MORTGAGE LOAN FLOW PURCHASE, SALE
& SERVICING AGREEMENT
dated as of February 24,
2005
between
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY
CORP., Purchaser
and
PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION
and
BISHOP’S GATE RESIDENTIAL
MORTGAGE TRUST
(formerly known as CENDANT
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST)
Sellers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
II: SALE AND
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS
AND RECORDS; DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
|
|
|
Sale and
Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
|
|
|
Possession of
Mortgage Files
|
|
|
|
|
|
Defective
Documents; Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents
|
|
|
Transfer of
Mortgage Loans
|
ARTICLE
III: REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
SELLER; REPURCHASE AND SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW OF MORTGAGE
LOANS
|
|
|
Representations
and Warranties of each Seller
|
|
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer
|
|
|
Representations
and Warranties as to Individual Mortgage Loans.
|
|
|
Repurchase and
Substitution.
|
|
|
Certain
Covenants of each Seller and the Servicer.
|
ARTICLE
IV: REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
FUNDING
|
|
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
|
|
Conditions
Precedent to Closing
|
ARTICLE
V: ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
|
|
|
PHH Mortgage to
Act as Servicer; Servicing Standards; Additional Documents; Consent
of the Purchaser
|
|
|
Collection of
Mortgage Loan Payments
|
|
|
Notice of
Foreclosure Sale
|
|
|
Establishment
of Collection Account; Deposits in Collection Account
|
|
|
Permitted
Withdrawals from the Collection Account
|
|
|
Establishment
of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow
|
|
|
Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Accounts
|
|
|
Payment of
Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies; Collections Thereunder
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maintenance of
Hazard Insurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity Bond;
Errors and Omissions Insurance
|
|
|
Management of
REO Properties
|
|
|
Sale of
Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
|
|
|
Realization
Upon Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties
|
|
|
Investment of
Funds in the Collection Account
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loans
|
ARTICLE
VI: REPORTS;
REMITTANCES; ADVANCES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monthly
Advances by the Servicer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
VII: GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURE
|
|
|
Enforcement of
Due-on-Sale Clauses, Assumption Agreements
|
|
|
Satisfaction of
Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual
Statement as to Compliance
|
|
|
Annual
Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing
Report
|
|
|
Purchaser’s Right to Examine Servicer
Records
|
ARTICLE
VIII: REPORTS TO BE
PREPARED BY THE SERVICER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indemnification; Third Party Claims
|
|
|
Merger or
Consolidation of the Seller
|
|
|
Limitation on
Liability of the Sellers and Others
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
XII: GENERAL
PROVISIONS
|
|
|
Successor to
the Servicer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severability of
Provisions
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
Interpretive Principles
|
|
|
Waivers and
Amendments, Noncontractual Remedies; Preservation of
Remedies
|
|
|
|
|
|
Counterparts;
Effectiveness
|
|
|
Entire
Agreement; Amendment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Schedules
A.
Mortgage Loan Schedule Data
Fields
B.
Contents of Mortgage File
B-1 Collateral
File
B-2 Credit
Documents
C.
PHH Guide
Exhibits
|
Exhibit
2.05
|
Form of
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement
|
|
Exhibit
5.01(a)
|
Limited Power
of Attorney
|
|
Exhibit
5.01(b)
|
Workout
compensation
|
|
Exhibit
5.03
|
Form of Notice
of Foreclosure
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
5.04
|
Form of
Collection Account Letter Agreement
|
|
Exhibit
5.06
|
Form of Escrow
Account Letter Agreement
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(a)
|
Report P-139 --
Monthly Statement of Mortgage Accounts
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(b)
|
Report S-50Y --
Private Pool Detail Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(c)
|
Report S-213 --
Summary of Curtailments Made Remittance Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(d)
|
Report S-214 --
Summary of Paid in Full Remittance Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(e)
|
Report S-215 --
Consolidation of Remittance Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(f)
|
Report T-62C --
Monthly Accounting Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(g)
|
Report T-62E --
Liquidation Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(h)
|
Report P-4DL --
Delinquency Report
|
|
Exhibit
6.02(i)
|
Report P-195 --
Delinquency Report
|
|
Exhibit
9
|
Form of
Officer’s Certificate
|
|
Exhibit
10
|
Form of
Warranty Bill of Sale
|
|
Exhibit
11
|
Form of
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
|
MORTGAGE LOAN FLOW PURCHASE,
SALE & SERVICING AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale &
Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2005, is entered into
between Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., as the Purchaser
(“Purchaser”), PHH Mortgage Corporation (“PHH
Mortgage”) and Bishop’s Gate Residential Mortgage Trust
(formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage Trust) (the
“Trust,” together with PHH Mortgage, the
“Sellers” and individually, each a
“Seller”), as the Sellers.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
1.
PHH Mortgage is engaged in the
business, inter alia , of making loans to
individuals, the repayment of which is secured by a first lien
mortgage on such individuals’ residences (each, a “
Mortgage Loan ”). The Trust is engaged in
the business of purchasing such Mortgage Loans from PHH Mortgage
and selling same to investors.
2.
Purchaser is engaged in the
business, inter alia , of purchasing Mortgage
Loans for its own account.
3.
PHH Mortgage has established
certain terms, conditions and loan programs, as described in the
PHH Investor Manual (the “ PHH Guide
”) and Purchaser is willing to purchase Mortgage Loans that
comply with the terms of such terms, conditions and loan programs.
The applicable provisions of the PHH Guide are attached hereto as
Schedule C.
4.
Purchaser and Sellers desire to
establish a flow program whereby PHH Mortgage will make Mortgage
Loans which meet the applicable provisions of the PHH Guide, and
Purchaser will, on a regular basis, purchase such Mortgage Loans
from PHH Mortgage or the Trust, as applicable, provided the parties
agree on the price, date and other conditions or considerations as
set forth in this Agreement.
5.
Purchaser and Sellers wish to
prescribe the terms and manner of purchase by the Purchaser and
sale by the Sellers of the Mortgage Loans, and the management and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by PHH Mortgage, as the Servicer
(the “ Servicer”), in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth,
the Purchaser and the Sellers agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I:
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Defined Terms
Whenever used
in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meaning specified in this Article:
“Accounting Cut-off Date”: The first
Business Day of each month during the term hereof.
“Affiliate”: When used with
reference to a specified Person, any Person that (i) directly or
indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control
with the specified Person, (ii) is an officer of, partner in or
trustee of, or serves in a similar capacity with respect to, the
specified person or of which the specified Person is an officer,
partner or trustee, or with respect to which the specified Person
serves in a similar capacity, or (iii) directly or indirectly is
the beneficial owner of 10% or more of any class of equity
securities of the specified Person or of which the specified person
is directly or indirectly the owner of 10% or more of any class of
equity securities.
“Agreement”: This Mortgage Loan Flow
Purchase, Sale & Servicing Agreement between the Purchaser and
the Sellers.
“ALTA”: The American Land Title
Association.
“Appraised Value”: With respect to
any Mortgaged Property, : (i) the value thereof as determined by an
appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan at the time
of origination of the Mortgage Loan by an appraiser who met the
minimum requirements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; .
“ARM Loan”: An “adjustable
rate” Mortgage Loan, the Note Rate of which is subject to
periodic adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage
Note.
“Assignment”: An individual
assignment of a 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
reflect of record the sale or transfer of the Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser or, in the case of a MERS Mortgage Loan, an electronic
transmission to MERS, identifying a transfer of ownership of the
related Mortgage to the Purchaser or its designee.
“Assignment of Proprietary Lease”:
With respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the
Proprietary Lease sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction
wherein the related Cooperative Unit is located to reflect the
assignment of such Proprietary Lease.
“Assignment of Recognition
Agreement”: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment
of the Recognition Agreement sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative Unit is located to
reflect the assignment of such Recognition Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy
Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330), as amended,
modified, or supplemented from time to time, and any successor
statute, and all rules and regulations issued or promulgated in
connection therewith.
“Business Day”: Any day other than
(i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which the Federal
Reserve is closed.
“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
“Collection Account”: The separate
Eligible Account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to
Section 5.04 which shall be entitled “PHH Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer and custodian for the Purchaser of
Mortgage Loans under the Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale &
Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 24,
2005.”
“Condemnation Proceeds”: All awards
or settlements in respect of a taking of an entire Mortgaged
Property or a part thereof by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or condemnation.
“Consent”: A document executed by
the Cooperative Corporation (i) consenting to the sale of the
Cooperative Unit to the Mortgagor and (ii) certifying that all
maintenance charges relating to the Cooperative Unit have been
paid.
“Control Agreement”: With respect to
each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Pledged Collateral Account
Control Agreement between the guarantor or mortgagor, as
applicable, and the related Pledged Asset Servicer, pursuant to
which the guarantor or mortgagor, as applicable, has granted a
security interest in a Securities Account.
“Cooperative Corporation”: With
respect to any Cooperative Loan, the cooperative apartment
corporation that holds legal title to the related Cooperative
Project and grants occupancy rights to units therein to
stockholders through Proprietary Leases or similar
arrangements.
