Concerns raised over Hip awareness

This compares with 11% in September with almost one in five firms admitting they have yet to adequately educate their staff about what the packs are and what they will mean in terms of the house buying process. The majority of estate agents (58%) think the vendor should own the Hip but much smaller numbers thought the estate agent (5%) or the vendor’s solicitor (2%) should own it and a further 35% could not offer their opinion. Despite the government’s U-turn on the home condition report (Hcr), most respondents (63%) to the survey still did not know whether it will be made mandatory in t...