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Made in Australia
A builder in the US recently calculated he could create 220,000 jobs simply by buying materials Made in America. The former economist was not mucking about, (the) “Made in America House” is constructed entirely from U.S.-made products, from duct tape … Continue reading
Rebuilding after the Black Saturday fires.
About eighteeen months ago the reconstruction and recovery authority held a session for builders in Melbourne. The message was clear, we desperately need more builders to rebuild in fire damaged communities. Of the 2000 odd homes that had been destroyed fewer … Continue reading
A return to tariffs
I get this sort of unsolicited email daily. Just the spelling alone would send Sly on Building into a tail spin. Here is a company offering me an importing deal which presumably they can ship anywhere in the world. Every … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, opinion piece, Uncategorized
Tagged Builders, building construction, economy, local manufacturing, tariffs, US steel tariffs
7 Billion and Still Counting…
Recently the world’s population officially ticked over to seven billion people; and is expected to keep climbing to around nine billion by 2050. I live in the Kimberley, a region in the remote north of Western Australia, and apparently we … Continue reading
Posted in By Sly on building, opinion piece
Tagged beach, building construction, China, economy, Mong Kok, people, residential, The Kimberley, World population
The end of the world is nigh!
Doom and gloom has become very much the norm lately. We touched on this previously. Our market and its American cousin are shaky at best and many would argue they are much more volatile than we think. Harry Dent is … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, opinion piece
Tagged building construction, downturn, economy, GFC, Harry Dent, prediction
Three layers of government
One of the great pains in most businesses is dealing with three layers of government and “At present, a business operating in every state and territory faces a cost of more than $1000 to register a business name for three … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, news posts
Tagged building construction, economy, government
The Block’s real estate agents dodgy?
The Herald Sun is running a story that CONSUMER Affairs Victoria is investigating the real estate agents handling the sale of the houses on Channel 9′s DIY renovation hit The Block for underquoting. Whilst the story will undoubtably be about … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, news posts
Tagged building construction, economy, Herald Sun, real estate, REIV
Prophets of doom.
Investors lose a trillion dollars in one day House prices dive in massive market fall Housing starts to plunge 15% in 2011 You would be forgiven for taking a cautious view of the period ahead. These sorts of headlines are … Continue reading
Posted in news posts
Tagged building construction, economy, Enron, financial crisis, housing, investors, REIV
