Summary: Home approval numbers down 8.1% in April, contrasts with expectations; 24.1% lower than April 2022; Westpac: significant broad-based down-trend remains firmly intact; Westpac: very large backlog of work only thing preventing big falls in new construction; house approvals down 3.6%, apartments down 16.9%; non-residential approvals up 13.5% in dollar terms, residential alterations down 1.2%. Building approvals for dwellings, that is apartments and houses, headed south after mid-2018. As an...