Home Information Packs - HIPS
Every home put on the market since Since 14 December 2007 , must have a Home Information Pack (HIPS). A Home Information Pack icludes local searches, evidence of title, and a sale statement . The idea is to save time, stress and money for the buyer. Includes in the packs are an Energy Performance Certificate that contains advice on how to reduce fuel bills and CO2 emissions.
It is the sellers responsiblity to provide a home information pack this will benefit the seller and buyer, A Home Information pack will benefit the sell by making them aware of any problems and aim to make the selling process more straight forward.
See www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk for more details.
Below is a list of Home Information Pack providers:-
abc-hips (abc-hips.co.uk) Home Information Pack Nationwide coverage but with a localised service, abc-hips deliver a professional, cost-effective and efficient turnaround of your HIP. Your HIP is professionally printed and couriered to you including both a hard copy and electronic copy as standard.
AllHIP(www.allhip.co.uk)
Providing both property professionals and members of the public with a bespoke service, All non office based staff are also qualified home inspectors.
Allison & Partners Ltd (www.allisonandpartners.co.uk)
Home Information Packs including Hidden Defects Insurance, Legal Condition Report Insurance, Low Cost Financing of Packs, HIP Abort Insurance, Energy Assessor/Home Inspectors Insurance.
Allied Surveyors(www.alliedsurveyors.com)
Provide training and assessment for home inspectors and will then offer quality assurance and on going support for its accredited Home Inspectors. National network of experienced independent surveyors, valuers and home inspectors will deliver home condition and energy efficiency reports to the estate agents, legal practices and HIP providers.
Awdry Bailey & Douglas(www.abdhips.co.uk)
ABD has 4 offices in Wiltshire with HIPs team is based in Marlborough. Also have a conveyancing department.
Barnetts Solicitors(www.barnetts.co.uk) & (www.clickhips.co.uk)
Barnetts Solicitors specialist in the Conveyancing area for a number of years. www.clickhips.co.uk, offering the ordering and tracking of Home Information Packs. Reduced legal fees if purchasing a HIP together with our Conveyancing service.
Connells (www.sequencehome.co.uk)
The Connells Group is joint owner of www.energy-assessors.com, which aims to be the market leader in the supply of Energy Performance Certificates.
Cranbrook HIPs Ltd (www.cranbrooksolicitors.com)
Cranbrook Hips Ltd is a independent Home Information Pack centre and is supervised by Cranbrook Solicitors Ltd . Cranbrook Hips Ltd works closely with estate agents, solicitors, developers, lenders. Produce our own.
Dickinson-Dees (www.dickinson-dees.co.uk)
Dickinson Dees is the largest law firm north of Leeds, with over 800 staff and 73 partners. We are experts in the conveyancing field and can add real value to your business.
Easier2Move (www.easier2move.com)
Easy Convey (www.easyconvey.com)
ehips(www.ehips.com)
ehips is the online home information pack solution with a low cost flexible service. The HIP is produced quickly and efficiently using direct links to the component providers. The dedicated customer service team provides support, effective progress management and rigorous quality control to ensure that ehips provides excellent customer service.
eHIP (www.myehip.com)
eHIP provides the direct links to the land registry and other third parties we aim to provide the fastest HIP on the market. A team of experienced professionals form eHIP, and are totally committed to providing the best possible service.
1stHIPS(www.firsthips.com)
Firsthips Ltd offers an easy and smooth as possible process for Home sellers, Buyers, Estate Agents and Property Lawyers.
Geodesys (www.geodesys.com)
Geodesys is part of Anglian Water and is the leading provider of land and property information in the east of England. Provide a single point of access for all the residential and commercial property searches you need, including fully HIP compliant CON29DW enquiries. Geodesys will soon be able to provide you with a fully compliant Home Information Pack, designed to make selling your home easy.
Habitus (www.habitus.co.uk)
Habitus is one of the largest and longest established national network of chartered surveyors. Its network of 450 is still growing and many of its surveyors are now beginning to train to become Licensed Home Inspectors, ready to undertake Home Condition Reports.
hammondsdirect (www.hammondsdirect.co.uk)
hammondsdirect is the UK's foremost provider of volume conveyancing to the financial services and property sector. Many of the country's leading lenders and estate agents among our clients.