“Cooperative Lien Search”: A search
for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics’ liens, lis pendens,
judgments of record or otherwise against (i) the Cooperative
Corporation and (ii) the seller of the Cooperative Unit, (b)
filings of Financing Statements and (c) the deed of the Cooperative
Project into the Cooperative Corporation.
“Cooperative Loan”: A Mortgage Loan
that is secured by a first lien on and a perfected security
interest in Cooperative Shares and the related Proprietary Lease
granting exclusive rights to occupy the related Cooperative Unit in
the building owned by the related Cooperative
Corporation.
“Cooperative 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.
“Cooperative Project”: With respect
to any Cooperative Loan, all real property and improvements thereto
and rights therein and thereto owned by a Cooperative Corporation
including without limitation the land, separate dwelling units and
all common elements.
“Cooperative Shares”: With respect
to any Cooperative Loan, the shares of stock issued by a
Cooperative Corporation and allocated to a Cooperative Unit and
represented by a stock certificates.
“Cooperative Unit”: With respect to
any Cooperative Loan, a specific unit in a Cooperative
Project.
“Credit Documents”: Those documents,
comprising part of the Mortgage File, required of the Mortgagor, as
described in Section 2 (Specific Loan Program Guidelines) of the
PHH Guide. The Credit Documents are specified on Schedule B-2
hereto.
“Cut-off Date”: The first day of the
month in which the respective Funding Date occurs.
“Defective Mortgage Loan”: As
defined in Section 3.04.
“Deleted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage
Loan replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan.
“Determination Date”: The 16th day
of each calendar month, commencing on the 16th day of the month
following the Funding Date, or, if such 16th day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 16th
day.
“Due Date”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the day of the month on which each Monthly Payment
is due thereon, exclusive of any days of grace.
“Due Period”: With respect to each
Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day of the
month immediately preceding the month of such Remittance Date and
ending on the first day of the month of such Remittance
Date.
“Eligible Account”: One or more
accounts (i) that are maintained with a depository institution that
has assets of $20 billion or more and must be rated by either
Standard and Poor’s Inc. or Moody’s Investors Service.
If the institution is rated by Standard and Poor’s Inc., it
must have both an “A2” (or better) short-term financial
rating and a “BBB” (or better) long-term “senior
unsecured” financial rating. If the institution is rated by
Moody’s Investors Service, it must have both a
“P-2” (or better) short-term rating and a
“Baa3” (or better) long term “senior
unsecured” financial rating. Or, a depository institution
that has assets of less than $20 billion does not have to be rated
by either Standard or Poor’s Inc. or Moody’s Investor
Services—but, if it is, it must satisfy the financial rating
criteria mentioned above. If the depository institution is not
rated by either of these agencies, it must have a financial rating
of “75” (or better) from IDC Financial Publishing,
Inc.
“Environmental Assessment”: A
“Phase I” environmental assessment of a Mortgaged
Property prepared by an Independent Person who regularly conducts
environmental assessments and who has any necessary license(s)
required by applicable law and has five years experience in
conducting environmental assessments.
“Environmental Conditions Precedent to
Foreclosure”: As defined in Section 5.15.
“Environmental Laws”: All federal,
state, and local statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees or other governmental restrictions
relating to the environment or to emissions, discharges or releases
of pollutants, contaminants or industrial, toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes into the environment, including ambient air,
surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants or
industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes or the cleanup
or other remediation thereof.
“Escrow Account”: The separate
Eligible Account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to
Section 5.06 which shall be entitled “PHH Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer and custodian for the Purchaser under the
Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing Agreement, dated
as of February 24, 2005 (as amended), and various
mortgagors.”
“Escrow Payments”: The amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, , mortgage insurance
premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums and other payments
required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee
pursuant to any Mortgage Loan.
“Estoppel Letter”: A document
executed by the Cooperative Corporation certifying, with respect to
a Cooperative Unit, (i) the appurtenant Proprietary Lease will be
in full force and effect as of the date of issuance thereof, (ii)
the related Stock Certificate was registered in the
Mortgagor’s name and the Cooperative Corporation has not been
notified of any lien upon, pledge of, levy of execution on or
disposition of such Stock Certificate, and (iii) the Mortgagor is
not in default under the appurtenant Proprietary Lease and all
charges due the Cooperative Corporation have been paid.
“Event of Default”: Any one of the
conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section
10.01.
“Fannie Mae”: The Federal National
Mortgage Association or any successor organization.
“Fannie Mae Guide”: The Fannie Mae
Selling Guide and Servicing Guide, collectively, in effect on and
after the Funding Date.
“FDIC”: The Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any successor organization.
“Fidelity Bond”: A fidelity bond to
be maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section
5.12.
“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.
“Financing Statement Change”: A
financing statement in the form of a UCC-3 filed to continue,
terminate, release, assign or amend an existing Financing
Statement.
“Foreclosure Profits”: As to any
Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and proceeds from any REO Disposition (net of
all amounts reimbursable therefrom pursuant to Section 5.13,
Section 5.14 and Section 5.15) in respect of each Mortgage Loan or
REO Property for which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition
occurred in the related prepayment period over the sum of the
Unpaid Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Property
(determined, in the case of an REO Disposition, in accordance with
Section 5.13, Section 5.14 and Section 5.15) plus accrued and
unpaid interest at the Mortgage Rate on such Unpaid Principal
Balance from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor to the first day of the month following the month in
which such Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition occurred.
“Freddie Mac”: The Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation or any successor organization.
“Freddie Mac Servicing Guide”: The
Freddie Mac Sellers’ and Servicers’ Guide in effect on
and after the Funding Date.
“Funding Date”: Each date that
Purchaser purchases Mortgage Loans from the Sellers
hereunder.
“Gross Margin”: With respect to each
ARM Loan, the fixed percentage added to the Index on each Rate
Adjustment Date, as specified in each related Mortgage Note and
listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Independent”: With respect to any
specified Person, such Person who: (i) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in
the applicable Mortgagor, the Sellers, the Purchaser, or their
Affiliates; and (b) is not connected with the applicable Mortgagor,
the Sellers, the Purchaser, or their respective Affiliates as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, member, partner,
shareholder, director, or Person performing similar functions.
A
“Index”: With respect to each ARM
Loan, on each Rate Adjustment Date, the applicable rate index set
forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which shall be an index
described on such Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Insolvency Proceeding”: With
respect to any Person: (i) any case, action, or proceeding with
respect to such Person before any court or other governmental
authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up, or relief of
debtors; or (ii) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or
other, similar arrangement in respect of the creditors generally of
such Person or any substantial portion of such Person’s
creditors; in any case undertaken under federal, state or foreign
law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
“Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds of
any Primary Insurance Policy, title policy, hazard policy or other
insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, if any, to the extent
such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the
related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the procedures that the Servicer would follow in
servicing mortgage loans held for its own or its Affiliates’
account or managed by it for third-party institutional
investors.
“Legal Documents”: Those documents,
comprising part of the Mortgage File, set forth in Schedule B-1 of
this Agreement.
“Lender-Paid Mortgage Insurance
Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Lender-Paid
Mortgage Insurance Rate for any “lender-paid” Primary
Insurance Policy shall be a per annum rate equal to the percentage
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Liquidation Proceeds”: Amounts,
other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, received
by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted
Mortgage Loan through trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or
otherwise, other than amounts received following the acquisition of
an REO Property in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
“Loan-to-Value Ratio” or
“LTV”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the original
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan divided by the lesser of
the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property or the
purchase price, subject to any applicable law for calculating the
LTV. The Loan-to-Value Ratio of any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan
shall be calculated by reducing the principal balance of such
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan by the amount of the Original Pledged
Asset Requirement with respect to such Mortgage Loan. This is
referred to in the PHH Guide as the effective loan-to-
value.
“MAI Appraiser”: With respect to any
real property, a member of the American Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers with a minimum of 5 years of experience appraising real
property of a type similar to the real property being appraised and
located in the same geographical area as the real property being
appraised.
“MERS”: Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any
successor in interest thereto.
“MERS Eligible Mortgage Loan”: Any
Mortgage Loan that under applicable law and investor requirements
is recordable in the name of MERS in the jurisdiction in which the
related Mortgaged Property is located.
“MERS Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage
Loan as to which the related Mortgage, or an Assignment, has been
recorded in the name of MERS, as agent for the holder from time to
time of the Mortgage Note.
“Maximum Rate”: With respect to each
ARM Loan, the rate per annum set forth in the related Mortgage Note
as the maximum Note Rate thereunder. The Maximum Rate as to each
ARM Loan is set forth on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
“Minimum Rate”: With respect to each
ARM Loan, the rate per annum set forth in the related Mortgage Note
as the minimum Note Rate thereunder. The Minimum Rate as to each
ARM Loan is set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
floor in all cases will never be less than the margin.
“Monthly Advance”: The aggregate
amount of the advances made by the Servicer on any Remittance Date
pursuant to and as more fully described in Section
6.03.
“Monthly Payment”: The scheduled
monthly payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan which
is payable by a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage
Note.
“Monthly Period”: Initially, the
period from the Funding Date through to and including the first
Record Date during the term hereof, and, thereafter, the period
commencing on the day after each Record Date during the term hereof
and ending on the next succeeding Record Date during the term
hereof (or, if earlier, the date on which this Agreement
terminates).
“Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a
first lien on either (i) with respect to a Mortgage Loan other than
a Cooperative Loan, an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real
property or (ii) with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
Proprietary Lease and related Cooperative Shares, which in either
case secures the Mortgage Note.
“Mortgaged Property”: With respect
to a Mortgage Loan, the underlying real property securing repayment
of a Mortgage Note, consisting of a fee simple estate.
“Mortgage File”: With respect to a
particular Mortgage Loan, those origination and servicing
documents, escrow documents, and other documents as are specified
on Schedule B-1 and B-2 to this Agreement. These documents shall be
stored in a secure manner using paper or electronic
storage.
“Mortgage Loan”: Each individual
mortgage loan or Cooperative Loan (including all documents included
in the Mortgage File evidencing the same, all Monthly Payments,
Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds, and other proceeds relating thereto, and any
and all rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising
therefrom or in connection therewith) which is the subject of this
Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter. The
Mortgage Loans subject to this Agreement shall be identified on
Mortgage Loan Schedules prepared in connection with each Funding
Date.
“Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The list
of Mortgage Loans identified on each Funding Date that sets forth
the information with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is
specified on Schedule A hereto (as amended from time to time to
reflect the addition of any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans). A
Mortgage Loan Schedule will be prepared for each Funding
Date.
“Mortgage Note”: The note or other
evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a
Mortgage.
“Mortgagor”: The obligor on a
Mortgage Note.
“Negative Amortization”: That
portion of interest accrued at the Note Rate in any month which
exceeds the Monthly Payment on the related Mortgage Loan for such
month and which, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note, is
added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.
“Non-recoverable Advance”: As of any
date of determination, any Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance
previously made or any Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan which, in the
good faith judgment of the Servicer and in accordance with the
servicing standard set forth in Section 5.01, will not or,
in the case of a proposed advance, would not be ultimately
recoverable pursuant to Section 5.05 (3) or (4) hereof. The
determination by the Servicer that it has made a Non-recoverable
Advance or that any proposed advance would constitute a
Non-recoverable Advance shall be evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 6.04
hereof and delivered to the Purchaser on or before the
Determination Date in any month.
“Note Rate”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan at any time any determination thereof is to be made,
the annual rate at which interest accrues thereon.
“Offering Materials”: All documents,
tapes, or other materials relating to the Mortgage Loans provided
by Seller to Purchaser prior to Purchaser submitting its bid to
purchase the Mortgage loans.
“Officers’ Certificate”: A
certificate signed by (i) the President or a Vice President and
(ii) the Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant
Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Servicer, and delivered
by the Servicer to the Purchaser as required by this
Agreement.
“Original Pledged Asset
Requirement”: With respect to any Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan, an amount equal to the Pledged Assets required at the time of
the origination of such Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan. Even though
for other purposes the Original Pledged Asset Requirement may
actually exceed thirty percent (30%) of the original principal
balance of a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, solely for purposes of
the Required Surety Payment, the Original Pledged Asset Requirement
for a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan will be deemed not to exceed
thirty percent (30%) of its original principal balance.
“Payment Adjustment Date”: The date
on which Monthly Payments shall be adjusted. Payment Adjustment
Date shall occur on the date which is eleven months from the first
payment date for the Mortgage Loan, unless otherwise specified in
the Mortgage Note, and on each anniversary of such first Payment
Adjustment Date.
“Payoff”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, any payment or recovery received in advance of the
last scheduled Due Date of such Mortgage Loan, which payment or
recovery consists of principal in an amount equal to the
outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, all accrued
and unpaid prepayment penalties, premiums, and/or interest with
respect thereto, and all other unpaid sums due with respect to such
Mortgage Loan.
“Periodic Rate Cap”: With respect to
each ARM Loan, the maximum or minimum permissible percentage
increases and decreases in the Note Rate on any Rate Adjustment
Date determined in accordance with the related Mortgage
Note.
“Permitted Investments”: Investments
that mature, unless payable on demand, not later than the Business
Day preceding the related Remittance Date; provided that
such investments shall only consist of the following:
(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) repurchase obligations (the collateral for which
is held by a third party) with respect to any security described in
clause (i) above, provided that the long-term unsecured obligations
of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the
time rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating
categories;
(iii) certificates of deposit, time deposits and
bankers’ acceptances of any bank or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state,
provided that the long-term unsecured debt obligations of such bank
or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository
institution of a depository institution holding company, the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution
holding company) at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated
by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating
categories;
(iv) commercial paper (having original maturities of
not more than 365 days) of any corporation incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof which on the date of
acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
rating category; and
(v) any other demand, money market or time deposit
account or obligation, or interest-bearing or other security or
investment, acceptable to the Purchaser (such acceptance evidenced
in writing);
provided further that “Permitted
Investments” shall not include any instrument described
hereunder which evidences either the right to receive (a) only
interest with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument
or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from
obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and
principal payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at
par of the underlying obligations.
“Person”: Any individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“PHH Guide”: As defined in paragraph
3 of the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement.
“Pledge Agreements”: Each Control
Agreement and Pledged Asset Agreement for each Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loan.
“Pledged Assets”: With respect to
any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the related Securities Account and
the financial assets held therein subject to a security interest
pursuant to the related Pledged Asset Agreement.
“Pledged Asset Agreement”: With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan, the Pledge Agreement for
Securities Account between the related mortgagor and the related
Pledged Asset Servicer pursuant to which such mortgagor granted a
security interest in the related securities and other financial
assets held therein.
“Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan”: Each
Mortgage Loan as to which Pledged Assets, in the form of a security
interest in the Securities Account and the financial assets held
therein and having a value, as of the date of origination of such
Mortgage Loan, of at least equal to the related Original Pledged
Asset Requirement, were required to be provided at the closing
thereof, which is subject to the terms of this Agreement from time
to time.
“Pledged Asset Servicer”: The entity
responsible for administering and servicing the Pledged Assets with
respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, as identified in the
Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
“Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement”:
With respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Agreement
between the related Pledged Asset Servicer and PHH, including any
exhibits thereto, pursuant to which such Pledged Asset Servicer
shall service and administer the related Pledged Assets.
“Pledge Instruments”: With respect
to each Cooperative Loan, the Stock Power, the Assignment of the
Proprietary Lease, the Assignment of the Mortgage Note and the
Cooperative Pledge Agreement.
“Prepaid Monthly Payment”: Any
Monthly Payment received prior to its scheduled Due Date and which
is intended to be applied to a Mortgage Loan on its scheduled Due
Date.
“Prepayment Interest Shortfall
Amount”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that was subject
to a voluntary (not including discounted payoffs and short sales)
Principal Prepayment in full or in part during any Due Period,
which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan prior
to such Mortgage Loan’s Due Date in such Due Period, the
amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee for Principal
Prepayments in full only) that would have accrued on the amount of
such Principal Prepayment during the period commencing on the date
as of which such Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage
Loan and ending on the day immediately preceding such Due Date,
inclusive.
“Primary Insurance Policy”: Each
primary policy of mortgage insurance in effect with respect to a
Mortgage Loan and as so indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or
any replacement policy therefor obtained by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 5.08.
“Principal Prepayment”: Any payment
or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan (including a
Payoff), other than a Monthly Payment or a Prepaid Monthly Payment
which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including
any prepayment penalty or premium thereon, which is not accompanied
by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any
date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment and which is intended to reduce the principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan.
“Principal Prepayment Period”: The
Due Period preceding the related Remittance Date.
“Proprietary Lease”: The lease on a
Cooperative Unit evidencing the possessory interest of the owner of
the Cooperative Shares in such Cooperative Unit.
Purchase Price and Terms Letter”: With
respect to each Purchase of Mortgage Loans, that certain letter
agreement setting forth the general terms and conditions of such
transaction and identifying the Mortgage Loans to be purchased
thereunder by and between the Seller and the Purchaser.
“Purchaser”: Citigroup Global
Markets Realty Corp., or its successor in interest or any successor
under this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
“Purchaser’s Account”: The
account of the Purchaser at a bank or other entity most recently
designated in a written notice by the Purchaser to the Sellers as
the “Purchaser’s Account.”
“Purchase Price”: As to each
Mortgage Loan to be sold hereunder, the price set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter.
“Qualified Mortgage Insurer”: A
mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified as such under
the laws of the states in which the Mortgaged Properties are
located if such qualification is necessary to issue the applicable
insurance policy or bond, duly authorized and licensed in such
states to transact the applicable insurance business and to write
the insurance provided, and approved as an insurer by Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac (or with a different rating as may be required by a
Rating Agency in connection with a Pass-Through Transfer in order
to achieve the desired ratings for the securities to be
issued).
“Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan substituted by a Seller for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, (i)
have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all
scheduled payments due and received in the month of substitution
(or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance), not
in excess of the Unpaid Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan and not less than ninety percent (90%) of the Unpaid Principal
Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall
to be distributed by the applicable Seller to the Purchaser in the
month of substitution), (ii) have a remaining term to maturity not
greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) have a Note Rate not less than (and
not more than one percentage point greater than) the Note Rate of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv) with respect to each ARM Loan, have
a Minimum Rate not less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v)
with respect to each ARM Loan, have a Maximum Rate not less than
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan and not more than two (2)
percentage points above that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi)
with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Gross
Margin not less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) with
respect to each ARM Loan, have a Periodic Rate Cap equal to that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio at the
time of substitution equal to or less than the Loan-to-Value Ratio
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of substitution, (ix) with
respect to each ARM Loan, have the same Rate Adjustment Date as
that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (x) with respect to each ARM
Loan, have the same Index as that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan,
(xi) comply as of the date of substitution with each representation
and warranty set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03,
(xii) be in the same credit grade category as the Deleted Mortgage
Loan and (xiii) have the same prepayment penalty term.
“Rate Adjustment Date”: With respect
to each ARM Loan, the date on which the Note Rate
adjusts.
“Rating Agency”: Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and Fitch,
Inc.
“Recognition Agreement”: An
agreement among a Cooperative Corporation, a lender and a Mortgagor
with respect to a Cooperative Loan whereby such parties (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.
“Record Date”: The close of business
of the first Business Day of the month of the related Remittance
Date.
“Refinanced Mortgage Loan”: A
Mortgage Loan that was made to a Mortgagor who owned the Mortgaged
Property prior to the origination of such Mortgage Loan and the
proceeds of which were used in whole or part to satisfy an existing
mortgage.
“REMIC”: A “real estate
mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section
860D of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar tax vehicle
providing for the pooling of assets (such as a Financial Asset
Security Investment Trust).
“Remittance Date”: The 18th day of
each calendar month, commencing on the 18th day of the month
following the Funding Date, or, if such 18th day is not a Business
Day, then the next Business Day immediately preceding such 18th
day.
“Remittance Rate”: With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, the related Note Rate minus the Servicing Fee
Rate.
“REO Disposition”: The final sale by
the Servicer of any REO Property.
“REO Disposition Proceeds”: All
amounts received with respect to any REO Disposition.
“REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the Purchaser as described in
Section 5.13.
“Repurchase Price”: Unless otherwise
set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, as to (a)
any Defective Mortgage Loan required to be repurchased hereunder
with respect to which a breach occurred or (b) any Mortgage Loan
required to be repurchased pursuant to Section 3.04 and/or
Section 7.02, an amount equal to (i) prior to the end of the
first year following the related Funding Date, the product of the
Unpaid Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the time of
repurchase and the Purchase Price percentage set forth in the
related Purchase Price and Terms Letter; and (ii) thereafter, the
Unpaid Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the time of
repurchase; plus (2) interest on such Mortgage Loan at the
applicable Note Rate from the last date through which interest has
been paid and distributed to the Purchaser hereunder to the date of
repurchase; plus (3) any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by
the Purchaser, the servicer, master servicer or any trustee in
respect of a breach of the representation and warranty in
Section 3.03(9) hereof minus (4) any amounts received
in respect of such Defective Mortgage Loan which are being held in
the Collection Account for future remittance.
“Required Surety Payment”: With
respect to any defaulted Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan for which a
claim is payable under the related Surety Bond under the procedures
referred to herein, the lesser of (i) the principal portion of the
realized loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the
excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Pledged Assets required at
origination with respect to such Mortgage Loan (but not more than
30% of the original principal balance of such Mortgage Loan) over
(b) the net proceeds realized by the related Pledged Asset Servicer
from the related Pledged Assets.
“Scheduled Principal Balance”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, (i) the outstanding principal balance
as of the Funding Date after application of principal payments due
on or before such date whether or not received, minus (ii) all
amounts previously remitted to the Purchaser with respect to such
Mortgage Loan representing (a) payments or other recoveries of
principal, or (b) advances of principal made pursuant to
Section 6.03.
“Securities Account”: With respect
to any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans, the account, together with the
financial assets held therein, that is the subject of the related
Pledged Asset Agreement.
“Sellers”: PHH Mortgage Corporation,
a New Jersey corporation and Bishop’s Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage
Trust), a Delaware business trust, or their successors in interest
or any successor under this Agreement appointed as herein
provided.
“Servicer”: PHH Mortgage
Corporation, a New Jersey corporation.
“Servicing Advances”: All “out
of pocket” costs and expenses that are customary, reasonable
and necessary which are incurred by the Servicer in the performance
of its servicing obligations hereunder, including (without
duplication) (i) reasonable attorneys’ fees and (ii) the cost
of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of the
Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including foreclosures, (c) the servicing, management and
liquidation of any Specially Serviced Mortgaged Loans and/or any
REO Property, and (d) compliance with the Servicer’s
obligations under Section 5.08.
“Servicing Event”: Any of the
following events with respect to any Mortgage Loan: (i) any Monthly
Payment being more than 60 days delinquent; (ii) any filing of an
Insolvency Proceeding by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, any
consent by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor to the filing of
an Insolvency Proceeding against such Mortgagor, or any admission
by or on behalf of such Mortgagor of its inability to pay such
Person’s debts generally as the same become due; (iii) any
filing of an Insolvency Proceeding against the related Mortgagor
that remains undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days after
the filing thereof; (iv) any issuance of any attachment or
execution against, or any appointment of a conservator, receiver or
liquidator with respect to, all or substantially all of the assets
of the related Mortgagor or with respect to any Mortgaged Property;
(v) any receipt by the Servicer of notice of the foreclosure or
proposed foreclosure of any other lien on the related Mortgaged
Property; (vi) any proposal of a material modification (as
reasonably determined by the Seller) to such Mortgage Loan due to a
default or imminent default under such Mortgage Loan; or (vii) in
the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, the occurrence, or likely
occurrence within 60 days, of a payment default with respect to
such Mortgage Loan that is likely to remain uncured by the related
Mortgagor within 60 days thereafter.
“Servicing Fee”: The annual fee,
payable monthly to the Servicer out of the interest portion of the
Monthly Payment and or Payoff actually received on each Mortgage
Loan. The Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan for any
calendar month (or a portion thereof) shall be 1/12 of the product
of (i) the Unpaid Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan and (ii)
the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to such Mortgage Loan.
“Servicing Fee Rate”: Unless
otherwise specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (i) with respect
to any ARM Loan, 0.375% per annum; provided that, prior to
the first Rate Adjustment Date with respect to any such Mortgage
Loan, such rate may be, at the Servicer’s option, not less
than 0.25% per annum; and (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan
other than an ARM Loan, 0.25% per annum.
“Servicing Officer”: Any officer of
the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration
and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a written
list of servicing officers furnished by the Servicer to the
Purchaser upon request therefor by the Purchaser, as such list may
from time to time be amended.
“Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan”:
A Mortgage Loan as to which a Servicing Event has occurred and is
continuing.
“Stock Certificate”: With respect to
a Cooperative Loan, the certificates evidencing ownership of the
Cooperative Shares issued by the Cooperative
Corporation.
“Stock Power”: With respect to a
Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Stock Certificate or an
assignment of the Cooperative Shares issued by the Cooperative
Corporation.
“Surety Bond”: With respect to each
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the surety bond issued by the related
Surety Bond Issuer covering such Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan.
“Surety Bond Issuer”: With respect
to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the surety bond issuer for the
related Surety Bond covering such Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, as
identified in the Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
“Uniform Commercial Code”: The
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the
State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection of the security interest in any collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other than New York, “Uniform Commercial
Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof
relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection.
“Unpaid Principal Balance”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, at any time, the actual outstanding
principal balance then payable by the Mortgagor under the terms of
the related Mortgage Note including any cumulative Negative
Amortization.
“Warranty Bill of Sale”: A warranty
bill of sale with respect to the Mortgage Loans purchased on a
Funding Date in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 10
.
ARTICLE
II:
SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF
MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS;
DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
Section 2.01
Sale and Conveyance of Mortgage
Loans
Seller agrees to sell and Purchaser agrees to
purchase, from time to time, those certain Mortgage Loans
identified in a Mortgage Loan Schedule, at the price and on the
terms set forth herein and in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter. Purchaser, on any Funding Date, shall be obligated to
purchase only such Mortgage Loans set forth in the applicable
Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter.
Purchaser will purchase Mortgage Loan(s) from
Seller, up to four (4) times per month on such Funding Dates as may
be agreed upon by Purchaser and Seller. The closing shall, at
Purchaser’s option 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. On the Funding Date and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Seller
will sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser,
without recourse except as set forth in this Agreement, and the
Purchaser will purchase, all of the right, title and interest of
the applicable Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans being conveyed
by it hereunder, as identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Examination of the Mortgage Files may be made by
Purchaser or its designee as follows. No later than 5 Business Days
prior to the Funding Date, Seller will deliver to Purchaser or its
custodian, Legal Documents required pursuant to Schedule B-1. Upon
Purchaser’s request, Seller shall make the Credit Documents
available in either original paper form or electronic imaged format
to Purchaser for review, at Seller’s place of business and
during reasonable business hours. If Purchaser makes such
examination prior to the Funding Date and identifies any Mortgage
Loans that do not conform to the PHH Guide, such Mortgage Loans
will be deleted from the Mortgage Loan Schedule at
Purchaser’s discretion. Purchaser may, at its option and
without notice to Seller, purchase all or part of the Mortgage
Loans without conducting any partial or complete examination. The
fact that Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct any
partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Loan files shall
not affect Purchaser’s rights to demand repurchase,
substitution or other relief as provided herein.
