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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
hereto. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such
action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses,
costs and liabilities for which the Purchaser shall be liable,
the Seller shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the
Purchaser upon written demand except when such expenses, costs
and liabilities are subject to the Seller’s
indemnification under Subsections 7.03 or 13.01.
Subsection
13.04.
Seller Not to
Resign .
The Seller shall not assign this Agreement or
resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
except by mutual consent of the Seller and the Purchaser or upon
the determination that its servicing duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity
cannot be cured by the Seller, in which event the Seller may
resign as servicer. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Seller as servicer shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Purchaser
which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Purchaser and which shall be provided at the
cost of the Seller. No such resignation shall become effective
until a successor shall have assumed the Seller’s
responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner
provided in Section 16.
Subsection
13.05.
No Transfer of
Servicing .
The Seller acknowledges that the Purchaser has
acted in reliance upon the Seller’s independent status,
the adequacy of its servicing facilities, plan, personnel,
records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial
standing and the continuance thereof. Without in any way
limiting the generality of this Section, the Seller shall not
either assign this Agreement or the servicing hereunder or
delegate its rights or duties hereunder o
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