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EXECUTION
HOMEBANC CORP.,
SELLER
and
HMB ACCEPTANCE CORP.,
DEPOSITOR
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1,
2006
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust
2006-2
(Mortgage Backed Notes)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. Sale and Purchase of Mortgage
Loans.
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Section 2. Purchase Price of Mortgage
Loans.
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Section 3. Transfer of the Mortgage
Loans.
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Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the
Seller.
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Section 5. Covenants of the Seller.
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Section 6. Cure, Repurchase and Substitution
Obligations.
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Section 7. Conditions to Obligation of the
Depositor.
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Section 8. Mandatory Delivery; Grant of Security
Interest.
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Section 9. Indemnification.
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Section 10. Notices.
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Section 11. Severability of
Provisions.
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Section 12. Governing Law.
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Section 13. Agreement of the Seller.
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Section 14. Survival.
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Section 15. Assignment; Third Party
Beneficiaries.
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Section 16. Miscellaneous.
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Section 17. Request for Opinions.
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Schedule I Mortgage Loan
Schedule
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Exhibit A Representations and
Warranties of HomeBanc Corp.
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MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of
November 1, 2006 (this "Agreement"), is by and between HMB
Acceptance Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Depositor") and
HomeBanc Corp., a Georgia corporation (the "Seller").
RECITALS
(1) Schedule I
attached hereto and made a part hereof lists one pool of one- to
four-family, adjustable rate mortgage loans (collectively, the
"Mortgage Loans") currently owned by the Seller that the Seller
desires to sell to the Depositor.
(2) The Depositor
desires to purchase the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and intends
immediately thereafter to transfer the Mortgage Loans and any other
assets constituting the Trust Estate, and assign all its rights and
delegate all of its obligations under this Agreement, to HomeBanc
Mortgage Trust 2006-2 (the "Issuer") pursuant to the terms of a
transfer and servicing agreement (the "Transfer and Servicing
Agreement") dated as of November 1, 2006, among the Issuer, the
Depositor, HomeBanc Corp., as Seller and as servicer (in such
capacity, the "Servicer"), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as master
servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as
securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture
trustee (in such capacity, the "Indenture Trustee"). The Issuer
will in turn pledge the Trust Estate and all such rights and
obligations to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders.
(3) The Issuer will
be formed pursuant to a trust agreement (the "Trust Agreement")
dated as of November 1, 2006, among the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner Trustee (the
"Owner Trustee"). The Issuer (i) pursuant to an indenture (the
"Indenture") dated as of November 1, 2006, among the Issuer, the
Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, will issue the
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2006-2 Mortgage Backed Notes (the "Notes")
and (ii) pursuant to the Trust Agreement will issue a single class
of ownership certificate (the "Ownership Certificate," and together
with the Notes, the "Securities").
(4) The Securities
to be delivered to the Depositor or its designee(s), registered in
such names as the Depositor shall designate, will be designated as
(i) the HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2006-2 Mortgage Backed Notes, Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class B-1, and (ii) the
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2006-2 Ownership Certificate.
(5) Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
promises herein made and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Sale and Purchase of Mortgage
Loans .
(a) Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller hereby sells,
transfers and assigns to the Depositor agrees to purchase, on the
date of issuance of the Securities, which is expected to be on or
about November 30, 2006 (the "Closing Date"), and the Depositor
hereby purchases, the Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal
balance as of November 1, 2006 (the "Cut-off Date"), of
$456,337,191.70, including all related Mortgage Files and any
Insurance Proceeds, REO Property, Liquidation Proceeds and other
recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans, and all income,
revenues, issues products, revisions, substitutions, replacements,
profits, rents and all cash and non-cash proceeds of the
foregoing.
(b) The Seller and
the Depositor have agreed upon which of the mortgage loans owned by
the Seller are to be purchased by the Depositor pursuant to this
Agreement, and the Seller has prepared, or has provided information
to the Depositor enabling the Depositor to prepare, Schedule I
attached hereto ("Schedule I"), setting forth information with
respect to the Mortgage Loans to be purchased by the Depositor as
of the Closing Date. The Seller shall, with the Depositor’s
consent, amend or modify, or provide information to the Depositor
enabling the Depositor to amend or modify Schedule I on or
prior to the Closing Date if necessary to reflect the actual
Mortgage Loans transferred by the Seller and accepted by the
Depositor on the Closing Date. Schedule I, as so amended or
modified, shall conform to the requirements of the Depositor as set
forth in this Agreement and to the definition of "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and shall be
the definitive Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Section 2. Purchase Price of Mortgage
Loans .
