The Department for Communities and Local Government denies claims by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors that a legal loophole in the (forthcoming) HIPs system will allow vendors to dodge paying for a report by simply ordering it when their house reaches the market, and hoping they can sell the property before actually receiving or, crucially, paying for the document. Sounds dubious to us. But, then, so do HIPs.
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