TREC Blog
What We Learned at RECsTX Lobby Day 2025
by Nick Walsh, The NRP Group The Texas Legislature is a frantic, 140-day sprint through politics and policymaking. Last month, a contingent of real estate leaders from across the state spent one of those days lobbying lawmakers on behalf of the industry. Members of...
Speaker Series Replay: Patrick Dumont of Las Vegas Sands and the Dallas Mavericks (Podcast + Video)
You may now watch or listen to our Feb. 13 Bank of Texas Speaker Series event with Las Vegas Sands President and COO and Dallas Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont. Dumont joined Hillwood CEO Todd Platt to talk about the trade that sent superstar Luka Dončić to the Los...
Welcome, New TREC Members: February 2025
Our membership base is crucial to our work in catalyzing community investment, influencing public policy, propelling careers, and developing the leaders of tomorrow. We are thrilled to have welcomed the following individuals to The Real Estate Council in February:...
Podcast: Community Land Trust Deep Dive With Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network
On this episode of TRECcast, we get a deep dive on “community land trusts,” or CLTs, with Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network. Over the last few years, TREC Community Investors has been hard at work developing the forthcoming Dallas Community Land Trust, and...
TREC PAC, Public Policy Members to Attend 2025 RECsTX Lobby Day
A group of TREC members will travel to Austin later this month to participate in the Real Estate Councils of Texas (RECsTX) Lobby Day and meet with elected officials representing North Texas in the 89th Texas Legislature. The biennial Lobby Day event, which will take...
TRECcast: GFF’s Evan Beattie Previews Our 2025 Public Policy Priorities
On this episode of TRECcast, TREC Public Policy Chair Evan Beattie joins Jennifer Schmiel, Senior Director of The Real Estate Council, to discuss the 89th Texas Legislature, the upcoming Dallas City Council election, and the issues we'll be monitoring throughout the...