MASTER LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.
Seller and Servicer
UBS REAL ESTATE SECURITIES
INC.
Initial Purchaser
Dated as of September 1,
2006
Fixed and Adjustable Rate
Loans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1
Definitions
1
SECTION 2
Agreement to Purchase
15
SECTION 3
Loan Schedules
15
SECTION 4
Purchase Price
15
SECTION 5
Examination of Loan
Files
16
SECTION 6
Conveyance from Seller to Initial
Purchaser
16
Subsection 6.01
Conveyance of Loans; Possession of
Servicing Files
16
Subsection 6.02
Books and Records
16
Subsection 6.03
Delivery of Loan
Documents
17
SECTION 7
Representations, Warranties and
Covenants; Remedies for Breach
18
Subsection 7.01
Representations and Warranties
Respecting the Seller
18
Subsection 7.02
Representations and Warranties
Regarding Individual Loans
20
Subsection 7.03
Remedies for Breach of Representations
and Warranties
32
Subsection 7.04
Repurchase of Convertible
Loans
34
Subsection 7.05
Repurchase of Certain
Loans
34
Subsection 7.06
Purchase Price
Protection
35
SECTION 8
Closing
35
SECTION 9
Closing Documents
36
SECTION 10
Costs
37
SECTION 11
Seller’s Servicing
Obligations
37
SECTION 12
Whole Loan Transfer or a
Securitization Transaction on One or More
Reconstitution Dates
37
SECTION 13
The Seller
40
Subsection 13.01
Additional Indemnification by the
Seller
40
Subsection 13.02
Merger or Consolidation of the
Seller
40
Subsection 13.03
Limitation on Liability of the Seller
and Others
40
Subsection 13.04
Seller Not to Resign
41
Subsection 13.05
No Transfer of
Servicing
41
SECTION 14
DEFAULT
41
Subsection 14.01
Events of Default
41
Subsection 14.02
Waiver of Defaults
42
SECTION 15
Termination
43
SECTION 16
Successor to the Seller
43
SECTION 17
Financial Statements
44
SECTION 18
Rights Cumulative
44
SECTION 19
Notices
45
SECTION 20
Severability Clause
45
SECTION 21
Counterparts
46
SECTION 22
GOVERNING LAW
46
SECTION 23
Intention of the
Parties
46
SECTION 24
Successors and Assigns
46
SECTION 25
Waivers
47
SECTION 26
Exhibits
47
SECTION 27
Nonsolicitation
47
SECTION 28
Relationship of the
Parties
47
SECTION 29
General Interpretive
Principles
47
SECTION 30
Reproduction of
Documents
48
SECTION 31
Further Agreements
48
SECTION 32
Third Party Beneficiary
48
SECTION 33
[Reserved]
48
SECTION 34
Compliance With Regulation
AB
48
Subsection 34.01
Intent of the Parties;
Reasonableness
48
Subsection 34.02
Additional Representations and
Warranties of the Seller
49
Subsection 34.03
Information to Be Provided by the
Seller
50
Subsection 34.04
Servicer Compliance
Statement
56
Subsection 34.05
Report on Assessment of Compliance and
Attestation
56
Subsection 34.06
Use of Subservicers and
Subcontractors
58
Subsection 34.07
Indemnification;
Remedies
59
Subsection 34.08
Third Party Beneficiary
62
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1
SELLER’S OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT 2
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE
SELLER
EXHIBIT 3
SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 4
ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
EXHIBIT 5
CONTENTS OF EACH LOAN FILE
EXHIBIT 6
LOAN DOCUMENTS
EXHIBIT 7
FORM OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 8
FORM OF ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER
AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 9
SERVICING ADDENDUM
EXHIBIT 10
SELLER UNDERWRITING STANDARDS
EXHIBIT 11
FORM OF SERVICER’S OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT 12
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 13
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT 14-1
STANDARD FILE LAYOUT – MASTER
SERVICING
EXHIBIT 14-2
STANDARD FILE LAYOUT – DELINQUENCY
REPORTING
EXHIBIT 14-3
FORM 332
MASTER LOAN PURCHASE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
This is a MASTER LOAN PURCHASE AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
September 1, 2006, by and between UBS Real Estate Securities Inc.,
having an office at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10019 (the “Initial Purchaser”, and the Initial
Purchaser or the Person, if any, to which the Initial Purchaser has
assigned its rights and obligations hereunder as Purchaser with
respect to one or more Loans, and each of their respective
successors and assigns, the “Purchaser”) and IndyMac
Bank, F.S.B., having an office at 3465 E. Foothill Blvd., 2nd
Floor, Pasadena, California 91107 (the
“Seller”).
W I T N E S S
E T H :
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, from
time to time, to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser may purchase,
from time to time, from the Seller, certain conventional fixed rate
and adjustable rate residential first lien mortgage loans (the
“Loans”) and certain fixed and adjustable rate first
lien cooperative loans (the “Cooperative Loans”) as
described herein on a servicing-retained basis, which shall be
delivered in groups of whole loans on various dates as provided
herein (each, a “Closing Date”);
WHEREAS, each 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 Loan Schedule for the related Loan Package, which
is to be annexed to the related Assignment and
Conveyance;
WHEREAS, each Cooperative Loan is secured
by a pledge of shares of stock issued by a Cooperative and the
assignment of the appurtenant proprietary lease, all relating to a
specified dwelling unit in an apartment building owned by the
Cooperative and located in the states indicated on the Loan
Schedule;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller
wish to prescribe the manner of the conveyance, servicing and
control of the Loans and Cooperative Loans; and
WHEREAS, following its purchase of the
Loans and Cooperative Loans from the Seller, the Purchaser desires
to sell some or all of the Loans and Cooperative Loans to one or
more purchasers pursuant to a whole loan transfer in a whole loan
or participation format or a public or private mortgage-backed
securities transaction;
WHEREAS, the Agreement shall supersede
all other agreements between the Purchaser and the
Seller;
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 Loan, those mortgage servicing practices (including
collection procedures) of prudent mortgage lending institutions
which service loans of the same type as such Loan in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property or Cooperative
Apartment is located and in accordance with applicable law, and the
terms of the Mortgage and Note.
Adjustable Rate Loan
: A Loan which provides for the
adjustment of the Loan Interest Rate payable in respect
thereto.
Adjustment Date
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan, the date set forth in the related Note on which the Loan
Interest Rate on such Adjustable Rate Loan is adjusted in
accordance with the terms of the related Note.
Agreement : This Master Loan Purchase and Servicing
Agreement including all exhibits, schedules, amendments and
supplements hereto.
Appraised Value
: With respect to any Mortgaged
Property, the lesser of (i) the value thereof as determined by the
appraisal in the related Loan File made for the originator of the
Loan at the time of origination of the Loan and (ii) the purchase
price paid for the related Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor with
the proceeds of the Loan, provided, however, in the case of a
Refinanced Loan, such value of the Mortgaged Property is based
solely upon the value determined by an appraisal made for the
originator of such Refinanced Loan at the time of origination of
such Refinanced Loan.
Assignment and Conveyance
: An assignment and conveyance of
the Loans purchased on a Closing Date in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit 4 .
Assignment of Mortgage
: With respect to each Loan which
is not a MERS Loan, an individual assignment of Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged
Property is located to give record notice of the sale of the
Mortgage to the Purchaser.
Assignment of the Note and Pledge
Agreement : With respect
to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Note and Pledge
Agreement.
Assignment of Proprietary
Lease : An assignment of
the Proprietary Lease.
Balloon Mortgage Loan: A Loan
that provided on the date of origination for an amortization
schedule extending beyond its maturity date.
Borrower : The obligor on a Note, the owner of the
Mortgaged Property and the grantor or borrower named in the related
Mortgage and such grantor’s or borrower’s successors in
title to the Mortgaged Property.
Business Day : Any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a
day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in the State
of New York or the State of California are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to be closed.
Cash-Out Refinancing
: A Refinanced Loan the proceeds of
which were in excess of the greater of $2,000 or 2% of the
principal balance of any existing first mortgage (and any existing
junior mortgages, if applicable) on the related Mortgaged Property
and related closing costs, and were used to pay any such existing
first mortgage (and any existing junior mortgages, if
applicable), related closing costs, subordinate mortgages on the
related Mortgaged Property and to provide additional proceeds for
the use of the Borrower.
Closing Date : The date or dates on which the Purchaser from
time to time shall purchase and the Seller from time to time shall
sell to the Purchaser, the Loans listed on the related Loan
Schedule with respect to the related Loan Package.
Closing Documents
: With respect to any Closing Date,
the documents required pursuant to Section 9.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any
successor statute thereto.
Commission : The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Condemnation Proceeds
: All awards, compensation and
settlements in respect of a taking of all or part of a Mortgaged
Property by exercise of the power of condemnation or the right of
eminent domain.
Confirmation : With respect to any Loan Package purchased
and sold on any Closing Date, the letter agreement between the
Purchaser and the Seller (including any exhibits, schedules and
attachments thereto), setting forth the terms and conditions of
such transaction and describing the Loans to be purchased by the
Purchaser on such Closing Date. A Confirmation may relate to more
than one Loan Package to be purchased on one or more Closing Dates
hereunder.
Consent : With respect to each Cooperative Loan, a
document executed by the Cooperative (i) consenting to the sale of
the Cooperative Apartment to the Mortgagor and (ii) certifying that
all maintenance charges relating to the Cooperative Apartment have
been paid.
Convertible Loan
: A Loan that by its terms and
subject to certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage or
Note allows the Borrower to convert the adjustable Loan Interest
Rate on such Loan to a fixed Loan Interest Rate.
Cooperative : With respect to each Cooperative Loan, the
private, non-profit cooperative apartment corporation which owns
all of the real property that comprises the Project, including the
land, separate dwelling units and all common areas.
Cooperative Apartment
: The specific dwelling unit
relating to a Cooperative Loan.
Cooperative Lien Search
: With respect to each Cooperative
Loan, a search for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics' liens, lis
pendens, judgments of record or otherwise against (i) the
Cooperative, (ii) the seller of the Cooperative Apartment and (iii)
the Mortgagor if the Cooperative Loan is a Refinanced Loan, (b)
filings of Financing Statements and (c) the deed of the Project
into the Cooperative.
Cooperative Loan
: Any Loan secured by Cooperative
Shares and the related Proprietary Lease conferring exclusive
occupancy rights to a cooperative unit.
Cooperative Shares
: The shares of stock issued by the
Cooperative, owned by the Mortgagor, and allocated to a Cooperative
Apartment and represented by a Stock Certificate.
Custodial Account
: The separate account or accounts,
each of which shall be an Eligible Account, created and maintained
pursuant to this Agreement, which shall be entitled “IndyMac
Bank, F.S.B., as servicer, in trust for the Purchaser, Fixed and
Adjustable Rate Loans.”
Custodial Agreement
: The agreement governing the
retention of the originals of each Note, Mortgage, Assignment of
Mortgage and other Loan Documents.
Custodian : The custodian under the Custodial Agreement,
or its successor in interest or assigns, or any successor to the
Custodian under the Custodial Agreement, as therein
provided.
Cut-off Date : The first day of the month in which the
related Closing Date occurs.
Deleted Loan : A Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Qualified Substitute Loan.
Depositor : The depositor, as such term is defined in
Regulation AB, with respect to any Securitization
Transaction.
Determination Date
: With respect to each Distribution
Date, the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs or, if such fifteenth (15th) day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such fifteenth
(15th) day.
