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Summary

Note: The Home Information Pack duties are suspended with immediate effect from 21 May 2010. This means that homes marketed for sale on or after this date will no longer require a Home Information Pack. However, Energy Performance Certificates are still required.

This leaflet sets out the important changes made to the home buying and selling process on 6 April 2009, which in summary are:

• the introduction of the new Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ);
• the removal of the temporary first day marketing exemption; and
• that all searches, whether produced by a local authority or a search company, must be complete with no gaps in the data covered by insurance.

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