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29 Jan 08 - Government Urged To Rethink HIPS
A pressure group is calling for the Government to rethink
plans which will make it impossible for homeowners to put
their property on the market unless they have compiled a
home information pack (Hip).
Splinta (Sellers' Pack Law is Not the Answer) claims that
the proposals are an infringement of a homeowner's personal
liberty to sell a property at will.
Under the current scheme, people can start marketing their
home as soon as they have ordered a Hip, but from June 1
they will not be able to put their home up for sale until
they actually have their hands on one of the packs.
The group has now posted a petition on the 10 Downing Street
website, which urges the Government not to change the law.
So far it has attracted 2,645 signatures.
Nick Salmon, leader of Splinta and a fellow of the National
Association of Estate Agents, said: "There is no sustainable
argument in favour of ending first day marketing and the
strength of feeling about this is making itself shown in
the rapidly escalating number of signatures on the petition.
"(Housing minister) Caroline Flint has inherited the
poison chalice of Hips from her predecessor, Yvette Cooper,
and we sincerely hope that she will take a pragmatic and
intelligent view about the scheduled change to the regulations."
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