Summary: Home approval numbers down 27.6% in January, below expectations; 8.4% lower than January 2022; Westpac: consistent with broader evidence of wider correction in housing market; house approvals down 13.5%, apartments down 43.6%; non-residential approvals down 25.6% in dollar terms, residential alterations down 4.0%. 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,...