Residential FINCEN Rule Goes Into Effect for Entire US on December 1, 2025 (Will Affect ALL Cash Buyers)

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QUESTION: Is it a transfer of real property containing a structure designed for 1-4 family occupancy, land on which transferee intends to build such, or shares in a cooperative housing corporation to a legal entity or trust without financing through an institution required to have AML procedures? IF YES, A REPORT IS REQUIRED!

Exemptions include:

Transfers to a trust by an individual, without consideration and where transferor is both a beneficiary and a settlor

Transfers resulting from the death of an owner including to or by a P.R.

Transfers by or to bankruptcy estates, trustees or court appointed receivers pursuant to bankruptcy proceedings

Transfers that create, convey, modify or terminate an easement

Transfers pursuant to a final divorce order, judgment or settlement agreement

Transfers supervised by U.S. courts

Transfers to a qualified intermediary in a 1031 exchange

Transfers that do not involve any “reporting person”

ALTA INFO/FORMs:

https://www.alta.org/file/ALTA-FinCEN-Seller-Collection-Form-v-10

https://www.alta.org/file/ALTA-FinCEN-Buyer-Collection-Form-v-10-fillable

If the FED Cuts Rates in September Will Mortgage Rates Decline?

Actually, the FED doesn’t control mortgage rates, they follow the 10 yr. US Treasury rate. It’s even a possibility that mortgage rates could rise if inflation stays above the FED’s desired rate and/or the job market/unemployment rises to recessionary levels.

One circumstantial indicator of a recession is a sharp decline in residential construction employment. Keep your eye on this one. Right now, new home builders are flush with inventory, offering better interest rates, etc. They are competing with the resale market, so if you are trying to sell your home right now, you may not be in a position to compete with them. The new home builders don’t want to keep large inventories of homes on their books.

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