AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MORTGAGE
LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC.
Seller and Servicer
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY
CORP.
Initial Purchaser
DATED AS OF JULY 1, 2005
Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 2.
Agreement to Purchase
SECTION 3.
Mortgage Loan Schedules
SECTION 4.
Purchase Price
SECTION 5.
Examination of Mortgage Files
SECTION 6.
Conveyance from Seller to Initial Purchaser
Subsection
6.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Servicing
Files
Subsection
6.02. Books and Records
Subsection
6.03. Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents
SECTION 7.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller:
Remedies for Breach
Subsection
7.01. Representations and Warranties Respecting the
Seller
Subsection
7.02. Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual
Mortgage Loans
Subsection
7.03. Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties
Subsection 7.04
Repurchase of Certain Mortgage Loans
SECTION 9.
Closing Documents
SECTION 11.
Seller’s Servicing Obligations
SECTION 12.
Removal of Mortgage Loans from Inclusion under This Agreement
Upon a Whole Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer on One or
More Reconstitution Dates
Subsection
13.01. Additional Indemnification by the Seller
Subsection
13.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Seller
Subsection
13.03. Limitation on Liability of the Seller and
Others
Subsection
13.04. Seller Not to Resign
Subsection
13.05. No Transfer of Servicing
Subsection
14.01. Events of Default
Subsection
14.02. Waiver of Defaults
SECTION 16.
Successor to the Seller
SECTION 17.
Financial Statements
SECTION 18.
Mandatory Delivery: Grant of Security Interest
SECTION 20.
Severability Clause
SECTION 22.
Governing Law
SECTION 23.
Intention of the Parties
SECTION 24.
Successors and Assigns
SECTION 27.
General Interpretive Principles
SECTION 28.
Nonsolicitation
SECTION 29.
Reproduction of Documents
SECTION 30.
Further Agreements
SECTION 32.
Third Party Beneficiary
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1
SELLER’S OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT
2
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE
SELLER
EXHIBIT 3
SECURITY RELEASE
CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 4
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
EXHIBIT 5
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE
FILE
EXHIBIT 6
FORM OF CUSTODIAL
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 7
FORM OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 8
FORM OF ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 9
SERVICING ADDENDUM
EXHIBIT 10
FORM OF CONFIRMATION
EXHIBIT
11
FORM OF BACK-UP
CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT
12
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND
RECOGNITION
EXHIBIT
13
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE
I
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
II
PREPAYMENT CHARGE
SCHEDULE
AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
This is a AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MORTGAGE
LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”), dated as of July 1, 2005, by and between
Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., having an office at 390
Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 (the “Initial
Purchaser”, and the Initial Purchaser or the Person, if any,
to which the Initial Purchaser has assigned its rights and
obligations hereunder as Purchaser with respect to a Mortgage Loan,
and each of their respective successors and assigns, the
“Purchaser”) and SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., having an
office at 901 Semmes Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23224 (the
“Seller”).
W I T N
E ; S S E
T H :
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller entered
into that certain Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2003 (the "Original
Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller desire to
enter into this Agreement in order to amend and restate the
Original Agreement in its entirety;
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, from time
to time, to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase,
from time to time, from the Seller, certain conventional fixed and
adjustable rate residential first and second lien mortgage loans,
(the “Mortgage Loans”) as described herein on a
servicing-retained basis, and which shall be delivered in groups of
whole loans on various dates as provided herein (each, a
“Closing Date”);
WHEREAS, each Mortgage Loan is secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument creating a
first or second lien on a residential dwelling located in the
jurisdiction indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the
related Mortgage Loan Package, which is to be annexed hereto on
each Closing Date as Schedule I ;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller wish to
prescribe the manner of the conveyance, servicing and control of
the Mortgage Loans; and
WHEREAS, following its purchase of the Mortgage
Loans from the Seller, the Purchaser desires to sell some or all of
the Mortgage Loans to one or more purchasers as a whole loan
transfer in a whole loan or participation format or a public or
private mortgage-backed securities transaction;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and mutual agreements set forth herein, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Seller agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement the following
capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
: A Mortgage Loan which provides for
the adjustment of the Mortgage Interest Rate payable in respect
thereto.
Adjustment Date : With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the date set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which the
Mortgage Interest Rate on such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is
adjusted in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
Agreement : This Amended and Restated Master Mortgage Loan
Purchase and Servicing Agreement including all exhibits, schedules,
amendments and supplements hereto.
Appraised Value : 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 FHLMC and the Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, 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 originated more
than 12 months following the purchase of the Mortgaged Property by
the related Mortgagor, 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 and the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
1989.
Assignment and Conveyance
: An assignment and conveyance of
the Mortgage Loans purchased on a Closing Date in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit 4 .
Assignment of Mortgage : With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is
not a MOM Loan, an individual assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged
Property is located to give record notice of the sale of the
Mortgage to the Purchaser.
Business Day : Any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in the State
of Virginia or the State of New York are authorized or obligated by
law or executive order to be closed.
Buydown Agreement : An agreement between the Seller and a
Mortgagor, or an agreement among the Seller, a Mortgagor and a
seller of a Mortgaged Property or a third party with respect to a
Mortgage Loan which provides for the application of Buydown
Funds.
Buydown Funds : In respect of any Buydown Mortgage Loan, any
amount contributed by the seller of a Mortgaged Property subject to
a Buydown Mortgage Loan, the buyer of such property, the Seller or
any other source, plus interest earned thereon, in order to enable
the Mortgagor to reduce the payments required to be made from the
Mortgagor’s funds in the early years of a Mortgage
Loan.
Buydown Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan in respect of which,
pursuant to a Buydown Agreement, (i) the Mortgagor pays less than
the full monthly payments specified in the Mortgage Note for a
specified period and (ii) the difference between the payments
required under such Buydown Agreement and the Mortgage Note is
provided from Buydown Funds.
Buydown Period : The period of time when a Buydown Agreement is
in effect with respect to a related Buydown Mortgage
Loan.
Cash-Out Refinancing : A Refinanced Mortgage Loan the proceeds of
which were in excess of the principal balance of any existing first
mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property and related closing
costs, and were used to pay any such existing first mortgage,
related closing costs and subordinate mortgages on the related
Mortgaged Property.
Closing Date : The date or dates on which the Purchaser from
time to time shall purchase and the Seller from time to time shall
sell to the Purchaser, the Mortgage Loans listed on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Package.
Closing Documents : With respect to any Closing Date, the
documents required pursuant to Section 9.
Code :
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any successor statute
thereto.
Condemnation Proceeds : All awards, compensation and settlements in
respect of a taking of all or part of a Mortgaged Property by
exercise of the power of condemnation or the right of eminent
domain.
Confirmation : With respect to any Mortgage Loan Package
purchased and sold on any Closing Date, the letter agreement
between the Purchaser and the Seller, in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 10 (including any exhibits, schedules and
attachments thereto), setting forth the terms and conditions of
such transaction and describing the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
by the Purchaser on such Closing Date. A Confirmation may relate to
more than one Mortgage Loan Package to be purchased on one or more
Closing Dates hereunder.
Convertible Mortgage Loan
: A Mortgage Loan that by its terms
and subject to certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage
or Mortgage Note allows the Mortgagor to convert the adjustable
Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage Loan to a fixed Mortgage
Interest Rate.
Credit Score : The credit score of the Mortgagor provided by
Fair, Isaac & Company, Inc. or such other organization
providing credit scores at the time of the origination of a
Mortgage Loan. If two credit scores are obtained, the Credit Score
shall be the lower of the two credit scores. If three credit scores
are obtained, the Credit Score shall be the middle of the three
credit scores.
Custodial Account : The separate account or accounts, each of
which shall be an Eligible Account, created and maintained pursuant
to this Agreement, which shall be entitled “SunTrust
Mortgage, Inc., as servicer, in trust for the Purchaser and various
Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans”,
established at a financial institution acceptable to the
Purchaser.
Custodial Agreement : The agreement governing the retention of the
originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage
and other Mortgage Loan Documents, a form of which agreement is
annexed hereto as Exhibit 6 .
Custodian : The custodian under the Custodial Agreement,
or its successor in interest or assigns, or any successor to the
Custodian under the Custodial Agreement, as therein
provided.
