News & Analysis as of

Regulatory Requirements Regulatory Reform Trusts

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Certainty and Uncertainty, May 2025 - Passive Trusts in Maryland — Progress Regarding the Emergency Regulations

As we reported previously, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation (“OFR”) issued emergency regulations this past January which indicated that passive trusts holding residential mortgage loans, even those used as part of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maryland Enacts Law Exempting Passive Trusts from Mortgage and Installment Loan Licensing Requirements

In January 2025, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation (the “OFR”) issued a guidance stating that assignees of residential mortgage loans, including certain passive trusts, were required to hold a Maryland mortgage...more

Mayer Brown

Update on Maryland Mortgage Licensing Guidance: Governor Moore Signs Law Exempting Passive Trusts

Mayer Brown on

Shortly after Mayer Brown published an update on legislation introduced to exempt passive trusts and other assignees of certain Maryland loans from licensing, Governor Wes Moore signed the legislation into law. The Maryland...more

Alston & Bird

Governor Moore Signs Legislation Exempting ‘Passive Trusts’ from Licensure in Maryland

Alston & Bird on

Our Financial Services Group reviews the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act, which overrides the Office of Financial Regulation’s requirement that passive trusts holding Maryland loans in residential mortgage-backed...more

Alston & Bird

Governor Moore Signs Legislation Exempting “Passive Trusts” from Licensure in Maryland

Alston & Bird on

In a highly anticipated and welcome development, on April 22, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025 (emergency measures HB 1516 and its companion SB 1026) with...more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide