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Features
2020: Reshaping the lettings market
With more people predicted to be renting than owning by 2039, Tom Mundy, COO at Goodlord asks, “What will 2020 hold for the rental market?”
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Latest property news
Money laundering: SmartSearch says estate agency is its fastest growing client sector
Under the threat of huge fines from HMRC, agents are using all means to comply with stringent anti-money laundering regulations.
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Why do so few agents file Suspicious Activity Reports?
Nigel Lewis looks at the background to anti-money laundering and the property industry.
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Clampdown on money laundering via property ramps up in London
The owners of three more properties bought for £80m in central London must now explain where their money came from or face having them confiscated.
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Features
Why money laundering matters
The Negotiator looks at the social and economic damage that serious and organised crime inflicts on the UK and why this makes it so important that estate agents engage in the battle to prevent money laundering.
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Latest property news
87,000 properties with anonymous owners
Global Witness continues its campaign for a register of real owners of UK property
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Features
Washing up
Money laundering isn’t just the preserve of upmarket estate agents selling expensive properties in central London, says HMRC chief Simon York, as criminals increasingly target property to launder their dirty cash.
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‘75% of industry supports tougher laws on foreign ownership of UK property’
The government has claimed that 75% of property industry support new tougher laws on foreign companies that own UK property.
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Agents struggle to spot fake documents during Anti-Money Laundering checks
During the grilling by MPs, the two National Crime Agency heads suggested that the anti money laundering hurdles that estate agents have to clear are relatively ineffective.
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Regulation & Law
Crackdown begins on agents who ignore bribery, corruption and money laundering
RICS is set to require member agents to adopt personal money laundering statement including promise to report both fellow agents breaking law and sporting donations.
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