Common use of Company to Act as Servicer Clause in Contracts

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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.

Appears in 14 contracts

Samples: Master Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-12n), Master Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Securities Corp 2004-18h), Master Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-10n)

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Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, 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, with Accepted Servicing Practices and, in the case of any Mortgage Loan transferred to a REMIC, with the REMIC Provisions. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, and the generality Company's utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and subject to the REMIC Provisions if the Mortgage Loans have been transferred to a REMIC, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances, unless it has obtained other than Servicing Advances, with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the consent Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to of any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest or of any principalpayments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result except for actual payments of its actual receipt of payment of principal onprincipal) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with In the consent event of the Ownera default, the Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company's request. In the event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 when required, consistent with the foregoing restrictions. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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 Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.

Appears in 11 contracts

Samples: Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1ar), Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-8ar), Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner Loans, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Agreement, Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable law and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in connection with such servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable lawadministration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, the power and authority (1) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (2) to consent, with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services, to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (3) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loans it services, and (4) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan it services. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Purchaser in the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan, except as provided pursuant to Section 4.21. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. (b) The Company may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan it services by a Subservicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement; provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. The Company shall be solely liable for all fees owed to the Subservicer under the Subservicing Agreement, regardless whether the Company's compensation hereunder is adequate to pay such fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Company and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Company shall remain obligated and liable to the Purchaser for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans it services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Company alone were servicing and administering those Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as agent of the Company with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Company. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Company shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Purchaser, if the Purchaser has assumed the duties of the Company, or by any successor servicer, at the Purchaser's or successor servicer's option, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming or terminating party or its assigns. Any Subservicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer, shall be deemed to be between the Company and such Subservicer alone, and the Purchaser shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims or rights of action against, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities to or with respect to the Subservicer or its officers, directors or employees, except as set forth in Section 4.01(a).

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-3 Trust), Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-5 Trust), Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-2 Trust)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's ’s obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advancesand Monthly Advances , or to the Company's ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's ’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with In the consent event of the Owner, the Company any such modification which permits the deferral or reduction of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred or reduced, make a Monthly Advance in accordance with Section 5.03, in an amount equal to the difference between (a) such month’s principal and one month’s interest at the Remittance Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I all other Monthly Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ procedures (including collection procedures consistent with Customary Servicing Procedures and loss mitigation procedures consistent with Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac) 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 Customary Servicing Procedures where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement. The Company shall at all times comply strictly with all applicable state and federal regulations. The Company is authorized and empowered by the Owner, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Owner, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Owner and its successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (GSR 2006-Ar2), Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-4f), Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2f)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansrelated Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Fxxxxx Mxx Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management and disposition of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and any of the servicing provisions of the Fxxxxx Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Company. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of 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 Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer for more than ninety days or forgive any 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 has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and 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 4.04, 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 pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownerdeliver, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) waiveProperties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, modify the Company may not enter into a forbearance agreement or vary any term of similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan or consent which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by Purchaser and, if required, by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer, if required. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the postponement of strict compliance with contrary, if any such term or in any manner grant indulgence Mortgage Loan becomes subject to the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waivera Pass-Through Transfer, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not(a) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, shall not permit any modification with respect to any such Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest RateRate and (b) shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such default is, defer in the judgment of the Company, reasonably foreseeable) make or forgive the payment of interest permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date term of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the OwnerCode (or Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contriburions” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. Prior to taking any action with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject to a Pass-Through Transfer, which is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Company permits will obtain an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the deferral trustee in such Pass-Through Transfer with respect to whether such action could result in the imposition of interest a tax upon any 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)(either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”), and the Company shall not take any such actions as to which it has been advised that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Company shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any REMIC. The Company shall not enter into any arrangement by which a REMIC will receive a fee or principal payments on other compensation for services nor permit a REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code. In servicing and administering the Mortgage LoanLoans, the Company shall include employ Accepted Servicing Practices, giving due consideration to the Purchaser's reliance on the Company. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement or the related Term Sheet, Purchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from Company as servicer. The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by a Subservicer on behalf of the Company provided that the Subservicer is an entity that engages in the business of servicing loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact business, and licensed to service mortgage loans, in the state or states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a FHLMC or Fxxxxx Mxx approved mortgage servicer in good standing, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Fxxxxx Mae or for seller/servicers imposed by Fxxxxx Mxx or FHLMC, or which would require notification to Fxxxxx Mae or FHLMC. In addition, each Subservicer will obtain and preserve its qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation and its licenses to service mortgage loans, in each remittance for any month jurisdiction in which such qualifications and/or licenses are or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform or cause to be performed its duties under the related Subservicing Agreement. The Company may perform any of its servicing responsibilities hereunder or may cause the Subservicer to perform any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to servicing responsibilities on its behalf, but the amount that use by the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 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 deferred amounts had been delinquentacts 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. Company shall notify Purchaser promptly in writing upon the appointment of any Subservicer. 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 4.13, 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01 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 effective as of the date of termination of the Company. 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 for such advances only 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 P&I Advances made indemnification of the Company by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless from any loss, liability or expense arising out of its use of a Subservicer to perform any of its servicing duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder. 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 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 Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Companythis Agreement, the Owner Company shall furnish be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when 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 AgreementSubservicer has received such payment.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2006-1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2007-2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2006-Cl1)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner Loans, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions set forth in the Regulation AB Compliance Addendum attached as Exhibit K hereto), Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable law and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in connection with such servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable lawadministration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, the power and authority (1) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (2) to consent, with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services, to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (3) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loans it services, and (4) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan it services. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Purchaser in the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan, except as provided pursuant to Section 4.22. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. (b) The Company may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan it services by a Subservicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement; provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. The Company shall be solely liable for all fees owed to the Subservicer under the Subservicing Agreement, regardless whether the Company's compensation hereunder is adequate to pay such fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Company and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Company shall remain obligated and liable to the Purchaser for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans it services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Company alone were servicing and administering those Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as agent of the Company with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Company. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Company shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Purchaser at any time, if the Purchaser has assumed the duties of the Company, or by any successor servicer, at the Purchaser's or successor servicer's option, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming or terminating party or its assigns. Any Subservicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer, shall be deemed to be between the Company and such Subservicer alone, and the Purchaser shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims or rights of action against, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities to or with respect to the Subservicer or its officers, directors or employees, except as set forth in Section 4.01(a).

