EXECUTION COPY
BOND SECURITIZATION, L.L.C.
as Purchaser
and
CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND SECURITIZATION LLC
as Seller
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Fixed Rate and Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, 2006-CB7
Dated as of September 1, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions
1
ARTICLE II
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 2.01
Sale of Mortgage Loans
2
Section 2.02
Obligations of Seller Upon
Sale
2
Section 2.03
Payment of Purchase Price for the
Mortgage Loans
4
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section 3.01
Seller Representations and Warranties
Relating to
the Mortgage Loans
5
Section 3.02
Seller Representations and
Warranties
14
ARTICLE IV
SELLER’S COVENANTS
Section 4.01
Covenants of the Seller
17
ARTICLE V
OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
Section 6.01
Termination
17
SECTION VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.01
Amendment
18
Section 7.02
Governing Law
18
Section 7.03
Notices
18
Section 7.04
Severability of Provisions
18
Section 7.05
Counterparts
19
Section 7.06
Further Agreements
19
Section 7.07
Intention of the Parties
19
Section 7.08
Successors and Assigns; Assignment of
this Agreement
19
Section 7.09
Survival
20
Schedule I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated
as of September 1, 2006, (the “AGREEMENT”), between
CREDIT-BASED ASSET SERVICING AND SECURITIZATION LLC
(“C-BASS” or the “SELLER”) and BOND
SECURITIZATION, L.L.C. (the “PURCHASER”).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, the Seller is the owner of
either the notes or other evidence of indebtedness (the
“Mortgage Notes”) or other evidence of ownership so
indicated on Schedule I hereto, and the other documents or
instruments constituting the Mortgage File (collectively, the
“Mortgage Loans”); and
WHEREAS, the Seller, as of the date
hereof, owns the mortgages (the “Mortgages”) on the
properties (the “Mortgaged Properties”) securing such
Mortgage Loans, including rights (a) to any property acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, and (b) to
the proceeds of any insurance policies covering the Mortgage Loans
or the Mortgaged Properties or the obligors on the Mortgage Loans;
and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire that
the Seller sell the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and the
Purchaser purchase the Mortgage Loans from the Seller pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Seller,
as seller, the Purchaser, as depositor, Litton Loan Servicing LP
(“Litton”), as servicer, and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the Purchaser
will convey the Mortgage Loans to the C-BASS 2006-CB7
Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms
used but not defined herein and below shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Custodian”: A custodian
acceptable to the Trustee, which may be the Trustee and which shall
not be the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller. The initial
Custodian shall be The Bank of New York.
ARTICLE II
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 2.01
SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The Seller
does hereby agree to and does hereby sell, assign, set over, and
otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, on the Closing
Date, all its right, title and interest, in and to (i) each
Mortgage Loan and the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance
thereof, including any Related Documents, (ii) all payments on or
collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off
Date; (iii) property which secured such Mortgage Loan and which has
been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iv)
its interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage
Loans; and (v) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
Section 2.02
OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER UPON
SALE.
(a)
In connection with any transfer pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof, the Seller further agrees, at its own
expense, on or prior to the Closing Date, (x) to indicate in its
books and records that the Mortgage Loans have been sold to the
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and (y) to deliver to the
Purchaser and the Trustee a computer file containing a true and
complete list of all the Mortgage Loans specifying, among other
things, for each Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, its account
number and Cut-off Date Principal Balance. Such file (the
“Mortgage Loan Schedule”) which is included as Schedule
I to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall also be marked as
Schedule I to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and
made a part of this Agreement.
In connection with such transfer and
assignment, the Seller, on behalf of the Purchaser, does hereby
deliver or cause to be delivered to, and deposit with the Trustee,
or its designated agent (the “Custodian”), the
following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage
Loan (a “Mortgage File”) so transferred and
assigned:
(i)
the original Mortgage Note, endorsed
either (A) in blank or (B) in the following form: “Pay to the
order of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB7,
without recourse,” or with respect to any lost Mortgage Note,
an original lost note affidavit, together with a copy of the
related Mortgage Note;
(ii)
the original Mortgage with evidence of
recording thereon, and the original recorded power of attorney, if
the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon or, if such Mortgage or power of
attorney has been submitted for recording but has not been returned
from the applicable public recording office, has been lost or is
not otherwise available, a copy of such Mortgage or power of
attorney, as the case may be, certified to be a true and complete
copy of the original submitted for recording;
(iii)
an original Assignment of Mortgage, in
form and substance acceptable for recording. The Mortgage shall be
assigned either (A) in blank or (B) to “LaSalle Bank National
Association, as Trustee for the C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-CB7, without recourse”;
(iv)
an original or a certified copy of any
intervening assignment of Mortgage showing a complete chain of
assignments;
(v)
the original or a certified copy of
lender’s title insurance policy; and
(vi)
the original or copies of each
assumption, modification, written assurance or substitution
agreement, if any.
