UK home building returns to growth as demand lifts

Many large housebuilders have welcomed the Government reintroducing housing targets (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

UK housebuilding activity returned to growth in June for the first time in nine months, as the downturn across the construction sector showed signs of easing, a new survey shows.

But optimism among builders weakened as economic worries clouded the outlook for the future.