Whether measured by housing starts or building approvals, Australia is in the midst of a residential construction boom that has never been seen before. According to Australia’s Housing Industry Association (HIA), there were 602 locations across Australia that were housing construction “hotspots” in the 2014/15 financial year, a region deemed to have above average population […]
An additional 30,000 homes were built in Sydney in the last financial year, the most building activity since the city’s 2000 Olympic Games, new data shows. But experts say even this level of home building isn’t enough to improve affordability. In 2015-2016, 30,191 new houses and apartments were completed, up 10 per cent year-on-year, figures from […]
The locations of Sydney’s new world-class metro railway stations have been confirmed, along with news that the first tunnel boring machine will be in the ground before the end of 2018 on Stage 2 of Sydney Metro.