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Know Who’s Behind the Transaction Before Settlement

Investigate vendors, purchasers, developers and corporate ownership structures with AI-powered corporate intelligence. Reduce source of funds risk and settle with confidence.

Every property transaction carries hidden risk

In real estate, the deal is only as safe as the parties behind it. You’re working with vendors, purchasers, developers, corporate entities and trusts – often layered across multiple structures and jurisdictions.

A buyer or seller may look straightforward on paper while the source of funds, beneficial ownership or corporate history tells a different story. Standard identity checks only tell part of the story.

VerityRadar helps you see the bigger picture before settlement takes place.

Make better decisions with complete corporate intelligence

VerityRadar brings catalogued sanctions, watchlist and enforcement sources together with company registry data and regulatory records in one platform. Investigate transacting parties and the people behind them in minutes – not hours.

Whether you’re screening an individual purchaser, verifying a developer’s corporate ownership, or checking a vendor entity against sanctions and enforcement lists in more than 120 jurisdictions, VerityRadar helps your team investigate transacting parties faster and more thoroughly.

Why real estate and conveyancing teams choose VerityRadar

Strengthen source of funds checks

Understand where a purchaser’s funds and corporate structure originate before settlement.

Uncover ownership structures

Directors, shareholders and beneficial owners wherever the register publishes them – and where it doesn’t.

Screen vendors and purchasers

Reveal regulatory issues, adverse media and other warning signs before they impact your transaction.

Support conveyancing AML obligations

Strengthen your due diligence with corporate intelligence aligned to evolving obligations.

Save hours of manual research

Stop switching between multiple websites and databases. Get the information you need in one place.

See through layered entities

Follow corporate structures across the entities and jurisdictions a deal passes through.

Why VerityRadar

Six things that hold up when someone asks.

Every finding, traced to its source.

Every finding links back to the document it came from – the OFAC listing, the court filing, the registry entry. Where a source can’t be produced, the finding is marked unsupported and can never drive a high-risk score.

An evidence pack, not a PDF.

Enterprise reports export as a signed evidence pack, sealed under a detached RS256 signature. Your counterparty verifies it against our published public key, without taking our word for it.

Seven years, on record, by design.

Every screening’s audit record is held for a minimum of seven years; the setting that shortens it doesn’t exist, because AUSTRAC’s floor is a floor.

Risk scores you can explain.

Every score comes with a plain-English breakdown of what drove it – which findings, which sources, which category of risk. Your team can stand behind it because they understand it.

Ownership tracing that follows the OFAC 50% rule.

Sanctioned stakes are aggregated, and a parent that is itself 50%-owned counts in full rather than being diluted down the chain. That’s what surfaces the sanctioned party hiding two entities back.

A defensible answer in minutes.

Manual screening eats hours of senior associate time. VerityRadar returns a structured, sourced risk report in minutes – up to three for sanctions cases.

Frequently asked questions

Real Estate – common questions.

What is a source of funds check in a property transaction?

A source of funds check verifies where a purchaser’s money originates, helping conveyancers and agents confirm that funds used in a property transaction are legitimate and traceable.

What is the FinCEN residential real estate rule?

The FinCEN residential real estate rule requires certain parties involved in non-financed residential property transfers to report information about the transaction and the individuals or entities behind it, aimed at reducing the use of real estate for money laundering.

Why is AML due diligence important in conveyancing?

AML due diligence helps conveyancers and real estate professionals identify fraud, money laundering and sanctions risks before a transaction settles, reducing legal and reputational exposure.

What checks should be done on vendors and purchasers before settlement?

Businesses should review identity and corporate registration details, beneficial ownership, source of funds, regulatory history, adverse media, and related corporate entities.

How can real estate professionals investigate developer ownership?

VerityRadar enables real estate businesses to investigate developer entities, directors, shareholders and related companies wherever the register publishes them, to better understand who is behind a development before contracts are exchanged.

Can VerityRadar screen international vendors, purchasers and developers?

Yes. VerityRadar screens companies and the people behind them against sanctions, PEP and enforcement sources covering more than 120 jurisdictions.

Who uses VerityRadar in real estate?

Typical users include conveyancers, settlement agents, real estate lawyers, AML and compliance managers, agency principals and developers responsible for approving transacting parties before settlement.

Is VerityRadar an AML platform?

No. VerityRadar is a corporate intelligence platform. It complements AML and KYC processes rather than replacing them: every report carries the AML-relevant findings — sanctions, PEP and beneficial-ownership screening, each linked to its source — but the programme, the workflow and the reporting obligations remain yours.

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