EPC

Easier2Move is offering a low-cost energy performance certificate (EPC) for landlords, which also pays a referral fee for intermediaries.

Political one-upmanship by the Government and opposition parties is preventing home information packs (HIPs) from being delivered in full, and letting down homebuyers, AHIPP says.

More than half of all landlords are unaware of new energy efficiency requirements for rental property, due to come into force in October, according to Paragon Mortgages.

The Government has extended the deadline for the final stage of HIPs implementation until the end of the year.

LMS, a Home Information Pack (HIP) provider, has today launched an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) specialist called Energy Reports and Surveys Ltd (ERS).

The Government has been criticised by a committee of MPs for ‘losing its nerve' over the full introduction of Home Information Packs (HIPs).

Home Information Packs - or HIPs as they are better known - are finally a reality for all home sales in the UK following their roll-out for one and two bedroom homes on 14 December.

Today's full introduction of HIPs could cause home buyers and sellers to waste money by carrying out two identical local authority searches, according to online conveyancers Convex.net.

The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has today called for HIPs to become ‘exchange ready' and realise their full potential.

The House of Lords has called on the Government to keep the implementation of Home Information Packs (HIPs) under review.