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WACHOVIA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, LLC,
as Purchaser,
and
AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC.,
as Seller
_______________________________________________
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
_______________________________________________
Dated as of December 27, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1.
Definitions................................................................................1
SECTION 2. Purchase and Sale of the Mortgage
Loans....................................................5
SECTION 3. Mortgage Loan
Schedule.....................................................................6
SECTION 4. Allocation of Payments; Mortgage Loan
Files................................................6
SECTION 5. Material
Defects...........................................................................7
SECTION 6. Recordation of Assignments of
Mortgages....................................................8
SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties of Seller Concerning
the Mortgage Loans.....................9
SECTION 8. Representations and Warranties Concerning the
Seller......................................13
SECTION 9. Representations and Warranties Concerning the
Purchaser...................................14
SECTION 10. Conditions to
Closing.....................................................................15
SECTION 11.
Notices...................................................................................17
SECTION 12. Assignment by
Purchaser...................................................................17
SECTION 13. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to
Survive Delivery............................17
SECTION 14.
Severability..............................................................................17
SECTION 15.
Counterparts..............................................................................18
SECTION 16.
Amendment.................................................................................18
SECTION 17. GOVERNING
LAW.............................................................................18
SECTION 18. Further
Assurances........................................................................18
SECTION 19. Successors and
Assigns....................................................................18
SECTION 20. Maintain Rights in
Effect.................................................................18
SECTION 21. Entire
Agreement..........................................................................18
SECTION 22. No
Partnership............................................................................18
SECTION 23. Enforcement of Representations and Warranties
regarding the Mortgage Loans................18
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULE TO
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1 Mortgage Loan Schedule Information
Exhibit 2 Schedule of Lost Notes
Exhibit 3 S&P LEVELS® Glossary, Version 5.7 Revised,
Appendix E
Schedule A Mortgage Loan Schedule
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 27, 2006,
as amended and supplemented by
any and all amendments hereto (collectively, the "Agreement"),
by and between AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Seller"), and WACHOVIA MORTGAGE LOAN
TRUST, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the "Purchaser").
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
the Seller agrees to sell, and
the Purchaser agrees to purchase, certain fully amortizing,
hybrid, adjustable rate, first lien mortgage loans
secured primarily by one- to four-family residential properties
as described herein. The Purchaser intends to
sell the Mortgage Loans to U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of December 27, 2006 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among the Purchaser, as depositor,
National City Mortgage Co. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
servicers, and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee, supplemental interest trust trustee and custodian.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. The following terms are defined as
follows:
Agreement: The meaning set forth in the preambles hereto.
Closing Date: December 27, 2006.
Co-op Shares: Shares issued by private non-profit housing
corporations.
Custodian: The Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
Cut-off Date: December 1, 2006.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Substitute Mortgage
Loan.
Material Defect: The meaning set forth in Section 5(ii).
