HIP
Friday, 26th February 08:30am During a week in which both the Daily Mail and OFT highlighted concerns regarding referral fees paid by conveyancing solicitors to Estate Agents, the Guardian Newspaper has pointed out that it is cheaper to buy your HIP direct rather than through an Agent.
“..research showed that the Ha...
Friday, 26th February 07:05am Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps lashed out this week in response to an email sent by the Association of HIP providers (AHIPP ) via their PR agency. Hundreds of MPs and candidates received the email consisting of a letter attacking the Conservatives’ plans to scrap Home Information P...
Sunday, 20th December 09:12pm
Following on from my blog ‘The press get it wrong when it comes to exchange ready HIPs’, Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps has advised online estate agency website EAT ( Estate Agency Today ) that he has ‘no appetite’ for so called exchange ready ...
Friday, 4th December 12:38pm Grant Shapps, Shadow Housing Minister, speaking yesterday at the Home Sale Network Conference, placed the property industry on notice that it would take three months to axe HIPs if the Conservatives win next year’s election. He estimated that this abolition process would take 100 days.
Whilst...
Thursday, 26th November 05:31pm Fridays Property Lawyers have recently altered their HIP fee to £95 inclusive of VAT. This follows on from discussions with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) concerning breaches in HIP costs being advertised without specifying the VAT element. However, other HIP providers have not acte...
Saturday, 14th November 09:20pm Within the property industry, opposition to HIPs has come most vociferously from estate agents. I freely admit that HIPs are not the best answer to property transaction delays and the agents’ argument is a legitimate one.Articles published in ‘Estate Agency Today’ are much co...
Sunday, 8th November 02:45pm Any attempts by The Association of HIP Providers to mount a legal challenge to any efforts by the Conservatives to scrap or suspend HIPs, have been dismissed by Grant Shapps MP, the Conservative Shadow Housing Minister.
In the estate agency magazine ‘The Negotiator’, Shapps states ...
Monday, 26th October 05:05pm Are estate agents creating a 'grey market' by flouting the law on HIPs? This is suggested in an article in yesterday’s Sunday Express “Estate Agents Break Law on Hated HIPs “:
The article reveals that agents are routinely marketing houses without yet commencing a HIP. ...
Wednesday, 21st October 07:42pm Agents have consistently criticised HIPs, initially citing them as the cause of the downturn in the property market. Understandably, agents have seen the HIP as a potential obstacle to placing a property on the market and taking the speculative vendor out of the market. However as time has gone by a...
Wednesday, 7th October 02:20am Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps has used the opportunity of the Tory conference to once again pledge to abolish HIPs. He said: "I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: HIPs are history under the next Conservative government."The Conservatives have been consistent in accu...
Monday, 5th October 06:31am An Ipsos MORI survey commissioned by the Association of HIP Providers claim that sixty per cent of people polled find the Property Information Questionnaire useful to a buyer. This inference from this is that buyers are happy to rely on the information contained in the PIQ. The consumer survey also ...
Tuesday, 29th September 08:55pm Everywhere you look on HIP and Property forums on the internet these days the question being debated is as to whether or not HIPs slow up or speed up the conveyancing process.
The Association of HIP providers’ director, Mike Ockenden, recently completed a question and answer session on ...
Wednesday, 23rd September 08:37pm One can not claim that the Conservatives have not benn consistent in voicing their intention to ditch HIPs when they come to power. Over 12 months the HIP lobbyists have been trying to protect have been looking for a glimmer of hope that HIPs will not be abolished.
Shadow Housing ...
Wednesday, 23rd September 08:00pm In the last week Promise Home Packs, one of the HIP providers highlighted in last month’s Which? report on HIP costs has ceased trading. Naturally, this has sparked a debate in the industry press as to whether or not other cheap HIP providers are going to follow suit.Fridays Property Lawyers w...
Friday, 11th September 01:20pm The Conservatives have been nothing but consistent in their message that they would be scrapping HIPs. Lobbyists in favour of the HIP have during last 12 months been looking for a ray of light and clinging on to some sort of hope that HIP will not be abolished. That ray of light has simp...
Wednesday, 2nd September 05:03pm Birmingham City Council is planning to carry out a check on the contents and accuracy of HIPs in Birmingham.
