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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. structure starts and permits for future bag cerebration rose more than due in March, snapping backwards from the preceding month's winter defy depressed levels, polity accumulation showed on Tuesday.

The Commerce Department said structure starts rose 7.2 proportionality to a seasonally keyed period evaluate of 549,000 units. February's starts were revised up to a 512,000-unit measure from the previously reportable evaluate of 479,000 units.

Economists polled by Reuters had prognosticate structure starts ascension to a 520,000-unit rate. Compared to March terminal year, residential cerebration was downbound 13.4 percent.

Still, the bounce backwards in residential cerebration does not communication feat as an over- supply of homes continues to discourage builders from embarking on newborn projects.

"It's mainly a recuperate from preceding month's decline. We ease conceive the structure market is rattling weak, and the broad listing is ease sad income and prices," said Sireen Harajli, an economist at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in New York.

"We wish to wager whatever signs of transformation toward the modify of the year, but we won't wager material transformation until 2012."

U.S. have finger futures were steady at higher levels, patch polity debt prices were steady at modify levels. The note held at modify levels versus the euro.

Home builders' view slipped a cutting in April, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday, with builders viewing income conditions today and in the incoming six months as unfavorable.

Residential cerebration was likely a drag on economic ontogeny in the prototypal lodge after making a overmodest contribution in the terminal three months of 2010. Home antiquity accounts for most 2.4 proportionality of gross domestic product.

Groundbreaking terminal period was lifted by a 5.8 proportionality uprise in volatile multifamily homes. Single-family bag cerebration accumulated 7.7 percent.

New antiquity permits modern 11.2 proportionality to a 594,000-unit measure terminal month, rebounding from February's record baritone 534,000 units. Economist had due coverall antiquity permits to uprise to a 540,000-unit measure in March.

Permits were propped up terminal period by a 25.2 proportionality jump in the multifamily segment. Permits to create buildings with five or more units rose to their maximal take since Jan 2009 -- likely reflecting growing demand for property properties.

Permits to physique single-family homes rose 5.7 percent. However, newborn bag completions dropped 14.2 proportionality to a record baritone 509,000 units in March

(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani, redaction by Neil Stempleman)

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