On the Funding Date and in accordance with the
terms herein, Purchaser will pay to Seller by 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the
Purchase Price, together with interest, if any, accrued from the
Cut-off Date through the day immediately preceding the Funding
Date, according to the instructions to be provided, respectively,
by PHH Mortgage and the Trust. Seller, simultaneously with the
payment of the Purchase Price, shall execute and deliver to
Purchaser a Warranty Bill of Sale with respect to the Mortgage
Loans in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit 10 .
Purchaser shall be entitled to all scheduled
principal due after the Cut-off Date, all other recoveries of
principal collected after the Cut-off Date and all payments of
interest on the Mortgage Loans (minus that portion of any such
payment which is allocable to the period prior to the Cut-off
Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the first Remittance Date
after the Funding Date the Purchaser shall be entitled to receive
the interest accrued from the Cut-off Date through the day
immediately preceding the Funding Date. The principal balance of
each Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date is determined after
application of payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off
Date whether or not collected. Therefore, payments of scheduled
principal and interest prepaid for a due date beyond the Cut-off
Date shall not be applied to the principal
balance as of the Cut-off Date. Such prepaid amounts shall be the
property of Purchaser. Seller shall hold any such prepaid amounts
for the benefit of Purchaser for subsequent remittance by Seller to
Purchaser. All scheduled payments of principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date and collected by Servicer after the Cut-off Date shall
belong to Seller.
Section 2.02
Possession of Mortgage
Files
Upon the sale of any Mortgage Loan, the
ownership of such Mortgage Loan, including the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the contents of the related Mortgage File and all rights,
benefits, payments, proceeds and obligations arising therefrom or
in connection therewith, shall then be vested in the Purchaser, and
the ownership of all records and documents with respect to such
Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the
Seller shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and, to the extent
retained by the Seller, shall be retained and maintained, in trust,
by the Seller at the will of the Purchaser in a custodial capacity
only. The contents of such Mortgage File not delivered to the
Purchaser are and shall be held in trust by the Seller for the
benefit of the Purchaser as the owner thereof and the
Sellers’ possession of the contents of each Mortgage File so
retained is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of
servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and
possession by the Seller is in a custodial capacity only. Mortgage
Files shall be maintained by the Seller and shall be marked to
clearly reflect the sale of the related Mortgage Loan to the
Purchaser. Each Seller shall release from its custody of the
contents of any Mortgage File only in accordance with written
instructions from the Purchaser, except where such release is
required as incidental to the Servicer’s servicing of the
Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase or
substitution of any such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.04.
Any documents released to a Seller or the
Servicer in connection with the foreclosure or servicing of any
Mortgage Loan shall be held by such Person in trust for the benefit
of the Purchaser in accordance with this Section 2.02. Such
Person shall return to the Purchaser such documents when such
Person’s need therefor in connection with such foreclosure or
servicing no longer exists (unless sooner requested by the
Purchaser); provided that, if such Mortgage Loan is
liquidated, then, upon the delivery by a Seller or the Servicer to
the Purchaser of a request for the release of such documents and a
certificate certifying as to such liquidation, the Purchaser shall
promptly release and, to the extent necessary, deliver to such
Person such documents.
Section 2.03
Books and Records
The sale of each of its Mortgage Loans shall be
reflected on the applicable Seller’s balance sheet and other
financial statements as a sale of assets by the applicable Seller.
Each Seller shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall
maintain, a complete set of books and records for the Mortgage
Loans it conveyed to the Purchaser which shall be clearly marked to
reflect the sale of each Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser and the
ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. The consideration
received by the applicable Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage
Loans shall constitute fair consideration and reasonably equivalent
value for such Mortgage Loans. Each Seller is solvent and will not
be rendered insolvent by the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Neither Seller is transferring
any Mortgage Loan with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any
of its creditors.
Section 2.04
Defective Documents; Delivery of
Mortgage Loan Documents
If, subsequent to the related Funding Date, the
Purchaser or either Seller finds any document or documents
constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be defective or missing
in any material respect (in this Section 2.04, a
“Defect”), the party discovering such Defect shall
promptly so notify the other parties. If the Defect pertains to the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, then the applicable Seller shall
have a period of 60 days within which to correct or cure any such
defect after the earlier of such Seller’s discovery of same
or such Seller being notified of same. If such Defect can
ultimately be cured but is not reasonably expected to be cured
within such 60 day period, such Seller shall have such additional
time as is reasonably determined by the Purchaser to cure or
correct such Defect provided that such Seller has commenced curing
or correcting such Defect and is diligently pursuing same. If the
Defect pertains to any other document constituting a part of a
Mortgage File, then such Seller shall have a period of 60 days
within which to correct or cure any such Defect after the earlier
of such Seller’s discovery of same or such Seller being
notified of same. If such Defect can ultimately be cured but is not
reasonably expected to be cured within the 60 day period, then such
Seller shall have such additional time as is reasonably determined
by the Purchaser to cure or correct such Defect provided such
Seller has commenced curing or correcting such Defect and is
diligently pursuing same. PHH Mortgage hereby covenants and agrees
that, if any material defect cannot be corrected or cured, the
related Mortgage Loan shall automatically constitute, upon the
expiration of the applicable cure period described above and
without any further action by any other party, a Defective Mortgage
Loan, whereupon PHH Mortgage shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan by
paying to the Purchaser the Repurchase Price therefor in accordance
with Section 3.04.
The applicable Seller will, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan to be purchased by the Purchaser, deliver and
release to the Purchaser the Legal Documents as set forth in
Section 2.01. If the applicable Seller cannot deliver an original
Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon, original assumption,
modification and substitution agreements with evidence of recording
thereon or an original intervening assignment with evidence of
recording thereon within the applicable time periods, then such
Seller shall promptly deliver to the Purchaser such original
Mortgages and original intervening assignments with evidence of
recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public
recording official, except in cases where the original Mortgage or
original intervening assignments are retained permanently by the
recording office, in which case, such Seller shall deliver a copy
of such Mortgage or intervening assignment, as the case may be,
certified to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original
thereof. If the applicable Seller cannot deliver the original
security instrument or if an original intervening assignment has
been lost, then the applicable Seller will deliver a copy of such
security instrument or intervening assignment, certified by the
local public recording official. If the original title policy has
been lost, the applicable Seller will deliver a duplicate original
title policy.
If the original Mortgage was not delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraph, then the applicable Seller
shall use its best efforts to promptly secure the delivery of such
originals and shall cause such originals to be delivered to the
Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the original Mortgage, original assumption,
modification, and substitution agreements, the original of any
intervening assignment or the original policy of title insurance is
not so delivered to the Purchaser within 180 days following
the Funding Date, then, upon written notice by the Purchaser to PHH
Mortgage, the Purchaser may, in its sole discretion, then elect (by
providing written notice to PHH Mortgage) to treat such Mortgage
Loan as a Defective Mortgage Loan, whereupon PHH Mortgage shall
repurchase such Mortgage Loan by paying to the Purchaser the
Repurchase Price therefor in accordance with Section 3.04.
It is understood that from time to time certain local recorder
offices become backlogged with document volume. It is agreed that
the Seller will provide an Officer’s Certificate to document
that the Seller has performed all necessary tasks to insure
delivery of the required documentation within 180 days and the
delay beyond 180 is caused by the backlog. If the delay exceeds 360
days, regardless of the backlog the Purchaser may elect to collect
the documents with its own resources with the reasonable cost and
expense to be borne by the Seller. The fact that the Purchaser has
conducted or failed to conduct any partial or complete examination
of the Mortgage Files shall not affect its right to demand
repurchase or any other remedies provided in this
Agreement.
At the Purchaser’s request, the
Assignments shall be promptly recorded in the name of the Purchaser
or in the name of a Person designated by the Purchaser in all
appropriate public offices for real property records. If any such
Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect
therein, then the applicable Seller shall promptly prepare a
substitute Assignment to cure such defect and thereafter cause each
such Assignment to be duly recorded. All recording fees related to
such a one-time recordation of the Assignments to or by a Seller
shall be paid by the applicable Seller.
Section 2.05
Transfer of Mortgage
Loans
Subject to the provisions of this Section
2.05, the Purchaser shall have the right, without the consent of
the Sellers, at any time and from time to time, to assign any of
the Mortgage Loans and all or any part of its interest under this
Agreement and designate any person to exercise any rights of the
Purchaser hereunder, and the assignees or designees shall accede to
the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser with respect
to such Mortgage Loans. The Sellers recognize that the Mortgage
Loans may be divided into “packages” for resale
(“Mortgage Loan Packages”).
All of the provisions of this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of the Purchaser and any such assignees or
designees. All references to the Purchaser shall be deemed to
include its assignees or designees. Utilizing resources reasonably
available to the Seller without incurring any cost except the
Seller’s overhead and employees’ salaries, the
applicable Seller shall cooperate in any such assignment of the
Mortgage Loans and this Agreement; provided that the
Purchaser shall bear all costs associated with any such assignment
of the Mortgage Loans and this Agreement other than such
Seller’s overhead or employees’ salaries.
