Estate agents warned against hard copy AML checks as fraud grows
Almost two thirds of regulated firms believe hard copy documents provide reassurance a customer is genuine, latest anti-money laundering data has revealed.
Almost two thirds of regulated firms believe hard copy documents provide reassurance a customer is genuine, latest anti-money laundering data has revealed.
Over a quarter of homeowners claim that the proceeds of the property they owned with their partner were not divided fairly when they split up.
Bristol-based Alexander May has become the city’s first estate agency business to go carbon neutral and wants to help other estate agencies do the same.
The Bank of England data reveals clear signs that rising rates, economic headwinds and stubbornly low stock levels are weighing on activity.
iamproperty has acquired SDL Auctions’ portfolio of estate agency partners who use the SDL online Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) service.
The founder of an estate agency was in court last week for threatening to kill directors in shocking social media videos, and yet he took just a few minutes to breach a restraining order.
A letting agent, who left landlords more than £80,000 out of pocket, has been handed a further 34-month sentence for two counts of fraud by abuse of position.
Russell Quirk, the outspoken property industry figure, has extended his opinions, and sharp tounge, to the national airwave.
Some of the proposals within the strategy have left letting agents and private landlords feeling worried.
A message on the website currently says, “We are unable to provide a telephone service at the moment due to staff shortages.”