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		<title>Record low housing numbers reveal scale of the crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/record-low-house-numbers-reveal-crisis-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/record-low-house-numbers-reveal-crisis-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Figures released today reveal that the net number of homes added to the housing stock in England fell to a record low in 2009-10, down 23% on 2008/9. Just 128,680 net additional dwellings were provided last year compared with around 167,000 in 2008/9. This figure is even lower than the previous record low of 130,510. [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/government-tax-levy-on-banking-bonuses-will-impact-uk-housing-mortgage-market-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Government Tax Levy on Banking Bonuses will impact UK Housing &#038; Mortgage Market'>Government Tax Levy on Banking Bonuses will impact UK Housing &#038; Mortgage Market</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/what-next-for-housing-uk-property-market-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Next for the UK Housing Market?'>What Next for the UK Housing Market?</a></li>
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		<title>UK’s online property revolution moves on</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/uks-online-property-revolution-moves-on-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/uks-online-property-revolution-moves-on-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Property List, a new Google-powered, free-to-use property portal, has been launched today, laying down the gauntlet to everyone in the business of buying, selling and renting property in the UK. The Big Property List displays Google’s massive database of property in the UK in a familiar portal style, tackling head-on the search engine’s [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/google-brings-property-search-functionality-to-the-uk-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google brings Property Search Functionality to the UK'>Google brings Property Search Functionality to the UK</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/online-estate-agency-cure-or-virus-for-property-professionals-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Online estate agency &#8211; cure or virus for property professionals?'>Online estate agency &#8211; cure or virus for property professionals?</a></li>
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		<title>The End of House Price Rises? &#8211; Nationwide Report</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/the-end-of-house-price-rises-nationwide-report-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/the-end-of-house-price-rises-nationwide-report-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/?p=2818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nationwide building society have released their latest property market report which shows that prices rose again in June but only struggled to find a 0.1% increase. The small rise comes after a 0.5% increase in May, when the average property  price was calculated at £170,000 accross the UK. The Nationwide&#8217;s house price index details house [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/annual-house-price-rise-breaks-103/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Annual House Price Rise Breaks 10%'>Annual House Price Rise Breaks 10%</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/has-the-property-market-learnt-from-the-house-price-crash-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Has the Property Market learnt from the House Price Crash?'>Has the Property Market learnt from the House Price Crash?</a></li>
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		<title>Google brings Property Search Functionality to the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/google-brings-property-search-functionality-to-the-uk-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/google-brings-property-search-functionality-to-the-uk-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google UK has finally moved into the UK property market by adding additional property search functionality to Google Maps. Initial reports indicate Google have willing partners in Countrywide estate agents, Zoopla and Trinity Mirror with Rightmove as the obvious missing player in the development so far. Google&#8217;s new functionality which allows detailed search for property [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/uks-online-property-revolution-moves-on-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: UK’s online property revolution moves on'>UK’s online property revolution moves on</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/new-experimental-property-search-engine-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New Experimental Property Search Engine'>New Experimental Property Search Engine</a></li>
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		<title>Annual House Price Rise Breaks 10%</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/annual-house-price-rise-breaks-103/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/annual-house-price-rise-breaks-103/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/?p=2742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[House prices were 10.1% higher in April 2010 than in April 2009, gaining 0.4% during March 2010 alone. The new figures released from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) calculate the average price of a UK home at £207,516, factoring a 0.9% increase over the three months to the end of April. On [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/nationwide-2010-the-end-of-house-price-rises/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Nationwide &#8211; 2010 The End of House Price Rises?'>Nationwide &#8211; 2010 The End of House Price Rises?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/nationwide-mortgages-property-prices-rise-again-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Nationwide &#8211; house prices rise again'>Nationwide &#8211; house prices rise again</a></li>
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		<title>Speculative Sellers Return, Hip Hip Hooray</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/speculative-sellers-return-hip-hip-hooray-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/speculative-sellers-return-hip-hip-hooray-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estate agents Countrywide and property portal Rightmove say they have seen a 35% increase in new properties for sale since the coalition governement announced HIPS were suspended, on 21 May. The increase in properties coming to the market is being widely explained due to 3 factors: Suspension of the requirement for a home information pack [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/hips-a-shame-for-the-property-market-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: HIPs a shame for the property market?'>HIPs a shame for the property market?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/summer-benefits-both-sellers-and-landlords-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Summer benefits both sellers and landlords'>Summer benefits both sellers and landlords</a></li>
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		<title>Are Residential Sales Shaping up for 2010?</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/are-residential-sales-are-shaping-up-for-2010-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/are-residential-sales-are-shaping-up-for-2010-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 07:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/?p=2539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a tough couple of years for the UK property sales market, it has been reported healthy figures so far for 2010. They are seeing residential properties for sale remain on a steady footing and in some cases even return to peak levels last seen in 2007 which results in a confident outlook for the [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/house-sales-property-options-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: House sales &#8211; Property Options'>House sales &#8211; Property Options</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/good-news-for-the-uk-property-market-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Good News For the UK Property Market'>Good News For the UK Property Market</a></li>
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		<title>Lack of Consultation on HIPs Causes Backlash</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/lack-of-consultation-on-home-information-packships-causes-backlash-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/lack-of-consultation-on-home-information-packships-causes-backlash-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 07:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grant Shapps would have hoped that the contentious issue of Home Information Packs would have quietly slipped away into the background. However, this doesn&#8217;t seem to be the case. Yesterday, both Hywel Williams MP and the Institute of Domestic Energy Assessors slammed the coalition governments handling of the HIP suspension. Plaid MP has blasted the [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/abolishing-home-information-packs-hips-fact-fiction-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Abolishing Home Information Packs (HIPs) &#8211; Facts &#038; Fiction'>Abolishing Home Information Packs (HIPs) &#8211; Facts &#038; Fiction</a></li>
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		<title>Scrapping HIPs &#8211; caption competition</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/scrapping-hips-caption-competition-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/scrapping-hips-caption-competition-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 07:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We would like to take the opportunity to thank all our past Home Information Pack clients. It has been rewarding helping you to speedier transaction times, smoother exchanges, &#8230; STOP IT,  its gone. Of course we intensely disagree with these actions as they could possibly destroy our business and feel it is a backward step. [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/scrapping-home-information-packs-ins-outs-123/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Scrapping Home Information Packs &#8211; Ins &#038; Outs'>Scrapping Home Information Packs &#8211; Ins &#038; Outs</a></li>
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		<title>Abolishing Home Information Packs (HIPs) &#8211; Facts &amp; Fiction</title>
		<link>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/abolishing-home-information-packs-hips-fact-fiction-123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hip-consultant.co.uk/blog/abolishing-home-information-packs-hips-fact-fiction-123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 07:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite recent rumours and ill informed articles to the contrary, it is still ‘business as usual’ in the HIP industry – for now at least. Since the new Government confirmed that they planned to scrap HIPs whilst retaining the Energy Performance Certificate (they have no choice in this – it’s required by European Directive), there [...]


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