The NSW government has sold 21,000 new home designs to buyers across Australia and overseas since it launched the housing pattern book in July 2025. A workman can be seen on the roof of a newly built home at a housing development located in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 20, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images1/27/2026|Updated: 1/27/2026With orders from across Australia and overseas, much is riding on the success of ready-to-build housing designs to turbocharge much-needed supply.But eager home buyers and builders will have to wait another year to see the finished product with construction on the first seven homes using the designs only beginning on Jan. 27.Australian Associated Press is an Australian news agency.Author’s Selected Articles
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