Important changes to home information pack regulations

Structural Survey

ISSN: 0263-080X

Article publication date: 27 August 2009

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(2009), "Important changes to home information pack regulations", Structural Survey, Vol. 27 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2009.11027dab.003

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Important changes to home information pack regulations

Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 4

Keywords: Residential homes, Selling

From 6 April 2009, the following changes to the HIP Regulations came into force:

  • the temporary first day marketing exemption will be removed which means that a HIP must be available on the first day a property is marketed;

  • a Property Information Questionnaire, completed by the seller, must be included in the HIP; and

  • the end of the use of insurance in personal searches to cover missing data.

Full details can be found at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/homeselling

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