.. agents in parts of the country gloomier than at any time since the financial crash..
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said the number of properties sitting on estate agents’ books fell to just 43 per branch in March, the lowest figure since the body started collecting the data in 1978.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/13/estate-agents-struggling-to-find-homes-to-sell-says-report