Hammonds Direct now has three production centres and over 500 skilled employees working to process 80 million scanned pages of data and 150,000 conveyancing transactions per year.
Hips Homes(www.hip2go.com)
Norwich based Hip2go.com have a fully functioning and comprehensive software solution for Hips and offer a variety of Home Information Pack solutions, tailored for the needs of each customer. The models available include fixed price, pay as you go and independent IT Hips solutions. Hip2go offer a one-stop online fully dynamic solution for producing HIPs.
HIPAG (www.hipag.co.uk)
Hipag was formed in 2004. Hipag help high street solicitors and independent estate agents prepare quality HIPs quickly and professionally at a competitive prices. There are now over 1,000 firms of solicitors and estate agents etc registered with Hipag.
Hipcompliance (www.hipcompliance.co.uk)
Hipcompliance are a dedicated home information pack provider and can provide all relevant information in record time due to our close links to Francis Alexander Solicitors. We are number one on both Google and MSN for Home information Packs-Manchester. Our state of the art website allows clients to view their EPC by secure on-line log in.
HIP Payment Services (www.hippayment.com)
HIP Payment Services is a specialist provider of deferred payment options to HIP providers. Allow every HIP buyer to defer payment for up to 10 months; if the customer is homeowner with a valid debit or credit card they qualify.
HIP London LLP(www.hiplondon.co.uk)
HIP London is an independent specialist provider of Home Information Packs (HIPs) for professionals involved in the selling of property within Central London.
hipsandhcrs (www.hipsandhcrs.co.uk)
hipsandhcrs are a no-frills Home Information Pack Provider offering to put together the entire contents of the new HIPs in a cost effective, efficient and timely manner. A group of lawyers especially looking to provide our services to independent estate agents and the fast growing number of sellers looking to sell their properties privately. We offer a buy now pay later option whereby the client can pay for the HIP from the proceeds of the sale of the property.
Hipsco (www.hipsco.co.uk)
Hipsco provides a total Home Information Packs for Estate Agents, Solicitors and Mortgage Brokers.
HIP HIP HOORAY (www.hiphiphooray.com)
Headquartered in Tolworth, Surrey, HIP HIP Hooray.com provides specialist Home Information Pack development services to estate agents, solicitors, mortgage brokers and property vendors. With a network of offices across the UK.
HIPshop(www.hipshoponline.co.uk)
HipShop is a web based application which enables a completely transparent process for compiling the Home Information Pack. The Hipshop service is free to all purchasers of 10 year new home warranties through MD Insurance Services Ltd.
HIPSTAR (www.hipstar.co.uk)
Hipstar is a member of the Network Data Holdings group of companies that has a twenty year history in the mortgage and housing market and includes Network Data, the largest independent mortgage network in the country.
HIP Supply Company (www.hipsupply.co.uk)
Based in London, HIP Supply Company Ltd comprises a group of property and legal professionals providing fully compliant HIPs to vendors, estate agents and solicitors.
HIPSync Ltd (www.ryder-dutton.co.uk)
Hipsync Ltd. is based in North East Manchester and provide HIPs to independent estate agents and solicitors in the North West and West Yorkshire regions.
Homes Matter (www.homesmatter.co.uk)
Can save sellers £000s in fees by providing online estate agency; home information pack and conveyancing services for a fixed cost that is significantly less than estate agents charge for simply selling a home.
Jordans (www.jordansproperty.co.uk)
Jordans offer a complete solution for all property professionals buying or selling a property.
LCF Residential Ltd (www.lcfresidential.co.uk)
LCF Residential Limited is a West Yorkshire based company dedicated to providing legal services to those buying and selling residential property.
Lending Solutions (www.your-move.co.uk)
The Lending Solutions group (LSL) offer services, including estate agency, surveying, financial services, conveyancing, general insurance etc. It is the 3rd largest estate agency group in the UK, with YOUR MOVE (www.your-move.co.uk) and Reeds Rains (www.reedsrains.co.uk) totalling 401 branches nationwide. LSL is a significant supplier of survey and valuation services through e.surv (www.esurv.co.uk) who also supply third-party services to a number of major lenders.
