Approvals and investment are at highs. Completions, prices, lending and labour data tell a different story about Australian construction in 2026.

US construction added 120,000 jobs in a year yet still has 326,000 openings. Why the shortage is now a productivity question, not only a hiring one.

Stroud Homes Brisbane North owner Ben Donaghy on trades, transparent pricing, tricky blocks and what makes a good builder. From The Good Builder Podca ...

ABS building approvals, construction costs, forecasts and more. The Good Builder interprets Australia's residential construction data for builders.

Healthy home builders met on a Northern Rivers rammed earth site and in Sydney. A blower door test showed why learning together makes change stick.

When a bank values a new home below the contract price, the gap lands at the final claim. How lenders fund builds and how each state handles the dispu ...

Labor and the Coalition both pledge to lift Victoria's land tax threshold to $300,000. The timetables, the funding and what it means for builders.

Japan plans to check building approvals directly from BIM data from spring 2029. What MLIT will check first, how it works, and the roadmap to launch.

Steel, aluminium, cement and timber are being kept onshore and prefab factories are scaling up. Float glass has gone. What it means for building suppl ...

We followed AFS's 50 millionth metre of TRUECORE® steel from the factory floor to a finished Coral Homes family home at Skyridge.

Submissions close 16 October on potential Commonwealth construction standards tied to public funding. What is being asked, and who it could reach.

The QBCC's Audit Mapper layers defect trends, high risk licensees and warranty claims to target inspections. Here is what the regional patterns show.