So I tried to understand the break-down of costs and a big one inevitably was estate agency fees.

所以我试着去理解成本的主要构成，其中一个不可避免的大问题就是房地产代理费。

So, what do you do? -Oh, I graduated two years ago from Bristol University and now I'm working at an estate agency here in Oxford.

那么你是做什么的？-我两年前从布里斯托大学毕业，现在在牛津这边一家房地产中介公司工作。

Iranian state media say the head of an estate agency has been arrested after an online video showed his firm selling an apartment to a dog.

伊朗官方媒体称，一家房地产中介公司将一套公寓卖给一只狗，视频在网上传开后，该公司的负责人被捕。

A host of studies confirm this covering a wide range of business settings: branch banks, retail stores, real estate agencies, factories, call centres. . . to name but a few.

大量的研究证明了这点，其中包括许多商业背景：银行分行、零售店、房地产中介、工厂、电话中心...... 这里只列举几例。