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or instrument creating a
lien on an interest in Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The following documents:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by manual or facsimile
signature either (A) in
blank or (B) in the following form: "Pay to the order of U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee, without
recourse," with all necessary intervening endorsements showing a
complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the Trustee (each such endorsement being
sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of
the party so endorsing in and to that Mortgage Note);
(ii) the original recorded Mortgage with evidence of a recording
thereon, or if any such
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable recording
office or has been lost, or if such public recording
office retains the original recorded Mortgage, a copy of such
Mortgage certified by the Seller as being a true
and correct copy of the Mortgage, if such copy is available;
(iii) a duly executed assignment of mortgage from the mortgagee
or assignee of record either
(A) in blank or (B) to "U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee for the holders of the Wachovia Mortgage Loan
Trust, LLC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-ALT1
Certificates" (which may be included in a blanket
assignment or assignments), together with, except as provided
below, originals of all interim recorded
assignments of such mortgage or copies of such interim recorded
assignments certified by the Seller as being true
and complete copies of the original recorded intervening
assignments of Mortgage (each such assignment, when duly
and validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient
to effect the assignment of the related Mortgage
to the assignee thereof); provided that, if the related Mortgage
has not been returned from the applicable public
recording office, such assignment of mortgage may exclude the
information to be provided by the recording office;
and provided, further, if the related Mortgage has been recorded
in the name of MERS or its designee, no
assignment of mortgage in favor of the Trustee is required;
(iv) the originals of all assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension agreements,
if any, with evidence of recording thereon, if any;
(v) the original or duplicate original mortgagee title insurance
policy and all riders
thereto;
(vi) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with
the Mortgage Note;
(vii) for each Mortgage Loan, if any, which is secured by a
residential long-term lease, a
copy of the lease with evidence of recording indicated thereon,
or, if the lease is in the process of being
recorded, a photocopy of the lease, certified by an officer of
the respective prior owner of such Mortgage Loan
or by the applicable title insurance company,
closing/settlement/escrow agent or company or closing attorney
to
be a true and correct copy of the lease transmitted for
recordation;
(viii) the original of any security agreement, chattel mortgage
or equivalent document
executed in connection with the Mortgage; and
(ix) for each Mortgage Loan secured by Co-op Shares, the
originals of the following
documents or instruments:
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(A) The stock certificate;
(B) The stock power executed in blank;
(C) The executed proprietary lease;
(D) The executed recognition agreement;
(E) The executed assignment of recognition agreement, if
any;
(F) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with evidence of
recording thereon; and
(G) Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other appropriate UCC
financing statements
required by state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line
of assignments from the mortgagee to the Trustee
with evidence of recording thereon (or in a form suitable for
recordation).
Mortgage Interest Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan, the per annum
rate of interest at which
interest accrues on the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan,
as adjusted from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of the related Mortgage Note.
Mortgage Loans: The mortgage loans listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans, as from time
to time amended by the Seller
to reflect the addition of Substitute Mortgage Loans and the
deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, attached hereto as Schedule A.
Mortgage Note: The originally executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, together with
all riders thereto and amendments thereof.
Mortgaged Property: The property securing a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Seller or the
Purchaser, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Person: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other organization or entity of any
type, whether or not a legal entity.
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Pooling and Servicing Agreement: The meaning set forth in the
preambles hereto. All references
herein to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof.
Prospectus Supplement: The supplement, dated December 19, 2006,
to the Prospectus, dated May
23, 2006, relating to certain classes of the certificates issued
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Purchase Price: The meaning specified in Section 2(ii).
Purchaser: The meaning set forth in the preambles hereto.
Remittance Date: As to any Distribution Date (as such term is
defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement), by 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on the third
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
Repurchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any
property acquired with respect
thereto) required to be purchased by the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i)(a)
the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the
date of repurchase (or if the related Mortgaged
Property was acquired by the Purchaser or its assignee, the
unpaid principal balance at the date of the
acquisition), plus (b) accrued but unpaid interest on the
principal balance at the related Mortgage Interest Rate
through and including the last day of the month of repurchase,
and (ii) any costs and damages incurred by the
Purchaser in connection with a breach of the representation
contained in Section 7(iii) as a result of any
violation of any predatory or abusive lending law with respect
to such Mortgage Loan.
Seller: The meaning set forth in the preambles hereto.
Servicer: The applicable Servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan substituted for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement. Upon such substitution, such
mortgage loan shall be a "Mortgage Loan" hereunder.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning specified in Section
5(v).
Transferred Property: The meaning specified in Section 2(i).
Trustee: The Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
SECTION 2. Purchase and Sale of the Mortgage Loans.
(i) The Seller does hereby sell, assign, set over, transfer, and
otherwise convey to the
Purchaser on the Closing Date, without recourse (except as
expressly provided herein), all of its right, title
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and interest, in, to and under the following: (A) the Mortgage
Loans (including the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage, all monies due or to become due on the Mortgage Loans
(other than payments of principal and interest
due and payable on or before the Cut-off Date), and all
collections on the Mortgage Loans received after the
Cut-off Date (other than payments of principal and interest due
and payable on or before the Cut-off Date)); (B)
any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; and (C)
all proceeds of the foregoing (collectively, the
"Transferred Property").
