Exhibit 99.9b
EXECUTION
COPY
FIRST AMENDED AND
RESTATED
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AND
WARRANTIES AGREEMENT
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MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL
INC.,
Purchaser
NETBANK,
Seller
Dated as of November 1,
2005
Conventional,
Fixed and Adjustable Rate
Residential Mortgage
Loans
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EXAMINATION OF
MORTGAGE FILES.
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CONVEYANCE FROM
SELLER TO PURCHASER.
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SERVICING OF
THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
SELLER; REMEDIES FOR BREACH.
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COOPERATION OF
SELLER WITH A RECONSTITUTION.
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MANDATORY
DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
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INTENTION OF
THE PARTIES.
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SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS; ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
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GENERAL
INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES.
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REPRODUCTION OF
DOCUMENTS.
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RECORDATION OF
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE.
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GOVERNING LAW
JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS.
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COMPLIANCE WITH
REGULATION AB.
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
A-1
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MORTGAGE LOAN
DOCUMENTS
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EXHIBIT
A-2
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CONTENTS OF
EACH MORTGAGE FILE
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EXHIBIT
B
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INDEMNIFICATION
AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
C
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FORM OF
SELLER’S OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT
D
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FORM OF OPINION
OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
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EXHIBIT
E
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[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT
F
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FORM OF
SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
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EXHIBIT
G
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UNDERWRITING
GUIDELINES
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EXHIBIT
H
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FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
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FORM OF BRING
DOWN LETTER
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EXHIBIT
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FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
MORTGAGE LOAN
PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES
AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN
PURCHASE AND WARRANTIES AGREEMENT (“ Agreement
”), dated as of November 1, 2005, by and between Morgan
Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc., a New York corporation (the “
Purchaser ”), and NETBANK, a federal savings bank (the
“ Seller ”).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and RBMG, Inc. are
parties to that certain Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties
Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2004 (the “ Original
Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which 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 adjustable and fixed rate residential first
lien mortgage loans (the “ Mortgage Loans ”) on
a servicing released basis as described herein, and which shall be
delivered in pools of whole loans (each, a “ Mortgage Loan
Package ”) on various dates as provided herein (each, a
“ Closing Date ”);
WHEREAS, NetBank is the successor in interest to
RBMG, Inc.
WHEREAS, each Mortgage Loan is secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument creating a
first lien on a residential dwelling located in the jurisdiction
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Mortgage
Loan Package;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller wish to
prescribe the manner of the conveyance, servicing by the Interim
Servicer and control of the Mortgage Loans;
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 or a public or private, rated or unrated mortgage
Securitization Transaction; and
WHEREAS, at the present time, the Purchaser and
the Seller desire to amend the Original Purchase Agreement to make
certain modifications.
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.
Accepted Servicing Practices
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
those mortgage servicing practices which are in accordance with
accepted mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending
institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type as such
Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged
Property is located.
Act :
The National Housing Act, as amended from time to time.
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
Affiliate : With respect to any specified Person, any
other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control
with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agency Transfer : A Fannie Mae Transfer or a Freddie Mac
Transfer.
Agreement : This First Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan
Purchase and Warranties Agreement and all amendments and
supplements hereto.
ALTA :
The American Land Title Association or any successor
thereto.
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 a Qualified Appraiser and
(ii) the purchase price paid for the related Mortgaged
Property by the Mortgagor with the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan;
provided , however , that in the case of a
Refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value of the Mortgaged Property is
based solely upon the value determined by an appraisal made for the
originator of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan at the time of
origination of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan by a Qualified
Appraiser.
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement
: As defined in
Subsection 6.01 .
Assignment of Mortgage : An individual assignment of the Mortgage,
notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form but
in blank, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction in which
the related Mortgaged Property is located to give record notice of
the sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser.
Balloon Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage Loan which by its original terms
or any modifications thereof provides for amortization beyond its
scheduled maturity date.
Business Day : Any day other than (i) a Saturday or
Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking and savings and loan
institutions, in the State of New York or the State in which the
Interim Servicer’s servicing operations are located or
(iii) the state in which the Custodian’s operations are
located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.
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, the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Package.
Closing Documents : The documents required to be delivered on
each Closing Date pursuant to Section 11 .
CLTA :
The California Land Title Association.
Code :
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
statute thereto.
Commission : The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Condemnation Proceeds : All awards or settlements in respect of a
Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or
entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation,
to the extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan
Documents.
Co-op : A private, cooperative housing corporation,
having only one class of stock outstanding, which owns or leases
land and all or part of a building or buildings, including
apartments, spaces used for commercial purposes and common areas
therein and whose board of directors authorizes the sale of stock
and the issuance of a Co-op Lease.
Co-op Lease : With respect to a Co-op Loan, the lease with
respect to a dwelling unit occupied by the Mortgagor and relating
to the stock allocated to the related dwelling unit.
Co-op Loan : A Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock
allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing
corporation and a collateral assignment of the related Co-op
Lease.
Covered Loan : A Mortgage Loan categorized as Covered
pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s
Glossary.
Custodial Account : The separate trust account created and
maintained pursuant to Subsection 2.04 of the Interim
Servicing Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, as
specified therein).
Custodial Agreement : The agreement(s) governing the retention of
the originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of
Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents. If more than one
Custodial Agreement is in effect at any given time, all of the
individual Custodial Agreements shall collectively be referred to
as the “ Custodial Agreement .”
Custodian : With respect to the Mortgage Loans in any
Mortgage Loan Package, the custodian designated by the Purchaser or
its successor in interest (as set forth in the related Purchase
Price and Terms Agreement) or any successor custodian.
Cut-off Date : The date or dates designated as such on the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan Package.
Deemed Material and Adverse
Representation : Each
representation and warranty identified as such in
Section 9.02 of this Agreement.
Deleted Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or
replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan by the Seller in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Depositor : The depositor, as such term is defined in
Regulation AB, with respect to any Securitization
Transaction.
Determination Date : The date specified in the Interim Servicing
Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, for an interim
period, as specified therein).
Due Date : The day of the month on which the Monthly
Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of
grace.
Escrow Payments : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer
rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and
hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any other
payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the
mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other
document.
Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Fannie Mae : The Federal National Mortgage Association, or
any successor thereto.
Fannie Mae Guides : The Fannie Mae Sellers’ Guide and the
Fannie Mae Servicers’ Guide, as amended or restated from time
to time.
Fannie Mae Transfer : As defined in Section 13
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FHA :
The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any
successor thereto and including the Federal Housing Commissioner
and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where
appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
Fitch : Fitch, Inc., or its successor in
interest.
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan : A fixed rate mortgage loan purchased pursuant
to this Agreement.
Freddie Mac : The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or
any successor thereto.
Freddie Mac Transfer : As defined in Section 13
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Gross Margin : With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage
Note which amount is added to the Index in accordance with the
terms of the related Mortgage Note to determine on each Interest
Rate Adjustment Date the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Mortgage
Loan.
