Original article by Michael Bleby, Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 1-Nov-19

Official data shows that residential building approvals rebounded in September, with overall growth of 7.6 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms. Approvals for detached dwellings increased by 2.6 per cent, and approvals apartments and townhouses rose 16 per cent. Meanwhile, dwelling approvals totalled 176,638 in the year to September, compared with 179,924 in the year to August. Separate data from the Reserve Bank shows that there was an 0.2 per cent increase in housing credit in September, and annual growth of 3.1 per cent.

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