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The wife of a jailed banker has agreed to forfeit a house in Knightsbridge worth approximately £14m and a golf club...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – is to host a webinar for member...

More than one in seven (13%) buyers purchasing properties in the UK are using funds from overseas to fund all or...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...

Client compliance platform Thirdfort has launched its updated Secure share product to help estate agents boost referrals through the secure sharing...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

OnTheMarket Software has announced an integration with digital ID and source of funds provider Thirdfort. The digital ID, anti-money laundering and source...

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

Sales management hub mio has launched a new video series featuring compliance consultant and industry trainer Michael Day from Integra Property...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

Cybersecurity and cryptocurrencies have been identified among the main risks facing conveyancers. The latest Risk Agenda report from the Council for Licensed...

A prominent law expert is claiming that a high profile case of property fraud, reported earlier this week, involved a “devastating...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

National Crime Agency officers working as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force have searched a home in Belfast and have...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

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 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...

A number of my member firms (Bold Legal Group) have reported that, compared to three years ago, the time to get...