(ii) The purchase price (the "Purchase Price") for the Mortgage
Loans and the related
Transferred Property to be paid by the Purchaser to the Seller
on the Closing Date shall be $12,537,445.20
(iii) In consideration of the sale of the Mortgage Loans and the
related Transferred
Property by the Seller to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the
Purchaser shall pay to the Seller on the Closing
Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank
account designated by the Seller the Purchase
Price.
(iv) It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
transfer of the Mortgage Loans
by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to this Section 2 be,
and be construed as, an absolute sale of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser, including for
accounting purposes, and not a secured borrowing. It
is, further, not the intention of the parties that such transfer
be deemed the grant of a security interest in
the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a
debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in
the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the
Mortgage Loans are held to be the property of the
Seller, or if for any other reason this Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage
Loans, then: (1) this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement, and (2) the transfer of the Mortgage Loans
provided for in this Section 2 shall be deemed to be a grant by
the Seller to the Purchaser of, and the Seller
hereby grants to the Purchaser, to secure all of the Seller's
obligations hereunder, a security interest in all
of the Seller's right, title, and interest, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the Mortgage
Loans and the other Transferred Property, (ii) all accounts,
chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, general
intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property,
letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, and oil,
gas, and other minerals, consisting of, arising from, or
relating to, any of the foregoing; and (iii) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
(v) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing
statements, and the Seller and the
Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement,
take such other actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were found to create a security
interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security
interest would be a perfected security interest of first
priority under applicable law and will be maintained as
such throughout the term of the Agreement. In connection
herewith, the Purchaser shall have all of the rights and
remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as
in force in the relevant jurisdiction.
(vi) Concurrently herewith, the Purchaser has contracted to sell
the Mortgage Loans and
other Transferred Property to the Trustee pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To avoid the
unnecessary expense and administrative inconvenience associated
with the execution and recording of multiple
assignment documents, the Seller may either (A) deliver (if the
Seller is not the mortgagee of record) or (B)
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execute (if the Seller is the mortgagee of record) one or more
assignments of mortgages in blank or naming the
Trustee as assignee, and may either (A) deliver (if the Mortgage
Notes are not endorsed or payable to the Seller)
or (B) endorse (if the Mortgage Notes are endorsed or payable to
the Seller) the Mortgage Notes in blank or to
the Trustee. Notwithstanding the fact that such assignments of
mortgages name the Trustee as assignee and that
Mortgage Notes are endorsed to the Trustee, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that the Mortgage Loans for
all purposes have been transferred from the Seller to the
Purchaser and from the Purchaser to the Trustee.
SECTION 3. Mortgage Loan Schedule. The initial Mortgage Loan
Schedule shall be prepared
by the Seller and shall set forth the information listed on
Exhibit 1 to this Agreement with respect to each of
the Mortgage Loans being sold by the Seller hereunder. The
Seller further agrees, at its own expense, to
indicate in its books and records that the Mortgage Loans have
been sold to the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement, and to deliver to the Purchaser the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. The Mortgage Loan Schedule is hereby
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
SECTION 4. Allocation of Payments; Mortgage Loan Files.
(i) The Purchaser will be entitled to all payments of principal
and interest on the
Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, regardless of when
actually collected, and all collections in respect
of the Mortgage Loans received on or after the Cut-off Date,
other than payments of principal and interest due
and payable on or before the Cut-off Date. The Seller will be
entitled to all scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off
Date, including payments of such collected after the
Cut-off Date. Such principal and interest belonging to the
Seller as described above will not be included in the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date as set forth on the initial Mortgage
Loan Schedule.
