With the prospect of a hung parliament looming, the property industry has made its own feelings clear in our EAT polling survey: an overwhelming Tory victory is what the industry wants.
A total of 57% voted Conservative, followed by 21% in support of the LibDems, leaving Labour trailing at 17%. A further 6% voted for UKIP.
HIPs were a factor in your voting in 53.5% of cases, but did not influence voting in 48.5%%.
However, an overwhelming 75% voted to have HIPs scrapped – a clear mandate for either the Tories or the LibDems. One quarter (25%) voted not to scrap them but this could reflect the fact that those who polled included HIP providers and DEAs.
Most of you who voted, however, (67.3%) were agents, with 11.2% being HIP providers or employees, and 7.1% being DEAs. A further 18% came from other backgrounds including lawyers, surveyors and retired agents.
Over 380 people took part in our poll, voting on Wednesday and yesterday, before the real results – if that is what we can call them – emerged overnight.
Agents reject the idea of a hung parliament
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Comments
Nah - let's have a hung Parliament after all. Bags I get to pull the lever... ;0)
HIPs are not that bad. Vendors think twice before they decide to come ON, which means you have committed vendors. Solicitors can get started as soon as the sales memos are out and best of all we as agents can make some extra money if we sell a HIP. The more I think of HIPs the more I like them. Its money at the end of the day.
just scrap hips, get on with it
"Abandon Ship!" - I wanted to go to Greece!!Not now though.
how about you abandon ship either way ray? you can still get the daily mail abroad.
Not borrow - trade. We'd give them drilling rights at the Falklands just to pee the Argies off more... ;0)
So does this mean if England draw against Germany 1-1 in the world cup we can borrow a goal from Brazil and claim a win????
Put to one side our industry for a moment. This country is overcrowded and on the verge of financial collapse. If the Conservatives do not form the next government?
Abandon Ship!
Looks like we may have an interesting debate ahead of us today!