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This weeks flooding in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire comes hard on the heels of the devastation in Sheffield and the North East earlier in the month. Rainfall records are being broken across the country and ironically only flat, reclaimed East Anglia has escaped without serious flood damage. The impact of 2007Continue Reading

Just occasionally the City astounds me. On the one hand it takes a very negative view of Taylor Wimpey, while at the same time it puts another property stock, Rightmove, on an astronomical multiple of over 12 times 2007 sales. The last time I saw such a hi-octane rating wasContinue Reading

After ten years of discussion and months of heated debate, after u-turns and talk even of rebellion, Home Information Packs are here! The Government postponed the launch until 1st August saying that as soon as there were 2000 accredited Domestic Energy Assessors and Home Inspectors that they would include smallerContinue Reading

James Greenwood, managing director of Stacks Property Search & Acquisition, explains why an estate agent may want to consider a franchise in property search Anyone considering a start-up business in estate agency, whether as an independent or a franchise, can’t have failed to be at least slightly daunted by theContinue Reading

RICHARD  à BRASSARD and his glamorous wife Sandy had hoped to sell their four-bedroom home in Clapham, South London, but now plan to wait a few months to find out how the market reacts to Hips. à Brassard, a director of the estate agency Courtenay, is well-informed about Hips. ButContinue Reading

From next Wednesday anyone starting to market their home will need a Home Information Pack if it has four or more bedrooms. If you use an estate agent then they will be responsible for ensuring that one has been ordered but with over 2.5 million properties marketed every year, howContinue Reading

Home Information Packs become law next Wednesday but what exactly are they and what do they mean for the public? What is a HIP? It is a collection of documents including Deeds, Searches, leasehold information (if appropriate) and an Energy Performance Certificates that has to be ordered before a propertyContinue Reading

Homeowners have been warned to look at the small print when offered either a free or subsidised Home Information Pack. Next week, the law requires a Pack to be ordered for all properties being marketed with four or more bedrooms. Smaller homes will be included by the end of theContinue Reading

With one week now to go and assuming the Government doesn’t perform another u-turn Home Information Packs will be law in England and Wales. From 1st August all properties that go on the market with four or more bedrooms will need to have ordered a Home Information Pack. A crucialContinue Reading

This weeks flooding in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire comes hard on the heels of the devastation in Sheffield and the North East earlier in the month. Rainfall records are being broken across the country and ironically only flat, reclaimed East Anglia has escaped without serious flood damage. The impact of 2007Continue Reading