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  <title>Home Information Packs</title>
  <description><![CDATA[From today, every property in England and Wales with four or more bedrooms must include a <a href="http://www.homeinformationpack.gov.uk/pdf/sample_HIP_11.pdf">Home Information Pack</a> when it is put up for sale. (The link points to an example template.) Included are documents such as a sale statement and <a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/856/ExampleofEPC_id1504856.pdf">Energy Performance Certificate</a>. <br />
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There must be some conflict-of-interest issues in getting sellers to provide honest HIPs. Is this unnecessary and costly bureaucracy? Time will tell, especially as smaller homes will need HIPs in due course. Personally, I think buyers would be wise to gather their own information about a prospective new home before taking on that <a href="http://www.nimisis.com/projects/mortgage_calculator.php">mortgage</a>!<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://www.nimisis.com/tags/home" rel="tag">home</a>, <a href="http://www.nimisis.com/tags/mortgage" rel="tag">mortgage</a>]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:49:20 GMT</pubDate>
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