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Home Information Packs - government announcement 14/05/2008

The Minister for Housing and Planning announced...

Home Information Packs - full rollout 14/12/2007

Home Information Packs - latest news 22/11/2007

 

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Home Information Packs - government announcement
14/05/2008
The Minister for Housing and Planning announced on 8th May 2008 that there would be an extension of...

Home Information Packs - full rollout
14/12/2007
HIP's go live across the board with effect from today, 14th December 2007. This means that any...

Home Information Packs - latest news
22/11/2007
With effect from 14th December 2007, the government has announced that all properties placed on the...

Home Information Packs - latest news
21/08/2007
Home Information Packs (HIP's) have now gone live and are mandatory for anyone selling a 4...

Home Information Packs launch delayed
23/05/2007
On 22nd May 2007, Ruth Kelly, Communities & Local Government secretary advised that the...

Home Information Packs - latest news
16/04/2007
With less than 2 months before the introduction of Home Information Packs we thought it worthwhile...

quarterly feedback winner
16/04/2007
Congratulations to Miss Dockerill who wins our latest quarterly feedback prize draw. ...

Client feedback facts & figures
19/12/2006
Our quarterly feedback draw winner was Miss Taggart who won £25 of M&S vouchers and a Supermove...

HIP's - latest update
19/12/2006
It's been a little while since we updated you on news relating to Home Information Packs so we...

More HIPs news
22/09/2006
Yvette Cooper also pledged £4 million of funding today to support six area trials for the packs in...

Latest HIPs news
22/09/2006
Setting out the next steps on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)which will be included in Home...

Quarterly feedback results
04/09/2006
We are pleased to confirm that Mrs J Clough is the winner of our quarterly feedback draw. Our...

Rightmove profits almost wiped out after HIP u-turn
04/09/2006
The online estate agency portal Rightmove saw almost six months of profits wiped out by their...

ASDA Walmart set to extend Estate Agency trials
31/08/2006
ASDA Walmart are currently trialling their Estate Agency portal in 10 stores in the North East of...

Home Condition Reports will not form part of the initial HIPs plan
20/07/2006
The Government yesterday announced that Home Condition Reports will not form a compulsory aspect of...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme
21/06/2006
As part of the Housing Act 2004 which is being phased in over the coming months and years, the...

Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) licences
21/06/2006
As part of the Housing Act 2004, regulations have come into force which require all landlords who...

Our service quality questionnaire results
21/06/2006
We are pleased to confirm that Mr B Morris is our first winner of our quarterly feedback draw....

Half of first time buyers must pay stamp duty to get onto the property ladder
12/05/2006
Data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) regulated mortgage survey (RMS) shows that in...

Latest news on HIP's from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
11/04/2006
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) recent update on progress with regards to Home...

Budget changes to stamp duty threshold
27/03/2006
While the rates for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) remain unchanged, the threshold for paying SDLT has...

Home Information Packs - The Law Society perspective
21/03/2006
The Law Society has warned that a crucial ”health warning” must be carried on all Home Information...

Chain Matrix to be trialled by Land Registry in Autumn 2006
01/03/2006
The Land Registry is set to trial a prototype of the chain matrix service in Portsmouth, Fareham...

Solicitors e-mail fraud scam
27/02/2006
You may have heard of scams involving hoax e-mails being received purporting to be from banks or...

Rightmove house price statistics
27/02/2006
According to Rightmove, the average asking price for a UK home has passed the £200,000 barrier for...

NAEA House price statistics - January 2006
27/02/2006
In January 2006, the number of property sales increased 20% on December, confounding predictions of...

Guidance on Money Laundering regulations
06/02/2006
The Law Society has recently updated us with comprehensive guidance on money laundering which we...

Care needed when dealing with internet-based estate agents
06/02/2006
There are about 200 internet property retailers in the UK, but many claim not to do 'estate agency'...

Home Information Pack Seminar - 23rd February 2006
26/01/2006
Supermove in association with TWISMO group are holding a breakfast seminar for estate agents and...

Latest HIP developments
17/01/2006
HIP's (Home Information Packs) are on their way. With effect from 1 June 2007, the majority of...

Launch of Supermove website
04/01/2006
Welcome to our new website. ...