High Cost Loan : A Mortgage Loan (a) covered by the Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) classified as a
“high cost home,” “threshold,”
“covered,” (excluding New Jersey “Covered Home
Loans” as that term was defined in clause (1) of the
definition of that term in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security
Act of 2002 that were originated between November 26, 2003 and July
7, 2004), “high risk home,” “predatory” or
similar loan under any other applicable state, federal or local law
(or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a
law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal
liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest
rates, points and/or fees) or (c) a Mortgage Loan categorized as
High Cost pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s
Glossary. For avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that this
definition shall apply to any law regardless of whether such law is
presently, or in the future becomes, the subject of judicial review
or litigation.
Home Loan : A Mortgage Loan categorized as a Home Loan
pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s
Glossary.
Holdbacks : A Mortgage Loan subject to a weather-related
escrow holdback.
HUD :
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any federal
agency or official thereof which may from time to time succeed to
the functions thereof with regard to Mortgage Insurance issued by
the FHA. The term “ HUD ,” for purposes of this
Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as
the FHA and Government National Mortgage Association.
Index : The index indicated in the related Mortgage
Note for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan.
Insurance Proceeds : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds
of insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property.
Interest-Only Mortgage Loan
: A Mortgage Loan which initially
provides for scheduled payments of interest only and thereafter
requires the scheduled payments of principal and interest, in
amounts sufficient to fully amortize the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan over the remaining term of the
Mortgage Loan.
Interest Rate Adjustment Date
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage
Note and the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, on which the Mortgage
Interest Rate is adjusted.
Interim Funder : With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage
Loan, the Person named on the MERS System as the interim funder
pursuant to the MERS Procedures Manual.
Interim Servicer : The servicer under the Interim Servicing
Agreement, or its successor in interest, or any successor to the
Interim Servicer under the Interim Servicing Agreement, as therein
provided.
Interim Servicing Agreement
: The First Amended and Restated
Interim Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, by and
between the Purchaser and the Interim Servicer, providing for the
Interim Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans as specified by the
Interim Servicing Agreement.
Investor : With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage
Loan, the Person named on the MERS System as the investor pursuant
to the MERS Procedures Manual.
Lifetime Rate Cap : The provision of each Mortgage Note related
to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute
maximum Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest
Rate during the term of each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall
not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest Rate at the time of
origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more than the
amount per annum set forth on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Liquidation Proceeds : The proceeds received in connection with the
liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale
or assignment of such Mortgage Loan, trustee’s sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise or the sale of the related Mortgaged
Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of
the Mortgage Loan, other than amounts received following the
acquisition of REO Property, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation
Proceeds.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV
: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
as of any date of determination, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date (unless
otherwise indicated), and the denominator of which is the lesser of
(a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at
origination and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance
the acquisition of the related Mortgaged Property, the purchase
price of the Mortgaged Property.
Manufactured Home : A single family residential unit that is
constructed in a factory in sections in accordance with the Federal
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards adopted on June
15, 1976, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(“ HUD Code ”), as amended in 2000, which
preempts state and local building codes. Each unit is identified by
the presence of a HUD Plate/Compliance Certificate label. The
sections are then transported to the site and joined together and
affixed to a pre-built permanent foundation (which satisfies the
manufacturer’s requirements and all state, county, and local
building codes and regulations). The manufactured home is built on
a non-removable, permanent frame chassis that supports the complete
unit of walls, floors, and roof. The underneath part of the home
may have running gear (wheels, axles, and brakes) that enable it to
be transported to the permanent site. The wheels and hitch are
removed prior to anchoring the unit to the permanent foundation.
The manufactured home must be classified as real estate and taxed
accordingly. The permanent foundation may be on land owned by the
mortgager or may be on leased land.
MERS :
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors in interest.
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan
: Mortgage Loans for which
(a) the Seller has designated or will designate MERS as, and
has taken or will take such action as is necessary to cause MERS to
be, the mortgagee of record, as nominee for the Seller, in
accordance with MERS Procedure Manual and (b) the Seller has
designated or will designate the Purchaser as the Investor on the
MERS System.
MERS Procedures Manual : The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
MERS Report : The report from the MERS System listing MERS
Designated Mortgage Loans and other information.
MERS System : MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as
more particularly described in the MERS Procedures
Manual.
Monthly Payment : The scheduled monthly payment of principal and
interest on a Mortgage Loan (or the payment of interest only during
the interest only period for Interest-Only Mortgage Loans) payable
by a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Note on each Due
Date.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any
successor thereto.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a first lien on
the Mortgaged Property. With respect to a Co-op Loan, the Security
Agreement.
Mortgage File : With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Loan Documents and the items listed in
Exhibit A-2 hereto and any additional documents
required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement.
Mortgage Interest Rate : The annual rate of interest borne on a
Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Interest Rate Cap
: With respect to an Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment
as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loan : An individual Mortgage Loan which is the
subject of this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and
subject to this Agreement being identified on the applicable
Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes without
limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal
Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, Servicing Rights and all other rights, benefits, proceeds
and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage
Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased mortgage loans.
Mortgage Loan Documents : The documents required to be delivered to the
Custodian pursuant to Subsection 6.03 with respect to
any Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Loan Package : Each pool of Mortgage Loans, which shall be
purchased by the Purchaser from the Seller from time to time on
each Closing Date.
