Australia's peak housing body predicts Western Australia's housing market is close to "bottoming out" after the state's housing construction approval figures dropped for the seventh month in a row.

Australian Bureau of Statistics November housing approval figures, released on Tuesday, showed WA detached house approvals dropped by 3.3 per cent from October, while non-detached building approvals dropped by 0.6 per cent.

WA's housing construction figures declined for the seventh month in a row. Credit:Pat Scala

Housing Industry Association senior economist Shane Garrett said his association expected, however, WA's new build market to trend into the positive from 2018 on the back of an improving employment sector.

"The WA market is approaching a bottoming out point after record highs in 2014," he said.