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...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced three initiatives focused on affordable housing creation. HUD has teamed with the U.S. Department of the Treasury on new actions designed to ensure greater interest rate certainty for state and...
A presidential debate that mostly ignored housing issues, a growing disenchantment with homeownership and an effort to repopulate the villages of rural Italy. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of June 24-28. Miss:...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced a new effort to boost housing affordability. According to a press statement from the Treasury, the new initiative will include the launch of a program administered by the CDFI Fund to provide an additional $100 million...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report that recommends a new rule that would require real estate professionals to identify potential money laundering schemes in the residential real estate markets. The “National Money Laundering Risk Assessment” report...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
