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Execution
LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK,
FSB,
Purchaser
and
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS,
INC.,
Company
FLOW MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE,
WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 1,
2006
Conventional Residential Fixed
and
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans
Group No. 2006-Flow
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE II.
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CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL
AGREEMENT DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
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Section 2.01.
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Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of
Mortgage Files; Maintenance of Servicing Files.
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Section 2.02.
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Books and Records; Transfers of Mortgage
Loans.
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Section 2.03.
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Custodial Agreement; Delivery of
Documents.
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Section 2.04.
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MERS Designated Mortgage Loans.
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ARTICLE III.
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PURCHASE PRICE
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ARTICLE IV.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
REMEDIES AND BREACH
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Section 4.01.
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Company Representations and
Warranties.
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Section 4.02.
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Representations and Warranties Regarding
Individual Mortgage Loans.
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Section 4.03.
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Remedies for Breach of Representations and
Warranties.
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Section 4.04.
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Restrictions and Requirements Applicable in the
Event that a Mortgage Loan is Acquired by a REMIC.
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Section 4.05.
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Pre- Closing Due Diligence.
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ARTICLE V.
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section 5.01.
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Company to Act as Servicer.
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Section 5.02.
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Liquidation of Mortgage Loans.
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Section 5.03.
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Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.
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Section 5.04.
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Establishment of and Deposits to Custodial
Account.
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Section 5.05.
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Permitted Withdrawals From Custodial
Account.
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Section 5.06.
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Establishment of and Deposits to Escrow
Account.
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Section 5.07.
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Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow
Account.
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Section 5.08.
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Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other
Charges.
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Section 5.09.
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Protection of Accounts.
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Section 5.10.
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Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.
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Section 5.11.
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Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment
Insurance.
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Section 5.12.
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Maintenance of Fidelity Bond and Errors and
Omissions Insurance.
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Section 5.13.
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Inspections.
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Section 5.14.
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Restoration of Mortgaged Property.
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Section 5.15.
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Maintenance of LPMI Policy; Claims.
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Section 5.16.
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Title, Management and Disposition of REO
Property.
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Section 5.17.
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Real Estate Owned Reports.
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Section 5.18.
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Liquidation Reports.
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Section 5.19.
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Notification of Adjustments.
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Section 5.20.
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Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of
Mortgaged Property.
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Section 5.21.
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Waiver of Prepayment Charges.
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Section 5.22.
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Credit Reporting.
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ARTICLE VI.
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PAYMENTS TO PURCHASER
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Section 6.01.
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Remittances.
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Section 6.02.
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Statements to Purchaser.
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Section 6.03.
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Monthly Advances by Company.
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ARTICLE VII.
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GENERAL SERVICING
PROCEDURES
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Section 7.01.
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Transfers of Mortgaged Property.
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Section 7.02.
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Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage
Files.
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Section 7.03.
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Servicing Compensation.
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Section 7.04.
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Annual Statement as to Compliance.
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Section 7.05.
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Annual Independent Public Accountants’
Servicing Report.
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Section 7.06.
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Right to Examine Company Records.
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ARTICLE VIII.
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AGENCY TRANSFER; PASS-THROUGH
TRANSFER
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Section 8.01.
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Whole Loan Transfers; Agency Transfers or
Pass-Through Transfers.
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Section 8.02.
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Purchaser’s Repurchase and Indemnification
Obligations.
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Section 8.03.
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Provision of Information.
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Section 8.04.
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Financial Statements; Servicing
Facility.
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ARTICLE IX.
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THE COMPANY
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Section 9.01.
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Indemnification; Third Party Claims.
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Section 9.02.
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Merger or Consolidation of the
Company.
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Section 9.03.
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Limitation on Liability of Company and
Others.
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Section 9.04.
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Limitation on Resignation and Assignment by
Company.
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ARTICLE X.
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DEFAULT
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Section 10.01.
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Events of Default.
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Section 10.02.
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Waiver of Defaults.
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ARTICLE XI.
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TERMINATION
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Section 11.01.
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Termination.
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Section 11.02.
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Termination Without Cause.
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ARTICLE XII.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section 12.01.
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Successor to Company.
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Section 12.02.
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Amendment.
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Section 12.03.
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Closing.
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Section 12.04.
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Closing Documents.
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Section 12.05.
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Assignments of Mortgage; Costs.
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Section 12.06.
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Arbitration.
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Section 12.07.
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Confidential Information
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Section 12.08.
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Safeguarding Customer Information
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Section 12.09.
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Notices.
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Section 12.10.
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Severability of Provisions.
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Section 12.11.
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Counterparts.
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Section 12.12.
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Place of Delivery and Governing Law.
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Section 12.13.
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Further Agreements.
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Section 12.14.
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Intention of the Parties.
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Section 12.15.
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Successors and Assigns; Assignment by the
Purchaser.
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Section 12.16.
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Waivers; Other Agreements.
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Section 12.17.
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General Interpretive Principles.
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Section 12.18.
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Reproduction of Documents.
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Section 12.19.
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Recordation of Assignments of
Mortgage.
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Section 12.20.
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No Personal Solicitation.
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Section 12.21.
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Appointment and Designation of Master
Servicer.
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Section 12.22.
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Regulation AB Addendum.
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Section 12.23.
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Documents Mutually Drafted.
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A-1
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FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONVEYANCE
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT A-2
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MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE DATA FIELDS
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EXHIBIT B
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CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT D
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FORM OF ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT E-1
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FORM OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE
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EXHIBIT E-2
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STANDARD LAYOUT FOR DEFAULTED LOAN
REPORT
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EXHIBIT F
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FORM OF COMPANY’S OFFICER’S
CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT G
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO COMPANY
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EXHIBIT H-1
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FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
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EXHIBIT H-2
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FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
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EXHIBIT I
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REGULATION AB ADDENDUM
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This is a Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase, Warranties
and Servicing Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of March 1,
2006, by and between Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, as purchaser (the "
Purchaser "), and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller
and servicer (the " Company ").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to sell from time
to time to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase
from time to time from the Company, certain fixed and adjustable
rate residential first and second lien mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") on a servicing retained basis as described
herein, and which shall be delivered as whole loans on the related
Closing Date, as defined below;
WHEREAS, each Mortgage Loan will be secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument creating a
first or second lien on a residential dwelling located in the
jurisdiction indicated on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Company wish to
prescribe the manner of conveyance, servicing and control of the
Mortgage Loans.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and mutual agreements set forth herein, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Company agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
The following terms are defined as follows
(except as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties):
Accepted Servicing Practices : With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, those mortgage servicing practices
(i) of prudent mortgage lending institutions which service mortgage
loans of the same type as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction
where the related Mortgaged Property is located and (ii) in
accordance with all applicable state, federal and local laws, rules
and regulations.
Acknowledgment and Conveyance
Agreement: The agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto to be executed by the Company and the Purchaser
on each Closing Date.
Affiliate : With respect to any
specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or
under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and
the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.
Agency Transfer : The sale or transfer
by Purchaser of some or all of the Mortgage Loans to Fannie Mae
under its Cash Purchase Program or its MBS Swap Program (Special
Servicing Option) or to Freddie Mac under its Freddie Mac Cash
Program or Gold PC Program, retaining the Company as "servicer"
thereunder.
Agreement : This Flow Mortgage Loan
Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA : The American Land Title
Association or any successor thereto.
Ancillary Income : All income derived
from the Mortgage Loans, excluding Servicing Fees and Prepayment
Charges attributable to the Mortgage Loans, including but not
limited to, late charges, fees received with respect to checks or
bank drafts returned by the related bank for non-sufficient funds,
assumption fees, optional insurance administrative fees, Prepayment
Interest Excess amounts and all other incidental fees and
charges.
Appraised Value : The value set forth
in an appraisal made in connection with the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan as the value of the Mortgaged Property or the
sale price of the related Mortgaged Property, whichever is
less.
ARM Mortgage Loan : An adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan.
Assignment of Mortgage : An assignment
of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in
recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction
wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the
sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser, or in the case of a MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan, a confirmed electronic transmission to
MERS, identifying a transfer of ownership of the related Mortgage
to the Purchaser or its designee.
Balloon Mortgage Loan : Any Mortgage
Loan wherein the Mortgage Note matures prior to full amortization
and requires a final and accelerated payment of principal.
BIF : The Bank Insurance Fund, or any
successor thereto.
BPO : A broker’s price opinion
obtained by the Purchaser.
Business Day : Any day other than (i) a
Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings and
loan institutions in the State of New York, Texas or California are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
Closing Date : Means a date on which
the Company shall sell and the Purchaser shall purchase Mortgage
Loans under this Agreement as set forth in the related Purchase
Price and Terms Letter.
Code : The Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as it may be amended from time to time or any successor
statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
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Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio or CLTV :
With respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the ratio (expressed
as a percentage) of (a) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan at origination and (ii) the original
principal amount of any related First Lien Mortgage Loan (as of the
origination date of the Second Lien Mortgage Loan) and (b) the
lesser of (i) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property and
(ii) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of
the related Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged
Property.
Commission : The United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company : Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
or its successor in interest or assigns, or any successor to the
Company under this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
Condemnation Proceeds : All awards or
settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, partial or entire,
by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the
extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Custodial Account : The separate trust
account created and maintained pursuant to Section 5.04.
Custodial Agreement : The agreement(s)
governing the retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note,
Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents.
If more than one Custodial Agreement is in effect at any given
time, all of the individual Custodial Agreements shall collectively
be referred to as the " Custodial Agreement. "
Custodian : The custodian under the
Custodial Agreement, or its successor in interest or assigns or any
successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement, as
therein provided.
Customer Information : The nonpublic
personal information (as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 6809(4)) of
the Mortgagors held or received by the Company in connection with
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
Cut-off Date : With respect to any
Mortgage Loan purchased on a Closing Date, the date as may be set
forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
Deleted Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage Loan
which is repurchased by the Company in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or which is, in the case of a substitution pursuant
to Section 4.03, replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan.
Determination Date : The 15th day (or
if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately following such 15th day) of the month of the related
Remittance Date.
Due Date : The day of the month on
which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of
any days of grace.
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Due Period : With respect to each
Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day of the
month preceding the month of the Remittance Date and ending on the
first day of the month of the Remittance Date.
Eligible Investments : Any one or more
of the obligations and securities listed below which investment
provides for a date of maturity not later than the Determination
Date in each month:
(i) direct
obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed by, the United
States of America, or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the obligations of which are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America; and
(ii) federal funds,
demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposits of, or
bankers’ acceptances issued by, any depository institution or
trust company incorporated or organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof and subject to
supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking
authorities, so long as at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment the commercial
paper or other short-term debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company (or, in the case of a depository
institution or trust company which is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, the commercial paper or other short-term debt
obligations of such holding company) are rated "P-1" by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and the long-term debt
obligations of such holding company) are rated "P-1" by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and the long-term debt
obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in
the case of a depository institution or trust company which is the
principal subsidiary of a holding company, the long-term debt
obligations of such holding company) are rated at least "Aa" by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
provided , however , that no such
instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if such instrument
evidences either (i) a right to receive only interest payments
with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, or
(ii) both principal and interest payments derived from
obligations underlying such instrument and the principal and
interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of
such underlying obligations; provided, further, that upon a
Pass-Through Transfer, the Eligible Investments permitted
thereunder shall be set forth in the related Reconstitution
Agreement, if amended by such Reconstitution Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, with respect to Mortgage Loans subject to an
Agency Transfer (if applicable) or a Pass-Through Transfer, in the
event that the applicable Reconstitution Agreement has a more
limiting definition of "Eligible Investments", then the definition
contained in such Reconstitution Agreement shall apply to such
Mortgage Loans, if agreed upon by the Company.
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy :
An errors and omissions insurance policy to be maintained by the
Company pursuant to Section 5.12.
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Escrow Account : The separate account
or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
5.06.
Escrow Payments : With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage
insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium
charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by the
Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage Loan.
Event of Default : Any one of the
conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 10.01.
Fannie Mae : Fannie Mae, or any
successor thereto.
FDIC : The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, or any successor thereto.
FICO Score : A statistical credit score
obtained by mortgage lenders in connection with the loan
application to help assess a Mortgagor’s
creditworthiness.
Fidelity Bond : A fidelity bond to be
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.12.
First Lien : With respect to any Second
Lien Mortgage Loan, the mortgage loan relating to the corresponding
Mortgaged Property having a first priority lien.
Freddie Mac : Freddie Mac, or any
successor thereto.
Gross Margin : With respect to each ARM
Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related
Mortgage Note which amount is added to the Index in accordance with
the terms of the related Mortgage Note to determine, on each
Interest Rate Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Interest Rate for such
Mortgage Loan.
Index : With respect to each ARM
Mortgage Loan, the index identified in the related Purchase Price
and Terms Letter.
Insurance Proceeds : With respect to
each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the
Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
Interim Funder : With respect to each
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Person named on the MERS System
as the interim funder pursuant to the MERS Procedures
Manual.
Interest Rate Adjustment Date : The
date on which an adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate on a
Mortgage Note becomes effective.
Investor : With respect to each MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan, the Person named on the MERS System as
the investor pursuant to the MERS Procedures Manual.
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Lifetime Rate Cap : The provision of
the Mortgage Note related to each ARM Mortgage Loan which provides
for an absolute maximum Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder as set
forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and/or the related
Mortgage Note.
Liquidation Proceeds : Cash, other than
Insurance Proceeds, received in connection with the liquidation of
a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment
of such Mortgage Loan, trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or
otherwise, or the sale of the related Mortgaged Property if the
Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the Mortgage
Loan.
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV : With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the outstanding
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan as of the related origination
Date to the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the
acquisition of the related Mortgaged Property, the purchase price
of the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI Loan : A
Mortgage Loan with a LPMI Policy.
LPMI Policy : A policy of mortgage guaranty insurance as obtained by the
Purchaser, issued by a Qualified Insurer pursuant to which the
related premium is to be paid by the Company from payments of
interest made by the Mortgagor.
LPMI Fee : With respect to each LPMI
Loan, the portion of the Mortgage Interest Rate as set forth on the
related Mortgage Loan Insurance Coverage Schedule as provided by
the Purchaser to the Company (which shall be payable solely from
the interest portion of Monthly Payments, Insurance Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds), which, during such
period prior to the required cancellation of the LPMI Policy, shall
be used to pay the premium due on the related LPMI Policy.
Master Servicer : Has the meaning set
forth in Section 12.22.
MERS : Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors in
interest.
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan :
Mortgage Loans for which (a) the Company has designated MERS as the
mortgagee of record, as nominee for the Company and (b) the Company
has designated or will designate the Purchaser as the Investor on
the MERS System.
MERS Identification Number : The
eighteen digit number permanently assigned to each MERS Designated
Mortgage Loan.
MERS Procedures Manual : The MERS
Procedures Manual, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
MERS System : MERS Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., or any successor thereto.
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Monthly Advance : The portion of
Monthly Payment delinquent with respect to each Mortgage Loan at
the close of business on the Determination Date required to be
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 6.03 on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date of the related
month.
Monthly Payment : The scheduled monthly
payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage : The mortgage, deed of trust
or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a first
or second lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real
property securing the Mortgage Note or a lien upon a leasehold
estate, as the case may be.
Mortgage File : The items pertaining to
a particular Mortgage Loan referred to in Exhibit B hereto, and
any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File
pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy :
A mortgage impairment or blanket hazard insurance policy as
described in Section 5.11.
Mortgage Interest Rate : With respect
to each fixed rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed annual rate of interest
borne on a Mortgage Note. With respect to each ARM Mortgage Loan,
the annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Note, as adjusted
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage Interest Rate Cap : With
respect to each ARM Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage
Interest Rate adjustment as set forth in the related Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage Loan : An individual Mortgage
Loan which is the subject of this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan
originally sold and subject to this Agreement being identified on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule annexed as Annex 1 to the related
Acknowledgment and Conveyance Agreement, which Mortgage Loan
includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Monthly
Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds and all
other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in
connection with such Mortgage Loan, except for the servicing rights
related thereto which are retained by the Company.
Mortgage Loan Documents : The documents
contained in the Mortgage File pertaining to each Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage Loan Package : A group of
Mortgage Loans sold to the Purchaser by the Company on a Closing
Date and set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule annexed to the
related Acknowledgment and Conveyance Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate : With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest remitted
to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to the Mortgage Interest
Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate.
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Mortgage Loan Schedule : A schedule of
Mortgage Loans annexed as Annex 1 to each Acknowledgment and
Conveyance Agreement, each such schedule setting forth the data and
information listed on Exhibit A-2 with respect to each Mortgage
Loan.
Mortgage Note : The note or other
evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a
Mortgage.
Mortgaged Property : The real property
(or leasehold estate, if applicable) securing repayment of the debt
evidenced by a Mortgage Note.
Mortgagor : The obligor on a Mortgage
Note.
Officer’s Certificate : A
certificate signed by (a) the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President and (b)
the Treasurer, the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries of the Company, and delivered to the
Purchaser as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel : A written opinion
of counsel, who may be an employee of the Company, reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser, provided that any Opinion of Counsel
relating to (a) qualification of the Mortgage Loans in a REMIC
or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, must be an
opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of the
Company and any Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans,
(ii) does not have any material direct or indirect financial
interest in the Company or any Master Servicer of the Mortgage
Loans or in an Affiliate of any such entity and (iii) is not
connected with the Company or any Master Servicer of the Mortgage
Loans as an officer, employee, director or person performing
similar functions.
Pass-Through Transfer : Any transaction
involving either (1) a sale or other transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in
connection with an issuance of publicly offered or privately
placed, rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities or (2) an
issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated
securities, the payments on which are determined primarily by
reference to one or more portfolios of residential mortgage loans
consisting, in whole or in part, of some or all of the Mortgage
Loans.
Periodic Rate Cap : The provision of
the Mortgage Note related to each ARM Mortgage Loan which provides
for an absolute maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate
therein may increase or decrease on an Interest Rate Adjustment
Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in
effect. The Periodic Rate Cap for each ARM Mortgage Loan is the
rate set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Person : Any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
PMI Policy : A policy of primary
mortgage guaranty insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer, solely
with respect to those Mortgage Loans that have such a
policy.
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Prepayment Charge : With respect to any
Mortgage Loan and Remittance Date, the charges or premiums, if any,
due in connection with a full or partial prepayment of such
Mortgage Loan during the immediately preceding Principal Prepayment
Period in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.
Prepayment Interest Excess : With
respect to any Remittance Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the
subject of a Principal Prepayment during the period from the
related Due Date to the end of the related Prepayment Period, any
payment of interest received in connection therewith (net the
related Servicing Fee) representing interest accrued for any
portion of such month of receipt.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall Amount :
With respect to any Mortgage Loan that was subject to a Principal
Prepayment in full or in part during any Due Period, which
Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan prior to
such Mortgage Loan’s Due Date in such Due Period, the amount
of interest (net the related Servicing Fee) that would have accrued
on the amount of such Principal Prepayment during the period
commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment was
applied to such Mortgage Loan and ending on the day immediately
preceding such Due Date, inclusive.
Prime Rate : The prime rate announced
to be in effect from time to time, as published as the average rate
in The Wall Street Journal .
Principal Prepayment : Any payment or
other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in
advance of its scheduled Due Date, including any prepayment penalty
or premium thereon and which is not accompanied by an amount of
interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates
in any month or months subsequent to the month of
prepayment.
Principal Prepayment Period : The
period beginning on the 16 th day of the preceding the
month in which the related Remittance Date occurs and ending on the
15 th day of the month in which such Remittance Date
occurs.
Purchase Price : The price paid on the
related Closing Date by the Purchaser to the Company in exchange
for the Mortgage Loans as calculated in Article III of this
Agreement.
Purchase Price and Terms Letter : With
respect to each purchase of a Mortgage Loan Package hereunder, that
certain letter agreement by and between the Company and the
Purchaser setting forth the general terms, conditions and portfolio
characteristics for each Mortgage Loan Package to be purchased
hereunder as of any Closing Date.
