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HIA, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry, today released the HIA - JELD-WEN Housing to 2020 report. The report provides projections of the underlying demographic demand for housing and the number of dwellings to be completed over the next nine years at a national, state, and local government area. "Housing to 2020 is the most comprehensive report available regarding the homes Australia builds compared to what we need to build," said HIA Senior Economist, Andrew Harvey. "The report's projections highlight just how large the aggregate housing supply challenge facing Australia has become. Download Pdf

Product Description Boral PatchCote 20™ is a plaster based, setting type compound recommended for small and large repairs on plasterboard. Features and Benefits Rapid set (approximately 20 minutes). Mixes easily to a creamy gauge. Colour tinted to readily identify repaired areas. Low shrinkage. Can be polished when near set or lightly sanded when dry to achieve a smooth finish. Can be coated by Boral finishing compounds. Can be easily applied with hand tools. PatchCote 20™ is available in 8kg pails.

Melbourne-based Metricon Homes was Australia’s largest builder in 2010/11 according to the latest HIA-COLORBOND® steel Housing 100 Report. The report, which ranks the nation’s largest 100 residential builders based on the number of homes started each year, revealed that starts fell by 13 per cent from 59,509 in 2009/10 to 51,903 in 2010/11. The largest 100 builders started 40,183 houses (down 21 per cent from 50,521) and 11,720 units and townhouses (up 30 per cent from 8,988) in 2010/11. Download PDF