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Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...
13 April 2024
From: Features
Regulated firms, particularly estate agents, who take on new business clients are leaving themselves exposed to serious red flags by not...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s no question that trust is the bedrock of any longstanding client relationship. It is built on delivering on your promises...
03 February 2024
From: Features
More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Two London firms have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for failing to pay compensation to consumers. This brings the total...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A former director of Southampton-based property brand White & Guard has launched his own estate agency in Hampshire. Rob Rowe has unveiled Rowe...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...
29 November 2023
From: Features
The UK real estate industry faces a “particularly precarious” situation in the near to medium term, according to analysts at the...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Amidst mounting regulatory pressure and the escalating threat of financial crime, property firms must embrace innovation to protect themselves and their...
13 May 2023
From: Features
Recent research estimated that up to £100 billion is being stolen in the UK each year, with much of it due...
22 April 2023
From: Features
SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance, has published an agenda-setting whitepaper to highlight the anti-money laundering shortcomings and sanctions...
25 February 2023
From: Features
Agency acquirer The Lomond Group has unveiled a rebrand to mark its two-year anniversary. Co-created at the beginning of 2021 when property...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of property businesses in the UK has increased over the past five years despite economic challenges. Business owners have had...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...
10 December 2022
From: Features
Increasing numbers of complaints about agents are being resolved without formal investigation but issues are becoming more complex, The Property Ombudsman...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...
15 October 2022
From: Features
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...
17 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...
30 July 2022
From: Features
Property firms are still failing to make basic anti-money laundering checks (AML), and some may even unwittingly be helping politically exposed...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A reluctance by property firms to hire individuals to focus on innovation is leaving the sector behind when it comes to...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Being an estate agent can be sweat-inducing at the best of times but property professionals intend to keep going through the...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Up to 70% of property firms have not changed their approach to onboarding new customers since sanctions were imposed on Russia...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...
18 June 2022
From: Features
Many of the property firms recently fined for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches have previously turned down help, Credas claims. It was revealed...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
An agency specialising in Nigerian clients has opened its first international office in London. Jide Taiwo & Co’s office will open next...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
I’ve worked in financial crime for the past seven years, beginning my career as a white collar crime litigator in a law firm. I know that the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...
01 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...
22 April 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...
04 April 2020
From: Features
Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The teenage daughter of the co-founder of telephone answering service Moneypenny has been found dead on holiday on Mallorca. Sky News reports...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...
06 April 2019
From: Features
The ESTAS has released details of those agents and suppliers to the industry who have been shortlisted for the most prestigious...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Estate agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
By thinking outside the box, agents can truly embrace the idea of space-as-a-service and create entirely new, and highly valuable, streams...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has launched a share buy-back programme to run until late next month, February. Companies buy back their own shares to keep up...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features
Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features
Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...
31 October 2018
From: Sponsored Content
An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a constant and never-ending struggle that every agency manager, director or owner...
25 July 2018
From: Features
The final winners’ list for this year’s ESTAS Awards has just been published with the ‘Best In County’ agents named -...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...
24 February 2018
From: Features
Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The Financial Times has identified that 10 of the 21 tables at the notorious Presidents Club dinner last weekend were sponsored by...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News
For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....
19 January 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Moneypenny is pledging to expand the services to offers to agents following the acquisition of a firm creating business products and...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
The death throes of the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents are continuing. A statement by software entrepreneur Charlie Wright, who...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Many industries in the UK are currently facing a tumultuous time as the great unknown of Brexit looms on the horizon...
09 September 2017
From: Features
The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
A data analytics firm that has studied over 2.7m visits to UK property company websites claims that once a visitor arrives...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...
20 May 2017
From: Features
An American investment analyst has used the Motley Fool online city column to give a glowing endorsement to one of the...
19 January 2017
From: Breaking News
An insolvency firm active in the property sector says that after a year of major taxation, legislative and economic volatility, many...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
The latest round of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority against property firms’ ads have once again ended only with...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published details of four more cases in which it has 'informally resolved' complaints made against...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Two high profile property firms have strengthened their land and new homes teams in order to cope with growing demand in...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Complaints made against adverts issued by property firms have increased by 10% in the last year. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) reports...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News
eMoov is one of several property firms to have ‘informally resolved’ disputes with the Advertising Standards Authority - usually achieved by...