LMS (www.lms.com)
LMS is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of conveyancing, remortgage, survey and valuation services to lenders, packagers, estate agents and mortgage intermediaries.
Localhip (www.localhip.com)
Localhip is a national company with its own team of regionally based domestic energy assessors; providing a local HIP solution for Estate Agents and Solicitors.
Martin Tolhurst Partnership (www.martintolhurst.co.uk)
Kent based solicitors with a dedicated Home Information Pack centre.
MDA Advantage (www.mda-hips.co.uk)
Providing HIPs since August 2005
MoveMachine (www.movemachine.com)
Working closely with solicitors, estate agents and other key professionals in the property value chain, MoveMachine provides an integrated package of products and services, including Home Information Packs, online property marketing and Domestic Energy Assessor training.
movingwith.biz (www.movingwith.biz)
Movingwith.biz provides a comprehensive and completely independent HIP solution for sellers, estate agents and other intermediaries. Deferred payment option available. (* for freehold properties with registered title).
MyHomeMove (www.myhomemove.com)
MyHomeMove is the country's leading independent conveyancer completing on thousands of cases each month for sellers, buyers and re-mortgagors. Marketed as MyHomeInformation Pack, a complete service is already in place to produce packs for clients of estate agents and mortgage advisors.
mysalepack.com (www.mysalepack.com)
mysalepack allows sellers to create a HIP online 24/7 and to track its progress. It is unique because it gives vendors the option at no extra cost to 'buy now pay later' - either in six months or once they have sold their home, whichever is earliest.
OneSearch Direct (www.sphonesearch.co.uk)
OneSearch Direct is a leading provider of conveyancing search information.
OpenBook (www.openthebook.co.uk)
OpenBook – the people behind HIPs - the UK’s major independent HIP specialist, launch their new price HIP on March 17th at £265.
Optima Legal Services (www.optimalegal.co.uk)
Work closely with the UK's top financial organisations, providing a number of services including; Remortgage, Conveyancing, Arrears Management, Home information Packs, Repossession & Sale and Title Defects.
OrderHips.com(www.orderhips.com)
OrderHips.com is the personable HIP provider. Be you an estate agent, solicitor or home-seller, OrderHips.com has the solution for you.
Pack Provider (www.packprovider.com)
Operated by independent surveyors and property lawyers, Packprovider is leading the charge as a major supplier of Home Information Packs to independent Estate Agents across the midlands region.
Property Link Solutions(www.buyerandsellerunited.com)
Property Link Solutions links buyers, sellers, estate agents and conveyancers together in the home purchase and sale process and greatly reduces the expense, time and stress associated with moving home.
Property-packs.com (www.property-packs.com)
Property-Packs.com provided a comprehensive web-based Home Information Pack product geared towards the Legal Profession and the Financial Services Industry. Provides vendors with the option to take advantage of our competitive finance package offering a 9-month interest and re-payment free period, along with the availability of our No Sale No Fee warranty to refund the cost of the HIP if the property is not sold within 12 months (subject to terms and conditions).
Property Transaction Pack Ltd(www.propertytransactionpack.co.uk)
Based in Brighton, Property Transaction Pack Ltd are a completely independent provider of full Home Information Pack documentation. Own panel of fully accredited DEAs and Home Inspectors and close affiliation to a local Search Company.
ProHIP Ltd (www.prohip.co.uk)
ProHIP are an independent firm of surveyors and property related professionals committed to assembling the full range of Home Information Packs for independent estate agencies and members of the public within Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
Promise Home Packs(www.promisehomepacks.co.uk)
Promise Homepacks is a provider of a wide menu of financial solutions. Promise Homepacks is dedicated to providing a Free, Simple, Online HIP solution for independent Estate Agents and Solicitors primarily in and around the Midlands. Includes a funding facility to ensure that Sellers have the opportunity to defer payments for up to 9 months.
The Property Search Group (www.propertysearchgroup.co.uk)
The Property Search Group deliver a premium HIP solution at a competitive price, in line with their Local Solution - National Provision policy.
