Construction and Real Estate Industry

We see them everywhere — towns along highways that seemingly pop up overnight. So what does it really take to build a town from scratch?

The peak body for urban developers says it takes twice as long to build residential apartments in Queensland as it calls for a "reset" of workforce productivity.

Premier Chris Minns says a new Housing Development Authority will make it easier to "build the homes we need" as the state trails behind less than six months into a national race to deliver more homes.

An ABC investigation has found strata contracts promoted by a key industry body disproportionately favour managers over apartment owners, sparking calls for an urgent review to reform the agreements.

The newly minted LNP government has sensationally suspended the Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC) for new major government projects. Here's what they are and what this will mean for the industry.

Described by the LNP as a "sweetheart deal" with the construction union, the policy dictates that workers can down tools if the air temperature reaches 35 degrees Celsius, or 29C and 75 per cent humidity.

This house in the South Australian town of Mount Burr sold for $45,000 after the local mill's closure at the turn of the century, but house prices are rising sharply.

Several workers in the construction sector say they will not speak to the CFMEU administrator about their experiences with the union because insufficient legal protections mean they fear retribution.

Australia doesn't have enough houses. But there's a hidden capacity in the market which, in theory, could help solve that problem — and it could start with your spare bedroom.

Women working in male-dominated industries are proving anything's possible when given the chance, and it could help ease Australia's ongoing skills shortage.

With asbestos lurking in an estimated one-third of Australian homes, campaigners want compulsory registers of the deadly product for home owners in an effort to save the lives of unsuspecting renovators.

Having never built a house before, Dan decided his first would be his dream home — a sustainable, off-grid hemp house in Tasmania, rendered with a horse poo mix and with an outdoor composting toilet.

The Fair Work Ombudsman starts legal action against the CFMEU and one of its officials after he allegedly climbed a 50-metre crane on a Perth work site, preventing it from operating.

Clients of Netstrata have told the ABC the strata firm has begun uploading years of invoices, with brokerage fees up to six times industry standard.

Build-to-rent is the latest craze in property, with advocates saying it can help solve issues with housing in Australia. But how has the concept performed overseas? 

Embattled builder Nicheliving cuts a deal with the state government to give up its building registration in exchange for having its insurance liability waived.

The host of the popular UK lifestyle show says he's grateful for the people willing to let cameras behind the scenes — "sometimes mistakenly" — while they push the boundaries on what's possible in design.

The boss of an embattled Perth building company assures hundreds of customers their unfinished homes will be completed with the help of "divine intervention".

Building a secondary dwelling in Queensland requires approval from one of the state's 77 different council areas, but a new building code is proposing to change that for the better. 

More than a year after NSW Fair Trading began its investigation into Metricon, senior staff of the home builder have been ordered to sit a three-day, $2,250-per-person course.