Mortgage Loan Schedule : The schedule of Mortgage Loans setting forth
the following information, if applicable, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Package: (1) the
Seller’s Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2) the
Mortgagor’s name; (3) the social security number of the
Mortgagor; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgagor’s
race and/or ethnicity is (i) native American or Alaskan
native, (ii) Asian/Pacific islander, (iii) African
American, (iv) white, (v) Hispanic or Latino,
(vi) other minority, (vii) not provided by the Mortgagor,
(viii) not applicable (if the Mortgagor is an entity) and
(ix) unknown or missing; (5) the street address of the
Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code;
(6) a code indicating whether the Mortgagor is self-employed;
(7) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied, investment property or a second home; (8) a
code indicating the number and type of residential units
constituting the Mortgaged Property (e.g. single family residence,
two-family residence, three-family residence, four-family
residence, multifamily residence, condominium, manufactured
housing, mixed-use property, raw land and other non-residential
properties, planned unit development or cooperative stock in a
cooperative housing corporation); (9) the original months to
maturity or the remaining months to maturity from the related
Cut-off Date, in any case based on the original amortization
schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the same
manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (10) the
Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (11) the Mortgage Interest
Rate as of the related Cut-off Date; (12) 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, the
Due Date; (13) the stated maturity date; (14) the amount
of the Monthly Payment as of the related Cut-off Date;
(15) whether the Mortgage Loan has Monthly Payments that are
interest-only for a period of time; (16) the last payment date
on which a payment was actually applied to the outstanding
principal balance; (17) the schedule of the payment
delinquencies in the prior 12 months; (18) the Servicing Fee;
(19) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(20) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
close of business on the related Cut-off Date, after deduction of
payments of principal due and collected on or before the related
Cut-off Date; (21) combined LTV, (22) [reserved];
(23) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (24) with respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (25) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the
terms of the Mortgage Note; (26) with respect to Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans, a code indicating the type of Index, including
the methodology for rounding (e.g. rounded upward, if necessary, to
the nearest ten thousandth (.0001)) and the applicable time frame
for determining the Index; (27) the type of Mortgage Loan
(i.e., Fixed Rate, Adjustable Rate); (28) a code indicating
the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, rate/term refinance or
cash-out refinance); (29) a code indicating the documentation
style (i.e. no documents, full, alternative, reduced, no income/no
asset, stated income, no ratio, reduced or NIV);
(30) [reserved]; (31) the loan credit classification (as
described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (32) whether such
Mortgage Loan provides for a Prepayment Penalty; (33) the
Prepayment Penalty period of such Mortgage Loan, if applicable;
(34) a description of the Prepayment Penalty, if applicable;
(35) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination;
(36) the credit risk score (FICO score); (37) the date of
origination; (38) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (39) with
respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustment percentage; (40) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate floor;
(41) the Mortgage Interest Rate calculation method (i.e.,
30/360, simple interest, other); (42) with respect to
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Rate Cap as of the
first Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (43) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, a code indicating whether the
Mortgage Loan provides for negative amortization; (44) a code
indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has negative amortization and
the maximum of such negative amortization; (45) a code
indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Balloon Mortgage Loan;
(46) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan by its
original terms or any modifications thereof provides for
amortization beyond its scheduled maturity date; (47) the
original Monthly Payment due; (48) the Appraised Value;
(49) appraisal type; (50) appraisal date; (51) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by a PMI
Policy and, if so, identifying the PMI Policy provider;
(52) the certificate number of the PMI Policy, if applicable;
(53) the amount of coverage of the PMI Policy, if applicable;
(54) in connection with a condominium unit, a code indicating
whether the condominium project where such unit is located is
low-rise or high-rise; (55) a code indicating whether the
Mortgaged Property is a leasehold estate; (56) with respect to
the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (57) sales
price; (58) automated valuation model (AVM); and (59) a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Designated
Mortgage Loan and the MERS Identification Number, if
applicable.
With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate, the related 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 aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average
Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; (4) the weighted
average maturity of the Mortgage Loans; (5) the average principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans; (6) the applicable Cut-off Date; and
(7) the applicable Closing Date.
Mortgage Note : The original executed note or other evidence
of the Mortgage Loan indebtedness of a Mortgagor, including any
riders or addenda thereto.
Mortgaged Property : With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a
Co-op Loan, the Mortgagor’s real property securing repayment
of a related Mortgage Note, consisting of an unsubordinated estate
in fee simple or, with respect to real property located in
jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold estates for residential
properties is a widely-accepted practice, a leasehold estate, in a
single parcel or multiple parcels of real property improved by a
Residential Dwelling. With respect to a Co-op Loan, the stock
allocated to a dwelling unit in the residential cooperative housing
corporation that was pledged to secure such Co-op Loan and the
related Co-op Lease.
Mortgagor : The obligor on the related Mortgage
Note.
Nonrecoverable Advance : Any advance previously made or proposed to be
made in respect of a Mortgage Loan which, in the good faith
judgment of the Interim Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable from related
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise. The
determination by the Interim Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed advance of principal
and/or interest, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate
delivered to the Purchaser.
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
Seller, and delivered to the Purchaser as required by this
Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Seller, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser,
provided that any Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) the
qualification of any account required to be maintained pursuant to
the Interim Servicing Agreement as an Eligible Account (as defined
in the Interim Servicing Agreement), (b) qualification of the
Mortgage Loans in a REMIC or (c) compliance with the REMIC
Provisions, must be (unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of
Counsel) an opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of
the Seller and any servicer of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does not
have any material direct or indirect financial interest in the
Seller or any servicer of the Mortgage Loans or in an Affiliate of
either and (iii) is not connected with the Seller or any servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee, director or person
performing similar functions.
Periodic Rate Cap : The provision of each Mortgage Note related
to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute
maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may
increase or decrease on an Interest Rate Adjustment Date above or
below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect. The Periodic
Rate Cap for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate set
forth as such on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Person : Any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
PMI Policy : A policy of primary mortgage guaranty
insurance issued by an insurer acceptable under the Underwriting
Guidelines and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where
the Mortgaged Property is located.
Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule
: As defined in Section 3
.
Prepayment Penalty: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount
of any premium or penalty required to be paid by the Mortgagor if
the Mortgagor prepays such Mortgage Loan as provided in the related
Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or PMI
Policy : A policy of
primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by a qualified insurer
and represented to be in effect pursuant to
Subsection 9.02(o) .
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 thereon, and 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 in exchange for the Mortgage Loans
purchased on such Closing Date as calculated in Section 4 of
this Agreement.
Purchase Price and Terms Agreement
: Each of those certain agreements
setting forth the general terms and conditions of the purchase and
sale of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased from time to time
hereunder, each by and between the Seller and the
Purchaser.
Purchase Price Percentage
: The percentage of par (expressed
as decimal) set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Agreement.
Purchaser : Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc., a New
York corporation, and its successors in interest and assigns, or
any successor to the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein
provided.
Qualified Appraiser : An 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, and whose compensation
was not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage
Loan, and such appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser
both satisfied the requirements of Title XI of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date
the Mortgage Loan was originated.
Qualified Correspondent : Any Person from which the Seller purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to
an agreement between the Seller and such Person that contemplated
that such Person would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time,
for sale to the Seller, in accordance with underwriting guidelines
designated by the Seller (“ Designated Guidelines
”) or guidelines that do not vary materially from such
Designated Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage Loans were in fact
underwritten as described in clause (i) above and were
acquired by the Seller within 180 days after origination;
(iii) either (x) the Designated Guidelines were, at the
time such Mortgage Loans were originated, used by the Seller in
origination of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage
Loans for the Seller’s own account or (y) the Designated
Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were underwritten,
designated by the Seller on a consistent basis for use by lenders
in originating mortgage loans to be purchased by the Seller; and
(iv) the Seller employed, at the time such Mortgage Loans were
acquired by the Seller, pre-purchase or post-purchase quality
assurance procedures (which may involve, among other things, review
of a sample of mortgage loans purchased during a particular time
period or through particular channels) designed to ensure that
Persons from which it purchased mortgage loans properly applied the
underwriting criteria designated by the Seller.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must,
on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding
principal balance, after deduction of all scheduled payments due in
the month of substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more
than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate
principal balance), not in excess of the outstanding principal
balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall
will be deposited in the Custodial Account by the Seller in the
month of substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage Interest Rate not
less than and not more than 1% greater than the Mortgage Interest
Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term
to maturity not greater than and not more than one year less than
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be of the same type as
the Deleted Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate or adjustable rate with
same Mortgage Interest Rate Caps); and (v) comply with each
representation and warranty (respecting individual Mortgage Loans)
set forth in Section 9 .
