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EXHIBIT 10.1
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
WMC MORTGAGE CORP.
Seller
and
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Purchaser
Residential Fixed and Adjustable Rate
First Lien Mortgage Loans
Dated as of June 1, 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. Agreement to
Purchase.......................................
SECTION 2. Mortgage Loan
Schedules.....................................
SECTION 3. Purchase Price;
Payments....................................
SECTION 4.
Closing.....................................................
SECTION 5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Seller.........
SECTION 6. Closing
Documents...........................................
SECTION 7.
Costs.......................................................
SECTION 8.
Servicing...................................................
SECTION 9. Hazard
Insurance............................................
SECTION 10. No
Solicitation.............................................
SECTION 11.
Confidentiality.............................................
SECTION 12. Survival of
Agreement.......................................
SECTION 13.
Notices.....................................................
SECTION 14. Severability
Clause.........................................
SECTION 15. Counterparts; Facsimile
Signatures..........................
SECTION 16. Place of Delivery and Governing
Law.........................
SECTION 17. Further Assurances; Financial
Statements....................
SECTION 18. Successors and Assigns;
Assignment..........................
SECTION 19.
Indemnification.............................................
SECTION 20.
Amendments..................................................
SECTION 21.
Interpretation..............................................
SECTION 22. Intention of the
Parties....................................
SECTION 23. Reproduction of
Documents...................................
SECTION 24.
Exhibits....................................................
SECTION 25.
PPTL........................................................
SECTION 26. Compliance with Regulation
AB...............................
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A-1 Contents of Mortgage File
EXHIBIT A-2 Contents of Servicing File
EXHIBIT B Form of Purchase Price and Terms Letter
EXHIBIT C Form of Security Release Certification
EXHIBIT D Form of Bill of Sale
EXHIBIT E Form of Seller's Officer's Certificate
EXHIBIT F Form of Memorandum of Sale
SCHEDULE ONE Mortgage Loan Schedule One
SCHEDULE TWO Mortgage Loan Schedule Two
SCHEDULE THREE Mortgage Loan Schedule Three
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") is
entered into as
of June 1, 2007 by and between WMC Mortgage Corp, a California
corporation
having an office at 3100 Thornton Avenue, Burbank, California
91504 ("Seller")
and Bank of America, National Association, a national banking
association having
an office at 214 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
28255
("Purchaser").
Seller desires to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to
purchase
from Seller on or about June 29, 2007 (the "Closing Date") and
on terms and
conditions described below, certain residential fixed and
adjustable rate first
lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"). The Mortgage Loans
shall be sold to
Purchaser on a servicing released basis.
Seller and Purchaser, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual
agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable
consideration, agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. Agreement to Purchase. Seller hereby agrees to sell,
and
Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase, on the terms and conditions
stated herein
and in the Purchase Price and Terms Letter executed by Purchaser
and Seller in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "PPTL") certain
Mortgage Loans having
an aggregate principal balance as of June 27, 2007 (such date,
the "Cut-off
Date," and such principal balance, the "Cut-off Date Principal
Balance") of
$2,070,853,965.23.
SECTION 2. Mortgage Loan Schedules. Seller and Purchaser hereby
agree that
the Mortgage Loans to be purchased under this Agreement on the
Closing Date will
be described in three separate schedules (each, a "Mortgage Loan
Schedule") to
be attached as Schedule One, Schedule Two and Schedule Three
hereto.
SECTION 3. Purchase Price; Payments.
(a) On the Closing Date, the purchase price for the Mortgage
Loans (the
"Purchase Price") shall be an aggregate amount equal to the sum
of the amounts
specified in three separate Memoranda of Sale. Seller,
simultaneously with the
payment of the Purchase Price, shall execute and deliver to
Purchaser three
separate Bills of Sale (as hereinafter defined) with respect to
the Mortgage
Loans listed on each Mortgage Loan Schedule in the form attached
hereto as
Exhibit D and shall execute the Memoranda of Sale in the form
attached hereto as
Exhibit F.
(b) On the related Transfer Date (as defined in Section 8),
Seller shall
remit to Purchaser to the account designated in writing by
Purchaser with
respect to the related Mortgage Loans the positive escrow
account balances
maintained for the mortgagors and any suspense funds and all
other similar
amounts held by Seller. In addition, the Seller shall remit to
the Purchaser
from the Seller's own funds, the amount of any negative escrow
account balances.
Any payments required to be made by Seller pursuant to this
Section 3(b) shall
be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds. The
Purchaser shall
purchase the corporate and escrow advances for which Seller has
provided the
documentation related to such advances as described in Sections
8(a) and (b)
herein and that are determined by Purchaser to be recoverable.
Purchaser shall
reimburse Seller for such advances within thirty (30) days of
receipt of the
documentation related to the advances.
(c) Purchaser shall be entitled to all payments of principal and
interest
and other recoveries on the Mortgage Loans received after the
related Cut-off
Date, which shall be applied to the Purchase Price on the
Closing Date.
SECTION 4. Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the
Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedules accepted by
Purchaser in
accordance with the procedures set forth herein shall take place
on the Closing
Date. Seller shall provide Purchaser with the proposed Mortgage
Loan Schedules
at least one (1) business day prior to the Closing Date, and
Purchaser shall
have the right to accept or reject the Mortgage Loans on the
proposed Mortgage
Loan Schedules.
The obligation of Purchaser to purchase the Mortgage Loans on
the Closing
Date as contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to each
of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties under this
Agreement and the
Purchase Price and Terms Letter shall be true and correct as of
the Closing
Date, and no default or event which, with the giving of notice
or the passage of
time or both, would constitute an event of default under this
Agreement and the
Purchase Price and Terms Letter shall have occurred;
(b) Purchaser shall have received executed copies of the closing
documents
specified in Section 6 of this Agreement;
(c) Seller shall have made available for Purchaser's inspection
at least
five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date, at the office
of Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., the contents of the Mortgage File as described in
Exhibit A-1 in
accordance with Section 8(c) of this Agreement. Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. currently
serves as custodian of the Mortgage Files on behalf of the
Seller and shall
retain the Mortgage Files as custodian for the Purchaser under
the Custody
Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006 (the "Custody
Agreement," between the
Purchaser and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The Servicing File as
described in Exhibit
A-2 for the related Mortgage Loans shall remain with Litton Loan
Servicing LP,
as servicer ("Litton"); and
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
related
Purchase Price and Terms Letter shall have been complied
with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, Purchaser shall pay to
Seller on the
Closing Date the Purchase Price as determined pursuant to
Section 3 of this
Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the account
designated in writing by Seller. Seller shall advise Purchaser
in writing at
least one (1) business day prior to the Closing Date of the
account to which
such funds are to be wired.
In addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Loan
(as
defined herein), Seller agrees that on or prior to the Closing
Date it will
cause, at its own expense, the MERS System (as defined herein)
to indicate that
the related Mortgage Loans have been assigned by Seller to
Purchaser in
accordance with this Agreement by including in such computer
files the
information required by the MERS System to identify Purchaser as
owner of such
Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of
Seller.
(a) Seller represents and warrants to, and covenants with,
Purchaser that
as of each Closing Date:
(i) It is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and
has
all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being
conducted. It is licensed in, qualified to transact business
in and is in good standing under the laws of the state in
which any Mortgaged Property (as defined herein) is located
except where the failure to be so licensed and qualified
would
not have a material adverse effect on its business or
operations. No licenses or approvals obtained by Seller have
been suspended or revoked by any court, administrative
agency,
arbitrator or governmental body and no proceedings are
pending
which might result in such suspension or revocation;
(ii) It has the full power and authority (corporate and other)
to
hold each Mortgage Loan, to sell each Mortgage Loan and to
execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate
all transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
PPTL.
