Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer. (a) Each of DLJMC and Ocwen in its capacity as Seller or Servicer, as applicable, hereby makes on behalf of themselves the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule IIA and Schedule IIB hereto, respectively, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the applicable Cut-off Date. (b) DLJMC, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or the date specified therein, with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule I hereto and as of the Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan identified on Schedule I hereto. Any breach of the representation and warranty set forth in clauses (xx), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of Schedule III hereto shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders in that Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty. (c) If any Initial Mortgage Loan less than thirty days delinquent as of the Initial Cut-off Date (i) fails to make its Scheduled Payment due during the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which the Initial Cut-off Date occurs and ending on the Initial Cut-off Date and (ii) becomes 30 days or more delinquent with respect to such Scheduled Payment, then the Seller shall be deemed to have automatically breached the representation and warranty set forth in clause (iv) of Schedule III hereto; provided, however, that in no event shall such representation and warranty be automatically breached with respect to Initial Mortgage Loans constituting more than 3% of the Aggregate Collateral Balance as of the Initial Cut-off Date (including amounts in the Prefunding Account as of the Closing Date); provided, further, however, that (1) if such representation and warranty is breached with respect to Initial Mortgage Loans exceeding such 3%, then such representation and warranty shall not be deemed automatically breached for any Initial Mortgage Loan and (2) the Seller shall not be deemed to have automatically breached such representation and warranty with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which such Scheduled Payment is made during the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which the Initial Cut-off Date occurs and ending on the close of business on February 28, 2005. The Servicer shall notify the Seller and the Trustee of any such delinquency. In connection with any such delinquency and automatic breach relating to the Initial Mortgage Loans constituting not more than 3% of the Aggregate Collateral Balance, the Seller shall be required to replace all such delinquent Initial Mortgage Loans with Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 2.03(d) below on or before the March 2005 Distribution Date (without regard to any reference in Section 2.03(d) below to a “90-day” period). A breach may exist for purposes of Section 2.03(d), notwithstanding the non-existence of an automatic breach for purposes of this Section 2.03(c). (d) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a breach of any representation or warranty made by it pursuant to Section 2.03(b) which materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders, it shall cure such breach in all material respects, and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Repurchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit M and the Mortgage File for any such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Servicer and the Trustee for any actual out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to any representation and warranty described in this Section which are made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or warranty. With respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01(b), with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01. Scheduled Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the Collection Period related to the Distribution Date in the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for the related Collection Period and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Seller shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor. Upon such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit to the applicable Collection Account of the amount required to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as described in the following paragraph, the Trustee shall or shall cause the applicable Custodian to release the Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee’s interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03. For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such shortage (the “Substitution Adjustment Amount”) plus an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans and (ii) any costs and damages actually incurred and paid by or on behalf of the Trust in connection with any breach of the representation and warranty set forth in Schedule III (xxi) as the result of a violation of a predatory or abusive lending law applicable to such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the applicable Collection Account by the Seller on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date in the month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder. One or more mortgage loans may be substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans. The determination of whether a mortgage loan is a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan may be satisfied on an individual basis. Alternatively, if more than one mortgage loan is to be substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the characteristics of such mortgage loans and Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be aggregated or calculated on a weighted average basis, as applicable, in determining whether such mortgage loans are Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans. In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Repurchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date in the month following the month during which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Repurchase Price and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M hereto, the Trustee shall release or cause the Custodian to release the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against such Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf. The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee, or to the Custodian on the Trustee’s behalf, for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (CSFB Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-Fix1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (CSFB Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-Fix1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer. (a) Each of DLJMC and Ocwen SPS in its capacity as Seller or Servicer, as applicable, hereby makes on behalf of themselves the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule IIA and Schedule IIB hereto, respectively, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the applicable Cut-off Date.
(b) DLJMC, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or the date specified therein, with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule I hereto and as of the Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan identified on Schedule I hereto. Any breach of the representation and warranty set forth in clauses (xx), (xxiii) and (xxivxxvii) of Schedule III hereto shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders in that Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty.
