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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-1301" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Mortgage Loans -- Notice of Housing Counseling Programs and Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Borrower” has the meaning stated in § 11–501 of the Financial Institutions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Home buyer education or housing counseling” means instruction on preparing for home ownership, shopping for a home, obtaining a mortgage, loan closing, and life as a homeowner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Lender” means a person that makes a mortgage loan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Mortgage loan” has the meaning stated in § 11–501 of the Financial Institutions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Secondary mortgage loan” means a mortgage loan secured by residential real property that is subject to the lien of one or more prior mortgage loans.</text>
  </level>
</section>