Sunday, 16th August 05:26pm A leading conveyancing firm has recently stated that conveyancing cases are taking longer because agents are not passing over details of HIPs. By way of justifying their logic they refer to one case where an agent referred a conveyancing case to the firm on June 17, asking it to act for ...
Sunday, 19th July 06:13am What the HIP Regulations have to say about New Build Homes not yet built at the time of marketing. The article explains the concept of Sustainability Certificates.
Friday, 17th July 12:53am As far as HIPs are concerned the Conservative Party have clearly nailed their colours to the mast as the Tories warn the HIP industry to back off over Home Information Packs ( HIPs ) .
Grant Shapps, shadow housing minister , who has been very vociferous in his opposition to HIPs, ...
Thursday, 16th July 05:05am The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB), which has voluntary codes of conduct for both HIP suppliers and search firms such as Fridays Property Lawyers , has suspended one of its members, Apollo Surveys.The company based in Bristol is alleged to have cancelled two meetings with PCCB in...
Wednesday, 15th July 03:00am The two major trade bodies for Home Information Packs ( HIPs ) and conveyancing searches have joined forces to create a new property industry body.
The Federation of Property Information Providers, combines the Association of Home Information Pack Providers ( AHI...
Monday, 13th July 07:41pm After a quiet period for attacks on HIPs the HIP industry must be concerned by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) have comments that the Government should kill off the much maligned Home Information Packs ( HIPs ) in order to sustain improvements in the property market
Thes...
Fridays have been providing Nottingham's cheapest HIP since 2004, receiving recognition of this in a recent guardian article....
HIP HIP Hooray has gone into administration although the HIP HIP Hooray website was still up, displaying both the AHIPP and Search Code logos.
It is, however, no longer a member of AHIPP, after its membership was terminated on January 25 when it failed to pay its subscriptions.
The fa...
HIPs are now required for almost most homes in England and Wales put on the market for sale on or after 14th December 2007. The following further changes came into effect on the 6 April 2009 :
introduction into the HIP of the Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ)
the end of t...
Next Monday, a new piece of legislation will creep onto the statute book. Largely unnoticed, but with huge implications for the UK’s beleaguered residential housing market, the mandatory Property Information Questionnaire to be included in a HIP will abolish the long-held principle of caveat e...
The Required HIP Searches must be present and form the basis of the HIP, while Authorised Searches provide addition information.
There are a number of Required HIP Searches that must be present (or be in the process of being drawn up), which form the basis of the HIP. these include the proof of own...
Statute dictates that a HIP compliant Water and Drainage Search is required to include the following information:
Details on the connection status of the property;
How the property is currently billed (whether on a metered, rated or assessed basis) and whether this is likely to change following...
Successful DIY HIP production is achievable. One can produce a HIP yourself rather than pay a HIP provider for the HIP. But is it worth it ?
Leasehold flats as with all residential properties including require a HIP before they can be marketed. The elements in the Leasehold HIP for flats include an a copy ofthe lease for your flat plus any Deeds of Variation and the completion of a Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) .
The PIQ, wh...
Property information questionnaire (PIQ) The question most estate agents are asking themselves is “Do I help the seller complete the Property Information Questionnaire or do I leave it to the HIP provider, conveyancing lawyer or the seller to complete it unaided?&rdquo...
The full HIP Code, which Fridays Property Lawyers as a HIP provider complies with is available on the PCCB web site. Our interpretation of some of the key commitments are as follows:1 Key commitments from HIP Providers• The subscribers to the HIP Code commits to display the Code logo...
More complaints relating to estate agents, Home Information Packs, and HIP searches are now to be handled by the Property Ombudsman service. The Property Ombudsman service has tied up with the Property Codes Compliance Board ( PCCB ), the body which oversees HIP and HIP search providers and ens...
We predicted in our conveyancing blog just over a week ago that conveyancing searches ( In particular Local Authority Searches – as contained in HIPs ) may reduce in price. MDA SearchFlow (www.searchflow.co.uk), the UK's largest conveyancing search information provider, Housing Associati...
Predicted energy assessments are for New Build homes HIPs. Normally, when a home is designed, a “target energy rating” based on the design is produced to show a buildinginspector that the property will meet requirements under Part L of the BuildingRegulations. The final energy perfo...
Schedule 1 of the HIP Regulations prescribes the required information that a HIPindex must contain and information that is authorised for inclusion. The HIP index must be clearly labelled as such and include the address of the property together with a list of the documents included i...
