UK housing market remains healthy - 2004-03-09
The housing market gathered further strength in January, based on the latest government figures.

Annual prices inflation hit 9.7% in January, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) said, up from 8.3% the previous month.

The acceleration echoes the findings of other property surveys by the major mortgage lenders.
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Low Interest Rates, Programs Help Belleville, Ill.-Area Renters Buy Homes - 2004-03-09
Renting got tiresome after five years for Glen Holloway. So record-low interest rates and programs that could get him his own four walls with no money down made the decision to purchase a house easy.

Elaine Amburg-Wyhs and her husband took advantage of a program that permitted them to secure 90 percent for a first mortgage and 10 percent for a second without paying private mortgage interest on a new, $140,000 home in Bethalto.
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