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Article: Crunch and internet see Halifax estate agents close; HOUSING MARKET.(Business)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2008
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Halifax yesterday refused to specify where the axe would fall after announcing that it was closing more than 50 of its high street estate agents.
Just days after the National Association of Estate Agents speculated that the internet may one day make high street operations redundant, Halifax said that 53 of its branches would close as a result of the housing downturn.
The closures will lead to up to 100 ...