REALTORS® Political Action Committee

2007 Legislative Victories (We Keep You In Business)

Did you benefit from these 2007 legislative and regulatory victories?

• Retained mortgage interest tax deductions for homeowners
• Kept banks from entering the real estate business of representing buyers and sellers
• Passed 100% exemption of Hawai'i capital gains on sale of leased fee interest in condominium units
• Defeated an increase of HARPTA
• Defeated a second attempt on a conveyance tax increase
• Defeated amendments to broaden disclosure law to include both the seller and previous seller of property
• Defeated the imposition of rental application fees

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As experts in the field of real estate, REALTORS® know their business and their communities. They have a better understanding of the real estate profession and the important role they play in their community. A commitment to participating in the political and legislative processes of government secures a place for the REALTORS® Political Action Committee in America's democratic system of representation. They can influence the vote on real estate-related issues by communicating in one REALTOR® voice. When we choose to support a particular candidate, we are investing not in the person, but in the future direction of this country and in the laws enacted on the local, state and national levels.

REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) is an entity of the Hawai'i Association of REALTORS®. It is a voluntary, non-profit organization of individual REALTORS®, REALTOR-ASSOCIATES®, and others and is not affiliated with any political party or candidate. RPAC is an independent, autonomous organization. It is not a branch or subsidiary of, or in any other way affiliated with, any national, state, local, or other political committee.