The total number of building permits issued in New Zealand was down a seasonally adjusted 4.6 percent on month in December, Statistics New Zealand said on Tuesday - coming in at 3,128.
That follows the downwardly revised 2.7 percent increase in November (originally 2.8 percent).
Consents were issued for 1,494 townhouses, flats, and units; 1,299 stand-alone houses; 263 retirement village units; and 72 apartments.
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