FinCEN Announces Postponement of Residential Real Estate Reporting Until March 1, 2026; Keeps Existing GTOs in Effect

In a recent press release, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it is postponing the reporting requirements of its Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for the Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule (RRE Rule) by three months to March 1, 2026. 

FinCEN stated that it was “taking this step to provide industry with more time to comply—consistent with the Administration’s agenda to reduce compliance burden—while still adequately protecting the U.S. financial system from money laundering, terrorist financing, and other serious illicit finance threats.”

FinCEN further stated that it was effectuating the delay through the issuance of a temporary order granting exemptive relief from the reporting requirements, and that, in the interim, any Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders will remain in effect.
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The FinCEN press release is available here. The Exemptive Relief Order can be found here.

CLTA Bulletin 25/26-26