Purchaser : Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB
or its successor in interest or assigns under this Agreement as
herein provided.
Qualified Appraiser : An appraiser who
had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or
in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is
not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan,
and such appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser both
satisfy the requirements of Title XI of the Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage
Loan was originated.
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Qualified Depository : A depository the
accounts of which are insured by the FDIC through the BIF or the
SAIF and the debt obligations of which are rated in the two highest
short term ratings by Standard & Poor’s, A Division of
The McGraw Hill Companies.
Qualified Insurer : A mortgage guaranty
insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required by
law to transact mortgage guaranty insurance business.
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan : A
mortgage loan eligible to be substituted by the Company for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution,
(i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of all
scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case
of a substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance), not in excess of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii)
have a Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate not less than and not more
than 2% greater than the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to maturity not
greater than and not more than one year less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a Gross Margin not less than that
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a Lifetime Rate Cap not less
than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a Periodic Rate
Cap not less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vii) comply
with each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 3.01
and 3.02; and (viii) be a REMIC Eligible Mortgage Loan.
Rating Agency : Any of Fitch, Inc.,
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &
Poor’s Rating Services, A Division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or their respective successors, as applicable, or
such other applicable rating agency.
Reconstitution : Any Pass-Through
Transfer, Whole Loan Transfer or Agency Transfer.
Reconstitution Agreement : The
agreement or agreements entered into by the Purchaser and/or
certain third parties on the Reconstitution Date(s) with respect to
any or all of the Mortgage Loans in a particular Mortgage Loan
Package, in connection with a Pass-Through Transfer, an Agency
Transfer or a Whole Loan Transfer.
Reconstitution Date : The date or dates
on which any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced under this
Agreement shall be removed from this Agreement and reconstituted as
part of a Pass-Through Transfer pursuant to Section 8.01.
Regulation AB : Subpart 229.1100 -
Mortgage Loan Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Mortgage
Loan-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed.
Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff
from time to time.
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REMIC : A "real estate mortgage
investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the
Code.
REMIC Documents : The document or
documents creating and governing the administration of a
REMIC.
REMIC Eligible Mortgage Loan : A
Mortgage Loan held by a REMIC which satisfies and/or complies with
all applicable REMIC Provisions.
REMIC Provisions : Provisions of the
federal income tax law relating to a REMIC, which appear at Section
860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to
time or any successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S.
Department of the Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto, and
related provisions, and regulations, rulings or pronouncements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time.
Remittance Date : The 24th day (or if
such 24th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day
immediately following) of any month.
REO Disposition : The final sale by the
Company of any REO Property.
REO Disposition Proceeds : All amounts
received with respect to an REO Disposition pursuant to Section
5.16.
REO Property : A Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Company on behalf of the Purchasers through
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in
Section 5.16.
Repurchase Price : As defined in the
related Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
SAIF : The Savings Association
Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Mortgage Loan : A Mortgage
Loan secured by a second lien on the related Mortgaged
Property.
Securities Act : The Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
Servicing Advances : All customary,
reasonable and necessary "out of pocket" costs and expenses other
than Monthly Advances (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Company of
its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost
of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of the
Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including foreclosures, (c) the management and liquidation of any
REO Property and (d) compliance with the obligations under this
Agreement, including without limitation, Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.08,
5.10, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, and 5.16.
Servicing Fee : With respect to each
Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual fee the Purchaser shall pay
to the Company, which shall, for a period of one full month, be
equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee Rate
and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan.
Such fee shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis of the
same principal amount and period respecting which any related
interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is computed. The obligation of
the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the
Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation
Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, to the
extent permitted by Section 5.05) of such Monthly Payment collected
by the Company.
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Servicing Fee Rate : 0.50%, or such
other amount as set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter.
Servicing File : With respect to each
Mortgage Loan the file retained by the Company consisting of
originals of all documents in the Mortgage File, which are not
delivered to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee, and
copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents listed on Exhibit B
hereto.
Stated Principal Balance : As to each
Mortgage Loan, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at
the related Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of
principal due on or before such date, whether or not received,
minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or
recoveries of principal or advances in lieu thereof.
Subservicer : Any Subservicer which is
subservicing the Mortgage Loans pursuant to a Subservicing
Agreement. Any subservicer shall meet the qualifications set forth
in Section 5.01.
Subservicing Agreement : An agreement
between the Company and a Subservicer for the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans.
Texas Home Equity Loan : An extension
of credit described in Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI of the Texas
Constitution.
Underwriting Guidelines : The
underwriting guidelines of the Company attached as Annex 3 to the
related Acknowledgment and Conveyance Agreement.
Whole Loan Transfer : The sale or
transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans to a third party
purchaser in a whole loan transaction pursuant to a loan purchase,
warranties and servicing agreement or a participation and servicing
agreement, or similar agreement, retaining the Company as
"servicer" thereunder.
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ARTICLE II.
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION
OF MORTGAGE FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Mortgage Files;
Maintenance of Servicing Files .
On each Closing Date, the Company, simultaneously
with the execution and delivery of the related Acknowledgment and
Conveyance Agreement, does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over
and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse, but subject to the
terms of this Agreement, all right, title and interest of the
Company in and to the Mortgage Loans included in the related
Mortgage Loan Package, together with Mortgage Files and all rights
and obligations arising under the documents contained therein for
each Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, on or prior to
each Closing Date, the Company shall deliver the Mortgage Loan
Documents for each Mortgage Loan included in the related Mortgage
Loan Package to the Purchaser or its designee. The contents of each
Servicing File required to be retained by the Company to service
the Mortgage Loans included in the related Mortgage Loan Package
pursuant to this Agreement and thus not delivered to the Purchaser
are and shall be held in trust by the Company for the benefit of
Purchaser as the owner thereof. The Company’s possession of
any portion of the Servicing File is at the will of the Purchaser
for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of the related
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement, and such retention and
possession by the Company shall be in a custodial capacity only.
The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, and the contents of
the Mortgage File and Servicing File are vested in the Purchaser
and the ownership of all records and documents required to be
included in the Mortgage File and Servicing File but not delivered
or received until after the Closing Date, shall immediately vest in
the Purchaser and shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by
the Company at the will of the Purchaser in such custodial capacity
only. The Servicing File retained by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement shall be appropriately marked to clearly reflect the sale
of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Company shall
release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File
retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement, except when
such release is required in connection with a repurchase of any
such Mortgage Loan pursuant hereto.
Section 2.02. Books and Records; Transfers of Mortgage Loans .
Record title to each Mortgage and the related
Mortgage Note as of the applicable Closing Date shall be in the
name of the Purchaser or as the Purchaser shall designate. All
rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but not limited
to, all funds received by the Company after the related Cut-off
Date on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be vested in
the Purchaser; provided, however, that all funds received on or in
connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be received and held by the
Company in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser as owner of the
Mortgage Loans, for the sole purpose of servicing the Mortgage
Loans.
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The sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected
on the Company’s balance sheet and other financial statements
as a sale of assets by the Company. The Company shall be
responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of
books and records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be marked
clearly to reflect the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the
Purchaser.
The Company shall maintain with respect to each
Mortgage Loan and shall make available for inspection by any
Purchaser or its designee the related Servicing File during the
time the Purchaser retains ownership of a Mortgage Loan and
thereafter in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations.
Section 2.03. Custodial Agreement; Delivery of Documents .
Not later than the date set forth in the related
Purchase Price and Terms Letter, the Company shall deliver to the
Custodian those Mortgage Loan Documents as required by this
Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Loan Package, a list of which is attached as Exhibit
B hereto.
On or prior to the related Closing Date, the
Custodian shall have certified its receipt of all such Mortgage
Loan Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement, as evidenced by the initial certification of the
Custodian in the form annexed to the Custodial Agreement. The
Purchaser shall be responsible for maintaining the Custodial
Agreement and shall pay all fees and expenses of the
Custodian. On the
related Closing Date, the Company shall release any interest that
it has in the Mortgage Loan Documents upon its receipt of the
Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans.
Within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company
of any notice from the Purchaser or the Custodian that any of the
Mortgage Loan Documents is missing or appears to be unrelated to
the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (each,
a " Material Defect "), the Company shall cure such Material
Defect. If the Company does not so cure such Material Defect, it
shall, if such Material Defect would under Accepted Servicing
Practices reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the value of the Mortgage Loan, repurchase the related Mortgage
Loan at the Repurchase Price.
The Company shall forward to the Custodian
original documents evidencing an assumption, modification,
consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in
accordance with Section 5.01 or 7.01 in a timely manner upon their
execution, provided, however, that the Company, in the event such
document was submitted for recordation, shall provide the Custodian
with a certified true copy of any such document in a timely manner
and shall provide the original of such document submitted for
recordation within 270 days of its submission for
recordation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Section 2.03, in the event any Mortgage Loan Document
is missing due to a delay caused by the public recording office in
returning any such Mortgage Loan Document, upon the written request
of the Purchaser, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian,
within 270 days of the related Closing Date, an Officer’s
Certificate which shall (i) identify the missing Mortgage Loan
Document, and (ii) state that the Mortgage Loan Document has not
been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the
public recording office, and (iii) specify the date the applicable
recorded document most likely will be delivered to the Custodian.
The Company shall make best efforts to deliver to the Custodian the
applicable recorded document by the date specified in (iv) above.
An extension of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested
from the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
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The Company shall deliver a final Mortgage Loan
Schedule for the Mortgage Loans included in any Mortgage Loan
Package to be purchased on any Closing Date to the Purchaser no
later than the date set forth in the related Purchase Price and
Terms Letter.
Section 2.04. MERS Designated Mortgage Loans.
With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage
Loan, the Company shall, within a reasonable time following the
related Closing Date, designate the Purchaser as the Investor and
the Custodian as custodian, and no Person shall be listed as
Interim Funder on the MERS System.
ARTICLE III.