Distribution Date
: The eighteenth (18th) day of each
month, commencing on the eighteenth day of the month next following
the month in which the related Cut-off Date occurs, or if such
eighteenth (18th) day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day
immediately preceding such eighteenth (18th) day.
Due Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date
occurs, which is the day on which the Monthly Payment is due on a
Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due Period : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the
month of the Distribution Date and ending on the first day of the
month of the Distribution Date.
Eligible Account
: Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution
or trust company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of
which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company
that is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are
rated “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1” by
S&P (or comparable ratings if Moody’s and S&P are not
the Rating Agencies) at the time any amounts are held on deposit
therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution
or trust company in which such accounts are fully insured by the
FDIC, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with (a) the
trust department of a federal or state chartered depository
institution or (b) a trust company, acting in its fiduciary
capacity.
Escrow Account : The separate trust account or accounts
created and maintained pursuant to this Agreement, each of which
shall be an Eligible Account, and each of which shall be entitled
“IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as servicer, in trust for the
Purchaser and various Borrowers, Fixed and Adjustable Rate
Loans.”
Escrow Payments
: The amounts constituting ground
rents, taxes, assessments, water charges, sewer rents, Primary
Insurance Policy premiums, LPMI Policy premiums, fire and hazard
insurance premiums and other payments required to be escrowed by
the Borrower with the Mortgagee pursuant to the terms of any Note
or Mortgage.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Event of Default
: Any one of the events enumerated
in Section 14.01.
Fannie Mae : Fannie Mae, f/k/a Federal National Mortgage
Association, or any successor thereto.
Fannie Mae Guides
: The Fannie Mae Sellers’
Guide and the Fannie Mae Servicers’ Guide and all amendments
or additions thereto.
FDIC : The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or
any successor thereto.
Final Recovery
Determination : With
respect to any defaulted Loan or any REO Property (other than a
Loan or REO Property purchased by the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement), a determination made by the Seller that all Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries
which the Seller, in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to
be finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered.
The Seller shall maintain records, prepared by a servicing officer
of the Seller, of each Final Recovery Determination.
Financing Statement
: A financing statement in the form
of a UCC-1 filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code to perfect
a security interest in the Cooperative Shares and Pledge
Instruments.
Fixed Rate Loan
: A Loan with respect to which the
Loan Interest Rate set forth in the Note is fixed for the term of
such Loan.
Freddie Mac : Freddie Mac, f/k/a/The Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
GAAP : Generally accepted accounting principals in
the United States of America in effect from time to
time.
Gross Margin : With respect to any Adjustable Rate Loan, the
fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Note that is added
to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms
of the related Note to determine the new Loan Interest Rate for
such Loan.
HUD : The United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development or any successor thereto.
Index : With respect to any Adjustable Rate Loan, the
index set forth in the related Note for the purpose of calculating
the interest rate thereon.
Initial Closing Date
: The Closing Date on which the
Initial Purchaser purchases and the Seller sells the first Loan
Package hereunder.
Initial Purchaser
: UBS Real Estate Securities Inc.,
or any successor.
Initial Rate Cap
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan and the initial Adjustment Date therefor, a number of
percentage points per annum that is set forth in the related Note,
which is the maximum amount by which the Loan Interest Rate for
such Adjustable Rate Loan may increase or decrease on such
Adjustment Date from the Loan Interest Rate in effect immediately
prior to such Adjustment Date.
Insurance Proceeds
: With respect to each Loan,
proceeds of insurance policies insuring the Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property.
Liquidation Proceeds
: Amounts, other than Insurance
Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, received in connection with the
liquidation of a defaulted Loan through trustee’s sale,
foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than amounts received
following the acquisition of REO Property.
Loan : Each first lien, residential loan, sold,
assigned and transferred to the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Confirmation and identified on the Loan
Schedule, which Loan includes without limitation the Loan File, the
Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition
proceeds, and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations
arising from or in connection with such Loan. Unless otherwise
indicated herein, all references to “Loans” or
“Loan” shall include Cooperative Loans.
Loan Documents : The documents listed in Exhibit 6
annexed hereto pertaining to any Loan.
Loan File : The items pertaining to a particular Loan
referred to in Exhibit 5 annexed hereto, and any
additional documents required to be added to the Loan File pursuant
to this Agreement or the related Confirmation.
Loan Interest Rate
: With respect to each Fixed Rate
Loan, the fixed annual rate of interest provided for in the related
Note and, with respect to each Adjustable Rate Loan, the annual
rate at which interest accrues on such Adjustable Rate Loan from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the related
Note.
Loan Package : The Loans listed on a Loan Schedule,
delivered to the Custodian and the Purchaser at least two (2)
Business Days prior to the related Closing Date and attached to the
related Assignment and Conveyance on the related Closing
Date.
Loan Schedule : With respect to each Loan Package, the
schedule of Loans to be annexed to the related Assignment and
Conveyance on each Closing Date for the Loan Package delivered on
such Closing Date, such schedule setting forth, but not limited to,
the following information with respect to each Loan in such Loan
Package: (1) the Loan identification number; (2) a code indicating
whether the Loan is an Adjustable Rate Loan or a fixed rate Loan;
(3) the Borrower’s first and last name; (4) the street
address of the Mortgaged Property or Cooperative Apartment
including the city, state and zip code; (5) the original principal
balance of the Loan; (6) the Stated Principal Balance of the Loan
as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date; (7) the actual
unpaid principal balance of the Loan as of the close of business on
the Cut-off Date; (8) the last scheduled Due Date on which a
Monthly Payment was applied to the Scheduled Principal Balance; (9)
the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied
to the actual unpaid principal balance; (10) the Loan Interest Rate
in effect immediately following origination; (11) the Loan Interest
Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off Date (if different
from (10)); (12) the amount of the Monthly Payment at origination;
(13) the amount of the Monthly Payment as of the Cut-off Date (if
different from (12)); (14) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged
Property or Cooperative Apartment is owner-occupied, a second home
or an investor property; (15) a code indicating whether the
Mortgaged Property is a single family residence, a two-family
residence, a three-family residence, a four-family residence, a
planned-unit development, or a condominium; (16) a code indicating
the loan purpose (i.e., purchase, rate/term refinance, cash-out
refinance); (17) the stated maturity date; (18) the original months
to maturity; (19) the remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off
Date based on the original amortization schedule and, if different,
the remaining months to maturity expressed in the same manner but
based on the actual amortization schedule; (20) the origination
date of the Loan; (21) the Appraised Value (including the purchase
price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable) and Loan-to-Value
Ratio at origination; (22) the date on which the first Monthly
Payment was due on the Loan after the origination date; (23) with
respect to each Adjustable Rate Loan, the Index; (24) with respect
to each Adjustable Rate Loan, the type of Adjustable Rate Loan
(i.e., 1/1, 3/1, 5/1, etc.); (25) with respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan, the Gross Margin; (26) with respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan, the Periodic Rate Cap; (27) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Loan, the Initial Rate Cap (if different from the
Periodic Rate Cap) (28) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Loan,
the Maximum Loan Interest Rate; (29) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Loan, the Minimum Loan Interest Rate; (30) with
respect to each Adjustable Rate Loan, the first Adjustment Date
immediately following origination; (31) with respect to each
Adjustable Rate Loan, the first Adjustment Date immediately
following the Cut-off Date (if different from (30)); (32) a code
indicating the documentation style of the Loan; (33) a code
indicating if the Loan is subject to a Primary Insurance Policy or
LPMI Policy and, if so, the name of the Qualified Insurer, the
certificate number and the coverage amount of such policy; (34) the
Servicing Fee Rate; (35) a code indicating whether or not an
Adjustable Rate Loan is convertible to a fixed interest rate; (36)
the Seller’s program pursuant to which the Loan was
underwritten; (37) a code indicating whether the Loan is subject to
a prepayment penalty and, if so, the term of such prepayment
penalty; (38) the credit score (or mortgage score) of the Borrower;
(39) the
debt-to-income ratio of the Loan; (40) a code indicating whether
the Loan is a MERS Loan and, if so, the corresponding MIN; (41) a
code indicating the form of appraisal in the related Loan File
(i.e. form 1004, 2055, etc.); (42) a code indicating whether the
Loan is a “Home Loan” as defined in the current
Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary Revised, Appendix
E (43) a code indicating if the Loan is a Negative Amortization
Loan and if so, the Negative Amortization Cap and the Payment
Adjustment Date; (44) a code indicating if the Loan is an
interest-only Loan (including any Loans with any interest-only
features) and, if so, the term of the interest-only period of such
Loan; (45) a code indicating the payment history over the twelve
month period prior to the related Cut-off Date (i.e., 0x30, 1x30,
2x30, etc.) and (46) a code indicating whether the Loan is a
Cooperative Loan. The Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information, in aggregate, as of the related Cut-off Date: (1) the
number of Loans; (2) the original principal balance of the Loans;
(3) the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Loans; (4) the weighted
average Loan Interest Rate of the Loans; (5) the weighted average
Net Loan Rate of the Loans; (4) the weighted average remaining
months to maturity of the Loans; and (5) with respect to Adjustable
Rate Loans, the weighted average Gross Margin and the weighted
average number of months until the next Adjustment Date. A Loan
Schedule will be prepared for each Closing Date and will be
attached to the Assignment and Conveyance. The Loan Schedule shall
be delivered to the Initial Purchaser and the Custodian in
electronic format.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV
: With respect to any Loan as of
any date of determination, the ratio on such date of the
outstanding principal amount of the Loan, to the Appraised Value of
the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI Policy : A policy of mortgage guaranty insurance issued by a
Qualified Insurer in which the owner or servicer of the Loan is
responsible for the premiums associated with such mortgage
insurance policy.
LPMI Rate : The per annum rate used to calculate the
monthly premium with respect to any related LPMI Policy.
Master Servicer
: With respect to any
Securitization Transaction, the “master servicer,” if
any, identified in the related transaction documents.
MERS : Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.
MERS Loan : Any Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS System : The system of recording transfers of
mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.
Maximum Loan Interest Rate
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan, a rate that is set forth in the related Note which is
the maximum interest rate to which the Loan Interest Rate on such
Loan may be increased on any Adjustment Date.
MIN : The Mortgage Identification Number for any
MERS Loan.
Minimum Loan Interest Rate
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan, a rate that is set forth in the related Note which is
the minimum interest rate to which the Loan Interest Rate on such
Loan may be decreased on any Adjustment Date.
MOM Loan : Any Loan as to which MERS is acting as
mortgagee, solely as nominee for the originator of such Loan and
its successors and assigns.
Monthly Advance
: The aggregate of the advances
made by the Seller on any Distribution Date pursuant to Section
11.21.
Monthly Payment
: With respect to any Loan, the
scheduled combined payment of principal and interest payable by a
Borrower under the related Note on each Due Date.
Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its
successor in interest.
Mortgage : With respect to each Loan, the mortgage, deed
of trust or other instrument (including the Pledge Agreement, with
respect to each Cooperative Loan) creating a first lien on the
Mortgaged Property securing the related Note.
Mortgagee : The mortgagee or beneficiary named in the
Mortgage and the successors and assigns of such mortgagee or
beneficiary.
Mortgaged Property
: (a) With respect to each Loan,
the Borrower’s real property securing repayment of the
related Note, consisting of real property improved by a Residential
Dwelling and (b) with respect to each Cooperative Loan, the
Cooperative Shares and Proprietary Lease.
