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245 _aFarmers recover ground from city slickers
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490 _aRICS Press Release
_v(pr038) 6 May 2004 (3)
520 _aThe latest "RICS rural land market survey Great Britain" for the first quarter 2004 reports that, despite rising land prices, farmers are buying land, encouraged by improving commodity prices in certain sectors. Records that individual farmer buyers now account for 43% of the market, up from 38% in the fourth quarter 2003. Demand for commercial farms is also rising steadily, with 43% more surveyors reporting a rise than a fall. There is a general decline in land supply, reflecting uncertainty over CAP reform impact on the market. Copies of the survey can be downloaded from http://www.rics.org/ricscms/bin/show?class=MarketS urvey&template=/includes/showmarketsurvey.html&id= 87. http://www.rics.org/ricscms/bin/show?class=PressRe lease&template=/includes/showpr.html&id=1168&facul ty=RICS
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650 _aFARMS
650 _aLAND PURCHASE
650 _aLAND SUPPLY
650 _aRICS RURAL LAND MARKET SURVEY GREAT BRITAIN
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