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HIP's given the boot!
Written by Matt Brogan   
Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:45
People planning to sell their properties will no longer need Home Information Packs (Hips), the new coalition Government has announced today. The packs, which were first introduced in 2007, were designed to simplify the process of selling a home but attracted widespread criticism!

Housing minister Grant Shapps was quoted today as saying: "Today the new Government is ensuring that home information packs are history. This is a great example of how we are determined to get straight down to work and cut pointless red tape which is strangling the market". The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged last week in their coalition agreement to get rid of the packs but keep Energy performance certificates, which show how energy efficient a property is.

Property Lawyers and Estate Agents largely welcomed the news that Hips would be scrapped with immediate effect, and praised the Government for its rapid move.
 
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HIPs - good thing or bad?
1 Saturday, 30 October 2010 16:48
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If they've been pulled off, is that a good thing or bad?  I'm sure if they were given time some time some benefits would have come from it.  I am assuming the idea should have been to make the conveyancing process easier too.

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