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TA6 Property information form (6th edition) (2025)

04 Feb 2026

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The TA6 (6th edition) form replaced the 4th and 5th editions on 30 March 2026. Conveyancers and their clients praise its simpler design and clearer explanatory notes. Access the form via your preferred supplier.

We developed the TA6 (6th edition) with conveyancing experts and tested it with users.

The improvements reflect extensive industry feedback.

An updated TA7 leasehold information form is also available.

Complying with the Conveyancing Quality Scheme

If your firm is accredited under our Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), you must use the TA6 (6th edition) and TA7 (5th edition).

This applies to all new transactions where the solicitor was instructed on or after 30 March 2026.

If you were instructed before 30 March on a sale or purchase and you've already used an older version of the TA6 or TA7, you can carry on using it for that transaction.

Our licensed third-party suppliers have withdrawn the following versions from their systems:

TA6 (4th edition)
TA6 (5th edition)
TA7 (3rd edition)
TA7 (4th edition)

Members who continue using these previous editions are no longer compliant with the CQS.

Find out how to access the TA6 (6th edition) and TA7 (5th edition) forms.

TA6 (6th edition) form

The TA6 (6th edition) replaced the TA6 (5th edition and 4th edition).

The TA6 (6th edition) is an improved, user-tested version of previous TA6 forms.

The form is designed to be used when an offer on a property has been accepted. It can also be completed by sellers in advance of a buyer being found.

It will give residential property buyers some key information that the sellers have about the property before they commit to buying.

The TA6 form was developed for use in the sale and purchase of a home for an owner-occupier. It is used for most standard residential transactions in England and Wales.

The form is not intended for use in the purchase of new build homes.

It may not be suitable for part exchange transactions and auctions without some amendment.

We worked closely with conveyancers and sellers to produce a form that is simpler and more straightforward to use.

We used consultation feedback and user testing results to improve areas of the form that sellers and conveyancers highlighted as difficult to complete.

A working group of residential conveyancers from a variety of firms met weekly for several months to draft the TA6 form.

Find out how to access the TA6 (6th edition) form.

What changed

We updated the structure of the 6th edition. It is now closer to the 4th edition.
Questions were added to the 5th edition to comply with material information guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT). These were removed.
The 6th edition has 15 sections in total. This is 10 fewer than the 5th edition. We removed the following sections from the 6th edition:
- Council tax
- Asking price
- Tenure, ownership and charges
- Physical characteristics of the property
- Building safety
- Restrictive covenants
- Coastal erosion
- Accessibility
- Coalfield or mining area
The form was streamlined to avoid duplication in the buying and selling process. For example, sellers are no longer asked to provide an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). This is dealt with by estate agents at the marketing stage.
We increased the number of questions where sellers can select ‘not known’. This was in response to feedback from sellers. More questions are also phrased as ‘are you aware…’, where a ‘no’ response is equivalent to ‘not known’.
We clarified that ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to the person completing the form – whether that’s the seller or someone acting as their personal representative, attorney or trustee.  
Feedback from user testing showed that the explanatory notes were too dense. This discouraged sellers from reading them. We rewrote the explanatory notes to be clearer and more accessible, with better signposting and more useful examples.

Preview of the TA6 form

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Find out how to access the full TA6 (6th edition) form.

Read the TA6 (6th edition) explanatory notes.

Watch our webinar on navigating the TA6 (6th edition) form.

Why we use third party suppliers

We partner with trusted third-party suppliers so solicitors and conveyancers can be confident that their clients are completing the correct property transaction form.

Our suppliers make property transaction forms accessible through systems many firms already use. This helps ensure secure delivery and more seamless integration.

Suppliers are helping us to deliver one standardised version of the TA6 that is accurate, secure and reliable.

Material information guidance

On 5 October 2025, the UK government announced proposed reforms to the home buying and selling process.

This included a consultation on material information in property listings.

We gathered members’ views before responding to the government’s consultations on the reforms.

Sellers are still encouraged to instruct a conveyancer as early as possible in the transaction process, ideally before the marketing stage.

The legal position

We do not believe the legal position regarding potential liability for solicitors has changed since the TA6 (6th edition) was introduced.

The legal position was previously governed by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPUTR 2008).