Rating Agency : Any of Fitch, Moody’s or Standard &
Poor’s, or their respective successors designated by the
Purchaser.
Reconstitution : Any Securitization Transaction or a Whole Loan
Transfer.
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 sold hereunder, in connection with a
Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Transfer or a Securitization
Transaction pursuant to Section 13 , including, but not
limited to, a seller’s warranties and servicing agreement
with respect to a Whole Loan Transfer, and a pooling and servicing
agreement and/or seller/servicer agreements and related
custodial/trust agreement and documents with respect to a
Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution Date : As defined in Section 13 .
Regulation AB : Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such
may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification
and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release
No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or
by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the
Commission or its staff from time to time.
Relief Act : The Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act.
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 a REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of
Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the Code, and related
provisions and regulations, rulings or pronouncements promulgated
thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to
time.
Remittance Date : The date specified in the Interim Servicing
Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, as specified
therein).
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Interim
Servicer through foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure.
Repurchase Price : As defined in the related Purchase Price and
Terms Agreement.
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 condominium
project or (iv) a family dwelling in a planned unit development, or
(v) a townhouse, none of which is a Co-op or a mobile or
Manufactured Home.
RESPA : Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as
amended from time to time.
Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Securitization Transaction
: Any transaction involving either
(1) a sale or other transfer of some or all of the Mortgage
Loans directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in connection
with an issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or
unrated mortgage-backed securities or (2) an issuance of
publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated securities,
the payments on which are determined primarily by reference to one
or more portfolios of residential mortgage loans consisting, in
whole or in part, of some or all of the Mortgage Loans.
Security Agreement : The agreement creating a security interest in
the stock allocated to a dwelling unit in the residential
cooperative housing corporation that was pledged to secure such
Co-op Loan and the related Co-op Lease.
Seller : As defined in the initial paragraph of the
Agreement, together with its successors in interest.
Seller Information : As defined in Subsection 35.04.
Servicing Fee : As to each Mortgage Loan Package, the amount
of the fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller for servicing the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
which shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, be equal to $7.00
per calendar month.
Servicing File : With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file
retained by the Interim Servicer 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.
Servicing Rights : Any and all of the following: (a) any and all
rights to service the Mortgage Loans; (b) any payments to or monies
received by the Seller for servicing the Mortgage Loans; (c) any
late fees, penalties or similar payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans; (d) all agreements or documents creating, defining
or evidencing any such servicing rights to the extent they relate
to such servicing rights and all rights of the Seller thereunder;
(e) Escrow Payments or other similar payments with respect to
the Mortgage Loans and any amounts actually collected by the Seller
with respect thereto; (f) all accounts and other rights to payment
related to any of the property described in this paragraph; and (g)
any and all documents, files, records, servicing files, servicing
documents, servicing records, data tapes, computer records, or
other information pertaining to the Mortgage Loans or pertaining to
the past, present or prospective servicing of the Mortgage
Loans.
Sponsor : The sponsor, as such term is defined in
Regulation AB, with respect to any Securitization
Transaction.
Standard & Poor’s
: Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
Inc., and any successor thereto.
Stated Principal Balance : As to each Mortgage Loan as to any date of
determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
at the related Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of
principal due on or before such date, whether or not received,
minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or
recoveries of principal, or advances in lieu thereof on such
Mortgage Loan.
Static Pool Information : Static pool information as described in Item
1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Successor Servicer : Any servicer of one or more Mortgage Loans
designated by the Purchaser as being entitled to the benefits of
the indemnifications set forth in Sections 9.03 and
14.01 .
Third-Party Originator : Each Person, other than a Qualified
Correspondent, that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the
Seller.
Transfer Date : In the event the Interim Servicer is
terminated as servicer of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Interim
Servicing Agreement, the date on which the Purchaser, or its
designee, shall receive the transfer of servicing responsibilities
and begin to perform the servicing of such Mortgage Loans, and the
Interim Servicer shall cease all servicing
responsibilities.
Underwriting Guidelines : The underwriting guidelines of the Seller, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G and a
then-current copy of which is attached as an exhibit to the related
Assignment and Conveyance.
Whole Loan Transfer : Any sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans, other than a Securitization Transaction.
SECTION 2.
Agreement to Purchase
.
The Seller agrees to sell from time to time, and
the Purchaser agrees to purchase from time to time, Mortgage Loans
having an aggregate actual unpaid principal balance on the related
Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the related Purchase
Price and Terms Agreement, or in such other amount as agreed by the
Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by the actual aggregate
unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans accepted by the
Purchaser on each Closing Date, together with the related Mortgage
Files and all rights and obligations arising under the documents
contained therein.
SECTION 3.
Mortgage Loan
Schedules .
The Seller from time to time shall provide the
Purchaser with certain information constituting a preliminary
listing of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each Closing Date
in accordance with the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement
and this Agreement (each, a “ Preliminary Mortgage Loan
Schedule ”).
The Seller shall deliver the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on a
particular Closing Date to the Purchaser at least two (2) Business
Days prior to the related Closing Date. The related Mortgage Loan
Schedule shall be the related Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule
with those Mortgage Loans which have not been funded prior to the
related Closing Date deleted.
SECTION 4.
Purchase Price
.
The Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan and
the related Servicing Rights shall be the percentage of par as
stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement (subject
to adjustment as provided therein), multiplied by the aggregate
actual unpaid principal balance, as of the related Cut-off Date, of
the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule,
after application of scheduled payments of principal due on or
before the related Cut-off Date, but only to the extent such
payments were actually received. The initial principal amount of
the related Mortgage Loans shall be the aggregate actual unpaid
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans, so computed as of the
related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the related Purchase Price
and Terms Agreement, portions of the Mortgage Loans and/or the
Servicing Rights shall be priced and paid for
separately.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described
above, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller, at closing, accrued
interest from the last “interest paid to” date through
the day immediately preceding the related Closing Date, inclusive,
on the aggregate actual unpaid principal amount of the related
Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-off Date at the weighted
average Mortgage Interest Rate of those Mortgage Loans. The
Purchase Price plus accrued interest as set forth in the preceding
paragraph shall be paid to the Seller by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Seller
in writing.
