Everything about Home Information Packs (HIPS)

A SHORTAGE of inspectors to prepare the new house-sellers' packs will drastically slow the process of moving and upset the Government's plans to revolutionise the property market, industry experts predict.

Without a houseseller's pack no residential property will be able to be sold from June next year. Training of the planned 7,000-strong inspectorate started last year but so far, The Times has established, only 196 people have been approved for the task.