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NAEA expresses HIPs trial concerns

Just when you thought  the HIPs saga was quietening down, the National Associaltion of Estate Agents today expressed ongoing concern over the Government annoucement that they were pushing ahead with HIPs and that they were to spend £4 million pounds supporting and Industry dry run of HIPs in six locations. Peter Bolton King Chief Executive of the NAEA said

“The Association has always said that it was vital that any trials thoroughly test not only the systems but whether our concerns about the effect on the market caused by a lack of first day marketing and reduction in housing supply are justified. We have not been told how these trails are to be conducted and have doubts as to their effectiveness in a voluntary scenario.”

The association again calls on the Government to realise that HIPs are not the way forward and sit down with Industry to look at ways of really improving the system to the benefit of consumers.

 

Posted by Bronwyn on September 21, 2006 03:42 PM |

Comments

THIS IS ALL SO CONFUSING - AS AN INDEPENDENT AGENT WHAT IS THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO WITH HIPS? WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPANIES SELLING THERE HIPS PROGRAMS - AND MAKING IT SOUND SO COMPLICATED THAT IT WILL MAKE THE AGENCIES PANIC INTO PURCHASING THERE PROGRAM - IS THERE SOMEWHERE WE CAN GO TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN A CLEAR AND CONCISE MANNER?

Posted by: SUE RUSSELL | October 23, 2006 01:44 PM

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