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In a move that will greatly strengthen its drive for reform, the Former Director General of OFT and Oftel, Sir Bryan Carsberg is joining the E-Homebuying Forum (EHF) this week as its first President.

Sir Bryan’s Review of Residential Property in 2008 and the Forum’s Blueprint for improving the property transaction process both received widespread acceptance across the industry. Sir Bryan’s appointment looks set to become the catalyst for turning this consensus into real action, providing a rallying point for those in the industry who want to become engineers of change rather than the victims of it.

In his role as President, Sir Bryan will be overseeing the Forum’s aim of bringing greater efficiency, transparency and commitment to the home buying and selling process.

Alongside this announcement, the EHF has published an updated version of its Blueprint for the Future of Homebuying. You can download this, and the press release announcing Sir Bryan's appointment, below.

Mark Riddick, Chairman of E-Homebuying Forum responds to CLG suspending the use of HIPs:

"The original vision of HIPs to bring faster certainty for homebuyers through greater transparency was laudable but we ended up with a product starved of the prime value it had - an upfront survey.

"We believe HIPs failed in practice because of the way they were introduced and regulated and we are now calling on Government and industry to work together to deliver a new and mutually acceptable solution."