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Maryland alters certain mortgage broker finder’s fee restrictions

On May 16, the Maryland legislature enacted, without the governor’s signature, HB 1511, which will alter Maryland’s mortgage broker “finder’s fee” law to place a limit on the amount a broker may charge on the same property more than once within a 24-month period. Effective October 1, the law will only allow a mortgage broker to charge a finder’s fee with respect to the same property within a 24-month period if the fee is equal to or less than eight percent of the initial loan amount, combined with (i) the finder’s fee charged on the initial loan; and (ii) any other finder’s fee collected during the 24-month period.

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