More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...
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![Soaring distressed property firms are ‘just tip of large iceberg’](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Record number of property firms suffer ‘Red Flag’ financial distress](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive: time to check your compliance](/img/default/eat.png)
Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...
11 January 2020
From: Features
![Anti-money laundering – acting on your suspicions](/img/default/eat.png)
The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...
07 December 2019
From: Features
![Red Flag Alert after surge in agencies hitting financial distress](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Why estate and letting agents need to futureproof their businesses](/img/default/eat.png)
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
!['Significant financial distress' soars for agencies and property firms](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Significant financial distress felt by many more agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
A report out today shows a 19 per cent rise in the number of property businesses classified as being in “significant...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit: Agencies and sector 'facing significant financial distress'](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property deals account for one-third of all money laundering alerts](/img/default/eat.png)
Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...