Note : The original executed note or other evidence
of the Loan indebtedness of a Borrower.
Negative Amortization
: With respect to each Negative
Amortization Loan, that portion of interest accrued at the Mortgage
Interest Rate in any month which exceeds the Monthly Payment on the
related Loan for such month and which, pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage Note, is added to the principal balance of the
Loan.
Negative Amortization Cap
: With respect to each Negative
Amortization Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note which
provides for an absolute maximum percentage of the original
principal amount of such Loan that the outstanding principal amount
of the Loan may reach as a result of Negative Amortization as
specified on the Loan Schedule.
Negative Amortization Loan
: Each Loan that is identified on
the Loan Schedule as a Loan that may be subject to Negative
Amortization.
Net Loan Rate : With respect to any Loan (or the related REO
Property), as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the then applicable Loan Interest Rate for such
Loan minus the Servicing Fee Rate and the LPMI Rate, if
any.
Nonrecoverable Monthly
Advance : Any Monthly
Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Loan
or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the
Seller, will not, or, in the case of a proposed Monthly Advance,
would not be, ultimately recoverable from related late payments,
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Loan or REO
Property as provided herein.
Officer’s Certificate
: A certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board or a
President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or the Secretary
or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the
Person on behalf of whom such certificate is being
delivered.
Opinion of Counsel
: A written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of the Person on behalf of whom the opinion is
being given, reasonably acceptable to each Person to whom such
opinion is addressed.
Payment Adjustment Date
: With respect to each Negative
Amortization Loan, the date on which Monthly Payments shall be
adjusted. A Payment Adjustment Date with respect to a
Negative Amortization Loan shall occur on the dates specified on
the Loan Schedule.
Periodic Rate Cap
: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, a number of percentage
points per annum that is set forth in the related Note, which is
the maximum amount by which the Loan Interest Rate for such
Adjustable Rate Loan may increase (without regard to the Maximum
Loan Interest Rate) or decrease (without regard to the Minimum Loan
Interest Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the Loan Interest Rate
in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
Person : An individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge Agreement
: The specific agreement creating a
first lien on, and pledge of, the Cooperative Shares and the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease securing a Cooperative Loan.
Pledge Instruments
: With respect to each Cooperative
Loan, the Stock Power, the Assignment of the Proprietary Lease and
the Assignment of the Note and Pledge Agreement.
Primary Insurance Policy
: A policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer.
Principal Prepayment
: Any payment or other recovery of
principal on a Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled
Due Date, including any prepayment penalty or premium thereon to
the extent that the Purchaser is entitled to such prepayment
penalty or premium as set forth in the related Confirmation and in
the related Assignment and Conveyance, 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.
Project : With respect to each Cooperative Loan, all
real property owned by the Cooperative including the land, separate
dwelling units and all common areas.
Proprietary Lease
: A lease on a Cooperative
Apartment evidencing the possessory interest of the Mortgagor in
such Cooperative Apartment.
Purchase Price : The price paid on the related Closing Date by
the Purchaser to the Seller pursuant to the related Confirmation in
exchange for the Loans purchased on such Closing Date as calculated
as provided in Section 4.
Qualified Correspondent
: Any Person from which the Seller
purchased Loans, provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such 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 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 Loans were originated, used by the Seller in
origination of mortgage loans of the same type as the Loans for the
Seller’s own account or (y) the Designated Guidelines were,
at the time such 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 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 Insurer
: Any insurer duly authorized and
licensed where required by law to transact its business and which
meets the requirements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Qualified Substitute Loan
: A loan substituted for a Deleted
Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which must, on the
date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal
balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal
and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, not
in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Loan as of
the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution
occurs, (ii) have a Loan Interest Rate not less than (and not
more than one percentage point in excess of) the Loan Interest Rate
of the Deleted Loan, (iii) have a Net Loan Rate equal to the Net
Loan Rate of the Deleted Loan, (iv) have a remaining term to
maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than)
that of the Deleted Loan, (v) have the same Due Date as the Due
Date on the Deleted Loan, (vi) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the
date of substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio
of the Deleted Loan as of such date, (vii) be covered under a
Primary Insurance Policy if such Qualified Substitute Loan has a
Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of 80%, (viii) conform to each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 7.02 of this
Agreement and (ix) be the same type of loan (i.e. fixed or
adjustable rate with the same Gross Margin and Index as the Deleted
Loan). In the event that one or more loans are substituted for one
or more Deleted Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof
shall be determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances,
the Loan Interest Rates described in clause (ii) hereof shall be
satisfied as to each such loan, the Net Loan Rates described in
clause (iii) hereof shall be satisfied as to each such loan, the
terms described in clause (iv) shall be determined on the basis of
weighted average remaining terms to maturity, the Loan-to-Value
Ratios described in clause (vi) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such loan and, except to the extent otherwise provided in this
sentence, the representations and warranties described in clause
(viii) hereof must be satisfied as to each Qualified Substitute
Loan or in the aggregate, as the case may be.
Rate/Term Refinancing
: A Refinanced Loan, the proceeds
of which are not in excess of the greater of $2,000 or 2% of the
existing first lien loan (and any existing junior lien loans, if
applicable) of the related Mortgaged Property and related closing
costs, and were used exclusively to satisfy the then existing first
lien loan (and any existing junior lien loans, if applicable) of
the Borrower on the related Mortgaged Property and to pay related
closing costs.
Reconstitution: Any Securitization
Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer.
Recognition Agreement
: An agreement whereby a
Cooperative and a lender with respect to a Cooperative Loan (i)
acknowledge that such lender may make, or intends to make, such
Cooperative Loan, and (ii) make certain agreements with respect to
such Cooperative Loan.
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 Loans serviced hereunder, in connection with a
Reconstitution as provided in Section 12; provided , that,
an assignment of this Agreement in connection with a sale or
transfer of any of the Loans shall not constitute a
“Reconstitution Agreement”.
Reconstitution Date
: The date or dates on which any or
all of the Loans serviced under this Agreement shall be removed
from this Agreement and reconstituted as part of a Reconstitution
pursuant to Section 12 hereof.
Record Date : With respect to each Distribution Date, the
last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Refinanced Loan
: A Loan the proceeds of which were
not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
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 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the
staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or
its staff from time to time.
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 REMICs, which appear in Sections 860A through
860G of the Code; and related provisions, and proposed, temporary
and final regulations and published rulings, notices and
announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in
effect from time to time.
REO Disposition
: The final sale by the Seller of
any REO Property.
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property acquired as a result of
the liquidation of a Loan and, with respect to a Cooperative Loan,
the related Cooperative Apartment.
Repurchase Price
: With respect to any Loan, a price
equal to (i) the product of (A) the Stated Principal Balance of
such Loan times (B) the greater of (x) the percentage of par used
to calculate the Purchase Price pursuant to the related
Confirmation and (y) 100%; provided, that if such Loan is subject
to a Securitization Transaction and the repurchase date occurs more
than one (1) year following the Closing Date the amount determined
under this clause (B) shall be 100%, plus (ii) interest on such
Stated Principal Balance at the Loan Interest Rate from and
including the last Due Date through which interest has been paid by
or on behalf of the Borrower to the first day of the month
following the date of repurchase, plus (iii) any costs and damages
incurred in connection with any violation of such Loan of any
predatory or abusive lending law; less amounts received in respect
of such repurchased Loan which are being held in the Custodial
Account for distribution in connection with such Loan.
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 Fannie Mae eligible
condominium project, (iv) a detached one-family dwelling in a
planned unit development or (v) a Cooperative Apartment, none of
which is a mobile or manufactured home.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
: Means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the
Commission’s staff).
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 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 Loans.
Seller Information: As defined in
Subsection 33.07(a).
Servicer : As defined in Subsection 33.03(c).
Servicing Addendum
: The terms and conditions attached
hereto as Exhibit 9 which will govern the servicing of the
Loans by Seller.
Servicing Advances
: All customary, reasonable and
necessary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred
by the Seller in the performance of its servicing obligations,
including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) preservation,
restoration and repair of a Mortgaged Property or, in the case of a
Cooperative Loan, the Cooperative Apartment, (ii) any enforcement
or judicial proceedings with respect to a Loan, including
foreclosure actions and (iii) the management and liquidation of REO
Property.
Servicing Criteria
: The “servicing criteria”
set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended
from time to time.
Servicing Fee : With respect to each Loan, the amount of the
annual servicing fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller, which
shall, for each month, be equal to one-twelfth of the product of
(a) the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the unpaid principal balance of
the Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis
of the same principal amount and period respecting which any
related interest payment on a Loan is computed. The obligation of
the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the
Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds and other proceeds, to the extent permitted by Section
11.05) of related Monthly Payments collected by the
Seller.
Servicing Fee Rate
: The per annum rate at which the
Servicing Fee accrues, which rate with respect to each Loan shall
be equal to the percentage specified as such on the Loan
Schedule.
Servicing File : With respect to each Loan, the file retained
by the Seller consisting of originals of all documents in the Loan
File which are not delivered to the Purchaser or the Custodian and
copies of the Loan Documents.
Standard & Poor’s : Standard & Poor’s Rating Services,
a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., and its successors in
interest.
Stated Principal Balance
: As to each Loan as of any date of
determination, (i) the principal balance of the Loan as of the
Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or
before such date, whether or not collected from the Borrower on or
before such date, minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to
the Purchaser with respect to the related Loan representing
payments or recoveries of principal (or advances in lieu thereof),
plus (iii) the cumulative amount of any Negative
Amortization.
Static Pool Information
: Static pool information as described in
Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
Stock Certificates
: With respect to each Cooperative
Loan, the certificates evidencing ownership of the Cooperative
Shares issued by the Cooperative.
Stock Power : With respect to each Cooperative Loan, an
assignment of the Stock Certificate or an assignment of the
Cooperative Shares issued by the Cooperative.
Subcontractor : Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is
not responsible for the overall servicing (as
“servicing” is commonly understood by participants in
the mortgage-backed securities market) of Loans but performs one or
more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB
with respect to Loans under the direction or authority of the
Seller or a Subservicer.
Subservicer : Any Person that services Loans on behalf of the
Seller or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance
(whether directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a
substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to
be performed by the Seller under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
Subservicing Agreement
: The written contract between the
Seller and a Subservicer relating to servicing and administration
of certain Loans as provided in Subsection 11.29 of the Servicing
Addendum.
Third-Party Originator
: Each Person, other than a Qualified
Correspondent, that originated Loans acquired by the
Seller.
Whole Loan Transfer
: Any sale or transfer of some or
all of the Loans, other than a Securitization
Transaction.
SECTION 2.
Agreement to Purchase
. The Seller agrees to sell, and
the Purchaser agrees to purchase, from time-to-time, Loans having
an aggregate principal balance on the related Cut-off Date in an
amount as set forth in the related Confirmation, or in such other
amount as agreed by the Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by
the actual aggregate principal balance of the Loans accepted by the
Purchaser on the related Closing Date.
SECTION 3.
Loan Schedules . The Seller shall deliver the Loan Schedule
for a Loan Package to be purchased on a particular Closing Date to
the Purchaser at least two (2) Business Days prior to the related
Closing Date in both hard copy and electronic format.
SECTION 4.
Purchase Price . The Purchase Price for each Loan listed on
the related Loan Schedule shall be the percentage of par as stated
in the related Confirmation (subject to adjustment as provided
therein), multiplied by its Stated Principal Balance as of the
related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the related Confirmation,
portions of the Loans shall be priced separately.
In addition to the Purchase Price as
described above, (i) the Initial Purchaser shall pay the Seller, at
closing, accrued interest on the Stated Principal Balance of each
Loan as of the related Cut-off Date at its Net Loan Rate from the
related Cut-off Date through the day prior to the related Closing
Date, both inclusive and (ii) the Seller shall pay to the Initial
Purchaser the costs and fees expected to be associated with the
recording of an Assignment of Mortgage or, with respect to a
Cooperative Loan, an Assignment of Note and Pledge Agreement, with
respect to each Loan (such amount may be set forth in the related
Confirmation).
The Purchaser shall own and be entitled
to receive with respect to each Loan purchased, (1) all scheduled
principal due after the related Cut-off Date, (2) all other
recoveries of principal collected after the related Cut-off Date
(provided, however, that all scheduled payments of principal due on
or before the related Cut-off Date and collected by the Seller
after the related Cut-off Date shall belong to the Seller), and (3)
all payments of interest on the Loans net of the Servicing Fee
minus that portion of any such interest payment that is allocable
to the period prior to the related Cut-off Date. The Stated
Principal Balance of each Loan as of the related Cut-off Date is
determined after application to the reduction of principal of
payments of principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date
whether or not collected. Therefore, for the purposes of this
Agreement, payments of scheduled principal and interest prepaid for
a Due Date beyond the related Cut-off Date shall not be applied to
the principal balance as of the related Cut-off Date. Such prepaid
amounts (minus the applicable Servicing Fee) shall be the property
of the Purchaser. The Seller shall deposit any such prepaid amounts
into the Custodial Account, which account is established for the
benefit of the Purchaser, for remittance by the Seller to the
Purchaser on the first related Distribution Date. All payments of
principal and interest, less the applicable Servicing Fee, due on a
Due Date following the related Cut-off Date shall belong to the
Purchaser.
SECTION 5.
Examination of Loan Files
. In addition to the rights granted
to the Initial Purchaser under the related Confirmation to
underwrite the Loans and review the Loan Files prior to the Closing
Date, prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller shall make the
related Loan File available to the Initial Purchaser for
examination at the Seller’s offices or such other location as
shall otherwise be agreed upon by the Initial Purchaser and the
Seller. Such examination may be made by the Initial Purchaser or
its designee at any reasonable time before the related Closing
Date. If the Initial Purchaser makes such examination prior to the
related Closing Date and identifies any Loans that do not conform
to the terms of the related Confirmation or the Seller’s
underwriting standards, such Loans may, at the Initial
Purchaser’s option, be rejected for purchase by the Initial
Purchaser. If not purchased by the Initial Purchaser, such Loans
shall be deleted from the related Loan Schedule. The Initial
Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to the Seller,
purchase all or part of any Loan Package without conducting any
partial or complete examination. The fact that the Initial
Purchaser has conducted or has determined not to conduct any
partial or complete examination of the Loan Files shall not affect
the Initial Purchaser’s (or any of its successors’)
rights to demand repurchase or other relief or remedy provided for
in this Agreement.
SECTION 6.
Conveyance from Seller to Initial
Purchaser .
Subsection 6.01.
Conveyance of Loans; Possession of
Servicing Files .
The Seller, simultaneously with the
payment of the Purchase Price, shall execute and deliver to the
Initial Purchaser an Assignment and Conveyance with respect to the
related Loan Package in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
4 . The Servicing File retained by the Seller with
respect to each Loan pursuant to this Agreement shall be
appropriately identified in the Seller’s computer system to
reflect clearly the sale of such related Loan to the Purchaser. The
Seller shall release from its custody the contents of any Servicing
File retained by it only in accordance with this
Agreement.
In addition, in connection with the
assignment of any MERS Loan, the Seller agrees that on or prior to
each Closing Date it will cause, at its own expense, the MERS
System to indicate that the related Loans have been assigned by the
Seller to the Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement by
including in such computer files the information required by the
MERS System to identify the Purchaser as owner of such
Loans.
Subsection 6.02.
Books and Records
.
Record title to each Note and the related
Mortgage as of the related Closing Date shall be in the name of the
Seller, the Purchaser or one or more designees of the Purchaser, as
the Purchaser shall designate. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
beneficial ownership of each Note and the related Mortgage shall be
vested solely in the Purchaser. All rights arising out of the Loans
including, but not limited to, all funds received by the Seller
after the related Cut-off Date on or in connection with a Loan as
provided in Section 4 shall be vested in the Purchaser or one or
more designees of the Purchaser; provided, however, that all such
funds received on or in connection with a Loan as provided in
Section 4 shall be received and held by the Seller in trust for the
benefit of the Purchaser as the owner of the Loans pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
It is the express intention of the
parties that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be,
and be construed as, a sale of the Loans by the Seller and not a
pledge of the Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt
or other obligation of the Seller. Consequently, the sale of each
Loan shall be reflected as a sale on the Seller’s business
records, tax returns and financial statements.
Subsection 6.03.
Delivery of Loan Documents
.
The Seller shall from time to time in
connection with each Closing Date, at least five(5) Business Days
prior to such Closing Date, deliver and release to the Custodian
the Loan Documents with respect to each Loan to be purchased and
sold on the related Closing Date and set forth on the related Loan
Schedule.
The Custodian shall certify its receipt
of all such Loan Documents for the related Closing Date, as
evidenced by a trust receipt and initial certification of the
Custodian delivered to the Initial Purchaser. The fees and expenses
of the Custodian shall be paid by the Purchaser.
The Seller shall forward to the Custodian
original documents evidencing an assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension of any Loan entered into in accordance
with this Agreement within two weeks of their execution, provided,
however, that the Seller shall provide the Custodian with a
certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation
within two weeks of its execution.
The Seller shall provide the original of
any document submitted for recordation promptly upon return of such
document from the applicable recording office and in no event later
than 180 days following the related Closing Date, or in the case of
an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension pursuant to
the preceding paragraph, 180 days following the date of submission
of such document to the applicable recording office for
recordation. The Seller shall provide an original mortgagee
title insurance policy meeting the requirements of this Agreement
promptly upon the issuance thereof and in no event later than 180
days following the related Closing Date. To the extent that
the Seller fails to provide any such original document within the
time period set forth herein, and such failure materially and
adversely affects the value of the Loan or the Purchaser’s
interest in the Loan, the Purchaser may demand, and shall have the
right to, a remedy as for a breach pursuant to Subsection 7.03
hereof (it being understood that any cure period set forth in
Subsection 7.03 shall be deemed to have expired).
In the event that new, replacement,
substitute or additional Stock Certificates are issued with respect
to existing Cooperative Shares, the Seller shall within ten (10)
Business Days deliver to the Custodian the new Stock Certificates,
together with the related Stock Powers in blank. Such new
Stock Certificates shall be subject to the related Pledge
Instruments and shall be subject to all of the terms, covenants and
conditions of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.
Representations, Warranties and
Covenants; Remedies for Breach .
Subsection 7.01.
Representations and Warranties
Respecting the Seller .
The Seller represents, warrants and
covenants to the Purchaser as of the initial Closing Date and each
subsequent Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided
herein or in the applicable Assignment and Conveyance:
(i)
The Seller is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization and has all licenses necessary to carry on its
business as now being conducted. It is licensed in, qualified to
transact business in and is in good standing under the laws of the
state in which any Mortgaged Property or Cooperative Apartment is
located except where the failure to be so licensed and qualified
would not have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s
business or operations or the enforceability of any Loan or the
Seller’s ability to service such Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. No licenses or approvals obtained by
Seller have been suspended or revoked by any court, administrative
agency, arbitrator or governmental body and no proceedings are
pending which might result in such suspension or
revocation;
(ii)
The Seller has the full power and
authority to hold each Loan, to sell each Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate, all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has duly
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization;
(iii)
The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Seller and the performance of and compliance with
the terms of this Agreement do not and will not violate the
Seller’s charter or by-laws or constitute a default under or
result in a breach or acceleration of, any material contract,
agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or
which may be applicable to the Seller or its assets;
(iv)
The Seller is not in violation of, and
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and its
performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will
not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of
any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Seller or its assets, which violation might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
otherwise) or the operation of the Seller or its assets or might
have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the
performance of its obligations and duties hereunder;
(v)
The Seller is an approved seller/servicer
for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in good standing and is a HUD
approved mortgagee pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing
Act. No event has occurred, including but not limited to a change
in insurance coverage, which would make the Seller unable to comply
with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or HUD eligibility requirements or
which would require notification to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or
HUD;
(vi)
The Seller does not believe, nor does it
have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each
and every covenant contained in this Agreement;
(vii)
The Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of
Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with
respect to each Loan pursuant to this Agreement, have been
delivered to the Custodian all in compliance with the specific
requirements of this Agreement. With respect to each Loan, the
Seller is in possession of a complete Loan File in compliance with
Exhibit 5 , except for such documents as have been delivered
to the Custodian;
(viii)
Immediately following receipt of the
Purchase Price for each Loan, the Purchaser shall be the owner of
the related Mortgage and the indebtedness evidenced by the related
Note and upon the payment of the Purchase Price by the Purchaser,
in the event that the Seller retains record title, the Seller shall
retain such record title in trust for the Purchaser as the owner
thereof and only for the purpose of servicing and supervising the
servicing of each Loan;
(ix)
There are no actions or proceedings
against, or investigations of, the Seller before any court,
administrative or other tribunal (A) that might prohibit its
entering into this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the sale of
the Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or (C) that might prohibit or materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement;
(x)
No consent, approval, authorization or
order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for
the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of, or
compliance by the Seller with, this Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations or orders, if any, that have
been obtained prior to the related Closing Date;
(xi)
The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance
of the Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar
statutory provisions;
(xii)
Neither this Agreement nor any written
statement, report or other document prepared and furnished or to be
prepared and furnished by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement or
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains
any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein
not misleading;
(xiii)
The origination, servicing and collection
practices used by the Seller (and by any prior originator or
servicer) with respect to each Note and Mortgage have been in all
respects legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage
origination and servicing industry and have been in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices. The Loan has been serviced by the
Seller and any predecessor servicer in accordance with the terms of
the Note. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, if
any, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the
control of, the Seller and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments
or other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized
under any Mortgage or the related Note and no such escrow deposits
or Escrow Payments are being held by the Seller for any work on a
Mortgaged Property or, in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the
Cooperative Apartment, which has not been completed;
(xiv)
The transfer of the Loans shall be
treated as a sale on the books and records of the Seller, and the
Seller has determined that, and will treat, the disposition of the
Loans pursuant to this Agreement for tax and accounting purposes as
a sale. The Seller shall maintain a complete set of books and
records for each Loan which shall be clearly marked to reflect the
ownership of such Loan by the Purchaser;
(xv)
The consideration received by the Seller
upon the sale of the Loans constitutes fair consideration and
reasonably equivalent value for such Loan;
(xvi)
The Seller is solvent and will not be
rendered insolvent by the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Seller is not transferring any Loan with
any intent to hinder; delay or defraud any of its
creditors;
(xvii)
The information delivered by the Seller
to the Purchaser with respect to the Seller’s loan loss,
foreclosure and delinquency experience for the twelve (12) months
immediately preceding the Initial Closing Date on loans
underwritten to the same standards as the Loans and covering
properties similar to the Mortgaged Properties, is true and correct
in all material respects; and
(xviii)
If the Seller is or becomes a member of
MERS, the Seller is in good standing, and will comply in all
material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the MERS Loans for as long as such
Loans are registered with MERS.
