From today anyone marketing a property with three-bedrooms must now provide a [tag]Home Information Pack[/tag] (HIPs). This follows the introduction of Home Information Packs for four-bedroom houses from the beginning of August. The packs were intended to speed up and simplify the house buying system in England and Wales, however their introduction has been opposed …
The government has announced that the Home Information Pack scheme (HIP’s) will be extended to cover 3 bed houses from 10 September 2007. Despite opposition to the initial introduction of HIPs the government has decided to push ahead with the expansion of the scheme. The Home Information Packs were originally scheduled to be introduced for …
Estate agents, mortgage brokers, and solicitors are all well aware of Home Information Packs (HIPs). But how many consumers are aware of what’s install for them when the new regulations come into force on the 1st June 2007. The original intention behind the introduction of Home Information Packs was to speed up transactions within the …