(c) If any Initial Mortgage Loan less than thirty days delinquent as of the Initial Cut-off Date (i) fails to make its Scheduled Payment due during the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which the Initial Cut-off Date occurs and ending on the Initial Cut-off Date and (ii) becomes 30 days or more delinquent with respect to such Scheduled Payment, then the Seller shall be deemed to have automatically breached the representation and warranty set forth in clause (iv) of Schedule III hereto; provided, however, that in no event shall such representation and warranty be automatically breached with respect to Initial Mortgage Loans constituting more than 3% of the Aggregate Collateral Balance as of the Initial Cut-off Date (including amounts in the Prefunding Account as of the Closing Date); provided, further, however, that (1) if such representation and warranty is breached with respect to Initial Mortgage Loans exceeding such 3%, then such representation and warranty shall not be deemed automatically breached for any Initial Mortgage Loan and (2) the Seller shall not be deemed to have automatically breached such representation and warranty with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which such Scheduled Payment is made during the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month in which the Initial Cut-off Date occurs and ending on the close of business on February 28, 2005. The Servicer shall notify the Seller and the Trustee of any such delinquency. In connection with any such delinquency and automatic breach relating to the Initial Mortgage Loans constituting not more than 3% of the Aggregate Collateral Balance, the Seller shall be required to replace all such delinquent Initial Mortgage Loans with Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 2.03(d) below on or before the March 2005 Distribution Date (without regard to any reference in Section 2.03(d) below to a “90-day” period). A breach may exist for purposes of Section 2.03(d), notwithstanding the non-existence of an automatic breach for purposes of this Section 2.03(c)[Reserved].
(d) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a breach of any representation or warranty made by it pursuant to Section 2.03(b) which materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders, it shall cure such breach in all material respects, and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Repurchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit M and the Mortgage File for any such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Servicer and the Trustee for any actual out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to any representation and warranty described in this Section which are made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or warranty. With respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01(b), with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01. Scheduled Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the Collection Period related to the Distribution Date in the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for the related Collection Period and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Seller shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor. Upon such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit to the applicable Collection Account of the amount required to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as described in the following paragraph, the Trustee shall or shall cause the applicable Custodian to release the Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee’s interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03. For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such shortage (the “Substitution Adjustment Amount”) plus an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans and (ii) any costs and damages actually incurred and paid by or on behalf of the Trust in connection with any breach of the representation and warranty set forth in Schedule III (xxi) as the result of a violation of a predatory or abusive lending law applicable to such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the applicable Collection Account by the Seller on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date in the month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder. One or more mortgage loans may be substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans. The determination of whether a mortgage loan is a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan may be satisfied on an individual basis. Alternatively, if more than one mortgage loan is to be substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the characteristics of such mortgage loans and Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be aggregated or calculated on a weighted average basis, as applicable, in determining whether such mortgage loans are Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans. In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Repurchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date in the month following the month during which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Repurchase Price and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M hereto, the Trustee shall release or cause the Custodian to release the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against such Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf. The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee, or to the Custodian on the Trustee’s behalf, for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (CSFB Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-Age1)
Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer. (a) Each of DLJMC and Ocwen American Home Mortgage Corp., in its capacity as Seller or Servicerand American Home Mortgage Servicing, as applicable, hereby makes on behalf of themselves the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule IIA and Schedule IIB hereto, respectively, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the applicable Cut-off Date.
(b) DLJMCInc., in its capacity as SellerServicer (together sometimes referred to in this Section 3.01 only, hereby makes the representations “Company”), represents, warrants and warranties set forth in Schedule III covenants to the Depositor and the Trustee, Purchaser that as of the each Closing Date, Date or the date specified therein, with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule I hereto and as of such date specifically provided herein:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan identified on Schedule I hereto. Any breach laws of the representation jurisdiction of its incorporation and warranty set forth has all licenses necessary to carry out its business as now being conducted, except where the failure to be so licensed would not result in clauses (xx), (xxiii) and (xxiv) of Schedule III hereto shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders in that Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding the Seller’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty.
