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Housing Australians The Outlook for Australia’s Residential Construction Industry. Graham Wolfe HIA Chief Executive – Industry Policy & Media 20 September 2012. Population Growth – Australia. NET OVERSEAS MIGRATION - NSW. New housing starts in New South Wales. NET INTERSTATE MIGRATION - NSW.
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Housing AustraliansThe Outlook for Australia’s Residential Construction Industry Graham Wolfe HIA Chief Executive – Industry Policy & Media 20 September 2012
The world is a worry Europe is a basket case, but … • … it’s finding a way to muddle through. • Confidence, credit, and exposure for East Asia are the key linkages to Australia. Updates on the US economy are patchy • One recent, large, positive – the housing market seems to be recovering China holding up “okayish”? • China has slowed, and there are some concerns, but… • … these concerns still look over-played. • East Asia in general is slowing down and the focus is here to stay for a while.
The ugly: Housing starts are heading in the wrong direction, and ...
… renovations are also sliding • Renovations investment has fallen over four consecutive quarters.
The good and bad: easing dwelling prices • Do we really need to scare the living daylights out of people?
Median Dwelling Price Baby boomer FHB aged children GFC-induced stimulus 4% unemployment Baby boomer investors 6% Interest rate 17% Interest rate 4.25% Interest rate 6.9% unemployment Infrastructure levies surge Sydney is FULL! and GST commences Unemployment 8.5%
The good and bad: falling interest rates • Are we at the end of the line?
So, what now? • There remain many short term challenges to residential construction, … • … both new home building and renovations. • The renovations model is changing and that brings opportunity. • So too does state governments realising things have to change on the new home building front. • People will adjust to the ‘new world’ for housing prices and with that will come opportunity as well. • Australia’s housing backyard needs work and HIA will keep up the fight. • The key challenge is uncertainty around when we will see ‘the turn’.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIMEGraham Wolfe HIA Chief Executive – Industry Policy & MediaSeptember 2012