Housing orders surge offers hope after 5.2% new work fall last year

The industry is hoping for a better year ahead after the latest official output figures for 2024 revealed new work fell by 5.2%.
While a drop in infrastructure activity dampened new work activity, a strong year of private home and non-housing repair and maintenance work compensated for the contraction and lifted construction output overall by 0.4% in 2024.
New orders in the fourth quarter of the year were also lacklustre slipping by 2.4% against the previous quarter.But there was positive news f