Ministers have given the go-ahead to introducing Home Information Packs on 11million more properties from next month.

Following the success of the first phase of Home Information Packs required on all 4 bedroom homes since 1st August, the Government has just announced they will cover three-bedroom homes from 10th September. Determined to demonstrate the benefits of HIPs and to overcome the negative press and opposition from vested interest groups, Ministers have decided to push ahead with the next stage of the scheme.

Communities Minister Baroness Andrews said:

“We are now ready to start rolling out HIPs and EPCs to the next part of the market as promised, and improve a home buying and selling process which currently is not working for consumers or the environment.”

“HIPs and EPCs can help families to save hundreds of pounds off their fuel bills, and cut a million tonnes of carbon a year. They also have the potential to reduce the millions of pounds wasted by consumers when buying and selling a home, by increasing transparency and competition in a process that hasn’t changed for a generation."