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Estate agencies which survive the recession will be leaner and more focussed, writes JACK FAGAN

FEW businesses have escaped the effects of the financial crisis and the global economic storm. The ground already lost in this recession will take years to reclaim, but for the real estate industry, the odds are that it will remain a fraction of its original size for the foreseeable future.