The Property Information form (also known as a TA6) is completed by the seller to give the buyer relevant information about their residential property. The seller fills it in after an offer has been accepted on the property, and before he exchange of contracts.
It’s a very helpful document for buyers, as it gives them in-depth information that they need before committing to buying. However, in the past, it has been seen as quite an onerous form for sellers to complete.
In October 2025 a new version of the TA6 was released. It’s the 6th edition of the form and it aims to streamline the process, while still giving necessary information to buyers.
The 6th edition will be mandatory for all Conveyancing Quality Scheme firms after 30 March 2026, but many conveyancers are using the form already.
Information you’ll find in a TA6 form
The TA6 form paints a fuller picture of the property and gives information that a buyer can’t glean from simply looking around. It asks about things like the levels of noise in the neighbourhood, rights of way across the land, and if there are any disputes with neighbours for example.
Changes from the previous edition: sections removed
The last edition (the 5th edition) was launched in 2024 and was widely loathed by sellers and conveyancers. It was overly lengthy and complicated, and the seller had to complete an enormous 25 sections.
They had to answer questions on: (i) council tax (ii) the asking price (iii) tenure, ownership and charges, (iii) physical characteristics of the property (iv) building safety (v) restrictive covenants (vi) coastal erosion (vii) accessibility (viii) coalfield or mining area.
As you can imagine, lots of people don’t know the ins and outs of the safety of their building, or the details of restrictive covenants. These sections have now been removed to make it easier to answer the form as a whole.
The new form has 15 sections, rather than 25.
Questions made more relevant
The focus of the questions has changed to reflect the things that buyers are really interested in. For example, there are now more questions on environmental and flood risk, as climate change makes more building vulnerable to flooding. People are also interested in compliance and safety standards, such as the energy performance of the building.
And they want to know about the property’s digital connectivity. How fast is the broadband? What’s the mobile coverage like?
These sections have now been added.
Seller’s answers must be accurate
If any information in the TA6 is not correct or accurate, the purchasers of the property may be able to sue the seller for misrepresentation. That means that they could rescind the contract, which hands the property back to the sellers and the sellers have to repay the purchase price. The buyer may also be entitled to damages.
In other words, the consequences can be severe for any inaccurate information on this form.
Helping the sellers answer accurately
With that in mind, the new form tries to make it easier for sellers to answer accurately.
Previously, there were three possible answers to the questions: “Yes”, “No” or “Not as far as the seller is aware”.
Now a seller can also choose “not known” for some questions, which reduces the burden on a seller a little. So long as they have carried out reasonable checks, they can say that they don’t know the answer to some of the questions. That means that the threat of a misrepresentation claim is lessened.
Better explanatory notes
We know that explanatory notes are not the most exciting read. But the notes to the TA6 form can be very helpful, particularly where there is doubt or ambiguity in the seller’s mind about how to answer.
The explanatory notes have been updated to make them more user-friendly. They explain that the seller is not expected to have legal expertise to answer the questions, and that honesty is better than optimism.
The notes give detailed commentary about how to answer questions relating to boundaries, disputes, alterations, guarantees, insurance, environmental matters, rights of way, and informal arrangements.
The impact on transactions
The hope is that the new TA6 form will help to improve the speed of conveyancing transactions. It should take less time for a seller to answer the questions, and it should feel less onerous with the additional notes and the ability to answer “not known”.
Any of our clients who need some guidance on the form can always pick up the phone to us or ask questions in an email. We don’t want you stewing over how to answer a question and sometimes it’s simply best to chat it through with us.