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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN’) has postponed the compliance date for its “Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule” to March 1, 2026<\/strong>. The rule is designed to increase transparency in the U.S. residential real estate market and to combat money laundering. Starting March 1, 2026, real estate transactions that qualify as a \u201creportable transfer\u201d will need to comply with FinCEN\u2019s reporting requirements.<\/p>\n

What is a “Reportable Transfer”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A ‘”reportable transfer” occurs when all of the following criteria are met:<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN’) has postponed the compliance date for its “Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule” to March 1, 2026. The rule is designed to increase transparency in the U.S. residential real estate market and to combat money laundering. Starting March 1, 2026, real estate transactions that qualify […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,466,249],"tags":[],"coauthors":[464],"class_list":["post-5849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-gorman","category-real-estate-land-use-zoning-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFinCEN Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule - Effective March 1, 2026 — February 18, 2026 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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