All the latest news from the SAVA Business Exchange. http://www.savabx.co.uk/ 24 May 2010 MoneyExpert Highly criticised Home Information Packs have been suspended, promising to aid the recovery in the housing market. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and ... http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.moneyexpert.com/financial-news/none/the-end-of-home-information-packs/article.aspx%3Farticleid%3D19793315%26producttypeid%3D1&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i0:lt:e0:p0:t1274760401:&cd=oFT3gR8PJUk&usg=AFQjCNFaVSylyDx3RV2Evd5e7UzrvYaduA http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.moneyexpert.com/financial-news/none/the-end-of-home-information-packs/article.aspx?articleid=19793315&producttypeid=1&hl=en&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i0:lr:e0:p0:t1274760401:&cd=oFT3gR8PJUk&usg=AFQjCNFKKj2F1TFvPaBA_q0nwfYq2Plntw 17 May 2010 Property Wire The consultation process on the scraping of controversial Home Information packs which is expected to be announced this week has been welcomed by UK estate ... http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.propertywire.com/news/europe/govt-to-scrap-packs-201005174132.html&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1274154228:&cd=PHCj1e3Kw2o&usg=AFQjCNE7HUdMKbPgji9v9gfiIhSB5NcNrw http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.propertywire.com/news/europe/govt-to-scrap-packs-201005174132.html%26hl%3Den&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i0:lr:e1:p1:t1274154228:&cd=PHCj1e3Kw2o&usg=AFQjCNH2T5URXT5U7HEWvYOooBgZRyie-g 17 May 2010 By Kay Murchie Last week, the new coalition Government confirmed that it is proposing to scrap the Home Information Pack (Hip), while retaining the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), which is required under European law. For many months now, ... http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.homemove.co.uk/news/17-05-2010/cml-reports-25-jump-in-march-mortgage-lending.html&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i2:lt:e3:p0:t1274154228:&cd=PHCj1e3Kw2o&usg=AFQjCNE6TcwEO8mEaS8PfvoQhVUEnk0qYA http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.homemove.co.uk/news/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i2:ls:e3:p0:t1274154228:&cd=PHCj1e3Kw2o&usg=AFQjCNHEZmFbXvvW5CcPLa56aZQ41l5GMA 5 February 2010 Mortgage Solutions The warning comes following a series of high-profile collapses by firms providing mortgage brokers with services including networks, Home Information Packs ... http://www.mortgagesolutions-online.com/mortgage-solutions/news/1590682/conveyancing-alliance-urges-brokers-review-suppliers http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.mortgagesolutions-online.com/mortgage-solutions/news/1590682/conveyancing-alliance-urges-brokers-review-suppliers&hl=en 3 February 2010 Estate Agent Today Another HIP provider appears to be facing trouble after suppliers were warned to take extreme care when dealing with the firm, HIP HIP Hooray ... http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/News/Hips/?storyid=2786&title=Another_HIPs_provider_fighting_for_its_future&type=hips http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/ 4 August 2009 Coventry Telegraph The introduction of the Home Information Pack (HIP) was another deterrent to sales but now it is almost irrelevant, because of the bigger picture of the ... http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/business-news/uk-coventry-business-news/2009/08/04/property-market-slowly-reviving-92746-24310376/ http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/business-news/uk-coventry-business-news/2009/08/04/property-market-slowly-reviving-92746-24310376/&hl=en 22 June 2009 By Property Wire There is still concern about the impact of home information packs with NAEA members saying that they are deterring homeowners from putting their property up for sale and stunting market recovery since new rules were introduced in April ... http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/articles/in-englands-real-estate-market-buyers-outnumber-sellers-4-to-53133.aspx http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/topic.aspx?keyword=RealEstateInvestment 18 May 2009 FinancialAdvice.co.uk - London,UK ... estate agents and surveyors as a complete waste of time, Home Information Packs (HIPs) are in news today after an undercover investigation by Channel 4. ... http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/9/property/10660/Hidden-payments-revealed-in-Home-Information-Packs.html http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/9/property/10660/Hidden-payments-revealed-in-Home-Information-Packs.html&hl=en 17 May 2009 Times Online - UK Rics believes changes to Home Information Pack (Hip) rules may have exaggerated the fall; the requirement to pay for the pack means people may not ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article6294052.ece http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article6294052.ece&hl=en 28 April 2009 The Move Channel - London,UK Home information Packs have received a positive response from associated industry professionals who are utilising and seeing the benefits of the legislation ... http://www.themovechannel.com/news/6d43fa27-09b0/ http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.themovechannel.com/news/6d43fa27-09b0/ 17 April 2009 AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) are claiming property information website Zoopla is breaking the law by contravening Home ... http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/buying-and-selling-property/home-information-packs/ahipp-claim-zoopla-breaking-hips-laws-$1288694.htm http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/buying-and-selling-property/home-information-packs/ahipp-claim-zoopla-breaking-hips-laws-%241288694.htm 5 April 2009 BBC News - UK New rules have come into force which mean home owners must have a home information pack (Hip) in place before putting their property on the market... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7979364.stm http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7979364.stm 23 March 2009 Money High Street - Rayleigh,England,UK According to new legislation, from 6 April all houses must have a Home Information Pack or HIP in place, not just ordered, before they can be put up for ... http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/finance-news/1126/ http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/finance-news/1126/ 6 January 2009 1888 Press Release (press release) - Alief,TX,USA The Government has reviewed the current Home Information Packs and have announced changes to ensure that they contain more helpful information. ... http://www.1888pressrelease.com/government-announces-changes-to-hips-pr-93134.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.1888pressrelease.com/government-announces-changes-to-hips-pr-93134.html 9 December 2008 guardian.co.uk - UK The government unveiled changes to home information packs (Hips) yesterday, which homeowners must compile before putting their property on the market. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/09/house-sales-estate-agents http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/09/house-sales-estate-agents 9 December 2008 Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Margaret Beckett, the housing minister, has announced she will pressing ahead with the full roll out of Home Information Packs, dashing hopes the final .. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3684879/Margaret-Beckett-pushes-ahead-with-beefed-up-Home-Information-Packs.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3684879/Margaret-Beckett-pushes-ahead-with-beefed-up-Home-Information-Packs.html 4 December 2008 By Sebastian Clayton While house prices have fallen sharply in England since the recent credit crunch, and the market has almost dried up for people wanting to sell and buy homes, a newly hatched program called HIP (Home Information Packs) is starting to ... http://news.tonic.com/featured/hip-homes-will-sell-faster/ http://news.tonic.com/ 29 October 2008 Mortgage Solutions - UK Housing Minister Margaret Beckett’s lukewarm appraisal of Home Information Packs (HIPs) yesterday, was followed up today by a HIP provider having its ... http://www.mortgagesolutions-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=823336 http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.mortgagesolutions-online.com/public/showPage.html%3Fpage%3D823336 29 October 2008 By Emma The Association of Home Information Pack Providers observed today that the cancellation of registration of search and HIP provider Consearch Ltd proves that both the Search Code and the HIP Code should be taken seriously both by ... http://www.hipassociation.co.uk/node/444 http://www.hipassociation.co.uk/ 17 September 2008 Choices - Sutton,Surrey,UK First-time buyers would be missing out if the government decided to halt the use of Home Information Packs (Hips). That is the opinion of FirstRungNow, ... http://www.choices.co.uk/propertynews/FTBs_need_Hips,_warns_FirstRungNow_18785064.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.choices.co.uk/propertynews/FTBs_need_Hips,_warns_FirstRungNow_18785064.html 13 August 2008 AboutProperty.co.uk - London,UK Home information packs (Hips) shave 12 days of the time taken to exchange of contracts when selling a property, according to new research. ... http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/buying-and-selling-property/home-information-packs/hips-save-12-days-when-selling-property-$1236202.htm http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/buying-and-selling-property/home-information-packs/hips-save-12-days-when-selling-property-%241236202.htm 12 August 2008 Money Marketing - London,UK Although Broadhead has a history in mortgage lending, his most recent positions were in the development and rollout of Home Information Packs. ... http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=171032&d=340&h=341&f=342 http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi%3Fid%3D171032%26d%3D340%26h%3D341%26f%3D342 12 August 2008 Introducer Today - Beckenham,England,UK In response, Mike Ockendon, director general of the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has urged the government to stop "dithering" and ... http://www.introducertoday.co.uk/News/Story/?storyid=18726854&title=Government_urged_to_stop_'dithering'_over_stamp_duty_plan&type=news_feed http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.introducertoday.co.uk/News/Story/%3Fstoryid%3D18726854%26title%3DGovernment_urged_to_stop_%27dithering%27_over_stamp_duty_plan%26type%3Dnews_feed 11 August 2008 Mail on Sunday - London,UK By James Chapman Home Information Packs should be suspended immediately to help revive the stuttering housing market, the Conservatives said today. ... http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1043010/Tories-HIPs-holiday-help-boost-stuttering-housing-market.