diff --git a/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb
index 24fdff3ea..e448b6aca 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/sales/sale_information_validations.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ module Validations::Sales::SaleInformationValidations
   def validate_practical_completion_date_before_saledate(record)
     return if record.saledate.blank? || record.hodate.blank?
 
-    unless record.saledate > record.hodate
-      record.errors.add :hodate, I18n.t("validations.sale_information.hodate.must_be_before_exdate")
+    if record.hodate > record.saledate
+      record.errors.add :hodate, I18n.t("validations.sale_information.hodate.must_be_before_saledate")
+      record.errors.add :saledate, I18n.t("validations.sale_information.saledate.must_be_after_hodate")
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index c084071ce..712af8b2b 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -422,13 +422,14 @@ en:
         social_homebuy: "Social HomeBuy buyers should not have lived here before"
         rent_to_buy: "Rent to Buy buyers should not have lived here before"
       hodate:
-        must_be_before_exdate: "Practical completion or handover date must be before exchange date"
+        must_be_before_saledate: "Practical completion or handover date must be before exchange date"
       exdate:
-        must_be_before_saledate: "Contract exchange date must be less than 1 year before completion date"
+        must_be_before_saledate: "Contract exchange date must be before completion date"
         must_be_less_than_1_year_from_saledate: "Contract exchange date must be less than 1 year before completion date"
       saledate:
-        must_be_after_exdate: "Completion date must be less than 1 year after contract exchange date"
+        must_be_after_exdate: "Completion date must be after contract exchange date"
         must_be_less_than_1_year_from_exdate: "Completion date must be less than 1 year after contract exchange date"
+        must_be_after_hodate: "Completion date must be after practical completion or handover date"
       previous_property_beds:
         property_type_bedsit: "Bedsit bedroom maximum 1"
       discounted_ownership_value: "Mortgage, deposit, and grant total must equal £%{value_with_discount}"