Rightmove has revealed details of its latest anti-money laundering (AML) webinar. The next event, in partnership with FCS Compliance, is titled 10...
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An anti-money laundering (AML) expert has queried why there is a reluctance among estate agents to accept and follow AML responsibilities. It...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Two estate agency businesses have already signed up to self-employed agency brand eXp’s new brokerage model just weeks after launch. Mackays, a...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Self-employed agency brand eXp has launched a brokerage model for the UK market. Such a system is already common in the US...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agency insolvencies have increased by 11% over the past 12 months, research suggests. Analysis by audit and accountancy firm Mazars found...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the valuable guidance and innovation offered by Estate Agency...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
As money laundering compliance marks its twentieth year, more and more estate agents are being fined for breaches of HMRC’s ID...
09 September 2023
From: Features
The average anti-money laundering (AML) fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance so far during 2022/23 has already crept beyond the...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
Estate agents are entering a ‘rocky period,’ an accountancy firm has warned, as research shows insolvencies in the sector are on...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK estate agent industry is expected to grow by 3.2% in 2023, new figures suggest. Hybrid agent Nested analysed historic data...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and the economic outlook rather uncertain, we spoke to Lucy Noonan, founder...
18 January 2023
From: Features
The average anti-money laundering (AML) fine issued to the estate agency sector for non-compliance has started to climb, reversing the previous...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents should be using social media and their own US-style personal brand to promote listings regardless of the value of the...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency brand eXp UK has launched a new network referral programme for its self-employed agents to earn extra commission by sending...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agency sales revenue could have dropped by as much as 27% by the end of this year, research suggests. Analysis of...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is considering creating a membership category for estate agency businesses. The agency trade body already has 18,000 individual members but is...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...
20 March 2021
From: Features
Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features
The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is running a series of five webinars aimed at helping agent discover new business strategies for the post-Covid...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features
Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...
25 January 2020
From: Features
It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...
20 November 2019
From: Features
Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features
Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
11 March 2019
From: Sponsored Content
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
25 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...
16 January 2019
From: Features
A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010. Apropos -...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...
28 November 2018
From: Features
The Connells-owned online agency Hatched is to close with immediate effect. A statement from the company says: “Online estate agency Hatched will...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work? Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...
28 July 2018
From: Features
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
09 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...
02 May 2018
From: Features
The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a series of regional roadshows with a target of enhancing the success of independent...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The estate agency sector “is experiencing the worst staff shortages in a generation at a point when the property market is...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News
What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business? Here’s ten top tips to think...
24 January 2018
From: Features
Estate agents have been hit with six- and seven-figure fines under new anti-money laundering and anti-tax evasion regulations according to the...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Howard Quirk, a prominent estate agent in the 60s, 70s and 80s, has passed away, aged 71. He was the senior partner...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features
Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News
A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...
11 November 2017
From: Features
HMRC and the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team have agreed new procedures to “enhance and ease the current flow of...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
A building society that owns two estate agency companies has hit out at what it calls “a lack of sound estate...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Iain White, Business Consultant and, most importantly, father to 4 boys. I travel frequently with work so to...
15 August 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
HMRC is staging its next anti-money laundering webinar for estate agents next Wednesday. Entitled ‘Customer Due Diligence for Estate Agency Businesses’ it...