Cut-off Date : The first day of the month in which the
related Closing Date occurs.
Deleted Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by
a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Determination Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs or, if such fifteenth (15th) day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such fifteenth
(15th) day.
Distribution Date : The eighteenth (18th) day of each month,
commencing on the eighteenth day of the month next following the
month in which the related Cut-off Date occurs, or if such
eighteenth (18th) day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day
immediately preceding such eighteenth (18th) day.
Due Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs, which is the day on which the Monthly Payment is due on a
Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the
month of the Distribution Date and ending on the first day of the
month of the Distribution Date.
Eligible Account : Either (i) an account or accounts maintained
with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof, (b) is subject to
supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities
and (c) has or is a subsidiary of a holding company that has an
outstanding unsecured commercial paper or other short-term
unsecured debt obligations that are rated A-1 by S&P or Prime-1
by Moody’s (or a comparable rating if another rating agency
is specified by the Initial Purchaser by written notice to the
Seller) at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, (ii)
an account or accounts the deposits in which are fully insured by
the FDIC or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the
corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered
depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary
capacity. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.
Escrow Account : The separate trust account or accounts created
and maintained pursuant to this Agreement which shall be entitled
“SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., as servicer, in trust for the
Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans”, established at a financial institution
acceptable to the Purchaser.
Escrow Payments : The amounts constituting ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water charges, sewer rents, Primary Insurance Policy
premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums and other payments
required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the Mortgagee
pursuant to the terms of any Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
Event of Default : Any one of the events enumerated in Section
14.01.
FDIC :
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC : Freddie Mac, or any successor
thereto.
Final Recovery Determination
: With respect to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or
REO Property purchased by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, a
determination made by the Seller that all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the
Seller, in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be
finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered. The
Seller shall maintain records, prepared by a servicing officer of
the Seller, of each Final Recovery Determination.
First Lien : With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the
lien of the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Note which creates a first lien on the Mortgaged
Property.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan with respect to which the
Mortgage Interest Rate set forth in the Mortgage Note is fixed for
the term of such Mortgage Loan.
Flood Zone Service Contract
: A transferable contract maintained
for the Mortgaged Property with a nationally recognized flood zone
service provider for the purpose of obtaining the current flood
zone status relating to such Mortgaged Property.
FNMA :
Fannie Mae or any successor thereto.
Gross Margin : With respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage
Note and the related Final Mortgage Loan Schedule that is added to
the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of
the related Mortgage Note to determine the new Mortgage Interest
Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
HUD :
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or
any successor thereto.
Index: With respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the index identified on the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and
set forth in the related Mortgage Note for the purpose of
calculating the interest rate thereon.
Initial Closing Date : The Closing Date on which the Initial
Purchaser purchases and the Seller sells the first Mortgage Loan
Package hereunder.
Initial Purchaser : Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., or any
successor.
Initial Rate Cap : With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan and the initial Adjustment Date therefor, a number of
percentage points per annum that is set forth in the related Final
Mortgage Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage Note, which is
the amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease on the initial
Adjustment Date.
Insurance Proceeds : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds
of insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property.
Liquidation Proceeds : Amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds and
Condemnation Proceeds, received in connection with the liquidation
of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through trustee’s sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than amounts received
following the acquisition of REO Property.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV : 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.
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, a rate that is set forth on the related Final
Mortgage Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage Note and is the
maximum interest rate to which the Mortgage Interest Rate on such
Mortgage Loan may be increased on any Adjustment Date.
MERS :
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or
any successor thereto.
MERS Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the
MERS System.
MERS® System : The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN :
The Mortgage Identification Number for any MERS Mortgage
Loan.
Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, a rate that is set forth on the related Final
Mortgage Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage Note and is the
minimum interest rate to which the Mortgage Interest Rate on such
Mortgage Loan may be decreased on any Adjustment Date.
MOM Loan : Any Mortgage Loan where MERS acts as the
mortgagee of record of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for
the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and
assigns, at the origination thereof.
Monthly Advance : The aggregate of the advances made by the
Seller on any Distribution Date pursuant to Section
11.21.
Monthly Payment : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
scheduled combined payment of principal and interest payable by a
Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Note on each Due
Date.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its
successor in interest.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument creating a first or second lien on Mortgaged Property
securing the Mortgage Note.
Mortgagee : The mortgagee or beneficiary named in the
Mortgage and the successors and assigns of such mortgagee or
beneficiary.
Mortgage File : The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage
Loan referred to in Exhibit 5 annexed hereto, and any
additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File
pursuant to this Agreement or the related Confirmation.
Mortgage Interest Rate :With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan,
the fixed annual rate of interest provided for in the related
Mortgage Note and, with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the annual rate that interest accrues on such Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of the related Mortgage Note..
Mortgage Loan : Each first or second lien, residential
mortgage loan, sold, assigned and transferred to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement and the related Confirmation and
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule annexed to this Agreement
on such Closing Date, which Mortgage Loan includes without
limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal
Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, REO Disposition proceeds, and all other rights, benefits,
proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such
Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Documents : The documents listed in Section 2 of the
Custodial Agreement pertaining to any Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Package : The Mortgage Loans listed on a Mortgage Loan
Schedule, delivered to the Custodian and the Purchaser at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date and
attached to this Agreement as Schedule I on the related
Closing Date.
Mortgage Loan Schedule : With respect to each Mortgage Loan Package,
the schedule of Mortgage Loans to be annexed hereto as Schedule
I (or a supplement thereto) on each Closing Date for the
Mortgage Loan Package delivered on such Closing Date in both hard
copy and floppy disk, such schedule setting forth the following
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the Mortgage Loan
Package: (1) the Seller’s Mortgage Loan identifying number;
(2) the Mortgagor’s first and last name; (3) the street
address of the Mortgaged Property including the state and zip code;
(4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied; (5) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting
the Mortgaged Property; (6) the original months to maturity; (7)
the original date of the Mortgage Loan and the remaining months to
maturity from the Cut-off Date, based on the original amortization
schedule; (8) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination and the
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (9) the Mortgage
Interest Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off Date;
(10) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the
Mortgage Loan; (11) the stated maturity date; (12) the amount of
the Monthly Payment at origination; (13) the amount of the Monthly
Payment as of the Cut-off Date; (14) the last Due Date on which a
Monthly Payment was actually applied to the unpaid Stated Principal
Balance; (15) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(16) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
close of business on the Cut-off Date; (17) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first Adjustment Date; (18) with
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross Margin;
(19) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase
financing, Rate/Term Refinancing, Cash-Out Refinancing); (20) with
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (21) with
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Minimum Mortgage
Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (22) the
Mortgage Interest Rate at origination; (23) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Periodic Rate Cap; (24) with
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first Adjustment
Date immediately following the Cut-off Date; (25) with respect to
each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Index; (26) the date on
which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and,
if such date is not consistent with the Due Date currently in
effect, such Due Date; (27) a code indicating whether the Mortgage
Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan or a Fixed Rate Mortgage
Loan; (28) a code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full,
alternative or reduced); (29) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property; (30) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable; (31) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is
subject to a Prepayment Charge or penalty; (32) the amount and the
term of any prepayment Charge or penalty; (33) the product type
(e.g., 2/28, 15 year fixed, 30 year fixed, 15/30, etc.); (34) the
Mortgagor’s debt to income ratio; (35) a code indicating
whether the Mortgaged Property is subject to a First Lien or a
Second Lien; (36) a code indicating the Credit Score of the
Mortgagor at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan; (37) the
Mortgage Loan’s payment history; (38) a code indicating the
form of appraisal (i.e. form 1004, 2055, etc.); (39) a code
indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage Loan and,
if so, the corresponding MIN; and (40) a code indicating if the
Mortgage Loan is an interest-only Mortgage Loan and, if so, the
term of the interest-only period of such Mortgage Loan; (41) the
amount of any fees payable by the Mortgagor in connection with the
origination of such Mortgage Loan; (42) the Mortgagor’s
income at origination; (43) the amortized original term to maturity
as of the Cut-off Date; (44) with respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, a code indicating the frequency of adjustment of the
related Mortgage Interest Rate; (45) the number of units in the
related Mortgaged Property; (46) a code indicating whether the
related Mortgagor is self-employed; (47) a code indicating the
credit grade; (48) Tax Service Contract provider; and (49) Tax
Service Contract number. With respect to the Mortgage Loan Package
in the aggregate, the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the
following information, as of the related Cut-off Date: (1) the
number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of
the Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average maturity of the
Mortgage Loans. Schedule I hereto shall be supplemented as
of each Closing Date to reflect the addition of the Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Package.
