There didn't appear to be a great deal happening last week other than the continuing spat over home information packs and what I suspect have been the largely unsuccessful attempts by the pack's supporters to prove the scheme still has some legs and isn't crawling on its knees towards an early grave.
The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (Ahipp) tried valiantly to convince us Hips were still going to become a reality next summer. “The pressure is now on the government to confirm its support and to push through the licensing of qualified Home Inspectors to enable a fair testing of the voluntary take up of home condition reports,” said Ahipp. Presumably that pressure is coming from Ahipp – which remains convinced Hips and in particular the home condition report “are both great news for the consumer.” It may have a job convincing everyone else in the industry of the merits ...
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