The Purchaser shall be entitled to (1) all
scheduled principal due after the related Cut-off Date,
(2) all other recoveries of principal collected on or after
the related Cut-off Date, and (3) all payments of interest on
the Mortgage Loans net of applicable Servicing Fees (minus that
portion of any such payment which is allocable to the period prior
to the related Cut-off Date). The outstanding principal balance of
each Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date is determined
after application of payments of principal due on or before the
related Cut-off Date, to the extent actually collected, together
with any unscheduled principal prepayments collected prior to such
Cut-off Date; provided, however, that payments of scheduled
principal and interest paid prior to such Cut-off date, but to be
applied on 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 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 subsequent remittance by the Seller to the
Purchaser.
SECTION 5.
Examination of Mortgage
Files .
At least ten (10) Business Days prior to the
related Closing Date, the Seller shall either (a) deliver to
the Purchaser or its designee in escrow, for examination with
respect to each Mortgage Loan to be purchased, the related Mortgage
File, including a copy of the Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to
each Mortgage Loan, or (b) make the related Mortgage File
available to the Purchaser for examination at such other location
as shall otherwise be acceptable to the Purchaser. Such examination
of the Mortgage Files may be made by the Purchaser or its designee
at any reasonable time before or after the related Closing Date. If
the Purchaser makes such examination prior to the related Closing
Date and determines, in its sole discretion, that any Mortgage
Loans are unacceptable to the Purchaser for any reason, such
Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, and such Deleted Mortgage Loan (or Loans) may be replaced
by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or Loans) acceptable to
the Purchaser. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice
to the Seller, purchase some or all of the Mortgage Loans without
conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact that the
Purchaser or its designee has conducted or has failed to conduct
any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not
affect the Purchaser’s (or any of its successor’s)
rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other relief as
provided herein.
SECTION 6.
Conveyance from Seller to
Purchaser .
Subsection 6.01
Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans .
The Seller, simultaneously with the delivery of
the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan Package to be purchased on each Closing Date, shall execute
and deliver an Assignment and Conveyance Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H (the “ Assignment and
Conveyance Agreement ”). The Seller shall ensure that the
contents of each Servicing File, which required to be retained by
or delivered to the Interim Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the Interim Servicing Agreement and thus not delivered
to the Purchaser, or its designee, are and shall be held in trust
by the Interim Servicer for the benefit of the Purchaser as the
owner thereof. The Seller agrees that the Interim Servicer’s
possession of any portion of each such Mortgage File is at the will
of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement, and such retention
and possession by the Interim Servicer shall be in a custodial
capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, each Mortgage
and the contents of each Mortgage File is vested in the Purchaser
and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession
of the Interim Servicer shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and
shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by the Interim Servicer
at the will of the Purchaser in such custodial capacity only. The
Seller shall cause the Servicing File retained by the Interim
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement to be appropriately identified
in the Seller’s computer system and/or books and records, as
appropriate, to clearly reflect the sale of the related Mortgage
Loan to the Purchaser. The Seller shall cause the Interim Servicer
to release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File
retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement or the
Interim Servicing Agreement, and if and to the extent such release
is required in connection with a repurchase of any such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Subsection 9.03 or if required under
applicable law or court order.
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, an Affiliate of the Seller, the Purchaser or one or
more designees of the Purchaser, as the Purchaser shall select;
provided, however, that if a Mortgage has been recorded in the name
of MERS or its designee, the Seller is shown as the owner of the
related Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS for purposes of the
system of recording transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages
maintained by MERS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ownership of
each Mortgage and 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 or
the Interim Servicer after the related Cut-off Date on or in
connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be vested in the Purchaser or
one or more designees of the Purchaser; provided, however, that all
funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be
received and held by the Seller or the Interim Servicer in trust
for the benefit of the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the
Purchaser, as the case may be, as the owner of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
The Seller shall be or shall cause the Interim
Servicer to be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a
complete set of books and records for each Mortgage Loan which
shall be marked clearly to reflect the ownership of each Mortgage
Loan by the Purchaser. In particular, the Seller shall or shall
cause the Interim Servicer to maintain in its possession, available
for inspection by the Purchaser, and shall deliver to the Purchaser
upon demand, evidence of compliance with all federal, state and
local laws, rules and regulations, and requirements of Fannie Mae
or Freddie Mac, including but not limited to documentation as to
the method used in determining the applicability of the provisions
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, to the
Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage and
periodic inspection reports, as required by the Fannie Mae Guides.
To the extent that original documents are not required for purposes
of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds,
documents maintained by the Seller or the Interim Servicer may be
in the form of microfilm or microfiche so long as the Seller or the
Interim Servicer complies with the requirements of the Fannie Mae
Guides.
It is the express intention of the parties that
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be, and be
construed as, a sale of the related Mortgage Loans by the Seller
and not a pledge of such 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 purchase on the Purchaser’s business records, tax returns
and financial statements, and as a sale of assets on the
Seller’s business records, tax returns and financial
statements.
Subsection 6.03
Delivery of Mortgage Loan
Documents .
The Seller shall deliver and release to the
Custodian no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the related
Closing Date those Mortgage Loan Documents set forth on
Exhibit A-1 hereto as required by the Custodial
Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth on the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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 Initial Certification of the Custodian in the form annexed
to the Custodial Agreement. The Seller shall comply with the terms
of the Custodial Agreement and the Purchaser shall pay all fees and
expenses of the Custodian.
The Seller shall or shall cause the Interim
Servicer to forward to the Custodian, or to such other Person as
the Purchaser shall designate in writing, 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, or to such other Person as the
Purchaser shall designate in writing, with a certified true copy of
any such document submitted for recordation within two weeks of its
execution, and shall promptly 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 180 days of its submission for
recordation; provided however, that if delivery is not completed
within 180 days after such documents were submitted for recordation
solely due to delays in making such delivery by reason of the fact
that such documents shall not have been returned by the appropriate
recording office, the Seller shall continue to use its best efforts
to effect delivery as soon as possible thereafter, but in no event
shall delivery of such documents occur more than 240 days after
such documents were submitted for recordation. The Seller shall
grant a sufficient limited power of attorney to the Purchaser to
enable the Purchaser to execute legal, valid and enforceable
Assignments of Mortgage for the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Seller.
In the event any document required to be
delivered to the Custodian in the Custodial Agreement, including an
original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the
appropriate public recording office, is not so delivered to the
Custodian, or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate
in writing, within 90 days following the related Closing Date
(other than with respect to the Assignments of Mortgage which shall
be delivered to the Custodian in blank and recorded subsequently by
the Purchaser or its designee and an assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in
accordance with this Agreement), and in the event that the Seller
does not cure such failure within 30 days of discovery or receipt
of written notification of such failure from the Purchaser, the
related Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the Purchaser, be
repurchased by the Seller at the price and in the manner specified
in Subsection 9.03 . The foregoing repurchase obligation
shall not apply if the Seller cannot cause the Interim Servicer to
deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for
recordation to the appropriate public recording office within the
specified period due to a delay caused by the recording office in
the applicable jurisdiction; provided that the Seller shall instead
deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if such
recording receipt is not available, an officer’s certificate
of a servicing officer of the Seller, confirming that such
documents have been accepted for recording; provided that, upon
request of the Purchaser and delivery by the Purchaser to the
Seller of a schedule of the related Mortgage Loans, the Seller
shall reissue and deliver to the Purchaser or its designee said
officer’s certificate.
