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Terms Used In Maryland Code, REAL PROPERTY 14-104.1

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
If a bank, mortgage banker, savings and loan association, or any other lender has an appraisal made on residential real property to establish a market value for lending purposes, the lender shall give a copy of any written appraisal to the borrower on his request if the borrower pays the cost of the appraisal. The appraisal may be submitted to another lender if the original lender has rejected the borrower’s loan application.