Mortgage Note : The original executed note or other evidence
of the Mortgage Loan indebtedness of a Mortgagor.
Mortgaged Property : The Mortgagor’s real property securing
repayment of a related Mortgage Note, consisting of a fee simple
interest in a single parcel of real property improved by a
Residential Dwelling.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage Note, the owner of
the Mortgaged Property and the grantor or mortgagor named in the
related Mortgage and such grantor’s or mortgagor’s
successor’s in title to the Mortgaged Property.
Net Mortgage Rate : With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the
related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a per annum
rate of interest equal to the then applicable Mortgage Interest
Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus the Servicing Fee
Rate.
Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance
: Any Monthly Advance previously
made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Seller,
will not, or, in the case of a proposed Monthly Advance, would not
be, ultimately recoverable from related late payments, Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO
Property as provided herein.
Officer’s Certificate
: A certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board or a
President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or the Secretary
or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the
Person on behalf of whom such certificate is being
delivered.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion of counsel, who may be
salaried counsel for the Person on behalf of whom the opinion is
being given, reasonably acceptable to each Person to whom such
opinion is addressed.
Pass-Through Transfer : The sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to a trust to be formed as part of
a publicly issued or privately placed mortgage-backed securities
transaction.
Periodic Rate Cap : With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, a number of percentage
points per annum that is set forth in the related Final Mortgage
Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage Note, which is the
maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate for such
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan may increase (without regard to the
Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate) or decrease (without regard to the
Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the
Mortgage Interest Rate in effect immediately prior to such
Adjustment Date.
Permitted Investments : Any one or more of the following obligations
or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par,
regardless of whether issued or managed by the Seller or any of its
Affiliates:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the
United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided
such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of
deposit of, or bankers’ acceptances (which shall each have an
original maturity of not more than 90 days and, in the case of
bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original
maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than
30 days) denominated in United States dollars and issued by, any
Depository Institution;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any
security described in clause (i) above entered into with a
Depository Institution (acting as principal);
(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a
discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and that
are rated by the Rating Agencies in its highest long-term unsecured
rating category at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper (including both
non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing
obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than
30 days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by the
Rating Agencies in its highest short-term unsecured debt rating
available at the time of such investment; and
(vi) units of money market funds that have been
rated “AAA” by S&P, “Aaa” by
Moody’s and “AAA” by Fitch (if rated by
Fitch);
provided, however, that no instrument described
hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive (a) only
interest with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument
or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from
obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and
principal payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at
par of the underlying obligations.
Person : An individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Preliminary Servicing Period
: With respect to any Mortgage
Loans, the period commencing on the related Closing Date and ending
on the date the Seller enters into Reconstitution Agreements which
amend or restate the servicing provisions of this
Agreement.
Prepayment Charge : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
prepayment penalty or premium thereon payable in connection with a
principal prepayment on such Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of
the related Mortgage Note.
Prepayment Charge Schedule
: The schedule to be annexed hereto
as Schedule II indicating whether a Mortgage Loan is subject to a
Prepayment Charge and if so, the amount and term of such Prepayment
Charge.
Primary Insurance Policy : A policy of primary mortgage guaranty
insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer.
Principal Prepayment : Any payment or other recovery of principal on
a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date, including any prepayment penalty or premium thereon, which is
not accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled
interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent
to the month of prepayment.
Purchase Price : The price paid on the related Closing Date by
the Purchaser to the Seller pursuant to the related Confirmation in
exchange for the Mortgage Loans purchased on such Closing Date as
calculated as provided in Section 4.
Qualified Insurer : An insurance company duly qualified as such
under the laws of the states in which the Mortgaged Property is
located, duly authorized and licensed in such states to transact
the applicable insurance business and to write the insurance
provided, and approved as an insurer by FNMA and FHLMC and whose
claims paying ability is rated in the two highest rating categories
by any of the rating agencies with respect to primary mortgage
insurance and in the two highest rating categories by Best’s
with respect to hazard and flood insurance.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
: A mortgage loan substituted for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which
must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding
principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of
principal and interest due during or prior to the month of
substitution, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month
during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage Interest
Rate not less than (and not more than one percentage point in
excess of) the Mortgage Interest Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan,
(iii) have a Net Mortgage Rate equal to the Net Mortgage Rate of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) have a remaining terms to maturity
not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) have the same Due Date as the Due Date
on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of
the date of substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value
Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of such date, (vii) be
covered under a Primary Insurance Policy if such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan has a Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of
80%, (viii) conform to each representation and warranty set forth
in Section 7.02 of this Agreement and (ix) be the same type of
mortgage loan (i.e. fixed or adjustable rate with the same Gross
Margin and Index as the Deleted Mortgage Loan). In the event that
one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances, the
Mortgage Interest Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of weighted average Mortgage Interest
Rates, the Net Mortgage Rates described in clause (iii) hereof
shall be satisfied as to each such mortgage loan, the terms
described in clause (iv) shall be determined on the basis of
weighted average remaining terms to maturity, the Loan-to-Value
Ratios described in clause (vi) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such mortgage loan and, except to the extent otherwise
provided in this sentence, the representations and warranties
described in clause (ix) hereof must be satisfied as to each
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the aggregate, as the case
may be.
Rate/Term Refinancing : A Refinanced Mortgage Loan, the proceeds of
which are not in excess of the existing first mortgage loan on the
related Mortgaged Property and related closing costs, and were used
exclusively to satisfy the then existing first mortgage loan of the
Mortgagor on the related Mortgaged Property and to pay related
closing costs.
Reconstitution Agreements
: The agreement or agreements
entered into by the Seller and the Purchaser and/or certain third
parties on the Reconstitution Date or Dates with respect to any or
all of the Mortgage Loans serviced hereunder, in connection with a
Whole Loan Transfer or a Pass-Through Transfer as provided in
Section 12.
Reconstitution Date : The date or dates on which any or all of the
Mortgage Loans serviced under this Agreement shall be removed from
this Agreement and reconstituted as part of a Whole Loan Transfer
or Pass-Through Transfer pursuant to Section 12 hereof.
Record Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Refinanced Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were not
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
REMIC : A “real estate mortgage investment
conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the
Code.
REMIC Provisions : Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to REMIC’s, which appear in Sections 860A through
860G of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed, temporary
and final regulations and published rulings, notices and
announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
REO Account : The separate trust account or accounts created
and maintained pursuant to this Agreement which shall be entitled
“SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. in trust for the Purchaser, as of
[date of acquisition of title], Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans”.
REO Disposition : The final sale by the Seller of any REO
Property.
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired as a result of
the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan.
Repurchase Price : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a price
equal to (i)(A) prior to the Reconstitution Date with respect to
such Mortgage Loan, the product of the Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan times the greater of (x) the Purchase Price
percentage as stated in the related Confirmation and (y) 100%, and
(B) thereafter, the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan,
plus (ii) interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the Mortgage
Interest Rate from and including the last Due Date through which
interest has been paid by or on behalf of the Mortgagor to the
first day of the month following the date of repurchase, less
amounts received in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which
are being held in the Custodial Account for distribution in
connection with such Mortgage Loan, plus (iii) any unreimbursed
servicing advances and monthly advances (including nonrecoverable
monthly advances) and any unpaid servicing fees allocable to such
Mortgage Loan paid by any party other than the Seller, plus (iv)
any costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser, the servicer,
master servicer or any trustee in respect of the breach or defect
giving rise to the repurchase obligation including, without
limitation, any costs and damages incurred by any such party in
connection with any violation by any such Mortgage Loan of any
predatory or abusive lending law.
Residential Dwelling : Any one of the following: (i) a detached
one-family dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family dwelling,
(iii) a one-family dwelling unit in a FNMA eligible condominium
project, or (iv) a detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit
development, none of which is a co-operative, mobile or
manufactured home.
Second Lien : With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the
lien of the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Note which creates a second lien on the Mortgaged
Property.
