D.C. Code § 26-1152.04: Restriction on financing origination/discount points and fees.

If a lender refinances a loan secured by the same residential real property to the same borrower which was made 18 months or less before the covered loan is made, the same lender shall not finance, directly or indirectly, any portion of the covered loan’s origination/discount points and fees or other fees payable to the lender or any third party in excess of the greatest of 3% of the new covered loan principal amount actually funded, $400, or such amount as the Mayor may establish by regulation, excluding:

(1)

Reasonable charges described in 12 C.F.R. § 226.4(c)(7)(i), (iii), (iv), and (v); and

(2)

Bona fide loan discount points.