(a) On the Closing
Date, as full consideration for the Seller’s sale of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Depositor shall deliver to the
Seller cash equal to $456,337,191.70.
(b) The Depositor or
any assignee or transferee of the Depositor (which may include the
Issuer, acting on behalf of the Noteholders) shall be entitled to
all Monthly Payments due after the Cut-off Date, and all
curtailments or other principal prepayments received with respect
to the Mortgage Loans paid by each borrower after the Cut-off Date,
except that the Depositor or any assignee or transferee of the
Depositor will not be entitled to any curtailments or other
prepayments received on or after the Cut-off Date but reflected in
the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance. All Monthly Payments due on or
before the Cut-off Date and collected on or after the Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Seller.
(c) Pursuant to the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will transfer and
assign all its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage
Loans and any other assets constituting the Trust Estate to the
Issuer in consideration of the issuance of the Securities to the
Depositor or its designee(s).
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Section 3. Transfer of the Mortgage Loans
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(a) Mortgage
File . For purposes of this Agreement, the "Mortgage File"
will be as defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Transfer of
Ownership . Upon the sale of any Mortgage Loans, the
ownership of each Mortgage Loan Document (as defined below) with
respect thereto shall be vested in the Depositor, and the ownership
of all other records and documents with respect thereto prepared by
or which come into the possession of the Seller shall immediately
vest in the Depositor. The Seller shall, upon the direction of the
Depositor, promptly deliver to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association (the "Custodian") or such other designee as the
Depositor may direct, any documents that come into its possession
with respect to such Mortgage Loans following such sale. Prior to
such delivery, the Seller shall hold any such documents for the
benefit of the Depositor, its successors and assigns.
(c) Delivery of
Mortgage Files . To the extent not previously delivered to
the Depositor or a designee of the Depositor, the Seller shall, not
later than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, at the
direction of the Depositor, deliver to the Custodian, each of the
mortgage loan documents required to be included in the Mortgage
File pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement (the "Mortgage Loan Documents"). The Mortgage Note for
each such Mortgage Loan shall be endorsed in blank or as otherwise
directed by the Depositor, and the Mortgage for each such Mortgage
Loan shall name the Depositor, the Custodian or such other party as
designated by the Depositor as mortgagee or beneficiary, as
appropriate, or be assigned in blank or as otherwise directed by
the Depositor.
Prior to the transfer and sale of any Mortgage
Loans, the Mortgage Loan Documents delivered to the Custodian shall
be held by the Custodian for the benefit of the Seller and the
possession by the Custodian of such Mortgage Loan Documents will be
at the will of the Seller and will be in a custodial capacity only.
Following the transfer and sale of any Mortgage Loans from the
Seller to the Depositor in accordance with the terms and upon
satisfaction of the conditions of this Agreement, the Custodian
will hold all Mortgage Loan Documents delivered to it hereunder for
the benefit of the Depositor, as its agent and bailee. The
Custodian will act as a custodian for the receipt and custody of
all Mortgage Files and, after the transfer of any Mortgage Loans
from the Depositor to the Issuer, the Custodian will hold all
Mortgage Loan Documents delivered to it hereunder for the benefit
of the Issuer and on behalf of the Noteholders.
(d) Examination
of Mortgage Loan Documents: Acceptance of Mortgage Loans .
To the extent not previously delivered to the Depositor or a
designee of the Depositor, the Seller shall, prior to the Closing
Date, either (i) deliver to the Depositor or its designee in
escrow, for examination, the Mortgage Loan Documents pertaining to
each Mortgage Loan then being sold by it or (ii) make such Mortgage
Loan Documents available to the Depositor or its designee for
examination at the Seller’s offices or at such other place as
the Seller shall specify. Any such Mortgage Loan Documents so held
by the Seller and so made available to the Depositor or its
designee shall be held by the Seller and so made available solely
as a matter of convenience to the Depositor or its designee and in
lieu of delivering such Mortgage Loan Documents to the Depositor or
its designee. The Depositor, the Custodian or a designee of either
entity may review the Mortgage Loan Documents to verify that all
documents required to be included in each Mortgage File (as such
term has been defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement) are
so included.
