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Built for Australian real estate agencies, buyers' agents and property professionals

AML/CTF software for real estate agents

Verify vendors, purchasers and beneficial owners, assess property transaction risk, manage screening and retain review-ready AML/CTF records for Australian agencies.

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Designated services this workflow recognises

The legal trigger is the service being provided, not the professional title. The workspace records a decision for each engagement or matter.

  • Acting for vendors in property sales
  • Acting for purchasers or buyers
  • Off-the-plan developer sales where captured
  • Property transfers and related transaction assistance
  • Handling relevant client money or property

See a property transaction move through the workspace

This representative, fictional record uses the same terminology and sequence shown to real estate professionals in Cassandra AML. No personal information is shown.

Property transaction example

42 Harbour Road vendor listing

Vendor verification

Represented client record

42 Harbour Road vendor listing

RE-2026-029

Agency role
Acting for the vendor
Property
42 Harbour Road, Geelong VIC
Customer structure
Company-owned property

Next actionVerify the vendor's controlling persons and record transaction risk.

Property client work

  1. Enrol with AUSTRACComplete

    Record your AUSTRAC enrolment number and confirmed status so the agency's transition timing is documented beside the workbench.

  2. Complete the risk assessmentComplete

    Document the agency's designated services, client types, delivery channels and AUSTRAC risk factors, and update it when services change.

  3. Create policies and processesCurrent

    Build or upload the AML/CTF policy and process that governs escalation triggers, internal controls and risk-based client handling.

  4. 4
    Onboard your staffNext

    Nominate the governing body, compliance officer, senior manager and client-facing staff, then assign each person's access and roles.

  5. 5
    Complete staff trainingNext

    Deliver AUSTRAC risk-based AML/CTF awareness training to every staff member and keep completion evidence current.

  6. 6
    Onboard and monitor clientsNext

    Verify represented vendors, purchasers and buyers and their owners, assess payment, geography, screening and source-of-funds risk for each property transaction, and keep monitoring current.

Evidence ready for organisation review

  • Property and transaction identifiers
  • Vendor, purchaser and beneficial-owner checks
  • PEP, sanctions and adverse-media decisions
  • Source-of-funds and higher-risk review records
  • Settlement-linked completion and retention evidence

Cassandra AML assists your compliance work; it does not provide legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Practical AML/CTF guidance for Real estate professionals

Start with the profession pillar, then use the focused guides for the exact service, customer or control you are handling. Each article links to primary AUSTRAC or legislative material.

4 min guide

For real estate

Tranche 2 obligations for Australian real estate agencies from 1 July 2026: verifying vendors and purchasers, screening, risk assessment, suspicious matter reporting and the records every agency must keep.

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5 min guide

Buyer and seller CDD

Why Australian real estate brokers have two statutory customers, when each service starts and how to complete proportionate buyer and seller due diligence.

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5 min guide

Delayed CDD and non-cooperation

A practical process for Australian real estate agents using delayed CDD, requesting counterparty information, recording reasonable steps and escalating risk.

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5 min guide

Buyer's agents and developers

How Australian buyer's agents, developers and in-house sales teams identify their real estate designated service, customers, start point and CDD duties.

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5 min guide

Property funds and entity-buyer risk

A risk-based guide for Australian property professionals assessing source of funds, company and trust buyers, beneficial ownership and transaction red flags.

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3 min guide

Real estate checklist

A listing-to-settlement AML/CTF checklist for real estate agents: vendor and purchaser CDD, counterparty deadlines, delayed CDD and reporting.

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3 min guide

Agency monitoring

How real estate agencies monitor relationships between transactions: repeat sellers, off-the-plan projects, buyer's agents and risk-based review triggers.

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3 min guide

Reliance for agencies

How real estate agencies can rely on another entity's completed checks, what the agreement must cover and what the agency still owns.

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Questions real estate professionals ask

Are all real estate professionals automatically regulated by AUSTRAC?

No. AML/CTF status depends on whether the business provides a designated service with the required Australian geographical link, not the professional title alone. Assess each service and obtain advice where the boundary is uncertain.

What should real estate professionals record for an AML/CTF review?

Keep the service-scope decision, customer and beneficial-owner evidence, risk assessment, screening and escalation decisions, approvals, reporting records, training and current program governance evidence.

Does Cassandra AML replace legal or regulatory advice?

No. Cassandra AML organises compliance work and evidence. It does not give legal advice, guarantee compliance or imply AUSTRAC endorsement.

Start the compliance file when the property engagement starts.

Give listings and buyer engagements represented-party terminology, property context and checks that stay visible through settlement.

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AML/CTF compliance workspace for Australian tax agents, accountants, lawyers, conveyancers, real estate professionals, trust and company service providers, precious-items dealers and virtual asset service providers — with designated-service decisions and review-ready records.

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