The CPUTR 2008 were revoked and replaced by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC 2024).

The primary changes made by the DMCC 2024 are in relation to the enforcement of consumer protection measures by public regulators.

One change that has received attention is a power for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to issue administrative fines for consumer law infringements. Fines can be up to 10% of a company’s global turnover.

However, most of the changes made in relation to substantive consumer protection were relatively minor. The DMCC 2024 contains materially the same provisions as those in the CPUTR 2008.

As the requirements in the DMCC Act prohibit unfair commercial practices, interactions with consumers need to be free from any practice which would constitute, for the purposes of the requirements in the DMCC Act:

an unfair commercial practice
a misleading action
a misleading omission

All three are offences under the requirements in the DMCC Act and the penalties include:

on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory minimum
on conviction on indictment to a fine, or
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years

Commercial practices that involve ‘misleading omissions’ are prohibited by the requirements in the DMCC Act and must be considered in the context in which they occur. They involve: 

omitting or concealing material information
providing material information that is unclear or ambiguous, or
failing to identify its commercial intent unless that is clear from the context

Part of the context in a conveyancing transaction is the relationship between you and your client.

The provision of information which the average customer needs to make an informed decision, according to the context, is taken to mean only what solicitors would be expected to provide taking into account their duty of confidentiality to their clients.

It would also be part of the context that the seller would be able to rely on the principle of caveat emptor, where applicable.

You are therefore not required by the regulations to disclose, without your client’s consent, information that is confidential, or to disclose information to which the caveat emptor principle applies. 

Many of the obligations placed on you as a solicitor under the Consumer Protection Regulations are already covered by your obligations under the SRA Standards and Regulations.

Provided that you treat consumers fairly, you are unlikely to be in breach.

Read our guidance for conveyancers on consumer protection measures in the DMCC Act.

Sellers' solicitors

For those acting for sellers, there is no additional liability.

Depending on the retainer, contractual or tortious liability could arise under normal principles applied in the usual way in relation to any additional material information provided or omitted.

For the seller, that might be misrepresentation.

For the seller's solicitor, that might occur where, as a matter of professional obligation, there was a duty to advise the client properly regarding proper disclosure, but the solicitor failed to provide that advice. That is not an extension of liability.

The TA6 form and explanatory notes expressly state that the seller's solicitor has no liability for the accuracy of the seller's answers.

In terms of criminal liability, this is very unlikely to be an issue, other than in the highly unlikely scenario in which a solicitor acting for a seller behaves towards the buyer in a way which would fall within the definition of an “unfair commercial practice”.

An example of that would be by engaging in an aggressive or threatening behaviour against a purchaser, particularly a vulnerable one.

In those circumstances, it would not matter that there is no contractual relationship between the seller's solicitor and the buyer.

Such behaviour would, in any event, be in breach of the DMCC 2024 as well as the SRA Principles and SRA Code of Conduct, mainly:

Principle 2 (upholding trust in the solicitor's profession)
Principle 5 (integrity)
paragraph 1.2 of the code (not taking unfair advantage of clients and others)

Buyers' solicitors

We do not believe additional liability for those acting for buyers arises as a result of the amendments to the TA6 form.

As before the update to the TA6 form, criminal liability would only ever arise in blatant cases of aggressive behaviour or sharp practice towards either the buyer or seller, but this is most unlikely to be an issue.

The sections above address the legal position.

Seller responses to the questions in the TA6 (6th edition)

The TA6 form provides instructions to sellers to answer the questions “truthfully, completely and as accurately as you can from your own knowledge (or from information held by the owner if you are their representative)”.

A 'yes' or 'no' answer is a positive statement the buyer may rely on. If the seller answers 'not known', or 'no' where it is equivalent to 'not known', they must have reasonable grounds for believing the accuracy of that statement.

If the sellers do not know about the issues covered in the TA6, they are not obliged to respond.

If sellers are only to respond using their own knowledge, how much should I help them to complete the responses?

A seller's solicitor should approach the TA6 form in the same manner as they did in respect of the previous editions.

That is, to advise the client in accordance with the “instructions for sellers” at the start of the form.

A seller's solicitor is not required to verify the responses. However, it is good practice to read them and raise queries if anything appears inconsistent or obviously incorrect.