(c) If any Initial Mortgage Loan less than thirty days delinquent as of the Initial Cut-off Date (i) fails to make its Scheduled Payment due during the period commencing a material adverse effect on the second day Company, the enforceability of the month preceding the month in which the Initial Cut-off Date occurs and ending on the Initial Cut-off Date and (ii) becomes 30 days or more delinquent with respect to such Scheduled Payment, then the Seller shall be deemed to have automatically breached the representation and warranty set forth in clause (iv) of Schedule III hereto; provided, however, that in no event shall such representation and warranty be automatically breached with respect to Initial Mortgage Loans constituting more than 3% of the Aggregate Collateral Balance as of the Initial Cut-off Date (including amounts in the Prefunding Account as of the Closing Date); provided, further, however, that (1) if such representation and warranty is breached with respect to Initial Mortgage Loans exceeding such 3%, then such representation and warranty shall not be deemed automatically breached for any Initial each Mortgage Loan and (2) the Seller shall not be deemed to have automatically breached such representation and warranty with respect to any Mortgage Loan for which such Scheduled Payment is made during the period commencing on the second day servicing of the month preceding the month in which the Initial Cut-off Date occurs and ending on the close of business on February 28, 2005. The Servicer shall notify the Seller and the Trustee of any such delinquency. In connection with any such delinquency and automatic breach relating to the Initial Mortgage Loans constituting not more than 3% of the Aggregate Collateral Balance, the Seller shall be required to replace all such delinquent Initial Mortgage Loans with Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and is licensed and qualified to transact business in and is in good standing under the laws of each state in which any Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise exempt under applicable law from such licensing or qualification or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such licensing or qualification and no demand for such licensing or qualification has been made upon the Company by any such state, and in any event the Company is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of each Mortgage Loan and the servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(b) The Seller has the full corporate power and authority and legal right to hold, transfer and convey each Mortgage Loan and to sell each Mortgage Loan and the Company has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter and to conduct its business as presently conducted; the Company has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any agreements contemplated hereby, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, and any agreements contemplated hereby, and this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter and each Assignment of Mortgage to the Purchaser and any agreements contemplated hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller and, if applicable, the Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws, and by equitable principles affecting the enforceability of the rights of creditors; and all requisite corporate action has been taken by the Company to make this Agreement, the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter and all agreements contemplated hereby valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with their terms;
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter will (i) conflict with any of the terms, conditions or provisions of Section 2.03(dthe Company’s charter or by-laws or materially conflict with or (ii) below on result in a material breach of any of the terms, conditions or before provisions of any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the March 2005 Distribution Date Company is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, except, in the case of this clause (without regard to any reference in Section 2.03(d) below to a “90-day” period). A breach may exist for purposes of Section 2.03(dii), notwithstanding for such breaches, defaults or accelerations that would not, either in any one instance or in the non-existence aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the Company or (iii) result in the material violation of an automatic breach for purposes of this Section 2.03(c).any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company or its property is subject;
(d) Upon discovery by any There is no litigation, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or to the knowledge of the parties hereto Company, threatened, or any order or decree outstanding, which is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the sale of the Mortgage Loans, the execution, delivery, performance or enforceability of this Agreement or the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, or which is reasonably likely to have a breach material adverse effect on the financial condition of a representation the Company;
(e) No consent, approval, authorization or warranty made order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter, except for consents, approvals, authorizations and orders which have been obtained;
(f) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter are in the ordinary course of business of the Company, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that materially this Agreement and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders related Purchase Price and Terms Letter are not subject to bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(g) The origination and servicing practices with respect to each Mortgage LoanNote and Mortgage have been legal and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and in all material respects proper and prudent in the mortgage origination and servicing business. With respect to escrow deposits and payments that the Servicer is entitled to collect, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the control of, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice Servicer, and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof to have not been made. All escrow payments have been collected and are being maintained in full compliance with applicable state and federal law and the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a breach of any representation or warranty made by it pursuant to Section 2.03(b) which materially and adversely affects the value provisions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage. As to any Mortgage Loan that is the subject of an escrow, escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every escrowed item that remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits or other charges or payments due under the Mortgage Note have been capitalized under any Mortgage or the interests of the Certificateholders, it shall cure such breach related Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in all material respects, strict compliance with state and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Repurchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided, however, that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit M federal law and the Mortgage File for any such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Servicer and the Trustee for any actual out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to any representation and warranty described in this Section which are made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value terms of the related Mortgage Loan Note. Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state and local law has been properly paid and credited;