Servicing Addendum : The terms and conditions attached hereto as
Exhibit 9 which will govern the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by
Seller during the Preliminary Servicing Period.
Servicing Advances : All customary, reasonable and necessary
“out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred by the
Seller in the performance of its servicing obligations, including,
but not limited to, the cost of (i) preservation, restoration and
repair of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial
proceedings with respect to a Mortgage Loan, including foreclosure
actions and (iii) the management and liquidation of REO
Property.
Servicing Fee : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount
of the annual servicing fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller,
which shall, for each month, be equal to one-twelfth of the product
of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the unpaid principal balance
of the Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly, computed
on the basis of the same principal amount and period respectively
which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is computed.
The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited
to, and payable solely from, the interest portion (including
recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds and
other proceeds, to the extent permitted by Section 11.05) of
related Monthly Payment collected by the Seller, or as otherwise
proved under Section 11.05. If the Preliminary Servicing Period
includes any partial month, the Servicing Fee for such month shall
be pro rated at a per diem rate based upon a 30-day
month.
Servicing Fee Rate : The per annum rate at which the Servicing Fee
accrues, which rate shall be equal to the quotient of the annual
Servicing Fee payable with respect to any Mortgage Loan divided by
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination.
Servicing File : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Seller consisting of originals of all documents in
the Mortgage File which are not delivered to the Purchaser or the
Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents set forth in
Section 2 of the Custodial Agreement.
S&P : Standard & Poor’s, a division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successor in
interest.
Stated Principal Balance : As to each Mortgage Loan as of any date of
determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of
the Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due
on or before such date, whether or not collected from the Mortgagor
on or before such date, minus (ii) all amounts previously
distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal.
Tax Service Contract : A contract maintained for the Mortgaged
Property with a tax service provider for the purpose of obtaining
current information from local taxing authorities relating to such
Mortgaged Property.
Whole Loan Transfer : Any sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to a third party, which sale or
transfer is not a Pass-Through Transfer.
SECTION 2. Agreement to Purchase . The Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser
agrees to purchase, from time-to-time, Mortgage Loans having an
aggregate principal balance on the related Cut-off Date in an
amount as set forth in the related Confirmation, or in such other
amount as agreed by the Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by
the actual aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
accepted by the Purchaser on the related Closing Date.
SECTION 3. Mortgage Loan Schedules . The Seller shall deliver the Mortgage Loan
Schedule for a Mortgage Loan Package to be purchased on a
particular Closing Date to the Purchaser at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the related Closing Date.
SECTION 4. Purchase Price . The Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan
listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the
percentage of par as stated in the related Confirmation (subject to
adjustment as provided therein), multiplied by its Stated Principal
Balance as of the related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the
related Confirmation, portions of the Mortgage Loans shall be
priced separately.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described
above, the Initial Purchaser shall pay to the Seller, at closing,
accrued interest on the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage
Loan as of the related Cut-off Date at its Net Mortgage Interest
Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate from the related Cut-off Date
through the day prior to the related Closing Date, both
inclusive.
The Purchaser shall own and be entitled to
receive with respect to each Mortgage Loan purchased, (1) all
scheduled principal due after the related Cut-off Date, (2) all
other recoveries of principal collected after the related Cut-off
Date (provided, however, that all scheduled payments of principal
due on or before the related Cut-off Date and collected by the
Seller after the related Cut-off Date shall belong to the Seller),
and (3) all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans net of the
Servicing Fee (minus that portion of any such interest payment that
is allocable to the period prior to the related Cut-off Date). The
Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the related
Cut-off Date is determined after application to the reduction of
principal of payments of principal due on or before the related
Cut-off Date whether or not collected. Therefore, for the purposes
of this Agreement, payments of scheduled principal and interest
prepaid for a Due Date beyond the related Cut-off Date shall not be
applied to the principal balance as of the related Cut-off Date.
Such prepaid amounts (minus the applicable Servicing Fee) shall be
the property of the Purchaser. The Seller shall deposit any such
prepaid amounts into the Custodial Account, which account is
established for the benefit of the Purchaser, for remittance by the
Seller to the Purchaser on the first related Distribution Date. All
payments of principal and interest, less the applicable Servicing
Fee, due on a Due Date following the related Cut-off Date shall
belong to the Purchaser.
SECTION 5. Examination of Mortgage Files
. In addition to the rights granted
to the Initial Purchaser under the related Confirmation to
underwrite the Mortgage Loans and review the Mortgage Files prior
to the Closing Date, prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller
shall (a) deliver to the Custodian in escrow, for examination with
respect to each Mortgage Loan to be purchased on such Closing Date,
the related Mortgage File, including the Assignment of Mortgage,
pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or (b) make the related Mortgage
File available to the Initial Purchaser for examination at the
Seller’s offices or such other location as shall otherwise be
agreed upon by the Initial Purchaser and the Seller. Such
examination may be made by the Initial Purchaser or its designee at
any reasonable time before or after the related Closing Date. If
the Initial Purchaser makes such examination prior to the related
Closing Date and identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform
to the terms of the related Confirmation or the Initial
Purchaser’s underwriting standards, such Mortgage Loans may,
at the Initial Purchaser’s option, be rejected for purchase
by the Initial Purchaser. If not purchased by the Initial
Purchaser, such Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Initial Purchaser may, at its option
and without notice to the Seller, purchase all or part of any
Mortgage Loan Package without conducting any partial or complete
examination. The fact that the Initial Purchaser has conducted or
has determined not to conduct any partial or complete examination
of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the Initial
Purchaser’s (or any of its successors’) rights to
demand repurchase or other relief or remedy provided for in this
Agreement.
SECTION 6. Conveyance from Seller to Initial
Purchaser .
Subsection 6.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of
Servicing Files .
The Seller, simultaneously with the payment of
the Purchase Price, shall execute and deliver to the Initial
Purchaser an Assignment and Conveyance with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan Package in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
4 . The Servicing File retained by the Seller with respect to
each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement shall be
appropriately identified in the Seller’s computer system to
reflect clearly the sale of such related Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser. The Seller shall release from its custody the contents
of any Servicing File retained by it only in accordance with this
Agreement, except when such release is required in connection with
a repurchase of any such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsection 7.03
or 7.04.
Subsection 6.02. Books and Records .
Record title to each Mortgage and the related
Mortgage Note as of the related Closing Date shall be in the name
of the Seller, the Purchaser, the Custodian or one or more
designees of the Purchaser, as the Purchaser shall designate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, beneficial ownership of each
Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note shall be vested solely in
the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the
case may be. All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans
including, but not limited to, all funds received by the Seller
after the related Cut-off Date on or in connection with a Mortgage
Loan as provided in Section 4 shall be vested in the Purchaser or
one or more designees of the Purchaser; provided, however, that all
such funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan as
provided in Section 4 shall be received and held by the Seller in
trust for the benefit of the Purchaser or the assignee of the
Purchaser, as the case may be, as the owner of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
It is the express intention of the parties that
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be, and be
construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller and not a
pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to
secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. Consequently, the
sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected as a sale on the
Seller’s business records, tax returns and financial
statements.
Subsection 6.03. Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents
.
Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement to be
executed among and delivered by the Initial Purchaser, the
Custodian and the Seller prior to the Initial Closing Date, the
Seller shall from time to time in connection with each Closing
Date, at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Closing Date,
deliver and release to the Custodian those Mortgage Loan Documents
as required by the Custodial Agreement with respect to each
Mortgage Loan to be purchased and sold on the related Closing Date
and set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered with
such Mortgage Loan Documents.
The Custodian shall certify its receipt of all
such Mortgage Loan Documents required to be delivered pursuant to
the Custodial Agreement for the related Closing Date, as evidenced
by the Trust Receipt and Initial Certification of the Custodian in
the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The Seller shall be
responsible for maintaining the Custodial Agreement during the
Preliminary Servicing Period. The fees and expenses of the
Custodian during such period shall be paid by the Seller, and the
Seller shall provide customary indemnification to the Custodian
pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.
The Seller shall forward to the Custodian
original documents evidencing an assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in
accordance with this Agreement within two weeks of their execution,
provided, however, that the Seller shall provide the Custodian with
a certified true copy of any such document submitted for
recordation within two weeks of its execution, and shall provide
the original of any document submitted for recordation or a copy of
such document certified by the appropriate public recording office
to be a true and complete copy of the original within ninety days
of its submission for recordation.
SECTION 7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Seller: Remedies for Breach .
Subsection 7.01. Representations and Warranties Respecting the
Seller .
The Seller represents, warrants and covenants to
the Purchaser as of the initial Closing Date and each subsequent
Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein or in
the applicable Assignment and Conveyance:
(i) The Seller is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the state of its
incorporation 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 is located and is and will
remain in compliance with the laws of each state in which any
Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to ensure the
enforceability of each Mortgage Loan and the servicing of the
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 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) The Seller has the full power and authority 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. The Seller has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the Seller and the performance of and compliance with the terms of
this Agreement will not violate the Seller’s articles of
incorporation or by-laws or constitute a default under or result in
a breach or acceleration of, any material contract, agreement or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or which may be
applicable to the Seller or its assets;
(iv) The Seller is not in violation of, and the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and its
performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will
not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of
any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its assets, which violation might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
otherwise) or the operation of the Seller or its assets or might
have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the
performance of its obligations and duties hereunder;
(v) The Seller is an approved seller/servicer for
FNMA and FHLMC in good standing and is a HUD approved mortgagee
pursuant to Section 203 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 FNMA,
FHLMC or HUD eligibility requirements or which would require
notification to FNMA, FHLMC or HUD;
(vi) The Seller does not believe, nor does it have
any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and
every covenant contained in this Agreement;
(vii) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment
of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with
respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Custodial Agreement,
have been delivered to the Custodian all in compliance with the
specific requirements of the Custodial Agreement. With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, the Seller is in possession of a complete
Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit 5 , except for such
documents as have been delivered to the Custodian;
(viii) Immediately prior to the payment of the
Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan, the Seller was the owner of
record of the related Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by
the related Mortgage Note and upon the payment of the Purchase
Price by the Purchaser, in the event that the Seller retains record
title, the Seller shall retain such record title to each Mortgage,
each related Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage Files with
respect thereto in trust for the Purchaser as the owner thereof and
only for the purpose of servicing and supervising the servicing of
each Mortgage Loan;
(ix) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations of, the Seller before any court, administrative or
other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its entering into this
Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the sale of the Mortgage Loans or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or (C) that might prohibit or materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Agreement;
(x) No consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of, or compliance
by the Seller with, this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have
been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(xi) The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance
of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar
statutory provisions;
(xii) The information delivered by the Seller to the
Purchaser with respect to the Seller’s loan loss, foreclosure
and delinquency experience for the twelve (12) months immediately
preceding the Initial Closing Date on mortgage loans underwritten
to the same standards as the Mortgage Loans and covering mortgaged
properties similar to the Mortgaged Properties, is true and correct
in all material respects;
(xiii) Neither this Agreement nor any written
statement, report or other document prepared and furnished or to be
prepared and furnished by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement or
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains
any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein
not misleading;
(xiv) 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 complete records for each
Mortgage Loan which shall be clearly marked to reflect the
ownership of each Mortgage Loan by Purchaser;
(xv) The consideration received by the Seller upon
the sale of the Mortgage loans constitutes fair consideration and
reasonably equivalent value for such Mortgage Loans; and
(xvi) Seller is solvent and will not be rendered
insolvent by the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Seller is not transferring any Mortgage loan with any
intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(xvi) To the extent any Mortgage Loan is a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the Seller is a member of MERS in good standing,
will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures
of MERS and is current in payment of all fees and assessments
imposed by MERS.
(xvi) To the extent any Mortgage Loan is a MERS
Mortgage Loan, the Seller will comply in all material respects with
the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS.
Subsection 7.02. Representations and Warranties Regarding
Individual Mortgage Loans .
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchaser that, as to each Mortgage Loan, as of the related Closing
Date for such Mortgage Loan:
(i) The information set forth in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct;
(ii) The Mortgage Loan is in compliance with all
requirements set forth in the related Confirmation, and the
characteristics of the related Mortgage Loan Package as set forth
in the related Confirmation are true and correct;
(iii) All payments required to be made up to the
close of business on the Closing Date for such Mortgage Loan under
the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made; the 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; and there has
been no delinquency, exclusive of any period of grace, in any
payment by the Mortgagor thereunder since the origination of the
Mortgage Loan;
(iv) There are no delinquent taxes, ground rents,
water charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums,
leasehold payments, including assessments payable in future
installments or other outstanding charges affecting the related
Mortgaged Property;
(v) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the 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, and which have been delivered to the Custodian; the
substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been
approved by the insurer under the Primary Insurance Policy, if any,
and the title insurer, to the extent required by the related
policy, and is reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. 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 insurer
under the Primary Insurance Policy, if any, the title insurer, to
the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement
has been delivered to the Custodian and the terms of which are
reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(vi) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not
subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense, including the defense of usury, nor will the operation of
any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or the
exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense
of usury and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense has been asserted with respect thereto. Each Prepayment
Charge or penalty with respect to any Mortgage Loan is permissible,
enforceable and collectible under applicable federal, state and
local law;
(vii) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are
insured by an insurer acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC against loss by
fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located,
pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of
the Servicing Addendum. 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. 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;
(viii) Any and all requirements of any federal, state
or local law including, but not limited to, all applicable
predatory and abusive lending, usury, truth in lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit
opportunity, fair housing or disclosure laws applicable to the
origination and servicing of mortgage loans of a type similar to
the Mortgage Loans have been complied with and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation
of any such laws, and the Seller shall maintain in its possession,
available for the inspection of the Purchaser or its designee, and
shall deliver to the Purchaser or its designee, upon two Business
Days’ request, evidence of compliance with such
requirements;
(ix) 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;
(x) The related Mortgage is properly recorded and
is a valid, existing and enforceable (A) first lien and first
priority security interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan which
is indicated by the Seller to be a First Lien (as reflected on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule), or (B) second lien and second priority
security interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan which is
indicated by the Seller to be a Second Lien (as reflected on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule), in either case, on the Mortgaged Property,
including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property subject only
to (a) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not
yet due and payable, (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as
of the date of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending
institutions generally and specifically referred to in the
lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator
of the Mortgage Loan and which do not adversely affect the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property, (c) other matters to
which like properties are commonly subject which do not 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 and (d) with respect to each
Mortgage Loan which is indicated by the Seller to be a Second Lien
Mortgage Loan (as reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule) a First
Lien on the Mortgaged Property. 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 (A) first lien and first priority security
interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan which is indicated by
the Seller to be a First Lien (as reflected on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule) or (B) second lien and second priority security interest
with respect to each Mortgage Loan which is indicated by the Seller
to be a Second Lien Mortgage Loan (as reflected on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule), in either case, on the property described therein
and the Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the
Purchaser. 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;
(xi) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(xii) All parties to the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage had 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 Mortgagor is a natural person;
(xiii) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed to or for the account of the Mortgagor and there is
no obligation for the Mortgagee to advance additional funds
thereunder and any and all requirements as to completion of any
on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with. 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;
(xiv) The Seller is the sole legal, beneficial and
equitable owner of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage. The Seller
has full right and authority under all governmental and regulatory
bodies having jurisdiction over such Seller, subject to no interest
or participation of, or agreement with, any party, to transfer and
sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement
free and clear of any encumbrance or right of others, equity, lien,
pledge, charge, mortgage, claim, participation interest or security
interest of any nature (collectively, a “Lien”); and
immediately upon the transfers and assignments herein contemplated,
the Seller shall have transferred and sold all of its right, title
and interest in and to each Mortgage Loan and the Purchaser will
hold good, marketable and indefeasible title to, and be the owner
of, each Mortgage Loan subject to no Lien;
(xv) All parties which have had any interest in the
Mortgage Loan, whether as originator, mortgagee, assignee, pledgee
or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and
disposed of such interest, were): (A) organized under the laws of
such state, or (B) qualified to do business in such state, or (C)
federal savings and loan associations or national banks having
principal offices in such state, or (D) not doing business in such
state so as to require qualification or licensing, or (E) not
otherwise required to be licensed in such state. All parties which
have had any interest in the Mortgage Loan were in compliance with
any and all applicable “doing business” and licensing
requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged
Property is located or were not required to be licensed in such
state;
(xvi) The Mortgage Loan is covered by an American
Land Title Association (“ALTA”) ALTA lender’s
title insurance policy acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC (which, in the
case of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan has an adjustable rate
mortgage endorsement in the form of ALTA 6.0 or 6.1), issued by a
title insurer acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC and qualified to do
business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is
located, insuring (subject to the exceptions contained above in
(x)(a) and (b) and, with respect to each Mortgage Loan which is
indicated by the Seller to be a Second Lien Mortgage Loan (as
reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule) clause (d)) the Seller,
its successors and assigns as to the first priority lien of the
Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and,
with respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, 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 Seller is the sole insured of
such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s
title insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in
full force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made under such
lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the
related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or
omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such
lender’s title insurance policy;
(xvii) There is no default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note
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;With
respect to each Mortgage Loan which is indicated by the Seller to
be a Second Lien Mortgage Loan (as reflected on the Final Mortgage
Loan Schedule) (i) the First Lien is in full force and effect, (ii)
there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
existing under such First Lien mortgage or the related mortgage
note, (iii) 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 thereunder, and
either (A) the First Lien mortgage contains a provision which
allows or (B) applicable law requires, the mortgagee under the
Second Lien Mortgage Loan to receive notice of, and affords such
mortgagee an opportunity to cure any default by payment in full or
otherwise under the First Lien mortgage;
(xviii) 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;
(xix) All improvements which were considered in
determining the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property
lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of
the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property;
(xx) The Mortgage Loan was originated by the 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 the Secretary of HUD.
