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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 09.03.06.13" title_num="09" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="06" heading="Expedition.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensee shall act expeditiously in processing and underwriting loan applications.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A licensee may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Issue any agreement that locks in or sets an interest rate and points on the loan applied for, if the licensee knows that the time period established in the agreement after which the rate may change is not sufficient for the loan to be closed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Accept more applications than the licensee can reasonably expect to be processed and closed within established lock-in periods; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Delay the settlement of a loan with the specific intent to, and for the purpose of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Increasing any cost to the borrower; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Avoiding any legal obligation to the borrower.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Ordering Underwriting Documents — Timing.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This section applies only to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Purchase money mortgage loan applications; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Loan applications in which the licensee establishes a deadline for closing, after which the loan terms offered to the applicant may change.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a licensee fails to close a loan by the expiration date of a contract of sale supplied by the borrower, or by a deadline for closing established by the licensee, there is a rebuttable presumption that the licensee failed to process the loan expeditiously if the licensee fails to order:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A credit report and property appraisal within 5 business days after initial application; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Within 5 business days, other reports from third parties needed for underwriting after discovery that the reports will be needed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Verification of employment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Verification of deposits.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>