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

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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