(xxi) Payments on the Mortgage Loan shall commence
(with respect to any newly originated Mortgage Loans) or commenced
no more than sixty days after the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan
were disbursed. The Mortgage Loan bears interest at the Mortgage
Interest Rate. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
Note is payable on the first day of each month in Monthly Payments,
which, (A) in the case of a Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, are
sufficient to fully amortize the original principal balance over
the original term thereof (other than with respect to a Mortgage
Loan identified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule as an
interest-only Mortgage Loan during the interest-only period) and to
pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate, and (B) 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. The Index
for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is as defined in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule. With respect to each Mortgage Loan
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as an interest-only
Mortgage Loan, the interest-only period shall not exceed the period
specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and following the
expiration of such interest-only period, the remaining Monthly
Payments shall be sufficient to fully amortize the original
principal balance over the remaining term of the Mortgage Loan. The
Mortgage Note does not permit negative amortization. No Mortgage
Loan is a Convertible Mortgage Loan;
(xxii) The origination, servicing and collection
practices used by the Seller with respect to each Mortgage Note and
Mortgage, including without limitation the establishment,
maintenance and servicing of the Escrow Accounts and Escrow
Payments, if any, since origination have been in all respects
legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage origination
and servicing industry. The Mortgage Loan has been serviced by the
Seller and any predecessor servicer in accordance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, the terms of the Mortgage
Note and Mortgage, and the FNMA and FHLMC servicing guides. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan which provides for an adjustable
interest rate, all rate adjustments have been performed in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note or
subsequent modifications, if any. With respect to escrow deposits
and Escrow Payments(other than with respect to each Mortgage Loan
which is indicated by the Seller to be a Second Lien Mortgage Loan
and for which the mortgagee under the First Lien is collecting
Escrow Payments (as reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule)), if
any, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the
control of, the 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 the Seller have been capitalized
under any Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note and no such escrow
deposits or Escrow Payments are being held by the Seller for any
work on a Mortgaged Property which has not been
completed;
(xxiii) The Mortgaged Property is free of damage and
waste and there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial
condemnation thereof;
(xxiv) The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain
customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights
and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization
against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
provided thereby, including, (a) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (b)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure. The Mortgaged Property has not
been subject to any bankruptcy proceeding or foreclosure proceeding
and the Mortgagor has not filed for protection under applicable
bankruptcy laws. There is no homestead or other exemption available
to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the
Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to
foreclose the Mortgage. The Mortgagor has not notified the Seller
and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed
to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act;
(xxv) The Mortgage Loan was underwritten in
accordance with the underwriting standards of the Seller in effect
at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated which underwriting
standards satisfy the standards of FNMA and FHLMC; and the Mortgage
Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to FNMA and
FHLMC;
(xxvi) 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;
(xxvii) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property which, (a) with respect to First Lien
Mortgage Loans, was on appraisal form 1004 or form 2055 with an
interior inspection, or (b) with respect to Second Lien Mortgage
Loans, was on appraisal form 704, 2065 or 2055 with an exterior
only inspection, and (c) with respect to (a) or (b) above, was made
and signed, prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application,
by a qualified appraiser, duly appointed by the 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;
(xxviii) 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 the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of trust,
except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by
the Mortgagor;
(xxix) With respect to each Buydown Mortgage
Loan:
(a) On or before the date of origination of such
Mortgage Loan, the Seller and the Mortgagor, or the Seller, the
Mortgagor and the seller of the Mortgaged Property or a third party
entered into a Buydown Agreement. The Buydown Agreement provides
that the seller of the Mortgaged Property (or third party) shall
deliver to the Seller temporary Buydown Funds in an amount equal to
the aggregate undiscounted amount of payments that, when added to
the amount the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan is obligated to pay
on each Due Date in accordance with the terms of the Buydown
Agreement, is equal to the full scheduled Monthly Payment due on
such Mortgage Loan. The temporary Buydown Funds enable the
Mortgagor to qualify for the Buydown Mortgage Loan for the first
six months of the term of such Mortgage Loan at an interest rate of
not more than 1.0% less per annum than the Mortgage Interest Rate.
The effective interest rate will increase in the seventh month of
the Buydown Mortgage Loan so that the effective interest rate will
be equal to the interest rate as set forth in the related Mortgage
Note.
(b) The Mortgage and Mortgage Note reflect the
permanent payment terms rather than the payment terms of the
Buydown Agreement. The Buydown Agreement provides for the payment
by the Mortgagor of the full amount of the Monthly Payment on any
Due Date that the Buydown Funds are not available. The Buydown
Funds were not used to reduce the original principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan or to increase the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property when calculating the Loan-to-Value Ratios for purposes of
this Agreement and, if the Buydown Funds were provided by the
Seller and if required under Agency Guidelines, the terms of the
Buydown Agreement were disclosed to the appraiser of the Mortgaged
Property;
(c) The Buydown Funds may not be refunded to the
Mortgagor unless the Mortgagor makes a principal payment for the
outstanding balance of the Mortgage Loan; and
(d) As of the date of origination of the Mortgage
Loan, the provisions of the related Buydown Agreement complied with
the requirements of FNMA and FHLMC regarding buydown
agreements.
