Building Approvals

  • June 2020

    July 30, 2020

    The adverse impact of the pandemic on the residential real estate construction sector continued into June.

    The number of dwelling approvals fell by a seasonally-adjusted 4.9%, reaching its lowest level in eight years.

    The June fall in approvals was broad-based across the dwelling categories.

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  • May 2020

    July 1, 2020

    The number of dwelling approvals dropped by seasonally-adjusted 16.4% in May 2020.

    The plunge was led by a 34.9% drop in approvals for private dwellings other than houses. The 4.4% fall in private sector house approvals was also reasonably sharp by historical standards.

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  • April 2020

    June 3, 2019

    The number of dwelling approvals fell a seasonally adjusted 1.8% in April, following a 2.6% drop in March (revised from -4.0%).

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  • March 2020

    May 4, 2020

    Dwelling approvals fell less than expected in March.

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  • February 2020

    April 1, 2020

    The number of dwelling approvals bounced back sharply in February 2020, again driven by a spike in high-rise building approvals in Victoria.

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  • January 2020

    March 3, 2020

    The number of dwelling approvals posted a marked fall of 15.3% in January against an upwardly revised change of 3.9% in December 2019.

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