PURCHASE PRICE
The Purchase Price shall be the percentage of par
as stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter (subject
to the adjustments as provided therein), multiplied by the
aggregate scheduled principal balance, as of the related Cut-off
Date, of the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, after application of payments of principal received on or
before the related Cut-off Date. The initial principal amount of
the Mortgage Loans shall be the aggregate scheduled principal
balance of such Mortgage Loans, so computed as of the related
Cut-off Date. On each Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deduct from
the Purchase Price proceeds certain costs and expenses set forth in
Article XIII or in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter.
In addition to the Purchase Price as described
above, the Purchaser shall pay to the Company, on the related
Closing Date, accrued interest on the initial principal amount of
the Mortgage Loans at the weighted average Mortgage Loan Remittance
Rate from the related Cut-off Date through the day prior to the
related Closing Date, inclusive.
The Purchase Price shall be paid on the related
Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available federal
funds.
The Purchaser shall be entitled to (i) all
principal received after the related Cut-off Date, (ii) all other
recoveries of late charges, assumption fees or other charges
collected after the related Cut-off Date, and (iii) all payments of
interest on the Mortgage Loans at the Mortgage Interest Rate. The
principal balance of each Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off
Date is determined after application of payments of principal
received on or before the related Cut-off Date. All payments of
principal and interest (minus interest at the Servicing Fee Rate)
due on the first day of the month after the related Cut-off Date
shall belong to the Purchaser.
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ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES;
REMEDIES AND BREACH
Section 4.01. Company Representations and Warranties .
The Company, as a condition to the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, makes the following
representations and warranties to the Purchaser that, as of each
Closing Date:
(a) Due
Organization and Authority . The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all licenses
necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is
licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state where a
Mortgaged Property is located if the laws of such state require
licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the type
conducted by the Company, and in any event the Company is in good
standing with the laws of each state to the extent necessary to
ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan and the
servicing of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement; the Company has the full corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform in
accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Company and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
and validly authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of the Company; and all requisite
corporate action has been taken by the Company to make this
Agreement valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its
terms;
(b) Ordinary
Course of Business . The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of
business of the Company, and the transfer, assignment and
conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or
any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction;
(c) No
Conflicts . Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the acquisition of the Mortgage Loans by the Company,
the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or the transactions
contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
the Company’s charter or by-laws or any legal restriction or
any agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a party or
by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an
acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which
the Company or its property is subject, or impair the ability of
the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value
of the Mortgage Loans;
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(d) Ability to
Service . The Company is an approved seller/servicer of
conventional residential mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac, with the facilities, procedures, and experienced personnel
necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same
type as the Mortgage Loans. The Company is in good standing to sell
mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, and no event has occurred, including but not limited
to a change in insurance coverage, which would make the Company
unable to comply with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eligibility
requirements or which would require notification to either Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac;
(e) Reasonable
Servicing Fee . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Servicing Fee, as calculated at the Servicing Fee Rate, represents
reasonable compensation for performing such services and that the
entire Servicing Fee shall be treated by the Company, for
accounting and tax purposes, as compensation for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
Agreement.
(f) Ability to
Perform . The Company does not believe, nor does it have any
reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every
covenant contained in this Agreement. The Company is solvent and
the sale of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the Company to become
insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with
the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the Company’s
creditors;
(g) No Litigation
Pending . There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company which, either in any one instance or
in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of
the Company, or in any material impairment of the right or ability
of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now
conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Company,
or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or
the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in
connection with the obligations of the Company contemplated herein,
or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the
Company to perform under the terms of this Agreement;
(h) No Consent
Required . No consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of or compliance
by the Company with this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, the
delivery of a portion of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian or the
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if required,
such approval has been obtained prior to the related Closing
Date;
(i) Selection
Process . The Mortgage Loans were not intentionally selected
in a manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the
Purchaser;
(j) No Untrue
Information . Neither this Agreement nor any statement,
report or other document created and furnished by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of fact or omits
to state a fact necessary to make the statements contained therein
not misleading;
(k) Sale
Treatment . The Company has determined that the disposition
of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement will be afforded
sale treatment for accounting and tax purposes;
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(l) No Broker
Fees . The Company has not dealt with any broker, agent or
other person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation
in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
(m) Financial
Statements . The Company has delivered to the Purchaser
financial statements as to its last three complete fiscal years and
any later quarter ended more than 60 days prior to the execution of
this Agreement. All such financial statements fairly present the
pertinent results of operations and changes in financial position
at the end of each such period of the Company and its subsidiaries
and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, except as set forth in the notes thereto. There has been
no change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Company since the date of the
Company’s financial statements that would have a material
adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(n) Fair
Consideration . The consideration received by the Company
upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement
constitutes fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for
the Mortgage Loans;
(o) MERS .
The Company is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply
in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in
connection with the servicing of the MERS Designated Mortgage Loans
for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS;
and
(p) Company’s Origination . The Company’s
decision to originate any mortgage loan or to deny any mortgage
loan application is an independent decision based upon the related
Underwriting Guidelines, and is in no way made as a result of
Purchaser’s decision to purchase, or not to purchase, or the
price Purchaser may offer to pay for, any such mortgage loan, if
originated.
Section 4.02. Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage
Loans .
As to each Mortgage Loan, the Company hereby
represents and warrants to the Purchaser that as of the related
Closing Date:
(a) Mortgage
Loans as Described . The information set forth in the
related Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct in all
material respects;
(b) Payments
Current . All payments required to be made up to the related
Closing Date on the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage
Note have been made and credited. Unless otherwise set forth in the
related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, (i) no payment required
under the Mortgage Loan is delinquent nor has any payment under the
Mortgage Loan been delinquent for thirty (30) days or more in the
twelve (12) months preceding such Closing Date and (ii) no payment
required under the Mortgage Loan is delinquent;
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(c) No
Outstanding Charges . There are no defaults in complying
with the terms of the Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental
assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal
charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became
due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been
established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item
which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due
and payable. The Company has not advanced funds, or induced,
solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party
other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment
of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest
accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement
of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the day
which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment
of principal and interest;
(d) Original
Terms Unmodified . The terms of the Mortgage Note and
Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any
respect, except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if
necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser and which has
been or will be delivered to the Purchaser or its designee in
accordance with this Agreement. The substance of any such waiver,
alteration or modification has been approved by the issuer of any
PMI Policy (if any) and the title insurer, to the extent required
by the policy, and its terms are reflected on the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part,
except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the
issuer of any related PMI Policy (if any) and the title insurer, to
the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement
is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Purchaser or its
designee and the terms of which are reflected in the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(e) No
Defenses . The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without
limitation the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of
the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of
any right thereunder, render either 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
without limitation the defense of usury, and no such right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto;
(f) Hazard
Insurance . Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all
buildings or other improvements 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. If
upon origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was
in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards a
life-of-loan flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the
current guidelines of the Federal Flood Insurance Administration is
in effect which policy conforms to the requirements of Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac. Such flood insurance shall be with a Qualified
Insurer. All individual insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Company and its successors and assigns
as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage
obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance
policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the
Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the
Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such
Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement
therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or
regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose
the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy
is not a "master" or "blanket" hazard insurance policy covering a
condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common
facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance
policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer and is in
full force and effect. The Company has not engaged in, and has no
knowledge of the Mortgagor or any subservicer having engaged in,
any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any such
policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the
validity and binding effect of either, including without
limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful
compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received,
retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or
entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or
realized by the Company;
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(g) Compliance
with Applicable Laws . At origination, any and all
requirements of any applicable federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate
settlement procedures, anti-predatory and abusive lending, consumer
credit protection, equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws
applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been complied with, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
involve the violation of any such applicable laws or
regulations;
(h) No
Satisfaction of Mortgage . The Mortgage has not been
satisfied, canceled, subordinated or 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 release, cancellation,
subordination or rescission. The Company has not waived the
performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the
Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the
Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the Company waived any
default resulting from any action or inaction by the
Mortgagor;
(i) Location and
Type of Mortgaged Property . The Mortgaged Property is a fee
simple property or leasehold estate located in the state identified
in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and consists of a single
parcel of real property with a detached single family residence
erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an
individual condominium unit in a low-rise condominium project, or
an individual unit in a planned unit development or a manufactured
dwelling permanently affixed to the ground. None of the Mortgaged
Properties are rural properties, mobile homes, log homes, geodesic
homes or other unique property. No portion of the Mortgaged
Property is used for commercial purposes, and since the date of
origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used for
commercial purposes;
(j) Pool
Characteristics . The pool characteristics with respect to
the Mortgage Loans included in the related Mortgage Loan Package
are set forth in the related Acknowledgment and Conveyance
Agreement and are true and complete in all material
respects;
(k) Valid First
or Second Lien . With respect to any First Lien Mortgage
Loan, the related Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and
perfected first lien on the Mortgaged Property, and, with respect
to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage is a valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected second lien on the Mortgaged
Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property, and
all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with
respect to the foregoing. Such lien is free and clear of all
adverse claims, liens and encumbrances having priority over the
first or second lien, as applicable, of the Mortgage subject only
to:
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(i) with respect to
any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the related First Lien Mortgage
Loan;
(ii) the lien of
current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable;
(iii) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable
to mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically
referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered
to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (i) referred to or
to otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of
the Mortgage Loan or (ii) which do not adversely affect the
appraised value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such
appraisal; and
(iv) 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.
