Housing output falls at the steepest rate for more than three years

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Overall construction buyers at their glummest since April 2009

Housebuilding activity has shrunk by the largest amount in three years, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS construction buyers survey.

The fall in housebuilding was blamed on weaker demand conditions and concerns about the outlook for residential sales.

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