Agents reject the idea of a hung parliament
News Category: Industry News
Published: 07-May-2010
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.
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