Seller has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the PPTL, has duly
executed
and delivered this Agreement and the PPTL, and this
Agreement
and the PPTL constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of it, enforceable against it in accordance with their
terms,
subject to bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general
application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the
application of the rules of equity, including those
respecting
the availability of specific performance;
(iii) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the
PPTL or the other documents and agreements contemplated
hereby, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, or the fulfillment of or compliance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the PPTL and
such other documents and agreements will result in the
breach
of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of Seller
or result in the breach of any material term or provision
of,
or conflict with or constitute a default under or result in
the acceleration of any obligation under, any material
agreement, indenture or loan or credit agreement or other
instrument to which Seller or its property is subject, or
result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree to which Seller or its property is
subject;
(iv) It does not believe that it cannot perform each and
every
covenant contained in this Agreement and the PPTL;
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
its
knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted against or
affecting it, before or by any court, administrative agency,
arbitrator or governmental body with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the PPTL or
any
other matter which may materially and adversely affect its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the
PPTL or which may materially and adversely affect its
business
or prospects;
(vi) With respect to Seller, the consummation of the
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the PPTL are in the
ordinary course of its business and the transfer, assignment
and conveyance of the Mortgage Loans are not subject to the
bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect
in
any applicable jurisdiction;
(vii) The transfer of the Mortgage Loans shall be treated as a
sale
on the books and records of Seller, and Seller has
determined
that, and will treat, the disposition of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to this Agreement for tax and accounting purposes
as
a sale. Seller shall maintain a complete set of books and
records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be clearly marked
to reflect the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by Purchaser;
(viii) The consideration received by Seller upon the sale of
the
Mortgage Loans constitutes fair consideration and reasonably
equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans;
(ix) Seller is solvent and will not be rendered insolvent by
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Seller
is not transferring any Mortgage Loan with any intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;
(x) Seller is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to Section 203
and
Section 211 of the National Housing Act. No event has
occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance
coverage, which would make the Seller unable to comply with
HUD eligibility requirements or which would require
notification to HUD. For the purposes hereof, HUD means the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
or
any successor thereto; and
(xi) To the extent that any Mortgage Loans sold by Seller
hereunder
are MERS Loans, Seller is in good standing, and will comply
in
all material respects with the rules and procedures of
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., ("MERS"), a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State
of Delaware, or any successor thereto in connection with the
servicing of any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS (a "MERS
Loan") on the system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS (the "MERS System") for as
long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.
(b) Seller represents and warrants to, and covenants with
Purchaser and
Litton (in the case of Litton submitting breaches of
representations and
warranties directly, other than with respect to any
representations or
warranties, or portions thereof, relating to the servicing of
the Mortgage Loans
or to information of which Litton reasonably should have been
aware in its
capacity as servicer of the Mortgage Loans prior to the Closing
Date, for which
Litton shall not have the benefit), with respect to each
Mortgage Loan as of the
Closing Date (or such other date as set forth herein) for such
Mortgage Loan:
(i) The information required in Schedule One, Schedule Two
and
Schedule Three hereto and the Mortgage Loan data delivered
to
Purchaser are complete, true and correct and the servicing
information provided to Purchaser with respect to the
Mortgage
Loans as of the Transfer Date (as defined herein) is true
and
correct in all material respects;
(ii) The mortgagor's real property securing repayment of the
related Mortgage Note (as defined herein), consists of a fee
simple interest or a Ground Lease (as defined herein) in a
single parcel of real property improved by a (A) detached
one-family dwelling, (B) detached two-to four family
dwelling,
(C) one-family unit in a Fannie Mae ("FNMA") eligible
condominium project, (D) detached one-family dwelling in a
planned unit development which is not a co-operative and
which
meets the eligibility requirements of FNMA, or (E) mobile
home
or manufactured dwelling which constitutes real property
(the
"Mortgaged Property") and is located in one of the fifty
states of the United States of America or the District of
Columbia. None of the Mortgage Loans is secured by a
multifamily, commercial, industrial, agricultural or
undeveloped property or by a condominium unit that is part
of
a condominium development that operates as, or holds itself
out to be, a condominium hotel, regardless of whether the
unit
itself is being used as a condotel unit;
(iii) There are no delinquent real estate taxes, ground rents,
water
charges, sewer rents, Ground Lease rents, assessments,
insurance premiums, leasehold payments, including
assessments
payable in future installments or other outstanding charges
affecting the Mortgaged Property;
(iv) The terms of the note or other evidence of indebtedness of
the
mortgagor secured by the Mortgaged Property (in each case,
the
"Mortgage Note") and the mortgage or other instrument
creating
a first lien on the Mortgaged Property (in each case, a
"Mortgage") have not been impaired, waived, altered or
modified in any respect, except by written instruments,
recorded in the applicable public recording office if
necessary to maintain the lien priority of the Mortgage, the
substance of which waiver, alteration or modification is
reflected on the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule and has
been approved by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, if
any, and the title insurer, to the extent required by the
related policy; no instrument of waiver, alteration or
modification has been executed, and no mortgagor has been
released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an
assumption agreement approved by the primary mortgage
guaranty
insurer, if any, and the title insurer, to the extent
required
by the related policy and which assumption agreement is part
of the Mortgage File or the Servicing File and the terms of
which are reflected in the applicable Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(v) The servicing and collection practices with respect to
each
Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects legal,
proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage servicing
business, as conducted by prudent mortgage lending
institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type
in
the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located
and in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note,
Mortgage and other loan documents, whether such servicing
was
done by Seller, its affiliates or any servicing agent of any
of the foregoing; the servicer of the Mortgage Loan has not
assessed the mortgagor any delinquent payment fees that are
not specifically permitted in the Mortgage or Mortgage Note,
including but not limited to demand letter charges, or
assessed the mortgagor interest on any advances made by the
servicer;
(vi) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and other agreements
executed
in connection therewith are genuine and each is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable
in accordance with its terms except as such enforcement may
be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by general equity principles (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and free from any right of offset,
counterclaim, rescission, reformation or other claim or
defense, including the defense of usury. There is no basis
for
the Mortgage Loan to be modified or reformed without the
consent of the mortgagee under applicable law. All parties
to
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had the legal capacity to
enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such
parties.
The obligor under the Mortgage Note is a natural person;
(vii) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, cancelled,
subordinated
or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged
Property
has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in
whole
or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would
effect any such satisfaction, cancellation, subordination,
rescission or release;
(viii) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed
and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder,
and any and all requirements as to completion of any
improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds
thereof have been complied with or any incomplete
improvements
are immaterial in nature or are weather related and do not
significantly affect the value of the Mortgaged Property and
no repair escrow has been established with respect to such
incomplete improvements. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred
in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of
the Mortgage have been paid, and the mortgagor is not
entitled
to any refund of any amounts paid or due to the mortgagee
pursuant to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(ix) Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or
knowingly received any advance of funds from a party other
than the owner of the related Mortgaged Property, directly
or
indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(x) The related Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien
on
the Mortgaged Property, which Mortgaged Property is free and
clear of all encumbrances and liens having priority over the
lien of the Mortgage except for (A) liens for real estate
taxes and special assessments not yet due and payable, (B)
covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way,
easements and other matters of public record as of the date
of
recording of the Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of
record
being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally
or
specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection
with the origination of the Mortgage Loan and (C) other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which
do
not, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by
the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability
of
the related Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage have not been assigned or pledged, other than to
lenders whose liens will be released prior to the Closing
Date
or simultaneously with Purchaser's purchase hereunder, on
the
Closing Date, pursuant to a duly executed Security Release
in
the form of Exhibit C (the "Security Release
Certification").
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
document related to and delivered in connection with the
Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, existing and
enforceable first lien and first priority security interest
on
the property described therein. As of the Closing Date,
Seller
is the sole owner thereof and has full right to transfer and
sell the Mortgage Loans to Purchaser free and clear of any
lien or encumbrance equity, charge, claim or other security
interest;
(xi) If such Mortgage Loan is indicated on the applicable
Mortgage
Loan Schedule as having primary mortgage insurance, such
Mortgage Loan is covered by a primary mortgage insurance
policy as to the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan in
excess of the portion required by FNMA of the Appraised
Value
(as defined herein) of the Mortgaged Property at the time of
origination of the Mortgage. Such primary mortgage insurance
policy is in full force and effect and the related Mortgage
obligates the mortgagor to maintain such insurance and to
pay
all premiums and charges in connection therewith. The
mortgage
interest rate for the Mortgage Loan does not include any
such
insurance premium. "Appraised Value" means with respect to
any
Mortgaged Property, the lesser of (i) the value thereof as
determined by an appraisal made for the originator of the
Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage
Loan
by an appraiser who met the minimum requirements of FNMA and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor
thereto ("FHLMC"), and (ii) the purchase price paid for the
related Mortgaged Property by the mortgagor with the
proceeds
of the Mortgage Loan, provided, however, in the case of a
refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value of the Mortgaged
Property
is based solely upon the value determined by an appraisal
made
for the originator of such refinanced Mortgage Loan at the
time of origination of such refinanced Mortgage Loan by an
appraiser who met the minimum requirements of FNMA and
FHLMC;
(xii) No intentional omission, misrepresentation, fraud or
similar
occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place
on
the part of the Seller or the mortgagor, any appraiser, any
builder or any developer, or any other party involved in the
solicitation or origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the
application of any insurance in relation to such Mortgage
Loan
or in connection with the sale of such Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser, and there are no circumstances existing with
respect to the Mortgage Loan which would permit the primary
mortgage guaranty insurer to deny coverage under any
insurance
policy;
(xiii) The Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land
Title
Association lender's title insurance policy or other
generally
acceptable form of policy of insurance acceptable to prudent
mortgage lending institutions, issued by a title insurer
acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located (or by an attorney's abstract
and opinion of title if the Mortgaged Property is located in
Iowa), insuring the origination, its successors and assigns,
as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage, as indicated
on
the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule, in the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and against any loss
by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien
resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for
adjustment in the Mortgage interest rate and monthly
payment.
Additionally, such lender's title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress to and from the
Mortgaged Property, and against encroachments by or upon the
Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The originator
is
the sole insured of lender's title insurance policy, and
lender's title insurance policy is in full force and effect.
No claims have been made under the lender's title insurance
policy, and neither Seller nor any prior holder has done, by
act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of
the lender's title insurance policy;
(xiv) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust,
a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as
such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves and is
named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become payable by Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of
trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the mortgagor;
(xv) At the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan, no
improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged
Property
was in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation
and no such improvement is currently in violation of any
applicable zoning law or regulation. No improvements on
adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property.
The
Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable
law;
all inspections, licenses and certificates required in
connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan with
respect to the occupancy of the same, including but not
limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting
certificates, have been made or obtained from the
appropriate
authorities;
(xvi) The assignment of Mortgage is in recordable form, except
for
the insertion of the name of the assignee, and is acceptable
for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which
the
Mortgaged Property is located. The endorsement of the
Mortgage
Note is valid, legal and enforceable under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(xvii) None of the Mortgage Loans are subject to a "buydown
agreement";
(xviii) The Mortgaged Property securing the Mortgage Loan is
insured
by an insurer generally acceptable to prudent mortgage
lending
institutions against loss by fire and such hazards,
including
but not limited to damage by windstorm, as are covered under
a
standard extended coverage endorsement and such other
hazards
as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is
located; if the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it
is included under the coverage afforded by a blanket policy
for the project; all such insurance policies contain a
standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its successors
and assigns as mortgagee and all premiums thereon have been
paid; if the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified on
a
flood hazard map or flood insurance rate map issued by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) a
flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the
current
guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in
effect which policy conforms to the requirements of FNMA and
FHLMC. All such insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming Seller, its successors and assigns
as
mortgagee and all premiums thereon have been paid. The
Mortgage obligates the mortgagor thereunder to maintain all
such insurance at the mortgagor's cost and expense, and on
the
mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the
Mortgage to maintain such insurance at mortgagor's cost and
expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
mortgagor;
(xix) If the Mortgage Loan provides that the interest rate on
the
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan may be
adjusted, all of the terms of the related Mortgage
pertaining
to interest rate adjustments, payment adjustments and
adjustments of the outstanding principal balance have been
made in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note
and applicable law and are enforceable and such adjustments
will not affect the priority of the Mortgage lien;
(xx) The Mortgaged Property complies with all applicable
laws,
rules and regulations, including but not limited to those
relating to environmental matters, including but not limited
to those relating to radon, asbestos and lead paint and
neither the Seller nor, to the Seller's knowledge, the
mortgagor has received any notice of any violation or
potential violation of such law;
(xxi) The Mortgaged Property is free of damage and waste and
there
is no proceeding pending or, to the best of Seller's
knowledge, threatened for the partial or total condemnation
thereof;
(xxii) Each agreement with a servicer of the Mortgage Loan, if
any,
provides for the termination of the servicing rights
relating
to the Mortgage Loan on the related Transfer Date, without
the
payment of any termination fee or other expense by
Purchaser;
(xxiii) To the extent required under applicable law, each
originator
and subsequent mortgagee or servicer of the Mortgage Loan
complied with all licensing requirements and was authorized
to
transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which the
related Mortgaged Property is located at all times when it
held or serviced the Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Loan and,
if
any, the related prepayment penalty complied with any and
all
applicable requirements of federal, state or local laws or
regulations, including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures,
consumer
credit protection, predatory lending, abusive lending, fair
lending, fair credit reporting, unfair collection practice,
