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Building approvals continue to fall as rates rise
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released its monthly building approvals data for April for detached houses and multi-units covering all states and territories.
“Detached house approvals declined by 3.6 per cent in the month of April and multi-units fell by 16.9 per cent,” added Mr Devitt.
“On a quarterly basis, this leaves detached house approvals 15.4 per cent lower than the same time the previous year, and multi-units down by 38.9 per cent.
“This continues the long-lagged response of Australian homebuyers to the RBA’s interest rate hiking cycle, with further declines expected in the coming months.
“The combination of construction cost blowouts, labour uncertainties, increased compliance costs and taxes on investors has seen approvals for multi-units fall.
“These disappointing approvals numbers are occurring as population growth surges with the return of overseas migrants, students and tourists.
“This imbalance will see the affordability and rental crisis deteriorate further,” concluded Mr Devitt.
Total building approvals were down across all the jurisdictions in the three months to April 2023 compared to the same period last year. In seasonally adjusted terms, decreases were led by Victoria (-35.3 per cent), followed by New South Wales (-28.7 per cent), Western Australia (-14.6 per cent), South Australia (-12.1 per cent), Queensland (-4.2 per cent), and Tasmania (-2.2 per cent). In original terms, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory saw declines of 49.8 per cent and 27.3 per cent respectively.
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