HIPs show promise

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The introduction of Home Information Packs (HIPs) has caused a great deal of upheaval for everyone involved in the home buying process and there are still a number of issues to be resolved.

While HIPs have come in for much media criticism over the last year or so they have already started to have a positive impact and as their role out continues are set to become a permanent fixture. At the moment it is too early to gauge the full impact that HIPs have had and so trying to make an accurate assessment with regard to their success or otherwise is impossible. However, the feedback we had from advisers at the recent Mortgage Expo in Manchester was extremely positive. Advisers saw that they could easily add estate agencies to the range of services they offered to their clients w...

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