UK OFSI Guidance for Letting Agents

Published on: Nov 19, 2024

On Nov. 14, UK OFSI published sanctions guidance for letting agents.

  • UK OFSI, UK Treasury published financial sanctions guidance for letting agents.
  • Guidance
  • Financial sanctions guidance for letting agents covering the letting agents sector reporting obligations; no monetary threshold; instructions from prospective landlords or prospective tenants as well as work that letting agency work does not include.
  • Certain business types are subject to reporting obligations as relevant firms under financial sanctions regs; generally consistent across all financial sanctions regimes.
  • Effectiveness
  • From May 14, 2025, letting agents will be subject to the reporting obligations as they will be added to the list of relevant firms under financial sanctions regulations.
Regulators
UK OFSI; UK Treasury
Entity Types
B/D; Bank; Ins; Inv Co; MSB
Reference
Gd, PR, 11/14/2024
Functions
AML; Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Sanctions
Countries
United Kingdom; Cross-Border
Category
State
N/A
Products
Banking; Clearing; Deposits; Fund Mgt; Insurance; Loan; Securities
Rule Type
Final
Regions
EMEA
Rule Date
Nov 14, 2024
Effective Date
May 14, 2025
Rule ID
233634
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Nov 14, 2024
Report Section
AML & Enforcement