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City trial of home seller packs
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Home Information Packs will be compulsory from June 2007
A trial of home information packs (HIPs) aimed at reducing the number of house sales which fall through has begun in a Devon city.

Plymouth is one of 12 new locations where the packs are being tested.

The packs, which include legal and local authority searches and energy efficiency information, will become a legal requirement in June.

HIPs shift the emphasis from the house buyer to the seller to collate information before a property is sold.




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