Heavier Tax Burden drags New Home Sales Down (249KB)
(WorldNews Asia)

18 January 2018 Heavier Tax Burden drags New Home Sales Down "An ever increasing tax burden has contributed to a drop in sales of detached houses by 5.7 per cent during 2017," HIA Senior Economist, Shane Garrett said today. The sales figures are based on an exclusive monthly survey of the largest homebuilders across Australia which are published in the latest HIA New Home Sales report released today. "Our latest data on new home sales offer a guide to how future building activity is likely to perform. The...