Guidance

Money laundering: understanding risks and taking action for estate agency and letting agency businesses

Recognise and reduce risk of money laundering if you are an estate agency or letting agency business.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 14 October 2020
• Last updated: 16 December 2022 — See all updates

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Understanding risks and taking action: estate agency businesses

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Risk assessment information provided to estate agency and letting agency businesses under Money Laundering Regulation 17(9) to assist relevant persons in carrying out their own money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment.

Published 14 October 2020
Last updated 16 December 2022 + show all updates

1. 16 December 2022

   The content has been split into separate guidance for estate agency and letting agency businesses. Information about the current risks faced by the businesses has also been updated.

2. 18 January 2021

   A link to the National Risk Assessment (NRA) 2020 has been added. The risk of abuse of property has been changed from medium to high risk. The services of EABs risk has been changed from low to medium risk. The risk for terrorist financing has been changed from low to medium. LABs are assessed as posing a medium risk in the latest NRA and a low risk for terrorist financing.

3. 14 October 2020

   First published.