Home Information Packs Shine a Spotlight On Town Halls ; Commercial Property

Birmingham Post (August 28, 2008)

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On their irst birthday month, can anything be said in defence of Home Information Packs (HIPs), introduced by the Government to speed the house buying process and cut the risk of gazumping and abortive costs suffered by home buyers?

Dominic Toller, marketing director of lms, an outsourced conveyancing specialist which claims to hold a sizeable stake of the HIPs market by working closely with big chains of agents and lenders requiring HIPs for remortgages, is naturally kinder about them than many others.

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Home Information Packs Shine a Spotlight On Town Halls ; Commercial Property

"From work by us and other irms compiling HIPs, a spotlight is shining on remarkable and unacceptable variations in quality of service offered by local town ...

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