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Important HIPs changes from 6 April
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Important changes to HIPs are coming in to effect. From 6 April 2009:
- The Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) becomes a required document, which
sellers must complete before they market their property
- The first day marketing exemption is being removed, which means the basic HIP must be in place prior to marketing the property
- All searches, whether by local authorities or search companies, must be complete with no gaps in the data covered by insurance
- Local authorities will be able to set their own prices for providing data to search companies, which means that the cost of Legal HIPs will increase by £35 + VAT as of 1 April as an interim measure until all councils have announced their pricing structures
Full details of the forthcoming changes can be found in the Communities & Local Government
(CLG) Changes to Home Buying and Selling booklet.
Legal HIPs is a solution to allow you, the conveyancer, to compile Home Information Packs (HIPs)
so you do not have to rely on 3rd parties, who may send the ongoing conveyance to a competitor.
Our priority is to ensure that you continue to enjoy the same referrals in a HIP environment as
you enjoyed before the introduction of HIPs.
Once you are signed up to Legal HIPs, make your local estate agents aware of the fact you can
produce HIPs so you can be sure that the referrals keep coming your way.
