The material information checklist for UK property listings

Every Part A, B and C field to gather at instruction stage — before you write a word of the listing.

Since National Trading Standards (NTSELAT) published its material information framework — Part A in May 2022, Parts B and C in November 2023 — UK sales and lettings listings have been expected to disclose specific facts about every property, and the major portals have built fields for them. The fastest way to stay on top of it is to collect everything once, at instruction, using a single checklist.

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How to use this checklist

1. Complete it at instruction stage. Take it to the market appraisal or send it with your terms of business. The seller or landlord is the best source for most answers, and chasing a lease term or service charge figure is far easier before the property is live.
2. Chase the gaps before you write anything. A listing drafted around missing facts tends to stay vague. Fill every field first, then write — or let a tool write for you.
3. Feed the facts into your description. If you use the free listing description generator, it appends the description-level fields — tenure, council tax band, parking and the rest — to the copy automatically, so the material information you gathered actually appears in the advert.

Part A: required for every listing (published May 2022)

Part A covers the basics a buyer or tenant needs to know before they even enquire.

• Asking price (sales) or rent (lettings)
• Council tax band — or rates, where council tax does not apply
• Tenure: freehold, leasehold, or other
• For leasehold: remaining term of the lease, ground rent, and service charge
• For lettings: the deposit payable

Part B: applies to every property (published November 2023)

Part B describes the physical characteristics and services every listing should cover, whatever the property.

• Property type and construction
• Number and types of rooms
• Utilities: electricity supply, water, and sewerage
• Heating type
• Broadband type available
• Mobile signal
• Parking arrangements

Part C: applies where relevant (published November 2023)

Part C items only apply to some properties — but where they apply, they matter. Work through each one and record either the detail or a note that it does not apply.

• Building safety issues
• Restrictions, such as listed building status or a conservation area
• Rights and easements affecting the property
• Flood risk
• Coastal erosion risk
• Planning permission for nearby development
• Accessibility features
• Whether the property is in a coalfield or mining area

Why gathering this early matters

The portals enforce much of this at the point of upload. Rightmove displays council tax band, tenure and EPC prominently on every listing, and since May 2024 it has flagged or blocked lettings listings that are missing key material information fields. A checklist completed at instruction means no last-minute scramble when the upload form asks for a lease term nobody thought to request. Our companion guide to what must be in a Rightmove listing walks through the portal side in detail.

There is a legal backdrop too. Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, omitting material information could amount to a misleading omission — in serious cases a criminal offence. From 6 April 2025 the CPRs were replaced by the unfair commercial practices regime in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), and the duty not to omit material information continues under the new regime. For a plain-English tour of the framework itself, see material information Parts A, B and C explained.

A working aid, not legal advice

One honest caveat: the detailed NTSELAT guidance behind Parts A, B and C was withdrawn in April 2025, pending new guidance from the CMA under the DMCCA. The categories above remain the best available map of what buyers and tenants are entitled to know — and the portals have kept their material information fields — but treat this checklist as a working aid that will be updated as guidance evolves, not as legal advice. Where a property raises something unusual, take professional advice.

Where NippyListings fits

The checklist gets the facts out of the seller or landlord and onto paper. The free generator then turns those facts into a portal-ready description, appending the description-level material information fields automatically so they are not lost between your notes and the advert. Compliance-aware AI generation and bulk tools for larger books are planned next — the same principle, applied across a whole portfolio rather than one listing at a time.

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