The Servicer and Purchaser agree that in no
event will the Servicer be required to remit funds or make
available via Servicer’s website remittance reports to more
than four (4) Persons (not including the Servicer or any Affiliate
or transferee thereof) at any given time with respect to any
Mortgage Loans sold on a particular Funding Date, unless otherwise
set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter.
The Servicer and the Purchaser acknowledge that
the Servicer shall continue to remit payments to the Purchaser on
the Remittance Date after the transfer of the Mortgage Loans,
unless the Servicer was notified in writing of the new record owner
of the Mortgage Loans 3 Business Days prior to the Record Date, in
which case, the Servicer shall remit to the new record owner (or
trustee or master servicer, as the case may be) of the Mortgage
Loans.
Any prospective assignees of the Purchaser who
have entered into a commitment to purchase any of the Mortgage
Loans may review and underwrite the Servicer’s servicing and
origination operations, upon reasonable prior notice to the
Servicer, and the Servicer shall cooperate with such review and
underwriting to the extent such prospective assignees request
information or documents that are reasonably available and can be
produced without unreasonable expense or effort. The Servicer shall
make the Mortgage Files related to the Mortgage Loans held by the
Servicer available at the Servicer’s principal operations
center for review by any such prospective assignees during normal
business hours upon reasonable prior notice to the Servicer (in no
event less than 15 Business Days prior notice). The Servicer may,
in its sole discretion, require that such prospective assignees
sign a confidentiality agreement with respect to such information
disclosed to the prospective assignee which is not available to the
public at large and a release agreement with respect to its
activities on the Servicer’s premises.
The Servicer shall keep at its servicing office
books and records in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Servicer shall note transfers of Mortgage
Loans. The Purchaser may, subject to the terms of this Agreement,
sell and transfer, in whole or in part, any or all of the Mortgage
Loans; provided that no such sale and transfer shall be
binding upon the Servicer unless such transferee shall agree in
writing to an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, in
substantially the form of Exhibit 2.05 attached hereto, and
an executed copy of such Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement shall have been delivered to the Servicer. The Servicer
shall evidence its acknowledgment of any transfers of the Mortgage
Loans to any assignees of the Purchaser by executing such
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement. The Servicer
shall mark its books and records to reflect the ownership of the
Mortgage Loans by any such assignees, and the previous Purchaser
shall be released from its obligations hereunder accruing after the
date of transfer to the extent such obligations relate to Mortgage
Loans sold by the Purchaser. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser and the Servicer and
their permitted successors, assignees and designees.
ARTICLE
III:
REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLER; REPURCHASE AND
SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01
Representations and Warranties of
each Seller
Each Seller, as to itself, represents, warrants
and covenants to the Purchaser that as of each Funding Date or as
of such date specifically provided herein:
(1)
Due Organization
. The Seller is an entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of organization, and has all licenses necessary to
carry on its business now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing under the laws of each state where a
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise exempt under
applicable law from such qualification or is otherwise not required
under applicable law to effect such qualification; no demand for
such qualification has been made upon the Seller by any state
having jurisdiction and in any event the Seller is or will be in
compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary
to enforce each Mortgage Loan and with respect to PHH Mortgage,
service each Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(2)
Due Authority
. The Seller had the full power and
authority and legal right to originate the Mortgage Loans that it
originated, if any, and to acquire the Mortgage Loans that it
acquired. The Seller has the full power and authority to hold each
Mortgage Loan, to sell each Mortgage Loan and to execute, deliver
and perform, and to enter into and consummate, all transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has duly authorized the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly
executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership,
conservatorship, insolvency, moratorium and other laws relating to
or affecting creditors’ rights generally or the rights of
creditors of banks and to the general principles of equity (whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(3)
No Conflict
. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the acquisition or origination, as applicable, of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller, the sale of the Mortgage Loans, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of
the terms, conditions or provisions of the Seller’s
organizational documents and bylaws or any legal restriction or any
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is now a party or by
which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an
acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Seller or its property is subject, or impair the ability of the
Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans;
(4)
Ability to Perform
. 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;
(5)
No Material Default
. Neither the Seller nor any of its
Affiliates is in material default under any agreement, contract,
instrument or indenture of any nature whatsoever to which the
Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party or by which it (or any
of its assets) is bound, which default would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform under this
Agreement, nor, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, has
any event occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default under any such agreement, contract, instrument
or indenture and have a material adverse effect on the ability of
the Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(6)
Financial Statements
. PHH Mortgage has delivered to the
Purchaser financial statements as to its fiscal year ended December
31, 2004. Except as has previously been
disclosed to the Purchaser in writing: (a) such financial
statements fairly present the results of operations and changes in
financial position for such period and the financial position at
the end of such period of PHH Mortgage and its subsidiaries; and
(b) such financial statements are true, correct and complete as of
their respective dates and have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, except as set forth in the notes
thereto. The Trust has delivered to the Purchaser financial
statements dated as of December 31, 2004 (the “Trust
Financials”) and such Trust Financials fairly present the
results of operations and changes in financial position for such
period and the financial position at the end of such period of the
Trust. Except as has previously been disclosed to the Purchaser in
writing, there has been no change in such Trust Financials since
their date and the Trust is not aware of any errors or omissions
therein;
(7)
No Change in Business
. There has been no change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of
the applicable Seller since (i) in the case of PHH Mortgage, the
date of its financial statements and (ii) in the case of the Trust,
the date of delivery of the Trust Financials, that would have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the applicable Seller to
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(8)
No Litigation Pending
. There is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of the
Seller’s knowledge, threatened, against the Seller, which,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, if determined
adversely to the Seller would adversely affect the sale of the
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or the execution, delivery or
enforceability of this Agreement or result in any material
liability of the Seller, or draw into question the validity of this
Agreement, or have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition of the Seller;
(9)
No Consent Required
. 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, the
delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Purchaser, the sale of the
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or, if required, such
approval has been obtained prior to the Funding Date;
(10)
Ordinary Course of
Business . The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
in the ordinary course of business of the Seller, and the transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages
by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the
bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction;
(11)
No Broker.
The Seller has not dealt with any
broker or agent or anyone else who might be entitled to a fee or
commission in connection with this transaction; and
(12)
No Untrue Information
. Neither this Agreement nor any
statement, report or other agreement, document or instrument
furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement contains or
will contain any materially untrue statement of fact or omits or
will omit to state a fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading.
(13)
Non-solicitation
. The Seller agrees that it shall
not solicit any Mortgagors (in writing or otherwise) to refinance
any of the Mortgage Loans; provided that mass advertising or
mailings (such as placing advertisements on television, on radio,
in magazines or in newspapers or including messages in billing
statements) that are not exclusively directed towards the
Mortgagors shall not constitute solicitation and shall not violate
this covenant; and
(14)
Privacy . The Seller
agrees and acknowledges that as to all nonpublic personal
information received or obtained by it with respect to any
Mortgagor: (a) such information is and shall be held by Seller in
accordance with all applicable law, including but not limited to
the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act; (b) such
information is in connection with a proposed or actual secondary
market sale related to a transaction of the Mortgagor for purposes
of 16 C.F.R.§313.14(a)(3); and (c) Seller is hereby prohibited
from disclosing or using any such information other than to carry
out the express provisions of this Agreement, or as otherwise
permitted by applicable law.
Section 3.02
Representations and Warranties of
the Servicer
The Servicer represents warrants and covenants
to the Purchaser that as of the Funding Date or as of such date
specifically provided herein:
(1)
Ability to Service
. The Servicer is an approved
seller/servicer for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is a mortgagee
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to Section 203 of the National Housing Act, with facilities,
procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the servicing of
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. No event has
occurred that would make the Servicer unable to comply with Fannie
Mae or Freddie Mac eligibility requirements or that would require
notification to either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac;
(2)
No Litigation Pending
. There is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of the
Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer which,
either in any one instance or in the aggregate, if determined
adversely to the Servicer would adversely affect the ability of the
Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans hereunder in accordance with
the terms hereof or have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition of the Servicer; and
(3)
Collection Practices
. The collection practices used by
the Servicer with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have
been in all respects legal, proper and prudent in the mortgage
servicing business.
(4)
MERS . The Servicer is a member of MERS 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
Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered
with MERS.
(5)
Non-solicitation
. The Servicer agrees that it shall
not solicit any Mortgagors (in writing or otherwise) to refinance
any of the Mortgage Loans; provided that mass advertising or
mailings (such as placing advertisements on television, on radio,
in magazines or in newspapers or including messages in billing
statements) that are not exclusively directed towards the
Mortgagors shall not constitute solicitation and shall not violate
this covenant;
(6)
Privacy . The Servicer agrees and acknowledges that as
to all nonpublic personal information received or obtained by it
with respect to any Mortgagor: (a) such information is and shall be
held by Servicer in accordance with all applicable law, including
but not limited to the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach Bliley
Act; (b) such information is in connection with a proposed or
actual secondary market sale related to a transaction of the
Mortgagor for purposes of 16 C.F.R.§313.14(a)(3); and (c)
Servicer is hereby prohibited from disclosing or using any such
information other than to carry out the express provisions of this
Agreement, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law;
and
(7)
With respect to each Mortgage Loan,
the Servicer has fully and accurately furnished complete
information on the related borrower credit files to Equifax,
Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company, in accordance
with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, on a monthly basis and the Servicer will furnish, in
accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information on its borrower
credit files to Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union Credit
Information Company, on a monthly basis. The Servicer will transmit
full-file credit reporting data for each Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Fannie Mae Guide Announcement 95-19 and for each Mortgage Loan,
Servicer 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.
Section 3.03
Representations and Warranties as
to Individual Mortgage Loans.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
applicable Seller hereby makes the following representations and
warranties to the Purchaser on which the Purchaser specifically
relies in purchasing such Mortgage Loan. Such representations and
warranties speak as of the Funding Date unless otherwise indicated,
but shall survive any subsequent transfer, assignment or conveyance
of such Mortgage Loans:
(1)
Mortgage Loan as
Described . Such Mortgage
Loan complies with the terms and conditions set forth herein, and
all of the information set forth with respect thereto on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and correct in all material
respects;
(2)
Complete Mortgage
Files . The instruments
and documents specified in Section 2.02
with respect to such Mortgage Loan have
been delivered to the Purchaser in compliance with the requirements
of Article II. The Seller is in possession of a Mortgage
File respecting such Mort gage Loan, except for such documents as
have been previously delivered to the Purchaser;
(3)
Owner of Record
. The Mortgage relating to such
Mortgage Loan has been duly recorded in (or sent for recording to)
the appropriate recording office, and the applicable Seller or
Servicer is the owner of record of such Mortgage Loan and the
indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note;
(4)
Payments Current
. All payments required to be made
up to and including the Funding Date for such Mortgage Loan under
the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made, such that such
Mortgage Loan is not delinquent 30 days or more on the Funding
Date; and, if the Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan,
neither the Mortgage Loan nor the related Pledged Assets has been
dishonored. Unless otherwise disclosed in the Offering Materials or
the Mortgage Loan Schedule, there has been no delinquency,
exclusive of any period of grace, in any payment by the Mortgagor
thereunder during the twelve months preceding the Funding Date;
and, if the Mortgage 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;
(5)
No Outstanding Charges
. There are no delinquent taxes,
insurance premiums, assessments, including assessments payable in
future installments, or other outstanding charges affecting the
Mortgaged Property related to such Mortgage Loan;
(6)
Original Terms
Unmodified . The terms of
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan
(and the Proprietary Lease and the Pledge Instruments with respect
to each Cooperative Loan, and the Pledged Assets with respect to
each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan) have not been impaired, waived,
altered or modified in any material respect, except as specifically
set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(7)
No Defenses
. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
related to such Mortgage Loan (and the Cooperative Pledge Agreement
related to each Cooperative Loan, and the related Pledge Agreement
with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan) are not subject
to any right of rescission, set-off or defense, including the
defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of
such Mortgage Note and such Mortgage (or the related Pledge
Agreement with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan), or the
exercise of any right thereunder, render such Mortgage (or the
related Pledge Agreement with respect to each Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loan) unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to
any right of rescission, set-off or defense, including the defense
of usury and no such right of rescission, set-off or defense has
been asserted with respect thereto;
(8)
Hazard Insurance
. (a) All buildings upon the
Mortgaged Property related to such Mortgage Loan are 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 such Mortgaged Property is located,
pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of
Section 5.10. All such insurance policies (collectively, the
“hazard insurance policy”) contain a standard mortgagee
clause naming the originator of such Mortgage Loan, its successors
and assigns, as mortgagee. Such policies are the valid and binding
obligations of the insurer, and all premiums thereon due to date
have been paid. The related Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain all such insurance at such Mortgagor’s
cost and expense, and on such Mortgagor’s failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of such Mortgage to maintain such insurance
at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek
reimbursement therefor from such Mortgagor; or (b) in the case of a
condominium or unit in a planned unit development
(“PUD”) project that is not covered by an individual
policy, the condominium or PUD project is covered by a
“master” or “blanket” policy and there
exists and is in the Mortgage File a certificate of insurance
showing that the individual unit that secures the first mortgage is
covered under such policy. The insurance policy contains a standard
mortgagee clause naming the originator of such Mortgage Loan (and
its successors and assigns), as insured mortgagee. Such policies
are the valid and binding obligations of the insurer, and all
premiums thereon have been paid. The insurance policy provides for
advance notice to the Seller or Servicer if the policy is canceled
or not renewed, or if any other change that adversely affects the
Seller’s interests is made; the certificate includes the
types and amounts of coverage provided, describes any endorsements
that are part of the “master” policy and would be
acceptable pursuant to the Fannie Mae Guide or Freddie Mac
Servicing Guide;
(9)
Compliance With Applicable
Laws . All requirements
of any federal, state or local law (including usury, truth in
lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, predatory and abusive lending, equal credit opportunity
or disclosure laws) applicable to the origination and servicing of
such Mortgage Loan have been complied with in all material
respects;
(10)
No Fraud . No error or omission, misrepresentation,
negligence or fraud in respect of such Mortgage Loan has taken
place on the part of any Person in connection with the origination
and servicing of such Mortgage Loan.
(11)
No Satisfaction of
Mortgage . The Mortgage
related to such Mortgage Loan has not been satisfied, canceled or
subordinated, in whole or in part, or rescinded, and the related
Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of such
Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed
that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or
rescission;
(12)
Valid First Lien
. The Mortgage including any
Negative Amortization, related to such Mortgage Loan is a valid,
subsisting and enforceable perfected first lien on the related
Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the related
Mortgaged Property, which Mortgaged Property is free and clear of
any encumbrances and liens having priority over the first lien of
the Mortgage subject only to (a) the lien of current real estate
taxes and special 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
of such Mortgage which are acceptable to mortgage lending
institutions generally, are referred to in the lender’s title
insurance policy and do not adversely affect the market value or
intended use of the related Mortgaged Property, and (c) other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not
individually or in the aggregate materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage
or the use, enjoyment, or market value of the related Mortgaged
Property; with respect to each Cooperative Loan, each Cooperative
Pledge Agreement creates a valid, enforceable and subsisting first
security interest in the collateral securing the related Mortgage
Note subject only to (a) the lien of the related Cooperative
Corporation for unpaid assessments representing the obligor's pro
rata share of the Cooperative Corporation’s payments for its
blanket mortgage, current and future real property taxes, insurance
premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments to which like
collateral is commonly subject and (b) other matters to which like
collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the
Cooperative Pledge Agreement; provided, however, that the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease may be subordinated or otherwise
subject to the lien of any mortgage on the Cooperative
Project;
(13)
Validity of Documents
. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
related to such Mortgage Loan (and the Cooperative Pledge Agreement
with respect to each Cooperative Loan) are genuine and each is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles
(regardless whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law);
(14)
Valid Execution of
Documents . All parties
to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan
had legal capacity to enter into such Mortgage Loan and to execute
and deliver the related Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage and
the related Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage have been duly
and properly executed by such parties; with respect to each
Cooperative Loan, all parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage
Loan had legal capacity to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note,
the Cooperative Pledge Agreement, the Proprietary Lease, the Stock
Power, the Recognition Agreement, the Financing Statement and the
Assignment of 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 Corporation if the Seller
undertakes to convert the ownership of the collateral securing the
related Cooperative Loan;
(15)
Full Disbursement of
Proceeds . Such Mortgage
Loan has closed and the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed prior to the Funding Date; provided that,
with respect to any Mortgage Loan originated within the previous
120 days, alterations and repairs with respect to the related
Mortgaged Property or any part thereof may have required an escrow
of funds in an amount sufficient to pay for all outstanding work
within 120 days of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, and, if
so, such funds are held in escrow by the Seller, a title company or
other escrow agent;
(16)
Ownership . The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to
such Mortgage Loan have not been assigned, pledged or otherwise
transferred by the applicable Seller, in whole or in part, and the
Seller has good and marketable title thereto, and the Seller is the
sole owner thereof (and with respect to any Cooperative Loan, the
sole owner of the related Cooperative Pledge Agreement)and has full
right and authority to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan, and is
transferring such Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free and clear of
any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest;
(17)
Doing Business
. All parties that have had any
interest in such Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee,
pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held
and disposed of such interest, were) in compliance with any and all
applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein
the related Mortgaged Property is located;
(18)
Title Insurance
. (a) Such Mortgage Loan is covered
by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or short form
title policy acceptable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or, in
jurisdictions where ALTA policies are not generally approved for
use, a lender’s title insurance policy acceptable to Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac), issued by a title insurer acceptable to
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and qualified to do business in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located,
insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in clauses (12)(a)
and (b) above) the Seller or Servicer, its successors and assigns
as to the first priority lien of the related Mortgage in the
original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan including any
Negative Amortization and in the case of ARM Loans, against any
loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien
resulting from the provisions of such Mortgage providing for
adjustment to the applicable Note Rate and Monthly Payment.