Subsection 7.02.
Representations and Warranties
Regarding Individual Loans .
The Seller hereby represents and warrants
to the Purchaser that, as to each Loan, as of the related Closing
Date (or such other date specified herein) for such
Loan:
(i)
The information set forth in the related
Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct as of the related
Cut-off Date;
(ii)
The Loan is in compliance with all
requirements set forth in the related Confirmation, and the
characteristics of the related Loan Package as set forth in the
related Confirmation are true and correct;
(iii)
All payments required to be made prior to
the related Cut-off Date for such Loan have been made; the Seller
has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received
any advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the
related Mortgaged Property, directly or indirectly, for the payment
of any amount required by the Note or Mortgage; other than
disclosed on the related Loan Schedule, there has been no
delinquency, exclusive of any period of grace, in any payment by
the Borrower thereunder during the last twelve months; no Borrower
has been sixty days past due on a payment on a Loan at any time
during the twelve month period prior to the related Closing Date;
and, if the Loan is a Cooperative Loan, no foreclosure action or
private or public sale under the Uniform Commercial Code has ever
been threatened or commenced with respect to the Cooperative
Loan;
(iv)
There are no delinquent taxes, ground
rents, water charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums,
leasehold payments, including assessments payable in future
installments or other outstanding charges affecting the related
Mortgaged Property, Cooperative Apartment or Project;
(v)
The terms of the Note, the Mortgage and,
with respect to each Cooperative Loan, the Pledge Agreement, the
Proprietary Lease, and the Pledge Instruments, have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by
written instruments, recorded in the applicable public recording
office if necessary to maintain the lien priority of the Mortgage,
and which have been delivered to the Custodian; the substance of
any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by
the insurer under the Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, if
any, and the title insurer, to the extent required by the related
policy, and is reflected on the related Loan Schedule. No
instrument of waiver, alteration or modification has been executed,
and no Borrower has been released, in whole or in part, except in
connection with an assumption agreement approved by the insurer
under the Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, if any, and the
title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which
assumption agreement has been delivered to the Custodian and the
terms of which are reflected in the related Loan Schedule. The
Financing Statements with respect to each Cooperative Loan are in
full force and effect;
(vi)
The Note and the Mortgage are not subject
to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense,
including the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of
the terms of the Note or the Mortgage or the exercise of any right
thereunder, render the Mortgage or unenforceable, in whole or in
part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim
or defense, including the defense of usury and no such right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(vii)
With respect to each Loan that is not a
Cooperative Loan, each building upon the Mortgaged Property and
with respect to each Coopertive Loan, the Project, is insured by an
insurer acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac against loss by
fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property or Project, as
applicable, is located, pursuant to insurance policies conforming
to the requirements of the Servicing Addendum. All such insurance
policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its
successors and assigns as mortgagee and all premiums thereon have
been paid. If the Mortgaged Property or Project, as applicable, is
in an area identified on a Flood Hazard Map or Flood Insurance Rate
Map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having
special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made
available) a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the
current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration is in
effect which policy conforms to the requirements of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac. The Mortgage obligates the Borrower thereunder to
maintain all such insurance at the Borrower’s cost and
expense, and on the Borrower’s failure to do so, authorizes
the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at
Borrower’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement
therefor from the Borrower. No prior holder of the related
Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission,
anything which would impair the coverage of such insurance
policies;
(viii)
Each Loan and, if any, the related
prepayment penalty complied in all material respects with any and
all requirements of any federal, state or local law including,
without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity,
fair housing, disclosure, or predatory, fair and abusive lending
laws applicable to the origination and servicing of loans of a type
similar to the Loans and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such
laws;
(ix)
The Mortgage has not been satisfied,
cancelled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the
Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the
Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed
that would effect any such satisfaction, cancellation,
subordination, rescission or release;
(x)
The Mortgage (including any Negative
Amortization which may arise thereunder) is a valid, existing and
enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all
improvements on the Mortgaged Property or Cooperative Apartment, as
applicable, subject only to (a) the lien of current real property
taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (b) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of the public record as of the date of recording being
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and
specifically referred to in the lender’s title insurance
policy delivered to the originator of the Loan and which do not
adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property or
Cooperative Apartment, as applicable, and (c) other matters to
which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially
interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided
by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of
the related Mortgaged Property or Cooperative Apartment, as
applicable. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
document related to and delivered in connection with the Loan
establishes and creates a valid, existing and enforceable 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;
(xi)
The Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(xii)
All parties to the Note and the Mortgage
had legal capacity to enter into the Loan and to execute and
deliver the Note and the Mortgage, and the Note and the Mortgage
have been duly and properly executed by such parties. With respect
to each Cooperative Loan, all parties to the Note and the Pledge
Agreement had legal capacity to execute and deliver the Note, the
Pledge Agreement, the Proprietary Lease, the Stock Power, the
Recognition Agreement, the Financing Statement and the Assignment
of the Proprietary Lease and such documents have been duly and
properly executed by such parties. Each Stock Power (i) has
all signatures guaranteed or (ii) if all signatures are not
guaranteed, then such Cooperative Shares will be transferred by the
stock transfer agent of the Cooperative if the Seller undertakes to
convert the ownership of the collateral securing the related
Cooperative Loan. The Borrower is either a natural person or
an inter vivos trust acceptable under the Fannie Mae
Guides;
(xiii)
The proceeds of the Loan have been fully
disbursed to or for the account of the Borrower and there is no
obligation for the Mortgagee to advance additional funds thereunder
and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or
off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds
therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making or closing the Loan and the recording of the
Mortgage have been paid, and the Borrower is not entitled to any
refund of any amounts paid or due to the Mortgagee pursuant to the
Note or Mortgage;
(xiv)
The Seller is the sole legal, beneficial
and equitable owner of the Note and the Mortgage and has full right
to transfer and sell the Loan to the Purchaser free and clear of
any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest;
(xv)
All parties which have had any interest
in the Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee or otherwise, are (or,
during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest,
were) in compliance with any and all applicable “doing
business” and licensing requirements of the laws of the state
wherein the Mortgaged Property or Cooperative Apartment, as
applicable, is located;
(xvi)
The Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender’s title insurance policy (which, in the case of an
Adjustable Rate Loan has an adjustable rate mortgage endorsement in
the form of ALTA 6.0 or 6.1) acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie
Mac, issued by a title insurer acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie
Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located, insuring (subject to the exceptions
contained in (x)(a) and (b) above) the Seller, its successors and
assigns as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the
original principal amount of the Loan (including, if the Loan
provides for Negative Amortization, the maximum amount of Negative
Amortization in accordance with the Mortgage) and, with respect to
any Adjustable Rate Loan, against any loss by reason of the
invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment in the Loan
Interest Rate and Monthly Payment and Negative Amortization
provisions of the Mortgage Note. Additionally, such lender’s
title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress to
and from the Mortgaged Property, and against encroachments by or
upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Seller is
the sole insured of such lender’s title insurance policy, and
such lender’s title insurance policy is in full force and
effect and will be in full force and effect upon the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have
been made under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no
prior holder of the related Mortgage including the Seller, has
done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage
of such lender’s title insurance policy;
(xvii)
There is no default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration existing under the Note, the Mortgage or, if
applicable, the Proprietary Lease, and no event which, with the
passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or
cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration, and the Seller has not waived any default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration;
(xviii)
There are no mechanics’ or similar
liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material
(and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to
such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or
may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage;
(xix)
All improvements which were considered in
determining the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property
lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of
the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property unless otherwise disclosed and
are affirmatively insured by the title insurance policy referred to
in (xvi) above;
(xx)
The Loan was originated by a mortgagee
approved as such by the Secretary of HUD pursuant to Section 203
and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank or similar banking
institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state
authority;
(xxi)
Principal payments on the Loan commenced
no more than sixty days after the proceeds of the Loan were
disbursed. The Loan bears interest at the Loan Interest Rate. With
respect to each Loan which is not a Negative Amortization Loan, the
Mortgage Note is payable on the first day of each month in Monthly
Payments, which, (A) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, are
sufficient to fully amortize the original principal balance over
the original term thereof (other than with respect to a Loan
identified on the related Loan Schedule as an interest-only Loan
during the interest-only period or a Loan which is identified on
the related Loan Schedule as a Balloon Mortgage Loan) and to pay
interest at the related Loan Interest Rate, (B) in the case of an
Adjustable Rate Loan, are changed on each Adjustment Date, and in
any case, are sufficient to fully amortize the original principal
balance over the original term thereof (other than with respect to
a Loan identified on the related Loan Schedule as an interest-only
Loan during the interest-only period or a Loan which is identified
on the related Loan Schedule as a Balloon Mortgage Loan), and (C)
in the case of a Balloon Mortgage Loan, are based on a fifteen (15)
or thirty (30) year amortization schedule, as set forth in the
related Mortgage Note, and a final monthly payment substantially
greater than the preceding monthly payment which is sufficient to
amortize the remaining principal balance of the Balloon Mortgage
Loan and to pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate.
No Balloon Mortgage Loan has an original stated maturity of
less than seven (7) years. With respect to each Negative
Amortization Loan, the related Mortgage Note requires a Monthly
Payment which is sufficient during the period following each
Payment Adjustment Date, to fully amortize the outstanding
principal balance as of the first day of such period (including any
Negative Amortization) over the then remaining term of such
Mortgage Note and to pay interest at the related Mortgage Interest
Rate; provided, that the Monthly Payment shall not increase to an
amount that exceeds 107.5% of the amount of the Monthly Payment
that was due immediately prior to the Payment Adjustment Date;
provided, further, that the payment adjustment cap shall not be
applicable with respect to the adjustment made to the Monthly
Payment that occurs in a year in which the Loan has been
outstanding for a multiple of five (5) years and in any such year
the Monthly Payment shall be adjusted to fully amortize the Loan
over the remaining term. With respect to each Loan identified
on the Loan Schedule as an interest-only Loan, the interest-only
period does not exceed fifteen (15) years (or such lesser period
specified on the Loan Schedule) and following the expiration of
such interest-only period, the remaining Monthly Payments shall be
sufficient to fully amortize the original principal balance over
the remaining term of the Loan. The Index for each Adjustable
Rate Loan is as defined in the related Confirmation and set forth
in the related Loan Schedule. No Loan provides for the
capitalization or forbearance of interest. No Loan is a
Convertible Loan;
(xxii)
With respect to each Loan, the Mortgaged
Property, and with respect to each Cooperative Loan, the related
Cooperative Apartment and Project, is free of damage and waste and
there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial
condemnation thereof;
(xxiii)
The Mortgage and related Note contain
customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights
and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization
against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
provided thereby, including, (a) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (b)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure. The Borrower has not filed for
protection under applicable bankruptcy laws since the origination
of the Loan. There is no homestead or other exemption
available to the Borrower which would interfere with the right to
sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right
to foreclose the Mortgage. The Borrower has not notified the Seller
requesting relief under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’
Civil Relief Act of 1940 or the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act,
and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed
to the Borrower under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil
Relief Act of 1940 or the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any
similar state laws;
(xxiv)
The Loan complies with the underwriting
guidelines of the Seller subject to the exception guidelines and
processes they include. Such underwriting standards have been
provided to the Purchaser prior to the related Closing Date.
