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Poppy Johnston

New houses drive uptick in dwelling approvals

National home prices rose slightly in March with high rent and migration helping turn values around. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An uptick in new home approvals has done little to counter a downward trend in new construction work triggered by higher interest rates and the expiry of COVID-19-era government home-building programs.

New home approvals have picked up four per cent, new Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows, following a sharp 27.1 per cent drop off in January.

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