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HIP - Where do I get one from?

Financial_Savvy · 2008-04-28 06:56:10

Where are money savvy people going to get a HIP from? Thanks

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Richard_Webster Posts: 7,646 Forumite

29 April 2008 at 2:36PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Webster
Some solicitors may be farming them out but they are a bit silly if they do. Apart from getting someone to do the EPC, the rest of it is stuff that solcitors have been doing for years - so why get someone else to do it?

I just wondered whether solicitors could do it for a price that would still compete with the volume HIP providers - given that many of the latter are punting them out for only £299

I'm charging £290 + VAT at the moment (£340.75) for freehold registered HIPS but if I do the conveyancing on the sale I knock off £40 + vat from the conveyancing fee so the effective price of the HIP is £293.75 all up.

RICHARD WEBSTER

As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.
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