The Note and Mortgage are on forms substantially similar to
forms acceptable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
(xxv)
The 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 (x) above;
(xxvi)
The Loan File contains an appraisal of
the related Mortgaged Property which is on appraisal form 1004 or
form 2055 with an interior inspection, which satisfied the
standards of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and was made and signed,
prior to the approval of the Loan application, by a qualified
appraiser, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged
Property or in any loan made on the security thereof; whose
compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the
Loan and who met the minimum qualifications of Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac. Each appraisal of the Loan was made in accordance with
the relevant provisions of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989;
(xxvii)
In the event the Mortgage constitutes a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to
serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves
and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of
trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after
default by the Borrower;
(xxviii)
No Loan contains provisions pursuant to
which Monthly Payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds
deposited in any separate account established by the Seller, the
Borrower, or anyone on behalf of the Borrower or (b) paid by any
source other than the Borrower. The Loan is not a graduated payment
loan and the Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other
contingent interest feature. No Loan contains any provisions
which may constitute buydown provisions;
(xxix)
The Borrower has executed a statement to
the effect that the Borrower has received all disclosure materials
required by applicable law with respect to the making of fixed rate
loans in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, and adjustable rate loans in
the case of Adjustable Rate Loans and rescission materials with
respect to Refinanced Loans, and such statement is and will remain
in the Loan File;
(xxx)
No Loan was made in connection with (a)
the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property unless
the related Loan has converted to a permanent closed-end fully
amortizing Loan and a completion certificate has been issued with
respect to the related Mortgaged Property or (b) facilitating the
trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
(xxxi)
The Seller has no knowledge of any
circumstances or condition with respect to the Mortgaged Property,
the Borrower, the Borrower’s credit standing, the Cooperative
Apartment, the Project or the Mortgage that can reasonably be
expected to cause the Loan to be an unacceptable investment, cause
the Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect the value of the
Loan;
(xxxii)
Each Loan with an LTV at origination in
excess of 80% is and will be subject to a Primary Insurance Policy
or LPMI Policy, as identified on the related Loan Schedule, issued
by a Qualified Insurer, which insures that portion of the Loan in
excess of the portion of the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property required by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. All provisions of
such policy have been and are being complied with, such policy is
in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been
paid. Any Mortgage subject to any Primary Insurance Policy
obligates the Borrower thereunder to maintain such insurance and to
pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith. No Loan
requires payment of such Primary Insurance Policy premiums, in
whole or in part, by the Purchaser. The Loan Interest Rate for the
Loan does not include any Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy
insurance premium. No Loan had an LTV at origination in
excess of 95%;
(xxxiii)
The Mortgaged Property or, with respect
to a Cooperative Loan, the Cooperative Apartment, 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 or, with respect to a
Cooperative Loan, the Cooperative Apartment and the Project, and,
with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but
not limited to certificates of occupancy, have been made or
obtained from the appropriate authorities;
(xxxiv)
No error, omission, misrepresentation,
negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Loan has
taken place on the part of any person, including without limitation
the Borrower, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other
party involved in the origination of the Loan or in the application
of any insurance in relation to such Loan;
(xxxv)
With respect to each Loan that is not a
Cooperative Loan, the Assignment of Mortgage is in recordable form
and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which the Mortgaged Property is located; With respect to each
Cooperative Loan, the Assignment of Note and Pledge Agreement is in
recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the Cooperative Apartment is
located;
(xxxvi)
Any principal advances made to the
Borrower prior to the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the
secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest
rate and single repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage securing
the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having
first lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to
the policy insuring the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or
by other title evidence acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Loan plus any Negative
Amortization;
(xxxvii)
[Reserved];
(xxxviii)
If the Residential Dwelling on the
Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or unit in a planned unit
development (other than a de minimis planned unit development) such
condominium or planned unit development project meets the
eligibility requirements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
(xxxix)
Each Loan constitutes a qualified
mortgage under Section 860(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury
Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1);
(xl)
No Loan is (a) subject to, covered by or
in violation of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of
1994 (“HOEPA”), (b) classified as “high
cost,” “covered,” “high risk home”,
“threshold”, or “predatory” loans under
HOEPA or any other applicable state, federal or local law,
including any predatory or abusive lending laws (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), (c) a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable
(as such terms are defined in the current Standard &
Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary, Appendix E) or (d) in violation
of any state law or ordinance comparable to HOEPA. No Loan
(including purchase money loans or refinance transactions) has an
“annual percentage rate” or “total points and
fees” payable by the Borrower (as each such term is defined
under HOEPA) that equal or exceed the applicable thresholds defined
under HOEPA (Section 32 of Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. Section
226.32(a)(1)(i) and (ii));
(xli)
No Borrower was required to purchase any
credit life, disability, accident, unemployment, property or health
insurance product or debt cancellation agreement as a condition of
obtaining the extension of credit. No Borrower obtained a
prepaid single premium credit life, disability, unemployment,
property, mortgage, accident or health insurance policy in
connection with the origination of the Loan. No proceeds from
any Loan were used to finance or purchase single-premium credit
insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements as part of the
origination of or as a condition to closing, such Loan;
(xlii)
Interest on each Loan is calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months;
(xliii)
The Mortgaged Property and, in the case
of a Cooperative Loan, the Cooperative Apartment and Project, is in
compliance with all applicable environmental laws pertaining to
environmental hazards including, without limitation, asbestos, and
neither the Seller nor, to the Seller’s knowledge, the
related Borrower, has received any notice of any violation or
potential violation of such law;
(xliv)
With respect to each Loan, the Seller has
fully and accurately furnished complete information (e.g.,
favorable and unfavorable) on the related borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three
of the credit repositories), in accordance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, on a monthly basis
and the Seller will furnish for each Loan, in accordance with the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations,
accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable)
on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union
Credit Information Company (three of the credit
repositories), on a monthly basis;
(xlv)
Except as set forth on the related Loan
Schedule, none of the Loans are subject to a prepayment penalty.
For any Loan that is subject to a prepayment penalty, such
prepayment penalty does not extend beyond five years after the date
of origination. Any such prepayment penalty is permissible
and enforceable in accordance with its terms upon the
mortgagor’s full and voluntary principal prepayment under
applicable law, except to the extent that: the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights;
the collectability thereof may be limited due to acceleration in
connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary prepayment; or
subsequent changes in applicable law may limit or prohibit
enforceability thereof under applicable law. With respect to
any Loan that contains a provision permitting imposition of a
penalty upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (i) the Loan provides
some benefit to the Borrower (e.g., a rate or fee reduction) in
exchange for accepting such prepayment penalty; (ii) the
Loan’s originator had a written policy of offering the
Borrower, or requiring third-party brokers to offer the Borrower,
the option of obtaining a Loan that did not require payment of such
a prepayment penalty and the Borrower was offered such a product by
the Loan’s originator; (iii) the prepayment penalty was
adequately disclosed to the Borrower in the loan documents pursuant
to applicable state and federal law; and (iv) such prepayment
penalty shall not be imposed in any instance where the Loan is
accelerated or paid off in connection with the workout of a
delinquent mortgage or due to the Borrower’s default,
notwithstanding that the terms of the Loan or state or federal law
might permit the imposition of such prepayment penalty;
(xlvi)
The Seller has complied with all
applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including
without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 200l (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 Loan for
purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with respect
to the legitimacy of the applicable Borrower and the origin of the
assets used by the said Borrower to purchase the property in
question, and maintains, and will maintain, sufficient information
to identify the applicable Borrower for purposes of the Anti-Money
Laundering Laws. No Loan is subject to nullification pursuant
to Executive Order 13224 (the “Executive Order”) or the
regulations promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC
Regulations”) or in violation of the Executive Order or the
OFAC Regulations, and no Borrower is subject to the provisions of
such Executive Order or the OFAC Regulations nor listed as a
“blocked person” for purposes of the OFAC
Regulations;
(xlvii)
With respect to each Loan secured in
whole or in part by the interest of the Borrower as a lessee under
a ground lease of a Mortgaged Property (a “Ground
Lease”) the real property securing such Loan is located in a
jurisdiction in which the use of leasehold estates for residential
properties is a widely-accepted practice and:
(a)
The Borrower is the owner of a valid and
subsisting interest as tenant under the Ground Lease;
(b)
The Ground Lease is in full force and
effect, unmodified and not supplemented by any writing or
otherwise;
(c)
The mortgagor is not in default under any
of the terms thereof and there are no circumstances which, with the
passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute
an event of default thereunder;
(d)
The lessor under the Ground Lease is not
in default under any of the terms or provisions thereof on the part
of the lessor to be observed or performed;
(e)
The term of the Ground Lease exceeds the
maturity date of the related Loan by at least five
years;
(f)
The Ground Lease or a memorandum thereof
has been recorded and by its terms permits the leasehold estate to
be mortgaged. The Ground Lease grants any leasehold mortgagee
standard protection necessary to protect the security of a
leasehold mortgagee;
(g)
The Ground Lease does not contain any
default provisions that could give rise to forfeiture or
termination of the Ground Lease except for the non-payment of the
Ground Lease rents;
(h)
The execution, delivery and performance
of the Mortgage do not require the consent (other than those
consents which have been obtained and are in full force and effect)
under, and will not contravene any provision of or cause a default
under, the Ground Lease; and
(i)
The Ground Lease provides that the
leasehold can be transferred, mortgaged and sublet an unlimited
number of times either without restriction or on payment of a
reasonable fee and delivery of reasonable documentation to the
lessor.
(xlviii)
No predatory or deceptive lending
practices, including but not limited to, the extension of credit to
the applicable Borrower without regard for said Borrower’s
ability to repay the Loan and the extension of credit to said
Borrower which has no apparent benefit to said Borrower, were
employed by the originator of the Loan in connection with the
origination of the Loan. Each Loan is in compliance with the
anti-predatory lending eligibility for purchase requirements of the
Fannie Mae Guides;
(xlix)
No Loan is a “High Cost Home
Loan” as defined in the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended
(the “Georgia Act”) or the New York Banking Law 6-1.
