Summary: Home approval numbers drop 12.9% in October, greater than -2.0% expected; down 8.1% on annual basis; driven by fewer approvals in NSW, end of HomeBuilder scheme; ANZ: approvals figures “to drop further, Westpac: HomeBuilder unwind probably finished; house approvals up 4.5%, apartment down 36.1%; non-residential approvals down 20.9%, residential alterations up 2.6% over month. Building approvals for dwellings, that is apartments and houses, had been heading south since mid-2018....