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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois
4 Association of Mortgage Brokers on the 20th anniversary of the
5 organization; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers was
7 started in May, 1987 to unite the interests of its members to
8 meet the challenge of regulatory, technological, and
9 competitive change in the evolving mortgage broker industry;
10 and
 
11     WHEREAS, The six charter and founding members of the
12 Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers (IAMB) are Donald
13 Starks, Dea Brennan, Harold Isaacson, Shelly Straim, George
14 Mitchell, and Sidney J. Marx; the IAMB represents more than 900
15 member companies which equates to over 9,000 individuals; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The IAMB Educational Foundation, a subsidiary of
17 the IAMB, is recognized as a leader in education programs and
18 certification for all levels of mortgage industry
19 professionals; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The IAMB Educational Foundation is the designated
21 education provider for the City of Chicago, providing education

 

 

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1 for first-time home buyers and counseling to over 2,500 people
2 a year; the IAMB partnered with Habitat of Humanity to build
3 three homes, two of which were in Chicago; in addition, the
4 IAMB partnered with Southwest Development Corporation in the
5 renovation of homes on the southwest side of Chicago; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The IAMB is partnering with Make-A-Wish in 2007 to
7 award a deserving child a wish of his or her choice; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mortgage brokers are the choice of American
9 homeowners as the industry originates more than 60% of all home
10 loans; mortgage brokers originate more mortgages than any other
11 single loan source in the United States; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14 congratulate the members of the Illinois Association of
15 Mortgage Brokers as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of
16 their organization on April 18, 2007; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to the Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers as a
19 symbol of our esteem.