(xxx) The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the
effect that 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 such statement is and will remain in the
Mortgage File;
(xxxi) 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;
(xxxii) The 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 be an unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become
delinquent, or adversely affect the value of the Mortgage
Loan;
(xxxiii) Each Mortgage Loan with an LTV at origination
in excess of 80% is and will be subject to a Primary Insurance
Policy, issued by a Qualified Insurer, which insures that portion
of the Mortgage Loan in excess of the portion of the Appraised
Value of the Mortgaged Property required by FNMA. All provisions of
such Primary Insurance Policy have been and are being complied
with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums due
thereunder have been paid. Any Mortgage subject to any such Primary
Insurance Policy obligates the Mortgagor thereunder 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;
(xxxiv) The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied
under applicable law; all inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions
of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and
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. No improvement located
on or being part of any Mortgaged Property is in violation of any
applicable zoning and subdivision law, ordinance or
regulation;
(xxxv) No error, omission, misrepresentation,
negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage
Loan has taken place on the part of any person, including without
limitation the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer,
or any other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan
or in the application of any insurance in relation to such Mortgage
Loan;
(xxxvi) The Assignment of Mortgage is in recordable
form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(xxxvii) (xxxi) 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 reflected on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated
principal amount is expressly insured as having (A) first lien
priority with respect to each Mortgage Loan which is indicated by
the Seller to be a First Lien (as reflected on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule), or (B) second lien priority with respect to each
Mortgage Loan which is indicated by the Seller to be a Second Lien
Mortgage Loan (as reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule), in
either case, 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;
(xxxviii) No Mortgage Loan has a balloon payment
feature;
(xxxix) If the Residential Dwelling on the Mortgaged
Property is a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit
development (other than a de minimis planned unit development) such
condominium or planned unit development project meets the
eligibility requirements of FNMA and FHLMC;
(xl) No Mortgage Loan which is a Cash-out
Refinancing was originated in the State of Texas;
(xli) The source of the down payment with respect to
each Mortgage Loan has been fully verified by the
Seller;
(xlii) Interest on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months;
(xliii) The Mortgaged Property is in material
compliance with all applicable environmental laws pertaining to
environmental hazards including, without limitation, asbestos, and
neither the Seller nor, to the Seller’s knowledge, the
related Mortgagor, has received any notice of any violation or
potential violation of such law;
(xliv) No Mortgage Loan is (a) subject to the
provisions of the Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994,
as amended (“HOEPA”), (b) a “high cost”,
“covered”, “abusive”,
“predatory”, “Section 10” or “high
risk” mortgage loan (or a similarly designated loan using
different terminology) under any federal, state or local law, or
any other statute or regulation providing assignee liability to
holders of such mortgage loans, or (c) in violation of any such or
comparable federal, state or local statutes or regulations. No
Mortgage Loan is a high cost loan or a covered loan, as applicable
(as such terms are defined in the Standard & Poor’s
LEVELS Version 5.6 Glossary Revised, Appendix E as of the related
Closing Date);
(xlv) No predatory, abusive or deceptive lending
practices, including but not limited to, the extension of credit to
a mortgagor without regard for the mortgagor’s ability to
repay the Mortgage Loan and the extension of credit to a mortgagor
which has no apparent benefit to the mortgagor, were employed in
connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
(xlvi) None of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan were
used to finance the purchase of single premium credit life or
disability insurance policies or any comparable
insurance;
(xlvii) The Mortgage Loans were not selected from the
outstanding fixed rate one to four-family mortgage loans in the
Seller’s portfolio at the related Closing Date as to which
the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement
could be made in a manner so as to affect adversely the interests
of the Purchaser;
(xlviii) 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;
(xlix) 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;
(l) The information set forth in the Prepayment
Charge Schedule is complete, true and correct in all material
respects and each Prepayment Charge is permissible, enforceable and
collectable under applicable federal and state law;
(li) The Mortgage Loan was not prepaid in full prior
to the Closing Date and the Seller has not received notification
from a Mortgagor that a prepayment in full shall be made after the
Closing Date;
(lii) The 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 be reasonably be expected to cause the mortgage
Loan to be an unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to
become delinquent, or adversely affect the value of the Mortgage
Loan;
(liii) No Mortgage Loan is a “home loan”
under the Georgia Fair Lending Act, or each Mortgage Loan secured
by a mortgaged property located in the State of Georgia was
originated after March 7, 2003;
(liv) No Mortgage Loan is secured by cooperative
housing, commercial property or mixed use property; and
(xlxv) Each Mortgage Loan is eligible for sale in the
secondary market or for inclusion in a Pass-Through Transfer
without unreasonable credit enhancement.
(lvi) With respect to each MOM Loan, a MIN has been
assigned by MERS and such MIN is accurately provided on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule. The related Assignment of Mortgage to MERS
has been duly and properly recorded, or has been delivered for
recording to the applicable recording office;
(lvii)With respect to each MOM Loan, Seller has
not received any notice of liens or legal actions with respect to
such Mortgage Loan and no such notices have been electronically
posted by MERS;
(lviii) With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is a
Second Lien, (i) the related first lien does not permit negative
amortization, and (ii) either no consent for the Mortgage Loan is
required by the holder of the first lien or such consent has been
obtained and is contained in the Mortgage File;
(lix) The Mortgaged Property is located in the state
identified in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and is improved by
a Residential Dwelling;
(lx) No Mortgage Loan had an original term to
maturity of more than thirty (30) years;
(lxi) The Mortgage Loan Documents with respect to
each Mortgage Loan subject to Prepayment Charges specifically
authorizes such Prepayment Charges to be collected, such Prepayment
Charges are permissible and enforceable in accordance with the
terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents and all applicable
federal, state and local laws (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 each Prepayment Charge was originated in compliance with all
applicable federal, state and local laws;
(lxii) The Seller 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 Seller 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 applicable Mortgagor and the
origin of the assets used by the said Mortgagor to purchase the
property in question, and maintains, and will maintain, sufficient
information to identify the applicable Mortgagor for purposes of
the Anti-Money Laundering Laws; no Mortgage Loan is subject to
nullification pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (the
“Executive Order”) or the regulations promulgated by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States
Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC Regulations”) or
in violation of the Executive Order or the OFAC Regulations, and no
Mortgagor is subject to the provisions of such Executive Order or
the OFAC Regulations nor listed as a “blocked person”
for purposes of the OFAC Regulations;
(lxiii) The sale or transfer of the Mortgage Loan by
the Seller complies with all applicable federal, state, and local
laws, rules, and regulations governing such sale or transfer,
including, without limitation, the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act (“FACT Act”) and the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, each as may be amended from time to time, and the
Seller has not received any actual or constructive notice of any
identity theft, fraud, or other misrepresentation in connection
with such Mortgage Loan or any party thereto;
(lxiv) Each Mortgage Loan constitutes a
“qualified mortgage” under Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the
Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(a)(1);
(lxv) 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
(xi) above;
(lxvi) The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment
mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared
appreciation or other contingent interest feature;
(lxvii) Each original Mortgage was recorded and all
subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the
assignment to the Purchaser) have been recorded, or are in the
process of being recorded, in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein
such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof as
against creditors of the Seller. As to any Mortgage Loan which is
not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Assignment of Mortgage is in
recordable form (except for the name of the assignee which is
blank) and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(lxviii) Each Mortgage Loan originated in the state of
Texas pursuant to Article XVI, Section 50(a)(6) of the Texas
Constitution (a “Texas Refinance Loan”) has been
originated in compliance with the provisions of Article XVI,
Section 50(a)(6) of the Texas Constitution, Texas Civil Statutes
and the Texas Finance Code. With respect to each Texas Refinance
Loan that is a Cash Out Refinancing, the related Mortgage Loan
Documents state that the Mortgagor may prepay such Texas Refinance
Loan in whole or in part without incurring a Prepayment Charge. The
Seller does not collect any such Prepayment Charges in connection
with any such Texas Refinance Loan;
(lxix) The Seller shall, at its own expense, cause
each Mortgage Loan to be covered by a “life of loan”
Tax Service Contract which is assignable to the Purchaser or its
designee at no cost to the Purchaser or its designee; provided
however, that if the Seller fails to purchase such Tax Service
Contract, the Seller shall be required to reimburse the Purchaser
for all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser in connection
with the purchase of any such Tax Service Contract;
(lxx) Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a “life
of loan” Flood Zone Service Contract which is assignable to
the Purchaser or its designee at no cost to the Purchaser or its
designee or, for each Mortgage Loan not covered by such Flood Zone
Service Contract, the Seller agrees to purchase such Flood Zone
Service Contract;
(lxxi) Each Mortgage Loan has a valid and original
Credit Score, with a minimum Credit Score as set forth in the
related Confirmation;
(lxxii) No Mortgage Loan originated or modified on or
after October 1, 2002 and prior to March 7, 2003 is secured by a
Mortgaged Property located in the State of Georgia;
(lxxiii) No Mortgage Loan is a “manufactured
housing loan” pursuant to the NJ Act, and one hundred percent
of the amount financed of any purchase money Second Lien Mortgage
Loan subject to the NJ Act was used for the purchase of the related
Mortgaged Property;
(lxxiv) With respect to any Mortgage Loan for which a
mortgage loan application was submitted by the Mortgagor after
