News
Newsletter 6 - March 2007
Government Confirms Pack Contents
The Home Information Pack Regulations have now been finalised and following some small changes, the Pack contents will have to include:
- Energy Performance Certificate - the first document in the pack after the Index
- Sale Statement and Index
- Evidence of Title
- Sale Statement
- Evidence that other required documents (Local Search) have been commissioned and will be included within 28 days.
Personal search companies will be allowed to use insurance for those parts of the search where they are unable to gain access to data, but this concession will only apply until April 2008 by which time it is hoped the problems over access will be resolved.
System Enhancements
As part of our policy of constantly improving the Firsthips system we have now incorporated some additional enhancements:
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Branding
Your firm's logo can now be incorporated on the site to give it a "personalised" appearance so that your clients will have the assurance that they are dealing directly with your firm after they have logged in to the site. We are making a nominal charge of just £125 plus VAT for site branding so if you would like to use this facility please call Firsthips Support on 01883 741409.
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Administration
We have made a number of improvements to this section providing more control of the internal instruction process within individual firms.
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Messaging Centre
We have made some enhancements to this section making it easier to track the source of each message and generally improving the functionality.
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New Account Manager
Firsthips welcomes Robert Bennett who has joined as our full time account manager. If you have any queries or need any support then please phone Robert who will be pleased to assist. Telephone 01883 741409.
Success stories
- 97% of EPCs ready within 3 days
- Some EPCs produced in less than 48 hours!
- HIPs assembled in less than 3 days
- Lawyer gains new conveyancing business using Firsthips
Key Features
- HIPs at competitive prices
- No investment or long term commitment
- Seller pays by debit/credit card or deferred payment up to 10 months
- Take instructions with a one page simple form
- Prospective buyers can securely view and print the HIP online
- Estate agent can track viewings
- Keep control over the complete process
- The most flexible system. Fully automated or use your own suppliers for selected elements
- EPC competitively priced from a nationwide panel or use your own DEA
- Searches from a nationwide established group or use your own supplier
- Communicate with all parties through the secure message centre
- Document management enables you to have draft contract and any other documents you require per case