Summary: Home approval numbers increase noticeably; rise considerably more than expected figure; up 8.8% compared to September 2019; no discernible impact from Victoria; “suggests confidence in housing market recovering strongly, despite weak fundamentals”; house, apartment approvals both up; underlying momentum “in reasonably good shape.” Approvals for dwellings, that is apartments and houses, had been heading south since mid-2018. As an indicator of investor confidence, falling approvals had presented a...