SYDNEY: Australia’s home building boom is starting to look old in the tooth just when its economic benefits are sorely needed to offset slumping mining investment, a possible harbinger of tougher times in 2016.
Alarm bells rang on yesterday when government data showed approvals to build new homes dived 12.7% in November, far beyond market forecasts and the biggest drop since late 2012.
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