Home Information Packs (HIPs) - Solicitors & Home Information Packs

The Law Society’s has been actively involved in the Government consultation process prior to the new legislation passing through parliament.

The latest update from the Law Society can be seen by clicking here.

The legal content of the home information pack has finally been confirmed by the DCLG as set out in the Home Information Pack Regulations 2006.

A number of forms have been created for inclusion in Home Information Packs including:-

Index Form
Sale Statement
Home Use Form
Home Contents Form
Report on a home not physically complete

We've converted these to word forms so they can be filled in with the click of a mouse. Download the Sale Statement form as an example. The complete set of forms are available now for £40 exc. VAT per user. Email us at mail@hipsdirect.com to order.

The compulsion attached to the Home Information Pack will bring new information technology onto every conveyancing solicitors desktop pc and some major IT providers are investing heavily in proprietary software.

The quality and reliability of the ‘e’ part of the e-conveyancing process will be the key to Home Information Pack.

The Land Registry’s latest plans for the development and delivery of its electronic conveyancing services have been approved and endorsed by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The Land Registry has been piloting the e-conveyancing service during 2006 and plans to begin an incremental process of national rollout during 2007. The key proposals are:

The Land Registry will develop and operate the central e-conveyancing service which will link all participants in a conveyancing transaction, co-ordinating key milestones of exchange and completion, and updating the Land Register;

Access to the service will be via public and private channels, with the Land Registry developing and implementing its own basic channel access and encouraging the development of added value commercial channels alongside this to offer customer choice.

The National Land Information Service (nlis.org.uk) now has the infrastructure in place to allow early adopters of the e-conveyancing service to carry out live conveyance searches via the internet.

To access this service you need to register with one of the three NLIS Licensed Channels currently in the marketplace:-

NLIS Searchflow
TM NLIS Search
Transaction Online

An Electronic Funds Transfer Service, to be supplied by an ‘agency bank’, will be linked to the central service facilitating all money movements associated with property transactions. Further details will be added as soon as available.