Crypto Is No Longer a Niche Risk in Property The 2025 National Risk Assessment states that property transactions appear in almost every money laundering typology and predicate offence, and the property sector overall is assessed as high risk. This is nothing new; estate agents sit at the front of that…
There is often the misconception among regulated businesses that a Regulation 21 audit is something only large organisations need to worry about. Banks, large national corporations, and businesses with a dedicated compliance department. For smaller businesses, there is sometimes a myth that they are too small for these requirements to…
In our recent article, Cash Buyers and Property Transactions: The Due Diligence Your Agency Needs to Be Doing, we looked at why funding routes that sit outside the mortgage system carry elevated money laundering risk. In follow-up, this guide focuses on the part of that process estate and letting agents…