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Building approvals fall 6.4 per cent in October
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released its monthly building approvals data for October 2025 for detached houses and multi-units covering all states and territories.
“This month’s decline was due to a 2.0 per cent decrease in detached approvals and a 12.1 per cent decline in multi-unit approvals, particularly in New South Wales and Victoria,” added Mr Tapang.
“Despite the monthly decline in approvals, this brought the volume of new housing approvals in the 12 months to October 2025 to 192,100, which remains 12.6 per cent higher compared to the previous year.
“Interest rate cuts have provided the confidence boost for home buying activity. Households are increasingly turning to new home building as an alternative.
“This comes as established home prices continue to rise, as demand outpaces the supply of homes available for purchase.
“Detached housing approvals continued to rise over the last 12 months in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, while New South Wales and Victoria appear to just be at the bottom of their cycles.
“These two markets have been lagging behind the mid-sized states, where approvals had been rising before the cuts to the cash rate.
“The biggest challenge in driving these home building volumes towards the government’s 1.2 million homes target continues to be the price of shovel-ready land.
“In order to increase the supply of homes in Australia and improve housing affordability, governments need to remove the additional costs imposed on land development and new home building,” concluded Mr Tapang.
In seasonally adjusted terms, the volume of new home approvals in the month of October increased the most in Western Australia, up by 28.1 per cent compared to September. This was followed by South Australia (+11.2 per cent) and Queensland (+2.4 per cent). New South Wales and Victoria saw monthly declines of 20.6 per cent and 24.7 per cent, respectively, while Tasmania recorded a 15.0 per cent decline. In original terms, the Northern Territory recorded a 7.5 per cent increase, while approvals in the Australian Capital Territory increased by 634.1 per cent, off the previous month’s very low volumes
Monthly Building Approvals - Australia
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