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Bank of England Report

David Clark and Company www.clarkhomes.co.uk davidclark46@gmail.com 01353 665020    David Clark & Co Ltd is a limited company registered in  England  and  Wales . Registered number: 053826604 Registered office:   Richmond House Broad Street  Ely Cambs CB7 4AH Begin forwarded message: From: "Malcolm G. Lindley " < malcolm.lindley@121parklane.co.uk > Date: 21 May 2010 17:00:35 GMT+01:00 To: "David Clark" < david@clarkhomes.co.uk > Subject: Bank of England Report Dear David Clark   The Bank of England Report

Desktop Application | Rightmove property-to-you

Desktop Application | Rightmove property-to-you You have to hand it to them! Rightmove keep on coming up with innovative ideas. This latest one is great for keeping up with what's coming to the market and you can schedule updates every 30 minutes if you wish. Great for agents keeping tabs on what's happening too!

HIPs on the way out?

HIPs abolition order is signed and ready 17/05/2010 (extracted from lettingsearch.co.uk) An order to suspend HIPs has been signed, with the announcement of a suspension due this week as Parliament convenes. According to well-placed sources, the order was signed on Friday morning. The HIP industry is anxiously awaiting developments, and could mount a legal challenge to the suspension. A note from the HIP Reform Group sent to its members says it is “firmly of the view that this would amount to an unlawful use of the statutory power (section 162). It could therefore be challenged in the Court. ??“Suspension of the HIP would kill our industry overnight. Not only would the HIP providers be affected, but the EPC market would also be instantly killed as responsibility for ordering the EPC would be left with the vendor. Thousands of jobs will be lost and livelihoods will be lost.” The HIP Reform Group has called on all its members to lobby MPs and housing minister Grant Shapps.

Try video again?

Does anyone remember way back in the days of VHS and Betamax when agents tried to use property videos to help sell and market properties? Most won't even remember those competing file types - a bit like Blueray trying to take over now really. My youngest son is still a skateboarder at the ripe old age of 21 and he used to steal my video camera to get his mates to record some of his tricks and jumps etc. The inevitable happened and he dropped the £1,000 plus camera doing so much damage it was a write off. Being about 17 at the time he decided to just conceal the camcorder from his Dad and just hope I forgot about it. Well, he was right, I did - for quite a long time. Until I started to think about getting property back on to the web in video. I did a few short clips with my £100 Flip Mino to use via Youtube but was always a little frustrated at the amount of panning that had to go on - made you feel a bit seasick! Then I remembered the original video camera with the wide angle len