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Luminent Mortgage Trust 2006-6), Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Lares Asset Securitization, Inc.), Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Luminent Mortgage Trust 2007-1)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, 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, with Accepted Servicing Practices and, in the case of any Mortgage Loan transferred to a REMIC, with the REMIC Provisions. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, and the generality Company’s utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and subject to the REMIC Provisions if the Mortgage Loans have been transferred to a REMIC, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's ’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances, unless it has obtained the consent of the Ownerother than Servicing Advances, with respect to a Mortgage Loan. The Company shall not permit any modification with respect to of any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest or of any principalpayments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result except for actual payments of its actual receipt of payment of principal onprincipal) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the consent Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the reasonable judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent. In the event that no default exists or is imminent, the Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company’s request. In the event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 when required, consistent with the foregoing restrictions. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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 Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-15ar), Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-10xs), Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-14ar)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company(a) Commencing on the applicable Transfer Date, as independent contract servicer, the Company shall service each Mortgage Loan in accordance with applicable law and administer the terms and conditions of (i) the related Mortgage Loans for Loan Documents, (ii) this Agreement, (iii) the benefit Purchase and Sale Agreement, (iv) the Permission Agreement, (v) to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing, the Operations Guide, and (vi) to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing, the FNMA Servicing Guide. The Operations Guide may be amended from time to time by Owner with the Company's prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), without formal amendment of this Agreement. To the extent of a conflict between the Operations Guide and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. The provisions of the Permission Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. (b) In the event the Company fails to service any ARM Loan consistent with the servicing standards set forth in Section 2.01(a) above, the Company shall notify the Owner within ten (10) Business Days of obtaining Knowledge of such failure and shall take all appropriate actions required to correct any such servicing deficiencies so that such loans are thereafter serviced in compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall be solely responsible for any costs and expenses required to effectuate such remediation, except to the extent that any such servicing deficiency was a continuation of a failure by Owner or any Prior Servicer to service an ARM Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less Applicable Requirements (other than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described continuation of such previous servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, practices after the Company shall knew or should have full power and authority, acting alone, known that such previous servicing practices violated the Applicable Requirements). In addition to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and shall take such additional corrective action as may be directed by the Owner, any the cost of which shall be the sole responsibility of the Owner. (c) The Company shall maintain an EDP containing all information and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect programming necessary to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 2.01(a) above. The Mortgage Loans shall be grouped on the Company's EDP to reflect the Owner as the owner of the Mortgage Loans. In addition, each Mortgage Loan and with respect shall be designated on the Company's EDP to the Mortgaged Property and reflect whether such Mortgage Loan is a Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Special Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Warehouse Mortgage Loan or Special Warehouse Mortgage Loan. (iid) The Company may not waive, modify or vary any term of any a Mortgage Loan Note or consent to Mortgage Instrument without the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to Owner's prior written consent. Notwithstanding the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiverforegoing, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may enter into a modification agreement, in the Owner's name, modifying a Mortgage Note to reamortize the monthly payments of principal and interest upon (i) receipt of a prepayment equal to or greater than 20% of the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Note and (ii) the request of the Mortgagor. Within three (3) Business Days after the complete execution of such modification agreement, the Company shall provide the Owner with the original executed document. The Company shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local legal and regulatory requirements (including laws, statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances) in connection with the modification of the Mortgage Note. (e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall follow any reasonable directions given by the Owner with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. (f) With the exception of Ancillary Fees and any other charges expressly permitted by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage Instrument, and applicable law, the Company covenants and agrees that it will not, unless it has obtained without the prior written consent of the Owner, permit charge or collect from any modification with respect to Mortgagor, or trustee under a deed of trust, any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or fees of any principalkind including, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance but not limited to charges for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required expended by the Company, regardless of the characterization of the fee or charge. (g) The Owner shall agrees to provide the Company on the first Transfer Date, and shall, as necessary, promptly furnish the Company with any such limited powers of attorney as are necessary and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable assist the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative duties responsibilities under this Agreement. A form of such limited power of attorney is attached hereto as EXHIBIT F. The Owner shall appoint a limited number of assistant vice presidents (or more senior officers) of the Company, who are also "department heads" of the Company, as "Limited Authorized Signatories" of the Owner, as set forth in Owner's corporate resolution. (h) The Company agrees that it shall supply Owner on a daily basis (i) the Loan Information for each Mortgagor and (ii) aggregate loan information on the Mortgage Loans, in accordance with the specific timing, transfer, and other requirements set forth in the Operations Guide, in the manner and in the time frame set forth therein. (i) In connection with its duties hereunder, in the event the Company requires an original of any document contained in a Mortgagor's file to service a Mortgage Loan, it shall submit a written request to the Owner and the Owner shall provide the original document to the Company within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the written request, provided that (a) as to any recorded document, the applicable recorder's office has returned the recorded document to the Company or (b) as to the original title insurance policy, the Company has received such policy. If Owner does not have the original Mortgage Note, Owner shall work with the Company to fulfill the servicing responsibility that gave rise to the Company's request for the original Mortgage Note. Upon the written request of the Owner, the Company shall provide the Owner with copies of any documents related to a Mortgage Loan, within two (2) Business Days of such request. (j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Owner shall service and administer all Additional Collateral, it being understood and agreed that only Owner shall service and administer the related securities accounts, lines of credit, Equity Access(R) Mortgages, and guarantees with respect to Additional Collateral Agreements. (k) In the event the Company receives a request to convert an adjustable interest rate to a fixed rate (or an adjustable rate based on one index to an adjustable rate based on a different index) pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the Company shall process the request in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note and continue to service the Mortgage Loan after conversion in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. (l) Any information, reports or other written communication regarding a Mortgage Loan shall indicate whether it is a Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Special Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Warehouse Mortgage Loan or Special Warehouse Mortgage Loan.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Portfolio Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mort Invest Inc MLCC 2003-B Mort Ps THR Cert), Portfolio Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc), Portfolio Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, 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, with Accepted Servicing Practices and, in the case of any Mortgage Loan transferred to a REMIC, with the REMIC Provisions. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, and the generality Company's utilization of a Subcontractor or Subservicer, as applicable, shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and subject to the REMIC Provisions if the Mortgage Loans have been transferred to a REMIC, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances, unless it has obtained the consent of the Ownerother than Servicing Advances, with respect to a Mortgage Loan. The Company shall not permit any modification with respect to of any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest or of any principalpayments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result except for actual payments of its actual receipt of payment of principal onprincipal) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the consent Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the reasonable judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent. In the event that no default exists or is imminent, the Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company's request. In the event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 when required, consistent with the foregoing restrictions. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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 Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-6xs), Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1xs), Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-11)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansrelated Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the FNMA Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of the Agency Guides, the provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Company. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of 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 Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, 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 has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and 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 4.04, 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 pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownerdeliver, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waivercontrary, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by Purchaser and, if required, by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy issuer, if required. In no event shall Company be obligated to repurchase a Mortgage Loan due to the exercise of any Conversion Feature. In servicing and administering the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage LoanLoans, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal employ Accepted Servicing Practices, giving due consideration to the amount that Purchaser's reliance on the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquentCompany. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement, and Purchaser shall be entitled deemed to reimbursement have given consent in connection with respect to a particular matter if Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within 5 Business Days from the date Purchaser receives a written request for consent for such advances only to the same extent matter from Company as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2006-1), Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2007-1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2006-2)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall interim service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of Accepted Servicing Practices and this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall not take, and is hereby authorized and empowered or fail to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownertake, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to action which would result in the Purchaser's interest in the Mortgage Loan Loans being adversely affected. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with respect to Accepted Servicing Practices, the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance PolicyPurchaser; provided, however, that unless the Company may not, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the OwnerPurchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest thereof or of any principalprincipal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result except for actual payments of its actual receipt principal), make additional advances of payment of additional principal on) or extend the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with Without limiting the consent generality of the Ownerforegoing, during the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, Interim Servicing Period the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself, and the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Property. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner Purchaser shall furnish the Company with any powers of attorney at the Purchaser's option and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. In interim 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. If Company elects to utilize a subservicer to perform any or all of Company's duties hereunder, Company shall remain liable as though such duties were performed directly by Company and Company shall be responsible for the payment of any and all fees of any such subservicer.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gsaa Home Equity Trust 2004-5), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Mort Pa Th Ce Se 2002-He), Trust Agreement (GSAA Home Equity 2005-12)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's ’s obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's ’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Servicing Agreement (Luminent 2006-4), Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates Series 2003-1)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a third party servicing provider, and the generality Company's utilization of a third party servicing provider shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, unless it has obtained in the consent judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or principal (except for actual payments of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with The Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and he Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within five (5) Business Days of its receipt of the Owner, Company's request. In the Company event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 Owner 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. 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 Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company shall apply any Principal Prepayment on an Interest Only Mortgage Loan to the then-outstanding principal balance, which application shall not reamortize the then-outstanding principal balance of such Interest Only Mortgage Loan.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-14), Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing ProceduresProcedures and applicable federal, state and local laws. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or ), extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan, or in the Company's judgment, materially impair the security for such Mortgage Loan or reduce the likelihood of timely payment of amounts due thereon or otherwise constitute a "significant modification" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.860G-2(b). If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Master Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2007-3 Trust), Master Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2007-4 Trust)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner Loans, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Agreement, Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable law and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in connection with such servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable lawadministration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, the power and authority (1) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (2) to consent, with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services, to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (3) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loans it services, and (4) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan it services. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Purchaser in the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan, except as provided pursuant to Section 4.21. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. (b) The Company may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan it services by a Subservicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement; provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. The Company shall be solely liable for all fees owed to the Subservicer under the Subservicing Agreement, regardless whether the Company’s compensation hereunder is adequate to pay such fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Company and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Company shall remain obligated and liable to the Purchaser for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans it services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Company alone were servicing and administering those Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as agent of the Company with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Company. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Company shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Purchaser, if the Purchaser has assumed the duties of the Company, or by any successor servicer, at the Purchaser’s or successor servicer’s option, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming or terminating party or its assigns. Any Subservicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer, shall be deemed to be between the Company and such Subservicer alone, and the Purchaser shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims or rights of action against, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities to or with respect to the Subservicer or its officers, directors or employees, except as set forth in Section 4.01(a).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-4f), Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Sec Corp Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2002-26)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansrelated Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Fxxxxx Mxx Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management and disposition of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and any of the servicing provisions of the Fxxxxx Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Company. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of 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 Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer for more than ninety (90) days or forgive any 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 has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and 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 4.04, 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 pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by the Purchaser and, if required, by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer, if required. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Mortgage Loan becomes subject to a Pass-Through Transfer, the Company (a) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, shall not permit any modification with respect to such Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate and (b) shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Company, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of such Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) waive, modify cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or vary any term the imposition of any Mortgage Loan tax on “prohibited transactions” or consent “contributions” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. Prior to taking any action with respect to the postponement Mortgage Loans subject to a Pass-Through Transfer, which is not contemplated under the terms of strict compliance this Agreement, the Company will obtain an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the trustee in such Pass-Through Transfer with respect to whether such action could result in the imposition of a tax upon any 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)(either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”), and the Company shall not take any such term or actions as to which it has been advised that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Company shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any manner grant indulgence REMIC. The Company shall not enter into any arrangement by which a REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit a REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code. In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ Accepted Servicing Practices, giving due consideration to the Purchaser's reliance on the Company. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement or the related Mortgagor Term Sheet, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if the Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date the Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from the Company as servicer. The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by a Subservicer on behalf of the Company provided that the Subservicer is an entity that engages in the Company's reasonable business of servicing loans, and prudent determination such waiverin either case shall be authorized to transact business, modificationand licensed to service mortgage loans, postponement in the state or indulgence states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is not materially adverse to service are situated, if and to the interests extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a FHLMC or Fxxxxx Mxx approved mortgage servicer in good standing, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Fxxxxx Mae or for seller/servicers imposed by Fxxxxx Mxx or FHLMC, or which would require notification to Fxxxxx Mae or FHLMC. In addition, each Subservicer will obtain and preserve its qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation and its licenses to service mortgage loans, in each jurisdiction in which such qualifications and/or licenses are or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Owner Mortgage Loans and is to perform or cause to be performed its duties under the related Subservicing Agreement. 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 prohibited 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. The Company shall notify the Purchaser promptly in writing upon the appointment of any Subservicer. 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 Primary Insurance Policysuccessor subservicer meeting the requirements in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit the Company may notCompany, unless it has obtained at the consent of Company's option, from electing to service the Ownerrelated Mortgage Loans itself. In the event that the Company's responsibilities and duties under this Agreement are terminated pursuant to Section 4.03, permit any modification with respect 4.13, 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01 and if requested to any Mortgage Loan that would vary do so by the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage LoanPurchaser, the Company shall include at its own cost and expense terminate the rights and responsibilities of the Subservicer effective as of the date of termination of the Company. The Company shall pay all fees, expenses or penalties necessary in each remittance for order to terminate the rights and responsibilities of the Subservicer from the Company's own funds without reimbursement from the Purchaser. Notwithstanding any month in which of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Company and the Subservicer or any such principal reference herein to actions taken through the Subservicer or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal otherwise, the Company shall not be relieved of its obligations to the amount that 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 would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement 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 advances only indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser harmless from any loss, liability or expense arising out of its use of a Subservicer to perform any of its servicing duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder. Any Subservicing Agreement and any other transactions or services relating to the same extent as for P&I Advances made Mortgage Loans involving the Subservicer shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Company alone, and the Purchaser shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer including no obligation, duty or liability of the Purchaser to pay the Subservicer's fees and expenses. For purposes of distributions and advances by the Company pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Companythis Agreement, the Owner Company shall furnish be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when 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 AgreementSubservicer has received such payment.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2007-1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2007-3)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a third party servicing provider, and the generality Company's utilization of a third party servicing provider shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, unless it has obtained in the consent judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or principal (except for actual payments of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with The Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Owner, Company's request. In the Company event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 Owner 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. 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not waive a Prepayment Penalty except under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Penalty and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default; or (ii) the Company obtains a written Opinion of Counsel, which may be in-house counsel for the Company, opining that any Prepayment Penalty or charge is not legally enforceable in the circumstances under which the related Principal Prepayment occurs. In the event the Company waives any Prepayment Penalty, other than as set forth in (i) and (ii) above, the Company shall deposit the amount of any such Prepayment Penalty in the Custodial Account for distribution to the Purchaser on the next Remittance Date.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Mort Pas THR Cert Se 2002 Wf), Trust Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Mort Pas THR Cert Se 2002 Wf)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Company, as independent contract servicer, Company shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner through its Subservicer, Cenlar FSB, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Agreement, Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable law and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages. All references to the Company as servicer contained herein shall, for the avoidance of doubt, mean the Company or its Subservicer. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in connection with such servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable lawadministration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, the power and authority (1) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (2) to consent, with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services, to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (3) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loans it services, and (4) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan it services. The Company shall represent and protect the interests of the Purchaser in the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan, except as provided pursuant to Section 4.22. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner Purchaser shall furnish the Company with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Company and its Subservicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. (b) The Company may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan it services by a Subservicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement; provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. The Company shall be solely liable for all fees owed to the Subservicer under the Subservicing Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Company and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Company shall remain obligated and liable to the Purchaser for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans it services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Company alone were servicing and administering those Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as agent of the Company with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Company. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Company shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Purchaser, if the Purchaser has assumed the duties of the Company, or by any successor servicer, at the Purchaser's or successor servicer's option, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming or terminating party or its assigns. Any Subservicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer, shall be deemed to be between the Company and such Subservicer alone, and the Purchaser shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims or rights of action against, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities to or with respect to the Subservicer or its officers, directors or employees, except as set forth in Section 4.01(a).

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Samples: Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-H Trust)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall service the generality Mortgage Loans: (i) in accordance with the guidelines of the foregoingapplicable governing Agency, and shall comply with all the rules and regulations as set forth by each applicable agency or (ii) as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties pursuant to Article IX, Section 9.01(b) hereof. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Agency guidelines, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests Purchaser and will not result in the impairment of coverage under any PMI Policy. In the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or event of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance disburse on the following Remittance Date, from its own funds, 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 for any month in which any such principal Monthly Payment received or interest payment has been deferred an and (b) the amount equal paid by the Mortgagor, if any. 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 Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Sec Corp Mort Pass-THR Certs Ser 2004-Gel1)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a third party servicing provider, and the generality Company's utilization of a third party servicing provider shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, unless it has obtained in the consent judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or principal (except for actual payments of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with The Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Owner, Company's request. In the Company event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 Owner 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. The Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from MERS registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not waive a Prepayment Penalty except under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Penalty and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default; or (ii) the Company obtains a written Opinion of Counsel, which may be in-house counsel for the Company, opining that any Prepayment Penalty or charge is not legally enforceable in the circumstances under which the related Principal Prepayment occurs. In the event the Company waives any Prepayment Penalty, other than as set forth in (i) and (ii) above, the Company shall deposit the amount of any such Prepayment Penalty in the Custodial Account for distribution to the Purchaser on the next Remittance Date.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (GS Mortgage GSAMP Trust 2004-Wf)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company(a) Commencing on the applicable Transfer Date, as independent contract servicer, the Company shall service each Mortgage Loan in accordance with applicable law and administer the terms and conditions of (i) the related Mortgage Loans for Loan Documents, (ii) this Agreement, (iii) the benefit Purchase and Sale Agreement, (iv) the Permission Agreement, (v) to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing, the Operations Guide, and (vi) to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing, the FNMA Servicing Guide. The Operations Guide may be amended from time to time by Owner with the Company’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), without formal amendment of this Agreement. To the extent of a conflict between the Operations Guide and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. The provisions of the Permission Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. (b) In the event the Company fails to service any ARM Loan consistent with the servicing standards set forth in Section 2.01(a) above, the Company shall notify the Owner within [* * *] and shall take all appropriate actions required to correct any such servicing deficiencies so that such loans are thereafter serviced in compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall be solely responsible for any costs and expenses required to effectuate such remediation, except to the extent that any such servicing deficiency was a continuation of a failure by Owner or any Prior Servicer to service an ARM Loan in accordance with the terms Applicable Requirements (other than the Company’s continuation of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduressuch previous servicing practices after the Company knew or should have known that such previous servicing practices violated the Applicable Requirements). In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard addition to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and shall take such additional corrective action as may be directed by the Owner, any the cost of which shall be the sole responsibility of the Owner. (c) The Company shall maintain an EDP containing all information and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect programming necessary to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 2.01(a) above. The Mortgage Loans shall be grouped on the Company’s EDP to reflect the Owner as the owner of the Mortgage Loans. In addition, each Mortgage Loan and with respect shall be designated on the Company’s EDP to the Mortgaged Property and reflect whether such Mortgage Loan is a Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Special Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Warehouse Mortgage Loan or Special Warehouse Mortgage Loan. (iid) The Company may not waive, modify or vary any term of any a Mortgage Loan Note or consent to Mortgage Instrument without the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to Owner’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiverforegoing, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may notenter into a modification agreement, unless it has obtained in the consent Owner’s name, modifying a Mortgage Note to reamortize the monthly payments of principal and interest upon (i) receipt of a prepayment equal to or greater than 20% of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive Note and (ii) the payment request of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend Mortgagor. Within [* * *] after the final maturity date complete execution of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loanmodification agreement, the Company shall include provide the Owner with the original executed document. The Company shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local legal and regulatory requirements (including laws, statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances) in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal connection with the modification of the Mortgage Note. [***] INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. (e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the amount that contrary, the Company would have been required shall follow any reasonable directions given by the Owner with respect to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquentthe servicing of the Mortgage Loans. (f) With the exception of Ancillary Fees and any other charges expressly permitted by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage Instrument, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Companyapplicable law, the Company covenants and agrees that it will not, [* * *]. (g) The Owner shall agrees to provide the Company on the first Transfer Date, and shall, as necessary, promptly furnish the Company with any such limited powers of attorney as are necessary and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable assist the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative duties responsibilities under this Agreement. A form of such limited power of attorney is attached hereto as Exhibit F. The Owner shall appoint a limited number of assistant vice presidents (or more senior officers) of the Company, who are also “department heads” of the Company, as “Limited Authorized Signatories” of the Owner, as set forth in Owner’s corporate resolution. (h) The Company agrees that it shall supply Owner on a daily basis (i) the Loan Information for each Mortgagor and (ii) aggregate loan information on the Mortgage Loans, in accordance with the specific timing, transfer, and other requirements set forth in the Operations Guide, in the manner and in the time frame set forth therein. (i) In connection with its duties hereunder, in the event the Company requires an original of any document contained in a Mortgagor’s file to service a Mortgage Loan, it shall submit a written request to the Owner and the Owner shall provide the original document to the Company within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the written request, provided that (a) as to any recorded document, the applicable recorder’s office has returned the recorded document to the Company or (b) as to the original title insurance policy, the Company has received such policy. If Owner does not have the original Mortgage Note, Owner shall work with the Company to fulfill the servicing responsibility that gave rise to the Company’s request for the original Mortgage Note. Upon the written request of the Owner, the Company shall provide the Owner with copies of any documents related to a Mortgage Loan, within two (2) Business Days of such request. (j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Owner shall service and administer all Additional Collateral, it being understood and agreed that only Owner shall service and administer the related securities accounts, lines of credit, Equity Access® Mortgages, and guarantees with respect to Additional Collateral Agreements. (k) In the event the Company receives a request to convert an adjustable interest rate to a fixed rate (or an adjustable rate based on one index to an adjustable rate based on a different index) pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the Company shall process the request in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note and continue to service the Mortgage Loan after conversion in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. [***] INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. (l) Any information, reports or other written communication regarding a Mortgage Loan shall indicate whether it is a Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Special Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Warehouse Mortgage Loan or Special Warehouse Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Portfolio Servicing Agreement (PHH Corp)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansnormal and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which that the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting Consistent with the generality terms of the foregoingthis Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance PolicyOwner; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest or of any principalpayments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) make future advances or extend the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with Without limiting the consent generality of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loanforegoing, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself, and the Owner, all instruments of satisfaction or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Property. If reasonably required by the Company, the The Owner shall promptly furnish the Company with any such powers of attorney (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A) as are necessary and appropriate and with such other documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. 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 mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and the Owner's reliance on the Company.

