diff --git a/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb
index 8e1e52885..ff6677a25 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ module Validations::Sales::SaleInformationValidations
     return if record.exdate.blank? || record.hodate.blank?
 
     unless record.exdate > record.hodate
-      record.errors.add :hodate, "Practical completion or handover date must be before exchange date"
+      record.errors.add :exdate, I18n.t("validations.sale_information.handover_before_exchange")
+      record.errors.add :hodate,I18n.t("validations.sale_information.handover_before_exchange")
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index e757e30f7..f64d0c443 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ en:
         property_type_bedsit: "Bedsit bedroom maximum 1"
       previous_property_type:
         property_type_bedsit: "A bedsit can not have more than 1 bedroom"
+      handover_before_exchange: "Practical completion or handover date must be before exchange date"
 
   soft_validations:
     net_income: