EXHIBIT 4.2
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This is a
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”),
dated September 14, 2006, between Long Beach Securities Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”) and Washington
Mutual Bank, a federal savings association (the
“Seller”).
Preliminary
Statement
The Seller
intends to sell certain mortgage loans to the Purchaser on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement. The Purchaser intends to deposit the mortgage
loans into a Delaware statutory trust. The trust will issue
asset backed certificates designated as Long Beach Mortgage Loan
Trust 2006-8 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-8 (the
“Certificates”). The Certificates will consist of
twenty-one classes of certificates. The Certificates will be
issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
September 1, 2006 (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”), among the Purchaser, as depositor, Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”),
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as Delaware trustee (the
“Delaware Trustee”) and the Seller, as servicer (in
such capacity, the “Servicer”). Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The parties
hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1.
Agreement to Purchase.
The Seller
agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, on or before
September 21, 2006 (the “Closing Date”), certain
fixed-rate and adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans (the
“Mortgage Loans”).
SECTION
2.
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
The Purchaser
and the Seller have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned
by the Seller are to be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement on the Closing Date and the Seller shall prepare or cause
to be prepared on or prior to the Closing Date a final schedule
(the “Closing Schedule”) that shall describe such
Mortgage Loans and set forth all of the Mortgage Loans to be
purchased under this Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall
conform to the requirements set forth in this Agreement and to the
definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall
be the Mortgage Loan Schedule under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
SECTION
3.
Consideration.
In
consideration for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased hereunder, the
Purchaser shall on the Closing Date, as described in Section 8
hereof, (i) pay to or upon the order of the Seller in immediately
available funds an amount (the “Purchase Price”) equal
to the sale proceeds of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates, net of the aggregate amount of the underwriting
commissions and discounts applicable to such certificates; and
(ii) deliver to the Seller or WM Asset Holdings Corp., upon
the order of the Seller, the Class C Certificates, the Class P
Certificates, the Class R Certificates, the Class R-CX
Certificates and the Class R-PX Certificates (the
“Retained Certificates”).
The Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser shall be
entitled to (i) all scheduled payments of principal due after
September 1, 2006 (the “Cut-off Date”), (ii) all
unscheduled collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans received
after the Cut-off Date (other than the portion of such collections
due on or prior to the Cut-off Date), (iii) all other payments of
principal due and collected after the Cut-off Date, and (iv) all
payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off
Date. All scheduled payments of principal and interest due on
or before the Cut-off Date and collected after the Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Seller.
Pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser will transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to Long Beach Mortgage Loan
Trust 2006-8 (the “ Trust ”) without recourse
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all the right, title and
interest of the Purchaser in and to the Mortgage Loans, together
with its rights under this Agreement (other than Section 17
hereof).
SECTION
4.
Transfer of the Mortgage Loans.
(a)
Possession of Mortgage Files . The Seller does hereby
sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser,
without recourse, but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all
of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage
Loans. The contents of each Mortgage File related to a
Mortgage Loan not delivered to the Purchaser or to any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing
Date are and shall be held in trust by the Seller for the benefit
of the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser and promptly transferred to the Trustee. Upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans, the ownership of each related Mortgage
Note, the related Mortgage and the other contents of the related
Mortgage File shall be vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of
all records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
prepared by or that come into the possession of the Seller on or
after the Closing Date shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and
shall be delivered promptly to the Purchaser or as otherwise
directed by the Purchaser.
