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Detached house approvals rise in July
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released its monthly building approvals data for July 2025 for detached houses and multi-units covering all states and territories.
“Strong population growth, tight labour markets and recovering household incomes helped improve confidence in an increasing number of markets over the last 18 months,” added Mr Tapang.
“This cyclical improvement in new home commencements will be enhanced by supply side initiatives, such as the 5 per cent deposit scheme announced last week. Around a third of all new homes are built by first home buyers, and in the long-term, initiatives that reduce the cost of first home buyers entering the market will lead to an increase in new home commencements.
“This month’s increase in detached house approvals was broad-based across most states and territories, except Queensland and South Australia.
“This month’s increase brought the total volume of detached house approvals in Australia over the past 12 months up by 5.3 per cent to 112,760.
“With three interest rate cuts having been delivered this year, more households are expected to return to the market to purchase a home.
“Strong demand for housing in the established market is expected to continue filtering through to the new home market, as building a new home becomes relatively more appealing.
“Multi-unit approvals decreased by 18.8 per cent in the month of July 2025. Approvals for this segment remains volatile and at very low levels.
“The correlation between an apartment approval and commencement remains weak, as challenges with access to overseas financing, development costs, labour shortages and planning remain.
“In order to build sufficient housing to meet existing and growing demand, apartment construction needs to double from current levels.
“There remain upside risks to home building activity in Australia if policymakers help lower the cost of delivering new homes to market,” concluded Mr Tapang.
The volume of detached house approvals in the month of July 2025 in seasonally adjusted terms increased in Western Australia by 3.6 per cent, followed by New South Wales (+3.2 per cent) and Victoria (+1.7 per cent). South Australia recorded a 4.6 per cent monthly decline in detached house approvals, while Queensland fell by 3.7 per cent. In original Terms, Tasmania recorded a 48.4 per cent increase in detached approvals, followed by the Northern Territory (+16.2 per cent) and the Australian Capital Territory (+3.3 per cent).
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