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Estate agents working with international individuals can face a significant risk of encountering money laundering activities. The complex nature of cross-border...

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

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

The increased focus on upfront material information could push up estate agency professional indemnity (PI) requirements, an industry trainer has warned. Michael...

Digital compliance specialist SmartSearch can help estate agents comply quickly and efficiently Around one in five estate agents are not registered for...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

HMRC data showing more than £1m of anti-money laundering (AML) fines to estate and lettings agents should be a “wake-up call”...

Property fraud is a significant risk for agents, particularly as fake IDs become increasingly prevalent, and the economic climate remains challenging....

Thousands of foreign companies with property in the UK have failed to declare their true owners. It comes as new anti-money laundering (AML)...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

An estate agent with stomach cancer faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty of defrauding an 80 year old pensioner out...

The Crown Prosecution Service has joined in the criticism of unemployed estate agent Lewis Hughes, who last week admitted a count...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

An unidentified estate agency has been threatened with prosecution by a local council after opening its office to the public during...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been criticised for its lack of enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation so far in...

The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James...

The government introduced the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive into UK law just before Christmas - and it has a significant implication for...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this afternoon revealed new industry guidance to make referral fees more transparent to...

A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...

Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale - and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth...

An estate agency has been threatened with legal action by its local council for displaying fundraising event banners above its office. Country...

A London council has issued 49 fines to estate and letting agents in the first two months of a crackdown that...

A number of local authorities are now serving £100 or £120 fixed penalty notices on estate agents who display For Sale...

A local council says it is considering restricting how estate agent use boards for advertising community events like school sports days...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...

A sales director of a branch of Humberts has resigned after being found guilty of stealing £2,500 from a charity. Jane Hale...