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Slowing Home Searches, Delayed Closings: How the Government Shutdown Impacted Homebuyers in Washington, D.C.
The prospect of making a down payment and securing a mortgage became even more difficult for federal employees who have gone without a paycheck for the last five weeks and remain in financial limbo with the temporary reopening of the government. Roughly 800,000 federal workers around the country were either furloughed or working without pay