Tag: Home Information Packs
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Conveyancing in Scotland on the increase
Conveyancing activity in the UK is experiencing a significant rise, notably in Edinburgh, where transactions increased by 47 percent in the last quarter of 2012. This surge, the highest in six years, is accompanied by a 26.5 percent increase in homes available, as noted by the Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre.
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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…