The Seller shall pay all initial recording fees,
if any, for the Assignments of Mortgage and any other fees or costs
in transferring all original documents to the Custodian or, upon
written request of the Purchaser, to the Purchaser or the
Purchaser’s designee. The Purchaser or the Purchaser’s
designee shall be responsible for recording the Assignments of
Mortgage and shall be reimbursed by the Seller for the costs
associated therewith pursuant to the preceding sentence.
Subsection 6.04
Quality Control
Procedures .
The Seller shall, or shall cause the Interim
Servicer to, have an internal quality control program with
procedures to verify, on a regular basis, the existence and
accuracy of the legal documents, credit documents, property
appraisals, and underwriting decisions. The program shall include
evaluating and monitoring the overall quality of the Seller’s
loan production and the servicing activities of the Interim
Servicer. The program is designed with procedures to ensure that
the Mortgage Loans are originated in accordance with the
Underwriting Guidelines; guard against dishonest, fraudulent, or
negligent acts; and guard against errors and omissions by officers,
employees, or other authorized persons.
Subsection 6.05
MERS Designated Loans
.
With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage
Loan, the Seller shall, on or prior to the related Closing Date,
designate the Purchaser as the Investor and the Custodian as
custodian, and no Person shall be listed as Interim Funder on the
MERS System. In addition, on or prior to the related Closing Date,
Seller shall provide the Custodian and the Purchaser with a MERS
Report listing the Purchaser as the Investor, the Custodian as
custodian and no Person as Interim Funder with respect to each MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan. Prior to the related servicing transfer
date, the Seller shall be designated as the servicer on the MERS
System.
SECTION 7.
Servicing of the Mortgage
Loans .
The Mortgage Loans have been sold by the Seller
to the Purchaser on a servicing released basis. Subject to and upon
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Interim
Servicing Agreement (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, for an
interim period, as specified therein), the Seller hereby sells,
transfers, assigns, conveys and delivers to the Purchaser the
Servicing Rights.
The Purchaser shall retain the Interim Servicer
as contract servicer of the Mortgage Loans for an interim period
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
contained in the Interim Servicing Agreement (with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, for an interim period, as specified therein). The
Seller shall cause the Interim Servicer to execute the Interim
Servicing Agreement on the initial Closing Date.
The Seller shall cause the Interim Servicer to
transfer the servicing of the Mortgage Loans on each Transfer Date
in accordance with the terms of the Interim Servicing
Agreement.
SECTION 8. [ RESERVED ].
SECTION 9.
Representations, Warranties and
Covenants of the Seller; Remedies for Breach
.
Subsection 9.01
Representations and Warranties
Regarding the Seller .
The Seller represents, warrants and covenants to
the Purchaser that as of the date hereof and as of each Closing
Date:
(a)
Due Organization and
Authority . The Seller is
a federal savings bank, validly existing, and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation
and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now
being conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in
the states where the Mortgaged Property is located if the laws of
such state require licensing or qualification in order to conduct
business of the type conducted by the Seller. The Seller has
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments of
transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Seller
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered and constitutes the valid, legal, binding
and enforceable obligation of the Seller, except as enforceability
may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation,
receivership, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors and (ii)
general principles of equity, whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law. All requisite corporate action has
been taken by the Seller to make this Agreement valid and binding
upon the Seller in accordance with its terms;
(b)
No Consent Required
. No consent, approval,
authorization or order is required for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement from any court, governmental agency
or body, or federal or state regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Seller is required or, if required, such
consent, approval, authorization or order has been or will, prior
to the related Closing Date, be obtained;
(c)
Ordinary Course of
Business . 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 in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction;
(d)
No Conflicts
. Neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the acquisition or origination of the Mortgage
Loans by the Seller, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a
breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the
Seller’s charter or by-laws or any legal restriction or any
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is now a party or by
which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an
acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Seller or its property is subject, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would have an
adverse effect upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of
any mortgage, contract, deed of trust or other instrument, or
impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage
Loans, impair the value of the Mortgage Loans, or impair the
ability of the Purchaser to realize the full amount of any
insurance benefits accruing pursuant to this Agreement;
(e)
No Litigation Pending
. There is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or to the best of
Seller’s knowledge threatened against the Seller, before any
court, administrative agency or other tribunal asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any
material adverse change in the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of the Seller, or in any material
impairment of the right or ability of the Seller to carry on its
business substantially as now conducted, or in any material
liability on the part of the Seller, or which would draw into
question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of
any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations
of the Seller contemplated herein, or which would be likely to
impair materially the ability of the Seller to perform under the
terms of this Agreement;
(f)
Ability to Perform;
Solvency . 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. The Seller is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage Loans
will not cause the Seller to become insolvent. The sale of the
Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with the intent to hinder, delay
or defraud any of Seller’s creditors;
(g)
Seller’s
Origination . The
Seller’s decision to originate any mortgage loan or to deny
any mortgage loan application is an independent decision based upon
the Underwriting Guidelines, and is in no way made as a result of
Purchaser’s decision to purchase, or not to purchase, or the
price Purchaser may offer to pay for, any such mortgage loan, if
originated;
(h)
Anti-Money Laundering
Laws . 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;
(i)
Financial Statements
. Seller shall have delivered to
Purchaser financial statements as to its last two (2) complete
fiscal years for which such statements are available. All such
financial statements fairly present the pertinent results of
operations and changes in financial position for each of such
periods and the financial position at the end of each such period
of the Seller and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as set
forth in the notes thereto. In addition, to the extent available,
the Seller has delivered information as to its loan gain and loss
experience in respect of foreclosures and its loan delinquency
experience for the immediately preceding three-year period, in each
case with respect to mortgage loans owned by it and such mortgage
loans serviced for others during such period, and all such
information so delivered shall be true and correct in all material
respects. There has been no change in the business, operations,
financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller since the
date of the Seller’s financial statements that would have a
material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement. The Seller has completed any forms requested
by the Purchaser in a timely manner and in accordance with the
provided instructions;
(j)
Selection Process
. The Mortgage Loans were selected
from among the outstanding 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 Subsection
9.02 could be made and such selection was not made in a manner
so as to affect adversely the interests of the
Purchaser;
(k)
Delivery to the
Custodian . 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 shall be delivered to the
Custodian all in compliance with the specific requirements of the
Custodial Agreement. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Seller
will be in possession of a complete Mortgage File in compliance
with Exhibit A-2 hereto, except for such documents as will
be delivered to the Custodian;
(l)
Mortgage Loan
Characteristics . The
characteristics of the related Mortgage Loan Package are as set
forth on the description of the pool characteristics for the
applicable Mortgage Loan Package delivered pursuant to Section
11 on the related Closing Date in the form attached as Exhibit
B to each related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement;
(m)
No Untrue Information
. Neither this Agreement nor any
information, statement, tape, diskette, report, form, or other
document furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or
any Reconstitution Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby (including any Securitization Transaction or
Whole Loan Transfer) contains or will contain any untrue statement
of fact or omits or will omit to state a fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading;
(n)
No Brokers
. The Seller has not dealt with any
broker, investment banker, agent or other person that may be
entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the
sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(o)
Sale Treatment
. The Seller expects to be advised
by its independent certified public accountants that under
generally accepted accounting principles the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans will be treated as a sale on the books and records
of the Seller and the Seller has determined that the disposition of
the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement will be afforded sale
treatment for tax and accounting purposes;
(p)
Owner of Record
. The Seller is the owner of record
of each Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage
Note, except for the Assignments of Mortgage which have been sent
for recording, and upon recordation the Seller will be the owner of
record of each Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by each
Mortgage Note, and upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser, the Seller will retain the Mortgage Files with respect
thereto in trust only for the purpose of servicing and supervising
the servicing of each Mortgage Loan; and
(q)
Reasonable Purchase
Price . The consideration
received by the Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans under
this Agreement constitutes fair consideration and reasonably
equivalent value for the Mortgage Loans.
