Christie and Emanuel considered the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 elections while addressing issues impacting real estate as the nation begins to emerge from lockdown orders.
News Releases

The national median existing single-family home price in the first quarter of 2020 was $274,600, up 7.7% from the first quarter of 2019 ($254,900).
May 11, 2020
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Quintin Simmons 202-383-1178
Additional details on Leadership Summit and Leadership Week will be released as they emerge.
May 11, 2020
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193
Home sellers are gearing up to list their properties with the reopening of the economy, with half completing do-it-yourself home improvement projects.
May 7, 2020
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Troy Green 202-383-1042
More than 3 in 4 Realtors® working with sellers this week – 76% – reported their clients haven’t reduced listing prices to attract buyers.

The U.S. House voted Thursday evening to provide additional funding to small-business relief programs created by the CARES Act.
April 23, 2020
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193
Given that there are even fewer new listings during the pandemic, home sellers are taking a calm approach and appear unwilling to lower prices to attract buyers during the temporary disruptions to the economy.
April 23, 2020
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Troy Green 202-383-1042
A quarter of Realtors® with clients putting contracts on homes this week had at least one do so without physically seeing the property, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors®.
April 16, 2020
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Troy Green 202-383-1042
The IRS extended various federal tax deadlines, which also apply to existing 1031 like-kind exchanges and opportunity fund investments.
April 10, 2020
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193
The National Association of Realtors®’ Consumer Advertising Campaign was announced Thursday as a winner of the American Society of Association Executives’ 2020 Gold Circle Award for Rebranding.
April 9, 2020
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Wesley Shaw 202-383-1193