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or
equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the
Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, subsisting and
enforceable (A) first lien and first priority security interest
with respect to each First Lien Mortgage Loan, or (B) second lien
and second priority security interest with respect to each Second
Lien Mortgage Loan, in either case, on the property described
therein and the Company has full right to sell and assign the same
to the Purchaser;
(l) Validity of
Mortgage Documents . The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and
any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in
connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in
accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage and any other related agreement had legal capacity to
enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other related agreement, and
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other related agreement
have been duly and properly executed by such parties. The
documents, instruments and agreements submitted for loan
underwriting were not falsified by the Company, or, to the best of
the Company’s knowledge, any other party, and contain no
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the information
and statements therein not misleading. The Company has reviewed all
of the documents constituting the Servicing File and has made such
inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of
the representations set forth herein;
(m) No
Fraud . No error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence,
fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has
taken place on the part of the Company and, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, the Mortgagor, the appraiser, any
builder or developer, or any other party involved in the
origination of the Mortgage Loan or, in the application of any
insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan;
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(n) Full
Disbursement of Proceeds . The Mortgage Loan has been closed
and the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and
there is no requirement for future advances 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 were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund
of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage;
(o) Ownership . The Company is the sole owner of record and
holder of the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan is not assigned or
pledged, and the Company has good and marketable title thereto, and
has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan therein to
the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity,
participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim 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 each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and
following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser will own
such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity,
participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security
interest;
(p) Doing
Business . All parties which have had any interest in the
Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or
otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and
disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all
applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein
the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) (i) organized under the
laws of such state, (ii) qualified to do business in such state,
(iii) federal savings and loan associations, savings banks or
national banks having principal offices in such state, or (iv) not
doing business in such state;
(q) Title
Insurance . The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA
lender’s title insurance policy or other generally acceptable
form of policy of insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer qualified
to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is
located, insuring the Company, its successors and assigns, as to
the first priority lien of the Mortgage with respect to First Lien
Mortgage Loans and as to the second priority lien of the Mortgage
with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans in the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan subject only to the
exceptions contained in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the "Valid
First or Second Lien" representation of this Section 4.02, and with
respect to each ARM Mortgage Loan, against any loss by reason of
the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage
Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by applicable
state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the
opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title
insurance. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy
affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments
by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The
Company, its successors and assigns, are the sole insureds of such
lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s
title insurance policy is valid and remains in full force and
effect. No claims have been made under such lender’s title
insurance policy, and no prior holder of the Mortgage, including
the Company, has done, by act or omission, anything which would
impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy
including without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback
or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or
will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or
other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been
received, retained or realized by the Company;
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(r) No
Defaults . There is no default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note
and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the
expiration of any applicable grace or cure period, would constitute
a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and neither
the Company nor its predecessors have waived any default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration. With respect to each Second
Lien Mortgage Loan, (i) the First Lien Mortgage Loan is in full
force and effect, (ii) there is no default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration existing under such prior mortgage or the
related mortgage note, (iii) there is no event which, with the
passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or
cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
of acceleration thereunder, and either (A) the prior mortgage
contains a provision which allows or (B) applicable law requires,
the mortgagee under the Second Lien Mortgage Loan to receive notice
of, and affords such mortgagee an opportunity to cure any default
by payment in full or otherwise under the prior mortgage;
(s) No
Mechanics’ Liens . 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 the law could
give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property
which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with,
the lien of the related Mortgage;
(t) Location of
Improvements; No Encroachments . All improvements which were
considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged
Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction
lines of the Mortgaged Property, no improvements on adjoining
properties to which value was assigned encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property and the value of the Mortgaged Property is not diminished
by any improvements on adjoining properties which encroach the
Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the
Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation;
(u) Origination;
Payment Terms . At the time the Mortgage Loan was
originated, the originator was a mortgagee approved by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203
and 211 of the National Housing Act or a savings and loan
association, a savings bank, a commercial bank or similar
institution which is supervised and examined by a Federal or State
authority. The Mortgage Interest Rate is (a) with respect to fixed
rate Mortgage Loans, the fixed interest rate set forth in the
Mortgage Note and (b) with respect to ARM Mortgage Loans, adjusted
on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Documents and rounded as required under Accepted Servicing
Practices and subject to the Mortgage Interest Rate Cap, the
Periodic Rate Cap and the Lifetime Rate Cap. Except with respect to
any Balloon Mortgage Loan as indicated on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule, the Mortgage Note is payable in equal monthly
installments of principal and interest, with interest calculated
and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan
fully by the stated maturity date, over an original term of not
more than thirty years from commencement of amortization. The
Mortgage Interest Rate, as well as the Lifetime Rate Cap, the
Periodic Rate Cap and the Mortgage Interest Rate Cap, are as set
forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. No ARM Mortgage Loan contains
terms whereby the Mortgagor is permitted to convert the Mortgage
Loan to a fixed rate Mortgage Loan and no ARM Mortgage Loan
contains a negative amortization provision;
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(v) Customary
Provisions . The Mortgage contains 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, (i) in
the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by
trustee’s sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on,
or trustee’s sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the
proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to
deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property.
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
subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent
with respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption;
(w) Conformance
with Underwriting Guidelines; Underwriting Methodology . The
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting
Guidelines in effect at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated.
The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to
participants in the secondary mortgage market for similar types of
Mortgage Loans;
(x) Occupancy of
the Mortgaged Property . As of the related Closing Date, the
Mortgaged Property was lawfully occupied under applicable law and
all inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or
issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged
Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same,
including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire
underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the
appropriate authorities. The Mortgagor represented at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy
the Mortgaged Property as the Mortgagor’s primary residence,
if applicable;
(y) No Additional
Collateral . The Mortgage Note is not and has not been
secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding
Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security
agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in the "Valid First or
Second Lien" representation above;
(z) Loan-to-Value
Ratio; Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio . No Mortgage Loan has
an LTV or a CLTV of greater than 100%;
(aa) Deeds of
Trust . 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;
(bb) Acceptable
Investment . The Company has no knowledge of any
circumstances or conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the
Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor’s credit
standing that can reasonably be expected to cause private
institutional investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as an
unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become
delinquent, or adversely affect the value or marketability of the
Mortgage Loan;
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(cc) Ground
Leases . a Mortgaged Property is subject to, (i) the ground
lease is assignable or transferable; (ii) the ground lease will not
terminate earlier than five years after the maturity date of the
Mortgage Loan unless fee simple title will vest in the Mortgagor,
an owner’s association or cooperative corporation at an
earlier date; (iii) the ground lease does not provide for
termination of the lease in the event of lessee’s default
without the mortgagee being entitled to receive written notice of,
and a reasonable opportunity to cure the default; (iv) the ground
lease permits the mortgaging of the related Mortgaged Property; and
(v) the ground lease protects the mortgagee’s interests in
the event of a property condemnation;
(dd) Delivery of
Mortgage Documents . The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the
Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be
delivered by the Company under this Agreement have been or will be
delivered to the Purchaser or its designee in accordance with this
Agreement;
(ee) Condominiums/Planned Unit Developments . If the
Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or a planned unit
development (other than a de minimus planned unit development) such
condominium or planned unit development project meets
Company’s underwriting guidelines.
(ff) Manufactured
Homes . With respect to each Mortgage Loan secured by a
manufactured home: (i) the manufactured home is permanently affixed
to a foundation which is suitable for the soil conditions of the
site; (ii) all foundations, both perimeter and interior, have
footings that are located below the frost line; (iii) any wheels,
axles and trailer hitches are removed from the manufactured home;
(iv) the Mortgage Loan is covered under a standard real estate
title insurance policy or attorney’s title opinion or
certificate that identified the manufactured home as part of the
real property and insures or indemnifies against any loss if the
manufactured home is determined not to be part of the real
property. In no event shall any Mortgage Loan be secured by a
mobile home;
(gg) Due on
Sale . The Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for
the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold
or transferred without the prior written consent of the Mortgage
thereunder;
(hh) Transfer of
Mortgage Loans . If the Mortgage Loan is not a MERS
Designated Mortgage Loan, the Assignment of Mortgage is in
recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located;
(ii) No Buydown
Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests .
The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which
Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in
any separate account established by the Company, the Mortgagor or
anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than
the Mortgagor nor does it contain any other similar provisions
currently in effect 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;
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(jj) Consolidation of Future Advances . Any future advances
prior to the related Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the
outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the
secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest
rate or readjustment feature and single repayment term. The lien of
the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is
expressly insured as having the lien priority as indicated on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule by a title insurance policy, an endorsement
to the policy insuring the mortgagee’s consolidated interest
or by other title evidence acceptable to Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(kk) Mortgaged
Property Undamaged . There is no proceeding pending or, to
the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened for the total
or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged
Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement,
windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect
adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the
Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were
intended;
(ll) Collection
Practices; Escrow Payments . The origination and collection
practices used with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, and have been in all
respects in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and
in all material respects proper and prudent in the mortgage
origination and servicing business. With respect to escrow deposits
and Escrow Payments (other than with respect to Second Lien
Mortgage Loans for which the mortgagee under the prior mortgage
lien is collecting Escrow Payments), all such payments are in the
possession of the Company and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected
in full compliance with state and federal law. No escrow deposits
or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Company
have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. With
respect to each ARM Mortgage Loan, all Mortgage Interest Rate
adjustments have been made in compliance with federal law and the
terms of the Mortgage Note. The index used for the adjustment of
the Mortgage Interest Rate on each ARM Mortgage Loan is the Index.
