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Judge Strikes Down FinCEN Rule Aimed at Money Laundering in Real Estate

Judge Strikes Down FinCEN Rule Aimed at Money Laundering in Real Estate

by Phil Hall | Mar 20, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A federal court in Texas vacated the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) 2024 residential real estate reporting rule that required for title companies to report non-financed transfers to entities and trusts. The FinCEN rule requires title companies...
Puerto Rican Privacy Groups File Lawsuit to Block FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Rule

Puerto Rican Privacy Groups File Lawsuit to Block FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Rule

by Phil Hall | Mar 2, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A coalition of Puerto Rico-based privacy groups has filed a lawsuit to block the new anti-money laundering rule issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The San Juan Daily Star reports the rule, officially known as the...
FinCEN Delays Implementing Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule

FinCEN Delays Implementing Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule

by Phil Hall | Oct 1, 2025 | Industry Updates, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is postponing the reporting requirements of its Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule (RRE Rule) until March 1, 2026. The RRE rule mandates that...
FinCEN Renews Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders

FinCEN Renews Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders

by Phil Hall | Apr 15, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has renewed its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that requires US title insurance companies to identify the individuals behind shell companies used in non-financed purchases of residential real estate. The...
Treasury Issues New Rule to Prevent Money Laundering Through Housing Market

Treasury Issues New Rule to Prevent Money Laundering Through Housing Market

by Phil Hall | Aug 28, 2024 | Industry Updates, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued two rules designed to safeguard the residential real estate and investment adviser sectors from money laundering. The final residential real estate rule will require certain...
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