Tag Archives: all-cash residential real estate transactions

What Impact Has GTO, FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Geographic Targeting Orders, Had On The Luxury Residential Real Estate Market?

In 2016 the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) implemented its Geographic Targeting Orders, or GTO (January 2016 announcement here)! What was the purpose of this 2016 reporting rule that required title insurance companies in specific high-end residential real estate markets around the United States, to drill down and find who the […]

All-Cash Residential Real Estate Transactions – New Government Oversight Rules (Update)

Summary – ‘On July 17th, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U. S. Department of Treasury, issued Geographic Targeting Orders to all title companies. The orders impose temporary new data collection and reporting requirements for all cash purchases of residential real estate by corporate entities in certain counties.‘ We continue […]