(ii) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the
Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee as assignee of the Purchaser by the
Closing Date, the documents required to be included in each
Mortgage File; provided, however, that in lieu of the
foregoing, the Seller may deliver the following documents, under
the circumstances set forth below: (x) in lieu
of the original Mortgage, the assignment to the Trustee of such
Mortgage, or intervening assignments thereof,
which have been delivered, are being delivered or will be
delivered to recording offices for recording and have
not been returned to the Seller in time to permit their delivery
as specified above, the Seller may deliver a
true copy thereof with a certification by the Seller, on the
face of such copy, substantially as follows:
"Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which
has been transmitted for recording"; (y) in lieu
of the Mortgage, the assignment to the Trustee of such Mortgage,
or intervening assignments thereof, if the
applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents
(as evidenced by a certification from the Seller
to such effect) the Seller may deliver photocopies of such
documents containing an original certification by the
recording office of the jurisdiction where such documents were
recorded; and (z) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes
relating to the Mortgage Loans, each identified in the list
attached hereto as Exhibit 2, the Seller may deliver
lost note affidavits and indemnities of the Seller; and provided
further, however, that in the case of Mortgage
Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and
prior to the Closing Date, the Seller, in lieu
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of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee
and the Custodian a certification by the Seller or
the Servicer servicing such Mortgage Loan to such effect. The
Seller shall deliver such original documents
(including any original documents as to which certified copies
had previously been delivered) or such certified
copies to the Custodian promptly after they are received. The
Seller shall cause the Mortgage and intervening
assignments, if any, to be recorded not later than 180 days
after the Closing Date, unless such assignment is not
required to be recorded under the terms set forth in Section
6(i).
SECTION 5. Material Defects.
(i) On or before the Closing Date, the Seller shall make the
Mortgage Files available to
the Purchaser or its agent for examination, which examination
may be at the offices of the Custodian or the
Seller. The fact that the Purchaser or its agent has conducted
or has failed to conduct any partial or complete
examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the
Purchaser's rights to demand cure, repurchase,
substitution or other relief as provided in this Agreement.
(ii) If any document is missing, has not been executed, is
unrelated, determined on the
basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan
number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (a "Material Defect"), the Purchaser or
its assignee shall promptly notify the Seller in
writing of such Material Defect. The Seller shall correct or
cure any such Material Defect within 90 days from
the date of notice of the Material Defect and if the Seller does
not correct or cure such Material Defect within
such period and such defect materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Purchaser or its assignee in
the related Mortgage Loan, the Seller will either (a) substitute
for the related Mortgage Loan a Substitute
Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be accomplished in the
manner and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Section 5 or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the
Purchaser or its assignee at the Repurchase Price for
such Mortgage Loan; provided that, if such defect would cause
the Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified
mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, any such cure, repurchase or
substitution must occur within 90 days from the date such breach
was discovered; provided, further that if such
defect relates solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver
the original Mortgage or intervening assignments
thereof, or a certified copy, because the originals of such
documents, or a certified copy, have not been
returned by the applicable recording office, the Seller shall
not be required to purchase such Mortgage Loan if
the Seller delivers such original documents or certified copy
promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than
360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase or
substitution obligation shall not apply in the event
that the Seller cannot deliver such original or copy of any
document submitted for recording to the appropriate
recording office in the applicable jurisdiction because such
document has not been returned by such office;
provided that the Seller shall instead deliver a recording
receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt
is not available, a certificate of the Seller or the applicable
Servicer confirming that such documents have been
accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the
Custodian, as assignee of the Purchaser, shall be
effected by the Seller within thirty days of its receipt of the
original recorded document.
(iii) With respect to each Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Seller
shall promptly deliver to
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee as assignee of the
Purchaser, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, and the
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other documents required to be included in the related Mortgage
File, with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the
Mortgage assigned as required by the definition of Mortgage
File. Payments due with respect to any such
Substitute Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution shall be
retained by the Seller and not transferred to the
Purchaser. For the month of substitution, collections on the
Mortgage Loans will include the scheduled payment
due for such month on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the
Seller has substituted a Substitute Mortgage Loan.
