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MSE News: Government announces new measures to clean up the house-buying market

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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    victoriavictorious wrote: »
    That was going to be part of the original HIPS, but the idea was dropped, partly because it was thought that buyers would likely mistrust any survey commissioned by the vendor, and would wish to carry out their own inspection.

    ... yet it works fine with the Home Report system in Scotland .....
  • victoriavictorious
    victoriavictorious Posts: 358 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    ... yet it works fine with the Home Report system in Scotland .....
    Yes, that's true, but it's far too sensible and logical to happen here.
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    Less EA`s are needed now anyway.......


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43724002
  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 7,787 Forumite
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    Insurances are all very well but they don't stop something happening but only compensate you for when it does.

    A "full" survey done by a seller before it goes on the market would be a good idea & would prevent an EA from avoiding a buyer getting one just for the commission.

    No cert is going to stop a rogue EA from being a rogue EA! They are rogue as a matter of choice not lack of knowledge.
  • Surrey_EA
    Surrey_EA Posts: 2,042 Forumite
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Less EA`s are needed now anyway.......


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43724002

    Fewer.... ;)
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    badmemory wrote: »
    A "full" survey done by a seller before it goes on the market would be a good idea & would prevent an EA from avoiding a buyer getting one just for the commission.

    Scotland has a Home Report system, up and running since... 2010, I think.

    All E&W needs to do is copy it.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »
    Scotland has a Home Report system, up and running since... 2010, I think.
    1 December 2008 (knew 2010 was wrong because I sold in 2009 with a HR!).
  • maisie_cat
    maisie_cat Posts: 2,068 Forumite
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    the_quick wrote: »
    This can be worked out together with survey that is done by the seller before he/she put the house on the market - so potential buyer can see what is wrong with the house on the paper, before committing to buy , than you can have non-refundable deposit. Otherwise you might be buying potato without knowing.
    I think the sellers packs were a good idea, it would give a seller the opportunity to fix anything that came up & then show that it had been done. From the posts I've seen on this site that people do seem to freak out at survey results, especially first timers. The surveying profession won't like it though, how often do they get to do 2 or 3 surveys on the same house?
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