September 11, 2007
From 10 September, Home information packs (Hips) will be required for all homes with 3 bedrooms. If the person marketing the property or the seller for private selling, fails to produce a Hip, they will be subject to ...
Home Information Packs now law for 3-bedroom houses
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by Kay Murchie
September 4, 2007
Over 10 years ago, when Labour entered government, it was promised that home information packs (Hips) would transform the way people in the UK buy and sell houses. However, many believed it would just create unnecessary paperwork and add hundreds ...
Sellers put off by Home Information Packs
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by Kay Murchie
August 2, 2007
The Home Information Packs (Hips) have finally been launched and estate agents have been warned by The Office of Fair Trading not to encourage home sellers to bend the rules. From 1st August, all homes of 4 or more bedrooms which ...
Home Information Packs launched 1st August
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by Elaine Frei
May 22, 2007
Communities secretary Ruth Kelly has unexpectedly announced that Home Information Packs (HIPs) will not be implemented on June 1st after all, but instead will be applied on a limited basis from August 1st.
The change of date was made in an In an ...
HIPs reversal forces market confusion
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by Brian Turner
May 17, 2007
The government's Home Information Packs scheme is in chaos, weeks before it goes live.
Key problems include the fact that house sellers will be fined £200 if they do not provide HIPs - £400 cheaper than if they provided one.
Additionally, the policing of ...
HIPs in chaos weeks before launch
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by Brian Turner