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Building more houses quickly is harder than it looks. Australia hasn't done it in decades

  • Written by Ehsan Gharaie, Associate Professor of Project Management, RMIT University
Building more houses quickly is harder than it looks. Australia hasn't done it in decadesRich Kareckas/AP

Thanks to HomeBuilder and the housing price boom, house building is experiencing its hottest year on the record.

Over the space of a year the number of houses (not apartments) under construction has jumped from 56,060 in the June quarter 2020 to 88,445 in the June quarter 2021 — the biggest peak of all time.

Houses under...

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