The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority relayed the Financial Intelligence Centre's 2026 requirement for estate agents, as accountable institutions, to submit their risk and compliance returns by 31 July 2026. The return assesses money-laundering, terrorist-financing and proliferation-financing risk understanding and the implementation of risk-based controls under the FIC Act.
The practical property impact
AML compliance is not peripheral to property practice: agencies handle high-value transactions and are expressly regulated as accountable institutions. Missing regulatory returns or weak risk-management controls can expose a business to supervisory action and penalties.
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