Estate agents submitted 30% more Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) SARs last year, research suggests. Analysis by...
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![A mushroom with a view - is this the strangest property listing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
We don’t usually focus on agency property listings but this one gave us food for thought. A £300,000 two-bed property went up...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency regulation and enforcement will improve home sales - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short term rental sector creates jobs boost, says report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![From Poacher to Gamekeeper - Levelling Up from Agent to Developer](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...
12 March 2022
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where this New Year](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Are you fit to fight financial crime in property transactions?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/trad-agents-online400x310.png)
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
![Book Review: The Keys To The Capital by James Macleod](/img/default/eat.png)
Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...
29 May 2021
From: Features
![Portal says mortgage applications much faster with new software](/img/default/eat.png)
The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t fall foul of anti-money laundering rules](/img/default/eat.png)
Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work? Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...
28 July 2018
From: Features
![Portals' apathy for virtual viewings is stifling consumer engagement](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...