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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(b)


                         Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc. Outside
Directors' Stock Option Plan and the Amended and Restated Resource Bancshares
Mortgage Group, Inc. Omnibus Stock Award Plan of Resource Bancshares Mortgage
Group, Inc. of our report dated January 31, 2001, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc.
incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
December 31, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




Atlanta, Georgia
June 20, 2001


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