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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 05.06.08.06" title_num="05" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="08" heading="Eligible Lenders.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department, or any agency of the Department, is an eligible lender approved for mortgage insurance issued by the Fund.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>All other lenders shall meet the eligibility requirements of §C or D of this regulation in order to be approved for mortgage insurance issued by the Fund.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Fund may approve a mortgage lender that is authorized to conduct business in Maryland and that executes a certification that it is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A financial institution that has accounts insured by any agency of the United States;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An institutional lender approved under a federal mortgage loan insurance agency; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Any FNMA or FHLMC approved institutional conventional seller.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Any for-profit entity, nonprofit entity, or public agency that, in the opinion of the Fund, has as a primary or substantial function of its operation the making of residential mortgages, may be approved if it:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Presents evidence satisfactory to the Fund of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Responsibility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Permanency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Financial adequacy; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Requisite administrative, technical, and mortgage servicing capabilities; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submits an application and all supporting documentation that the Fund may require.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>