A slumping new home market is creating opportunities for builders able to meet the needs of buyers with less money to spend but who still need to buy a new home.
He also said the increase in sales – of homes about $300,000-$350,000 in price – had recovered the company’s total from the decline of about 30 per cent it sufferedThe HIA’s report of a 2.4 per cent decline in new home sales in July to 3460, down from 3723 in May, lays bare the challenges facing the industry as the federal government seeks to boost housing production to“The prospect of future rate hikes weighs heavily on new home sales,” the organisation said.
New figures published by corporate regulator ASIC on Tuesday showed the number of insolvency appointments since the start of July stood at 342 – more than one third of the total 996 for the financial year to date. Separately developer Ingenia Communities, which on Tuesday reported a 33 per cent slump in statutory profit for the year to June following revaluations of investment properties, predicted a stronger year to come.