Hipag’s seminars offer lifeline to independent estate agents and high street solicitors
“How HIPs (Home Information Packs) will impact local businesses”
London, 23 May 2006 — Hipag Services www.hipag.co.uk the leading supplier of Home Information Packs to independent estate agents and solicitors, is holding a series of nationwide Seminars explaining the impact of the Packs that will become compulsory from June 2007 under the Housing Act.
“The introduction of HIPs”, says Rob Hailstone, Hipag’s CEO, “will change the way residential conveyancing is carried out beyond all recognition. Our Seminars are an information lifeline to the local estate agent and the local solicitors practice to tell them exactly what HIPs mean and what the impact will be on their businesses.”
“Our aim in Hipag is to bring together local solicitors, estate agents, surveyors and home inspectors, working in partnership, to achieve faster completions, reduce stress and impress clients.”
Among speakers giving presentations at the Seminars will be, Jeff Whiteway, chief executive of OyezStraker, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, former NAEA President, non-executive director of Hipag, chairman of NALHI, Lesley Sorridimi of OneSearch Survey and Rob Hailstone chief executive of Hipag Services.
Seminar dates are planned for: Bristol (01.06.06), Birmingham (09.06.06), Brighton (20.06.06), Manchester (27.06.06), Leeds (28.06.06), Newcastle-upon-Tyne (04.07.06) and Norwich (11.07.06) — see below for further details.
Topics covered will include :
- Home Inspector numbers and certification scheme
- The regulations
- HIPs – the estate agent’s perspective
- NALHI (National Association of Licensed Home Inspectors)
- Selling HIPs in a non-compulsory market
- How working together will ensure the survival and
growth of independent estate agents and high street
solicitors when HIPs are compulsory
Roadshows venues:
Bristol Novotel 01/06/06
Birmingham Crowne Plaza 09/06/06
Brighton Seafront Holiday Inn 20/06/06
Manchester Palace Hotel 27/06/06
Hilton Leeds City 28/06/06
Newcastle Upon Tyne Thistle Hotel 04/07/06
Norwich Ramada Jarvis Hotel 11/07/06
About Hipag Services Ltd.
Hipag Services Ltd (www.hipag.co.uk) has been formed to assist independent estate agents and high street solicitor practices in England and Wales produce HIPs quickly and efficiently. Hipag currently has over 1,000 registered members, from Cornwall to Cumbria, who it will work in partnership with to produce HIPs rapidly, enabling property sales to proceed without delay.
Hipag’s membership includes local independent estate agents, high street solicitors practices and future Home Inspectors who will prepare the Home Condition Reports.
Hipag Services has the financial backing of the OyezStraker Group, the UK’s leading independent office products and business services company with 1,500 staff and £160m turnover.
Hipag Services believes its HIP will be superior to others for two main reasons. Firstly, because it will provide to the seller and the estate agent a HIP quickly that complies with legislation so that the property can be marketed without delay. Secondly, by working with its member firms it will ensure the HIP becomes comprehensive while the property is being marketed, and not after a buyer has been found, thereby providing a smoother, less stressful transaction and a quicker exchange of contracts.
Hipag can achieve these goals because its members – solicitors, estate agents and home inspectors will be local to the property being sold and will be working closely together. Their local knowledge and easy accessibility will make it easier for the property seller to meet and discuss potential problems with the professionals who will be working for them.
This local approach contrasts with that of many large HIP providers who plan to offer a service based on large centralised “call centre” -style HIP factories to prepare packs.
About The OyezStraker Group Ltd.
The OyezStraker Group Ltd (www.oyezstraker.co.uk) is the UK’s leading independent office products and business services company with 1,500 staff and £160m turnover.
The Group was formed in 1997 through the merger of Oyez and Straker, two well-known companies with strong brands in the office products and stationery market. Companies in the Group consist of: OyezStraker, Stat Plus, Lynch McQueen and Whitegrove. The Oyez brand name is synonymous with the supply legal office supplies, legal software, forms publishing, speech solutions, document production and company formations.
For further information:-
Rob Hailstone, CEO, Hipag Servies Ltd
M: 07817 630714
E: rob@hipag.co.uk
www.hipag.co.uk
or
Jacqui Green, JGMpr
M: 07885 270 349
E: jacqui@jgmpr.com
www.jgmpr.com
