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Then, the phone rang. It was the news every seller dreads: their buyers' own buyers had backed out at the last minute, choosing to rent instead. No amount of pleading or offers to pay for a rental deposit could fix it. The chain was broken.

The number serves as the anchor for a story about the fragility of hope and the "dejection" that can come with trying to find a place to call home. 124691

This specific number is associated with a real estate story from 2003 published by The Independent , where a simple house move turned into a nightmare of legal technicalities and broken chains. The Story of the Broken Chain Then, the phone rang