The Company executed and delivered any and all notices required
under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and the Monthly
Payment adjustments for the period on and prior to the Closing
Date. Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state, federal
and local law has been properly paid and credited;
(mm) Appraisal . The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of
the related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the
Mortgage Loan application by a Qualified Appraiser;
(nn) Servicemembers’ Relief Act . The Mortgagor has not
notified the Company, and the Company has no knowledge of any
relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the
Servicemembers’ Relief Act or any other federal or state law
that would have the effect of suspending or reducing the
Mortgagor’s payment obligations under a Mortgage Loan or that
would prevent or restrict the ability of the Servicer to commence
or continue with the foreclosure of the Mortgage Loan;
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(oo) Environmental Matters . The Mortgaged Property is free
from any and all toxic or hazardous substances and there exists no
violation of any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or
regulation. There is no pending action or proceeding directly
involving any Mortgaged Property of which the Company is aware in
which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is
an issue; and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, nothing
further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of
each such law, rule or regulation consisting a prerequisite to use
and enjoyment of said property;
(pp) No
Construction Loans . No Mortgage Loan was made in connection
with (i) the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property
or (ii) facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged
Property;
(qq) Insurance . The Company has caused to be performed any
and all acts required by a mortgagee to preserve the rights and
remedies of the Purchaser in any insurance policies applicable to
the Mortgage Loans including, without limitation, any necessary
notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests
therein, and establishments of coinsured, joint loss payee and
mortgagee rights in favor of the Purchaser; No action, inaction, or
event has occurred and no state of fact exists or has existed that
has resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or
defense to coverage under any applicable pool insurance policy,
special hazard insurance policy, PMI Policy (if any) or bankruptcy
bond. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no
commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received
by the Company or any designee of the Company or any corporation in
which the Company or any officer, director, or employee had a
financial interest at the time of placement of such
insurance;
(rr) Regarding
the Mortgagor . The Mortgagor is one or more natural
persons;
(ss) Simple
Interest Mortgage Loans . None of the Mortgage Loans are
simple interest Mortgage Loans;
(tt) Single
Premium Credit Life Insurance . No Mortgagor was required to
purchase any credit life, disability, accident or health insurance
product or debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining
the extension of credit evidenced by the Mortgage Loan. No
Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single-premium credit life,
disability, accident or health insurance policy in connection with
the origination of the Mortgage Loan. No proceeds from any Mortgage
Loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies
as part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such
Mortgage Loan;
(uu) Mortgagor
Disclosure . All points, fees and charges (including finance
charges), whether or not financed, assessed, collected or to be
collected in connection with the origination and servicing of each
Mortgage Loan have been disclosed in writing to the Mortgagor in
accordance with applicable state and federal law and
regulation The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the
effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials
required by applicable law with respect to the making of adjustable
rate mortgage loans. The Company shall maintain such statement in
the Mortgage File;
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(vv) Tax Service
Contract Except with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which
Purchaser will obtain a tax service contract pursuant to Section
12.05, the Company has obtained a life of loan, transferable real
estate tax service on each Mortgage Loan and such contract is
assignable to the Purchaser without cost;
(ww) Flood
Certification Contract . Except with respect to the Mortgage
Loans for which Purchaser will obtain a flood certification
contract pursuant to Section 12.05, the Company has obtained a life
of loan, transferable flood certification contract for each
Mortgage Loan and such contract is assignable to the Purchaser or
the Purchaser’s designee without cost;
(xx) Recordation . Each original Mortgage was recorded and,
except for those Mortgage Loans subject to MERS, all subsequent
assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the assignment to
the Purchaser) have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions
wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof
as against creditors of the Company, or is in the process of being
recorded;
(yy) FICO
Scores. The FICO score of each Mortgage Loan is not less
than what is set forth on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(zz) Prepayment
Premium . With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a
provision permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment
prior to maturity: (i) the prepayment premium is enforceable and
will be enforced by the Company, (ii) the prepayment premium is
permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law With respect to
any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision permitting imposition
of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (i) prior to the
origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor agreed to such
premium in exchange for a monetary benefit, including but not
limited to a rate or fee reduction, (ii) prior to the origination
of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor was offered the option of
obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment of such a
premium, (iii) the prepayment premium is disclosed to the Mortgagor
in the Mortgage Loan Documents pursuant to applicable state and
federal law and notwithstanding any state or federal law to the
contrary or clause (i) above, the Company shall not impose such
prepayment premium in any instance when the mortgage debt is
accelerated as the result of the Mortgagor’s default in
making the loan payments and (vi) the prepayment premium is set
forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
(aaa) Predatory
Lending Regulations . No Mortgage Loan is subject to the
requirements of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of
1994. No Mortgage Loan is classified as a "high cost," "threshold,"
"abusive" or "predatory" loan or a similarly defined loan under any
applicable state, federal or local law (or similarly classified
loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened
regulatory scrutiny and additional legal assignee liability for
residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points
and/or fees). Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied
in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal
laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable anti-predatory
and abusive lending laws. No Mortgage Loan is classified as "High
Cost" as set forth in the current Standard & Poor’s
LEVELS® Glossary;
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(bbb) Higher Cost
Products . No Mortgagor was encouraged or required to select
a Mortgage Loan product offered by the Mortgage Loan’s
originator which is a higher cost product designed for less
creditworthy Mortgagors, unless at the time of the Mortgage
Loan’s origination, such Mortgagor did not qualify taking
into account credit history and debt to income ratios for a lower
cost credit product then offered by the Mortgage Loan’s
originator or any Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan’s
originator. If, at the time of loan application, the Mortgagor may
have qualified for a lower cost credit product then offered by any
mortgage lending Affiliate of the Mortgage Loan’s originator,
the Mortgage Loan’s originator referred the Mortgagor’s
application to such Affiliate for underwriting
consideration;
(ccc) Origination
Practices . No predatory or deceptive lending practices or
deceptive trade practices, including, without limitation, the
extension of credit without regard to the ability of the Mortgagor
to repay and the extension of credit which has no apparent benefit
to the Mortgagor, were employed in the origination of the Mortgage
Loan;
(ddd) Texas Home
Equity Loans . With respect to any Mortgage Loan which is a
Texas Home Equity Loan, any and all requirements of Section 50,
Article XVI of the Texas Constitution applicable to Texas Home
Equity Loans which were in effect at the time of the origination of
the Mortgage Loan have been complied with. Specifically, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any fees paid in
connection with such Mortgage Loan in order for the Mortgagor to
receive a reduced interest rate are not required to be included in
the calculation of the aggregate fees pursuant to Section
50(a)(6)(E) of the Texas Constitution;
(eee) Credit
Reporting . The Company has caused to be fully furnished, in
accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (i.e., favorable and
unfavorable) on its Mortgagor credit files to Equifax, Experian,
and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit
repositories), on a monthly basis. The Company shall have
transmitted full-file credit reporting data for each Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Fannie Mae Guide Announcement 95-19, and, for each
Mortgage Loan, the Company shall have reported one of the following
statuses each month as follows: new origination, current,
delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.), foreclosed, or
charged-off;
(fff) Second Lien
Mortgage Loans . Either (a) no consent for the Second Lien
Mortgage Loan is required by the holder of the related first lien
or (b) such consent has been obtained and is contained in the
Mortgage File; With respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the
Company has not received notice of: (a) any proceeding for the
total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property, (b) any
subsequent, intervening mortgage, lien, attachment, lis pendens or
other encumbrance affecting any Mortgaged Property or (c) any
default under any mortgage, lien or other encumbrance senior to
each Mortgage; With respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, where
required or customary in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located, the original lender has filed of record a
request for notice of any action by the senior lienholder under the
related First Lien Mortgage Loan, and the original lender has
notified any senior lienholder in writing of the existence of the
Second Lien Mortgage Loan and requested notification of any action
to be taken against the Mortgagor by the senior lienholder; no
Second Lien Mortgage Loan is a "home equity line of credit". As of
the related Closing Date, the Company has not received a notice of
default of a First Lien Mortgage Loan which has not been
cured;
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(ggg) Balloon
Mortgage Loans . No Mortgage Loan is a Balloon Mortgage Loan
that has an original stated maturity of less than seven (7)
years;
(hhh) Imaged
Documents . Any document to be included in the Mortgage File
that is delivered as an imaged document (and not accompanied by the
original underlying document) represents a true, complete, and
correct copy of the original document in all respects, including,
but not limited to, all signatures conforming with signatures
contained in the original document, no information having been
added or deleted, and no imaged document having been manipulated or
altered in any manner. Each imaged document is clear and legible in
all material respects, including, but not limited to, accurate
reproductions of photographs. The destruction by the Company of any
original document underlying an imaged document or the inability of
Company to produce a copy of such original document upon request
shall not cause (i) any material delay in the enforcement of the
Mortgage Loan resulting in a loss to the Purchaser, (ii) any
inability to collect all amounts due under the Mortgage Loan,
including without limitation, in connection with a foreclosure or
other sale of the Mortgaged Property, or (iii) any claims from
holders of mortgage-backed securities collateralized by the
Mortgage Loan;
(iii) FEMA
Designations . Except for a "Certified Mortgaged Property"
(as defined below), no Mortgaged Property (i) is in a zip code
declared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") as a
federal disaster area, (ii) has been declared by FEMA as being an
"Individual Assistance" property or "Category 1" property, or such
similar term(s) or classification(s) that may be used by FEMA from
time to time, as identified by the Purchaser prior to the related
Closing Date (a "FEMA Property"). A "Certified Mortgaged Property"
means a FEMA Property for which the Purchaser receives from the
Company a certified property inspection acceptable to the Purchaser
that evidences that such FEMA Property has not been materially
damaged at any time prior to the date of such report;
(jjj) REMIC
Status . The Mortgage Loan is a qualified mortgage for
inclusion in a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" for
federal income tax purposes; and
(kkk) Compliance
with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Company has established
an anti-money laundering compliance program to the extent required
by applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including
without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2003, and the laws and
regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control (" OFAC "), which prohibit
dealings with certain countries, territories, entities and
individuals named in OFAC’s Sanction Programs and on the
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. The
Mortgage Loans have been originated, and documentation related
thereto shall be maintained, in material compliance with such
program.
Section 4.03. Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties
.
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(a) It is understood
and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 4.01 and 4.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans
to the Purchaser and the delivery of the Mortgage Loan Documents to
the Purchaser (or its designee) and shall inure to the benefit of
the Purchaser, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified
endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the
examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon discovery
by either the Company or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest
of the Purchaser, or which materially and adversely affects the
interests of Purchaser in the related Mortgage Loan in the case of
a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage
Loan (in the case of any of the foregoing, a "Breach"), the party
discovering such Breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other. Within 90 days of the earlier of either discovery by or
notice to the Company of any Breach of a representation or
warranty, the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly cure
such Breach in all material respects and, if such Breach cannot be
cured, the Company shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price. In the event that a Breach shall involve any
representation or warranty of Company set forth in Section 4.01 and
such Breach cannot be cured within 90 days of the earlier of either
discovery by or notice to the Company of such Breach, all of the
Mortgage Loans shall, as the Purchaser’s option, be
repurchased by the Company at the Repurchase Price. However, if the
Breach shall involve a representation or warranty set forth in
Section 4.02 and the Company discovers or receives notice of any
such Breach within 120 days of the related Closing Date, the
Company shall, at the Purchaser’s option and provided that
the Company has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather than
repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove such
Mortgage Loan (a " Deleted Mortgage Loan ") and substitute
in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans,
provided that any such substitution shall be effected not later
than 120 days after the related Closing Date. If the Company has no
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the
deficient Mortgage Loan.
(b) With respect to
those representations and warranties which are made to the best of
the Company’s knowledge (except with respect to the "No
Fraud" representation and warranty contained in Section 4.02), if
it is discovered by the Company or the Purchaser that the substance
of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such
inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the
related Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Purchaser (or which
materially and adversely affects the value of a Mortgage Loan or
the interests of the Purchaser in the related Mortgage Loan in the
case of a representation and warranty relating to a particular
Mortgage Loan), notwithstanding the Company’s lack of
knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and
warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the
applicable representation and warranty.
(c) Any repurchase
of a Mortgage Loan or Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section 4.03 shall be accomplished by wire transfer of the
amount of the Repurchase Price to the Purchaser in accordance with
the Purchaser’s instructions.
(d) At the time of
repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the Company shall
arrange for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the
Company and the delivery to the Company of any documents held by
the Custodian relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event
of a repurchase or substitution, the Company shall, simultaneously
with such reassignment, give written notice to the Purchaser that
such repurchase or substitution has taken place, and the related
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be deemed amended to reflect the
withdrawal of the Deleted Mortgage Loan from this Agreement, and,
in the case of substitution, identify a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan and amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to
reflect the addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to
this Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, the
Company shall be deemed to have made as to such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan the representations and warranties set
forth in this Agreement except that all such representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made as of
the date of such substitution. The Company shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Custodian for such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan the documents required by Section 2.03. No
substitution will be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. The Company shall deposit in the
Custodial Account the Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due on
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans in the month
following the date of such substitution. Monthly Payments due with
respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution shall be retained by the Company. For the month of
substitution, distributions to Purchaser shall include the Monthly
Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of
substitution, and the Company shall thereafter be entitled to
retain all amounts subsequently received by the Company in respect
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
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For any month in which the Company substitutes a
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the
Company shall determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
principal balance of all Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of
the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application
of scheduled principal payments due in the month of substitution).
The amount of such shortfall shall be distributed by the Company in
the month of substitution pursuant to Section 5.01. Accordingly, on
the date of such substitution, the Company shall deposit from its
own funds into the Custodial Account an amount equal to the amount
of such shortfall.
(e) In addition to
the repurchase obligation set forth herein, the Company shall
indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, including without
limitation, 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 any representation or warranty made by
the Company. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of
the Company set forth in this Section 4.03 to cure, repurchase or
substitute for a defective Mortgage Loan and to indemnify the
Purchaser as provided in this Section 4.03 constitute the sole
remedies of the Purchaser respecting a Breach of the foregoing
representations and warranties.
Any cause of action against the Company relating
to or arising out of the Breach of any representations and
warranties made in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 shall accrue as to any
Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such Breach by the Purchaser or
notice thereof by the Company to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by the
Company to cure such Breach within the applicable cure period or
repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified above, and (iii) demand
upon the Company by the Purchaser for compliance with this
Agreement.
Section 4.04. Restrictions and Requirements Applicable in the Event that a
Mortgage Loan is Acquired by a REMIC.
In the event that any Mortgage Loan is held by a
REMIC, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement,
the following provisions shall be applicable to such Mortgage
Loan:
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(a) Repurchase of
Mortgage Loans . With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is
not in default or as to which no default is imminent, no repurchase
or substitution pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be made, unless, if
so required by the applicable REMIC Documents the Company has
obtained an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such repurchase
will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of such REMIC (as defined in Section 860F of the
Code) or otherwise subject the REMIC to tax, or (ii) cause the
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time.
(b) General
Servicing Obligations . The Company shall sell any REO
Property within three years after its acquisition by the REMIC
unless (i) the Company applies for an extension of such
three-year period from the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the
REMIC Provisions and Code Section 856(e)(3), in which event such
REO Property shall be sold within the applicable extension period,
or (ii) the Company obtains for the Purchaser an Opinion of
Counsel, addressed to the Purchaser and the Company, to the effect
that the holding by the REMIC of such REO Property subsequent to
such three year period will not result in the imposition of taxes
on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code
or cause the REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions or comparable provisions of relevant state laws at any
time. The Company shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each
REO Property for the Purchaser solely for the purpose of its prompt
disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) or result in the receipt by the REMIC
of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of
Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from
foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under Section
860G(a)(1) of the Code. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO
Property, the Company shall either itself or through an agent
selected by the Company protect and conserve such REO Property in
the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality
where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Purchaser, rent
the same, or any part thereof, as the Company deems to be in the
best interest of the Company and the Purchaser for the period prior
to the sale of such REO Property; provided, however, that any rent
received or accrued with respect to such REO Property qualifies as
"rents from real property" as defined in Section 856(d) of the
Code.
(c) Additional
Covenants . In addition to the provision set forth in this
Section 4.04, if a REMIC election is made with respect to the
arrangement under which any of the Mortgage Loans or REO Properties
are held, then, with respect to such Mortgage Loans and/or REO
Properties, and notwithstanding the terms of this Agreement, the
Company shall not take any action, cause the REMIC to take any
action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action
that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the
case may be, could (i) endanger the status of the REMIC as a
REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC
(including but not limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions"
as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on
"contributions" to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the
Code) unless the Company has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the
expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect
that the contemplated action will not endanger such REMIC status or
result in the imposition of any such tax.
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Section 4.05. Pre- Closing Due Diligence.
The Purchaser shall have the right to review the
portion of the Mortgage Files as set forth in the related Purchase
Price and Terms Letter and reject any Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the terms set forth therein. Any rejected Mortgage Loan shall
be removed from the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall make
available all files required by Purchaser in order to complete its
review. Any review performed by the Purchaser prior to the Closing
Date does not limit the Purchaser’s rights or the
Company’s obligations under this Agreement
thereafter.
ARTICLE V.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE
LOANS
Section 5.01. Company to Act as Servicer .
The Company, as an independent contractor, shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage
Loan Package from and after each Closing Date and shall have full
power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in
connection with such servicing and administration which the Company
may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with the terms of this
Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices.
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the
Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or
consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term
or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the
Company’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver,
modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse
to the Purchasers, provided, however, that the Company shall not
make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and
(unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage
Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Company, imminent
and the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the
Purchaser) the Company shall not permit any modification of any
material term of any Mortgage Loan including any modifications that
would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the
payment of principal or interest, reduce or increase the
outstanding principal balance (except for actual payments of
principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan.
In the event of any such modification which permits the deferral of
interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company
shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance
Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment
has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own
funds, in accordance with Section 6.03, the difference between (a)
such month’s principal and one month’s interest at the
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the unpaid principal balance of
such Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The
Company shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the
same extent as for all other advances made pursuant to Section
6.03. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute
and deliver on behalf of itself and the Purchasers, all instruments
of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release,
discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If
reasonably required by the Company, the Purchaser shall furnish the
Company with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary
or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties under this Agreement.
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In servicing and administering the Mortgage
Loans, the Company shall employ procedures (including collection
procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs
and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its
own account, giving due consideration to Accepted Servicing
Practices where such practices do not conflict with the
requirements of this Agreement, and the Purchaser’s reliance
on the Company.
The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by the
Subservicer on behalf of the Company provided that the Subservicer
is a servicer in good standing in the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization. The Company may perform any of its
servicing responsibilities hereunder or may cause the Subservicer
to perform any such servicing responsibilities on its behalf, but
the use by the Company of the Subservicer shall not release the
Company from any of its obligations hereunder and the Company shall
remain responsible hereunder for all acts and omissions of the
Subservicer as fully as if such acts and omissions were those of
the Company. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses of the
Subservicer from its own funds, and the Subservicer’s fee
shall not exceed the Servicing Fee.
At the cost and expense of the Company, without
any right of reimbursement from the Custodial Account, the Company
shall be entitled to terminate the rights and responsibilities of
the Subservicer and arrange for any servicing responsibilities to
be performed by a successor Subservicer meeting the requirements in
the preceding paragraph, provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit the Company, at the
Company’s option, from electing to service the related
Mortgage Loans itself. In the event that the Company’s
responsibilities and duties under this Agreement are terminated
pursuant to Section 9.04, 10.01 or 11.02, and if requested to do so
by the Purchaser, the Company shall at its own cost and expense
terminate the rights and responsibilities of the Subservicer as
soon as is reasonably possible. The Company shall pay all fees,
expenses or penalties necessary in order to terminate the rights
and responsibilities of the Subservicer from the Company’s
own funds without reimbursement from the Purchaser.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this
Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Company and the Subservicer or any reference herein to actions
taken through the Subservicer or otherwise, the Company shall not
be relieved of its obligations to the Purchaser and shall be
obligated to the same extent and under the same terms and
conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the
Mortgage Loans. The Company shall be entitled to enter into an
agreement with the Subservicer for indemnification of the Company
by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.
Any Subservicing Agreement and any other
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving
the Subservicer shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and
Company alone, and the Purchaser shall have no rights, obligations,
duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer including no
obligation, duty or liability of Purchaser to pay the
Subservicer’s fees and expenses. For purposes of
distributions and advances by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received a payment
on a Mortgage Loan when the Subservicer has received such
payment.
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With respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, if
the Company is notified that any First Lien lienholder has
accelerated or intends to accelerate the obligations secured by the
First Lien, or has declared or intends to declare a default under
the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note secured thereby, or has filed or
intends to file an election to have the Mortgaged Property sold or
foreclosed, the Company shall promptly notify the Purchaser of any
such notice from or action by the First Lien lienholder and of the
amount necessary to cure the default or reinstate the First Lien.