If any of the documents referred to in
Section 2.02(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv) above 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 documents
shall be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee or
the Custodian no later than the Closing Date, of a copy of each
such 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 Trustee or the Custodian, promptly upon receipt thereof of
either the original or a copy of such document certified by the
applicable public recording office to be a true and complete copy
of the original. The Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Trustee or the Custodian promptly upon receipt thereof any
other 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.
Upon discovery or receipt of written
notice by the Seller of any materially defective document in, or
that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File, the Seller shall
have 120 days to cure such defect or 150 days following the Closing
Date, in the case of missing Mortgages or Assignments (or within 90
days of the earlier of the Seller’s discovery or receipt of
notification if such defect would cause the Mortgage Loan not to be
a “qualified mortgage” for REMIC purposes) or deliver
such missing document to the Trustee or the Custodian. If the
Seller does not cure such defect or deliver such missing document
within such time period, the Seller shall either repurchase or
substitute for such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 3.01
hereof.
The Purchaser hereby acknowledges its
acceptance of all right, title and interest to the Mortgage Loans
and other property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to
it pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
The parties hereto intend that the
transaction set forth herein be a sale by the Seller to the
Purchaser of all the Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to the Mortgage Loans and other property described above. In
the event the transaction set forth herein is deemed not to be a
sale, the parties intend that this agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under the UCC or other applicable law to secure
all of the Seller’s obligations hereunder, and the Seller
shall be deemed to have granted, and the Seller hereby grants, to
the Purchaser a security interest in all of the Seller’s
right, title and interest in, to and under (whether now existing or
hereafter created or acquired) (i) each Mortgage Loan and the
related Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof, including any
Related Documents, (ii) all payments on or collections in respect
of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) property
which secured such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iv) its interest in
any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; and (v)
all proceeds of the foregoing. The Seller and the Purchaser shall,
to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as
may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to
create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of
first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such
throughout the term of this Agreement.
(b)
The Seller shall cause the Assignments of
Mortgage which were delivered in blank to be completed and shall
cause all Assignments referred to in Section 2.02(a)(iii) hereof
and, to the extent necessary, in Section 2.02(a)(iv) hereof to be
recorded. The Seller shall be required to deliver such assignments
for recording within 30 days of the Closing Date. The Seller shall
furnish the Trustee, or its designated agent, with a copy of each
assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording. In the event that
any such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a
defect therein, the Seller shall promptly have a substitute
Assignment prepared or have such defect cured, as the case may be,
and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly
recorded.
In the event that any Mortgage Note is
endorsed in blank as of the Closing Date, promptly following the
Closing Date the Seller shall cause to be completed such
endorsements in the following form: “Pay to the order of
LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the C-BASS
Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB7, without
recourse.”
Section 2.03
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE
MORTGAGE LOANS. In consideration of the sale of the Mortgage
Loans from the Seller to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the
Purchaser agrees to pay to the Seller on the Closing Date by
transfer of immediately available funds, as directed by the Seller,
an amount equal to $935,252,896.32 in respect of the Mortgage Loans
(the “Purchase Price”), net of an expense reimbursement
amount of $223,665.56 (the “Expense Reimbursement
Amount”), and to transfer to the Seller or its designee on
the Closing Date, the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,
Class CE-1, Class CE-2, Class P, Class R and Class R-X Certificates
(collectively, the “Private Certificates”). The Expense
Reimbursement Amount shall reimburse the Purchaser for the
Purchaser’s Securities and Exchange Commission registration
statement fees and the Purchaser’s registration statement
administration fees allocable to the Trust. The Seller shall pay,
and be billed directly for, all expenses incurred by the Purchaser
in connection with the issuance of the Certificates, including,
without limitation, printing fees incurred in connection with the
prospectus relating to the Certificates, blue sky registration fees
and expenses, fees and reasonable expenses of Purchaser’s
counsel, fees of the rating agencies requested to rate the
Certificates, accountant’s fees and expenses and the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and other out-of-pocket costs, if any. If
the Purchaser shall determine that the Expense Reimbursement Amount
is not sufficient to reimburse the Purchaser for all expenses
incurred by it that are subject to reimbursement by the Seller
hereunder as described above, the Seller shall promptly reimburse
the Purchaser for such additional amounts upon written notice by
the Purchaser to the Seller.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; REMEDIES FOR BREACH
Section 3.01
SELLER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The Seller hereby represents
and warrants to the Purchaser, with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically
provided herein:
(a)
The information set forth in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct as of the Cut-off
Date.
(b)
There are no delinquent taxes, ground
rents, water charges, sewer rents, assessments, including
assessments payable in future installments, or other outstanding
charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property.
(c)
The terms of the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any
respect, except by written instruments, recorded in the applicable
public recording office if necessary to maintain the lien priority
of the Mortgage and the interests of the Certificateholders, and
which have been delivered to the Trustee; the substance of any such
waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the title
insurer, to the extent required by the related policy, and is
reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. No instrument of
waiver, alteration or modification has been executed, and no
Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except, in
connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title
insurer, to the extent required by the policy and which assumption
agreement has been delivered to the Trustee and the terms of which
are reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
(d)
The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are
not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
defense, including the defense of usury, nor will the operation of
any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or the
exercise of any right thereunder, render 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.
(e)
All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property
are insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire,
hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located,
pursuant to insurance policies conforming to the requirements of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All such insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller, its
successors and assigns as mortgagee and all premiums thereon have
been paid. If upon origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged
Property was in an area identified on a Flood Hazard Map or Flood
Insurance Rate Map issued by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance
has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the
requirements of the Federal National Mortgage Association
(“FNMA”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(“FHLMC”). The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain all such insurance at the Mortgagor’s
cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so,
authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at
the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement
therefor from the Mortgagor. All acts required to be performed to
preserve the rights and remedies of the Trustee in any such
insurance policies have been performed, including, without
limitation, any necessary notifications of insurers and assignments
of policies or interests therein.
(f)
As of the date of origination of the
Mortgage Loan, any and all requirements of any federal, state or
local law, including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending,
real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the
origination of the Mortgage Loans have been complied with. Any and
all requirements of any federal, state or local law, including,
without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or
disclosure laws applicable to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans
have been complied with.
(g)
The Mortgage has not been satisfied,
canceled, subordinated (other than with respect to second lien
loans, the subordination to the first lien loan) rescinded, in
whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released
from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any
instrument been executed that would effect any such satisfaction,
cancellation, subordination, rescission or release.
(h)
The Mortgage is a valid, existing and
enforceable first or second lien on the Mortgaged Property,
including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property subject only
to (1) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not
yet due and payable, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as
of the date of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending
institutions generally, (3) other matters to which like properties
are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or
the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged
Property and (4) with respect to any second lien mortgage loan, the
lien of the related first mortgage loan. Any security agreement,
chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in
connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid,
existing and enforceable first or second lien and first or second
priority security interest on the property described therein and
the Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the
Purchaser.
(i)
The Mortgage Note and the related
Mortgage are genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
(j)
The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have
been fully disbursed to or for the account of the Mortgagor and
there is no obligation for the mortgagee to advance additional
funds thereunder and any and all requirements as to completion of
any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any
escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and
expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the
recording of the Mortgage have been paid, and the Mortgagor is not
entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due to the mortgagee
pursuant to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
(k)
Immediately prior to the transfer and
assignment contemplated herein, the Seller was the sole owner and
holder of the Mortgage Loans and has good and marketable title to
each Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any and all liens, pledges,
charges, claims, participation interests, mortgages, security
interests or encumbrances or other interests of any nature and has
full right and authority to sell and assign the same.
(l)
Each Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
mortgagee title insurance policy acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC,
issued by a title insurer acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC, in the case
of a conventional Mortgage Loan (subject to the exceptions
contained in (h)(1) and (2) above) the Seller, its successors and
assigns as to the first or second priority lien of the Mortgage in
the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and against any
loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien
resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for
adjustment in the mortgage interest rate and/or monthly payment
including any negative amortization thereunder. Additionally, such
mortgagee title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and
egress to and from the Mortgaged Property, and against
encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest
therein. The Seller is the sole insured of such mortgagee title
insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is
in full force and effect and will be in full force and effect upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such mortgagee 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 mortgagee title insurance
policy.
(m)
There are no mechanics’ or similar
liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material
(and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to
such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or
may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage.
(n)
The collection practices used by the
Servicer with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been
in all respects legal, proper, prudent and customary in the
mortgage servicing industry.
(o)
The Mortgage and related Mortgage Note
contain customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the
rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the
security provided thereby, including, (1) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (2)
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. The Mortgagor has not notified
the Seller and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested
or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act, 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 501-596, enacted on December 19,
2003, as amended.
(p)
The Mortgage Note is not and has not been
secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding
Mortgage on the Mortgaged Property and the security interest of any
applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage.
(q)
In the event the Mortgage constitutes a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to
serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves
and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of
trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after
default by the Mortgagor.
(r)
No Mortgage Loan contains provisions
pursuant to which monthly payments are (1) paid or partially paid
with funds deposited in any separate account established by the
Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, (2)
paid by any source other than the Mortgagor or (3) 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.
(s)
The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment and any other documents required to be delivered with
respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof have
been delivered to the Purchaser or its designee, all in compliance
with the specific requirements of Section 2.02 hereof.
(t)
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
FNMA’s eligibility requirements.
(u)
None of the Mortgage Loans are secured by
a leasehold estate or constitute other than real property under
applicable state law.
(v)
The rights with respect to each Mortgage
Loan are assignable by the Seller without the consent of any Person
other than consents which will have been obtained on or before the
Closing Date.
(w)
The Mortgage Loans are not being
transferred by the Seller with any intent to hinder, delay or
defraud any creditors of the Seller.
(x)
All parties which have