The most recent Developers Service provider Construction Index (BMBI) record presentations developers’ traders’ worth gross sales in August had been down 5.6% yr on yr, whilst quantity gross sales dropped 5.7%. Costs had been up by way of simply 0.2% over the yr. With one much less buying and selling day this yr, like-for-like takings had been down by way of 1.1%.
Whilst seven of the 12 product classes carried out marginally higher than remaining yr, the 2 biggest classes, heavy construction fabrics and bushes & joinery merchandise, had been down by way of 6.1% and eight.2% respectively.
Month-on-month, August’s takings had been 8.1% less than July whilst quantity gross sales fell by way of 9.2% as costs edged up 1.2%.
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