Compliance
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
End London’s ‘welcome mat’ for money launderers says Committee
The Home Affairs Committee has published its long-awaited report into money laundering today, in which it fingers the London property investment market for "making a safe haven for laundering the…
Ranked: The world’s most transparent real estate markets
A new report has ranked 109 of the world's real estate markets according to their transparency.
LonRes launches agent-to-agent anti-money laundering service
INTERVIEW: LonRes' Anthony Payne gives PrimeResi the lowdown on brand new agent-to-agent anti-money laundering compliance service, ResCheck...
Khan moots six-month ‘first dibs’ period for London buyers
London's new Mayor has been talking about forcing developers to market new schemes solely in the capital for the first six months as a condition of planning.
INTERVIEW: Paul Munford on the birth of buy-to-let and the property finance revolution
One of London’s most influential and innovative prime residential financiers