FinCEN Announces Postponement of Residential Real Estate Reporting Until March 1, 2026

September 30, 2025 / Source: FinCEN

Immediate Release

September 30, 2025

WASHINGTON––To reduce business burden and ensure effective regulation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced that it will postpone reporting requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers Rule (RRE Rule) until March 1, 2026. FinCEN is 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.

To implement this extension, FinCEN issued a temporary order granting exemptive relief from the reporting requirements. In the interim, any Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders will remain in effect.

Exemptive Relief Order: https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2025-09/RRE-Rule-Exemptive-Relief-Order-508.pdf

Real Estate Report Form: https://www.fincen.gov/system/files/2025-09/RER-Form-508C.pdf

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