Property Sales Pack (UK 2026): What's Inside, Who Pays & the New Rules
What a UK property sales pack contains, the material information agents must disclose by law, the BASPI and TA forms, who pays, and how it differs from a property logbook.
By Jamie Dawson · Editor
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Updated 19 Aug 2026
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4 min read
In short: A property sales pack is the bundle of key information a seller provides upfront, at the point of listing, so buyers see the full picture before they make an offer. Under the June 2026 reforms it is set to become a standard part of selling a home in England: a voluntary sales-pack information list is due during 2026, with legislation consulted on in 2027–28. A pack pulls together a property condition report, searches, leasehold details, EPC and council tax band (drawn from standardised datasets like the BASPI and the Law Society's TA forms), plus the "material information" estate agents are already legally required to disclose.
What is a sales pack?
Today, most of the information about a property is gathered after a buyer has offered, which is when problems surface and chains collapse. Roughly one in three transactions falls through, and the single biggest cause is late information. A sales pack flips the sequence: the seller assembles the key facts before listing, buyers make an informed offer, and conveyancing starts on the front foot rather than with a month of enquiries.
It is the "per-transaction" counterpart to a lifetime property logbook: the logbook is the container a home carries for life, the sales pack is the extract produced for one sale.
What's inside a sales pack?
| Component | What it tells the buyer |
|---|---|
| Property condition report | The state of the building before offer. See condition reports and sales packs |
| Standard searches | Local authority, drainage & water, environmental; ordered by the seller, not waited on by the buyer |
| Leasehold information | Service charges, ground rent, lease length: the costs that most often kill leasehold sales late |
| EPC & council tax band | Running costs; both already required on listings as material information |
| Tenure & chain status | What is actually being sold, and how ready the seller is |
Are sales packs mandatory? Where the reform stands (August 2026)
Not yet, and the staging matters if you are selling in the next couple of years:
- Now: material information duties on listings already apply (below). Nothing else is compulsory.
- During 2026: government publishes non-statutory material information guidance, a Code of Practice for property agents, and identifies the sales-pack information that can be voluntarily provided upfront.
- 2027–28: consultation on legislation for leasehold and freehold estates sales information, and work with industry on the binding conditional contracts that follow once packs are embedded.
We track every milestone on the reform timeline. Sellers who assemble the pack contents early get the benefit now (completions with comprehensive upfront information are running dramatically faster than the national average) without waiting for any of it to become law. Two minutes on the Sales Pack Readiness Checker shows you what you already have.
Material information: what agents must already disclose by law
Separately from the reforms, National Trading Standards defined the "material information" that must appear on property listings, rolled out in three parts: Part A (price, tenure, council tax band), then Parts B and C covering utilities, flood and erosion risk, restrictions and rights. These disclosure duties now sit under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, which replaced the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. Omitting material facts from a listing is a legal risk for agents, not just bad practice. The full breakdown is in material information Parts A, B & C explained.
The BASPI and the TA forms
The BASPI (Buyer and Seller Property Information), created by the cross-industry Home Buying & Selling Group, is designed as a "single source of truth" for upfront property data, the standardised dataset a sales pack draws from. Alongside it, conveyancers use the Law Society's TA6 (Property Information Form), TA10 (Fittings and Contents) and TA7 (Leasehold Information) forms to capture the seller's disclosures. Note the direction of travel: the TA6 6th edition became mandatory for CQS-accredited firms on 30 March 2026. The conveyancing profession is standardising on upfront information ahead of any legislation.
Who pays for the sales pack?
The seller. Searches and a condition report cost money to produce, and the cost falls to the person selling: one of the criticisms that sank Home Information Packs in 2010. The reform case is that the upfront cost is offset by faster, more certain sales and fewer abortive transactions; the full cost stack, including what each component costs and when in the process you pay it, is in who pays for a property sales pack.
Sales pack vs property logbook
A sales pack is assembled for one specific sale; a property logbook is a lifetime record that stays with the home and is reused at every future transaction and, for landlords, doubles as the compliance file the new Private Rented Sector Database will draw on. The 2026 reforms use both: the logbook is the source, the pack is the output. See the complete guide to property logbooks and digital logbooks explained.
Frequently asked questions
What is a property sales pack?
The bundle of key information a seller provides upfront, at the point of listing (condition, searches, leasehold costs, EPC, council tax band and chain status), so buyers can make an informed offer before conveyancing starts.
Are sales packs mandatory in the UK?
Not yet. The June 2026 reform roadmap makes them central to home-buying reform: a voluntary sales-pack information list is due during 2026, with legislation to be consulted on in 2027–28. Material information duties on listings already apply now.
What does a sales pack include?
A property condition report, standard searches (local authority, drainage and water, environmental), leasehold information and costs where relevant, the EPC and council tax band, tenure and chain status, all drawn from standardised datasets such as the BASPI and the Law Society's TA forms.
Who pays for a property sales pack?
The seller. Searches and a condition report cost money to produce and the cost falls to the person selling: the same criticism that sank Home Information Packs. The reform case is that upfront cost is offset by faster sales and fewer collapsed transactions.
Primary sources
- GOV.UK: Home Buying and Selling Reform roadmap (June 2026)
- National Trading Standards: Material information for property listings
The UK Property Logbook series
- Start here: Property logbooks: the complete guide · What goes in a property logbook? · Digital logbooks explained
- The 2026 reform: Home buying & selling reform · Reform timeline · Logbooks vs HIPs · Property passports
- Buying & selling: Conveyancing documents checklist · Material information: Parts A, B, C · Logbooks and house sales · England, Scotland, Wales & NI
- Landlords & leasehold: Property logbook for landlords · The PRS Database: what landlords must register · Leasehold documents · New-build handover documents
- Providers & costs: How to choose a provider · The RLBA provider landscape · What a logbook costs
- Free tools: Sales Pack Readiness Checker · Landlord Compliance Calendar · Your Home’s Public Record checker
Reviewed by Jamie Dawson, Editor of Logbook.co.uk (the independent home of the UK logbook). Logbook.co.uk is not a logbook provider and has no commercial relationship with any provider. Corrections: corrections@logbook.co.uk