{"id":12,"date":"2018-08-17T22:27:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2022-11-02T14:39:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:39:41","slug":"accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Accomplishments<\/h1>\n<h2>Your RPAC Dollars Are Working<\/h2>\n<p>GBBR, in cooperation with the Maryland REALTORS\u00ae association, launched a Call to Action urging agents to contact their elected officials to OPPOSE HB 1628 Sales and Use Tax on Services, which would have installed a 6% tax on real estate services. Thanks to the mobilization of our Members\u2019 response, the bill was defeated, preventing the damage of home buying affordability for thousands of Maryland residents, and protecting the success of GBBR Members&#8217; business.<\/p>\n<p>At the onset of the Covid\u201019 pandemic and quarantine, GBBR immediately advocated to protect your livelihood, by working with the Governor&#8217;s office to have the provision of real estate services deemed essential in Maryland.\u00a0 Because our brokerages were permitted to continue to conduct business (unlike in some of our neighboring states) our members were able to continue working and take early advantage of what grew to be the best market numbers in 20 years, for the remainder of 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/What-has-RPAC-Done-for-ME-Chart.pdf\">What has RPAC Done for ME Chart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 19:53:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbbr.org\/realtorpartybaltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}