(iv) The Seller shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to
reflect the repurchase or
transfer to the Seller of each Mortgage Loan that has become a
Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the
Substitute Mortgage Loans and the Seller shall deliver the
amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Purchaser, with
a copy to each of the Trustee and the Custodian. Upon such
substitution, each Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be
subject to the terms of this agreement in all respects, and the
Seller shall be deemed to have made to the
Purchaser with respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan, as of
the date of substitution, the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 7. Upon any such substitution
and the payment to the Trustee as assignee of the
Purchaser of the Repurchase Price or of any required
Substitution Adjustment Amount, the Purchaser shall cause
the Custodian to release the Mortgage File relating to such
Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and the Purchaser
and its assignees, as applicable, shall execute and deliver at
the Seller's direction such instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer
to the Seller, or its designee, any Defective Mortgage Loan
substituted for or repurchased pursuant to this
Section 5.
(v) For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more
Substitute Mortgage Loans
for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the amount (if any) by
which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
all such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of
substitution is less than the aggregate unpaid principal
balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans after application of
the principal portion of the scheduled payments
due in the month of substitution (the "Substitution Adjustment
Amount") shall be paid to the Trustee as assignee
of the Purchaser by the Seller on or before the Remittance Date
in the month succeeding the calendar month during
which the related Mortgage Loan is required to be purchased or
replaced hereunder.
SECTION 6. Recordation of Assignments of Mortgages.
(i) The Seller shall, promptly after the Closing Date, cause
each Mortgage and each
assignment of Mortgage from the Seller to the Trustee, and all
unrecorded intervening assignments, if any,
delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, to be recorded in the
recording offices in the jurisdictions where the
related Mortgaged Properties are located; provided, however, the
Seller need not cause to be recorded any
assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan if (a) such
recordation is not required by the rating agencies rating
the certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or an Opinion of Counsel has been provided to
the Purchaser, the Trustee, and the Custodian which states that
the recordation of such assignment is not
necessary to protect the interest of the Purchaser or its
assignee in the related Mortgage Loan or (b) MERS is
identified on the Mortgage or a properly recorded assignment of
the Mortgage as the mortgagee of record;
provided, however, notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion
of Counsel, any assignment of Mortgage that has not
been recorded pursuant to clause (a) shall be submitted for
recording by the Seller in the manner described
above, at the Seller's expense, upon 60 days' written notice to
the Seller from the Purchaser or its assignee.
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(ii) While each such Mortgage or assignment is being recorded,
if necessary, the Seller
shall leave or cause to be left with the Custodian a certified
copy of such Mortgage or assignment. In the event
that, within 180 days of the Closing Date, the Purchaser, the
Trustee, and the Custodian have not been provided
an Opinion of Counsel as described in subsection (i) or received
evidence of recording with respect to each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof, the failure to
provide evidence of recording or such Opinion of
Counsel (in the alternative, if required) shall be considered a
Material Defect, and the provisions of Section 5
shall apply. All customary recording fees and reasonable
expenses relating to the recordation of the assignments
of mortgage to the Trustee or the Opinion of Counsel, as the
case may be, shall be borne by the Seller.
SECTION 7. Representations and Warranties of Seller Concerning
the Mortgage Loans. The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the
Closing Date, or such other date prior thereto
as may be specified below, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan:
(i) the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
hereto is true and correct in
all material respects and all information provided by the Seller
to the Purchaser regarding the Mortgage Loans,
including the Mortgage Loan level detail, is true and correct in
all material respects;
(ii) immediately prior to the transfer to the Purchaser, the
Seller was the sole owner and
holder of each Mortgage and Mortgage Note relating to the
Mortgage Loans and is conveying the same to the
Purchaser free and clear of any and all liens, claims,
encumbrances, participation interests, equities, pledges,
charges or security interests of any nature and the Seller has
full right and authority to sell or assign the
same pursuant to this Agreement;
(iii) each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all
material respects with all
applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation,
usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and
recording laws and all applicable anti-predatory, abusive and
fair lending laws; and each Mortgage Loan, during
the time period that it was serviced by the Seller, was serviced
in all material respects in accordance with all
applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation,
usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and
recording laws and all anti-predatory, abusive and fair lending
laws and the terms of the related Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage and other loan documents;