HIP Regulations provide that the HIP must include documents “required” under the HIP Regulations, and may include the documents “authorised” under HIP Regulation but should not include any other documents.
Where a document that is neither required nor authorised to be includ...
Regulation 3(3) of the HIP regulations provides that where a property is taken off the market, and then remarketed within one year, the date of the original first point of marketing is unchanged and the seller will not be under a duty to renew the HIP or any part of it. In other words, HIPs do not h...
Many of the exceptions to the requirement for a HIP set out in in Part 6 of the HIP Regulations depend on whether the property is residential or non-residential. Set out below are some examples of residential and non-residential propertis using thinterpretation principles set out in regulation...
Commonhold HIPs explained by the UK's leading HIP and Conveyancing provider.
Leasehold HIPs are diifent. This article by the UK's leading conveyancing firm explians how.
This article explains waht optional documents can be included in a HIP and why they should be included.
The searches contained in a HIP are a set of standard enquiries needed by the conveyancing lawyer or conveyancing solicitor acting for your purchaser, assuming of course you find a buyer, but what are they?
The Energy Performance certificate (EPC) is a central component part of a HIP even if it of no real relevance to the conveyancing process. In a similar fashion to the European Union appliance ratings, the ratings on the Energy Performance Certificate within the HIP ( it is intended ) sho...
HIPs can be a minefield. This guide, provided by conveyancing experts, explains everything you need to know about HIPS and the background behind this controversial piece of legislation.
If you are looking for a Home Information Pack or HIP in Reading Berkshire, you may be interested in this email that the Fridays Reading Conveyancing Office received on Dec. 9th 2009..
Dear Fridaysmove,
Thank you very much for the swift and painless procedure in completing
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After shopping around on the internet, the owners of a property at Bramley asked Friday's to collate a freehold HIP in Hampshire.
The documents that were included in the HIP were as follows: Official Copies (Land Registry Title Number: HP561112) prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (Prepared follo...
Fridays were paid upfront to collate a freehold HIP in Cumbria, by the owners of a property in Carlisle, Cumbria.
The required documentation to be included in the HIP were: Official Copies prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (prepared following inspection of the property), legally protec...
After finding our online HIP services, Mr & Mrs R instructed Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Bilston and Bradley.
The HIP comprised the following: Official copies of the seller's title, Insurance back EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), local authority search (Con 29) that we obtained from...
After shopping around on the internet, the owners of a house in Bagworth, Coalville, Leicestershire paid Fridays to collate a freehold HIP in Leicestershire.
The documents that the statutory required the HIP to include were: Official Copies prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (Prepared followi...
The owners of a property in Crowle, Lincolnshire wanted Fridays to supply them, and the Lincolnshire agents, with a freehold HIP Lincolnshire. This was due to the fact that they were very happy with the quote that they received from us.
The HIP Index identified the following as included: La...
The owners of a house at Waterlooville found Fridays on the internet, and paid upfront for them to collate a freehold HIP in Hampshire.
The required documents to be included in the HIP were: Official Copies (Land Registry Title Number: HP251512) prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (Prepared follo...
Mr & Mrs K found our HIP services online, and made an advance to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in East Sussex.
The HIP contained the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line) and a Local Authority Search that we obtained fro...
After receiving a HIP quote from Fridays for their property at Mayfield, East Sussex - the owners wanted Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in East Sussex.
The HIP included the following, according to the HIP Index: Land Registry Title for the property know as Official Copies of Title, Energy Assess...
Fridays created a freehold HIP in Lincolnshire, after requested to do so by Mr & Mrs P, following them finding our services online.
The HIP comprised the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local Authority Search (Con 29). ...
The owners of a property at Desborough, Northamptonshire paid Fridays upfront to collate a freehold HIP in Northamptonshire.
Documents to be included in the HIP (as required by the statutory) were: Official Copies prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (Prepared following inspection of the property), ...
After finding our HIP services online, Mr & Mrs D proceeded to ask Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Lincolnshire.
The HIP comprised of the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local Authority Search (Con 29) that we acquired fr...
Following a freehold HIP quote from Fridays, the owners of a property at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire asked Fridays to supply them and the Cambridgeshire agents with a freehold HIP in Cambridgeshire.
