The Government has suspended Home Information Packs (HIPS) with effect from midnight 21st May.
Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government said:
“This useless, pointless and entirely unnecessary piece of legislation has slowed down the housing market and has caused unnecessary problems so I have now signed an order that effectively suspends HIPS from 21st May.
However homeowners will still need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) because we take greening up homes very seriously.”
What this means in practice is once you have decided to sell, it should now take only a matter of days, not weeks, to get your home on the market.