(b)
Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents . The Seller will,
on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee each of the
following documents for each Mortgage Loan:
(i)
the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank or in the following
form: “Pay to the order of Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as Trustee, under the applicable agreement, without
recourse,” with all prior and intervening endorsements,
showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Person so endorsing to the Trustee or (in the case of not more than
1.00% of the Mortgage Loans, by aggregate principal balance as of
the Cut-off Date) a copy of such original Mortgage Note with an
accompanying Lost Note Affidavit executed by the Seller;
(ii)
the original Mortgage, noting the presence of the MIN of the
Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a
MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM loan, with evidence of
recording thereon, and a copy, certified by the appropriate
recording office, of the recorded power of attorney, if the
Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon;
(iii)
unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS® System, an
original Assignment in blank;
(iv)
the original recorded Assignment or Assignments showing a complete
chain of assignment from the originator to the Person assigning the
Mortgage to the Trustee or in blank (or to MERS, if the Mortgage
Loan is registered on the MERS® System and noting the presence
of the MIN) as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause
(iii);
(v)
the original or copies of each assumption, modification, written
assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and
(vi)
as an original, photocopy or in electronic form, lender’s
title insurance policy, together with all endorsements or riders
issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring
the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged
Property represented therein as a fee interest vested in the
Mortgagor, or in the event such title policy is unavailable, a
written commitment or uniform binder or preliminary report of the
title issued by the title insurance or escrow company.
Except with
respect to any Mortgage Loan for which MERS is identified on the
Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as
the mortgagee of record, the Seller shall promptly (and in no event
later than thirty (30) Business Days, subject to extension upon a
mutual agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser) following
the later of the Closing Date and the date of receipt by the Seller
of the recording information for a Mortgage submit or cause to be
submitted for recording, at no expense to the Purchaser, in the
appropriate public office for real property records, each
Assignment referred to in (iii) and (iv) above and shall execute
each original Assignment referred to in clause (iii) above in the
following form: “Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee under the applicable agreement, without
recourse.” In the event that any such Assignment is
lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Seller
shall promptly prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute
Assignment or cure or cause to be cured such defect, as the case
may be, and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly
recorded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Assignments
referred to in (iii) and (iv) above shall not be required to be
completed and submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage
Loan if each Rating Agency does not require recordation for such
Rating Agency to assign the initial ratings to the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, and the Other NIM Notes
and initial shadow rating to the Insured NIM Notes, without giving
effect to any insurance policy issued by the NIMS Insurer;
provided, however, each such Assignment referred to in (iii) and
(iv) above shall be submitted for recording by the Seller, in the
manner described above, at no expense to the Purchaser, Trust Fund,
the Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, upon the earliest to occur
of: (i) reasonable direction by Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights, (ii) the occurrence
of a Servicer Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Seller, (iv)
the occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section 7.02
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (v) if the Seller is not
the Servicer and with respect to any one Assignment, the occurrence
of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the
Mortgagor under the related Mortgage.
In connection
with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the
MERS® System, the Seller further agrees that it shall cause,
within 30 Business Days after the Closing Date, the MERS®
System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by
the Purchaser to the Trust in accordance with the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by
including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are
repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer
files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific Trust
and (b) the code in the field “Pool Field” which
identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with
such Mortgage Loans. The Seller further agrees that it shall not,
and shall not permit the Servicer to alter the codes referenced in
this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of
this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
If any
document referred to in Section 4(b)(ii), Section 4(b)(iii),
Section 4(b)(iv), or Section 4(b)(v) above (collectively, the
“Recording Documents”) has as of the Closing Date been
submitted for recording but either (x) has not been returned from
the applicable public recording office or (y) has been lost or such
public recording office has retained the original of such document,
the obligations of the Seller to deliver such Recording Documents
shall be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Purchaser,
the Trustee or their designee of a copy of each such Recording
Document certified by the Seller in the case of (x) above or the
applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a
true and complete copy of the original that was submitted for
recording and (2) if such copy is certified by the Seller, delivery
to the Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee upon receipt
thereof, and in any event no later than one year after the Closing
Date (except as provided below), of either the original or a copy
of such Recording Document certified by the applicable public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original. In instances where, due to a delay on the part of
the applicable recording office where any such Recording Documents
have been delivered for recordation, the Recording Documents cannot
be delivered to the Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee within
one year after the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the
Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee within such time period an
Officer’s Certificate stating the date by which the Seller
expects to receive such Recording Documents from the applicable
recording office. If the Recording Documents have still not
been received by the Seller and delivered to the Purchaser, the
Trustee or their designee by such date, the Seller shall deliver to
the Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee by such date an
additional Officer’s Certificate stating a revised date by
which Seller expects to receive the applicable Recording
Documents. This procedure shall be repeated until the
Recording Documents have been received by the Seller and delivered
to the Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee. If the
original or copy of the lender’s title insurance policy was
not delivered pursuant to Section 4(b)(vi) above, the Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser, the Trustee or
their designee promptly after receipt thereof, and in any event
within 120 days after the Closing Date such title insurance
policy. The Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee promptly upon receipt
thereof any other original documents constituting a part of a
Mortgage File received with respect to any Mortgage Loan,
including, but not limited to, any original documents evidencing an
assumption or modification of any Mortgage Loan.
