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Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... approved plunged by 32.8% in the year to November 2018 for its fifth straight month of decline - approvals for private sector houses fell by 6.4% while "Private sector dwellings excluding houses" plunged by 53.9%. This is hardly surprising given the ...

Chief economist update: Building approvals on a slowing trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... for "private sector dwellings excluding houses" accounted for all of April's fall. Approvals to build private sector houses increased by 0.1% in the month. The volatility of the monthly figures - seasonally adjusted as they are - renders an analysis ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... dwellings excluding houses" (apartments) - up 9.6% over the month after an 18.2% drop in March. Approvals for private sector houses increased by 0.5% in April following a 2.7% fall in the previous month. Then again, the RBA and APRA would be looking ...

Australia housing boom busting?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... measure shows this category declining by 5.7% in November for its sixth straight monthly fall. Approvals for private sector houses declined by 0.2% in the month of November following October's 2.4% drop. As with the private sector dwellings excluding ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... excluding houses dropped by 24.8% in the month of October and by a whopping 42.6% over the year. Approvals for private sector houses declined by 3.4% over the month and fell by 5.7% in the year to October. Except for the ACT, approvals fell in all of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... They decreased by 9.9% in the year to September after rising by 26.7% in the previous month. Approvals for "private sector houses" increased by 2.3% in the month of September following three straight monthly declines. Housing approvals fell by 1.8% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... building approvals quickened to 10.1% in August from 4.2% in July. The 1.6% year-on-year fall in approvals for private sector houses in July accelerated to 6.5% in August. This was more than offset by the stronger gains in approvals for "private sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... month (more than offsetting the previous two months' fall of 5.5% (June) and 8.3% (May). Permits to build private sector houses dipped by 0.5% in July after decreasing by 3.0% in the previous month. Year-on-year, total dwelling units approved rose by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... total building approvals went down by 9.1% in May after a 1.3% increase in the previous month. The number of private sector houses approved rose by 0.1% over the month and 1.3% over the past year. Private sector dwellings excluding houses fell by a sharp ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... units approved" rose by 2.8% in March to stand 23.6% higher over its level in the same month last year. "Private sector houses" increased by 1.1% over the month and 1.6% for the year. "Private sector dwellings excluding houses" surged by 5.3% on the ...
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