Loans for the construction of new homes sank in January to their lowest level since the global financial crisis, as builders try to stimulate a housing market that is still busy but which is heading closer to a slump each day.
Newcastle-based NXT Building Group, the country’s second-largest – which operates McDonald Jones and MOJO brands in NSW – says deposit levels on new homes are less than half of what they were a year ago.
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