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Samples: Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (Greenwich Capital Acceptance Inc)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a Subservicer or a Subcontractor, 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. Without limiting The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts of a Subservicer and a Subcontractor, and the generality Company's utilization of a Subservicer or a Subcontractor shall in no way relieve the liability of the foregoingCompany under this Agreement. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not individually or in the aggregate materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; Purchaser, provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances, unless it has obtained the consent of the Ownerother than Servicing Advances, with respect to a Mortgage Loan. The Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or principal (except for actual payments of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the consent Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent. In the event that no default exists or is imminent, the Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company's request. In the event of any such modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 Owner 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. The Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from MERS registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. 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 Company shall cause to be maintained for each Cooperative Loan a copy of the financing statements and shall file and such financing statements and continuation statements as necessary, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code applicable in the jurisdiction in which the related Cooperative Apartment is located, to perfect and protect the security interest and lien of the Purchaser. If a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, 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 860(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on "contributions" to a REMIC set forth in Section 860D 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 tax on the REMIC. In addition to the Company's servicing obligations as set forth herein, the Company shall not consent to the placement of a lien on the Mortgaged Property senior to that of the related Mortgage.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (BCAP LLC Trust 2007-Aa2)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner Loans, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Agreement, Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable law and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in connection with such servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable lawadministration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingSubject to this Section 4.01, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance PolicyPurchaser; provided, however, that the Company may notshall not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, unless it has obtained in the consent judgment of the OwnerCompany, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest principal or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend change the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with The Company shall request written consent from the consent Purchaser prior to permitting such a modification. Without limiting the generality of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loanforegoing, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Company may waive (or permit a Subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Premium only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Premium and the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) such waiver is required under state or federal law or (iii) the mortgage debt has been accelerated as a result of the Mortgagor's default in making its Monthly Payments. The Company shall not waive any Prepayment Premium unless it is waived in accordance with this Section 4.01. The Company shall pay the amount of any Prepayment Premium (to the extent not collected and remitted to the Purchaser) to the Purchaser or its assignees if (1) the representation in paragraph (aaa) of the Mortgage Loan Representations is breached and such breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Purchaser or its assigns or (2) the Company waives any Prepayment Premium other than as permitted under this Section 4.01. The Company shall pay the amount of such Prepayment Premium, for the benefit of the Purchaser or any assignee of the Purchaser, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Custodial Account.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement (SunTrust Real Estate Trust, LLC)