Additionally, either such lender’s title insurance policy
affirmatively insures that there is ingress and egress to and from
the Mortgaged Property or the Seller warrants that there is ingress
and egress to and from the Mortgaged Property and the lender’
s title insurance policy affirmatively insures against
encroachments by or upon the related Mortgaged Property or any
interest therein or any other adverse circumstance that either is
disclosed or would have been disclosed by an accurate survey. The
originator of the Mortgage Loan, its successor and/or assignee 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 and will inure
to the benefit of the Purchaser without any further act. No claims
have been made under such lender’s title insurance policy,
neither the Seller, nor to the best of Seller’s knowledge,
any prior holder of the related Mortgage has done, by act or
omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such
lender’s insurance policy, and there is no act, omission,
condition, or information that would impair the coverage of such
lender’s insurance policy; (b) The mortgage title insurance
policy covering each unit mortgage in a condominium or PUD project
related to such Mortgage Loan meets all requirements of Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac;
(19)
No Defaults
. (a) There is no default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage, the
Mortgage Note (or the related Pledge Agreement with respect to each
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan), or any other agreements, documents,
or instruments related to such Mortgage Loan; (b) to the best of
the Seller’s knowledge, there is no event that, with the
lapse of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such
a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; (c) the
Mortgagor(s) with respect to such Mortgage Loan is not the subject
of an Insolvency Proceeding; (d) no event of acceleration has
previously occurred, and no notice of default has been sent, with
respect to such Mortgage Loan; (e) in no event has the Seller
waived any of its rights or remedies in respect of any default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration under the Mortgage, the
Mortgage Note (or the related Pledge Agreement with respect to each
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan), or any other agreements, documents,
or instruments related to such Mortgage Loan; and (f) with respect
to each Cooperative Loan, there is no default in complying with the
terms of the Mortgage Note, the Cooperative Pledge Agreement and
the Proprietary Lease and all maintenance charges and assessments
(including assessments payable in the future installments, which
previously became due and owing) have been paid, and the Seller has
the right under the terms of the Mortgage Note, Cooperative Pledge
Agreement and Recognition Agreement to pay any maintenance charges
or assessments owed by the Mortgagor;
(20)
No Mechanics’
Liens . No Mortgage Loan
is subject to any mechanics’ or similar liens, except such
liens as are expressly insured against by a title insurance policy,
or claims that 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 that are or may be liens
prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related
Mortgage;
(21)
Location of Improvements; No
Encroachments . As of the
date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, to the best of the
Seller’s knowledge, all improvements that were considered in
determining the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property
lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of
such Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining
properties encroach upon such Mortgaged Property except as
permitted under the terms of the Fannie Mae Guide and the Freddie
Mac Servicer Guide; to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no
improvement located on or part of any Mortgaged Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation, and all
inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or
issued with respect to all occupied portions of such Mortgaged
Property, and with respect to the use and occupancy of the same,
including certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained
from the appropriate authorities;
(22)
Origination; Payment
Terms . Principal
payments on such Mortgage Loan commenced or will commence no more
than 60 days after funds were disbursed in connection with
such Mortgage Loan. If the interest rate on the related Mortgage
Note is adjustable, the adjustment is based on the Index set forth
on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The related Mortgage Note is
payable on the first day of each month in arrears, in accordance
with the payment terms described on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule. With respect to any Mortgage Loan subject to Negative
Amortization the Monthly Payments are 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 original term
thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in
the Mortgage Note ;
(23)
Due On Sale
. Except as noted otherwise on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, the related Mortgage contains the usual and
customary “due-on-sale” clause or other similar
provision for the acceleration of the payment of the Unpaid
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan if the related Mortgaged
Property or any interest therein is sold or transferred without the
prior consent of the mortgagee thereunder;
(24)
Prepayment Penalty
. Except as noted otherwise on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, such Mortgage Loan is not subject to any
Prepayment Penalty;
(25)
Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No
Condemnation . The
related Mortgaged Property (and with respect to a Cooperative Loan,
the related Cooperative Project and Cooperative Unit) is free of
material damage and waste and there is no proceeding pending for
the total or partial condemnation thereof;
(26)
Customary Provisions
. The related Mortgage contains
customary and enforceable provisions that render the rights and
remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against
the related 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) in
the case of a Mortgage, otherwise by judicial
foreclosure;
(27)
Conformance With Underwriting
Standards . Such Mortgage
Loan was underwritten in accordance with the PHH Guide;
(28)
Appraisal . The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the
related Mortgaged Property on forms and with riders approved by
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, signed prior to the approval of such
Mortgage Loan application by an appraiser, duly appointed by the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, whose compensation is not
affected by the approval or disapproval of such Mortgage Loan and
who met the minimum qualifications of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
for appraisers. Each appraisal of the Mortgage Loan was made in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
1989;
(29)
Deeds of Trust
. If the related Mortgage
constitutes a deed of trust, then a trustee, duly qualified under
applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and
currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee
under such deed of trust, except in connection with a
trustee’s sale after default by the related
Mortgagor;
(30)
LTV; Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy . Except with
respect to Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans and any loan program as
defined in the PHH Guide not requiring Primary Mortgage Insurance,
if such Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio of more than 80% at
origination, such Mortgage Loan is and will be subject to a Primary
Insurance Policy issued by a Qualified Mortgage Insurer, which
insures the Seller or Servicer, its successors and assigns and
insured’s in the amount set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule; provided that, a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy will
not be required for any Cooperative Loan if (i) the proceeds of
such Cooperative Loan were used to purchase a Cooperative Unit at
the “insider's price” when the building was converted
to a Cooperative Corporation, (ii) the value of the Cooperative
Unit for purposes of establishing the LTV at origination was such
“insider's price”, (iii) the principal amount of the
Cooperative Loan at origination was not more than 100% of such
“insider's price” and (iv) the LTV at origination, as
calculated using the Appraised Value at origination, was less than
or equal to 80%. All provisions of such Primary Insurance Policy
have been and are being complied with, such policy is in full force
and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. Any
related Mortgage subject to any such Primary Insurance Policy
(other than a “lender-paid” Primary Insurance Policy)
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain such insurance for
the time period required by law and to pay all premiums and charges
in connection therewith. As of the date of origination, the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is as specified in the
applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(31)
Occupancy . To the best of the Seller’s knowledge,
the related Mortgaged Property (or with respect to a Cooperative
Loan, the related Cooperative Unit) is lawfully occupied under
applicable law and 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 related Cooperative Unit) 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;
(32)
Supervision and Examination by a
Federal or State Authority . Each Mortgage Loan either was (a) closed in
the name of the PHH Mortgage, or (b) closed in the name of another
entity that is either a savings and loan association, a savings
bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or an
institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state
authority, or a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National
Housing Act (a “HUD Approved Mortgagee”), and was so at
the time such Mortgage Loan was originated (PHH Mortgage or such
other entity, the “Originator”) or (c) closed in the
name of a loan broker under the circumstances described in the
following sentence. If such Mortgage Loan was originated through a
loan broker, such Mortgage Loan met the Originator’s
underwriting criteria at the time of origination and was originated
in accordance with the Originator’s policies and procedures
and the Originator acquired such Mortgage Loan from the loan broker
contemporaneously with the origination thereof. The Mortgage Loans
that the Trust is selling to Purchaser were originated by or on
behalf of PHH Mortgage and subsequently assigned to the
Trust.
(33)
Adjustments
. All of the terms of the related
Mortgage Note pertaining to interest rate adjustments, payment
adjustments and adjustments of the outstanding principal balance,
if any, are enforceable and such adjustments will not affect the
priority of the lien of the related Mortgage; all such adjustments
on such Mortgage Loan have been made properly and in accordance
with the provisions of such Mortgage Loan;
(34)
Insolvency Proceedings; The
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act . To the best of the Seller’s knowledge,
the related Mortgagor (1) is not the subject of any Insolvency
Proceeding; and (2) has not requested any relief allowed to such
Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act;
(35)
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
Documents . Such Mortgage
Loan was closed on standard Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac documents or
on such documents otherwise acceptable to them;
(36)
Payments . Unless otherwise disclosed in the Offering
Materials or the Mortgage Loan Schedule, no Mortgage 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 Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of
the Mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the Mortgagor or
(c) contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a
“buydown” provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a
graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have
a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature;
(37)
The Assignment of
Mortgage . The Assignment
is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located;
(38)
No Advances
. Any principal advances made to the
Mortgagor prior to the Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the
secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest
rate and single repayment term. The consolidated principal amount
does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan
plus any Negative Amortization;
(39)
Balloon Loans
. Unless otherwise disclosed in the
Offering Materials or the Mortgage Loan Schedule, no Mortgage Loan
has a balloon payment feature. With respect to any Mortgage Loan
with a balloon payment feature, the Mortgage Note is payable in
Monthly Payments based on a thirty year amortization schedule and
has a final Monthly Payment substantially greater than the
preceding Monthly Payment which is sufficient to amortize the
remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan;
(40)
Condominium Units/PUDs
. If the residential dwelling on the
Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or a unit in a planned
unit development (other than a de minimis planned unit development)
such condominium or planned unit development project meets the
eligibility requirements of the PHH Guide;
(41)
High Cost Mortgage
Loans . None of the
Mortgage Loans are (a) subject to, covered by or in violation of
the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994
(“HOEP