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Prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall cause
the Custodian to review the documents delivered pursuant to Section
3(c) hereof to ascertain that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed on
Schedule I, (i) all documents required to be delivered by the
Seller pursuant to Section 3(c) have been received, (ii) such
documents appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage
Loan and (iii) the information on Schedule I accurately
reflects the information set forth in the corresponding Mortgage
File, to the extent required by Section 2.01 of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement. An additional review shall be conducted by the
Custodian or its designee prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date to determine that all Mortgage Loan Documents required
to be included in the Mortgage File are included therein. If at any
time the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee, or the Custodian,
discovers or receives notice that any Mortgage Loan Document is
missing or defective in any material respect with respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall correct or cure any such omission
or defect or, if such omission or defect materially impairs the
value of the Mortgage Loan, repurchase the defective Mortgage Loan
or substitute for such defective Mortgage Loan a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan in accordance with and if permitted by the
terms of Section 6 hereof. At the time of such repurchase or
substitution, the Custodian shall release documents in its
possession relating to such Mortgage Loan to the Seller. The fact
that the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or a designee of either
entity has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or
complete examination of the Mortgage Loan Documents prior to the
Closing Date shall not affect the rights of the Depositor (or any
assignee or successor thereof) to demand repurchase or other relief
as provided herein.
(e) Recordation
of Assignments of Mortgage . Subject to the sale of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor, the Depositor hereby
authorizes and instructs the Seller, and the Seller hereby agrees,
to record all Assignments required to be contained in the Mortgage
File to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.01 of the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement. All recording fees relating to
the recordation of the Assignments as described above shall be paid
by the Seller. With respect to any Non-MERS Mortgage Loans, if the
Indenture Trustee does not receive, within the time specified in
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, evidence satisfactory to it
of such recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan to the extent
required pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, the Seller shall, in cooperation with the Indenture
Trustee, correct or cure any such omission or repurchase the
affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such demand, which demand
shall be made within the time specified in the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement (including any such extensions provided for
therein).
Section 4. Representations and Warranties of
the Seller .
The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor as follows:
(a) The Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Georgia and has full power and
authority (i) to conduct its business as presently conducted by it
and (ii) to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its
obligations under this Agreement. The Seller is and will remain in
compliance with the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged
Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its
obligations in respect of this Agreement. A
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(b) The execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the Seller of
its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of the Seller. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable in accordance
with its respective terms subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of
equity and public policy considerations underlying the securities
laws, to the extent that such public policy considerations limit
the enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement which
purport to provide indemnification from securities laws
liabilities.
(c) The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Seller, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not (i)
violate or conflict with any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, award, administrative interpretation, injunction, writ,
decree or the like affecting the Seller or by which the Seller is
bound or (ii) result in a breach of or constitute a default (or an
event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under any indenture or other material
agreement to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is
bound, which in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) will have a
material adverse effect on the Seller’s ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) No
authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption or other
action by or notice to or registration or filing with any
governmental authority or administrative or regulatory body is
required for either the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement by the Seller or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, except such as shall have been made or
obtained on or prior to the Closing Date.
(e) There are no
pending or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, threatened
actions, proceedings or investigations against the Seller before
any court, governmental arbitrator or instrumentality which if
determined adversely to the Seller may reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to (i) have a material and
adverse affect on the Seller’s ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or (ii) to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement. A
(f) The Seller is
solvent and the sale of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the
Seller to become insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans is not
undertaken with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the
Seller’s creditors.
(g) The transfer of
the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor at the Closing Date will be
treated by the Seller for financial accounting and reporting
purposes as a financing.
(h) The Seller has
not dealt with any broker or agent or other Person who might be
entitled to a fee, commission or compensation in connection with
the transaction contemplated by this Agreement other than the
Depositor and its affiliates.
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(i) The Seller is
not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court,
regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency, which default would materially and adversely
affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the
Seller or its properties or the consequences of which would have a
material adverse effect on the Seller’s ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(j) The transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages
by the Seller hereunder are not subject to the bulk transfer laws
or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
(k) The transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Seller.
(l) Each of the
representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A hereto is
true and correct with respect to the Mortgage Loans as of the
Closing Date.
