MORE than 7000 building permits were issued across north-west Victoria last year, signalling an almost 7 per cent increase on 2020.

New data from the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) revealed that 7485 permits worth $1.7 billion were issued across the region in 2021.

This was an increase of 6.81 per cent on the previous year.

It was a similar story across the rest of the state, with an increa...