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Approvals for private houses rise this month: ABS
The number of private sector houses being approved has risen for the tenth consecutive month,
according the latest ABS Building Approvals figures.
In seasonally adjusted terms the number of private sector houses approved rose 5.0% in October
2009.
However, the total number of dwellings approved fell 0.6% mainly driven by a large fall in other
residential dwellings (-17.9%). New South Wales (-10.3%) and South Australia (-4.4%) recorded
the largest falls in the total number of dwellings approved.
The value of total building approved fell 7.2% in October. Falls occurred in non-residential building
(-14.4%) and residential building (-0.2%). The value of alteration and additions to residential
property rose 0.3% to $537.9m.
Further information is available in Building Approvals, Australia (cat no. 8731.0) available free from
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