Shutdowns and Elections: What's Next for Real Estate

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of recent government funding and election results on real estate advocacy.

The Advocacy team continues to play a leading role in every major policy discussion shaping real estate. In this episode, taped live at the NXT Conference in Houston, Shannon McGahn and Patrick Newton break down the government funding deal that ended the shutdown, examine the latest election results and explain what these developments mean for NAR's advocacy priorities heading into 2026.

People in this episode

Host: Shannon McGahn

Guest: Patrick Newton

Topics covered

• government funding
• real estate policy
• elections
• advocacy
• NAR priorities

Keywords

• real estate
• government shutdown
• elections
• advocacy
• NAR
• policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Association of REALTORS®

Places: Houston

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