Tag: Home Information Packs
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Conveyancing in Scotland on the increase
Figures show that the upsurge in conveyancing is stretching across much of the UK, with transactions in Edinburgh and surrounding area showing a 47 per cent rise in the final quarter 2012. The jump in conveyancing activity was the highest seen since six years and was complemented by a 26.5 per increase in the number…
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Are Estate Agents Missing Home Information Packs?
Estate Agent network Movewithus concludes that home sellers are instructing their solicitors too late in the sales process estimating that this delay costs customers an average of 11 extra days to exchange. Robin King, director at Move with Us, commenting on the analysis of 1000 conveyancing transactions said ‘Estate agents can speed up transaction…
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Argie Bargie over Home Information Packs
In response to a question from Conservative MP David Amess on what methodology would be used to use to evaluate the effectiveness of the Home Information Pack programme, Communities and Local Government Minister Ian Austin was involved in heated argument. The wording of the debate ( reported in Hansard ) makes interesting reading, so I…
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New HIP report due in 2010
Grant Shapps has asked the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the 2010 report on the effectiveness of the home information packs programme will be published; by whom the report is being produced; using what methodology; and at what cost. As reported in Hansard John Healey’s response was “ We intend to…
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Are estate agents breaking Home Information Pack Laws ?
Three top London agents have strongly denied breaking the Home Information Pack law.The Association of Home Information Pack Providers initially identified the three estate agents as repeatedly listing properties without Home Information Packs. Following their “outing” of the estate agents, AHIPP withdrew the names for legal reasons, but is standing by its overall allegation that…