New FinCEN Rule to Safeguard Residential Real Estate

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New FinCEN Rule to Safeguard Residential Real Estate

Recorded On 03/16/2026

COURSE DETAILS

Beginning March 1, 2026, the U.S. Treasury’s Department of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) starts to enforce new federal reporting requirements designed to make it harder to hide illicit money in United States housing.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Federal government enforcement of U.S. anti-money laundering compliance and regulations

  • U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

  • Background and history of GTOs from 2016

  • Reporting requirements, a.k.a. Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs), for specific all-cash financial residential real estate transactions involving particular entities (not individuals)

  • Covered transactions and covered businesses

 

FACULTY

Jason Ganfer, Goldberg Segalla, Co-Chair NYCLA’s Real Estate Section; Margaret Ling, NYS Agency Underwriting Counsel and Education Director, Am Trust Title Insurance Company, Co-Chair NYCLA’s Real Estate Section and Asian Practice Committee

CLE CREDITS

1 NY Credit: 1 Professional Practice; Transitional and Non-transitional

 

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