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UK house movers confused over conveyancing Monday, 26 July 2010

Easier (press release)

More than a third (37%) of respondents did not know what the term 'conveyancing' meant. This rises to 57% of those who were currently renting and half (51%) ...

How to Choose the Right Conveyancing Solicitor Online Monday, 26 July 2010

Small Business News (blog)

One obvious way to do this is to hire a professional conveyancing solicitors who can handle all legal aspects of the process, leaving you to worry about ...

CML: Mortgage lending recovers in June Monday, 26 July 2010

Home Move

The decision by the coalition Government to scrap Home Information Packs (Hips) has resulted in a surge of properties being put up for sale. ...

Cheaper mortgage costs not passed to borrowers Monday, 26 July 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

Mortgage lending has been given a boost following the abolition of Home Information Packs. It rose 15 per cent to £13.1 billion in June, up from £11.4

House prices: Surveyors expect property prices to fall Tuesday, 20 July 2010

BBC News

This was driven, in part, by the decision to abolish Home Information Packs (Hips), the group said. "A shortage of stock has been one factor holding back ...

Hips were not the answer, but potential home buyers need protection Tuesday, 20 July 2010

The Guardian (blog)

When home information packs (Hips) were scrapped in May, estate agents, solicitors and house sellers collectively sighed with relief: now normal business ...

House prices will fall in 2011 Monday, 12 July 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

But the abolition of Home Information Packs has resulted in more homes coming onto the market, leading to a drop in values. Martin Ellis, an economist at ...

Market watch: End of HIPs are not to blame for 'flood' Monday, 12 July 2010

Daily Mail

By Sebastian O Kelly Home Information Packs (HIPs) were pointless, expensive and encouraged all kinds of mischief from jobsworth inspectors and predatory ...

Connells reports surge in seller confidence Monday, 12 July 2010

Finance Markets (blog)

by Gill Montia Connells Survey & Valuation has reported a surge as seller confidence in June, the first clear month in which Home Information Packs have ...

It's Now Impossible To Deny That UK Housing Has Double-Dipped Monday, 12 July 2010

The Business Insider

Estate agents have reported a sharp increase in instructions from new vendors following the recent abolition of HIPs, reinforcing the recent trend as more ...

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Land Data calls for Government to make Official Authoritative Searches compulsory in all home buying transactions 20.05.10

Land Data fully supports the new coalition government's swift decision to suspend Home Information...

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New NLIS Channel goes live 06.04.10

Thames Water Property Insight (TWPI) is now operational as a National Land Information Service...

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Land Data announces 2010 Award winners in Local Land Charges 28.01.10

Winners of the third Land Data Local Land Charges Industry Awards were announced last night, 27...

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