This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow intending Home Sellers (and their estate agents) to be permitted to continue to put their homes on the market on the day they choose after 31/12/2008 without having to wait for a Home Information Pack (HIP) to arrive. More details
Submitted by Trevor Kent PPNAEA – Deadline to sign up by: 02 January 2009 – Signatures: 1,694
As matters stand, the Government has legislated that it will be illegal after 31st December 2008 for a home owner (or their estate agent) to begin advertising, erect a For Sale board, prepare flyers - indeed undertake any form of marketing until a Home Information Pack (HIP) is prepared and returned to the seller or agent. Existing experience of HIP delivery times has already established that a 10 day delay in production is not unusual. Owners or agents can be fined £200 a day by Trading Standards Officers should they begin marketing before their HIP arrives. We call upon the government to continue to permit intending house sellers to be allowed to put their homes on the market on the day they choose to and not to have to wait for their HIP to be delivered first.
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Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.