(h) The Seller has not used selection procedures that identified the Mortgage Loans as being less desirable or the interests of the Certificateholders therein, notwithstanding valuable than other comparable mortgage loans in the Seller’s lack portfolio at the Cut-off Date;
(i) The Seller will treat the sale of knowledge with respect the Mortgage Loans to the substance Purchaser as a sale for reporting and accounting purposes and, to the extent appropriate, for federal income tax purposes;
(j) The Company is an approved seller/servicer of residential mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and HUD, with such facilities, procedures and personnel necessary for the sound servicing of such representation mortgage loans. The Company is duly qualified, licensed, registered and otherwise authorized under all applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations, meets the minimum capital requirements, if applicable, set forth by the OCC, and is in good standing to sell mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Mae or warrantyXxxxxxx Mac and no event has occurred which would make the Company unable to comply with eligibility requirements or which would require notification to either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(k) The Company does not believe, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach nor does it have any cause or reason to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter. The Company is solvent and the sale of the applicable representation Mortgage Loans will not cause the Seller to become insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with the intent to hinder, delay or warranty. With respect to defraud any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan of the Company’s creditors;
(l) No statement, tape, diskette, form, report or Loansother document prepared by, or on behalf of, the Seller shall deliver Company pursuant to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage Note, the Mortgagethis Agreement, the related assignment Purchase Price and Terms Letter or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, contains any statement that is inaccurate or misleading in any material respect. The Seller has prudently originated and underwritten each Mortgage Loan;
(m) The Servicer acknowledges and agrees that the Servicing Fee represents reasonable compensation for performing such services and that the entire Servicing Fee shall be treated by the Servicer, for accounting and tax purposes, as compensation for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage, Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement;
(n) The Company has delivered to the Purchaser financial statements as to its last two complete fiscal years. All such financial statements fairly present the pertinent results of operations and changes in financial position for each of such other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01(b), with the Mortgage Note endorsed periods and the Mortgage assigned financial position at the end of each such period of the Company and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as required by Section 2.01. Scheduled Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans set forth in the Collection Period related to the Distribution Date notes thereto. There has been no change in the month of substitution shall not be part business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Trust Fund and will be retained by Company since the Seller. For date of the month of substitution, distributions Company’s financial statements that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for perform its obligations under this Agreement or the related Collection Period Purchase Price and thereafter the Terms Letter;
(o) The Seller shall has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person that may be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan any commission or Loans and the Seller shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor. Upon such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit to the applicable Collection Account of the amount required to be deposited therein compensation in connection with such substitution as described in the following paragraph, the Trustee shall or shall cause the applicable Custodian to release sale of the Mortgage File held for Loans; and
(p) The Company is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects with the benefit rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee’s interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03. For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute MERS Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all as long as such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such shortage (the “Substitution Adjustment Amount”) plus an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances are registered with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans and (ii) any costs and damages actually incurred and paid by or on behalf of the Trust in connection with any breach of the representation and warranty set forth in Schedule III (xxi) as the result of a violation of a predatory or abusive lending law applicable to such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the applicable Collection Account by the Seller on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date in the month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder. One or more mortgage loans may be substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans. The determination of whether a mortgage loan is a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan may be satisfied on an individual basis. Alternatively, if more than one mortgage loan is to be substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the characteristics of such mortgage loans and Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be aggregated or calculated on a weighted average basis, as applicable, in determining whether such mortgage loans are Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans. In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Repurchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Servicer Remittance Date in the month following the month during which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Repurchase Price and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M hereto, the Trustee shall release or cause the Custodian to release the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against such Persons respecting such breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf. The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee, or to the Custodian on the Trustee’s behalf, for the benefit of the CertificateholdersMERS.
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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2005-1)