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While building approvals in July are up only very modestly (Australia Trend +2.4% y/y), the increase in Queensland is a far more impressive +10.1% y/y. That increase in QLD is being led by regional approvals, which are up 16.4% y/y, rather than in Greater Brisbane where the increase is just …read more
For the first time since Feb 2023 Residential Building Approvals in Queensland are up a year-on-year basis (+3.9%) having now risen for each of the past 4 months. While they still remain at historically low levels, this is a much better performance than at the national level where approvals remain …read more
Last week’s building approvals data showed approvals in November across Australia remained down 7.7% from a year earlier. In Queensland the result was better with a 5.0% increase. However, the data today of the regional breakdown of those numbers, when seen through the lens of the Conus Trend, show that …read more
Residential Building Approvals data for November shows Queensland registered a 20.0% jump on the back of strong unit approvals. From a year ago approvals are up 5.0% although house approvals remain down 14.0% and units are up 61.7%. Across the nation total approvals rose 3.6% for the month and are …read more
Data for October shows building approvals across the country fell by 12.9% m/m and are now down 8.1% from a year ago. The decline is being lead by unit approvals which are down 15.1% y/y while house have fallen just 4.4%. In Queensland total approvals edged higher in October by …read more
Given the declines we saw in residential building approvals at both the national and State level last week (see here for details) it should come as no surprise to see a similar pattern emerge in the North. However, what today’s release by the ABS of more granular original regional data …read more
The boom in residential building approvals that we saw from mid-last year until the first quarter this year has well and truly come to a halt. September saw approvals down 4.3% m/m, although they remain up 12.8% from a year ago. What strength there is comes from unit approvals (up …read more
Data today from the ABS confirms that the recent slowdown in building approvals growth we have seen across Queensland (year/year increase in August down to +32% from +96% as recently as March) is being driven primarily by a slowdown in the regions. The August regional data from the ABS, when …read more
Across the nation residential building approvals fell 8.6% m/m in July and are now up 21.5% for the year. House approvals are up 27.3% for the year while units are up 11.3%. The only state to buck the declining pattern was Queensland where we saw a 9.0% m/m improvement which …read more
Today’s’ ABS original regional building approvals data for June allows us to update our Conus Trend series for Queensland regions. As we saw last week QLD’s rate of growth of approvals fell to 38.5% y/y (seasonally adjusted) in June; it had been as high as 86.6% in March. What today’s …read more
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