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Business as Usual

May 20th 2010

Today (May 20th) the new government is ensuring that home information packs are history," said Housing Minister Grant Shapps.

"By suspending home information packs today, it means that home sellers will be able to get on with marketing their home without having to shell out hundreds of pounds upfront. "We are committed to greener housing so from now on all that will be required will be a simple energy performance certificate," he added.

The requirement for packs will be suspended for anyone selling their home from 21 May, with the government needing legislation to outlaw them completely.

The energy performance certificate, which ranks the energy efficiency of a home with A to G ratings, will be retained and must be produced by the seller within 28 days of putting a home on the market. Its business as usual for The Energy Agents and we continue to be committed to providing our Energy Performance Certificates to the housing market. For more on this story, click here.

Report released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) states that Mortgage lending jumped to £11.5bn in March

April 19th 2010

A report released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) states that Mortgage lending jumped to £11.5bn in March, a 24% rise from February

The figure was also 3% up on March last year, when the market had reached its lowest point in the wake of the credit crunch.

E.On Cuts Gas Bills

March 8th 2010

The average household bill will drop by £42 says E.On. For more on this story, click here.

Email Error!

February 26th 2010

AHIPP are involved in a dispute with their former PR agency after an administration error caused hundreds of emails to be wrongly sent to Tory MPs including David Cameron. Source

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