Scrapping HIPS has increased home sales.

[Morningside]

Coincidence?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Hips-Scr...

[B17NNS]

I think it has increased instructions but not sales.

Natural that more people will test the market when it costs nothing to do so I'd have thought.

[Busamav]

B17NNS said:

I think it has increased instructions but not sales.

Natural that more people will test the market when it costs nothing to do so I'd have thought.

Basically bought the time wasters back to the market .

[fido]

Increase or not, at least some non-jobber isn't paid £500 for putting some useless paperwork into a folder. Result.

[NoelWatson]

B17NNS said:

I think it has increased instructions but not sales.

Exactly.

[bga]

fido said:

Increase or not, at least some non-jobber isn't paid £500 for putting some useless paperwork into a folder. Result.

The info in the HIP stopped me wasting time and money on a potential purchase. I can't be the only one where search info presented up front was useful.

[bonsai]

bga said:

fido said:

Increase or not, at least some non-jobber isn't paid £500 for putting some useless paperwork into a folder. Result.

The info in the HIP stopped me wasting time and money on a potential purchase. I can't be the only one where search info presented up front was useful.

Which part of the HIP was that then?

[bga]

It was the the building regs decisions. Saved me from putting in an offer etc only to find at a later date that a load of work had been done, applications done under regs but no sign-off at a later date.

If the searches are sufficiently timely for a solicitor to use then having the info available upfront is a good thing for me. Much more use than the EPC!

[Soir]

CGT going up will be a factor too