AHIPP responds to recent HIP criticism
Spicerhaart’s recent research claims that only 10% of homebuyers read the Home Information Pack (HIP). In response to this, Paul Broadhead from the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) said it was too early to draw any definite conclusions about the way homebuyers use HIPs as the industry is only half way through the rollout. He went on to say that homebuyers are not being advised that HIPs are available in the majority of cases so they simply cannot read them.
Broadhead added:”Buyers are not being given a HIP automatically, instead they are having to request it specifically from the Estate Agent - so this figure does not surprise me.”
AHIPP, which hipsandhcrs are members of, has just issued an updated version of our HIP handling guide which states that as soon as estate agents receive the HIP it should be made available to homebuyers; this will help ease the situation.