HOUSE building activity fell for the first time in six years last month, a survey today showed.
The sector bucked a rising trend in other areas of the construction industry by declining marginally in March, according to the Construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
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