The HIP Index included: Land Registry Title (Land Registry Title Number: CB334473) for the property k...
On the 16th March 2009, Mr & Mrs C of Great North Road, Eaton Ford asked Fridays to provide a freehold HIP in Cambridgeshire.
The final HIP included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies (Land Registry Title Number: CB324034) of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Pe...
Mr & Mrs Y chose Fridays, after finding our HIP services online, to create a leasehold HIP in Cambridgeshire. The HIP comprised of the following: Official Copies (Land Registry Title Number: CB284915) of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Land Registry su...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by professionals, the registered owners of a property in Catfield, Norfolk, NR29 were keen for Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Norfolk.
The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title via Official Copies, Energy Certificate, Suitably ca...
Finding our online HIP services Mr and Mrs H proceeded to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Leicester. The HIP comprised ( amongst other documents ): Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local Authority Search (Con 29) - the ...
On 10th August 2009 Mr and Mrs N of London, SW15 asked Fridays HIPs in London Team to supply a freehold HIP in Putney.
The completed HIP included the following compulsory HIP documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Performance Certificate, Legally assisted Prop...
Happy with the freehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2Ms K wanted Fridays
to supply them and the Hertfordshire agents with a freehold HIP in Hertfordshire. The HIP Index identified the following
as included: Land Registry Title for the pro...
Having wanted to obtain a freehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Upminster, RM14 were keen to instruct
Fridays to put together a freehold HIP in Upminster. The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title via Official
Copies (Formerly known as Office Copy Entries), E...
Finding our online HIP services Mr and Mrs B proceeded to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Staffordshire.
The HIP comprised the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line),
Local Authority Search (Con 29) that we obtained fro...
In 10/08/2009Mr and Mrs M of Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 asked Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in Ludlow. The final HIP
included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Performance
Certificate, Legally assisted Property Informati...
Finding our online HIP services Mr and Mrs A proceeded to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Cambridgeshire. The property was valued at £169,950.00.
The HIP comprised the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local A...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Hallingbury court, forest road,
walthamstow, london, E17 were keen to instruct Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Walthamstow. The HIP contained
the following: Evidence of Title via Official Copies...
In 10/08/2009Mr and Mrs R of Maidstone, Kent, ME16 asked Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in East Barming. The final
HIP included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy
Performance Certificate, Legally assisted Property Infor...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Pinner, HA5 were keen to instruct
Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Pinner and Eastcote. The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title via
Official Copies (Formerly known as Office Copy Entr...
Finding our online HIP services Mr and Mrs S proceeded to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Warwickshire. The
HIP comprised the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local
Authority Search (Con 29) that we retrieved fro...
In August 2009 Mr and Mrs T of Wetshill, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, SA73 asked Fridays HIP team to supply a freehold HIP in Milford Haven. The property was valued at £160,000.00.
The HIP team worked closely with the Welsh Water Authority to obtain a CON29DW Drainage and Water Search....
Having shopped around on the internet the owners of a house at Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 paid upfront for Fridays to
collate a freehold HIP in Rushden. The statutory required documents to be included in the HIP included: Official Copies
prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (Prepared ...
Having shopped around on the internet the owners of a house at Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 paid upfront for Fridays to
collate a leasehold HIP in Eastney and Southsea. The statutory required documents to be included in the HIP included:
Official Copies prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (Pr...
In 12/08/2009Mr and Mrs A of Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 asked Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in Castleford. The
final HIP included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy
Performance Certificate, Legally assisted Prope...
Having wanted to obtain a freehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Mawsley, Kettering, Northamptonshire,
NN14 were keen to instruct Fridays to put together a freehold HIP in Northamptonshire. The HIP contained the following:
Evidence of Title via Official Copies (Land Regi...
It pays to shop around on the internet as the owners of a house at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 know. Having found Fridays they instructed the HIP in Melton Mowbray Team to collate a freehold HIP in Melton Mowbray.
The statutory required documents to be included in the HIP included: O...
Finding our online HIP services Mr and Mrs M proceeded to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Scarborough. The
HIP comprised the following: Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local
Authority Search (Con 29) that we aquired from S...
In July 2009 Mr and Mrs D of Cheadle, Greater Manchester, SK8 asked Fridays HIPs Cheadle Team to supply a leasehold HIP in Cheadle.
The final HIP included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Performance Certificate, Le...