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Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall service the generality Mortgage Loans in accordance with the guidelines of the foregoingapplicable governing Agency, including the Federal Housing Administration for FHA loans or the Veteran's Administration for VA loans, and shall comply with all the rules and regulations as set forth by each applicable agency. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Agency guidelines, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests Purchaser and will not result in the impairment of coverage under any PMI Policy, the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; providedMIC or LGC. Provided, however, that no such modification shall reduce the Company may not, unless it has obtained mortgage interest rate below the consent Company's prevailing market rate for similar loans in affect as of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary date of modification. In the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or event of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance disburse on the following Remittance Date, from its own funds, 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 for any month in which any such principal Monthly Payment received or interest payment has been deferred an and (b) the amount equal paid by the Mortgagor, if any. 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 Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2003-Sd1)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a Subservicer or Subcontractor, 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. Without limiting The Company shall service the generality Mortgage Loans in accordance with the guidelines of the foregoingapplicable governing agency, including the Federal Housing Administration for FHA Mortgage Loans, the Company shallVeteran’s Administration for VA Mortgage Loans, RHS for RHS Mortgage Loans, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, Accepted Servicing Practices with respect to the Conventional Mortgage Loan Loans and shall comply with respect all the rules and regulations as set forth by each applicable agency provided that in the event the guidelines of FHA or VA conflict with the Servicing Guidelines of Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company shall service the loans in accordance with the guidelines of FHA or VA, as applicable. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any applicable FHA, VA or RHS guidelines or the Servicing Guides and subject to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) REMIC Provisions if the Mortgage Loans have been transferred to a REMIC, 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's ’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; providedPurchaser and, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any the Non-Conventional Mortgage Loans, will not result in the impairment of coverage under the MIC or LGC or Loan that would vary Note Guarantee, as applicable. In the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or event of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 Owner 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. 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 Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS and the Company will remain in good standing with MERS. The Company shall cause to be maintained for each Cooperative Loan a copy of the financing statements and shall file any such financing statements and continuation statements as necessary, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code applicable in the jurisdiction in which the related Cooperative Apartment is located, to perfect and protect the security interest and lien of the Purchaser.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-Ar1)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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 desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting Consistent with the generality terms of the foregoingthis Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiverany Mortgagor, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that (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 may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, Purchaser) the Company may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest RateRate (except for any change made pursuant to the adjustment provisions, if any, of the related Mortgage Note), defer or forgive the payment of interest any principal or of any principalinterest, reduce change the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) amount, make any future advances or extend the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with Without limiting the consent generality of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loanforegoing, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of itself, and the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that Mortgage Loans and the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ Customary Servicing Procedures.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (Wilshire Real Estate Investment Trust Inc)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall interim service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of Accepted Servicing Practices and this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall not take, and is hereby authorized and empowered or fail to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownertake, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to action which would result in the Purchaser's interest in the Mortgage Loan Loans being adversely affected. Exh. 5-3 Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with respect to Accepted Servicing Practices, the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance PolicyPurchaser; provided, however, that unless the Company may not, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the OwnerPurchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest thereof or of any principalprincipal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result except for actual payments of its actual receipt principal), make additional advances of payment of additional principal on) or extend the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with Without limiting the consent generality of the Ownerforegoing, during the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, Interim Servicing Period the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself, and the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Property. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner Purchaser shall furnish the Company with any powers of attorney at the Purchaser's option and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. In interim 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. If Company elects to utilize a subservicer to perform any or all of Company's duties hereunder, Company shall remain liable as though such duties were performed directly by Company and Company shall be responsible for the payment of any and all fees of any such subservicer.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Master Servicing and Trust Agreement (GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-19)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansrelated Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Fxxxxx Mxx Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management and disposition of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and any of the servicing provisions of the Fxxxxx Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Company. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of 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 Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer for more than ninety days or forgive any 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 has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and 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 4.04, 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 pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownerdeliver, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) waiveProperties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, modify the Company may not enter into a forbearance agreement or vary any term of similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan or consent which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by Purchaser and, if required, by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer, if required. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the postponement of strict compliance with contrary, if any such term or in any manner grant indulgence Mortgage Loan becomes subject to the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waivera Pass-Through Transfer, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not(a) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, shall not permit any modification with respect to any such Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest RateRate and (b) shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such default is, defer in the judgment of the Company, reasonably foreseeable) make or forgive the payment of interest permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date term of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the OwnerCode (or Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. Prior to taking any action with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject to a Pass-Through Transfer, which is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Company permits will obtain an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the deferral trustee in such Pass-Through Transfer with respect to whether such action could result in the imposition of interest a tax upon any 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)(either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”), and the Company shall not take any such actions as to which it has been advised that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Company shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any REMIC. The Company shall not enter into any arrangement by which a REMIC will receive a fee or principal payments on other compensation for services nor permit a REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code. In servicing and administering the Mortgage LoanLoans, the Company shall include employ Accepted Servicing Practices, giving due consideration to the Purchaser's reliance on the Company. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement or the related Term Sheet, Purchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from Company as servicer. The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by a Subservicer on behalf of the Company provided that the Subservicer is an entity that engages in the business of servicing loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact business, and licensed to service mortgage loans, in the state or states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a FHLMC or Fxxxxx Mxx approved mortgage servicer in good standing, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Fxxxxx Mae or for seller/servicers imposed by Fxxxxx Mxx or FHLMC, or which would require notification to Fxxxxx Mae or FHLMC. In addition, each Subservicer will obtain and preserve its qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation and its licenses to service mortgage loans, in each remittance for any month jurisdiction in which such qualifications and/or licenses are or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform or cause to be performed its duties under the related Subservicing Agreement. The Company may perform any of its servicing responsibilities hereunder or may cause the Subservicer to perform any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to servicing responsibilities on its behalf, but the amount that use by the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 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 deferred amounts had been delinquentacts 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. Company shall notify Purchaser promptly in writing upon the appointment of any Subservicer. 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 4.13, 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01 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 effective as of the date of termination of the Company. 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 for such advances only 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 P&I Advances made indemnification of the Company by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless from any loss, liability or expense arising out of its use of a Subservicer to perform any of its servicing duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder. 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 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 Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Companythis Agreement, the Owner Company shall furnish be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when 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 AgreementSubservicer has received such payment.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Prime Mortgage Trust 2006-Cl1)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansrelated Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Xxxxxx Xxx Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management and disposition of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and any of the servicing provisions of the Xxxxxx Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Company. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of 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 Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer for more than ninety days or forgive any 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 has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and 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 4.04, 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 pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownerdeliver, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) waiveProperties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, modify the Company may not enter into a forbearance agreement or vary any term of similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan or consent which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by Purchaser and, if required, by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer, if required. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the postponement of strict compliance with contrary, if any such term or in any manner grant indulgence Mortgage Loan becomes subject to the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waivera Pass-Through Transfer, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not(a) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, shall not permit any modification with respect to any such Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest RateRate and (b) shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such default is, defer in the judgment of the Company, reasonably foreseeable) make or forgive the payment of interest permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date term of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the OwnerCode (or Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. Prior to taking any action with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject to a Pass-Through Transfer, which is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Company permits will obtain an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the deferral trustee in such Pass-Through Transfer with respect to whether such action could result in the imposition of interest a tax upon any 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)(either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”), and the Company shall not take any such actions as to which it has been advised that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Company shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any REMIC. The Company shall not enter into any arrangement by which a REMIC will receive a fee or principal payments on other compensation for services nor permit a REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code. In servicing and administering the Mortgage LoanLoans, the Company shall include employ Accepted Servicing Practices, giving due consideration to the Purchaser's reliance on the Company. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement or the related Term Sheet, Purchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from Company as servicer. The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by a Subservicer on behalf of the Company provided that the Subservicer is an entity that engages in the business of servicing loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact business, and licensed to service mortgage loans, in the state or states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a FHLMC or Xxxxxx Xxx approved mortgage servicer in good standing, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Xxxxxx Mae or for seller/servicers imposed by Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMC, or which would require notification to Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMC. In addition, each Subservicer will obtain and preserve its qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation and its licenses to service mortgage loans, in each remittance for any month jurisdiction in which such qualifications and/or licenses are or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform or cause to be performed its duties under the related Subservicing Agreement. The Company may perform any of its servicing responsibilities hereunder or may cause the Subservicer to perform any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to servicing responsibilities on its behalf, but the amount that use by the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 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 deferred amounts had been delinquentacts 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. Company shall notify Purchaser promptly in writing upon the appointment of any Subservicer. 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 4.13, 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01 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 effective as of the date of termination of the Company. 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 for such advances only 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 P&I Advances made indemnification of the Company by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless from any loss, liability or expense arising out of its use of a Subservicer to perform any of its servicing duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder. 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 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 Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Companythis Agreement, the Owner Company shall furnish be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when 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 AgreementSubservicer has received such payment.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2007-Ac2)

