Summary: Home approval numbers down 0.1% in March, contrasts with expectations; 17.3% lower than March 2022; MSA: economy slowing from strong starting point; ANZ: rising housing prices, population growth encouraging for approvals, construction backlogs, higher rates discouraging; house approvals down 2.9%, apartments up 5.7%; non-residential approvals down 5.1% in dollar terms, residential alterations down 7.4%. Building approvals for dwellings, that is apartments and houses, headed south after mid-2018. As an...