Having wanted to obtain a freehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Billericay, Essex, CM11 were keen to instruct Fridays to put together a freehold HIP in Billericay. The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title via Official Copies (Formerly known as Office Copy Entri...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of 45 Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey,
Essex, EN9 were keen to instruct Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Waltham Abbey. The HIP contained the
following: Evidence of Title via Official Copies (Form...
After spending some time looking around on the internet the owners of a house at Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 paid upfront for Fridays to collate a freehold HIP in Derbyshire for their property.
The statutory required HIP documents to be included: Official Copies prepared b...
Delighted with the freehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 Ms G wanted Fridays to supply them and the Kempston agents with a freehold HIP in Kempston.
The HIP Index identified the following as included: Land Registry Title for the property kno...
Finding Fiidays online HIP sevices via a search engine Mr and Mrs A proceeded to instruct Fridays to create a freehold HIP in Cornwall.
The HIP comprised : Official Copies of the seller's title, Insurance backed EPC, PIQ (Completed on line), Local Authority Search (Con 29) that we attained ...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of London, SW18 were keen to instruct
Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Earlsfield. The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title via Official
Copies (Formerly known as Office Copy Entries), E...
Happy with the freehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at London, NW9Ms T wanted Fridays to supply them
and the Colindale agents with a freehold HIP in Colindale. The HIP Index identified the following as included: Land
Registry Title for the property know as Official Cop...
Happy with the leasehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at Britannic Park, 15 Yew Tree Road, Birmingham,
West Midlands, B13Ms A wanted Fridays to supply them and the Moseley agents with a leasehold HIP in Moseley. The HIP
Index identified the following as included: Land Re...
Having shopped around on the internet the owners of a house in Bromley, BR1 commissioned Fridays to collate a freehold HIP in Bickley.
The statutory required documents included in the HIP included: Official Copies prepared by the Land Registry, EPC (prepared following inspection of the pro...
On 11th November 2009 Mr and Mrs C of Sutton Court, Paxton Road, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 asked Fridays to supply a leasehold HIP in Hampshire.
The final HIP included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Performance Certifica...
In 12/08/2009Mr and Mrs B of Feltham, TW13 asked Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in Feltham. The final HIP included
the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Performance
Certificate, Legally assisted Property Information Questi...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Rathnew Court, 5 Meath Crescent, London, E2 were keen to instruct Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Bethnal Green.
The HIP, completed by the HIP Bethnal Green Team contained the following: Evidence ...
Having wanted to obtain a freehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 were
keen to instruct Fridays to put together a freehold HIP in Kirkheaton. The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title
via Official Copies (Formerly known as Offic...
Happy with the freehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at Crawley, West Sussex, RH10Ms C wanted Fridays to
supply them and the West Sussex agents with a freehold HIP in West Sussex. The HIP Index identified the following as
included: Land Registry Title for the property k...
Having wanted to obtain a freehold HIP by professionals the registered owners of Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 were keen
to instruct Fridays to put together a freehold HIP in Shipley. The HIP contained the following: Evidence of Title via
Official Copies (Formerly known as Office Copy ...
In 05/08/2009Mr and Mrs R of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 asked Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in Bishops
Stortford. The final HIP included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land
Registry, Energy Performance Certificate, Legally ...
Having wanted to obtain a leasehold HIP by leasehold professionals the registered owners of a flat at Somerville Point, 305 Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 were keen to instruct Fridays to put together a leasehold HIP in Bermondsey.
The HIP, completed by our Bermondsey HIP Team contained th...
Happy with the freehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at North Trade Road, Battle, East Sussex, TN33Ms A
wanted Fridays to supply them and the Battle agents with a freehold HIP in Battle. The HIP Index identified the following
as included: Land Registry Title for the pro...
In 04/08/2009Mr and Mrs A of Chester, Cheshire, CH4 asked Fridays to supply a freehold HIP in Cheshire. The final HIP
included the following compulsory documents: Official Copies of Title as supplied by the Land Registry, Energy Performance
Certificate, Legally assisted Property Informat...
Happy with the leasehold HIP Quote that they received for their property at 25 Ramsey Walk, London, N1Ms A wanted Fridays
to supply them and the Barnsbury and Canonbury agents with a leasehold HIP in Barnsbury and Canonbury. The HIP Index
identified the following as included: Land Registry...