Company to Act as Servicer. The CompanyIn performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Company shall be acting as an independent contract servicer, servicer and shall service Service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance consistent with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe First Boston Offering System Seller/Servicer Guide, as such Seller/Servicer Guide may be amended from time to time. In performing its obligations hereunder, the The Company shall exercise no less than the same care acknowledges that it customarily employs and exercises has received such Seller/Servicer Guide as in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to effect on the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions date of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Agreement. The Company shall have full power and no authority, acting aloneexpress or implied, to do act in any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary manner or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver by any means for or on behalf of itself the Purchaser in any capacity other than that of an independent contractor, and no authority to act in any manner except as herein expressly set forth or as it may from time to time be requested in writing by the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction Purchaser. The Company is not authorized or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect empowered to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) waive, modify release or vary any term the terms of any Mortgage Loan Loan, waive any prepayment penalty, or waive or consent to the postponement of strict compliance on the part of any Mortgagor with any such term term, provision or covenant or to permit the assumption of any Mortgage Loan or in any other manner grant indulgence to any Mortgage without the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the express written consent of the Owner, permit Purchaser. In the event that any such modification with respect to any of a Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company Purchaser permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to to, as the amount that case may be, such month's principal and one month's interest at the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loan and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances advance only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably The Company shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable State and federal laws and shall provide to each Mortgagor any reports required by to be provided to such Mortgagor thereby. 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 it own account and in accordance with the highest standard of accepted mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions in the respective States where the Mortgaged Properties are located and giving due consideration to the Purchaser's reliance on the Company, the Owner 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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Samples: Master Seller's Warranty and Servicing Agreement (Asset Backed Securities Corp)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner Loans, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Agreement, Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable law and in conformity with Customary Servicing Proceduresthe terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in connection with such servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable lawadministration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, including, without limitation, the power and authority (1) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (2) to consent, with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services, to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (3) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loans it services, and (4) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan it services. The Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Purchaser in the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan and shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan, except as provided pursuant to Section 4.22. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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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Samples: Flow Sale and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-D Trust)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full fix11 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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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Samples: Master Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (Sasco 2006-3h)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loansrelated Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem necessary or desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and with Accepted Servicing Practices and exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Xxxxxx Xxx Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management and disposition of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet and any of the servicing provisions of the Xxxxxx Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Company. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the related Term Sheet, the Company may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of 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 Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Company has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer for more than ninety days or forgive any 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 has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and 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 4.04, 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 pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) prepare, execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Ownerdeliver, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) waiveProperties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, modify the Company may not enter into a forbearance agreement or vary any term of similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan or consent which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by Purchaser and, if required, by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer and Lender Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy insurer, if required. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the postponement of strict compliance with contrary, if any such term or in any manner grant indulgence Mortgage Loan becomes subject to the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waivera Pass-Through Transfer, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not(a) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, shall not permit any modification with respect to any such Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest RateRate and (b) shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such default is, defer in the judgment of the Company, reasonably foreseeable) make or forgive the payment of interest permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date term of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the OwnerCode (or Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. Prior to taking any action with respect to the Mortgage Loans subject to a Pass-Through Transfer, which is not contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, the Company permits will obtain an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the deferral trustee in such Pass-Through Transfer with respect to whether such action could result in the imposition of interest a tax upon any 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)(either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”), and the Company shall not take any such actions as to which it has been advised that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Company shall not permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any REMIC. The Company shall not enter into any arrangement by which a REMIC will receive a fee or principal payments on other compensation for services nor permit a REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code. In servicing and administering the Mortgage LoanLoans, the Company shall include employ Accepted Servicing Practices, giving due consideration to the Purchaser's reliance on the Company. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement or the related Term Sheet, Purchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from Company as servicer. The Mortgage Loans may be subserviced by a Subservicer on behalf of the Company provided that the Subservicer is an entity that engages in the business of servicing loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact business, and licensed to service mortgage loans, in the state or states where the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement, and in either case shall be a FHLMC or Xxxxxx Xxx approved mortgage servicer in good standing, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Xxxxxx Mae or for seller/servicers imposed by Xxxxxx Xxx or FHLMC, or which would require notification to Xxxxxx Mae or FHLMC. In addition, each Subservicer will obtain and preserve its qualifications to do business as a foreign corporation and its licenses to service mortgage loans, in each remittance for any month jurisdiction in which such qualifications and/or licenses are or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform or cause to be performed its duties under the related Subservicing Agreement. The Company may perform any of its servicing responsibilities hereunder or may cause the Subservicer to perform any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to servicing responsibilities on its behalf, but the amount that use by the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 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 deferred amounts had been delinquentacts 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. Company shall notify Purchaser promptly in writing upon the appointment of any Subservicer. 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 4.13, 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01 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 effective as of the date of termination of the Company. 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 for such advances only 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 P&I Advances made indemnification of the Company by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless from any loss, liability or expense arising out of its use of a Subservicer to perform any of its servicing duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder. 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 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 Section 5.03. If reasonably required by the Companythis Agreement, the Owner Company shall furnish be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when 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 AgreementSubservicer has received such payment.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2007-Ac4)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall service the generality Mortgage Loans: (i) in accordance with the guidelines of the foregoingapplicable governing Agency, and shall comply with all the rules and regulations as set forth by each applicable agency or (ii) as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties pursuant to Article IX, Section 9.01(b) hereof. The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts and omissions of a third party servicing provider, and the Company’s utilization of a third party servicing provider shall in no way relieve the liability of the Company or release the Company from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Company shallshall pay all fees and expenses of its third party vendors or subservicers from its own funds. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Agency guidelines, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's ’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests Purchaser and will not result in the impairment of coverage under any PMI Policy. In the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or event of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance disburse on the following Remittance Date, from its own funds, 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 for any month in which any such principal Monthly Payment received or interest payment has been deferred an and (b) the amount equal paid by the Mortgagor, if any. 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 Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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 Company shall cause to be maintained for each Cooperative Loan a copy of the financing statements and shall file and such financing statements and continuation statements as necessary, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code applicable in the jurisdiction in which the related Cooperative Apartment is located, to perfect and protect the security interest and lien of the Purchaser.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Sasco Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-Gel2)

