Estate agent turned MP Kevin Hollinrake has appeared on the Agent’s Journal Podcast with Hortons founder, Adam Horton, in what is the final episode of a Housing Crisis mini-series.

In the podcast, the shadow Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Secretary reflects on how Hunters, which he co-founded in 1992, almost went bust after Black Wednesday when interest rates surged from 10% to 15% in a single day in September of that year.

“It was a desperately difficulty back-end to that year,” he explained. “We thought we would go bust. A couple of cheques bounced and it looked unlikely that we would get through the winter.”

Reflecting on the interview with Hollinrake, part of a three-part series on the housing crisis, Adam Horton, host of The Agent’s Journal Podcast, said: “We couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk about his incredible journey building Hunters into a household name.”

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