Reallymoving.com Witnesses Drastic Drop in the Price of a Home Information Pack
ST ALBANS, England/PRNewswire/ -- Reallymoving.com, the leading comparison site for moving home services,
has witnessed a significant fall in the price of a Home Information Pack
(HIP) since their initial launch on 4 bedroom homes in August 2007.
Reallymoving.com currently holds the pricing structures for over 40 HIP
providers across England and Wales. When we first provided instant quotes for
HIPs at their launch on 1st August 2007, the average price of a Home
Information Pack was GBP 345.00(+VAT). Fifteen months later, the average
Price of a HIP is now GBP 217.00(+VAT). That is a reduction of 37%.
Reallymoving.com has also witnessed the cost of an Energy Performance
Certificate drop from an average of GBP110 in August 2007 to an average price
of GBP 70 per EPC.
Due to the price comparison service offered by reallymoving.com, our
network of partner companies tends to be at a significant discount to the
average UK price for each type of service. However, when HIPs were first
hotly debated early in 2007 (before they became mandatory), prices per HIP
were discussed at being as much as GBP 1,000.
Reallymoving.com only works with companies registered with the Properties
Codes Compliance Board, the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Home Information Packs must be commissioned on all homes in England and
Wales that are marketed for sale. They include an Energy Performance
Certificate which gives your home a rating for its energy efficiency, plus a
sale statement (summarizing terms of sale), evidence of title and standard
searches (i.e. local authority enquiries and a drainage and water search).
Where appropriate, you can also expect: commonhold information (including a
copy of the commonhold community statement), leasehold information (including
a copy of the lease, information on service charges and insurance), or a New
Homes Warranty.
Energy Performance Certificates included within the HIP are also known as
an EPC. An EPC gives home sellers an "A to G" rating for their home's energy
efficiency to help cut carbon emissions and fuel bills, similar to those
labels on new fridges. Only qualified and certificated Domestic Energy
Assessors are allowed to prepare Energy Performance Certificates and
reallymoving.com checks the qualifications of all their DEAs on the system.
Reallymoving.com was launched in 1999 and gives multiple instant quotes
for removals, conveyancing, surveys, Home Information Packs
( http://www.reallymoving.com/cat/5/Home-Information-Packs.aspx ) and Energy
Performance Certificates.Reallymoving.com generates around 40,000 quotes a
month for these different services. The company is based in St Albans,
Hertfordshire. Reallymoving.com is independently owned and financed.
http://www.reallymoving.com
Source: Reallymoving.com
For more information contact Rosemary Rogers, Marketing Manager on +44(0)1727-238010 or email: rosie@reallymoving.com
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