Tasmanian housing starts are at their highest level since 2010.
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Construction of 784 dwellings started in the March quarter in trend terms, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated.
That was up by 27 from the previous quarter, and much stronger than the recent low point of 515 in the September quarter of 2016.
The recent growth in housing starts came as Tasmania's population continued to increase strongly by historical standards and kept re-setting population size records.
The housing starts data provided some contrast to the most recent numbers on dwelling approvals by Tasmanian councils.
ABS figures for May estimated approvals had been decreasing for some months, ending a strong run of growth.
... the marked improvement in credit availability was especially encouraging ...
- ANZ economists
Approvals in 2018-19 still managed to beat the previous year, due to strong growth in the earlier months.
The ABS estimated Tasmanian councils approved 2920 new dwellings in the 11 months to the end of May, up from 2851 in the full 2017-18 financial year.
Launceston and most of the wider North were performing strongly.
The Launceston municipality had 284 dwellings approved in the 11 months to May, well ahead of its 12-month total of 220 for 2017-18.
Northern Midlands (98) and Dorset (55) had also had surges in approvals and were well ahead of the previous full year.
Break O'Day (53) and George Town (21) were ahead of the previous year, with Flinders (eight) set to finish roughly on par with the previous year.
Meander Valley (85) and West Tamar (117) appeared unlikely to pass their 2017-18 totals.
Approvals growth was more mixed in the North-West.
Central Coast (83 approvals), Circular Head (17), Kentish (25) and the West Coast (four) were already ahead of their 2017-18 totals.
Latrobe (120) was on target to roughly equal the previous year's total.
Burnie (35), Devonport (93), King Island (one) and Waratah-Wynyard (53) looked likely to fall short of their 2017-18 totals.
The national outlook for the property sector appears to be improving.
"In particular, the marked improvement in credit availability was especially encouraging, given ANZ Research's view that restricted credit has been a key factor behind the downturn," ANZ economists David Plank and Felicity Emmett said.