No Loan secured by owner occupied real property or an owner
occupied manufactured home located in the State of Georgia was
originated (or modified) on or after October 1, 2002 through and
including March 6, 2003;
(l)
No Borrower was encouraged or required to
select a Loan product offered by the Loan’s originator which
is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy borrowers,
taking into account such facts as, without limitation, the mortgage
loan’s requirements and the Borrower’s credit history,
income, assets and liabilities. Any Borrower who sought
financing through Loan originator’s higher-priced subprime
lending channel was directed towards or offered the Loan
originator’s standard mortgage line if the Borrower was able
to qualify for one of the standard products. If, at the time
of loan application, the Borrower may have qualified for a lower
cost credit product then offered by any mortgage lending affiliate
of the Loan’s originator, the Loan’s originator
referred the Borrower’s application to such affiliate for
underwriting consideration;
(li)
The methodology used in underwriting the
extension of credit for each Loan did not rely solely on the extent
of the Borrower’s equity in the collateral as the principal
determining factor in approving such extension of credit. The
methodology employed objective criteria such as the
Borrower’s income, assets and liabilities, to the proposed
mortgage payment and, based on such methodology, the Loan’s
originator made a reasonable determination that at the time of
origination the Borrower had the ability to make timely payments on
the Loan;
(lii)
All points and fees related to each Loan
were disclosed in writing to the Borrower in accordance with
applicable state and federal law and regulation. No Borrower was
charged “points and fees” (whether or not financed) in
an amount that exceeds the greater of (1) 5% of the principal
amount of such Loan (such 5% limitation is calculated in accordance
with Fannie Mae’s requirements as set forth in the Fannie Mae
Selling Guide) or (2) $1,000;
(liii)
All points, fees and charges (including
finance charges) and whether or not financed, assessed, collected
or to be collected in connection with the origination and servicing
of each Loan has been disclosed in writing to the Borrower in
accordance with applicable state and federal law and
regulation;
(liv)
The Seller will transmit full-file credit
reporting data for each Loan pursuant to Fannie Mae Guide
Announcement 95-19 and for each Loan, Seller agrees it shall report
one of the following statuses each month as follows: new
origination, current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed, or charged-off;
(lv)
No Loan is a “High-Cost Home
Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security
Act of 2002 (the “NJ Act”); and each Loan subject to
the NJ Act is considered under the NJ Act as, either, a (1)
purchase money Home Loan, (2) purchase money Covered Loan (with
respect to Loans which were originated between November 26, 2003
and July 7, 2004), or (3) a rate/term refinance Home
Loan;
(lvi)
No Borrower agreed in the Mortgage or the
related Mortgage Note to submit to mandatory arbitration to resolve
any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Loan
transaction;
(lvii)
The Borrower has not made or caused to be
made any payment in the nature of an ‘average’ or
‘yield spread premium’ to a mortgage broker or a like
Person which has not been fully disclosed to the
Borrower;
(lviii)
No Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property
located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was made to pay off or
refinance an existing loan or other debt of the related borrower
(as the term "borrower" is defined in the regulations promulgated
by the Massachusetts Secretary of State in connection with the
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 183, Section 28C) unless (a) the
related Loan Interest Rate (that would be effective once the
introductory rate expires, with respect to Adjustable Rate Loans)
did or would not exceed by more than 2.50% the yield on United
States Treasury securities having comparable periods of maturity to
the maturity of the related Loan as of the fifteenth day of the
month immediately preceding the month in which the application for
the extension of credit was received by the related lender or (b)
the Loan is an “open-end home loan” (as such term is
used in the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 183, Section 28C or
the regulations promulgated in connection therewith) and the
related Note provides that the related Loan Interest Rate may not
exceed at any time the Prime rate index as published in the Wall
Street Journal plus a margin of one percent;
(lix)
With respect to each Cooperative
Loan:
(a) the term of the related Proprietary
Lease is longer than the term of the Cooperative Loan;
(b) there is no provision in any
Proprietary Lease which requires the Borrower to offer for sale the
Cooperative Shares owned by such Borrower first to the
Cooperative;
(c) there is no prohibition in any
Proprietary Lease against pledging the Cooperative Shares or
assigning the Proprietary Lease;
(d) the Pledge Agreement contains an
enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment of the
unpaid principal balance of the Note in the event the Cooperative
Apartment is transferred or sold without the consent of the holder
thereof; and
(e) a Cooperative Lien Search has been
made by a company competent to make the same which company is
acceptable to FNMA and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction
where the Cooperative Apartment is located.
(lx)
No Borrower was charged “points and
fees” in an amount greater than (a) $1,000 or (b) 5% of the
principal amount of the related Loan, whichever is greater. For
purposes of this representation, “points and fees” (x)
include origination, underwriting, broker and finder’s fees
and charges that the lender imposed as a condition of making the
Loan, whether they are paid to the lender or a third party; and (y)
exclude bona fide discount points, fees paid for actual services
rendered in connection with the origination of the Mortgage (such
as attorneys’ fees, notaries fees and fees paid for property
appraisals, credit reports, surveys, title examinations and
extracts, flood and tax certifications, and home inspections); the
cost of mortgage insurance or credit-risk price adjustments; the
costs of title, hazard, and flood insurance policies; state and
local transfer taxes or fees; escrow deposits for the future
payment of taxes and insurance premiums; and other miscellaneous
fees and charges, which miscellaneous fees and charges, in total,
do not exceed 0.25 percent of the loan amount; and
(lxi)
With respect to each Loan, the related
Residential Dwelling is not a manufactured housing unit.
Subsection 7.03.
Remedies for Breach of Representations
and Warranties .
It is understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 7.01 and
7.02 shall survive the sale of the Loans to the Purchaser and shall
inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Note, Assignment of
Mortgage or Assignment of Note and Pledge Agreement, or the
examination or lack of examination of any Loan File. Upon discovery
by either the Seller or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Loans or the interest of the
Purchaser (or which materially and adversely affects the value of a
Loan or the interests of the Purchaser in the related Loan in the
case of a representation and warranty relating to a particular
Loan), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other.
Within 60 days of the earlier of either
discovery by or notice to the Seller of any breach of a
representation or warranty which materially and adversely affects
the value of a Loan or the Loans, the Seller shall use its best
efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material respects and,
if such breach cannot be cured, the Seller shall, at the
Purchaser’s option, repurchase such Loan at the Repurchase
Price; provided that the Purchaser’s demand for such
repurchase shall be exercised within a reasonable amount of time
from notice to the Purchaser of the related breach and expiration
of the related cure period. In the event that a breach shall
involve any representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 7.01
and such breach cannot be cured within 60 days of the earlier of
either discovery by or notice to the Seller of such breach, such
Loans effected by the breach shall, at the Purchaser’s
option, be repurchased by the Seller at the Repurchase Price in
order to cure such breach. The Seller shall, at the request of the
Purchaser and assuming that Seller has a Qualified Substitute Loan,
rather than repurchase the Loan as provided above, remove such Loan
and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Loan or Loans;
provided that such substitution shall be effected not later than
120 days after the related Closing Date. If the Seller has no
Qualified Substitute Loan, it shall repurchase the deficient Loan.
Any repurchase of a Loan(s) pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Subsection 7.03 shall occur on a date designated by the
Purchaser and shall be accomplished by deposit in the Custodial
Account of the amount of the Repurchase Price for distribution to
the Purchaser on the next scheduled Distribution Date. It is
understood by the parties hereto that a breach of the
representations and warranties made in Subsections 7.02 (v),
(viii), (xxxix), (xl), (xli), (xliv), (xlv), (xlix), (l), (li),
(liii), (lvi), (lx) or (lxi) will be deemed to materially and
adversely affect the value of the related Loan or the interest of
the Purchaser therein.
At the time of repurchase of any
deficient Loan, the Purchaser and the Seller shall arrange for the
reassignment of the repurchased Loan to the Seller and the delivery
to the Seller of any documents held by the Custodian relating to
the repurchased Loan. In the event the Repurchase Price is
deposited in the Custodial Account, the Seller shall,
simultaneously with such deposit, give written notice to the
Purchaser that such deposit has taken place. Upon such repurchase
the related Loan Schedule shall be amended to reflect the
withdrawal of the repurchased Loan from this Agreement.
As to any Deleted Loan for which the
Seller substitutes a Qualified Substitute Loan or Loans, the Seller
shall effect such substitution by delivering to the Purchaser for
such Qualified Substitute Loan or Loans the Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment of Mortgage and such other documents and agreements as
are required by this Agreement, with the Note endorsed as required
therein. The Seller shall deposit in the Custodial Account the
Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due on such Qualified
Substitute Loan or Loans in the month following the date of such
substitution. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified
Substitute Loans in the month of substitution will be retained by
the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to the
Purchaser will include the Monthly Payment due on such Deleted Loan
in the month of substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be
entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received by the Seller
in respect of such Deleted Loan. The Seller shall give written
notice to the Purchaser that such substitution has taken place and
shall amend the Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such
Deleted Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution
of the Qualified Substitute Loan. Upon such substitution, such
Qualified Substitute Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of
this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to
have made with respect to such Qualified Substitute Loan or Loans,
as of the date of substitution, the covenants, representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 7.01 and 7.02.
For any month in which the Seller
substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Loans for one or more
Deleted Loans, the Seller will determine the amount (if any) by
which the aggregate principal balance of all such Qualified
Substitute Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Loans (after
application of scheduled principal payments due in the month of
substitution). An amount equal to the product of the amount of such
shortfall multiplied by the percentage of par set forth in the
definition of “Repurchase Price” shall be distributed
by the Seller in the month of substitution pursuant to the
Servicing Addendum. Accordingly, on the date of such substitution,
the Seller will deposit from its own funds into the Custodial
Account an amount equal to such amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90
days of the earlier of discovery by the Seller or receipt of notice
by the Seller of a breach of any representation or warranty by the
Seller which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Purchaser in any prepayment charge or penalty, the Seller shall pay
the amount of such prepayment charge or penalty to the
Purchaser.
In addition to such cure, repurchase,
payment and substitution obligations, the Seller shall indemnify
the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees
and related costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses
resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or
grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the Seller’s
representations and warranties contained in this Section 7. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set forth
in this Subsection 7.03 to cure or repurchase a defective Loan, to
pay the amount of certain prepayment penalties and to indemnify the
Purchaser as provided in this Subsection 7.03 constitute the sole
remedies of the Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing
representations and warranties.
Any cause of action against the Seller
relating to or arising out of the breach of any representations and
warranties made in Subsections 7.01 or 7.02 shall accrue as to any
Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the Purchaser or notice
thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by the Seller
to cure such breach or repurchase such Loan as specified above, and
(iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser for compliance with
the relevant provisions of this Agreement.
Subsection 7.04.
Repurchase of Convertible
Loans .
In the event the Borrower under any
Convertible Loan elects to convert said Note to a fixed interest
rate Note, as provided in said Note, then the Seller shall, prior
to the effective date of said conversion, repurchase such
Convertible Loan from the Purchaser in accordance with Subsection
7.03 hereof. In connection with any such repurchase, if the record
title to the related Mortgage is not in the name of the Seller,
then the Purchaser agrees to pay the recording costs to transfer
the record title of the Mortgage to the Seller.
Subsection 7.05.
Repurchase of Certain Loans
.
In the event that a Monthly Payment
becomes thirty days past due at any time on or prior to the first
day of the first calendar month following the related Closing Date
(or such other date set forth in the related Confirmation), then
the Seller, at the Purchaser’s option, shall (a) promptly
repurchase the related Loan from the Purchaser in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Subsection 7.03 hereof and any such
repurchase shall be made at the Repurchase Price, (b) indemnify the
Purchaser in accordance with Subsection 13.01 hereof, or (c)
substitute a mortgage loan acceptable to the Purchaser in
accordance with Subsection 7.03 hereof. The request to
repurchase a Loan due to early payment default must be made within
ninety (90) days of Purchaser’s receipt of notice from the
Seller of such early payment default. After the ninety (90)
day period elapses, the option to request repurchase of any such
Loan for early payment default reasons irrevocably
expires.
Subsection 7.06.
Purchase Price Protection
.
With respect to any Loan that prepays in
full on or prior to the last day of the first full month following
the related Closing Date (or such other date set forth in the
related Confirmation), the Seller shall reimburse the Purchaser an
amount equal to the product of (a) the excess of the Purchase Price
percentage paid by the Purchaser to the Seller for such Loan over
100%, times (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Loan as of
the date of such prepayment in full. Such payment shall be made
within thirty (30) days of such payoff. Upon any assignment
of a Loan and/or this Agreement, the Purchaser may at its option
retain its rights under this Section 7.06 notwithstanding such
assignment. The request to repurchase a Loan due to premium
recapture must be made within ninety (90) days of Purchaser’s
receipt of notice from the Seller that such Loan has prepaid in
full. After the ninety (90) day period elapses, the option to
request repurchase of any such Loan for premium recapture reasons
irrevocably expires.
