Are you people stupid

Its a fine per day !!!!!!!!! that the house is on the market without a HIP it is obvious that you know nothing about this

so it is way cheaper to get a HIP then pay the fine

and you must so so rich that you don't need a mortgage to buy houses because mortgage lenders want surveys before lending you money

also if you sell a house you normally buy another one thus paying for one HIP and getting another free !
unless you are loaded and have more then one house and then £300 should not be lots of money too you !

you wouldn't buy a car without an MOT so why buy a house without one?

and if are really worried about money why not complain about estate agent fees, They are the robbers.

Darcy Pace, trowbridge, wiltshire

I find it unbelievable (perhaps not!) that Yvette Cooper based her decision to press ahead with the final roll out of Hips on her own experience after loosing money with a bad survey! Whats needed is full accountability from the following:
Council of Mortgage Lenders
Local Authorities
Solicitors
Management Companies
Surveyors
for a time scale to complete their findings, say six weeks which has been the average time scale for decades. Not to fine the seller and their Estate Agent £200 for non compliance and fill the coffers of local Authorities, buyers and sellers, by law should have a Mortgage pledge in place or legal confirmation of funds before they offer on a property, management companies be fined for late production of accounts for Leasehold properties and surveyors to return their findings within 48 hours. How can any M.P jump from one post to another without product knowledge! M.P. really means, (Meddlers and Peddlers) in a world of their own!

Frustrated Agent.

Mike, Midhurst, West Sussex

Gordon : "Yvette, you have presented this turd poorly..."
Yvette : "no , it is a turd"

I dont think you could blame Yvette Cooper of poor preparation and loosing her nerve. I mean how are you suposed to impliment something that is blatently rubbish.

As ever Labour are more interested in the presentation than the fact that the nuts and bolts are wrong.

Dave, Welton, Lincolnshire

Whatever this woman said or did, HIPs packs remain legalised theft.

Judy , Liverpool, england

Yet another totally useless initiative that has made properties more expensive to buy and sell with a zero benefit to the consumer. The only winners yet again are the Treasury and yet another meaningless rubber stamped european directive ticked off by the backdoor. Thanks for nothing Yvette your so called "solution" to your own house buying misfortune has made matters infinitely worse for whole country.

phil, Ipswich,

"that has driven Ms Cooper’s support for the packs: the couple lost money after paying for fees and searches when a survey showed that significant work was required"

Good to see that policy is based on a particular Minister's personal experiences, rather than the wishes of the electorate. Isn't that dictatorship?

W Smith, Oldham,

I shall just stay put - there is no way I am paying for a HIPS, its a complete waste of time and money and the sooner its scrapped the better. We need initiatives to help the housing market not stifle it.

If I were buying a house I would n't even bother looking at it - I would just get my own searches etc done .
Its just another way of this govt getting us to part with our hard earned cash.

s pullen, derby,

The woman is a fool, then again so is the entire idea. What a bunch of clowns this government are.

D Case, Newquay,

generalising from the particular

one out of pocket "balls up" in 1998

now everyone can enjoy the Balls feeling thru mrs B who like nearly all of new Labour never seem to have done a real job in either the Public or private sectors and only sit centrally running a do as i say not as i do governmen

like all N L ideas hopeess out of touch in practicet

was this the pair who exploited the parliamentary rules about big subs for 2nd houses??

jbzola, staines,

Would Yvette Cooper have been a Minister had she not been married to Ed Balls, who is Gordon Bean's 'right hand man' ?
Judging by the HIPS fiasco, I think we can draw our own conclusions.

Richard , London, England

"An eleven member committee.
Only five present when report was approved - none of them Conservative."
Why were they not there? Where were they? Was it not important enough for them to tip up?

Tricia, E Sussex, uk

£100 - £150 in pocket for selling without a HIP? ....it's a no-brainer.

Susan, London, UK

Nigel & Simon (above) seem content to pay a fine of £200. It might be cheaper than paying for a HIP but isn't it obvious that New Labour's real intention was a windfall tax and that paying the fine benefits HMG even more? HIPs are pointless and just another form of taxation: if there's any proof that they speed up the house-buying process, let us hear it; otherwise, abolish them.

John, Eastbourne, Sussex

In my opinion, if the fine for selling a house without HIPS is £200, and the HIPS costs between £300 to £350, we would all be better off if we don't pay for the HIPS and get fined!!
These politicians get better every day!!!

Nigel, Redruth, UK

Cheaper to pay the fine.......
HIPS complete waste of time

Simon, Nottingham, UK