The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released dwelling approvals data for the month of December. At the national level, the number of dwelling approvals was basically flat, declining by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% to 14,752. The overall slide in approvals was broad-based, with both units & apartments (-0.1%) and houses (-0.1%) posting small falls.
However, in the 2019 calendar year, dwelling approvals rose a seasonally-adjusted 2.7%, with unit & apartment approvals rising by 19.4% but house approvals falling by 7.1%:
A chart showing the time series of seasonally-adjusted dwelling approvals at the national level is provided below, split-out by detached houses and units & apartments:
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