The prediction comes from movewithus, a network of independent estate agents including Rolfe East, Clarke Hillyer and Douglas Allen. According to their chief, quoted here, we can expect to see a third of UK agents out of a job by the end of the year. Another interesting detail is that the piece mentions rumours that had reached the Rat and Mouse, but which we were too cowardly to publish, that Foxtons staff are jumping before they're pushed:

At least 63 staff left the company in February alone following poor sales figures.

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