Home Builders Articles

For Builders, The Only Way Is Up

SPECIAL bonus deals being offered by builders are behind a surge of interest in display homes at the Central Coast Home Zone Display Village.

Insurers A Law Unto Themselves

INSURANCE companies providing home builders warranty insurance have been allowed to dodge consumer protection and financial disclosure for years because of Federal Government changes to legislation.

Rubble Trouble: How Our Home Building Insurance Fails

SOPHIE McFADDEN was five when her parents began renovating their Californian bungalow, in a project that was supposed to take four months. Sophie is now preparing to enter high school, but her parents remain stuck in a legal home building labyrinth after their builder walked off the job part way..read more

Brave New World

As home builders take a battering, they're changing focus and offering alternatives to buyers.

Fast-track Planning Code New Headache For Builders

THE housing codes that form the basis of the proposed fast-track approval system for developments costing less than $100,000 will impose new burdens on home builders.