NEWS
Sellers warned about 'free' HIPs
Many home sellers who sign up for a free or discounted home information pack find they must pay a withdrawal fee if they change estate agent. ...Read More >>Date Added: 07/01/2008
Full roll out of HIPs
All homes marketed for sale from 14 December 2007 in England and Wales will need a Home Information Pack (HIP). ...Read More >>Date Added: 22/11/2007
HIPs to cover three-bed homes
The controversial home information pack scheme will be extended to cover three-bedroom properties from September 10, the government announced on Friday. ...Read More >>Date Added: 17/08/2007
Hips being produced quickly
Home information packs (Hips) are being completed at a far quicker rate than was expected. ...Read More >>Date Added: 07/08/2007
Green Council boss warns RICS on Hips stance
The chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, Paul King, warned the RICS this morning that its opposition to Home Information Packs (Hips) had created a perception that it was “conservative and protectionist”. ...Read More >>Date Added: 27/06/2007
HIPs U-turn cost average seller 5,000 pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - The government's u-turn on its controversial home information packs (HIPs) scheme has cost the average seller around 5,000 pounds, according to a report. ...Read More >>Date Added: 01/06/2007
HIPs to happen: First Analysis
The industry was waiting with baited breath this afternoon for the result of a House of Commons vote which could have overturned Home Information Packs at the 11th hour. ...Read More >>Date Added: 16/05/2007
Update on the Merits Committee report
Home Information Packs will come into force on 1 June. They are a long-standing manifesto commitment and have already been debated and voted on several times by both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. HIPs and Energy Performance Certificates will help homeowners cut carbon emissions and save on fuel bills, and will make the homebuying and selling process more transparent.” ...Read More >>Date Added: 02/05/2007
Minister promotes home information packs
Yvette Cooper spoke today of the "misinformation" surrounding home information packs (Hips) as she insisted the forthcoming scheme was in the interest of consumers. ...Read More >>Date Added: 18/04/2007
Time for Action?
Grant Bather asks if the time is now right for intermediaries to get behind the HIPs initiative ...Read More >>Date Added: 08/04/2007
