Today has seen a development in the outgoing Property Professionals administration process; Stroma have been chosen as the training provider to continue exisiting candidates’ training.
Property Professionals – Stroma chosen by administrators HJS Recovery
April 13th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, News 9 Comments »
NAEA reconciliation with HIPs as OFT report is questioned?
February 25th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Home Information Packs, Property Market, UK Property News 6 Comments »
The recent OFT report into estate agency has led Gary Smith, president of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) to write an open letter to the Office of Fair Trading regarding possible loosening of regulations to further facilitate the involvement of Tesco in the property market.
Property Professionals in Administration – Next Steps
February 18th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, EPC, News 35 Comments »
Since the ‘renowned’ training provider Property Professionals went into administration there has been a flurry of people and organisations offering advice, guidance and support.
Has the Property Market learnt from the House Price Crash?
February 2nd, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Property Market, UK Property News 7 Comments »
The property market is starting to recover from the recent housing crash witnessed and experienced around the world. However, it is a start of a recovery and certainly in our minds has not ‘recovered’ as some would like us to believe will happen very shortly or has actually happened and we just missed it.
The economic meltdown caused by the banking crisis will no doubt continue to affect the property market for some time (unless it was really caused by the introduction of HIPs) though the phoenix could rise out of the flames with some new and improved solid foundations. This possibility does potentially bring some questions to the forefront;
Conservatives to consult on Home Information Packs (HIPs)
December 21st, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in HIP News, Home Information Packs 8 Comments »
Grant Shapps MP office contacted us after a recent article ‘Conservative Home Information Pack policy to stall property market?’ where we posed a few questions. Grant Shapps office offered to provide answers to these questions, which we were pleased to accept.
Grant Shapps cuts HIP red tape and reveals … err… ??
December 17th, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in HIP News, Home Information Packs, Property Conveyancing 6 Comments »
The Conservative HIP policy is being criticised by a number of industry professionals at present and quite ironically from both Pro-HIP and Anti-HIP supporters. The common ground which is uniting these two groups is ambiguity, uncertainty and lack of clarity from Mr Grant Shapps on his intentions and implementation plans if they were to win the next election.
HIP Reform Group Launched
December 11th, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in HIP News, Home Information Packs 1 Comment »
David Pett has started a pro-HIP organisation named the HIP Reform Group which has been recently promoted to many DEAs, HIP providers and industry professionals.
What made you establish the HIP Reform Group?
David Pett stated,
“I took this action as I became frustrated by the political spin and half truths emanating from the Conservative Party and how I feel the end user i.e. the consumer is being misled.
The Federation of Property Information Providers (FPIP) Recruit
December 10th, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, News 4 Comments »
Two new groups / associations have launched this week aimed at specific property professionals namely HIP Providers, Energy Assessors and the infamous Home Inspectors.
They are the The Federation of Property Information Providers (FPIP) and the HIP Reform Group though both are separate entities.
Nationwide – 2010 The End of House Price Rises?
December 2nd, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Property Market, UK Property News 1 Comment »
The Nationwide have released data indicating that house prices rose by 0.5% during November 2009. The data seemingly supports house price forecasters who expect that the rate of house price rises will diminish over coming months with possible retreat of prices during 2010.
Non HIP Compliant Local Authority Searches
November 13th, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in HIP News, Home Information Packs, Local Authority Searches, Property Conveyancing 15 Comments »
IPSA have today released a list of Local Authorities that they are advising members NOT to buy official searches from, to ensure Home Information Pack compliance.
Search Agents massive bad debt burden
November 12th, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in HIP News, Home Information Packs, Local Authority Searches, Property Conveyancing 8 Comments »
The Association of Independent Personal Search Agents (IPSA) has today completed a partial survey of its members in relation to their combined burden of bad debt. The survey has revealed the amount IPSA members have written-off since the introduction of Home Information Packs due to non-payment, liquidation, alleged fraudulent trading and improper business conduct.