Conveyancing protocol

Our conveyancing protocol will be updated in 2026.

The updated protocol will clarify that the seller and buyer must be sent the explanatory notes together with the TA6 (6th edition) and asked to read them.

Members will be invited to provide feedback on a draft version of the protocol before it is finalised.

This opportunity will be available through our Get Involved programme.

TA7 Leasehold information form (5th edition)

The TA7 (5th edition) replaced the TA7 (4th edition and 3rd edition) on 30 March 2026.

Sellers complete the TA7 (5th edition) alongside the TA6 (6th edition).

When updating the form in line with the TA6 (6th edition), we:

improved the design to give the TA7 a more logical flow
simplified questions to make them easier for sellers to complete
removed information already captured in the TA6 (6th edition). For example, whether the seller is a company and the solicitor's details
included options for leasehold garages and other property types held under a lease 
clarified that the section on building safety applies only to blocks of flats
removed the question on whether the lease is a ‘qualifying lease’ under the Building Safety Act. This is to avoid duplicating information in the leaseholder deed of certificate 
added a new question on whether the property is within a ‘relevant building’, as defined in the Building Safety Act

Find out how to access the TA7 (5th edition) form.

Preview of the TA7 form

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Find out how to access the full TA7 (5th edition) form.

Consultation findings

Conveyancers are essential in the home buying and selling process. They offer trusted advice during one of the most important purchases many people will make.

Transaction forms play an important role in the conveyancing process. It's crucial that these forms help the process run smoothly and support conveyancers to do their jobs.

In response to your feedback, we paused the mandatory roll-out of the TA6 (5th edition) and launched an independent consultation.

The consultation produced a large amount of detailed and diverse feedback from more than 1,200 participants. These included solicitors, licensed conveyancers, estate agents and sellers.

Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their views.

Actioning your feedback

Your feedback highlighted the range of unique needs and challenges faced by conveyancers.

These challenges vary greatly depending on the firm you work for, which part of the country you're working in and what stage of your career you're at.

While many conveyancers recognised our intention to address the NTSELAT guidance, they felt the TA6 (5th edition) fell short of achieving this. Many also raised concerns about the form's usability.

We have learnt a lot through the consultation process. We’ve used what you told us to develop a simpler, more user-friendly form. This will help make the TA6 process as straightforward as possible for conveyancers and their clients.

Our transaction forms need to evolve to meet the changing demands of regulators, the law and market practices. We take this responsibility seriously.

But we acknowledge that we should have consulted more members about the changes to the TA6 form well in advance.

The TA6 form will continue to evolve, and we’re committed to doing better in the future. That means involving our conveyancing members in the changes that impact them right from the start.

Our commitment to members

More consultation and advance notice before the introduction of future editions 
Better communication, information and training on how to use new versions of the form 
User testing and feedback for new editions of the form 
Key changes such as improving explanatory guides 
Better consumer education

Download our TA6 research commentary and response (PDF 332 KB)

Download the full 2CV research report (PDF 2.9 MB)

Consultation background

In 2024, we released the 5th edition of the TA6 transaction form. The form was designed to meet new guidance introduced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT).

Following feedback from our members, we took action to pause mandatory use of the 5th edition form.

We launched a comprehensive consultation with members in August 2024, led by independent research agency 2CV Ltd.

The consultation aimed to understand how conveyancers and sellers viewed the new version of the TA6 form and explore any concerns they may have. 

Consultation process

August 2024: We asked conveyancing professionals to sign up to take part in the consultation. 1,232 signed up to take part.
September 2024: 2CV Ltd carried out member engagement exercises to capture views on the wider policy changes in residential conveyancing and the TA6 form. They also spoke to participants about their experiences of using the form.
October 2024: We delivered a series of deep dive webinars. These explored key areas of concern, including liability and digitisation. 2CV Ltd also ran online large-scale consultation workshops and external stakeholder roundtables.
November 2024: 2CV Ltd concluded the consultation of conveyancers and sellers and delivered its independent findings.
December 2024: 2CV Ltd concluded the consultation of decision makers and key stakeholders in the conveyancing market. We worked with 2CV to carefully analyse the huge amount of rich and detailed feedback.
March 2025: We listened to your feedback and announced we would replace the 5th edition of the TA6 form with a new, improved 6th edition.