August 21, 2007

• HIP's: From Septemeber It's Three-bed Houses Too

  The government has announced that the Home Information Pack scheme (HIP's) will be extended to cover 3 bed houses from 10 September 2007. (…)

August 2, 2007

• Adverse Credit and Mortgages

  unregulated been a lot of talk in the press about homeowners applying for mortgages with "[tags[adverse credit[/tags]".  The popular press tends to concentrate on the problems this causes for for the applicant, but the issue of adverse credit applications creates problems for brokers and lenders too. (…)

June 7, 2007

• Do HIP's Have A Future?

  [tag]Home Information Packs[/tag] are now not going to be mandatory until 1st August 2007, although only properties with four or more bedrooms are going to need them.  Cynics of the way that the whole matter has been handled have even suggested that the final decision about the future of HIP's and [tag]Energy Performance Certificates[/tag] (EPC's) will be delayed until Gordon Brown takes over. (…)

May 30, 2007

• Home Information Packs take a dive

  Are [tag]HIP's[/tag] delayed or cancelled? (…)

April 30, 2007

• Home Information Pack Pricing Details

  Some of the companies who have invested the most in the provision of Home Information Packs have started to release so of their pricing plans. (…)

April 19, 2007

• Home Information Packs (HIPs) Are Coming

  Estate agents, mortgage brokers, and solicitors are all well aware of Home Information Packs (HIPs).  But how many consumers are aware of what's install for them when the new regulations come into force on the 1st June 2007. (…)