Subsection 9.02
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:
(a)
Mortgage Loans as
Described . The
information set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is
complete, true and correct;
(b)
Payments Current
. All payments required to be made
up to the related Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the
terms of the Mortgage Note shall be made and credited during the
required due period. No payment required under the Mortgage Loan is
30 days or more delinquent nor has any payment under the
Mortgage Loan been 30 days or more delinquent at any time
since the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
(c)
No Outstanding Charges
. There are no defaults in complying
with the terms of the Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental
assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal
charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became
due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been
established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item
which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due
and payable. The Seller has not advanced funds, or induced,
solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party
other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment
of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest
accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement
of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the day
which precedes by one month the related Due Date of the first
Monthly Payment;
(d)
Original Terms
Unmodified . The terms of
the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been impaired, waived,
altered or modified in any respect, from the date of origination
except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if
necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has
been delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as the
Purchaser shall designate in writing, and the terms of which are
reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The substance of
any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by
the issuer of any related PMI Policy and the title insurer, if any,
to the extent required by the policy, and its terms are reflected
on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, if applicable. No Mortgagor
has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with
an assumption agreement, approved by the issuer of any related PMI
Policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy,
and which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File
delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser
shall designate in writing and the terms of which are reflected in
the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e)
No Defenses
. The Mortgage Loan is not subject
to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense,
including without limitation the defense of usury, nor will the
operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage,
or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage
Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject
to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense,
including without limitation the defense of usury, and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been
asserted with respect thereto;
(f)
Hazard Insurance
. Pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage, all buildings or other improvements upon the Mortgaged
Property are insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss
by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
provided for in the Underwriting Guidelines. If required by the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, each Mortgage
Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration as in effect which policy conforms with the
Underwriting Guidelines. All individual insurance policies contain
a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller and its successors
and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid.
The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the
hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense,
and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the
holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at
such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement
therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or
regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose
the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy
is not a “ master ” or “ blanket
” hazard insurance policy covering a condominium, or any
hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned
unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and
binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and
will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the
Purchaser upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. The Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge
of the Mortgagor’s having engaged in, any act or omission
which would impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of
the endorsement provided for herein, or the validity and binding
effect of either including, without limitation, no unlawful fee,
commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any
kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any
attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful
items have been received, retained or realized by the
Seller;
(g)
Compliance with Applicable
Laws . Any and all
requirements of any applicable federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate
settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, predatory and
abusive lending, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws
applicable to the Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, any
provisions relating to a Prepayment Penalty have been complied
with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations, and the
Seller shall maintain in its possession, available for the
Purchaser’s inspection, and shall deliver to the Purchaser
upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such
requirements;
(h)
No Satisfaction of
Mortgage . The Mortgage
has not been satisfied, canceled, 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 release,
cancellation, subordination or rescission. The Seller has not
waived the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the
Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the
Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the Seller waived any
default resulting from any action or inaction by the
Mortgagor;
(i)
Type of Mortgaged
Property . With respect
to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan and is not secured by
an interest in a leasehold estate, the Mortgaged Property is a fee
simple estate that consists of a single parcel of real property
with a detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two-
to four-family dwelling, or an individual residential condominium
unit in a condominium project, or a family dwelling in a planned
unit development, or (with respect to each Co-op Loan) an
individual unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation,
or a townhouse; provided, however, that any condominium unit,
planned unit development or residential cooperative housing
corporation shall conform with the Underwriting Guidelines. Except
as provided by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac guidelines, no portion of
the Mortgaged Property (or underlying Mortgaged Property, in the
case of a Co-op Loan) is used for commercial purposes, and since
the date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property has
been used for commercial purposes; provided, that Mortgaged
Properties which contain a home office shall not be considered as
being used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged
Property has not been altered for commercial purposes and is not
storing any chemicals or raw materials other than those commonly
used for homeowner repair, maintenance and/or household purposes.
None of the Mortgaged Properties are Manufactured Homes, log homes,
mobile homes, geodesic domes or other unique property types;
provided, however, the Mortgaged Property may be a log home if the
Mortgaged Property is located in a geographic area in which log
homes are a common type of property. This representation and
warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse
Representation;
(j)
Valid First Lien
. The Mortgage is a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected, first lien on the Mortgaged
Property, including all buildings and improvements on the Mortgaged
Property and all installations and mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or
annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and
replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing. The
lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
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(i)
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the lien of
current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable;
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(ii)
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covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable
to prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically
referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered
to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (a) specifically
referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the
originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely
affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in
such appraisal; and
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(iii)
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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.
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Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or
equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the
Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, subsisting,
enforceable and perfected first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Seller has full
right to sell and assign the same to the Purchaser.
