HIP - Home Information Pack

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But this figure fell steadily as vendors flooded the market with properties in an effort to beat the HIPs deadline.

Helped by you and the Daily Mail.

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So there you have it proof that HIPs is realy not worth all the hassle.

HIPs may well prove to be a hassle but how can this be proof when HIPs aren't even a requirement yet?

Yet another question you'll avoid, no doubt!

Mike


Why should the home selling public be forced in to paying up to £700 for something they do not want, and can quite legally avoid

Ask your mate Ruth Kelly..

Chris
Hips the facts

Hang on... this was the question:

"HIPs may well prove to be a hassle but how can this be proof when HIPs aren't even a requirement yet?"

And this is your answer:

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Why should the home selling public be forced in to paying up to £700 for something they do not want, and can quite legally avoid

D'ya see the difficulty the reader has in lending credibilty to your posts? I give you all these opportunities to expand on your numerous Daily Mail clippings, but you can never answer it straight-on (prolly 'cos the Daily Wail hasn't written them out for you yet).

I, OTOH, am aaalways happy to help where I can - No hiding for me young Christopher, nooo...

So let me address your question, in 3 parts (I hope you can extend the same courtesy).

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Why should the home selling public be forced in to paying

I actually have some empathy for that - If HIPs does prove to improve the homebuying process, then it will be worth it... but...

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paying up to £700

You see... leaping and prancing in the dark again aren't you - Let me repeat something you should already be aware of Christopher: HIPs are not a requirement yet (Do you know anyone that has bought one?). So where are you getting these numbers from?

... Oh, of course: The Daily Wail!

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and can quite legally avoid

For the umpteenth time: How?

(To save your dignity, I wouldn't advise you to say, parents, aunt's; man-in-the-pub.)<br><br>Post edited by: SocialMike, at: 2007/06/18 19:24

Dear Mike.

I do believe you need to

A. Learn to read the article from the Express and not the daily mail


Your rambling smoke and mirrors approach fools no one.

But to help you along since you have no credibility, here are the facts.

From Property finder [not the Daily Mail]

Propertyfinder.com reports there has been a significant shift in recent months in how near the asking price a buyer was willing to go. In January, with an average property going for £222,859, sellers were achieving 1.6 per cent – or £3,521 above the asking price.

But this figure fell steadily as vendors flooded the market with properties in an effort to beat the HIPs deadline.

To avoid paying for hips quite legally, with no loss in sale value.
http://homemove.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/home-sold-with-no-bedrooms/

So there you have it. Go on Mike have one of your pointless rambling replies.

Chris
HIPs Free

Chris<br><br>Post edited by: moveon, at: 2007/06/19 07:01

Sorry Chris - I'd say good try but it ain't even close.

Instead of glancing at press releases, you might try and actually read them then, ask what is fact, and what is oppinion.

I'm trying to coach you here in critical thinking so we can actually have a dialogue (oh, and to save your embarrassment).

I've read a few reports such as the one you quoted - Not one, I repeat, not one of those reports has qualified that statement, Someone said it, then others repeated it. But not one has proven it.

Did you ask yourself: Why are they saying that? Is there a study? Is there research with numbers? How is the guy qualifying that statement?

Is it fact, or is it his oppinion?

Don't think you did, did you Chris? Else you wouldn't have quoted it.

I mean, what time of year is it Chris? With such a keen interest in property, you would know that the property market normally picks-up this time of year - More buyers and more sellers.

What's more, there's been a series of interest rate hikes - You do know this don't you? - So it might have crossed your mind that a lot of people are under a lot of financial pressure. With a lot of 2-year fixed rates expiring, a lot of people are facing difficult decisions.

Then we have the usual &quot;musical house chairs&quot; with the school year starting in September.

Now, why don't you think for a change, and not rely on the worst press reports you can pick? Do you know the subject you feel so passionately about, Chris?

And when will you answer the questions above, Chris?