Building boom

Dec. 6, 2014, 4:30 a.m.

Construction of new homes at Dubbo is on the rise and the sector is on track to spin tens-of-millions-of-dollars into the economy next year.

Maas Group Properties sales coordinator Bill Kelly reviews progress of sales in Southlakes Estate as civil works in the subdivision progress. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Construction of new homes at Dubbo is on the rise and the sector is on track to spin tens-of-millions-of-dollars into the economy next year.

More than $34 million of single and dual dwellings have been approved since July and more plans for homes are expected to flow in on the back of strong land sales recently.

The industry's revival that's put a "smile on the face" of builders and sub-contractors would have benefits that spread throughout the community this Christmas and beyond, Maas Group Properties sales coordinator Bill Kelly said yesterday.

And he said the construction of new homes was not only generating work for Dubbo's tradies, it was also providing employment for the wider region.

New figures reported by Dubbo City Council this week revealed the approval of 101 new single dwellings in the first five months of the financial year, together totalling $28.62 million.

That was up more than $2 million for the same period last year, while dual-occupancy dwellings had powered ahead.

In the past five months 15 new dual-occupancy dwellings had received approval, five-times as many as the same period last year.

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Building boom