Australian Residential Building Sector Issues Warning: Report

Australian Residential Building Sector Issues Warning: Report
Workers lay concrete at the construction of a new apartment block in Melbourne, Australia, on June 5, 2018. William West/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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The residential home construction industry is warning that the building boom in Australia has ended and is expected to fall to levels not seen since 2012.

In its latest Economic and Industry Outlook Report, the Housing Industry of Australia (HIA) said the consecutive cash rate increases that began in May 2022 brought an end to the building boom.