My Constituents Need A Home Information Pack Holiday, Says MP

12 August 2008Call to boost housing market by removing costly red tapeAs damaging uncertainty continues over whether or not the Government will introduce a stamp duty suspension or deferment scheme, Rob Wilson MP today called on Gordon Brown to use Government powers to...

Hips starting for three-bed homes

"People selling three-bedroom homes in England and Wales must now use Home Information Packs (Hips). The controversial measure was first introduced for four-bedroom homes at the beginning of August. The packs, which include energy performance certificates (EPCs) for the...

Home info packs 'to be delayed'

The introduction of controversial Home Information Packs is set to be delayed by Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly.

FTBs could benefit from HIPS

The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (Ahipp) has suggested that first-time buyers (FTBs) in the UK stand to benefit from HIPS, stating that the scheme will result in time and cost savings for new buyers.

HIPS 'protect first-time buyers'

Home owners are better placed to carry the cost of searches and surveys than first-time buyers says the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).

Legal challenge to HIPS

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has mounted a legal challenge against the launch of compulsory home information packs (HIPS)

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"Stand about 60 centimeters (two feet) from your partner, with your feet slightly more than hip-width apart and your toes turned out. With your hips, begin to draw a circle, keeping your back arched. Now slowly bend your knees and grind down as far as is comfortable, then up...

When Castro dies, party's on

"One day, very possibly one day soon, ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro will die -- and a nascent committee sponsored by the city of Miami wants to be ready. So it's planning a party. The event, still in the very early planning stage, would be held in Little Havana's Orange...

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"Birds do it, bees do it, old people, young people, everyone does it. What is "it," you ask? Flirt! And we bet you didn't know that some of the best flirting can be done without saying a word. Body language is one surefire way to convey your interest ‑- or lack thereof ‑-...

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If a woman isn't comfortable being naked after sex, chances are she wasn't so happy about being naked during sex.