UK Property Blog by HIP-Consultant.co.uk

The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has welcomed today’s statement by Housing Minister, Caroline Flint.

The extension of the transitional arrangements covering first day marketing and leasehold documentation is a sensible move. It is encouraging to see that government recognises the issues around timely procurement of searches and leasehold information that Home Information Packs (HIPs) have highlighted, and are taking steps to address these issues by the end of the year.
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As anticipated the 1st day of marketing exception has been extended for HIP provision.

Read the Home Information Pack news release which details this amongst other proposed measures.

I would have welcomed the exception being removed as we are able to produce HIP packs efficiently and fairly rapidly as alot of independents are. I felt we may have won additional business without this exception. Organisations and individuals would have valued the service and quick turnaround to a higher degree if the exception had been removed as planned.

However, it has been almost common knowledge it was to be extended, so comes as no suprise.