Buy-to-rent market picks up - 2004-01-06
The average rent investment landlords received for their properties increased slightly during the last quarter of the year as demand for rental property went up, research showed today.

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) said average rental yields rose to 5.5% of a property's value from 5.3% the previous quarter, to average £285 a week.
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November construction revises record - 2004-01-06
Construction spending broked another record in November as continued low interest rates boosted home building. State and local governments did their part by pushing their building activity to all-time highs as well.

Home building and home sales were pushed to record levels in 2003 as the Fed's campaign to jump-start the economy kept mortgage rates at levels not seen since the late 1950s.
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