY QUIET ON THE SUBJECT OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY GIVEN IT IS SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUE. IN THE RECENT DEBATE AN AUDIENCE QUESTION ON THE TOPIC PROMPTED SOME INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS ON WHAT BOTH FEDERAL PARTIES HAVE ACHIEVED AND INTENDS TO DO. Mr Abbott’s response focused on the reduction on commercial construction costs, […]
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Major property industry players met senior McGowan Government ministers Wednesday to plead their case for a sweeping stimulus package aimed at breathing life into the WA’s stagnant housing market. To read the full story from The West Australian click here.
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