Master Builders Industry News Archive

Large Rate Cut will Bolster Confidence

07 Oct 2008
The building industry welcomes the full one percentage point interest rate cut announced today by the Reserve Bank of Australia, according to Master Builders Australia, Australia’s peak building and construction...

Further Decline in Home Lending

08 Oct 2008
Another fall in August reinforces the steep decline in home lending that has occurred over the past year, and lends support to the Reserve Bank’s decision to bring interest rates down by a full percentage point,...

Tough cop on the beat must stay

09 Oct 2008
Master Builders Australia, the peak body for the Australian building and construction industry, today welcomed the release of a Discussion Paper by Murray Wilcox QC into the replacement for the Australian Building and...

First Home Owners Grant Boost to Kick Start Housing Recovery

14 Oct 2008
Master Builders Australia, the peak building and construction industry, today welcomed the significant boost in the first homeowners grant to provide a short term stimulus to the housing market.

Mr Wilhelm...

Collapse in builder sentiment as credit squeeze worsens

20 Oct 2008
Builder sentiment collapsed in the September quarter 2008 according to Master Builders Australia’s National Survey of Building and Construction.

The September Survey was taken prior to the Governments $10.4...