Scott SelleckBroker / Sales Associate / Transition Advisor, The Selleck Group, KW City Views Realty · Scott Selleck | Trusted Bergen County Realtor | Keller Williams City Views Realty, Fort Lee NJ

Real Estate Nightmares: How Government Shutdowns Mess with Home Deals! #shorts

4 Oct 2025

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A short YouTube monologue (by Scott Selleck) explaining how federal government shutdowns can disrupt real estate transactions. The speaker highlights concrete operational impacts: new or renewed flood insurance policies may be unavailable; FHA and VA loan processing may slow; lenders may struggle to verify income via IRS transcripts; and federal permit approvals may stall, causing significant delays to deals.

That's where shutdowns can cause serious headaches. Here's what you really may run into new or renewed flood insurance policies that might might be unavailable. FHA and VA loans may take longer to process. Lenders could have trouble verifying income through the IRS or transcripts, and that's something I'm concerned about. And if your deal depends on federal permits, that process could stall completely and create crazy delays.