Summary: Home approval numbers up 18.5% in December, above expectations; 3.8% lower than December 2021; ANZ: still on downward trend; house approvals down 2.4%, apartments up 58.8%; non-residential approvals down 1.7% in dollar terms, residential alterations down 3.0%. Building approvals for dwellings, that is apartments and houses, headed south after mid-2018. As an indicator of investor confidence, falling approvals had presented a worrying signal, not just for the building sector...