Each original
document relating to a Mortgage Loan which is not delivered to the
Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee, if held by the Seller,
shall be so held for the benefit of the Purchaser, the Trustee or
their designees. In the event that any such original document
is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a
Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the
Purchaser, the Trustee or their designee. Any such original
document that is not required pursuant to the terms of this Section
to be a part of a Mortgage File shall be held by the Seller in its
capacity as Servicer.
(c)
Acceptance of Mortgage Loans . The documents delivered
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser
or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any
time before, on and after the Closing Date (and with respect to
each document permitted to be delivered after the Closing Date
within seven days of its delivery) to ascertain that all required
documents have been executed and received and that such documents
relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
(d)
Transfer of Interest in Agreements . The Purchaser has
the right to assign its interest under this Agreement (other than
Section 17 hereof), in whole or in part, to the Trust, as may be
required to effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, without the consent of the Seller, and the Trust shall
succeed to the rights and obligations hereunder of the
Purchaser. Any expense reasonably incurred by or on behalf of
the Purchaser, the Trustee, or the NIMS Insurer, if any, in
connection with enforcing any obligations of the Seller under this
Agreement will be promptly reimbursed by the Seller.
(e)
Examination of Mortgage Files . Prior to the Closing
Date the Seller shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser
or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser, for
examination, the Mortgage File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or
(ii) make such Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or to any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser for
examination. Such examination may be made by the Purchaser or
the Trustee, and their respective designees, upon reasonable notice
to the Seller during normal business hours at any time before or
after the Closing Date. If any such person makes such
examination prior to the Closing Date and identifies any Mortgage
Loans with respect to which the Seller’s representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement are not correct, such
Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice
to the Seller, purchase all or part of the Mortgage Loans without
conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact that
the Purchaser or any person has conducted or has failed to conduct
any partial or complete examination of the related Mortgage Files
shall not affect the rights of the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser to demand repurchase or
other relief as provided herein or under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
SECTION
5.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Seller.
The Seller
hereby represents and warrants and covenants to the Purchaser, as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(i)
The Seller is a federal savings association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States
of America and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and
all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the
Seller in any state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is
otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such
qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing
business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure
its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
(ii)
The Seller had the full corporate power and authority to originate,
hold and sell each Mortgage Loan and has the full corporate power
and authority to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this
Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by (a) bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to creditors’
rights generally and (b) the general principles of equity, whether
such enforcement is sought in equity or at law;
(iii)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller, the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms hereof are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller and does not (A) result in a breach of any
term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the Seller, (B)
conflict with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or
result in a default under, the terms of any other material
agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Seller is a party
or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Seller or any of its property or (C) result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which would have a
material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or
instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans; and the
Seller is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of
any indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in
violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it, which materially and adversely affects or, to
the Seller’s knowledge, would in the future result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which
would have a material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any
documents or instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans
or materially and adversely affect (x) the ability of the Seller to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or (y) the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of the Seller taken as a
whole;
(iv)
No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Seller of, or compliance by the Seller with,
this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is
required, the Seller has obtained the same;
(v)
The Seller is an approved seller/servicer for Fannie Mae or Freddie
Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to
Section 203 and Section 211 of the National Housing Act;
(vi)
No litigation or proceeding is pending or, to the
best knowledge of the Seller , threatened, against the Seller
that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery
or enforceability of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or the issuance of the Certificates or the ability of the
Seller to service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof and the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or, that would result
in a material adverse change in the financial or operating
conditions of the Seller;
(vii)
No certificate of an officer, statement or other information
furnished in writing or report delivered by the Seller to the
Purchaser, any Affiliate of the Purchaser or the Trustee for use in
connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the
transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material
fact, or omits a material fact necessary to make the information,
certificate, statement or report not misleading in any material
respect;
(viii)
The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent
or other person, except for the Purchaser or any of its affiliates,
that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in
connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(ix)
Each Mortgage Note, each Mortgage, each Assignment and any other
document required to be delivered by or on behalf of the Seller
under this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser
for each Mortgage Loan has been or will be, in accordance with
Section 4(b) hereof, delivered to the Purchaser or any such
assignee, transferee or designee. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, the Seller is in possession of a complete Mortgage
File in compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except
for such documents that have been delivered (1) to the Purchaser or
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser or (2) for
recording to the appropriate public recording office and have not
yet been returned;
(x)
The Seller (A) is a solvent entity and is paying its debts as they
become due, (B) immediately after giving effect to the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans, will be a solvent entity and will have
sufficient resources to pay its debts as they become due and (C)
did not sell the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser with the intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors; and
(xi)
The transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser at the Closing
Date will be treated by the Seller for financial accounting and
reporting purposes as a sale of assets.