equal credit opportunity, fair housing and disclosure laws
and
regulations, applicable to the solicitation, origination,
collection and servicing of such Mortgage Loan; and any
obligations of the holder of the Mortgage Note, Mortgage and
other loan documents have been complied with in all material
respects and the consummation of the transaction
contemplated
hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or
regulations, and Seller shall maintain in its possession,
available for inspection of Purchaser or its designee, and
shall deliver to Purchaser or its designee, upon two
business
days' request, evidence of compliance with such
requirements;
(xxiv) The mortgagor has received all disclosure materials
required
by applicable law with respect to the making of fixed rate
mortgage loans in the case of fixed rate Mortgage Loans, and
adjustable rate mortgage loans in the case of adjustable
rate
Mortgage Loans and rescission materials with respect to
refinanced Mortgage Loans, and has executed any required
consents that it has reviewed such information, which
consents
are and will remain in the Mortgage File;
(xxv) The related Mortgage Note or Mortgage contains customary
and
enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and
remedies of the holder adequate for the realization against
the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security,
including realization by judicial, or, if applicable,
non-judicial foreclosure, and in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale. There is
no
homestead or other exemption or other right available to the
mortgagor or any other person, or restriction on Seller or
any
other person, including without limitation, any federal,
state
or local, law, ordinance, decree, regulation, guidance,
attorney general action, or other pronouncement, whether
temporary or permanent in nature, that would interfere with,
restrict or delay, either (y) the ability of Seller,
Purchaser
or any servicer or any successor servicer to sell the
related
Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or otherwise, or (z)
the ability of Seller, Purchaser or any servicer or any
successor servicer to foreclose on the related Mortgage;
(xxvi) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending, or to
the
Seller's knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted with
respect to the Mortgage Loan against or affecting Seller
before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body;
(xxvii) There is no default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Note or
Mortgage, and no event which, with the passage of time or
with
notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would
constitute a default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration, and the Seller has not waived any default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration;
(xxviii) No action, inaction, or event has occurred and no state
of
fact exists or has existed that has resulted or will result
in
the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under
any applicable hazard insurance policy, PMI Policy or
bankruptcy bond, irrespective of the cause of such failure
of
coverage. In connection with the placement of any such
insurance, no commission, fee, or other compensation has
been
or will be received by Seller or any designee of Seller or
any
corporation in which Seller or any officer, director, or
employee had a financial interest at the time of placement
of
such insurance;
(xxix) No Mortgage Loan is subject to the provisions of the
Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 ("HOEPA") as
amended or has an "annual percentage rate" or "total points
and fees" payable by the mortgagor (as each such term is
defined under HOEPA) that equal or exceed the applicable
thresholds defined under HOEPA (Section 32 of Regulation Z,
12
C.F.R. Section 226.32(a)(1)(i) and (ii)) or is considered a
"high cost," "predatory" or "abusive" loan (or a similarly
designated loan using different terminology) under any
applicable state, county or municipal laws or ordinances,
including without limitation, the provisions of the Georgia
Fair Lending Act, New York Banking Law, Section 6-1, the New
Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 (the "NJ Act") or
any other statute or regulation providing "assignee" or
"originator" liability to holders of such mortgage loans;
(xxx) Each Mortgage Loan was originated by Seller or by a
savings
and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank or
similar banking institution which is supervised and examined
by a federal or state authority, or by a mortgagee approved
as
such by HUD;
(xxxi) Each Mortgage Loan has a fully assignable life of loan
tax
service contract with Transamerica Real Estate Tax Service
or
First American Real Estate Tax Service which may be assigned
without the payment of any fee by Purchaser;
(xxxii) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims
which
have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights
are
outstanding that under law could give rise to such lien)
affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be
liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage;
(xxxiii) Principal payments (or with respect to
interest-only
Mortgage Loans, interest payments) on the Mortgage Loan
commenced no more than sixty days after the proceeds of the
Mortgage Loan were disbursed. With respect to each Mortgage
Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable each month on the day
identified on the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule in
monthly
payments, which, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan
which is identified on the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule
as a balloon mortgage loan (each, a "Balloon Mortgage
Loan"),
in the case of a fixed rate Mortgage Loan, are sufficient to
fully amortize the original principal balance over the
original term thereof and to pay interest at the related
Mortgage interest rate, and in the case of an adjustable
rate
Mortgage Loan, are changed on each adjustment date, and in
any
case, are sufficient to fully amortize the original
principal
balance over the original term thereof and to pay interest
at
the related Mortgage interest rate. In the case of a Balloon
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note is payable in monthly
payments based on a maximum of fifty (50) year amortization
schedule and a final monthly payment substantially greater
than the preceding monthly payment which is sufficient to
amortize the remaining principal balance of the Balloon
Mortgage Loan. No Balloon Mortgage Loan has an original
stated
maturity of less than seven (7) years. No adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan is convertible to a fixed rate Mortgage Loan.
The Mortgage Note does not permit negative amortization;
(xxxiv) The mortgagor has not notified Seller and Seller has
no
knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the
mortgagor
under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state
laws;
(xxxv) The Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with
the
underwriting standards of Seller in effect at the time the
Mortgage Loan was originated; and the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage are on forms acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC;
(xxxvi) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by
any
collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage on
the Mortgaged Property and the security interest of any
applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred
to
in (x) above;
(xxxvii) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related
Mortgaged Property which satisfied the standards of FNMA and
FHLMC and was made and signed, prior to the approval of the
Mortgage Loan application, by a qualified appraiser, duly
appointed by Seller, who had no interest, direct or
indirect,
in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the
security
thereof, whose compensation is not affected by the approval
or
disapproval of the Mortgage Loan and who met the minimum
qualifications of FNMA and FHLMC. Each appraisal of the
Mortgage Loan was made in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery,
and
Enforcement Act of 1989;
(xxxviii) No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (A)
the
construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or
(B)
facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged
Property;
(xxxix) With respect to escrow deposits and escrow payments, if
any,
all such payments are in the possession of, or under the
control of, Seller and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for
repayment thereof have not been made. No escrow deposits or
escrow payments or other charges or payments due Seller have
been capitalized under any Mortgage or the related Mortgage
Note and no such escrow deposits or escrow payments are
being
held by Seller for any work on a Mortgaged Property which
has
not been completed;
(xl) Any principal advances made to the mortgagor prior to
the
Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the outstanding
principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured
principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest
rate and single repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage
securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly
insured as having first lien priority by a title insurance
policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the
mortgagee's
consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable
to
FNMA and FHLMC. The consolidated principal amount does not
exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(xli) Seller has no knowledge of any circumstances or condition
with
respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the
mortgagor
or the mortgagor's credit standing that can reasonably be
expected to cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or
materially and adversely affect the value of the Mortgage
Loan;
(xlii) No Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio (as
defined
herein) at origination in excess of 100%. Loan-to-Value
Ratio
means with respect to any Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination, the ratio on such date of the outstanding
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan to the Appraised Value
of the Mortgaged Property;
(xliii) No predatory or deceptive lending practices, including
but
not limited to, the extension of credit to the mortgagor
without regard for the mortgagor's ability to repay the
Mortgage Loan and the extension of credit to the mortgagor
which has no apparent benefit to the mortgagor, were
employed
by the originator of the Mortgage Loan in connection with
the
origination of the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, (a) no mortgagor was required to purchase any
single premium credit life insurance policy (e.g., life,
mortgage, disability, accident, unemployment or health
insurance product) or debt cancellation agreement as a
condition of obtaining the extension of credit; (b) no
mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium credit insurance
policy (e.g., life, mortgage, disability, accident,
unemployment, property or health insurance product) or debt
cancellation agreement in connection with the origination of
the Mortgage Loan; and (c) no proceeds from any Mortgage