(iv) there is no monetary default existing under any Mortgage or
the related Mortgage Note
and there is no material event which, with the passage of time
or with notice and the expiration of any grace or
cure period, would constitute a default, breach or event of
acceleration; and neither the Seller nor any of its
affiliates has taken any action to waive any default, breach or
event of acceleration; no foreclosure action is
threatened or has been commenced with respect to the Mortgage
Loan;
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(v) the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
been impaired, waived,
altered or modified in any respect, except by written
instruments, (i) if required by law in the jurisdiction
where the Mortgaged Property is located, or (ii) to protect the
interests of the Purchaser or its assignees;
(vi) no selection procedure reasonably believed by the Seller to
be adverse to the
interests of the Purchaser or its assignees was utilized in
selecting the Mortgage Loans;
(vii) each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on the
property securing the
related Mortgage Note and each Mortgaged Property is owned by
the Mortgagor in fee simple (except with respect to
common areas in the case of condominiums, PUDs and de minimis
PUDs) or by leasehold for a term longer than the
term of the related Mortgage, subject only to (i) the lien of
current real property taxes and assessments, (ii)
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 being
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally
or specifically reflected in the appraisal obtained in
connection with the origination of the related Mortgage
Loan or referred to in the lender's title insurance policy
delivered to the originator of the related Mortgage
Loan and (iii) 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, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, moratorium,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of the rights of creditors and by general principles
of equity, whether in a proceeding in equity or
at law;
(viii) there is no mechanics' lien or claim for work, labor or
material affecting the
premises subject to any Mortgage which is or may be a lien prior
to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage
except those which are insured against by the title insurance
policy referred to in (xiii) below;
(ix) as of the Cut-off Date, to the best of the Seller's
knowledge, there was no delinquent
tax or assessment lien against the property subject to any
Mortgage, except where such lien was being contested
in good faith and a stay had been granted against levying on the
property;
(x) there is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage,
including the obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid
principal and interest on such Mortgage Note;
(xi) except to the extent insurance is in place which will cover
such damage, each
Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and is in good
repair and there is no proceeding pending or
threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any
Mortgaged Property;
(xii) to the best of the Seller's knowledge, the Mortgaged
Property and all improvements
thereon comply with all requirements of any applicable zoning
and subdivision laws and ordinances;
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(xiii) a lender's title insurance policy (on an ALTA or CLTA
form) or binder, or other
assurance of title customary in the relevant jurisdiction
therefor in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, was issued on the date
that each Mortgage Loan was originated by a title
insurance company which, to the best of the Seller's knowledge,
was qualified to do business in the jurisdiction
where the related Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the
Seller and its successors and assigns that the
Mortgage is a first priority lien on the related Mortgaged
Property in the original principal amount of the
Mortgage Loan. The Seller is the sole insured under such
lender's title insurance policy, and such policy,
binder or assurance is valid and remains in full force and
effect, and each such policy, binder or assurance
shall contain all applicable endorsements including a negative
amortization endorsement, if applicable;
(xiv) as of the Closing Date, the improvements on each Mortgaged
Property securing a
Mortgage Loan are insured (by an insurer which is acceptable to
the Seller) against loss by fire and such hazards
as are covered under a standard extended coverage endorsement in
the locale in which the Mortgaged Property is
located, in an amount which is not less than the lesser of the
maximum insurable value of the improvements
securing such Mortgage Loan or the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan, but in no event in an amount
less than an amount that is required to prevent the Mortgagor
from being deemed to be a co-insurer thereunder; if
the improvement on the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit,
it is included under the coverage afforded by a
blanket policy for the condominium project; if upon origination
of the related Mortgage Loan, the improvements on
the Mortgaged Property were in an area identified as a federally
designated flood area, a flood insurance policy
is in effect in an amount representing coverage not less than
the least of (i) the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the restorable cost of improvements
located on such Mortgaged Property or (iii) the
maximum coverage available under federal law; and each Mortgage
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain
the insurance referred to above at the Mortgagor's cost and
expense;
(xv) each Mortgage Loan constitutes a "qualified mortgage" under
Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of
the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-2(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9),
without reliance on the provisions of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-2(a)(3) or Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-2(f)(2) or any other provision that would al
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