UK construction will grow by only 0.6 % next year - down from original estimates of a 10 % rebound - according to the Building Products Group 's Autumn Forecast , citing Brexit uncertainty and delays to some major infrastructure projects . This growth will depend on the government extending its help to buy scheme beyond 2021 , otherwise housing starts are expected to start from 2019 . The housing sector’s output is forecast to rise 5% in 2018 and 2% in 2019 – but this assumes government will extend funding for the scheme beyond 2021. The growth will also depend on timely government infrastructure projects , without the expense of overruns and delays , as recently experienced on the Crossrail project .
UK construction will grow by only 0.6 % next year - down from original estimates of a 10 % rebound - according to the Building Products Group 's Autumn Forecast , citing Brexit uncertainty and delays to some major infrastructure projects . This growth will depend on the government extending its help to buy scheme beyond 2021 , otherwise housing starts are expected to start from 2019 . The growth will also depend on timely government infrastructure projects , without the expense of overruns and delays , as recently experienced on the Crossrail project .