SECTION
6.
Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the
Individual Mortgage Loans.
The Seller
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, that as of the
Closing Date with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i)
The information set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule with
respect to each Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all material
respects as of the Cut-off Date, unless another date is set forth
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(ii)
[reserved];
(iii)
Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first or second lien on
the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements thereon, subject
only to (a) the lien of non-delinquent current real property taxes
and assessments, (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights
of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date
of recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record
being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally or
specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan and which do not
materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to
be provided by such Mortgage, (c) other matters to which like
properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such
Mortgage and (d) in the case of a second lien, only to a first lien
on such Mortgaged Property;
(iv)
Immediately prior to the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser, the Seller had good title to, and was the sole legal and
beneficial owner of, each Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any
pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest and has full right
and authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or
agreement with, any other party to sell and assign the same.
The form of endorsement of each Mortgage Note satisfied the
requirement, if any, of endorsement in order to transfer all right,
title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or
assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note; and each Assignment
to be delivered hereunder is in recordable form and is sufficient
to effect the assignment of and to transfer to the assignee
thereunder the benefits of the assignor, as mortgagee or assignee
thereof, under each Mortgage to which that Assignment
relates;
(v)
There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien against any Mortgaged
Property;
(vi)
There is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any Mortgage
Note (including any obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid
principal of or interest on such Mortgage Note) or the Mortgage,
nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and
the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part,
or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense, including the defense of usury and no such right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(vii)
There are no mechanics’ liens or claims for work, labor or
material affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or may be a
lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage,
except those which are insured against by the title insurance
policy referred to in (xi) below;
(viii)
Each Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and is at least
in average repair;
(ix)
Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in all material respects
with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without
limitation, predatory and abusive lending, usury, equal credit
opportunity, real estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending
and disclosure laws, and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including without limitation the receipt of
interest does not involve the violation of any such
laws;
(x)
Neither the Seller nor any prior holder of any Mortgage has
modified the Mortgage in any material respect, satisfied, canceled
or subordinated such Mortgage in whole or in part; released the
related Mortgaged Property in whole or in part from the lien of
such Mortgage; or executed any instrument of release, cancellation,
modification or satisfaction with respect thereto (except that a
Mortgage Loan may have been modified by a written instrument signed
by the Seller or a prior holder of the Mortgage Loan which has been
recorded, if necessary, to protect the interests of the Seller and
the Purchaser and which has been delivered to the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser as part of the
Mortgage File, and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule);
(xi)
A lender’s policy of title insurance together with a
condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if
applicable, and, with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan, an adjustable rate mortgage endorsement in an amount at least
equal to the balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date or
a commitment (binder) to issue the same was effective on the date
of the origination of each Mortgage Loan, and each such policy is
valid and remains in full force and effect, the transfer of the
related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser and the Trust does not
affect the validity or enforceability of such policy and each such
policy was issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in
the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located and
acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and in a form acceptable to
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on the date of origination of such
Mortgage Loan, which policy insures the Seller and successor owners
of indebtedness secured by the insured Mortgage, as to the first or
second, as the case may be, priority lien of the Mortgage; no
claims have been made under such mortgage title insurance policy
and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller,
has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the
coverage of such mortgage title insurance policy;
(xii)
Each Mortgage Loan was originated by, or generated on behalf of,
the Seller, or originated by a savings and loan association,
savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or
similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal
or state authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of
the National Housing Act;
(xiii)
With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, on each
Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Rate will be adjusted to equal the
Index plus the Gross Margin, rounded to the nearest 0.125%, subject
to the Periodic Rate Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the Minimum
Mortgage Rate. The related Mortgage Note is payable on the
