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Potential fines for house sellers
Town Halls have been ordered to fine house sellers if they fail to use Home Information Packs allowing local councils to rake in fortunes from sellers who flaunt the rules.
The fines have been approved by housing Minister Yvette Cooper, enabling trading standards officers to impose the cash penalties on anyone who markets their three or four bedroom property without a HIP.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said: “This move places extra burden on home owners. We are hoping that councils will be consistent. It will not be fair if sellers in one area are treated differently from those in another.”
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