26/08/2026
**The pillar most agencies skip: KYT**
**Your client passed every onboarding check. Six months later, the transaction pattern says something's wrong. Would you even see it?**
Most agencies wouldn't. Deal closes, file archived, relationship "concluded." That's the most common failure mode in real estate compliance — and under AMLR it's straightforward non-compliance for anyone with an ongoing client relationship.
**Know Your Transaction (KYT)** is the overlooked fifth pillar. AMLR **Article 26** makes ongoing due diligence a permanent legal obligation, not an optional extra.
Red flags worth watching:
◆ Payments from accounts or jurisdictions that don't fit the client's profile
◆ Prices well above or below market value
◆ Rapid resale of a recently acquired property
◆ Multiple intermediaries with no commercial rationale
◆ Split payments that look like structuring around thresholds
It also means periodic KYC refresh (calibrated to risk) and immediate reassessment when something material changes — new adverse media, a sanctions hit, a change in beneficial ownership.
Onboarding is the start of the obligation. Not the end.