A growing number of Melbourne suburbs are joining the ?million dollar housing club? ? areas where multiple building permits have been issued for homes worth over $1 million.

In FY2007 seven Melbourne suburbs had at least five $1 million building permits issued. Traditionally millionaire building activity has been confined to the usual suspects such as Toorak, Brighton and Portsea ? but lately these areas have been joined by Hawthorn, Kew, Flinders and Malvern.

Toorak still heads the list with 22 building permits of $1 million or more for building or renovating homes, followed closely by Brighton with 20 such permits.