UK: Top estate agents firm close to collapse after credit crunch

Bush, I hope you're happy about what you've wrought on the world. Bringing down the US economy is one thing, but you're bringing down everyone. Your father must be so fucking proud of you.

Sorry I've not referenced all the other similar stories about failures world-wide.

One of Britain's largest estate agents has fallen victim to the slowdown in the housing market, prompting fears for thousands of jobs around the country. Shares trading was suspended in Humberts, which has 80 branches from Central London to Hampshire, amid doubts about its viability. The group's demise would be the first high-profile estate agency casualty of the housing market squeeze.

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