Loan
were used to purchase single premium credit insurance
policies
(e.g., life, mortgage, disability, accident, unemployment or
health insurance product) or debt cancellation agreements as
part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing,
such
Mortgage Loan;
(xliv) The Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for
the
acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance
of
the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property
is
sold or transferred without the prior written consent of the
mortgagee thereunder;
(xlv) The Mortgage Loan complies with all applicable consumer
credit
statutes and regulations, including, without limitation, the
respective Uniform Consumer Credit Code laws in effect in
Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma,
South
Carolina, Utah and Wyoming, has been originated by a
properly
licensed entity, and in all other respects, complies with
all
of the material requirements of any such applicable laws;
(xlvi) None of the Mortgage Loans is a refinancing of a zero
interest rate or low interest loan made by a governmental
agency or non-profit organization;
(xlvii) With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a simple
interest
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan is identified on the
applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule as a simple interest
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan is required to be serviced
as
a simple interest mortgage loan pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note, and the servicing and collection
practices used in connection therewith have been in
accordance
with legal, proper, prudent and customary practices for
servicing simple interest mortgage loans;
(xlviii) With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is secured in
whole
or in part by the interest of the mortgagor as a lessee
under
a ground lease of the related Mortgaged Property (a "Ground
Lease") and not by a fee interest in such Mortgaged
Property:
a. The mortgagor is the owner of a valid and subsisting
interest as tenant under the Ground Lease;
b. The Ground Lease is in full force and effect, unmodified
and not supplemented by any writing or otherwise;
c. The mortgagor is not in default under any of the terms
thereof and there are no circumstances which, with the
giving
of notice, would constitute an event of default thereunder;
d. The lessor under the Ground Lease is not in default under
any of the terms or provisions thereof on the part of the
lessor to be observed or performed;
e. The term of the Ground Lease exceeds the maturity date of
the related Mortgage Loan by at least ten years;
f. The Ground Lease or a memorandum thereof has been
recorded
and by its terms permits the leasehold estate to be
mortgaged.
The Ground Lease grants any leasehold mortgagee standard
protection necessary to protect the security of a leasehold
mortgagee;
g. The Ground Lease does not contain any default provisions
that could give rise to forfeiture or termination of the
Ground Lease except for the non-payment of the Ground Lease
rents;
h. The execution, delivery and performance of the Mortgage
do
not require the consent (other than those consents which
have
been obtained and are in full force and effect) under, and
will not contravene any provision of or cause a default
under,
the Ground Lease; and
i. The Ground Lease provides that the leasehold can be
transferred, mortgaged and sublet an unlimited number of
times
either without restriction or on payment of a reasonable fee
and delivery of reasonable documentation to the lessor.
(xlix) No Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002
and
prior to March 7, 2003 is subject to the Georgia Fair
Lending
Act (OGCA Sections 7-6A-1, et. seq.), as such Act may be
amended from time to time;
(l) The Mortgaged Property was not, as of the date of
origination
of the Mortgage Loan, subject to a mortgage, deed of trust,
deed to secure debt or other security instrument creating a
lien subordinate to the lien of the Mortgage;
(li) All payments required to be made in June 2007 for each
Mortgage Loan under the terms of the related Mortgage Note
have been paid in full during June 2007;
(lii) The Mortgage Loan documents with respect to each Mortgage
Loan
subject to prepayment penalties (i) specifically authorizes
such prepayment penalties to be collected and such
prepayment
penalties are permissible and enforceable and were
originated
in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan
documents and all applicable state, federal and local law
(except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership
and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights
generally
or the collectability thereof may be limited due to
acceleration in connection with a foreclosure) and (ii)
include all necessary documentation to determine the amount
of
the prepayment penalty to be collected;
(liii) The Mortgage File has been delivered to Purchaser or
its
designee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(liv) The originator has complied with all applicable
anti-money
laundering laws and regulations, including without
limitation
the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (collectively, the "Anti-Money
Laundering Laws"); the Originator has established an
anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the
Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted the requisite due
diligence in connection with the origination of each
Mortgage
Loan for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws,
including
with respect to the legitimacy of the appl
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