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Estate agents were fined a total of more than £3m in the nine months to September 2023 for failing to register...

Estate agents and lettings agents have a legal obligation to protect themselves from money laundering and as such you must recognise...

As money laundering compliance marks its twentieth year, more and more estate agents are being fined for breaches of HMRC’s ID...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

Propertymark is working with an Anti-Money Laundering service to stage a webinar for agents wanting to know more about compliance. At the...

Step right up and witness the extraordinary world of Estate Agents as they embrace the power of biometric checks, turning the...

New data shows that a large majority of compliance professionals are worried about the crypto-currency related money laundering. The survey, which gathered...

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance, has published an agenda-setting whitepaper to highlight the anti-money laundering shortcomings and sanctions...

Property firms are still failing to make basic anti-money laundering checks (AML), and some may even unwittingly be helping politically exposed...

Fewer foreign buyers are purchasing property in the UK, anti-money laundering data suggests. The property market has been hampered in recent years...

The estate agency sector is now paying almost £6m for anti-money laundering (AML) supervision. Businesses are legally required to register for AML...

The vast majority of property professionals would like to see HMRC act more proactively to deter money laundering, as almost a...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure their compliance procedures are up to scratch after fraudsters stole a man’s identity and...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...

The last few months have been tough for the property sector, and the pressure will continue as estate agents across the...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation. It is providing a consistent approach, reliable outcomes...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

A 15-month research project says HMRC should do more to engage estate agents in recognising the importance of complying with anti-money...