# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 17. Real Estate Brokers

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 17-607

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, in a real estate transaction involving a single-family dwelling, a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, or a lawyer acting as a real estate broker may not require a buyer, as a condition of settlement, to employ a particular:

  (1) title insurance company;

  (2) settlement company;

  (3) escrow company;

  (4) mortgage lender, or financial institution as defined in the Financial Institutions Article; or

  (5) title lawyer.

(b) A seller may not be prohibited from offering owner financing as a condition of settlement.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)