The Company shall further make recommendations to the Purchaser
(including note sales to third parties) so as to best protect the
Purchaser’s interest in and the security of the related
Mortgage Loan. If the Purchaser directs the Company to cure a
default under or otherwise reinstate a First Lien, the Purchaser
will advance to the Company necessary funds to cure the default or
reinstate the First Lien. The Company shall thereafter take
immediate action to recover from the Mortgagor the amount so
advanced. The Purchaser shall notify the Company in writing of any
and all action which it requests the Company to take.
In the event that the Company reasonably deems
that the factual circumstances require prompt action, the Company
may (but shall not be obligated to) without notice to the
Purchaser, advance the necessary funds to cure the default or
reinstate the First Lien so as to best protect the
Purchaser’s interest. The Company shall thereafter notify the
Purchaser of the action taken, including the amount of the advance.
Such advances shall be reimbursed to the Company from the Custodial
Account or Escrow Account, as applicable. The Company shall
thereafter take immediate action to recover from the Mortgagor the
amount so advanced .
Section 5.02. Liquidation of Mortgage Loans .
In the event that any payment due under any
Mortgage Loan and not postponed pursuant to Section 5.01 is not
paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the event the
Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under
the Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any applicable
grace period, the Company shall take such action as (a) the Company
would take under similar circumstances with respect to a similar
mortgage loan held for its own account for investment, (b) shall be
consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, (c) the Company shall
determine prudently to be in the best interest of Purchaser and (d)
is consistent with any related PMI Policy or LPMI Policy, if
applicable. In the event that any payment due under any Mortgage
Loan is not postponed pursuant to Section 5.01 and remains
delinquent for a period of 90 days or any other default continues
for a period of 90 days beyond the expiration of any grace or cure
period, the Company shall commence foreclosure proceedings,
provided that, prior to commencing foreclosure proceedings, the
Company shall notify the Purchaser in writing of the
Company’s intention to do so, and the Company shall not
commence foreclosure proceedings if the Purchaser objects to such
action within 3 Business Days of receiving such notice. In such
connection, the Company shall from its own funds make all necessary
and proper Servicing Advances, provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with
any foreclosure or towards the restoration or preservation of any
Mortgaged Property, unless it shall determine (a) that such
preservation, restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Purchaser after
reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (b) that such
expenses will be recoverable by it either through Liquidation
Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of
withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 5.05) or
through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar
priority).
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Section 5.03. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments .
The Company shall proceed diligently to collect
all payments due under each of the Mortgage Loans when the same
shall become due and payable and shall take special care in
ascertaining and estimating Escrow Payments and all other charges
that will become due and payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans
and each related Mortgaged Property, to the end that the
installments payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay
such charges as and when they become due and payable.
Section 5.04. Establishment of and Deposits to Custodial Account
.
The Company shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received pursuant to a Mortgage Loan separate and
apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall
establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, in the form
of time deposit or demand accounts, titled "Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., in trust for Lehman Brothers Bank, purchaser of Residential
Mortgage Loans, Group No. 2006-Flow". The Custodial Account shall
be established with a Qualified Depository. Any funds deposited in
the Custodial Account shall at all times be fully insured to the
full extent permitted under applicable law. Funds deposited in the
Custodial Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance with
Section 5.05. The creation of any Custodial Account shall be
evidenced by a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit C
hereto. A copy of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the
Purchaser and, upon request, to any subsequent purchaser of the
Mortgage Loans.
The Company shall deposit in the Custodial
Account within two Business Days of receipt, and retain therein,
the following collections received by the Company and payments made
by the Company after the Cut-off Date (other than payments of
principal and interest due on or before the related Cut-off Date,
or received by the Company prior to the related Cut-off Date but
allocable to a period subsequent thereto or with respect to each
LPMI Loan, in the amount of the LPMI Fee):
(i) all payments on
account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including all Principal
Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on
account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted to the Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate;
(iii) any Prepayment
Charge received in connection with the Mortgage Loans;
(iv) all Liquidation
Proceeds;
(v) all Insurance
Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 5.10 (other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account
and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with Section 5.14),
Section 5.11 and Section 5.15;
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(vi) all
Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration or
repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with Section 5.14;
(vii) any amounts
payable in connection with the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Section 4.03 and all amounts required to be deposited
by the Company in connection with a shortfall in principal amount
of any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
4.03;
(viii) any amounts
required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 5.11 in
connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard
insurance policy;
(ix) any amounts
required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 5.15 in
connection with any unpaid claims that are a result of a breach by
the Company or any subservicer of the obligations hereunder or
under the terms of an LPMI Policy;
(x) with respect to
each Principal Prepayment in full or in part, the Prepayment
Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, for the month of distribution.
Such deposit shall be made from the Company’s own funds,
without reimbursement therefor up to a maximum amount per month of
one-half the Servicing Fee actually received for such month for the
Mortgage Loans;
(xi) any amounts
received with respect to or related to any REO Property and all REO
Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section 5.16; and
(xii) any other
amount required to be deposited into the Custodial Account as set
forth in this Agreement.
The foregoing requirements for deposit into the
Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Ancillary Income need not be deposited by the Company into the
Custodial Account. Any interest paid on funds deposited in the
Custodial Account by the depository institution shall accrue to the
benefit of the Company and the Company shall be entitled to retain
and withdraw such interest from the Custodial Account pursuant to
Section 5.05.
Section 5.05. Permitted Withdrawals From Custodial Account .
The Company shall, from time to time, withdraw
funds from the Custodial Account for the following
purposes:
(i) to make payments
to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner provided for in
Section 6.01;
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(ii) to reimburse
itself for Monthly Advances of the Company’s funds made
pursuant to Section 6.03, the Company’s right to reimburse
itself pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts
received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late payments
of principal and/or interest respecting which any such advance was
made, it being understood that, in the case of any such
reimbursement, the Company’s right thereto shall be prior to
the rights of Purchaser, except that, where the Company is required
to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 4.03 or 8.02, the
Company’s right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent to
the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to
such sections and all other amounts required to be paid to the
Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to reimburse
itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and for any unpaid
Servicing Fees, the Company’s right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this subclause (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan
being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be
collected by the Company from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating
to the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of any
such reimbursement, the Company’s right thereto shall be
prior to the rights of Purchaser except where the Company is
required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 4.03 or
8.02, in which case the Company’s right to such reimbursement
shall be subsequent to the payment to the Purchasers of the
Repurchase Price pursuant to such sections and all other amounts
required to be paid to the Purchasers with respect to such Mortgage
Loan;
(iv) to pay itself
interest on funds deposited in the Custodial Account;
(v) to pay LPMI Fees
in accordance with Section 5.15;
(vi) to pay any
amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.16 related to any
REO Property, it being understood that in the case of any such
expenditure or withdrawal related to a particular REO Property, the
amount of such expenditure or withdrawal from the Custodial Account
shall be limited to amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account
with respect to the related REO Property;
(vii) to clear and
terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of this
Agreement; and
(viii) to withdraw
funds deposited in error.
In the event that the Custodial Account is
interest bearing, on each Remittance Date, the Company shall
withdraw all funds from the Custodial Account except for those
amounts which, pursuant to Section 6.01, the Company is not
obligated to remit on such Remittance Date. The Company may use
such withdrawn funds only for the purposes described in this
Section 5.05.
Section 5.06. Establishment of and Deposits to Escrow Account
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The Company shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received pursuant to a Mortgage Loan constituting
Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Escrow
Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled,
"Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., in trust for Lehman Brothers Bank,
purchaser of Residential Mortgage Loans, Group No. 2006-Flow, and
various Mortgagors". The Escrow Accounts shall be established with
a Qualified Depository, in a manner which shall provide maximum
available insurance thereunder. Funds deposited in the Escrow
Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance with Section
5.07. The creation of any Escrow Account shall be evidenced by a
letter agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto. A copy of
such letter agreement shall be furnished to the Purchaser and, upon
request, to any subsequent purchaser.
The Company shall deposit in the Escrow Account
or Accounts within two Business Days of receipt, and retain
therein:
(i) all Escrow
Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the
purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required
under the terms of this Agreement; and
(ii) all amounts
representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds which are
to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged
Property.
The Company shall make withdrawals from the
Escrow Account only to effect such payments as are required under
this Agreement, as set forth in Section 5.07. The Company shall be
entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the
Escrow Account by the depository institution, other than interest
on escrowed funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor. To
the extent required by law, the Company shall pay interest on
escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow
Account may be non-interest bearing or that interest paid thereon
is insufficient for such purposes.
Section 5.07. Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account .
Withdrawals from the Escrow Account or Accounts
may be made by the Company only:
(i) to effect timely
payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, mortgage
insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and hazard insurance
premiums or other items constituting Escrow Payments for the
related Mortgage;
(ii) to reimburse
the Company for any Servicing Advances made by the Company pursuant
to Section 5.08 with respect to a related Mortgage Loan, but only
from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent
late collections of Escrow Payments thereunder;
(iii) to refund to
any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the amounts
required under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan;
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(iv) for transfer to
the Custodial Account and application to reduce the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage and Mortgage Note;
(v) for application
to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property in accordance
with the procedures outlined in Section 5.14;
(vi) to pay to the
Company, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by law, any
interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow
Account;
(vii) to clear and
terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this Agreement;
and
(viii) to withdraw
funds deposited in error.
Section 5.08. Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges .
(a) With respect to
each Mortgage Loan which provides for Escrow Payments, the Company
shall maintain accurate records reflecting the status of ground
rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, and other
charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property
and the status of PMI Policy, if any, and LPMI Policy premiums (if
applicable) and fire and hazard insurance coverage and shall
obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such
charges (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment
thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date,
employing for such purpose deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow
Account which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the
Company in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under
the terms of the Mortgage. The Company assumes full responsibility
for the timely payment of all such bills and shall effect timely
payment of all such charges irrespective of each Mortgagor’s
faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the
Escrow Payments, and the Company shall make advances from its own
funds to effect such payments.
(b) To the extent
that a Mortgage Loan does not provide for Escrow Payments, the
Company shall determine that any such payments are made by the
Mortgagor at the time they first become due.
Section 5.09. Protection of Accounts .
The Company may tra
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