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Just one estate agency has signed up to become a UK-regulated agent to verify overseas entities for property ownership. The Register of...

The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

New analysis may called into question the experience of firms approved to check the Government’s flagship register of overseas entities (ROE). The...

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

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

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

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

A legal expert has warned that everyone is theoretically at risk of committing a breach of sanctions against Russia - but...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...

The Pandora Papers - the biggest ever leak of offshore data - has revealed that the UK’s property market is being...

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

A London estate agent who works closely with High Net Worth overseas buyers has hit out a proposed law which he...