Company to Act as Servicer. (a) The Mortgage Loans are being sold by the Company to the Purchaser on a servicing released basis. During the related Interim Servicing Period, the Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit on behalf of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Purchaser and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through Subservicers or third-party vendors as permitted by this Agreement, 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. Unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Company, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of principal or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. The Company shall request written consent from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall provide written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of the Company's request. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shallshall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered empowered, to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the OwnerPurchaser, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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. (b) The Company may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan it services by a Subservicer pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement, a copy of which shall be provided to the Purchaser; provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loan in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. The Company shall be solely liable for all fees owed to the Subservicer under the Subservicing Agreement, regardless whether the Company's compensation hereunder is adequate to pay such fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Company and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Company shall remain obligated and liable to the Purchaser for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans it services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Company alone were servicing and administering those Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as agent of the Company with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans it services that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Company. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Company shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Purchaser, if the Purchaser has assumed the duties of the Company, or by any successor servicer, at the Purchaser's or successor servicer's option, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming or terminating party or its assigns. Any Subservicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer, shall be deemed to be between the Company and such Subservicer alone, and the Purchaser shall not be deemed a party thereto and shall have no claims or rights of action against, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities to or with respect to the Subservicer or its officers, directors or employees, except as set forth in Section 4.01(a).

