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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 […]

Update: Treasury Department Disclosures (GTO) Required For All-Cash Real Estate Transactions Has Been Expanded!

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Money Laundering, All-Cash Residential Real Estate Transactions and the Department of the Treasury! In August 2016 Hallmark Abstract Service provided an overview of the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) disclosure rules, designed to determine who the true underlying buyers were in certain all-cash real estate transactions around the country. These transactions would […]

FinCEN Geographic Targeting Orders That Seek To Identify High-End Cash Buyers In Certain Cities Extended!

FinCEN extends the Geographic Targeting Orders

Anti-money Laundering GTO extended for 180 days The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the US Treasury has extended the Geographic Targeting Order (GTO), set to expire tomorrow Feb 24. The new GTO is identical to the current order and will not expand the cities or the dollar thresholds. Borough of Manhattan, N.Y.; $3 million […]