Helping Innovate Property (HIP) – Blog, Housing Market News and Articles

From 1 October 2008 all homes being let will be required to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

The complexities of this legislation seems yet to be fully understood by all and has promted us to expand our EPC FAQ page.

Some of the points of the legislation which I feel are paramount to Landlords are:
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I have recently been carrying out alot of research around SEO and reading what can help improve our website’s exposure. I have used many invaluable tips found on other blog pages. There are too many ‘bloggers’ to mention everyone here though have tried to leave comments and thanks on your pages.

I feel it appropriate to say a big THANK YOU to all you whos pages I have read and gained valuable information from. Especially, Tony B at Hipzone and Kingpin SEO.

A new £10 million package of measures to support home owners who may be facing difficulties with their mortgage, is announced today by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling and Housing Minister Caroline Flint.
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The Government today announced a package of measures to help ensure consumers are seeing the vital information in Home Information Packs and are receiving a higher standard of service in the home buying and selling process.
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The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the residential sales arm of the National Federation of Property Professionals (NFOPP), is disappointed that first day marketing is not going to be scrapped completely, but welcomes the move by the Minister for Housing and Planning to work with the industry to make HIPs more effective.
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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.

Hello everyone and welcome to our blog !!!

I have read others’ blogs for research and information puposes for some time now and have decided that I should particpiate more actively in the blog scene.

As you may have of guessed from the title of the blog and our website I have a Home Information Pack business.

I will be happy to help anyone out there who may need advice around this still contentious issue.

I hope you will find future posts both helpful and more importantly interesting and look forward to your comments.

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