With respect to any Co-op Loan, the related
Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority
security interest on the related cooperative shares securing the
Mortgage Note, subject only to (a) liens of the related residential
cooperative housing corporation for unpaid assessments representing
the Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the related residential
cooperative housing corporation’s payments for its blanket
mortgage, current and future real property taxes, insurance
premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments to which like
collateral is commonly subject and (b) other matters to which like
collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security interest intended to be provided
by the related Security Agreement;
(k)
Validity of Mortgage
Documents . The Mortgage
Note and the Mortgage and any other agreement executed and
delivered by a Mortgagor in connection with a Mortgage Loan are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms. All parties
to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related
agreement had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to
execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any such
agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such
related agreement have been duly and properly executed by other
such related parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation,
negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan
has taken place on the part of the Seller in connection with the
origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any
insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan. No fraud, error,
omission, misrepresentation, negligence 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 for any
insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan. The Seller has
reviewed all of the documents constituting the Servicing File and
has made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm
the accuracy of the representations set forth herein;
(l)
Full Disbursement of
Proceeds . The Mortgage
Loan has been closed. Except for Holdbacks, the proceeds of the
Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement
for future advances thereunder. Except for Holdbacks, 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 were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund
of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage;
(m)
Ownership . The Seller is the sole owner of record and
holder of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by each
Mortgage Note and upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser, the Seller will retain the Mortgage Files or any part
thereof with respect thereto not delivered to the Custodian, the
Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee, in trust only for the
purpose of servicing and supervising the servicing of each Mortgage
Loan. The Mortgage Loan is not assigned or pledged, and the Seller
has good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and has full
right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free
and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien,
pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and
authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan
pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage
Loan, the Purchaser will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of
any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge,
charge, claim or security interest. The Seller intends to
relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor the Mortgage
Loan. After the related Closing Date, the Seller will have no right
to modify or alter the terms of the sale of the Mortgage Loan and
the Seller will have no obligation or right to repurchase the
Mortgage Loan or substitute another Mortgage Loan, except as
provided in this Agreement;
(n)
Doing Business
. All parties which have had any
interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee,
pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held
and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with
any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and
(2) either (i) organized under the laws of such state, or
(ii) qualified to do business in such state, or (iii) a
federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national
bank having a principal office in such state, or (3) not doing
business in such state;
(o)
LTV, PMI Policy
. No Mortgage Loan has an LTV
greater than 100%. Except as otherwise described in the
Underwriting Guidelines and as specified on the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule, any Mortgage Loan that had at the time of
origination an LTV in excess of 80% is insured as to payment
defaults by a PMI Policy. Any PMI Policy in effect covers the
related Mortgage Loan for the life of such Mortgage Loan. All
provisions of such PMI Policy have been and are being complied
with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums due
thereunder have been paid. No action, inaction, or event has
occurred and no state of facts exists that has, or will result in
the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage. Any Mortgage
Loan subject to a PMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to
maintain the PMI Policy and to pay all premiums and charges in
connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest Rate for the Mortgage
Loan as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is net of
any such insurance premium if the related PMI Policy is
lender-paid;
(p)
Title Insurance
. With respect to a Mortgage Loan
which is not a Co-op Loan, the Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender’s title insurance policy or other generally acceptable
form of policy or insurance acceptable under the Underwriting
Guidelines and each such title insurance policy is issued by a
title insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located, insuring the Seller, its successors and
assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or to the extent a
Mortgage Note provides for negative amortization, the maximum
amount of negative amortization in accordance with the Mortgage),
subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (i) and
(ii) of clause (j) of this Subsection 9.02 , and
in the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting
from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the
Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state
law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to
choose the carrier of the required mortgage title insurance.
Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments
by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The
Seller, its successor and assigns, are the sole insured of such
lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s
title insurance policy is valid and remains in full force and
effect and will be in 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, including without
limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful
compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received,
retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or
entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or
realized by the Seller;
(q)
No Defaults
. Other than payments due but not
yet 30 days or more delinquent, there is no default, breach,
violation or event which would permit 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
which would permit acceleration, and neither the Seller nor any of
its affiliates nor any of their respective predecessors, have
waived any default, breach, violation or event which would permit
acceleration;
(r)
No Mechanics’
Liens . 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 liens) affecting the related
Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or
coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
(s)
Location of Improvements; No
Encroachments . All
improvements which were considered in determining the Appraised
Value of the 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 except those which are insured against by the title
insurance policy referred to in clause (p) above. No improvement
located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation
of any applicable zoning law or regulation;
(t)
Origination; Payment
Terms . Either (a) the
Mortgage Loan was originated by a mortgagee approved by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
Sections 203 and 211 of the Act or a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union,
insurance company or other similar institution which is supervised
and examined by a federal or state authority, or (b) the
following requirements have been met with respect to the Mortgage
Loan: the Seller meets the requirements set forth in subclause (a)
of this Subsection 9.02(t) and (i) such Mortgage Loan
was underwritten in accordance with standards established by the
Seller, using application forms and related credit documents
approved by the Seller, (ii) the Seller approved each application
and the related credit documents before a commitment by the
correspondent was issued, and no such commitment was issued until
the Seller agreed to fund such Mortgage Loan, (iii) the closing
documents for such Mortgage Loan were prepared on forms approved by
the Seller, and (iv) such Mortgage Loan was purchased by the Seller
at closing or soon thereafter. Payments on the Mortgage Loan
commenced no more than seventy days after funds were disbursed in
connection with the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Interest Rate as
well as, in the case of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
Lifetime Rate Cap and the Periodic Rate Cap and the Periodic Rate
Floor are as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted with respect to Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loans, on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date to equal the
Index plus the Gross Margin (rounded up or down to the nearest
0.125%), subject to the Periodic Rate Cap. The Mortgage Note is
payable in equal monthly installments of principal (except for
Mortgage Loans that provide for a fixed period of interest-only
payments at the beginning of their term) and interest, which
installments of interest, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans, are subject to change due to the adjustments to the Mortgage
Interest Rate on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date, with interest
calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the
Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original
term of not more than forty (40) years from commencement of
amortization. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that provides for a
fixed period of interest-only payments at the beginning of its
term, at the end of such interest-only period, the Monthly Payment
will be recalculated so as to require Monthly Payments sufficient
to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by its stated maturity date.
Unless otherwise specified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule,
the Mortgage Loan is payable on the first day of each month. The
Mortgage Loan does not require a balloon payment on its stated
maturity date; and by its original terms or any modification
thereof, does not provide for amortization beyond its scheduled
maturity date;
(u)
Customary Provisions
. The Mortgage contains 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, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated
as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and
(ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee’s
sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the proper procedures,
the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good and
merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead
or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere
with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s
sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage, subject to applicable
federal and state laws and judicial precedent with respect to
bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
(v)
Conformance with Agency and
Underwriting Guidelines .
The Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the
Underwriting Guidelines (a copy of which is attached to each
related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement). The Mortgage Note and
Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae and
no representations have been made to a Mortgagor that are
inconsistent with the mortgage instruments used;
(w)
Occupancy of the Mortgaged
Property . 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. Unless otherwise specified on the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgagor represented at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy
the Mortgaged Property as the Mortgagor’s primary
residence;
(x)
No Additional
Collateral . The Mortgage
Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the
lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any
applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in
clause (j) above;
(y)
Deeds of Trust
. In the event the Mortgage
constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, authorized and 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;
(z)
Acceptable Investment
. There are no circumstances or
conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property,
the Mortgagor, the Mortgage File or the Mortgagor’s credit
standing that can reasonably be expected to cause pri