Quidos Ltd (www.quidos.co.uk)
Quidos produces and markets a full HIPs service to all sectors of the market, from estate agents and solicitors to private vendors. Quidos also has a panel of DEAs which cover nearly all of the UK, hence EPCs are also part of the service.
reallymoving.com Ltd (www.reallymoving.com)
reallymoving.com is an online lead generation service for HIP providers. Give instant multiple quotes for Home Information Packs throughout England and Wales. Also provide instant quotes for conveyancing solicitors, removals, chartered surveys and EPCs. The company is based in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Richards Gray (www.richardsgray.co.uk)
Richards Gray is the leading national suppliers of conveyancing information services to all sectors of the market. W
Safe-Move (www.safe-move.co.uk) Safe-Move is a trading arm of Yorkshire Water, providing important information to solicitors acting on behalf of property purchasers throughout England and Wales. Safe-Move offers various products to the profession including a CON29DW Drainage and Water search for both residential and commercial properties in the Yorkshire region, environmental searches sourced from Landmark and Coal Authority mining searches.
Searchflow (www.searchflow.co.uk)
Searchflow is a pioneering and innovative NLIS channel, which continues to be dedicated to delivering electronic services for home buying and selling. It plans to develop further features and functions to facilitate HIPS.
Severn Trent Searches (www.severntrentsearches.com)
At Severn Trent Searches we're well established, currently supplying around 180,000 searches a year to the conveyancing market. We have the right technology and infrastructure in place to make sure we can deliver HIPs in the turnaround times you need.
Simply HIP (www.simplyhip.co.uk)
Simply HIP is the sister company of Simply Conveyancing, one of the largest suppliers of conveyancing and search services in the UK. Our clients include some of the leading financial institutions in the country as well as hundreds of corporate and independent estate agents.
Si Reports Ltd (www.sireports.com)
Si Reports Ltd provides an entirely independent solution for HIP companies and Estate Agents by offering panel management of the Energy Performance Certificate supply chain. Si Reports also provides supplementary and specialist reporting solutions to the UK Home & HIP marketing, to Estate Agents, Lenders, Surveyors and Valuers.
Spicerhaart Group (www.spicerhaart.com)
SSH Chartered Surveyors (www.surveyhereford.com)
SSH are a family firm offering full Home Information Packs with a fast service and professional approach using the latest technology at competitive rates. In addition we offer stand alone Energy Performance certificates and Home Condition Reports covering Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Mid Wales.
STL Group (www.stlgroup.co.uk)
Our clients include solicitors, conveyancers, HIP providers and estate agents. We offer Home Information Pack and e-conveyancing solutions including searches, surveys and technology. We have a complete choice of order and delivery methods, including a free online order system. Combined with a fast turnaround and competitive pricing.
Stratify Associates Ltd (www.stratify.co.uk)
Stratify Associates was formed in 2004 with the aim of producing Home Information Packs.
Superhips.co.uk (www.superhips.co.uk)
We are a nationwide Home Information Pack Provider, focussing on London and the South-East only. Our Client Base consists largely of the middle to upper end of the London and South-Eastern based Estate Agents. We have a good presence right across London and in the key home counties such as Surrey, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Sussex and Kent.
Surehome (www.surehome.co.uk)
Surehome is a regionally based HIP provider in and around East Anglia. We use local DEA’s, HI’s & Conveyancers to support our network of estate agents.
TG Baynes (www.tgbaynes.com)
With four offices, over 150 staff and seventeen partners, T G Baynes is one of the major legal service providers in the South East. It is one of the largest firm of solicitors dealing with residential conveyancing in the area.
Total Property Searches (www.totalpropertysearches.com)
Total Property Searches is an independent Personal Search Company based in London’s Docklands.
Vibrant Energy (www.vibrantenergyuk.com)
Vibrant Energy is an independent energy services company enabling home owners to make their homes more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. We have extensive home energy and renewable expertise, providing comprehensive solutions and excellent service.
VLM UK Ltd (www.vlm.com)
Have the ability to produce large volumes of high quality HIPs at very competitive rates.
xit2 Limited (www.xit2.com)
