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40% of DC-area real estate agents say they have a client selling because of DOGE
40% of DC-area real estate agents say they have a client selling because of DOGEJeff Clabaugh | jclabaugh@wtop.com
June 25, 2025, 9:34 AM
Most people in the D.C. region probably know someone affected by cuts to the federal workforce and government spending, or might be concerned they will be. The same goes for area real estate agents.
Listing service Bright MLS reports almost 40% of buyer and seller agents in the D.C. region worked with clients in May whose decisions were driven by federal government layoffs and cuts. And over half agents surveyed report that federal workforce reductions are impacting market activity.
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Jeff Clabaugh
Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.
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