first day of each month in self-amortizing monthly installments of
principal and interest (unless such Mortgage Loan is a mortgage
loan that requires the payment of interest only with respect to
some or all of the related monthly payments as indicated on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule or unless such Mortgage Loan is a Balloon
Loan), with interest payable in arrears, and requires a Monthly
Payment which is sufficient to fully amortize the outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan over its remaining term and
to pay interest at the applicable Mortgage Rate. No Mortgage
Loan is subject to negative amortization. All rate
adjustments have been performed in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note or subsequent modifications, if
any;
(xiv)
All of the improvements which were included for the purpose of
determining the Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within
the boundaries and building restriction lines of such property, and
no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property;
(xv)
All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or
issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged
Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same,
including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have been
made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and the Mortgaged
Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law;
(xvi)
All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage, 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 Mortgaged Property is
located;
(xvii)
The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine, and each is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Mortgagor
enforceable against the Mortgagor by the mortgagee or its
representative in accordance with its terms, except only as such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by law.
All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had full legal
capacity to execute all Mortgage Loan documents and to convey the
estate purported to be conveyed by the Mortgage and each Mortgage
Note and Mortgage have been duly and validly executed by such
parties;
(xviii)
The proceeds of each Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, there
is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all
requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site
improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor
have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making, closing or recording the Mortgage Loans were
paid;
(xix)
The related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate
for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits
of the security, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead or
other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would interfere
with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s
sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;
(xx)
With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has
been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in
such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable
by the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the
Mortgagor;
(xxi)
There exist no deficiencies with respect to escrow deposits and
payments, if such are required, for which customary arrangements
for repayment thereof have not been made, and no escrow deposits or
payments of other charges or payments due the Seller have been
capitalized under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage
Note;
(xxii)
The origination, underwriting and collection practices used by the
Seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been in all material
respects legal, proper, prudent and customary in the subprime
mortgage servicing business. Each Mortgage Loan is currently
being serviced by the Servicer;
(xxiii)
There is no pledged account or other security other than real
estate securing the Mortgagor’s obligations;
(xxiv) No
Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, or other
contingent interest feature;
(xxv)
[reserved];
(xxvi) The
improvements upon each Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid
and existing hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable
carrier that provides for fire extended coverage and coverage of
such other hazards as are customarily covered by hazard insurance
policies with extended coverage in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located representing coverage not less than the lesser
of the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan
or the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on
a replacement cost basis. All individual insurance policies
and flood policies referred to in this clause (xxvi) and in clause
(xxvii) below contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller
or the original mortgagee, and its successors in interest, as
mortgagee, and the Seller has received no notice that any premiums
due and payable thereon have not been paid; the Mortgage obligates
the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance, including
flood insurance, at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and
upon the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder
of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at the
Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement
therefor from the Mortgagor;
(xxvii) If the
Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as subject to special
flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Flood Insurance
Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged Property
with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing
coverage not less than the least of (A) the original outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount
required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost
basis or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available
under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973;
(xxviii) There
is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing
under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and neither the
Seller nor any other entity involved in originating or servicing
the Mortgage Loan has waived any default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration;
(xxix) Each
Mortgaged Property is improved by a one- to four-family residential
dwelling, including condominium units and dwelling units in planned
unit developments, which does not include cooperatives and does not
constitute property other than real property under state
law;
(xxx)
There is no obligation on the part of the Seller or any other party
unde