housing supply | Australian Property Network™

Work in Hand: The Value of Residential Building Yet to Be Done

Builders had $84.7bn of residential work yet to be done at June 2026, a new high for the eighth consecutive quarter and 8.7 months of current output. Since 2019 the value of work done has risen 45.8%, its volume 2.1%.

Monday October 12, 2026

The Epoch of Synthetic Expansion: Continuing or Ending?

National Structural Diagnosis

The Epoch of Synthetic Expansion: Continuing or Ending?

Australia's dwelling values have stopped rising: the stock was worth slightly less in the June quarter 2026, and by September values were level with a year earlier. Yet prices remain close to their record against earnings and the margin for...

Saturday October 10, 2026

Building Approvals & Commencements Data

Starts per 100 Approvals: How Each State’s Dwelling Commencements Track Its Approvals

From 2011 to 2025, 98.4 dwellings were begun in Australia for every 100 approved, and every state finished within a few points of one start per approval. In the year to June 2026 the states diverged: Victoria 103.2, Queensland 94.1,...

Friday October 9, 2026

Months of Pipeline: How Long the Dwellings Under Construction Would Take to Complete

Economic Factors

Months of Pipeline: How Long the Dwellings Under Construction Would Take to Complete

At the June quarter 2026 pace of completions, the 248,733 dwellings under construction would take 15.7 months to complete, fewer than a year earlier: completions rose 15.8% while the stock rose 10.8%.

Friday October 9, 2026

Construction & Development Pipeline Analysis

From Approval to Completion: Australia’s Dwelling Pipeline Stage by Stage

In the year to June 2026, 204,440 dwellings were commenced and 180,501 completed. With starts running ahead of completions, 248,733 dwellings were under construction at June 2026, the highest since the ABS series began in 1984.

Friday October 9, 2026

APN Enabling Infrastructure Index™

Public Groundwork in the June Quarter 2026: Electricity Down, Water and Sewerage at Records

Public engineering work on roads, water, sewerage and electricity grew 4.3% over the year to June 2026, below its long-run average. Electricity work fell 5.8% while water, sewerage and roads each reached the largest quarter in a series that begins...

Thursday October 8, 2026

Building Approvals & Commencements Data

Dwelling Approvals, August 2026: Houses Lead a Rising Year

Australia approved 208,184 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.5% and the most since April 2022. House approvals led, while Queensland and Western Australia rose most among the larger states.

Wednesday October 7, 2026

APN Future Development Pipeline Index™

Is It Getting Harder to Build New Homes? Five Conditions in the June Quarter 2026

Conditions for turning land into new homes were less favourable in the June quarter 2026 than at any time since June 2023. Five measures show why: slower growth in development finance, a narrowing gap between prices and building costs, and...

Wednesday October 7, 2026

Submissions, Inquiries & Testimony

Locked Out: Three Positions from the Senate Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity

An APN 23000 Series panel: the Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity agreed on its findings but not its remedies. The Chair (Greens), Labor senators and Coalition senators set out three competing positions on causes, tax, social housing and supply.

Friday October 2, 2026

National Claim Test

Prices, Homes, Migration and Rents: The Senate Housing Inquiry’s Figures Tested

APN 22000 Series Claim Test: of eight figures in the Senate housing report, six hold. Prices are up 483% since 1999, completions are about 20,000 a year below their earlier average rather than 30,000, and the rent comparison depends on...

Friday October 2, 2026

Construction & Development Claim Test

Ten Thousand Fewer or Thirty Thousand More: What Separates the Two Housing Package Models

APN 22000 Series Claim Test: the industry’s 10,700 fewer homes and the Budget’s up to 30,000 more, read at source. On what the tax changes do to dwelling numbers the two models agree: 14,032 fewer starts over four years, which...

Tuesday September 29, 2026

Dating the Supply Decline: Completions Fell Before the Tax Fight, and Starts Have Already Turned

Construction & Development Claim Test

Dating the Supply Decline: Completions Fell Before the Tax Fight, and Starts Have Already Turned

APN 22000 Series National Insight: the Shadow Housing Minister's supply case, tested against the ABS series. Completions fell 18.5% between 2018 and 2021 and have been flat at about 175,000 a year since; commencements rose 16.6% in 2025 and the...

Monday August 31, 2026

1 2 … 4 5

Tag: housing supply

Work in Hand: The Value of Residential Building Yet to Be Done

The Epoch of Synthetic Expansion: Continuing or Ending?

Starts per 100 Approvals: How Each State’s Dwelling Commencements Track Its Approvals

Months of Pipeline: How Long the Dwellings Under Construction Would Take to Complete

From Approval to Completion: Australia’s Dwelling Pipeline Stage by Stage

Public Groundwork in the June Quarter 2026: Electricity Down, Water and Sewerage at Records

Dwelling Approvals, August 2026: Houses Lead a Rising Year

Is It Getting Harder to Build New Homes? Five Conditions in the June Quarter 2026

Ten Thousand Fewer or Thirty Thousand More: What Separates the Two Housing Package Models

Dating the Supply Decline: Completions Fell Before the Tax Fight, and Starts Have Already Turned

APN Organisation

Our Platform