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1043010/Tories-HIPs-holiday-help-boost-stuttering-housing-market.html 11 August 2008 Denbighshire Free Press - Denbigh,Wales,UK That kind of information would have to go in a Home Information Pack making it impossible to sell. Who would want to live here knowing that? ... http://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/Home-blighted-by-satnav-nightmare.4361663.jp http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/Home-blighted-by-satnav-nightmare.4361663.jp 11 August 2008 ic Newcastle.co.uk - Newcastle,England,UK IT has probably escaped your attention but the residential property industry is not particularly enamoured with Home Information Packs. ... http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/homemaker/news/2008/08/09/hard-to-raise-a-cheer-for-hips-50081-21489358/ http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/homemaker/news/2008/08/09/hard-to-raise-a-cheer-for-hips-50081-21489358/ 5 July 2008 ic Newcastle.co.uk - Newcastle,England,UK Unlike the Home Information Pack regulations for residential home sales, it is unlikely their will be any delays and the process is relatively simple. ... http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/homemaker/news/2008/07/05/lettings-energy-certificate-deadline-approaching-50081-21226068/ http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/homemaker/news/2008/07/05/lettings-energy-certificate-deadline-approaching-50081-21226068/ 21 March 2008 Spalding Today - Spalding,England,UK By Andrew Brookes The Home Information Pack (HIP), which is needed for all homes for sale, includes a certificate showing a property's energy efficiency. ... http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/Energy-estimate-on-home-for.3895995.jp http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/Energy-estimate-on-home-for.3895995.jp 12 March 2008 Bromley Times - London,England,UK STRESS is in store for house-hunters because of changes to Home Information Pack (HIP) rules, say estate agents. From May 31 a full HIP costing around £350 ... http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlyt&itemid=WeED12%20Mar%202008%2014%3A18%3A33%3A800 http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/news/story.aspx%3Fbrand%3DBMLYTOnline%26category%3Dnews%26tBrand%3Dnorthlondon24%26tCategory%3Dnewsbmlyt%26itemid%3DWeED12%2520Mar%25202008%252014%253A18%253A33%253A800 11 March 2008 UKPRwire (press release) - UK Following new survey results released on Thursday, the government's Home Information Packs (HIPs) came under fire, being called "a farce" and "a complete ... http://www.ukprwire.com/Detailed/Real_Estate/Teething_problems_for_controversial_HIPs_16219.shtml http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.ukprwire.com/Detailed/Real_Estate/Teething_problems_for_controversial_HIPs_16219.shtml 8 March 2008 Mortgage Introducer - London,England,UK In the case of Home Information Packs (HIPs), estate agents were immediately identified as the profession for whom the HIP would have the greatest impact. ... http://www.mortgageintroducer.com/mortgages/211330/16/Market_report/Skip_to_the_HIP-hop.htm http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.mortgageintroducer.com/mortgages/211330/16/Market_report/Skip_to_the_HIP-hop.htm 29 February 2008 Home Move - UK by Kay Murchie The controversial and much talked about Home Information Packs (Hips) will now help to highlight problems with asbestos before a house ... http://www.homemove.co.uk/news/29-02-2008/hips-will-emphasis-dangerous-asbestos-problems.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.homemove.co.uk/news/29-02-2008/hips-will-emphasis-dangerous-asbestos-problems.html 29 February 2008 The Press Association ... against reading too much into the rise, saying it was likely to have been distorted by the final rollout of the controversial Home Information Packs. ... http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpd-jCf_sAPpWryWR1qLwyq-Zzhg http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpd-jCf_sAPpWryWR1qLwyq-Zzhg 25 February 2008 Safestore.co.uk - UK People concerned about asbestos when buying a property may be relieved due to the rollout of home information packs (Hips). Although new-build homes should ... http://www.safestore.co.uk/industry_news/18482145/hips_benefit_househunters_over_asbestos.aspx http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.safestore.co.uk/industry_news/18482145/hips_benefit_househunters_over_asbestos.aspx 23 February 2008 Times Online - UK The subsequent credit crunch and introduction of home information packs (Hips) had also hit business, the company said. Humberts, which has 80 branches, ... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article3419618.ece http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/support_services/article3419618.ece 23 February 2008 Northern Housing - UK The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has today urged consumers and industry to only use HIP providers who subscribe to the HIP Code. ... http://www.northern-housing.co.uk/content/view/1681/12/ http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.northern-housing.co.uk/content/view/1681/12/ 22 February 2008 Home Inspection Home The Law Society has warned property buyers and sellers to be watch out for dodgy Home Information Packs... http://www.homeinspectionhome.co.uk/news/home_inspection_news/dodgy_hips_emerge.html http://www.homeinspectionhome.co.uk/ 22 January 2008 Estate Angels - London,UK The decision not to include home condition reports in home information packs (Hips) has been a "huge" missed opportunity, it has . ... http://www.estateangels.co.uk/propertynews/2008-01-22/hips_''are_missed_opportunity'' http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.estateangels.co.uk/propertynews/2008-01-22/hips_%27%27are_missed_opportunity%27%27 22 January 2008 Mortgage Strategy - UK He adds: "In some areas we are made to wait as long as three weeks for the information required for Home Information Packs, while in other areas we have the ... http://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=157236&d=403&h=401&f=402 http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi%3Fid%3D157236%26d%3D403%26h%3D401%26f%3D402 2 January 2008 Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom At an administrative level, there's another thorn in the side of agents and sellers, the infamous Home Information Pack (HIP). ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/01/02/cnhouses202.xml http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml%3Fview%3DDETAILS%26grid%3D%26xml%3D/money/2008/01/02/cnhouses202.xml 2 January 2008 Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ... reducing the availability of housing finance, and the introduction of the dreaded Home Information Packs (Hips) has added to the air of uncertainty. ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/01/02/do0202.xml http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml%3Fxml%3D/opinion/2008/01/02/do0202.xml 14 December 2007 Property News - London,England,UK All one and two bedroom properties put up for sale from today will now require a Home information pack (Hip) following the extension of the much-talked ... http://news.hotproperty.co.uk/Home_information_packs_extended_today_18395797.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://news.hotproperty.co.uk/Home_information_packs_extended_today_18395797.html 11 December 2007 Assetz News - Stockport,England,UK In response, the deputy director general of the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (Ahipp), Mike Ockenden, said taking such a view before the ... http://news.assetz.co.uk/articles/3915.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://news.assetz.co.uk/articles/3915.html 11 December 2007 Easier (press release) - Chester,UK From 14 December 2007, properties marketed for sale in England and Wales will require a Home Information Pack, which includes a home energy rating. ... http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/General/article-151900.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/General/article-151900.html 4 December 2007 Mortgage Strategy - UK Rumours are rife that Home Information Pack provider Habitus Surveyors has been placed into administration. Administrators will assume responsibility for ... http://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=155244&d=403&h=401&f=402 http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi%3Fid%3D155244%26d%3D403%26h%3D401%26f%3D402 4 December 2007 Motley Fool UK - UK From December 14, all sellers will have to provide a Home Information Pack (HIP) to potential buyers, and this includes an Energy Performance Certificate, ... http://www.fool.co.uk/news/property-home/2007/12/04/how-to-get-the-best-possible-price-for-your-proper.aspx http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.fool.co.uk/news/property-home/2007/12/04/how-to-get-the-best-possible-price-for-your-proper.aspx 30 November 2007 Financial Times - London,England,UK The government hopes that the introduction of Home Information Packs (Hips) will also provide a step in the right direction. A decade in the making, ... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/42a8de42-9f4e-11dc-8031-0000779fd2ac.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/42a8de42-9f4e-11dc-8031-0000779fd2ac.html 30 November 2007 bdonline.co.uk - UK Energy performance certificates are to be rolled out to one- and two-bedroom homes along with home information packs (HIPs) from December 14. http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3101153&c=1 http://www.bdonline.co.uk/section.asp?navcode=2076 29 November 2007 Saveborrowspend.co.uk - UK ... also discovered that the introduction of the final phase of Home Information Packs (Hips) may have reduced available housing supply in the short term. ... http://www.saveborrowspend.co.uk/articles/news/962-house-prices-fall-0-8-in-november http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.saveborrowspend.co.uk/articles/news/962-house-prices-fall-0-8-in-november 28 November 2007 Residential Landlord - Dartford,UK Plans by the government to roll out the final phase of home information packs (hips) in three weeks time has been met with dismay by sections of the ... http://www.residentiallandlord.co.uk/news1189.html http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.residentiallandlord.co.uk/news1189.html 22 November 2007 www.opsi.gov.uk - UK Statutory Instrument 2007 No.3301. The Home Information Pack (Amendment) Regulations 2007. Made 22/11/2007. Laid before Parliament 23/11/2007. Signed by: Yvette Cooper, Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/20073301.htm