Article: Pair Takes Over at NAMB.(News)

Byline: Lew Sichelman

SAN ANTONIO-Corpus Christi broker Jim Pair quietly took over the reins at the National Association of Mortgage Brokers here late last month, vowing to put the struggling organization back on a solid foundation.

"I have no long-term goals, only short-term ones, revenue and membership," Mr. Pair told a small crowd of no more than 100 at the one-day midyear meeting.

The new NAMB president, the group's "Broker of the Year" in 2007, said the organization is in a "crisis situation," with membership down to under 10,000 and less than $12,000 left in its political action committee.

But the ex-mortgage banker who served ...

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