Home info pack is also called as the Home information pack and this pack offers details regarding the housing properties. The Housing Act of 2004 defines the Home info pack as the ‘Seller’s Pack’ and provides the entire and complete details regarding the property offered in the open market for sale. The home info pack consists of essential and optional documents such as the

• Home pack information index.
• Local searches made for the sewage and water services.
• Ownership title and evidence of proof.
• Energy performance certificate.
• Home condition report and sale statement.

The home information pack is considered to be mandatory for the houses possessing more than four bedrooms and it became effective from 1^st August 2007. The home information packs helps in reducing the amount of abortive sales and reduces the occurrence of gazumping and gazundering. The pack provides great source of security and safety to the buyers in the process of purchasing the property. The cost of the information pack varies according the requirement of the documents.

The home info pack has helped in mitigating the unproductive sales of home purchases. The buying and selling of a property is not always upto the expected plan and may end in collapsing the whole transaction. The acquisition of home information pack helps from wasting the time and money of the home buyers. It has become a compulsory feature to prepare the HIP by the home owners in England and Wales. The home information pack helps in buying and selling of the homes in a faster, easier and simpler way. The pack consists of several documents that are useful in ascertaining the condition of the home and provides useful information for the buyers in acquisition of better homes according to their budget specifications.