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Samples: Flow Sale and Interim Servicing Agreement (ABFC 2006-He1 Trust)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a Subservicer or Subcontractor, 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. Without limiting The Company shall service the generality Mortgage Loans in accordance with the guidelines of the foregoingapplicable governing agency, including the Federal Housing Administration for FHA Mortgage Loans, the Company shallVeteran’s Administration for VA Mortgage Loans, RHS for RHS Mortgage Loans, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, Accepted Servicing Practices with respect to the Conventional Mortgage Loan Loans and shall comply with respect all the rules and regulations as set forth by each applicable agency provided that in the event the guidelines of FHA or VA conflict with the Servicing Guidelines of Freddie Mac, the Company shall service the loans in accordance with the guidelines of FHA or VA, as applicable. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any applicable FHA, VA or RHS guidelines or the Servicing Guides and subject to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) REMIC Provisions if the Mortgage Loans have been transferred to a REMIC, 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's ’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; providedPurchaser and, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any the Non-Conventional Mortgage Loans, will not result in the impairment of coverage under the MIC or LGC or Loan that would vary Note Guarantee, as applicable. In the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or event of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in each remittance for any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal to deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03, 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 that paid by the Mortgagor. The Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. 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 Purchaser, 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 Owner 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. 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 Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and assigns. The Company will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with MERS and the Company will remain in good standing with MERS. The Company shall cause to be maintained for each Cooperative Loan a copy of the financing statements and shall file any such financing statements and continuation statements as necessary, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code applicable in the jurisdiction in which the related Cooperative Apartment is located, to perfect and protect the security interest and lien of the Purchaser.

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Samples: Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement (GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-Ar2)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company 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 desirabledesirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting Consistent with the generality terms of the foregoingthis Agreement, the Company shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiverany Mortgagor, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that (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 may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, Purchaser) the Company may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary change the Mortgage Interest RateRate (except for any change made pursuant to the adjustment provisions, if any, of the related Mortgage Note), defer or forgive the payment of interest any principal or of any principalinterest, reduce change the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) amount, make any future advances or extend the final maturity date of on such Mortgage Loan. If, with Without limiting the consent generality of the Owner, the Company permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loanforegoing, the Company shall include in each remittance for any month in which any such principal continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of itself, and the Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or interest payment has been deferred an amount equal cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that Mortgage Loans and the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. The Company will not waive any Prepayment Charge permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Note (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default) unless such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of the Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans, and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. If the Company waives a Prepayment Charge, in whole or in part, in violation of this Paragraph, the Company shall deposit into the Custodial Account, from its own funds the amount of the Prepayment Charge so waived for the benefit of the Purchaser. In servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ Customary Servicing Procedures.

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Samples: Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement (Wilshire Real Estate Investment Trust Inc)

Company to Act as Servicer. The Company, as an independent contract servicercontractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in conformity with Customary Servicing Procedures. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Company shall exercise no less than the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, but shall perform such obligations without regard to the Company's obligation to make Servicing Advances or P&I Advances, or to the Company's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. Subject to the above-described servicing standards, the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans, and the provisions of any Primary Insurance Policy and applicable law, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alonealone or through the utilization of a third party servicing provider, 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. Without limiting The Company shall service the generality Mortgage Loans: (i) in accordance with the guidelines of the foregoingapplicable governing Agency, and shall comply with all the rules and regulations as set forth by each applicable agency or (ii) as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties pursuant to Article IX, Section 9.01(b) hereof. The Company shall be responsible for any and all acts and omissions of a third party servicing provider, and the Company’s utilization of a third party servicing provider shall in no way relieve the liability of the Company or release the Company from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Company shallshall pay all fees and expenses of its third party vendors or subservicers from its own funds. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Agency guidelines, and is hereby authorized and empowered to (i) execute and deliver on behalf of itself and the Owner, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loan and with respect to the Mortgaged Property and (ii) 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 the related any Mortgagor if in the Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests Purchaser and will not result in the impairment of coverage under any PMI Policy. In the Owner and is not prohibited by a Primary Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Company may not, unless it has obtained the consent of the Owner, permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would vary the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of interest or event of any principal, reduce the outstanding principal amount (other than as a result of its actual receipt of payment of principal on) or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan. If, with the consent of the Owner, the Company modification which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company shall include in each remittance disburse on the following Remittance Date, from its own funds, 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 for any month in which any such principal Monthly Payment received or interest payment has been deferred an and (b) the amount equal paid by the Mortgagor, if any. 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 Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the amount that the Company would have been required to advance pursuant to Section 5.03 if such deferred amounts had been delinquent, Mortgage Loans and shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances only with respect to the same extent as for P&I Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Company, the Owner 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. 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 Company shall cause to be maintained for each Cooperative Loan a copy of the financing statements and shall file and such financing statements and continuation statements as necessary, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code applicable in the jurisdiction in which the related Cooperative Apartment is located, to perfect and protect the security interest and lien of the Purchaser.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-Gel3)

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