Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 4–236

In carrying out this section and §§ 4-237 through 4-241 of this subtitle, the Administration may not make a loan to a mortgage lender or purchase a mortgage loan from a mortgage lender unless the mortgage lender is:

(1) a bank, trust company, savings institution, savings and loan association, national bank association, mortgage banker, or other financial institution that:

(i) has an office in the State; and

(ii) makes or originates residential mortgage loans;

(2) an insurance company authorized to do business in the State; or

(3) the Maryland Home Financing Program.