SECTION 8.
Closing . The closing for the sale and purchase of each
Loan Package shall take place on the related Closing Date. At the
Purchaser’s option, the closing shall be either: by
telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree,
or conducted in person, at such place as the parties shall
agree.
The closing for the Loans to be purchased
on each Closing Date shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a)
all of the representations and warranties
of the Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of
the related Closing Date and no event shall have occurred which,
with notice or the passage of time, would constitute a default
under this Agreement;
(b)
the Initial Purchaser shall have
received, or the Initial Purchaser’s attorneys shall have
received in escrow, all Closing Documents as specified in Section
9, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the
Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the
Purchaser as required pursuant to the terms hereof,
(c)
the Seller shall have delivered and
released to the Custodian all documents required pursuant to this
Agreement; and
(d)
all other terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall have been complied with.
Subject to the foregoing conditions, the
Initial Purchaser shall pay to the Seller on the related Closing
Date the Purchase Price, plus accrued interest pursuant to Section
4, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account
designated by the Seller.
SECTION 9.
Closing Documents
.
(a)
On or before the Initial Closing Date,
the Seller shall submit to the Initial Purchaser fully executed
originals of the following documents:
1.
this Agreement, in four
counterparts;
2.
a Custodial Account Letter Agreement in
the form attached as Exhibit 7 hereto;
3.
an Escrow Account Letter Agreement in the
form attached as Exhibit 8 hereto;
4.
an Officer’s Certificate, in the
form of Exhibit 1 hereto, including all attachments
thereto;
5.
an Opinion of Counsel to the Seller, in
the form of Exhibit 2 hereto; and
6.
the Seller’s underwriting
guidelines, to be attached as Exhibit 10 hereto.
(b)
The Closing Documents for the Loans to be
purchased on each Closing Date shall consist of fully executed
originals of the following documents:
1.
the related Confirmation;
2.
the related Loan Schedule as the Loan
Schedule thereto;
3.
a Custodian’s Trust Receipt and
Initial Certification, as required under the Custodial Agreement,
in a form acceptable to the Initial Purchaser;
4.
if requested by the Initial Purchaser, an
Officer’s Certificate, in the form of Exhibit 1
hereto, including all attachments thereto;
5.
if requested by the Initial Purchaser, an
Opinion of Counsel to the Seller, in the form of Exhibit 2
hereto;
6.
if any of the Loans has at any time been
subject to any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the
benefit of any Person, a Security Release Certification, in the
form of Exhibit 3 hereto, executed by such
Person;
7.
a certificate or other evidence of merger
or change of name, signed or stamped by the applicable regulatory
authority, if any of the Loans were acquired by the Seller by
merger or acquired or originated by the Seller while conducting
business under a name other than its present name, if applicable;
and
8.
an Assignment and Conveyance in the form
of Exhibit 4 hereto.
SECTION 10.
Costs . The Purchaser shall pay any commissions due
its salesmen and the legal fees and expenses of its attorneys. All
other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transfer
and delivery of the Loans, including without limitation recording
fees, fees for title policy endorsements and continuations, fees
for recording Assignments of Mortgage and the Seller’s
attorney’s fees, shall be paid by the Seller.
SECTION 11.
Seller’s Servicing
Obligations . The
Seller, as independent contract servicer, shall service and
administer the Loans directly, or through one or more Subservicers,
in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the
Servicing Addendum attached as Exhibit 9 ; which
Servicing Addendum is incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 12.
Whole Loan Transfer or a
Securitization Transaction on One or More Reconstitution
Dates .
The Seller and the Initial Purchaser
agree that with respect to some or all of the Loans, the Initial
Purchaser may effect either:
(1)
one or more Whole Loan Transfers;
and/or
(2)
one or more Securitization
Transactions.
With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer
or Securitization Transaction, as the case may be, entered into by
the Initial Purchaser, the Seller agrees:
(1)
to cooperate fully with the Purchaser and
any prospective purchaser with respect to all reasonable requests
and due diligence procedures and with respect to the preparation
(including, but not limited to, the endorsement, delivery,
assignment, and execution) of the Loan Documents and other related
documents, and with respect to servicing requirements reasonably
requested by the rating agencies and credit enhancers;
(2)
to execute all Reconstitution Agreements
provided that each of the Seller and the Purchaser is given an
opportunity to review and reasonably negotiate in good faith the
content of such documents not specifically referenced or provided
for herein;
(3)
with respect to any Whole Loan Transfer
or Securitization Transaction, the Seller shall make the
representations and warranties regarding the Seller and, if such
Whole Loan Transfer or Securitization Transaction occurs within 12
months of the related Closing Date or such later period as
specified in the related Confirmation, the Loans as of the date of
such Whole Loan Transfer or Securitization Transaction, modified to
the extent necessary to accurately reflect the pool statistics of
the Loans as of the date of such Whole Loan Transfer or
Securitization Transaction and any events or circumstances existing
subsequent to the related Closing Date;
(4)
to make available (x) to the Purchaser
and to any Person designated by the Purchaser for inclusion in any
prospectus or other offering material such publicly available
information regarding the Seller, its financial condition and its
mortgage loan delinquency, foreclosure and loss experience and any
additional information reasonably requested by the Purchaser, and
which the Seller is capable of providing without unreasonable
effort or expense, and (y) to the Purchaser any similar non public,
unaudited financial information (which the Purchaser may, at its
option and at its cost, have audited by certified public
accountants); and to indemnify the Purchaser and any related
underwriter and their affiliates for any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such
information that is included in any prospectus or other offering
materials or an omission or alleged omission to state in such
information a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(5)
to deliver to the Purchaser and to any
Person designated by the Purchaser, at the Purchaser’s
expense, such statements and audit letters of reputable, certified
public accountants pertaining to information provided by the Seller
pursuant to clause (4) above as shall be reasonably requested by
the Purchaser;
(6)
to deliver to the Purchaser, and to any
Person designated by the Purchaser, such legal documents and
in-house Opinions of Counsel as are customarily delivered by
originators or servicers, as the case may be, and reasonably
determined by the Purchaser to be necessary in connection with
Whole Loan Transfers or Securitization Transactions, as the case
may be, such in-house Opinions of Counsel for a Securitization
Transaction to be in the form reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser, it being understood that the cost of any opinions of
outside special counsel that may be required for a Whole Loan
Transfer or Securitization Transaction, as the case may be, shall
be the responsibility of the Purchaser;
(7)
to negotiate and execute one or more
subservicing agreements between the Seller and any master servicer
which is generally considered to be a prudent master servicer in
the secondary mortgage market, designated by the Purchaser in its
sole discretion after consultation with the Seller and/or one or
more custodial and servicing agreements among the Purchaser, the
Seller and a third party custodian/trustee which is generally
considered to be a prudent custodian/trustee in the secondary
mortgage market designated by the Purchaser in its sole discretion
after consultation with the Seller, in either case for the purpose
of pooling the Loans with other Loans for resale or
securitization;
(8)
in connection with any securitization of
any Loans, to execute a pooling and servicing agreement, which
pooling and servicing agreement may, at the Purchaser’s
direction, contain contractual provisions including, but not
limited to, a 24-day certificate payment delay (54-day total
payment delay), servicer advances of delinquent scheduled payments
of principal and interest through liquidation (unless deemed
non-recoverable) and prepayment interest shortfalls (to the extent
of the monthly servicing fee payable thereto), servicing and loan
representations and warranties which in form and substance conform
to the representations and warranties in this Agreement and to
secondary market standards for securities backed by loans similar
to the Loans and such provisions with regard to servicing
responsibilities, investor reporting, segregation and deposit of
principal and interest payments, custody of the Loans, a
requirement that the master servicer and any servicer provide
backup certifications as to all matters required to be certified to
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant
to the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the regulations
issued thereunder, in a form reasonably required by the depositor,
and to indemnify the depositor, the trustee, their officers,
directors and affiliates and any other entity making such
certifications to the SEC for any errors or omission in such
certification, and such provisions with regard to servicing
responsibilities, investor reporting, segregation and deposit of
principal and interest payments, custody of the Loans, and other
covenants as are required by the Purchaser and one or more
nationally recognized rating agencies for “AAA” rated
mortgage pass-through transactions which are “mortgage
related securities” for the purposes of the Secondary
Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, unless otherwise mutually
agreed. If the Purchaser deems it advisable at any time to pool the
Loans with other loans for the purpose of resale or securitization,
the Seller agrees to execute one or more subservicing agreements
between itself (as servicer) and a master servicer designated by
the Purchaser at its sole discretion, and/or one or more servicing
agreements among the Seller (as servicer), the Purchaser and a
trustee designated by the Purchaser at its sole discretion, such
agreements in each case incorporating terms and provisions
substantially identical to those described in the immediately
preceding paragraph; and
(9)
to transfer the servicing rights to the
Purchaser or its designee as described in Section 15 upon the
direction of the Purchaser.
Unless otherwise agreed to between the
Seller and the Purchaser, with respect to any Loan Package, the
Seller will not be obligated to enter into any Reconstitution
Agreement in excess of any express restrictions set forth in the
related Assignment and Conveyance and related
Confirmation.
All Loans not sold or transferred
pursuant to a Securitization Transaction shall be subject to this
Agreement and shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 13.
The Seller .
Subsection 13.01.
Additional Indemnification by the
Seller .
In addition to the indemnification
provided in Subsection 7.03, the Seller shall indemnify the
Purchaser and hold the Purchaser harmless against any and all
claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any
other costs, fees and expenses that the Purchaser may sustain in
any way related to the failure of the Seller to perform its
obligations under this Agreement including but not limited to its
obligation to service and administer the Loans in strict compliance
with the terms of this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement
entered into pursuant to Section 12.
Subsection 13.02.
Merger or Consolidation of the
Seller .
The Seller shall keep in full force and
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a federal savings
bank under the laws of the United States of America except as
permitted herein, and shall obtain and preserve its qualification
to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loans,
and to enable the Seller to perform its duties under this
Agreement.
Any Person into which the Seller may be
merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a
party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Seller,
shall be the successor of the Seller hereunder, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving
Person shall be an institution having a GAAP net worth of not less
than $25,000,000 and whose deposits are insured by FDIC or a
company whose primary business is the origination and servicing of
loans, shall be a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac approved
seller/servicer in good standing and shall satisfy any requirements
of Section 16 with respect to the qualifications of a successor to
the Seller.
Subsection 13.03.
Limitation on Liability of the Seller
and Others .
Neither the Seller nor any of the
officers, employees or agents of the Seller shall be under any
liability to the Purchaser for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith in connection with the
servicing of the Loans pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in
judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect
the Seller or any such person against any breach of warranties or
representations made herein, or failure to perform its obligations
in strict compliance with any standard of care set forth in this
Agreement, or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by
reason of any breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
The Seller and any officer, employee or agent of the Seller may
rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly
executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear
in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to
its obligation to sell or duty to service the Loans in accordance
with this Agreement and which in its opinion may result in its
incurring any expenses or liability; provided, however, that the
Seller may, with the consent of the Purchaser, undertake any such
action which it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this
Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties he