1 EXHIBIT 21.1 RESOURCE BANCSHARES MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT 1. RBMG, Inc. (f/k/a Intercounty Mortgage, Inc.) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, was formed by the Registrant in January 1995 and is incorporated in the state of Delaware. 2. Meritage Mortgage Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, was acquired by the Registrant in April 1997 and is incorporated in the state of Oregon. 3. Resource Bancshares Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant was acquired by the Registrant in December 1997 and is incorporated in the state of South Carolina. 4. Laureate Capital Corp. (f/k/a Laureate Realty Services, Inc.) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Laureate Holdings, Inc., was acquired by the Registrant in December 1997 and is incorporated in the state of South Carolina. 5. Laureate Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Laureate Capital Corp.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource Bancshares Corporation, was acquired by the Registrant in December 1997 and is incorporated in the state of Delaware. 6. RBMG Asset Management Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, was formed by the Registrant in November 1997 and is incorporated in the state of Nevada. 7. RBMG Funding Co., Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of RBMG Asset Management Company, Inc., was formed by RBMG Asset Management, Inc. in September 1997 and is incorporated in the state of Nevada. 8. TFP Funding, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource Bancshares Corporation, was acquired by the Registrant in December 1997 and is incorporated in the state of Delaware. 9. TFP Funding III, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource Bancshares Corporation was formed by Resource Bancshares Corporation in June 1998 and is incorporated in the state of Delaware. 10. MG Reinsurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, was formed by the Registrant in November 1998 and is incorporated in the state of Vermont.