U.S. Will Track Secret Buyers of Luxury Real Estate
ByCondominiums at the Time Warner Center were found to have a number of hidden owners over a decade who had been the subjects of government investigations. CreditEdward Caruso for The New York Times
Concerned about illicit money flowing into luxury real estate, the Treasury Department said Wednesday that it would begin identifying and tracking secret buyers of high-end properties.
The initiative will start in two of the nation’s major destinations for global wealth: Manhattan and Miami-Dade County. It will shine a light on the darkest corner of the real estate market: all-cash purchases made by shell companies that often shield purchasers’ identities…