New housing construction in UK rising, but output slowed slightly in March

New housing construction in the UK is rising, although there was a slight slowdown in output in March of this year. The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that new housing output fell by 0.3% in March month on month. Overall output in the construction industry was estimated to have decreased by 3.6% compared with February 2016 and in the first quarter of 2016 it was estimated to have decreased by 1.1% compared with the fourth quarter of 2015. And year on year between the ...