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Financial crime within the property sector is on the rise and the stats are alarming. According to data from Apex Bridging,...

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

AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...

Northern Ireland has been named as a potential hotspot for money laundering. New data from anti-money laundering software provider SmartSearch has identified...

Dozens of estate agents have been fined a combined total of £519,645 for failing to meet their obligations under anti-money laundering...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

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

It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

An analysis of anti-money laundering compliance shows the estate agency industry as one of the UK’s worst performing sectors. And the expert...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

The anti-money laundering compliance service that is now part of data company LonRes is holding a training session for Rightmove member...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

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

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

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...

The government’s anti-money laundering campaign Flag It Up has published an A to Z which it claims will help agents understand...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

The Treasury Select Committee of MPs has announced an inquiry into ‘economic crime’ - including the possibility that overseas-owned UK homes could be...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it welcomes the government’s commitment to establish a public register of beneficial ownership information...

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...