National Conveyancing Month 2026: New ‘streamlined’ property information form will help both sellers and buyers

National Conveyancing Month 2026: New ‘streamlined’ property information form will help both sellers and buyers

The Law Society’s property information questionnaire, filled in by sellers to provide crucial information for buyers before contracts are exchanged, has been given a radical shakeup.

Designed to be clearer, more concise and user friendly and with more options for the seller to reply ‘not known’ when they don’t know the answer, the revamped form has been welcomed by conveyancers.

When is the Law Society’s property information form used?

Known as the TA6, this important questionnaire – which covers everything from whether you have ever fallen out with a neighbour to whether there is Japanese knotweed present on your property – is used when a seller accepts an offer on their property.

These pre-contract enquiries are a vitally important part of the conveyancing process particularly because the concept caveat emptor or ‘buyer beware’ is still applicable in house buying.

Whilst a seller has a duty to provide accurate replies, they are actually under no legal obligation to provide information about a property.

If a buyer wants more detail, they must ask for it as part of their due diligence, often following up from information declared on the TA6.

If it can be proved later that a seller’s dishonesty on the property information form encouraged a buyer to go ahead, a claim for misrepresentation may stand.

Why is this update to the property information form important?

The modified TA6 form, which has been reduced from 25 to 15 sections with parts deemed confusing removed altogether, is expected to improve transaction times.

By using simpler language and a clearer layout, it makes it easier for buyers to pinpoint any potential areas of concern and ask the relevant questions.

Why choose Wards for your conveyancing transaction?

There are many conveyancing firms in our region but the quality of service and advice is not uniform and choosing a conveyancing specialist should be considered carefully.

We don’t expect to be the cheapest but we do strive to offer our clients quality legal advice at a fair cost – declared upfront from the start with no hidden extras – and, unusually in this day and age, we don’t pay estate agents, mortgage brokers or anyone else for referring conveyancing work to us.

Our conveyancing specialists all know their local housing market extremely well which is not always the case. In fact, many members of our team live in the same area as the office they work in.

For example, we know the lie of the land when it comes to rentcharges which have long been a bugbear for people buying certain older properties in the Bristol, Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset areas.

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Wards Solicitors wins high praise in the 2026 edition of the independent Legal 500 guide of outstanding legal professionals for its exceptional professional service standards and high levels of technical expertise.

Our expert and highly regarded Conveyancing Team works across all 13 of our local offices in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset.

Please don’t hesitate to get in contact.

National Conveyancing Month runs from 2 to 31 March and is aimed at raising the profile of conveyancers and providing a crucial insight into every aspect of their role in the house buying process