Plans to introduce sellers packs for homebuyers by June next year, has received criticism for being unrealistic and lacking in detail.

William Tew, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said: “The industry cannot be expected to develop a framework to qualify and regulate professionals to work in this field while the rules of the game are continually changing.”

Peter Bolton King, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents believes that the timetable for the introduction of the packs is “extremely challenging and probably optimistic ”.

Home information packs are due to be launched on June 1, 2007.