(m) The Seller has
been organized in conformity with the requirements for
qualification as a real estate investment trust (a "REIT"); the
Seller will file with its federal income tax return for its taxable
year ending December 31, 2004, an election to be treated as a REIT
for federal income tax purposes; and the Seller currently qualifies
as, and it proposes to operate in a manner that will enable it to
continue to qualify as, a REIT.
Section 5. Covenants of the Seller
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The Seller hereby covenants with the Depositor as
follows:
(a) On or before the
Closing Date, the Seller shall take all steps required of it to
effectuate the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Issuer, as
transferee of the Depositor, free and clear of any lien, charge or
encumbrance.
(b) The Seller shall
use its best efforts to make available to counsel for the Depositor
in executed form each of the documents listed in Section 7(b) below
no later than two Business Days before the Closing Date, it being
understood that such documents are to be released and delivered
only on the closing of the transaction contemplated hereby and the
sale of the Securities.
(c) The Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Depositor (i) an Opinion of
Counsel as to various corporate matters substantially in a form
satisfactory to the Depositor and (ii) such other Opinions of
Counsel, if any, as are required by any Rating Agency for the
issuance of the ratings on the Notes specified in Section 7(d)
below.
Section 6. Cure, Repurchase and Substitution
Obligations .
(a) Each of the
representations and warranties of the Seller contained herein shall
survive the purchase by the Depositor of any of the Mortgage Loans
and shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on the Mortgage Notes and
notwithstanding subsequent termination of this Agreement or the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The representations and
warranties shall not be impaired by any review and examination of
Mortgage Loan Documents or other documents evidencing or relating
to the Mortgage Loans or any failure on the part of the Depositor
to review or examine such documents and shall inure to the benefit
of any assignee, transferee or designee of the Depositor, including
the Issuer for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Custodian.
With respect to the representations and warranties contained herein
that are made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge or as to
which the Seller has no knowledge, if it is discovered by the
Seller, the Depositor, the Custodian or the Indenture Trustee that
the substance of any such representation and warranty is inaccurate
and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of
the related Mortgage Loan, then notwithstanding the Seller’s
knowledge or lack of knowledge with respect to the inaccuracy of
such representation and warranty at the time it was made, the
Seller shall take the action described in the following paragraph
in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
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(b) Upon discovery
or receipt of notice by the Seller, the Depositor, the Indenture
Trustee or the Custodian of any missing or materially defective
document in any Mortgage File, or a breach of any of the
Seller’s representations and warranties set forth in Section
4 hereof with respect to any Mortgage Loan, which in any of the
foregoing cases materially and adversely affects the value of any
Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Depositor, the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, the party discovering or
receiving notice of such missing or materially defective document,
breach, or default shall give prompt written notice to the others.
Upon its discovery or its receipt of notice of any such missing or
materially defective document, breach or default (the "Defect
Discovery Date"), the Seller shall either (a) within 90 days of
discovery or receipt of such notice, provide the Custodian with
such missing documents or cure such defect, breach or default, in
all material respects or (b) within 90 days of such discovery or
receipt of such notice, either repurchase the affected Mortgage
Loan at the purchase price therefor or cause the removal of such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Estate (in which case it shall become
a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute therefor one or more
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as defined in the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement; provided, however , that any such substitution shall occur within two years of
the Closing Date. The Indenture Trustee or its designee shall amend
the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of any
Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement and the addition, if any, of a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan. In order to effect a substitution
pursuant to this Section, the Seller will deliver (i) to the
Custodian each of the Mortgage Loan Documents required to be
contained in the Mortgage File with respect to the Substitute
Mortgage Loan(s) and (ii) if the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance on the date of substitution of the Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan(s) is less than the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan(s) (after application of
Monthly Payments due in the month of substitution), to the Issuer
cash in an amount equal to such substitution adjustment amount. Any
repurchase pursuant to this Section shall be accomplished by the
delivery into the Custodial Account, or at the direction of the
Depositor, on (or determined as of) the last day of the calendar
month in which such repurchase is made, of the purchase price for
the Mortgage Loans to be repurchased.
(c) In addition to
such repurchase or substitution obligation, the Seller shall
indemnify the Depositor and hold it harmless against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary
legal fees and related costs, judgments, and other costs and
expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion
based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the
Seller’s representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Selle
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