60 Second Interview
Name:
Henry Pryor, housing market pundit, pig breeder and inventor
What does it say on your business card:
I don’t have one. If someone needs my contact details they get it by email, text or SMS.
Where is your business based:
London
How hard have you found the recession?
Tough, although I’m very conscious that it has been much, much tougher for so many others in the industry. The number of sales are down 70% from the peak, fees are down with many agents charging under 1% and the prices that these fees are based upon are down 25%. So it’s no surprise that whilst many companies still put a brave face on it, many individuals have been savaged!
What lasting lessons will you take from it?
That some people really are just stupid. Follow your instincts and not the crowd.
If the Tories get in at the next Election, would you be sorry to see HIPs go?
No. I will gladly throw them on the corpse of New Labour.
Who is your property hero?
Tony Pidgley of Berkeley Homes. He is his own man, confident in his own judgements and never one to leave you unsure of what he thinks. The walking definition of an entrepreneur.
If you hadn’t been an agent, what would you have done instead?
Politics or the City. Sorry, politics and the City of course!
Random thought?
Why do people who respond to posts on EAT use false names and yet expect to be taken seriously? Surely the weight of an opinion is degraded by reading that it is the view of Winnie the Pooh.
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