Full Text of HR0268 95th General Assembly
HR0268 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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
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| WHEREAS, The IAMB Educational Foundation is the designated | 21 |
| education provider for the City of Chicago, providing education |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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