Compliance
Queen confirms a ban on letting agents fees for tenants
Draft Tenants' Fees Bill likely to be published later this year
UK sees big rise in overseas-led ‘dirty cash’ investigations
Partly attributed to the 'attractiveness of the London property market to overseas investors looking to sequester their assets'
Banning letting agent fees to tenants: Practical matters from the TPO
The Property Ombudsman responds to the government's consultation on banning letting agent fees paid by tenants
Government moots a public register of overseas companies with UK property
Thoughts wanted on a world-first "beneficial ownership register" for overseas companies which hold UK property assets
Investigation finds ‘less than a quarter of units’ at flagship London schemes sold to UK buyers
Transparency International analyses Land Registry records for 14 landmark developments
Unexplained Wealth Orders, Explained
A new law is making its way through parliament as part of the Criminal Finances Bill which will give the Serious Fraud Office, HMRC, the National Crime Agency and other agencies the power to requiring…
London is ‘a top destination for money launderers’, with no data on real owners of most foreign-firm owned property
Most foreign firms owning London property are registered in tax havens, say Transparency International and Reuters
Conveyancers deliver 12-point plan to improve the home moving process
43-page response to Government consultation calls for sweeping reforms to the system
Corruption crackdown could see ‘hundreds’ of UK properties seized
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) introduced as key component of the Government’s Criminal Finances Bill
New EU money laundering regulations for estate and letting agents open for consultation
Letting agents could get more due diligence duties
Why the new SDLT regime isn’t working
12% has crippled the South East, prevented inward investment (even with a cheaper pound) and is damaging businesses, says Charles Curran
Chelsea agent faces RICS expulsion over Channel 4 investigation
A full 15 months since 'From Russia With Cash' went out