Join the Alaska Mortgage Bankers Association
Nobody should have to figure out Alaska lending alone.
Membership is bought by the company and used by the people in it. One invoice, once a year, and every person the company names becomes a full member with their own login, their own directory listing, and their own seat at the table.
What changes
Before
- What you have - is a job, a pipeline, and a compliance email nobody reads.
- You feel - Behind. Isolated. Reactive
- On an average day - you find out about the rule change from an investor bulletin
- Your standing is - a state licensee
After
- What you have - is a network, a briefing that is actually read, and a seat at the table.
- You feel - Ahead of the game. Connected. Consulted.
- On an average day - you know about what's going on Monday and are already using that information for your borrowers
- Your standing is - an industry professional, invested in the growth and ethics of our industry
Your company joins. Your people get the value.
What the company buys
- One invoice, one renewal date, one band
- Its people trained in the latest industry updates
- A listed presence in the Alaska industry
- An industry voice at three levels of government
- Recruiting reach through the career board
What each named person gets
- Their own login and member record
- Nine meetings a year, virtual attendance included and a member rate in person
- A directory listing under their own name
- Committee eligibility, including Legislative Affairs
- The weekly briefing and member pricing on every event
Name more people than you think will come. The person who shows up once in March is usually the person who brings a problem to the room in June.
Worth knowing before you decide
The seat belongs to the person
If someone changes employers, they keep their membership. Their new firm can pick the seat up, or they carry it themselves until it does. Nobody loses fifteen years of professional standing because the logo on their business card changed.
Meanwhile the seat they left is yours to refill, at no additional cost, for the rest of the year.
The questions people are asking
Do I have to be in Anchorage?
No. Every membership meeting runs in person and on video, and virtual attendance is included with membership. The Interior, the Valley, and Southeast are members, not outreach.
My company already pays for training. Why this too?
Because nobody sells a course on Alaska lending. Rural valuation, seasonal construction windows, AHFC programs, and a comparable sale two hundred miles away are not in any national curriculum. They are taught here by the people already doing the work.
I am not a lender. Am I eligible?
Yes. Title companies, mortgage insurers, appraisers, and the firms that serve mortgage lenders join as Affiliate Members. Non-profit housing agencies organized under 501(c)(3) have their own class and a reduced rate. See the bands.
What if my company will not pay for it?
Carry it yourself as an Individual Member. Individual membership is available to anyone employed by an eligible company that is not already a member. If your employer joins later, the seat converts.
Is any of this partisan?
No. AMBA is not a political action committee, does not endorse candidates, and does not contribute to campaigns. The Legislative Affairs Committee works non-partisan and on the record, from written analysis.
How long does the application take?
The form takes about ten minutes. Applications need endorsement by two Regular Members and a majority vote of the Board at a regular meeting, so allow a few weeks. What happens after you apply.
Ready to apply?
Pick a band, name your people, and send the application. The rates page has the figures and the join page walks through what happens next.
Not Ready?
Take the briefing for a month. It is free, it does not require membership, and it will answer the question better than this page can.
