Land Sales Plummeting: HIA, RP Data
LAND sales have plummeted over 40 per cent, nationally, according to new research issued by the Housing Industry Association.
The group expects the residential construction sector to “remain in the doldrums” until at least December. It describes 2011 as the worst stretch for land sales in about a decade.
A joint report by RP Data and HIA, and reported in the AFR, found the number of residential land sales had dropped for the sixth consecutive quarter in March 2011.
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