The coalition government has suspended the use of Home Information Packs
Hips were introduced in 2007 in England and Wales. The aim was to speed up the house selling process by obliging sellers to provide much of the required conveyancing information when properties are first put up for sale.
The packs, which typically cost between £299 and £350, were stunting the housing market recovery, as they deterred people from putting their home on the market just to test the water.
“It will be greeted enthusiastically by both the housing market and house buyers, few of whom have paid much attention to these pointless packs,” the National Association of Estate Agents said. “It is also good news for sellers. They no longer need to shell out hundreds of pounds for a piece of pointless regulation that benefits no one.”
Although you no longer need a Hip to put your property on the market, you will need to have commissioned, but not necessarily received an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) before marketing can start.
You can commission an EPC through Edison Ford using our own Domestic Energy Assessor.
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