April 1, 2004, no such Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgage Property
located in the State of Illinois is in violation of the provisions
of the Illinois Interest Act, including Section 4.1a which provides
that no such Mortgage Loan with a Mortgage Interest Rate in excess
of 8.0% per annum has lender-imposed fees (or other charges) in
excess of 3.0% of the original principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan;
(lxxv) No Mortgage Loan 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;
(lxxvi) No Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged
Property located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was made to
pay off or refinance an existing loan or other debt of the related
borrower (as the term “borrower” is defined in the
regulations promulgated by the Massachusetts Secretary of State in
connection with Massachusetts House Bill 4880 (2004)) unless either
(1) (a) the related Mortgage Interest Rate (that would be effective
once the introductory rate expires, with respect to Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans) did or would not exceed by more than 2.25% the
yield on United States Treasury securities having comparable
periods of maturity to the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan as
of the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which the application for the extension of credit was received
by the related lender or (b) the Mortgage Loan is an
“open-end home loan” (as such term is used in the
Massachusetts House Bill 4880 (2004)) and the related Mortgage Note
provides that the related Mortgage Interest Rate may not exceed at
any time the Prime rate index as published in The Wall Street
Journal plus a margin of one percent, or (2) such Mortgage Loan is
in the "borrower's interest," as documented by a "borrower's
interest worksheet" for the particular Mortgage Loan, which
worksheet incorporates the factors set forth in Massachusetts House
Bill 4880 (2004) and the regulations promulgated thereunder for
determining "borrower's interest," and otherwise complies in all
material respects with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts;
(lxxvii) The Mortgagor has not made or caused to be made
any payment in the nature of an “average” or
“yield spread premium” to a mortgage broker or a like
Person which has not been fully disclosed to the
Mortgagor;
(lxxix) With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains
a provision permitting imposition of a Prepayment Charge upon a
Principal Prepayment prior to maturity: (i) prior to the Mortgage
Loan’s origination, the Mortgagor agreed to such Prepayment
Charge in exchange for a monetary benefit, including but not
limited to a Mortgage Interest Rate or fee reduction, (ii) prior to
the Mortgage Loan’s origination, the Mortgagor was offered
the option of obtaining a Mortgage Loan that did not require
payment of a Prepayment Charge, (iii) the Prepayment Charge is
disclosed to the Mortgagor in the Mortgage Loan Documents pursuant
to applicable state and federal law, (iv) for Mortgage Loans
originated on or after September 1, 2004, the duration of the
prepayment period shall not exceed three (3) years from the date of
the Mortgage Note, unless the Mortgage Loan was modified to reduce
the prepayment period to no more than three years from the date of
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgagor was notified in writing of such
reduction in the prepayment period, (v) no Mortgage Loan originated
prior to October 1, 2002 has a Prepayment Charge longer than five
years (vi) notwithstanding any state or federal law to the
contrary, the Seller shall not impose such Prepayment Charge in any
instance when the Mortgage debt is accelerated as the result of the
Mortgagor’s default in making the Monthly Payments; Each
Prepayment Charge is permissible, collectable and
enforceable.
(lxxx) No predatory, abusive or deceptive lending
practices, including but not limited to, the extension of credit to
a Mortgagor without regard for the Mortgagor’s ability to
repay the Mortgage Loan and the extension of credit to a Mortgagor
which has no tangible net benefit to the Mortgagor, were employed
in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan. Each
Mortgage Loan is in compliance with the anti-predatory lending
eligibility for purchase requirements of FNMA’s Selling
Guide. No Mortgagor was encouraged or required to select a Mortgage
Loan product offered by the Mortgage Loan’s originator which
is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy borrowers,
unless at the time of the Mortgage Loan’s origination, such
Mortgagor did not qualify taking into account credit history and
debt to income ratios for a lower cost credit product then offered
by the Mortgage Loan’s originator or any affiliate of the
Mortgage Loan’s originator. If, at the time of the related
loan application, the Mortgagor may have qualified for a lower cost
credit product then offered by any mortgage lending affiliate of
the Mortgage Loan’s originator, the Mortgage Loan’s
originator referred the Mortgagor’s application to such
affiliate for underwriting consideration;
(lxxxi) The methodology used in underwriting the
extension of credit for each Mortgage Loan employs objective
mathematical principles which relate the Mortgagor’s income,
assets and liabilities to the proposed payment and such
underwriting methodology does not rely on the extent of the
Mortgagor’s equity in the collateral as the principal
determining factor in approving such credit extension. Such
underwriting methodology confirmed that at the time of origination
(application/approval) the Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to
make timely payments on the Mortgage Loan;
(lxxxii) All points, fees and charges, including finance
charges (whether or not financed, assessed, collected or to be
collected), in connection with the origination and servicing of
each Mortgage Loan were disclosed in writing to the related
Mortgagor in accordance with applicable state and federal law and
regulation. Except in the case of a Mortgage Loan in an original
principal amount of less than $60,000 which would have resulted in
an unprofitable origination, no related Mortgagor was charged
“points and fees” (whether or not financed) in an
amount greater than 5% of the principal amount of such loan, such
5% limitation is calculated in accordance with FNMA’s
anti-predatory lending requirements as set forth in the FNMA
Selling Guide;
(lxxxiii) The Seller will transmit full-file credit
reporting data for each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Fannie Mae Guide
Announcement 95-19 and for each Mortgage Loan, Seller agrees it
shall report one of the following statuses each month as follows:
new origination, current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed, or charged-off;
(lxxxiv) No Mortgagor was required to purchase any
credit life, disability, accident or health insurance product or
debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the
extension of credit. No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium
credit life, disability, accident or health insurance policy in
connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, and no
proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to finance single-premium
credit insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements as part
of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such Mortgage
Loan;
(lxxxv) The Seller and any predecessor servicer has
fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act
and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information
(e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three
of the credit repositories) on a monthly basis; and the Seller will
fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and
its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information
(e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Credit Information Company (three of
the credit repositories), on a monthly basis;
(lxxxvi) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, neither the
related Mortgage nor the related Mortgage Note requires the
Mortgagor to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising
out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage Loan transaction; No
Mortgagor agreed to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute
arising out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage Loan
transaction; and
(lxxxvii) The Seller has no knowledge of any condition or
circumstance relating to such Mortgage Loan that would indicate
that the current Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property is less
than the Appraised Value at the origination of such Mortgage
Loan.
Subsection 7.03. Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties .
It is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 7.01 and
7.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser
and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding
any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or
Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or lack of examination of
any Mortgage File. Upon discovery by either the Seller or the
Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and
warranties (notwithstanding any representation and warranty given
to the best of Seller’s knowledge), which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest
of the Purchaser (or which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Purchaser in the related Mortgage Loan in the case
of a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage
Loan), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other.
Within 60 days (or with respect to a breach of
Subsection 7.02(lvi), within ten (10) days) of the earlier of
either discovery by or notice to the Seller of any breach of a
representation or warranty which materially and adversely affects
the value of a Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loans, the Seller
shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all
material respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the Seller
shall, at the Purchaser’s option, repurchase such Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price within two (2) Business Days following
the expiration of the related cure period. In the event that a
breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth in
Subsection 7.01 and such breach cannot be cured within 60 days of
the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Seller of such
breach, all of the Mortgage Loans shall, at the Purchaser’s
option, be repurchased by the Seller at the Repurchase Price. The
Seller shall, at the request of the Purchaser and assuming that
Seller has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather than
repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove such
Mortgage Loan and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans; provided that such substitution shall be
effected not later than 120 days after the related Closing Date. If
the Seller has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall
repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan. Any repurchase of a
Mortgage Loan(s) pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Subsection 7.03 shall occur on a date designated by the Purchaser
and shall be accomplished by deposit in the Custodial Account of
the amount of the Repurchase Price for distribution to the
Purchaser on the next scheduled Distribution Date. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, it is understood by the
parties hereto that a breach of the representations and warranties
made in Subsections 7.02 (lxii), (lxiv), (lxxii), (lxxiii),
(lxxix), (lxxxiv), (lxxxv) and (lxxxviii) will be deemed to
materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage
Loan or the interest of the Purchaser therein.
At the time of repurchase of any deficient
Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser and the Seller shall arrange for the
reassignment of the repurchased Mortgage Loan to the Seller and the
delivery to the Seller of any documents held by the Custodian
relating to the repurchased Mortgage Loan. In the event the
Repurchase Price is deposited in the Custodial Account, the Seller
shall, simultaneously with such deposit, give written notice to the
Purchaser that such deposit has taken place. Upon such repurchase
the related Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended to reflect the
withdrawal of the repurchased Mortgage Loan from this
Agreement.
If the Seller repurchases a Mortgage Loan that
is a MERS Mortgage Loan, th