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Home Information Packs - an update
The government has announced that Home Information Packs (HIPS) will be required on all properties being sold in England and Wales from 14 December 2007. Communities and Local Government (CLG), the department responsible for the packs, says this is the final stage of the rollout of HIPs...

By Robert Liebman
With property prices soaring, many parents have been helping their children get onto the property ladder. Given such high prices, however, maybe grown-up children should help their parents get off the ladder...