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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT between AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP., as Seller, AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC., as Servicer, and GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Purchaser Dated as of May 1, 2006...

 
 
 
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
 
 
between
 
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP.,
as Seller,
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC.,
as Servicer,
 
 
and
 
 
XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY,
as Purchaser
 
 
Dated as of May 1, 2006
 
 
Conventional,
Fixed and Adjustable Rate,
Residential Mortgage Loans
 
 


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
 
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1
     
SECTION 2.
PURCHASE AND CONVEYANCE
17
     
SECTION 3.
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
18
     
SECTION 4.
PURCHASE PRICE
18
     
SECTION 5.
EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES
19
     
SECTION 6.
DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
19
     
Subsection 6.01
Possession of Mortgage Files
19
Subsection 6.02
Books and Records
20
Subsection 6.03
Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents
20
Subsection 6.04
MERS Designated Loans
21
     
SECTION 7.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS; REMEDIES FOR BREACH.
21
     
Subsection 7.01
Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans.
21
Subsection 7.02
Seller and Servicer Representations
36
Subsection 7.03
Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties.
40
     
SECTION 8.
CLOSING
43
     
SECTION 9.
CLOSING DOCUMENTS
43
     
SECTION 10.
COSTS
45
     
SECTION 11.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
45
     
Subsection 11.01
Servicer to Act as Servicer
45
Subsection 11.02
Liquidation of Mortgage Loans
47
Subsection 11.03
Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments
47
 
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Subsection 11.04
Establishment of Custodial Account; Deposits in Custodial Account.
47
Subsection 11.05
Withdrawals From the Custodial Account
49
Subsection 11.06
Establishment of Escrow Account; Deposits in Escrow Account.
50
Subsection 11.07
Withdrawals From Escrow Account
50
Subsection 11.08
Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Collections Thereunder
51
Subsection 11.09
Transfer of Accounts
52
Subsection 11.10
Maintenance of Hazard Insurance
52
Subsection 11.11
Fidelity Bond; Errors and Omissions Insurance
53
Subsection 11.12
Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property
53
Subsection 11.13
Servicing Compensation
54
Subsection 11.14
Distributions
55
Subsection 11.15
Statements to the Purchaser
55
Subsection 11.16
Advances by the Servicer
56
Subsection 11.17
Assumption Agreements
57
Subsection 11.18
Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files
57
Subsection 11.19
Annual Statement as to Compliance
58
Subsection 11.20
Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report or Attestation.
58
Subsection 11.21
Servicer Shall Provide Access and Information as Reasonably Required.
58
Subsection 11.22
Transfer of Servicing
59
Subsection 11.23
Notification of Maturity Date
61
Subsection 11.24
Notification of Adjustments
61
     
SECTION 12.
THE SERVICER.
62
     
Subsection 12.01
Indemnification; Third Party Claims
62
Subsection 12.02
Merger or Consolidation of the Seller and the Servicer
63
Subsection 12.03
Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others
64
Subsection 12.04
Seller and Servicer Not to Resign
64
     
SECTION 13.
DEFAULT.
64
     
Subsection 13.01
Events of Default
64
Subsection 13.02
Waiver of Defaults
66
     
SECTION 14.
TERMINATION
66
     
Subsection 14.01
Termination
66
Subsection 14.02
Termination of the Servicer Without Cause
66
Subsection 14.03
Successors to the Servicer
67
     
SECTION 15.
COOPERATION OF SELLER WITH A RECONSTITUTION
67
     
SECTION 16.
NOTICES
69
 
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SECTION 17.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
71
     
SECTION 18.
NO PARTNERSHIP
71
     
SECTION 19.
COUNTERPARTS
71
     
SECTION 20.
GOVERNING LAW JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
72
     
SECTION 21.
MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
72
     
SECTION 22.
INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
73
     
SECTION 23.
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
73
     
SECTION 24.
WAIVERS
73
     
SECTION 25.
EXHIBITS
73
     
SECTION 26.
GENERAL INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES
73
     
SECTION 27.
REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
74
     
SECTION 28.
AMENDMENT
74
     
SECTION 29.
CONFIDENTIALITY
74
     
SECTION 30.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
75
     
SECTION 31.
FURTHER AGREEMENTS
75
     
SECTION 32.
NO SOLICITATION
75
     
SECTION 33.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
76
     
SECTION 34.
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
76
     
Subsection 34.01
(a) Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness
76
Subsection 34.02
Additional Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer.
77
Subsection 34.03
Information to Be Provided by the Seller and the Servicer
78
 
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Subsection 34.04
Servicer Compliance Statement
82
Subsection 34.05
Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
83
Subsection 34.06
Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors
84
Subsection 34.07
Indemnification; Remedies.
85
Subsection 34.08
Loan Performance Information.
87
 
EXHIBITS
 
EXHIBIT 1
MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
EXHIBIT 2
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4
FORM OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 5
FORM OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 6
FORM OF ESCROW ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 7
FORM OF ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 8
SELLER’S UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
EXHIBIT 9
REQUIRED FIELDS OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE REPORT
EXHIBIT 10
FORM OF SELLER’S OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT 11
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE SELLER
EXHIBIT 12
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 13
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 14
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 15
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 16
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 17
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE



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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
 
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2006 is hereby executed by and between XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY, a New York limited partnership (the “Purchaser”), and AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP., a New York corporation (the “Seller”) and American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Servicer”).
 
WITNESSETH:
 
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, from time to time, to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase, from time to time, from the Seller, certain conventional fixed and adjustable rate residential first and second lien mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) on a servicing-retained basis as described herein, and which shall be delivered in pools of whole loans (each, a “Mortgage Loan Package”) on various dates as provided herein (each, a “Closing Date”);
 
WHEREAS, each Mortgage Loan is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument creating a first or second lien on a residential dwelling located in the jurisdiction indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Mortgage Loan Package;
 
WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer wish to prescribe the manner of the conveyance, servicing and control of the Mortgage Loans; and
 
WHEREAS, following its purchase of the Mortgage Loans from the Seller, the Purchaser desires to sell some or all of the Mortgage Loans to one or more purchasers as a whole loan transfer or a public or private, rated or unrated mortgage pass-through transaction.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer agree as follows:
 
Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below.
 
Accepted Servicing Procedures: Procedures (including collection procedures) that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account that are similar to the Mortgage Loans and which are in accordance with accepted mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which service mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions where the related Mortgaged Properties are located.
 
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement, the Mortgage Interest Rate of which is adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
 
Affiliate: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
 
Agency Transfer: A Xxxxxx Mae Transfer or a Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer.
 
Agreement: This Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement including all exhibits, schedules, amendments and supplements hereto.
 
ALTA: The American Land Title Association.
 
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of (i) the value thereof as determined by an appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan by a Qualified Appraiser and (ii) the purchase price paid for the related Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor with the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in the case of a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value of the Mortgaged Property is based solely upon the value determined by an appraisal made for the originator of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan by a Qualified Appraiser.
 
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement: As defined in Section 2.
 
Assignment of Mortgage: An individual assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form and in blank, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located to give record notice of the sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser.
 
Balloon Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan (a) that requires only payments of interest until the stated maturity date of the Mortgage Loan or (b) for which Monthly Payments of principal (not including the payment due on its stated maturity date) are based on an amortization schedule that would be insufficient to fully amortize the principal thereof by the stated maturity date of the Mortgage Loan.
 
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in the state in which (i) the Servicer is located or (ii) the Custodial Account is maintained, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
 
Cash-Out Refinance: A Refinanced Mortgage Loan in which the proceeds received were in excess of the amount of funds required to repay the principal balance of any existing first mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property, pay related closing costs and satisfy any outstanding subordinate mortgages on the related Mortgaged Property and which provided incidental cash to the related Mortgagor of more than 1% of the original principal balance of such Mortgage Loan.
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Closing Date: The date or dates on which the Purchaser from time to time shall purchase, and the Seller from time to time shall sell, the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package.
 
Closing Documents: The documents required to be delivered on each Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.
 
CLTA: The California Land Title Association.
 
CLTV: As of the date of origination and as to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the (a) sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Second Lien Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding principal balance as of the date of origination of any mortgage loan or mortgage loans that are senior or equal in priority to the Second Lien Mortgage Loan and which are secured by the same Mortgaged Property to (b) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property.
 
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute thereto.
 
Commission: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Condemnation Proceeds: All awards, compensation and settlements in respect of a taking of all or part of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of condemnation or the right of eminent domain, to the extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
 
Co-op: A private, cooperative housing corporation, having only one class of stock outstanding, which owns or leases land and all or part of a building or buildings, including apartments, spaces used for commercial purposes and common areas therein and whose board of directors authorizes the sale of stock and the issuance of a Co-op Lease.
 
Co-op Lease: With respect to a Co-op Loan, the lease with respect to a dwelling unit occupied by the Mortgagor and relating to the stock allocated to the related dwelling unit.
 
Co-op Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation and a collateral assignment of the related Co-op Lease.
 
Covered Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as Covered pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s Glossary.
 
Custodial Account: As defined in Subsection 11.04.
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Custodial Agreement: The agreement governing the retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents. If more than one Custodial Agreement is in effect at any given time, all of the individual Custodial Agreements shall collectively be referred to as the “Custodial Agreement.”
 
Custodian: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association, and its successors in interest, or any successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement as therein provided.
 
Cut-off Date: The date or dates designated as such on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package.
 
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: The aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the applicable Cut-off Date which is determined after the application, to the reduction of principal, of payments of principal due on or before such Cut-off Date, whether or not collected, and of partial principal prepayments received before such Cut-off Date.
 
Deemed Material Breach Representation: Each representation and warranty identified as such in Subsection 7.01.
 
Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or to be repurchased or replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan by the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
Delinquent Mortgage Loans: As defined in Subsection 11.01.
 
Depositor: The depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any Securitization Transaction.
 
Determination Date: With respect to each Remittance Date, the 15th day (or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day) of the month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
 
Due Date: With respect to each Remittance Date, the first day of the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs, which is the day on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
 
Due Period: With respect to each Remittance Date and any Mortgage Loan, the period beginning on the second day of the month preceding such Remittance Date through and including the first day of the month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
 
Eligible Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities:
 
(a) obligations of or guaranteed as to principal and interest by Xxxxxxx Mac, Xxxxxx Xxx or any agency or instrumentality of the United States when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; provided, however, that such obligations of Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Xxx shall be limited to senior debt obligations and mortgage participation certificates except that investments in mortgage-backed or mortgage participation securities with yields evidencing extreme sensitivity to the rate of principal payments on the underlying mortgages shall not constitute Eligible Investments hereunder;
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(b) repurchase agreements on obligations specified in clause (a) maturing not more than one month from the date of acquisition thereof;
 
(c) federal funds, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not more than ninety (90) days and, in the case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than thirty (30) days) denominated in United States dollars of any United States depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or of any domestic branch of a foreign depository institution or trust company;
 
(d) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which is rated not lower than “P-2” by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and rated not lower than “A-2” by Standard & Poor’s; and
 
(e) a money market fund;
 
provided, however, that no instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if it represents, either (1) the right to receive only interest payments with respect to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the principal and interest with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations.
 
Escrow Account: As defined in Subsection 11.06.
 
Escrow Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the Mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document.
 
Event of Default: Any one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Subsection 13.01.
 
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
Xxxxxx Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.
 
Xxxxxx Mae Guides: The Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx’ Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae Servicers’ Guide, as amended or restated from time to time.
 
Xxxxxx Xxx Transfer: As defined in Section 15.
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FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.
 
FHA: The Federal Housing Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto and including the Federal Housing Commissioner and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development where appropriate under the FHA Regulations.
 
Fidelity Bond: The fidelity bond required to be obtained by the Servicer pursuant to Subsection 11.11.
 
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended and in effect from time to time.
 
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A fixed rate mortgage loan purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Xxxxxxx Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.
 
Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer: As defined in Section 15.
 
Gross Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which amount is added to the Index in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note to determine on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Mortgage Loan.
 
High Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan (a) covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) classified as a “high cost home,” “threshold,” “covered,” (excluding New Jersey “Covered Home Loans” as that term was defined in clause (1) of the definition of that term in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 that were originated between November 26, 2003 and July 7, 2004), “high risk home,” “predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) or (c) a Mortgage Loan categorized as High Cost pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s Glossary. For avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that this definition shall apply to any law regardless of whether such law is presently, or in the future becomes, the subject of judicial review or litigation.
 
Home Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as a Home Loan pursuant to Appendix E of Standard & Poor’s Glossary.
 
HUD: The Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any federal agency or official thereof which may from time to time succeed to the functions thereof with regard to Mortgage Insurance issued by the FHA. The term “HUD,” for purposes of this Agreement, is also deemed to include subdivisions thereof such as the FHA and Government National Mortgage Association.
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Index: The index indicated in the related Mortgage Note for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan.
 
Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.
 
Interest Rate Adjustment Date: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date, specified in the related Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted.
 
Interim Funder: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Person named on the MERS System as the interim funder pursuant to the MERS Procedures Manual.
 
Investor: With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Person named on the MERS System as the investor pursuant to the MERS Procedures Manual.
 
Lifetime Rate Cap: The provision of each Mortgage Note related to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan which provides for an absolute maximum Mortgage Interest Rate thereunder. The Mortgage Interest Rate during the term of each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan shall not at any time exceed the Mortgage Interest Rate at the time of origination of such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan by more than the amount per annum set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
 
Liquidation Proceeds: The proceeds received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage Loan, trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or the sale of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan, other than amounts received following the acquisition of REO Property, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds.
 
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date (unless otherwise indicated), and the denominator of which is the lesser of (a) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property at origination and (b) if the Mortgage Loan was made to finance the acquisition of the related Mortgaged Property, the purchase price of the Mortgaged Property.
 
LPMI Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has an LPMI Policy, the portion of the Mortgage Interest Rate as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule (which shall be payable solely from the interest portion of Monthly Payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds), which, during such period prior to the required cancellation of the LPMI Policy, shall be used to pay the premium due on the related LPMI Policy.
 
LPMI Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with respect to which Servicer is responsible for paying the premium due on the related LPMI Policy with the proceeds generated by the LPMI Fee relating to such Mortgage Loan, as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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LPMI Policy: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by an insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, pursuant to which the related premium is to be paid by the Servicer of the related Mortgage Loan from payments of interest made by the Mortgagor in an amount as is set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
 
LTV: Loan-to-Value Ratio.
 
Manufactured Home: A single family residential unit that is constructed in a factory in sections in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards adopted on June 15, 1976, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD Code”), as amended in 2000, which preempts state and local building codes. Each unit is identified by the presence of a HUD Plate/Compliance Certificate label. The sections are then transported to the site and joined together and affixed to a pre-built permanent foundation (which satisfies the manufacturer’s requirements and all state, county, and local building codes and regulations). The manufactured home is built on a non-removable, permanent frame chassis that supports the complete unit of walls, floors, and roof. The underneath part of the home may have running gear (wheels, axles, and brakes) that enable it to be transported to the permanent site. The wheels and hitch are removed prior to anchoring the unit to the permanent foundation. The manufactured home must be classified as real estate and taxed accordingly. The permanent foundation may be on land owned by the mortgager or may be on leased land.
 
MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors in interest.
 
MERS Designated Mortgage Loan: Mortgage Loans for which (a) the Seller has designated or will designate MERS as, and has taken or will take such action as is necessary to cause MERS to be, the mortgagee of record, as nominee for the Seller, in accordance with the MERS Procedures Manual and (b) the Seller has designated or will designate the Purchaser as the Investor on the MERS System.
 
MERS Procedures Manual: The MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
MERS Report: The report from the MERS System listing MERS Designated Mortgage Loans and other information.
 
MERS System: MERS mortgage electronic registry system, as more particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
 
Monthly Payment: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the scheduled payment of principal and interest payable by a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Note on each Due Date.
 
Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a first or second lien, as applicable, on the Mortgaged Property. With respect to a Co-op Loan, the Security Agreement.
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Mortgage File: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Documents and the items listed in Exhibit 2 hereto and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Mortgage Interest Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note.
 
Mortgage Loan: Each mortgage loan sold, assigned and transferred pursuant to this Agreement and identified on the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes, without limitation, the Mortgage File, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds, and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan, excluding replaced or repurchased mortgage loans.
 
Mortgage Loan Documents: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the documents listed in Exhibit 1 hereto.
 
Mortgage Loan Package: Each pool of Mortgage Loans, which shall be purchased by the Purchaser from the Seller from time to time on each Closing Date.
 
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest payable to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to the related Mortgage Interest Rate minus the related Servicing Fee Rate.
 
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule of Mortgage Loans setting forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Package: (1) the Seller’s Mortgage Loan identifying number; (2) the Mortgagor’s name; (3) the social security number of the Mortgagor; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgagor’s race and/or ethnicity is (i) native American or Alaskan native, (ii) Asian/Pacific islander, (iii) African American, (iv) white, (v) Hispanic or Latino, (vi) other minority, (vii) not provided by the Mortgagor, (viii) not applicable (if the Mortgagor is an entity) and (ix) unknown or missing; (5) the street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state and zip code; (6) a code indicating whether the Mortgagor is self-employed; (7) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, investment property or a second home; (8) a code indicating the number and type of residential units constituting the Mortgaged Property (e.g. single family residence, two-family residence, three-family residence, four-family residence, multifamily residence, condominium, manufactured housing, mixed-use property, raw land and other non-residential properties, planned unit development or cooperative stock in a cooperative housing corporation); (9) the original months to maturity or the remaining months to maturity from the related Cut-off Date, in any case based on the original amortization schedule and, if different, the maturity expressed in the same manner but based on the actual amortization schedule; (10) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination; (11) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of the related Cut-off Date; (12) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage Loan and, if such date is not consistent with the Due Date currently in effect, the Due Date; (13) the stated maturity date; (14) the amount of the Monthly Payment as of the related Cut-off Date; (15) the last payment date on which a payment was actually applied to the outstanding principal
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balance; (16) the schedule of the payment delinquencies in the prior 12 months; (17) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; (18) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the related Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or before the related Cut-off Date; (19) whether the Mortgage Loan has Monthly Payments that are interest-only for a period of time, and the interest-only period, if applicable; (20) with respect to (a) each Mortgage Loan with a second lien behind it, the combined principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and the applicable second lien loan, as of the close of business on the related Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due and collected on or before the related Cut-off Date or (b) each Second Lien Loan, the CLTV; (21) a code indicating whether there is a simultaneous second; (22) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (23) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Gross Margin; (24) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Lifetime Rate Cap under the terms of the Mortgage Note; (25) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, a code indicating the type of Index, including the methodology for rounding (e.g. rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest ten thousandth (.0001)) and the applicable time frame for determining the Index; (26) the product type of Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate, first lien, second lien or adjustable rate Mortgage Loan); (27) a code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, Rate/Term Refinance or Cash-Out Refinance); (28) a code indicating the documentation style (i.e. no documents, full, alternative, reduced, no income/no asset, stated income, no ration, reduced or NIV); (29) asset verification (Y/N); (30) the loan credit classification (as described in the Underwriting Guidelines); (31) whether such Mortgage Loan provides for a Prepayment Penalty; (32) the Prepayment Penalty period of such Mortgage Loan, if applicable; (33) a description of the Prepayment Penalty, if applicable; (34) the Mortgage Interest Rate as of origination; (35) the credit risk score (FICO score); (36) the date of origination; (37) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment period; (38) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment percentage; (39) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Interest Rate floor; (40) the Mortgage Interest Rate calculation method (i.e., 30/360, simple interest, other); (41) with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, the Periodic Rate Cap as of the first Interest Rate Adjustment Date; (42) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan provides for negative amortization; (43) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan has negative amortization and the maximum of such negative amortization; (44) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Balloon Mortgage Loan; (45) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan by its original terms or any modifications thereof provides for amortization beyond its scheduled maturity date; (46) the original Monthly Payment due; (47) the Appraised Value; (48) appraisal type; (49) appraisal date (50) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by a PMI Policy and, if so, identifying the PMI Policy provider; (51) the certificate number of the PMI Policy, if applicable; (52) the amount of coverage of the PMI Policy, if applicable; (53) in connection with a condominium unit, a code indicating whether the condominium project where such unit is located is low-rise or high-rise; (54) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a leasehold estate; (55) with respect to the related Mortgagor, the debt-to-income ratio; (56) sales price; (57) automated valuation model (AVM); (58) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Designated Mortgage Loan and the MERS Identification Number, if applicable; (59) a field indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is a Home Loan; (60) the DU or LP number, if applicable; (60) with respect to each Option ARM Mortgage Loan, (a) a detailed transaction history indicating how all payments were applied, (b) the total negative amortization amount as of the Closing Date and (c) all adjustable rate change histories; and (61) a code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Home Loan as such terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor’s Glossary. With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate, the related Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information, as of the related Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of the Mortgage Loans; (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans; (5) the average principal balance of the Mortgage Loans; (6) the applicable Cut-off Date; and (7) the applicable Closing Date.
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Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of the Mortgage Loan indebtedness of a Mortgagor, including any riders or addenda thereto.
 
Mortgaged Property: With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, the Mortgagor’s real property securing repayment of a related Mortgage Note, consisting of an unsubordinated estate in fee simple or, with respect to real property located in jurisdictions in which the use of leasehold estates for residential properties is a widely-accepted practice, a leasehold estate, in a single parcel or multiple parcels of real property improved by a Residential Dwelling. With respect to a Co-op Loan, the stock allocated to a dwelling unit in the residential cooperative housing corporation that was pledged to secure such Co-op Loan and the related Co-op Lease.
 
Mortgagee: The mortgagee or beneficiary named in the Mortgage and the successors and assigns of such mortgagee or beneficiary.
 
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note, who is an owner of the Mortgaged Property and the grantor or mortgagor named in the Mortgage and such grantor’s or mortgagor’s successors in title to the Mortgaged Property.
 
NAIC: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto.
 
OCC: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or any successor thereto.
 
Officer’s Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or the Assistant Secretaries of the Person on behalf of whom such certificate is being delivered.
 
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of the Seller or the Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
 
Option ARM Mortgage Loan: An adjustable rate Mortgage Loan that gives the related Mortgagor three different payment options each month, which include: (i) a minimum monthly payment option, (ii) an interest-only payment option or (iii) a full principal and interest option which amortizes over 30 years or less.
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OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision or any successor thereto.
 
Owner: As defined in Subsection 11.12.
 
P&I Advance: As defined in Subsection 11.16.
 
Payment Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date on which an adjustment to the Monthly Payment on a Mortgage Note becomes effective.
 
Periodic Rate Cap: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note which provides for an absolute maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may increase or decrease on an Interest Rate Adjustment Date above or below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect. The Periodic Rate Cap for each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is the rate set forth as such on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
 
Periodic Rate Floor: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the provision of each Mortgage Note which provides for an absolute maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate therein may decrease on an Interest Rate Adjustment Date below the Mortgage Interest Rate previously in effect.
 
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
PMI Policy: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by an insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located.
 
Preliminary Mortgage Schedule: As defined in Section 3.
 
Prepayment Penalty: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of any premium or penalty required to be paid by the Mortgagor if the Mortgagor prepays such Mortgage Loan as provided in the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
 
Prime Rate: The prime rate announced to be in effect from time to time, as published as the average rate in The Wall Street Journal (Northeast edition).
 
Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including any Prepayment Penalty thereon, and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
 
Purchase Price: The price paid on the related Closing Date by the Purchaser to the Seller in exchange for the Mortgage Loans purchased on such Closing Date as calculated in Section 4 of this Agreement.
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Purchase Price and Terms Agreement: Each of those certain agreements setting forth the general terms and conditions of the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased from time to time hereunder, each by and between the Seller and the Purchaser.
 
Purchase Price Percentage: The percentage of par (expressed as decimal) set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement.
 
Purchaser: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor to the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein provided.
 
Qualified Appraiser: An appraiser, duly appointed by the originator, who had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation was not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and such appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser both satisfied the requirements of Title XI of FIRREA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated.
 
Qualified Correspondent: Any Person from which the Seller purchased Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an agreement between the Seller and such Person that contemplated that such Person would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time, for sale to the Seller, in accordance with underwriting guidelines designated by the Seller (“Designated Guidelines”) or guidelines that do not vary materially from such Designated Guidelines; (ii) such Mortgage Loans were in fact underwritten as described in clause (i) above and were acquired by the Seller within one hundred eighty (180) days after origination; (iii) either (x) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were originated, used by the Seller in origination of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans for the Seller’s own account or (y) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were underwritten, designated by the Seller on a consistent basis for use by lenders in originating mortgage loans to be purchased by the Seller; and (iv) the Seller employed, at the time such Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Seller, pre-purchase or post-purchase quality assurance procedures (which may involve, among other things, review of a sample of mortgage loans purchased during a particular time period or through particular channels) designed to ensure that Persons from which it purchased mortgage loans properly applied the underwriting criteria designated by the Seller.
 
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, be approved by the Purchaser and (i) have an unpaid principal balance, after deduction of all scheduled payments due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one mortgage loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance), not in excess of the unpaid principal balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall will be deposited in the Custodial Account by the Seller in the month of substitution); (ii) have a Mortgage Interest Rate not less than and not more than one percent (1%) greater than the Mortgage Interest Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term to maturity not greater than and not more than one (1) year less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) be of the same type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan (i.e., fixed rate or adjustable rate with same Mortgage Interest Rate Cap and Index); (v) comply as of the date of substitution with each representation and warranty set forth in Subsection 7.01 of this Agreement; (vi) be current in the payment of principal and interest; (vii) be secured by a Mortgaged Property of the same type and occupancy status as secured the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (viii) have payment terms that do not vary in any material respect from those of the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
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Rate/Term Refinance: A Refinanced Mortgage Loan, in which the proceeds received were not in excess of the amount of funds required to repay the principal balance of any existing first mortgage loan on the related Mortgaged Property, pay related closing costs and satisfy any outstanding subordinate mortgages on the related Mortgaged Property and did not provide incidental cash to the related Mortgagor of more than one percent (1%) of the original principal balance of such Mortgage Loan.
 
Reconstitution: Any Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer.
 
Reconstitution Agreement: As defined in Section 15.
 
Record Date: The close of business of the last Business Day of the month preceding the month of the related Remittance Date.
 
Refinanced Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.
 
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
 
Remittance Date: No later than 1:00 p.m. New York time on the 18th day of any month (or, if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day).
 
REO Disposition: The final sale by the Servicer of an REO Property.
 
REO Disposition Proceeds: All amounts received with respect to an REO Disposition pursuant to Subsection 11.12.
 
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer through foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in Subsection 11.12.
 
Repurchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a price equal to the sum of: (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) accrued interest on such unpaid principal balance at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate from the applicable Cut-off Date through the last day of the month in which such repurchase takes place, (iii) the amount of any outstanding advances owed to any servicer if the Seller is not the Servicer, and (iv) all costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or any servicer arising out of or based upon such breach, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of the Seller’s repurchase obligation hereunder.
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Residential Dwelling: Any one of the following: (i) a detached one-family dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family dwelling, (iii) a one-family dwelling unit in a condominium project, or (iv) a one-family dwelling in a planned unit development, none of which is a co-operative, mobile or Manufactured Home.
 
Second Lien Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by a second lien Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property.
 
Securities Act: The federal Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Securitization Transaction: Any transaction involving either (1) a sale or other transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in connection with an issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities or (2) an issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated securities, the payments on which are determined primarily by reference to one or more portfolios of residential mortgage loans consisting, in whole or in part, of some or all of the Mortgage Loans.
 
Security Agreement: The agreement creating a security interest in the stock allocated to a dwelling unit in the residential cooperative housing corporation that was pledged to secure such Co-op Loan and the related Co-op Lease.
 
Seller: As defined in the initial paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors in interest.
 
Servicer: As defined in the initial paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns as permitted under the terms of this Agreement.
 
Servicer Information: As defined in Subsection 34.07(a).
 
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the Mortgage, and (iv) payments made by the Servicer with respect to a Mortgaged Property pursuant to Subsection 11.08.
 
Servicing Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
 
Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Servicer, which shall, for each month, be equal to one-twelfth of (i) the product of the Servicing Fee Rate and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis of the same principal amount and period respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is computed, and if the Servicer is terminated or resigns hereunder shall be pro rated (based upon the number of days of the related month the Servicer so acted as Servicer relative to the number of days in that month) for each part thereof. The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and payable solely from, the interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds and other proceeds, to the extent permitted by Subsection 11.05) of related Monthly Payments collected by the Servicer, or as otherwise provided under Subsection 11.05.
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Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate set forth in the applicable Purchase Price and Terms Agreement.
 
Servicing File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the portion of the Mortgage File, excluding the Mortgage Loan Documents, retained by the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
 
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Purchaser by the Servicer, as such list may be amended from time to time.
 
Servicing Rights: Any and all of the following: (a) any and all rights to service the Mortgage Loans; (b) any payments to or monies received by the Seller for servicing the Mortgage Loans; (c) any late fees, penalties or similar payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (d) all agreements or documents creating, defining or evidencing any such servicing rights to the extent they relate to such servicing rights and all rights of the Seller thereunder; (e) Escrow Payments or other similar payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans and any amounts actually collected by the Seller with respect thereto; (f) all accounts and other rights to payment related to any of the property described in this paragraph; and (g) any and all documents, files, records, servicing files, servicing documents, servicing records, data tapes, computer records, or other information pertaining to the Mortgage Loans or pertaining to the past, present or prospective servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
 
Standard & Poor’s: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc., and any successor thereto.
 
Standard & Poor’s Glossary: The Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary, as may be in effect from time to time.
 
Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan as to any date of determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the related Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received, minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to the Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal, or advances in lieu thereof on such Mortgage Loan.
 
Static Pool Information: Static pool information as described in Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation AB.
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Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Seller or a Subservicer.
 
Subservicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Seller or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Seller under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
 
Successor Servicer: Any servicer of one or more Mortgage Loans designated by the Purchaser as being entitled to the benefits of the indemnifications set forth in Subsections 7.03 and 12.01.
 
Third-Party Originator: Each Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent, that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the Seller.
 
Transaction Servicer: As defined in Subsection 34.03(c).
 
Transfer Date: In the event the Servicer is terminated as servicer of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsections 12.04, 13.01, 14.01(c) or 14.02, the date on which the Purchaser, or its designee, shall receive the transfer of servicing responsibilities and begin to perform the servicing of such Mortgage Loans, and the Seller, as Servicer, shall cease all servicing responsibilities.
 
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the Seller, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 8 and a then-current copy of which shall be attached as an exhibit to the related Assignment and Conveyance.
 
Whole Loan Transfer: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans, other than a Securitization Transaction.
 
Section 2. Purchase and Conveyance. The Seller agrees to sell from time to time, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from time to time, Mortgage Loans having an aggregate principal balance on the related Cut-off Date in an amount as set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, or in such other amount as agreed by the Purchaser and the Seller as evidenced by the actual aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans accepted by the Purchaser on each Closing Date, together with the related Mortgage Files and all rights and obligations arising under the documents contained therein. The Seller, simultaneously with the delivery of the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Package to be purchased on each Closing Date, shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Conveyance Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 14 (the “Assignment and Conveyance Agreement”).
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With respect to each Mortgage Loan purchased, the Purchaser shall own and be entitled to receive: (a) all scheduled principal due after the related Cut-off Date, (b) all other payments and/or recoveries of principal collected after the related Cut-off Date (provided, however, that all scheduled payments of principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date and collected by the Servicer after the related Cut-off Date shall belong to the Seller), and (c) all payments of interest on the Mortgage Loans, net of the Servicing Fee (minus that portion of any such interest payment that is allocable to the period prior to the related Cut-off Date).
 
For the purposes of this Agreement, payments of scheduled principal and interest prepaid for a Due Date beyond the related Cut-off Date shall not be applied to reduce the Stated Principal Balance as of the related Cut-off Date. Such prepaid amounts (minus the applicable Servicing Fee) shall be the property of the Purchaser. The Seller shall remit to the Servicer for deposit any such prepaid amounts into the Custodial Account, which account is established for the benefit of the Purchaser, for remittance by the Servicer to the Purchaser on the appropriate Remittance Date. All payments of principal and interest, less the applicable Servicing Fee, due on a Due Date following the related Cut-off Date shall belong to the Purchaser.
 
Section 3. Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Seller from time to time shall provide the Purchaser with certain information constituting a preliminary listing of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on each Closing Date in accordance with the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement and this Agreement (each, a “Preliminary Mortgage Schedule”).
 
The Seller shall deliver the related Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on a particular Closing Date to the Purchaser at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date. The related Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the related Preliminary Mortgage Schedule with those Mortgage Loans which have not been funded prior to the related Closing Date deleted.
 
Section 4. Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for each Mortgage Loan shall be the percentage of par as stated in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement (subject to adjustment as provided therein), multiplied by the aggregate principal balance, as of the related Cut-off Date, of the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, after application of scheduled payments of principal due on or before the related Cut-off Date, but only to the extent such payments were actually received. The initial principal amount of the related Mortgage Loans shall be the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans, so computed as of the related Cut-off Date. If so provided in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, portions of the Mortgage Loans shall be priced separately.
 
In addition to the Purchase Price as described above, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller, at closing, accrued interest on the current principal amount of the related Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-off Date at the weighted average Mortgage Interest Rate of those Mortgage Loans. The Purchase Price plus accrued interest as set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be paid to the Seller by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Seller in writing.
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Section 5. Examination of Mortgage Files. At least ten (10) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller shall either (a) deliver to the Purchaser or its designee in escrow, for examination with respect to each Mortgage Loan to be purchased, the related Mortgage File, including a copy of the Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or (b) make the related Mortgage File available to the Purchaser for examination at such other location as shall otherwise be acceptable to the Purchaser. Such examination of the Mortgage Files may be made by the Purchaser or its designee at any reasonable time before or after the related Closing Date. If the Purchaser makes such examination prior to the related Closing Date and determines, in its sole discretion, that any Mortgage Loans do not conform to any of the requirements set forth in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, or as an Exhibit annexed thereto, the Purchaser may delete such Mortgage Loans from the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, and such Deleted Mortgage Loan (or Loans) may be replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (or Loans) acceptable to the Purchaser. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to the Seller, purchase some or all of the Mortgage Loans without conducting any partial or complete examination. The fact that the Purchaser or its designee has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not impair in any way the Purchaser’s (or any of its successor’s) rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided in this Agreement. In the event that the Seller fails to deliver the Mortgage File with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, upon the request of the Purchaser, repurchase such Mortgage Loan as the price and in the manner specified in Subsection 7.03.
 
Section 6. Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents.
 
Subsection 6.01 Possession of Mortgage Files. The contents of each Mortgage File required to be retained by or delivered to the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and thus not delivered to the Purchaser, or its designee, are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer for the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner thereof. The Servicer’s possession of any portion of each such Mortgage File is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement, and such retention and possession by the Servicer shall be in a custodial capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, each Mortgage and the contents of each Mortgage File is vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the Servicer shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by the Servicer at the will of the Purchaser in such custodial capacity only. The Mortgage File retained by the Servicer with respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement shall be appropriately identified in the Servicer’s computer system and/or books and records to reflect clearly the sale of such related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Servicer shall release from its custody the contents of any Mortgage File retained by it only in accordance with this Agreement, except when such release is required in connection with a repurchase of any such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsection 7.03 or if required under applicable law or court order.
 
Subsection 6.02 Books and Records. Record title to each Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note as of the related Closing Date shall be in the name of the Seller; provided, however, that if a Mortgage has been recorded in the name of MERS or its designee, the Seller is shown as the owner of the related Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS for purposes of the system of recording transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ownership of each Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note shall be vested solely in the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be. All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but not limited to, all funds received by the Servicer after the related Cut-off Date on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan as provided in Section 2 shall be vested in the Purchaser or one or more designees of the Purchaser; provided, however, that all such funds received on or in connection with a Mortgage Loan as provided in Section 2 shall be received and held by the Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser or the appropriate designee of the Purchaser, as the case may be, as the owner of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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It is the express intention of the parties that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be, and be construed as, a sale of the related Mortgage Loans by the Seller and not a pledge of such Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. Consequently, the sale of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected as a purchase on the Purchaser’s business records, tax returns and financial statements, and as a sale of assets on the Seller’s business records, tax returns and financial statements.
 
Subsection 6.03 Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents. The Seller shall, at least two (2) Business Days prior to the related Closing Date (or such later date as the Purchaser may reasonably request), deliver and release to the Purchaser, or its designee, the Mortgage Loan Documents with respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to a bailee letter agreement. In connection with the foregoing, the Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents and any Successor Servicer and its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and hold such parties harmless against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, the fact that any Mortgage Loan is not covered by an ALTA or CLTA lender’s title insurance policy. For purposes of the previous sentence, “Purchaser” shall mean the Person then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Purchasers” under this Agreement and “Successor Servicer” shall mean any Person designated as the Successor Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Successor Servicers” pursuant to this Agreement.
 
To the extent received by it, the Servicer shall forward to the Purchaser, or its designee, original documents evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance with this Agreement within two (2) weeks after their execution; provided, however, that the Servicer shall provide the Purchaser, or its designee, with a copy, certified by the Servicer as a true copy, of any such document submitted for recordation within two (2) weeks after its execution, and shall promptly provide the original of any document submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original within two (2) weeks following receipt of the original document by the Servicer; provided, however, that such original recorded document or certified copy thereof shall be delivered to the Purchaser no later than 180 days following the related Closing Date, unless there has been a delay at the applicable recording office.
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If the original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public recording office is not delivered to the Purchaser or its designee within 180 days following the related Closing Date, the related Mortgage Loan shall, upon the request of the Purchaser, be repurchased by the Seller at the price and in the manner specified in Subsection 7.03. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply if the Seller cannot cause the Servicer to deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public recording office within the specified period due to a delay caused by the recording office in the applicable jurisdiction; provided that (i) the Servicer shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if such recording receipt is not available, an officer’s certificate of a servicing officer of the Servicer, confirming that such document has been accepted for recording, and (ii) such document is delivered within twelve (12) months of the related Closing Date.
 
The Seller shall pay all initial recording fees, if any, for the Assignments of Mortgage and any other fees or costs in transferring all original documents to the Custodian or, upon written request of the Purchaser, to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee. The Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee shall be responsible for recording the Assignments of Mortgage and shall be reimbursed by the Seller for the costs associated therewith pursuant to the preceding sentence.
 
Subsection 6.04 MERS Designated Loans. With respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall, on or prior to the related Closing Date, designate the Purchaser as the Investor and the Custodian as custodian, and no Person shall be listed as Interim Funder on the MERS System. In addition, on or prior to the related Closing Date, Seller shall provide the Custodian and the Purchaser with a MERS Report listing the Purchaser as the Investor, the Custodian as custodian and no Person listed as Interim Funder with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan.
 
Section 7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants; Remedies for Breach.
 
Subsection 7.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser and its successors and assigns that, as to each Mortgage Loan, as of the related Closing Date for such Mortgage Loan:
 
(a) Mortgage Loans as Described. The information set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is complete, true and correct;
 
(b) Payments Current. All payments required to be made up to the related Closing Date for the Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited. No payment required under the Mortgage Loan is 30 days or more delinquent nor has any payment under the Mortgage Loan been 30 days or more delinquent at any time since the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
 
(c) No Outstanding Charges. There are no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or ground rents which previously became due and owing have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. The Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under the Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is earlier, to the day which precedes by one (1) month the related Due Date of the first installment of principal and interest;
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(d) Original Terms Unmodified. The terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, from the date of origination except by a written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the Purchaser, and which has been delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing, and the terms of which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and the title insurer, if any, to the extent required by the policy, and its terms are reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, if applicable. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement, approved by the issuer of any related PMI Policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to the Custodian or to such other Person as the Purchaser shall designate in writing and the terms of which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule;
 
(e) No Defenses. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto;
 
(f) Hazard Insurance. Pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, all buildings or other improvements upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are provided for in the Underwriting Guidelines and the Xxxxxx Xxx Guides or by Xxxxxxx Mac. If required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, each Mortgage Loan is covered by a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration as in effect which policy conforms with the Underwriting Guidelines and the Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines. All individual insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller and its successors and assigns as mortgagee, and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given an opportunity to choose the carrier of the required hazard insurance, provided the policy is not a “master” or “blanket” hazard insurance policy covering a condominium, or any hazard insurance policy covering the common facilities of a planned unit development. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller has not engaged in, and has no knowledge of the Mortgagor’s having engaged in, any act or omission which would impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the validity and binding effect of either including, without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller;
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(g) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, predatory, abusive and fair lending laws, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws or unfair and deceptive practice laws applicable to the Mortgage Loans, including, without limitation, any provisions relating to Prepayment Penalties, have been complied with, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations, and the Seller shall maintain in its possession, available for the Purchaser’s inspection, and shall deliver to the Purchaser upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements;
 
(h) No Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission. The Seller has not waived the performance by the Mortgagor of any action, if the Mortgagor’s failure to perform such action would cause the Mortgage Loan to be in default, nor has the Seller waived any default resulting from any action or inaction by the Mortgagor;
 
(i) Type of Mortgaged Property. With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan and is not secured by an interest in a leasehold estate, the Mortgaged Property is a fee simple estate that consists of a single parcel of real property with a detached single family residence erected thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual residential condominium unit in a condominium project, or an individual unit in a planned unit development (or, with respect to each Co-op Loan, an individual unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation); provided, however, that any condominium unit, planned unit development or residential cooperative housing corporation shall conform with the Underwriting Guidelines. No portion of the Mortgaged Property (or underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan) is used for commercial purposes, and since the date of origination, no portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used for commercial purposes; provided, that Mortgaged Properties which contain a home office shall not be considered as being used for commercial purposes as long as the Mortgaged Property has not been altered for commercial purposes and is not storing any chemicals or raw materials other than those commonly used for homeowner repair, maintenance and/or household purposes. None of the Mortgaged Properties are Manufactured Homes, log homes, mobile homes, geodesic domes or other unique property types;
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(j) Valid First or Second Lien. The Mortgage is a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected, first or second lien (as applicable) on the Mortgaged Property, including all buildings and improvements on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing. The lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
 
 
(i)
the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable;
 
 
(ii)
covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan or (b) which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal; and
 
 
(iii)
other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property.
 
 
(iv)
with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans, the lien on the first mortgage on the Mortgaged Property.
 
Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid, subsisting, enforceable and perfected (A) first lien and first priority security interest with respect to each first lien mortgage loan or (B) second lien and second priority security interest with respect to each Second Lien Mortgage Loan, in either case, on the property described therein and the Seller has full right to sell and assign the same to the Purchaser.
 
With respect to any Co-op Loan, the related Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest on the related cooperative shares securing the Mortgage Note, subject only to (a) liens of the related residential cooperative housing corporation for unpaid assessments representing the Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the related residential cooperative housing corporation’s payments for its blanket mortgage, current and future real property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments to which like collateral is commonly subject and (b) other matters to which like collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security interest intended to be provided by the related Security Agreement;
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(k) Validity of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a Mortgagor in connection with a Mortgage Loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its terms (including, without limitation, any provisions therein relating to Prepayment Penalties). All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any such agreement, and the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and any other such related agreement have been duly and properly executed by other such related parties. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan. The documents, instruments and agreements submitted for loan underwriting were not falsified and contain no untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the information and statements therein not misleading. No fraud, error, omission, misrepresentation, negligence or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person, including without limitation, the Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application for any insurance in relation to such Mortgage Loan. The Seller has reviewed all of the documents constituting the Servicing File and has made such inquiries as it deems necessary to make and confirm the accuracy of the representations set forth herein;
 
(l) Full Disbursement of Proceeds. The Mortgage Loan has been closed and the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder, and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
 
(m) Ownership. The Seller is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the indebtedness evidenced by each Mortgage Note and upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller will retain the Mortgage Files or any part thereof with respect thereto not delivered to the Custodian, the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee, in trust only for the purpose of servicing and supervising the servicing of each Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan is not assigned or pledged, and the Seller has good, indefeasible and marketable title thereto, and has full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, except as may be required for the Servicer to service such Mortgage Loan. The Seller intends to relinquish all rights to possess, control and monitor the Mortgage Loan, except as may be required for the Servicer to service such Mortgage Loan. After the related Closing Date, the Seller will have no right to modify or alter the terms of the sale of the Mortgage Loan and the Seller will have no obligation or right to repurchase the Mortgage Loan or substitute another Mortgage Loan, except as provided in this Agreement;
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(n) Doing Business. All parties which have had any legal interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) either (i) organized under the laws of such state, or (ii) qualified to do business in such state, or (iii) a federal savings and loan association, a savings bank or a national bank having a principal office in such state, or (3) not doing business in such state;
 
(o) CLTV, LTV, PMI Policy. No Mortgage Loan that is a Second Lien Mortgage Loan has a CLTV in excess of 100%. No Mortgage Loan has an LTV greater than 100%. Any Mortgage Loan that had at the time of origination an LTV in excess of 80% is insured as to payment defaults by a PMI Policy. Any PMI Policy in effect covers the related Mortgage Loan for the life of such Mortgage Loan. All provisions of such PMI Policy have been and are being complied with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid. No action, inaction, or event has occurred and no state of facts exists that has, or will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage. Any Mortgage Loan subject to a PMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the PMI Policy and to pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith. The Mortgage Interest Rate for the Mortgage Loan as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is net of any such insurance premium;
 
(p) Title Insurance. With respect to a Mortgage Loan which is not a Co-op Loan, the Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or other generally acceptable form of policy or insurance acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines and to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and each such title insurance policy is issued by a title insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines and to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien (with respect to first lien Mortgage Loans) or second priority lien (with respect to Second Lien Mortgage Loans) of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or to the extent a Mortgage Note provides for negative amortization, the maximum amount of negative amortization in accordance with the Mortgage), subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (j) of this Subsection 7.02, and in the case of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, against any loss by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment. Where required by state law or regulation, the Mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title insurance. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. The Seller, its successor and assigns, are the sole insureds of such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is valid and remains in full force and effect and will be in force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy, including without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by the Seller;
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(q) No Defaults. Other than payments due but not yet 30 days or more delinquent, there is no default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration, and neither the Seller nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective predecessors, have waived any default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration. With respect to each Second Lien Mortgage Loan, (i) the prior mortgage is in full force and effect, (ii) there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under such prior mortgage or the related mortgage note, (iii) as of the related Closing Date, no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration thereunder, and either (A) the prior mortgage contains a provision which allows or (B) applicable law requires, the mortgagee under the Second Lien Mortgage Loan to receive notice of, and affords such mortgagee an opportunity to cure any default by payment in full or otherwise under the prior mortgage;
 
(r) No Mechanics’ Liens. There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage;
 
(s) Location of Improvements; No Encroachments. All improvements which were considered in determining the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation;
 
(t) Origination; Payment Terms. The Mortgage Loan was originated by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or other similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than seventy days after funds were disbursed in connection with the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Interest Rate as well as, in the case of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Lifetime Rate Cap and the Periodic Rate Cap and the Periodic Rate Floor are as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date to equal the Index plus the Gross Margin (rounded up or down to the nearest 0.125%), subject to the Periodic Rate Cap. The Mortgage Note is payable in equal monthly installments of principal and interest, which installments of interest, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, are subject to change due to the adjustments to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date, with interest calculated and payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the stated maturity date, over an original term of not more than thirty (30) years from commencement of amortization. Unless otherwise specified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Loan is payable on the first day of each month. The Mortgage Loan does not require a balloon payment on its stated maturity date; and by its original terms or any modification thereof, does not provide for amortization beyond its scheduled maturity date;
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(u) Customary Provisions. The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee’s sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good and merchantable title to the Mortgaged Property. There is no homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage, subject to applicable federal and state laws and judicial precedent with respect to bankruptcy and right of redemption or similar law;
 
(v) Conformance with Agency and Underwriting Guidelines. The Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines (a copy of which is attached to the related Assignment and Conveyance as Exhibit C). The Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae and no representations have been made to a Mortgagor that are inconsistent with the mortgage instruments used;
 
(w) Occupancy of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities. Unless otherwise specified on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgagor represented at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor would occupy the Mortgaged Property as the Mortgagor’s primary residence;
 
(x) No Additional Collateral. The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in clause (j) above;
 
(y) Deeds of Trust. In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, authorized and duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor;
 
(z) Acceptable Investment. There are no circumstances or conditions with respect to the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor, the Mortgage File or the Mortgagor’s credit standing that can reasonably be expected to cause private institutional investors who invest in prime mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loan to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect the value or marketability of the Mortgage Loan, or cause the Mortgage Loan to prepay during any period materially faster or slower than the mortgage loans originated by the Seller generally;
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(aa) Delivery of Mortgage Documents. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered under this Agreement for each Mortgage Loan have been delivered to the Custodian. The Seller is in possession of a complete, true and accurate Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit 2 attached hereto, except for such documents the originals of which have been delivered to the Custodian;
 
(bb) Transfer of Mortgage Loans. The Assignment of Mortgage (except with respect to any Mortgage that has been recorded in the name of MERS or its designee) with respect to each Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
 
(cc) Due-On-Sale. With respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or transferred without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee thereunder;
 
(dd) Assumability. With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Documents provide that after the related first Interest Rate Adjustment Date, a related Mortgage Loan may only be assumed if the party assuming such Mortgage Loan meets certain credit requirements stated in the Mortgage Loan Documents;
 
(ee) No Buydown Provisions; No Graduated Payments or Contingent Interests. The Mortgage Loan does not contain provisions pursuant to which Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate account established by the Seller, the Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor, or paid by any source other than the Mortgagor nor does it contain any other similar provisions which may constitute a “buydown” provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan does not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature;
 
(ff) Consolidation of Future Advances. Any future advances made to the Mortgagor prior to the applicable Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term. The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having first or second lien priority (as applicable) by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the Mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
 
(gg) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceedings. There is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, hurricane, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended and each Mortgaged Property is in good repair. There have not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property;
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(hh) Collection Practices; Escrow Deposits; Interest Rate Adjustments. The origination, servicing and collection practices used by the Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been in all respects in compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices, applicable laws and regulations, and have been in all respects legal and proper and prudent in the mortgage origination and servicing business. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such payments are in the possession of, or under the control of, the Seller and there exist no deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in full compliance with state and federal law and the provisions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage. An escrow of funds is not prohibited by applicable law and has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every item that remains unpaid and has been assessed but is not yet due and payable. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. All Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments have been made in strict compliance with state and federal law and the terms of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note on the related Interest Rate Adjustment Date. If, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note, another index was selected for determining the Mortgage Interest Rate, the same index was used with respect to each Mortgage Note which required a new index to be selected, and such selection did not conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note. The Seller executed and delivered any and all notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state, federal and local law has been properly paid and credited;
 
(ii) Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate. The Mortgage Loan does not contain a provision whereby the Mortgagor is permitted to convert the Mortgage Interest Rate from an adjustable rate to a fixed rate;
 
(jj) Other Insurance Policies; No Defense to Coverage. No action, inaction or event has occurred and no state of facts exists or has existed on or prior to the Closing Date that has resulted or will result in the exclusion from, denial of, or defense to coverage under any applicable hazard insurance policy, PMI Policy or bankruptcy bond (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials or defenses which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the insured), irrespective of the cause of such failure of coverage. The Seller has caused or will cause to be performed any and all acts required to preserve the rights and remedies of the Purchaser in any insurance policies applicable to the Mortgage Loans including, without limitation, any necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests therein, and establishments of coinsured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in favor of the Purchaser. In connection with the placement of any such insurance, no commission, fee, or other compensation has been or will be received by the Seller or by any officer, director, or employee of the Seller or any designee of the Seller or any corporation in which the Seller or any officer, director, or employee had a financial interest at the time of placement of such insurance;
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(kk) No Violation of Environmental Laws. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is free from any and all toxic or hazardous substances and there exists no violation of any local, state or federal environmental law, rule or regulation. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there is no pending action or proceeding directly involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is an issue; there is no violation of any environmental law, rule or regulation with respect to the Mortgage Property; and nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said property;
 
(ll) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Mortgagor has not notified the Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge, of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or other similar state statute;
 
(mm) Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the origination of the Mortgage Loan application by a Qualified Appraiser, duly appointed by the Seller, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, and the appraisal and appraiser both satisfy the requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac and Title XI of FIRREA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated;
 
(nn) Disclosure Materials. The Mortgagor has executed a statement to the effect that the Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by, and the Seller has complied with, all applicable law with respect to the making of the Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall maintain such statement in the Mortgage File;
 
(oo) Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property. No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction (other than a “construct-to-perm” loan) or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
 
(pp) Escrow Analysis. If applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Seller has within the last twelve months (unless such Mortgage was originated within such twelve month period) analyzed the required Escrow Payments for each Mortgage and adjusted the amount of such payments so that, assuming all required payments are timely made, any deficiency will be eliminated on or before the first anniversary of such analysis, or any overage will be refunded to the Mortgagor, in accordance with RESPA and any other applicable law;
 
(qq) Credit Information. As to each consumer report (as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Public Law 91-508) or other credit information furnished by the Seller to the Purchaser, that Seller has full right and authority and is not precluded by law or contract from furnishing such information to the Purchaser and the Purchaser is not precluded by the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents from furnishing the same to any subsequent or prospective purchaser of such Mortgage. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
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(rr) Leaseholds. If the Mortgage Loan is secured by a leasehold estate, (1) the ground lease is assignable or transferable; (2) the ground lease will not terminate earlier than five years after the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan; (3) the ground lease does not provide for termination of the lease in the event of lessee’s default without the Mortgagee being entitled to receive written notice of, and a reasonable opportunity to cure the default; (4) the ground lease permits the mortgaging of the related Mortgaged Property; (5) the ground lease protects the Mortgagee’s interests in the event of a property condemnation; (6) all ground lease rents, other payments, or assessments that have become due have been paid; and (7) the use of leasehold estates for residential properties is a widely accepted practice in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
 
(ss) Prepayment Penalty. The Mortgage Loan is subject to a Prepayment Penalty as provided in the related Mortgage Note except as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a Prepayment Penalty feature, each such Prepayment Penalty is enforceable and will be enforced by the Seller for the benefit of the Purchaser, and each Prepayment Penalty is permitted pursuant to federal, state and local law. Each such Prepayment Penalty is in an amount not more than the maximum amount permitted under applicable law and no such Prepayment Penalty may be imposed for a term in excess of five (5) years with respect to Mortgage Loans originated prior to October, 1, 2002. With respect to Mortgage Loans originated on or after October 1, 2002, the duration of the Prepayment Penalty period shall not exceed three (3) years from the date of the Mortgage Note unless the Mortgage Loan was modified to reduce the Prepayment Penalty period to no more than three (3) years from the date of such Mortgage Loan and the Mortgagor was notified in writing of such reduction in Prepayment Penalty period. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision permitting imposition of a penalty upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (i) the Mortgage Loan provides some benefit to the Mortgagor (e.g. a rate or fee reduction) in exchange for accepting such Prepayment Penalty, (ii) the Mortgage Loan’s originator had a written policy of offering the Mortgagor or requiring third-party brokers to offer the Mortgagor, the option of obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment of such a penalty and (iii) the Prepayment Penalty was adequately disclosed to the Mortgagor in the mortgage loan documents pursuant to applicable state, local and federal law. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
 
(tt) Predatory Lending Regulations. No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable and no Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003 is governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act. No Mortgage Loan is covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 and no Mortgage Loan is in violation of any comparable state or local law. The Mortgaged Property is not located in a jurisdiction where a breach of this representation with respect to the related Mortgage Loan may result in additional assignee liability to the Purchaser, as determined by Purchaser in its reasonable discretion. Each Mortgage Loan is in compliance with the anti-predatory lending eligibility for purchase requirements of Xxxxxx Mae’s Selling Guide. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
 
(uu) Single-premium credit life insurance policy. In connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to finance or acquire a single-premium credit life insurance policy. No Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, property, accident, unemployment or health insurance product) or debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the extension of credit. No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single-premium credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, property, accident, unemployment or health insurance product) in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan; no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements as part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such Mortgage Loan. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
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(vv) Qualified Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan is a qualified mortgage under Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
 
(ww) Tax Service Contract. Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid in full, life of loan, tax service contract issued by First American Real Estate Tax Service, and such contract is transferable;
 
(xx) Origination. No predatory or deceptive lending practices, including, without limitation, the extension of credit without regard to the ability of the Mortgagor to repay and the extension of credit which has no apparent benefit to the Mortgagor, were employed in the origination of the Mortgage Loan;
 
(yy) Recordation. Each original Mortgage was recorded and all subsequent assignments of the original Mortgage (other than the assignment to the Purchaser) have been recorded in the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to perfect the lien thereof as against creditors of the Seller, or is in the process of being recorded;
 
(zz) Co-op Loans. With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is a Co-op Loan, the stock that is pledged as security for the Mortgage Loan is held by a person as a tenant-stockholder (as defined in Section 216 of the Code) in a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in Section 216 of the Code);
 
(aaa) [Reserved];
 
(bbb) [Reserved];
 
(ccc) [Reserved];
 
(ddd) Arbitration. With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on or after August 1, 2004, neither the related Mortgage nor the related Mortgage Note requires the Mortgagor to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Mortgage Loan transaction. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
 
(eee) Flood Service Contract. Each Mortgage Loan is covered by a paid in full, life of loan, flood service contract issued by First American Real Estate Tax Service or Fidelity, and such contract is transferable;
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(fff) Litigation. The Mortgage Loan is not subject to any outstanding litigation for fraud, origination, predatory lending, servicing or closing practices;
 
(ggg) Origination Practices. The Mortgagor was not encouraged or required to select a Mortgage Loan product offered by the Mortgage Loan’s originator which is a higher cost product designed for less creditworthy borrowers, unless at the time of the Mortgage Loan’s origination, such Mortgagor did not qualify taking into account such facts as, without limitation, the Mortgage Loan’s requirements and the Mortgagor’s credit history, income, assets and liabilities and debt-to-income ratios for a lower-cost credit product then offered by the Mortgage Loan’s originator or any affiliate of the Mortgage Loan’s originator. If, at the time of loan application, the Mortgagor may have qualified for a lower-cost credit product then offered by any mortgage lending affiliate of the Mortgage Loan’s originator, the Mortgage Loan’s originator referred the Mortgagor’s application to such affiliate for underwriting consideration. For a Mortgagor who seeks financing through a Mortgage Loan originator’s higher-priced subprime lending channel, the Mortgagor was directed towards or offered the Mortgage Loan originator’s standard mortgage line if the Mortgagor was able to qualify for one of the standard products. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
 
(hhh) Underwriting Methodology. The methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for each Mortgage Loan does not rely on the extent of the Mortgagor’s equity in the collateral as the principal determining factor in approving such extension of credit. The methodology employed objective criteria that related such facts as, without limitation, the Mortgagor’s credit history, income, assets or liabilities, to the proposed mortgage payment and, based on such methodology, the Mortgage Loan’s originator made a reasonable determination that at the time of origination the Mortgagor had the ability to make timely payments on the Mortgage Loan. Such underwriting methodology confirmed that at the time of origination (application/approval) the Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to make timely payments on the Mortgage Loan. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
 
(iii) Points and Fees. No Mortgagor was charged “points and fees” (whether or not financed) in an amount greater than (i) 1,000 or (ii) 5% of the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan, whichever is greater. For purposes of this representation, such 5% limitation is calculated in accordance with Xxxxxx Mae’s anti-predatory lending requirements as set forth in the Xxxxxx Mae Guides and “points and fees” (x) include origination, underwriting, broker and finder fees and charges that the mortgagee imposed as a condition of making the Mortgage Loan, whether they are paid to the mortgagee or a third party, and (y) exclude bona fide discount points, fees paid for actual services rendered in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan (such as attorneys’ fees, notaries fees and fees paid for property appraisals, credit reports, surveys, title examinations and extracts, flood and tax certifications, and home inspections), the cost of mortgage insurance or credit-risk price adjustments, the costs of title, hazard, and flood insurance policies, state and local transfer taxes or fees, escrow deposits for the future payment of taxes and insurance premiums, and other miscellaneous fees and charges that, in total, do not exceed 0.25% of the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation;
 
(jjj) Fees Charges. All fees and charges (including finance charges) and whether or not financed, assessed, collected or to be collected in connection with the origination and servicing of each Mortgage Loan has been disclosed in writing to the Mortgagor in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulation. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach Representation; and
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(kkk) Option ARM Mortgage Loans. With respect to each Option ARM Mortgage Loan, (a) the Seller (or a servicer on its behalf) either did not provide different payment options after a “teaser period” or, if different payment options were provided, applied each payment received under the Option ARM Mortgage Loan correctly in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, (b) unless otherwise set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Option ARM Mortgage Loan has no negative amortization as of the related Closing Date and (c) such Option ARM Mortgage Loan was serviced in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and all payment histories are set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule that would be required to service the Option ARM Mortgage Loans after the related Closing Date in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
 
(lll) Second Lien Loans. With respect to each Second Lien Loan:
 
 
(i)
No Negative Amortization of Related First Lien Loan. The related first lien loan does not permit negative amortization;
 
 
(ii)
Request for Notice; No Consent Required. Where required or customary in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located, the original lender has filed for record a request for notice of any action by the related senior lienholder, and the Seller has notified such senior lienholder in writing of the existence of the Second Lien Loan and requested notification of any action to be taken against the Mortgagor by such senior lienholder. Either (a) no consent for the Second Lien Loan is required by the holder of the related first lien loan or (b) such consent has been obtained and is contained in the related Mortgage File;
 
 
(iii)
No Default Under First Lien. To the best of Seller’s knowledge, the related first lien loan is in full force and effect, and there is no default lien, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration existing under such first lien mortgage or mortgage note, and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration under such first lien loan;
 
 
(iv)
Right to Cure First Lien. The related first lien mortgage contains a provision which provides for giving notice of default or breach to the mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan and allows such mortgagee to cure any default under the related first lien mortgage; and
 
 
(v)
Principal Residence. The related Mortgaged Property is the Mortgagor’s principal residence. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material and Adverse Representation.
 
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Subsection 7.02 Seller and Servicer Representations.
 
(A) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser and its successors and assigns that, as of the related Closing Date:
 
(a) Due Organization and Authority. The Seller is a New York corporation, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted, except where the failure to be licensed or qualified would not have a material effect on the Seller or on any Mortgage Loan, and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in the states where the Mortgaged Property is located if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the type conducted by the Seller. The Seller has corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Seller and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered and constitutes the valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligation of the Seller, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors and (ii) general principles of equity, whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law. All requisite corporate action has been taken by the Seller to make this Agreement valid and binding upon the Seller in accordance with its terms;
 
(b) No Consent Required. No consent, approval, authorization or order is required for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from any court, governmental agency or body, or federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Seller is required or, if required, such consent, approval, authorization or order has been or will, prior to the related Closing Date, be obtained;
 
(c) Ordinary Course of Business. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
 
(d) No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition or origination of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller, 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, will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) the Seller’s charter or by-laws or (ii) any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Seller 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 clause (ii), any defaults or breaches that would not, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the Seller, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Seller or its property is subject, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would have a material adverse effect upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any mortgage, contract, deed of trust or other instrument, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, impair the value of the Mortgage Loans, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize the full amount of any insurance benefits accruing pursuant to this Agreement;
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(e) No Litigation Pending. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, would result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Seller to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Seller contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Seller to perform under the terms of this Agreement;
 
(f) Ability to Perform; Solvency. The Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement. The Seller is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage Loans will not cause the Seller to become insolvent. The sale of the Mortgage Loans is not undertaken with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of Seller’s creditors;
 
(g) Seller’s Origination. The Seller’s decision to originate any mortgage loan or to deny any mortgage loan application is an independent decision based upon the Underwriting Guidelines, and is in no way made as a result of Purchaser’s decision to purchase, or not to purchase, or the price Purchaser may offer to pay for, any such mortgage loan, if originated;
 
(h) Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Seller has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”); the Seller has established an anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, has conducted the requisite due diligence in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with respect to the legitimacy of the applicable Mortgagor and the origin of the assets used by the said Mortgagor to purchase the property in question, and maintains, and will maintain, sufficient information to identify the applicable Mortgagor for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws
 
(i) Financial Statements; Other Information. The Seller has delivered to the Purchaser financial statements as to its last three complete fiscal years and any later quarter ended more than 60 days prior to the execution of this Agreement. All such financial statements fairly present the pertinent results of operations and changes in financial position for each of such periods and the financial position at the end of each such period of the Seller and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as set forth in the notes thereto. In addition, the Seller has delivered information as to its loan gain and loss experience in respect of foreclosures and its loan delinquency experience for the immediately preceding three year period, in each case with respect to mortgage loans owned by it and such mortgage loans serviced for others during such period, and all such information so delivered shall be true and correct in all material respects. There has been no change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller since the date of the Seller’s financial Statements that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
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(j) Ability to Service. Seller has the facilities, procedures, and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Seller is duly qualified, licensed, registered and otherwise authorized under all applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations, if applicable, meets the minimum capital requirements set forth by HUD, the OTS, the OCC or the FDIC, if applicable, and is in good standing to enforce, originate, sell mortgage loans to, and service mortgage loans in the jurisdiction wherein the Mortgaged Properties are located;
 
(k) [Reserved];
 
(l) Selection Process. The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Seller’s portfolio at the related Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties set forth in Subsection 7.01 could be made and such selection was not made in a manner so as to affect adversely the interests of the Purchaser;
 
(m) Delivery to the Custodian. The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered with respect to each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, shall be delivered to the Custodian all in compliance with the specific requirements of the Custodial Agreement. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will be in possession of a complete Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit 2 hereto, except for such documents as will be delivered to the Custodian;
 
(n)  Mortgage Loan Characteristics. The characteristics of the related Mortgage Loan Package are as set forth on the description of the pool characteristics for the applicable Mortgage Loan Package delivered pursuant to Section 9 on the related Closing Date in the form attached as Exhibit B to each related Assignment and Conveyance Agreement;
 
(o) No Untrue Information. Neither this Agreement nor any information, statement, tape, diskette, report, form, or other document furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including any Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer) contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state a fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading;
 
(p) No Brokers. The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other person that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
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(q) Sale Treatment. The Seller expects to be advised by its independent certified public accountants that under generally accepted accounting principles the transfer of the Mortgage Loans will be treated as a sale on the books and records of the Seller and the Seller has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for tax and accounting purposes; and
 
(r) Reasonable Purchase Price. The consideration received by the Seller upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement constitutes fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the Mortgage Loans.
 
(B) The Servicer hereby warrants and represents to the Purchaser and its successor and assigns as of the Closing Date:
 
(a) Due Organization and Authority. The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Maryland and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is licensed, qualified and in good standing in each state where a Mortgaged Property is located if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in order to conduct business of the type conducted by the Servicer, and in any event the Servicer is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; the Servicer has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments or transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Servicer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Servicer; and all requisite action has been taken by the Servicer to make this Agreement valid and binding upon the Servicer in accordance with its terms;
 
(b) Ordinary Course of Business. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Servicer;
 
(c) No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Servicer’s certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Servicer or its property is subject, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans;
 
(d) Ability to Service. The Servicer is a seller/servicer of residential mortgage loans, with the facilities, procedures, and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans;
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(e) Ability to Perform. The Servicer does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement;
 
(f) No Litigation Pending. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Servicer which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Servicer, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Servicer to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Servicer, or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Servicer contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Servicer to perform under the terms of this Agreement;
 
(g) No Consent Required. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of or compliance by the Servicer with this Agreement or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans as evidenced by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the related Closing Date;
 
(h) No Untrue Information. Neither this Agreement nor any statement, report or other document furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of fact or omits to state a fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
 
(i) Prior Servicing. Prior to the date hereof, each Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all material respects in strict compliance with Accepted Servicing Practices and the Servicer has reported the Mortgagor credit files to each of the three credit repositories on a monthly basis in a timely manner; and
 
(j) Reasonable Servicing Fee. 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 Loans pursuant to this Agreement.
 
Subsection 7.03 Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties. It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser and its successors and assigns, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon discovery by either the Seller, the Servicer or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other relevant parties.
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Within sixty (60) days after the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Seller of any breach of a representation or warranty, which materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Purchaser therein (or which materially and adversely affects the value of the applicable Mortgage Loan or the interest of the Purchaser therein in the case of a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan) (a “Breach”), the Seller shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such Breach in all material respects and, if such Breach cannot be cured within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Seller of such Breach, the Seller shall, at the Purchaser’s option, repurchase such affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans at the Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding the above sentence, (i) within sixty (60) days after the earlier of either discovery by, or notice to, the Seller of any breach of the representations or warranties set forth in clause (vv) of Subsection 7.01, the Seller shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price and (ii) any breach of a Deemed Material Breach Representation shall automatically be deemed to materially and adversely affect the value of the Mortgage Loan and the interest of the Purchaser therein. In the event that a Breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 7.02, and such Breach cannot be cured within 60 days of the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the Seller of such Breach, all of the Mortgage Loans affected by such Breach shall, at the Purchaser’s option, be repurchased by the Seller at the Repurchase Price. However, if the Breach, shall involve a representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 7.01 (other than the representations and warranties set forth in clause (vv) of such Subsection or any Deemed Material Breach Representation) and the Seller discovers or receives notice of any such Breach within one hundred twenty (120) days of the related Closing Date, the Seller shall, at the Purchaser’s option and provided that the Seller has a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above, remove such Mortgage Loan and substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that any such substitution shall be effected within such one hundred twenty (120) days after the related Closing Date. If the Seller has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the deficient Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price. Any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 7.03 shall occur on a date designated by the Purchaser, and acceptable to the Seller, and shall be accomplished by the Seller remitting to the Servicer for deposit the amount of the Repurchase Price in the Custodial Account for distribution to the Purchaser on the next scheduled Remittance Date.
 
At the time of repurchase of any deficient Mortgage Loan (or removal of any Deleted Mortgage Loan), the Purchaser and the Seller shall arrange for the assignment of the repurchased Mortgage Loan (or Deleted Mortgage Loan) to the Seller or its designee and the delivery to the Seller of any documents held by the Purchaser relating to the repurchased Mortgage Loan in the manner required by this Agreement with respect to the purchase and sale of such Mortgage Loan on the related Closing Date. In the event the Repurchase Price is deposited in the Custodial Account, the Seller shall, simultaneously with its remittance to the Servicer of such Repurchase Price for deposit, give written notice to the Purchaser that such deposit has taken place. Upon such repurchase, the Seller shall amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the repurchased Mortgage Loan from this Agreement.
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As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement except that all such representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed made as of the date of such substitution. No substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. The Seller shall effect such substitution by delivering to the Purchaser for each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of Mortgage and such other documents and agreements as are required by Subsection 6.03. The Seller shall remit to the Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account the Monthly Payment less the Servicing Fee due on each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan in the month following the date of such substitution. Monthly Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall be retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to the Purchaser shall include the Monthly Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution, and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received by the Seller in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall give written notice to the Purchaser that such substitution has taken place and shall amend the related Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. Upon such substitution, each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan 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, as of the date of substitution, the covenants, representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02.
 
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Seller shall 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 scheduled principal payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such shortfall shall be remitted to the Servicer by the Seller for distribution by the Servicer in the month of substitution pursuant to Subsection 11.04. Accordingly, on the date of such substitution, the Seller will remit to the Servicer from its own funds for deposit into the Custodial Account an amount equal to the amount of such shortfall plus one month’s interest thereon at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate.
 
In addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser and its successors and assigns and its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents and any Successor Servicer and its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents and hold such parties harmless against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach of the Seller representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement. For purposes of this paragraph, “Purchaser” shall mean the Person then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Purchasers” under this Agreement and “Successor Servicer” shall mean any Person designated as the Successor Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Successor Servicers” pursuant to this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the Seller set forth in this Subsection 7.03 to cure, repurchase or substitute for a defective Mortgage Loan, and to indemnify the Purchaser and Successor Servicer under Subsection 12.01 constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser and Successor Servicer respecting a breach of the representations and warranties set forth in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02.
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Any cause of action against the Seller relating to or arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the Purchaser or notice thereof by the Seller to the Purchaser, (ii) failure by the Seller to cure such breach, substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified above and (iii) demand upon the Seller by the Purchaser for compliance with this Agreement.
 
Section 8. Closing. The closing for the purchase and sale of each Mortgage Loan Package shall take place on the related Closing Date. At the Purchaser’s option, each closing shall be either: by telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree, or conducted in person, at such place as the parties shall agree. Each closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
 
(a) at least two Business Days prior to the related Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a magnetic diskette, or transmit by modem, a listing on a loan-level basis of the necessary information to compute the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loans delivered on such Closing Date (including accrued interest), and prepare a Mortgage Loan Schedule;
 
(b) all of the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the related Closing Date and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement;
 
(c) the Purchaser’s attorneys shall have received in escrow, all Closing Documents as specified in Section 9, in such forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories as required pursuant to the terms hereof; and
 
(d) all other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been complied with.
 
Section 9. Closing Documents. On the related Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser’s attorneys in escrow fully executed originals of:
 
(a) this Agreement (to be executed and delivered only for the initial Closing Date);
 
(b) the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, executed in four (4) counterparts;
 
(c) with respect to the initial Closing Date, the Custodial Agreement, dated as of the initial Cut-off Date;
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(d) with respect to the initial Closing Date, a Custodial Account Certification in the form attached as Exhibit 4 hereto or a Custodial Account Letter Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit 5 hereto;
 
(e) with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Escrow Account Certification in the form attached as Exhibit 6 hereto or an Escrow Account Letter Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit 7 hereto;
 
(f) the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, segregated by Mortgage Loan Package, one copy to be attached hereto, one copy to be attached to the Custodian’s counterpart of the Custodial Agreement, and one copy to be attached to the related Assignment and Conveyance as the Mortgage Loan Schedule thereto;
 
(g) with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Officer’s Certificate, in the form of Exhibit 10 hereto with respect to the Seller, including all attachments thereto and with respect to subsequent Closing Dates, an Officer’s Certificate upon request of the Purchaser; and
 
(h) with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Opinion of Counsel of the Seller (who may be an employee of the Seller), in the form of Exhibit 11 hereto and with respect to subsequent Closing Dates, an Opinion of Counsel of the Seller upon request of the Purchaser;
 
(i) with respect to the initial Closing Date, an Opinion of Counsel of the Custodian (who may be an employee of the Custodian), in the form of an exhibit to the Custodial Agreement, if required;
 
(j) a Security Release Certification, in the form of Exhibit 12 or Exhibit 13, as applicable, hereto executed by any person, as requested by the Purchaser, if any of the Mortgage Loans have at any time been subject to any security interest, pledge or hypothecation for the benefit of such person;
 
(k) a certificate or other evidence of merger or change of name, signed or stamped by the applicable regulatory authority, if any of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Seller by merger or acquired or originated by the Seller while conducting business under a name other than its present name, if applicable;
 
(l) with respect to the initial Closing Date, the Underwriting Guidelines to be attached hereto as Exhibit 8 and with respect to each subsequent Closing Date, the Underwriting Guidelines to be attached to the related Assignment and Conveyance;
 
(m) Assignment and Conveyance Agreement in the form of Exhibit 14 hereto, including all exhibits thereto;
 
(n) a Custodian’s Certification or similar document, as required under the Custodial Agreement; and
 
(o) a MERS Report reflecting the Purchaser as Investor, the Custodian as custodian and no Person as Interim Funder for each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan.
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The Seller shall bear the risk of loss of the closing documents until such time as they are received by the Purchaser or its attorneys.
 
Section 10. Costs. The Purchaser shall pay any commissions due its salesmen and the legal fees and expenses of its attorneys and custodial fees. All other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transfer and delivery of the Mortgage including recording fees, fees for title policy endorsements and continuations, fees for recording Assignments of Mortgage, and the Seller’s attorney’s fees, shall be paid by the Seller.
 
Section 11. Administration and Servicing of the Mortgage Loans.
 
Subsection 11.01 Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and Accepted Servicing Procedures and the terms of the Mortgage Notes and Mortgages, and shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through sub-servicers or agents, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may perform its servicing responsibilities through agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities hereunder.
 
Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor; provided, however, that (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent, and the Servicer has the consent of the Purchaser) the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely affects the Mortgage Loan, including without limitation, any modification that would defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest, change the outstanding principal amount (except for actual payments of principal), make any future advances, extend the final maturity date or change the Mortgage Interest Rate, as the case may be, with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not waive any Prepayment Penalty or portion thereof unless (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally or is otherwise prohibited by law, or (ii) the enforceability thereof shall have been permanently limited due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment or (iii) in the Servicer’s reasonable judgment, (x) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default, (y) such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Penalty and related Mortgage Loan and (z) doing so is standard and customary in servicing Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Penalty in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default). Except as provided in the preceding sentence, in no event will the Servicer waive a Prepayment Penalty in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. If the Servicer waives or does not collect all or a portion of a Prepayment Penalty relating to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part due to any action or omission of the Servicer, other than as permitted above, the Servicer shall deposit from its own funds without any right of reimbursement therefor the amount of such Prepayment Penalty (or such portion thereof as had been waived for deposit) into the Custodial Account for distribution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In connection with any waiver of a Prepayment Penalty by the Servicer, the Servicer shall account for such waiver in its monthly reports as agreed upon by the Servicer and the Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer in its own name or acting through sub-servicers or agents is hereby authorized and empowered by the Purchaser when the Servicer believes it appropriate and reasonable in its best judgment, 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 the Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Purchaser pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 11.12. The Servicer shall make all required Servicing Advances and shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Purchaser shall furnish to the Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Purchaser may at any time and from time to time, in its sole discretion, upon written notice to the Seller, with respect to (1) any REO Property or (2) all Mortgage Loans that are 90 or more days delinquent as of the date of such notice and any Mortgage Loans that subsequently become 90 or more days delinquent following the date of such notice (for the purposes of this paragraph such Mortgage Loans, “Delinquent Mortgage Loans”), either (i) terminate the Seller’s servicing obligations hereunder with respect to such REO Properties and Delinquent Mortgage Loans, upon reimbursement of any unreimbursed advances owed to the Servicer and payment of the termination fee referred to in Subsection 14.02, or (ii) assume the absolute right to direct the Seller to take such actions with respect to such REO Property and Delinquent Mortgage Loans as the Seller would otherwise be able to undertake pursuant to Subsection 11.12. Upon the effectiveness of any such termination of the Seller’s servicing obligations with respect to any such REO Property or Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall deliver all agreements, documents, and instruments related thereto to the Purchaser, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Procedures and applicable law and shall transfer servicing to the Purchaser’s designee in accordance with Acceptable Servicing Procedures.
 
Subsection 11.02 Liquidation of Mortgage Loans. If any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the event the Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under the Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any applicable grace period, the Servicer shall take such action as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the Purchaser. If any payment due under any Mortgage Loan remains delinquent for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days or more, the Servicer shall commence foreclosure proceedings in accordance with the guidelines set forth by Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac. In such event, the Servicer shall from its own funds make all necessary and proper Servicing Advances.
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Subsection 11.03 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. Continuously from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all Mortgage Loans are paid in full, the Servicer will proceed diligently, in accordance with this Agreement, to collect all payments due under each of the Mortgage Loans when the same shall become due and payable. Further, the Servicer will in accordance with Accepted Servicing Procedures ascertain and estimate taxes, assessments, fire and hazard insurance premiums, and all other charges that, as provided in any Mortgage, will become due and payable to the end that the installments payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become due and payable.
 
Subsection 11.04 Establishment of Custodial Account; Deposits in Custodial Account. The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts (collectively, the “Custodial Account”), titled “American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. as Servicer, in trust for Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company as Purchaser of Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors.” Such Custodial Account shall be established with a commercial bank, a savings bank or a savings and loan association (which may be a depository affiliate of the Servicer) which meets the guidelines set forth by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac as an eligible depository institution for custodial accounts. In any case, the Custodial Account shall be insured by the FDIC in a manner which shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder and which may be drawn on by the Servicer. The creation of any Custodial Account shall be evidenced by (i) a certification in the form of Exhibit 4 hereto, in the case of an account established with a depository affiliate of the Servicer, or (ii) a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit 5 hereto, in the case of an account held by a depository other than an affiliate of the Servicer. In either case, a copy of such certification or letter agreement shall be furnished to the Purchaser upon request.
 
The Servicer shall deposit in the Custodial Account within two (2) Business days following receipt thereof, and retain therein the following payments and collections received or made by it subsequent to the related Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the related Cut-off Date):
 
(a) all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
 
(b) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
 
(c) all Liquidation Proceeds;
 
(d) all proceeds received by the Servicer under any title insurance policy, hazard insurance policy, or other insurance policy other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with Accepted Servicing Procedures;
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(e) all awards or settlements in respect of condemnation proceedings or eminent domain affecting any Mortgaged Property which are not released to the Mortgagor in accordance with Accepted Servicing Procedures;
 
(f) any amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to Subsections 11.14, 11.16 and 11.18;
 
(g) any amount required to be deposited by the Servicer in connection with any REO Property pursuant to Subsection 11.12;
 
(h) any amounts payable in connection with the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsection 7.03, and all amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer in connection with shortfalls in principal amount of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to Subsection 7.03; and
 
(i) with respect to each Principal Prepayment, an amount (to be paid by the Servicer out of its own funds) which, when added to all amounts allocable to interest received in connection with the Principal Prepayment, equals one month’s interest on the amount of principal so prepaid for the month of prepayment at the applicable Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate; provided, however, that the Servicer’s aggregate obligations under this paragraph for any month shall be limited to the total amount of Servicing Fees actually received with respect to the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer during such month.
 
The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges, assumption fees and other ancillary fees need not be deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial Account.
 
The Servicer may invest the funds in the Custodial Account in Eligible Investments designated in the name of the Servicer for the benefit of the Purchaser, which shall mature not later than the Business Day next preceding the Remittance Date next following the date of such investment (except that (A) any investment in the institution with which the Custodial Account is maintained may mature on such Remittance Date and (B) any other investment may mature on such Remittance Date if the Servicer shall advance funds on such Remittance Date, pending receipt thereof to the extent necessary to make distributions to the Owner) and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to maturity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and above, all income and gain realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to withdrawal by the Servicer. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.
 
Subsection 11.05 Withdrawals From the Custodial Account. The Servicer shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Custodial Account for the following purposes:
 
(a) to make payments to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Subsection 11.14;
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(b) to reimburse itself for P&I Advances, the Servicer’s right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (b) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by the Servicer from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of any such reimbursement, the Servicer’s right thereto shall be prior to the rights of the Purchaser, except that, where the Seller is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan, pursuant to Subsection 7.03, the Servicer’s right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to Subsection 7.03, and all other amounts required to be paid to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
 
(c) to reimburse itself for any unpaid Servicing Fees and for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Servicer’s right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (c) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by the Servicer from the Mortgagor or otherwise relating to the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of any such reimbursement, the Servicer’s right thereto shall be prior to the rights of the Purchaser unless the Seller is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Subsection 7.03, in which case the Servicer’s right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent to the payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant to Subsection 7.03 and all other amounts required to be paid to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
 
(d) to reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and for xxxxxxxxxxxx X&X Advances, in accordance with Subsection 11.16, to the extent that such amounts are nonrecoverable by the Servicer pursuant to subclause (b) or (c) above, provided that the Mortgage Loan for which such advances were made is not required to be repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Subsection 7.03;
 
(e) to reimburse itself for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to Subsection 12.01;
 
(f) to withdraw amounts to make P&I Advances in accordance with Subsection 11.16;
 
(g) to pay to itself any interest earned or any investment earnings on funds deposited in the Custodial Account;
 
(h) to withdraw any amounts inadvertently deposited in the Custodial Account; and
 
(i) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of this Agreement.
 
Subsection 11.06 Establishment of Escrow Account; Deposits in Escrow Account. The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Escrow Accounts (collectively, the “Escrow Account”), titled “American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. as Servicer, in trust for Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company as Purchaser of Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors.” The Escrow Account shall be established with a commercial bank, a savings bank or a savings and loan association (which may be a depository affiliate of Servicer), which meets the guidelines set forth by Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac as an eligible institution for escrow accounts. In any case, the Escrow Account shall be insured by the FDIC in a manner which shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder and which may be drawn on by the Servicer. The creation of any Escrow Account shall be evidenced by a certification in the form of Exhibit 6 hereto, in the case of an account established with a depository affiliate of the Servicer, or by a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit 7 hereto, in the case of an account held by a depository. In either case, a copy of such certification or letter agreement shall be furnished to the Purchaser upon request.
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The Servicer shall deposit in the Escrow Account on a daily basis, and retain therein: (a) all Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required under the terms of this Agreement, and (b) all amounts representing proceeds of any hazard insurance policy which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall make withdrawals therefrom only in accordance with Subsection 11.07. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in the Escrow Account, to the extent required by law.
 
Subsection 11.07 Withdrawals From Escrow Account. Withdrawals from the Escrow Account shall be made by the Servicer only (a) to effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, fire and hazard insurance premiums or other items constituting Escrow Payments for the related Mortgage, (b) to reimburse the Servicer for any Servicing Advance made by Servicer pursuant to Subsection 11.08 with respect to a related Mortgage Loan, (c) to refund to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the amounts required under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan, (d) for transfer to the Custodial Account upon default of a Mortgagor or in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan and if permitted by applicable law, (e) for application to restore or repair of the Mortgaged Property, (f) to pay to the Mortgagor, to the extent required by law, any interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account, (g) to pay to itself any interest earned on funds deposited in the Escrow Account (and not required to be paid to the Mortgagor), (h) to the extent permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Note and applicable law, to pay late fees with respect to any Monthly Payment which is received after the applicable grace period, (i) to withdraw suspense payments that are deposited into the Escrow Account, (j) to withdraw any amounts inadvertently deposited in the Escrow Account or (k) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account upon the termination of this Agreement.
 
Subsection 11.08 Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Collections Thereunder. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall maintain accurate records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and the status of fire and hazard insurance coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such charges (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and at a time appropriate for securing maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the Servicer in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under the terms of the Mortgage. If a Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine that any such payments are made by the Mortgagor. The Servicer assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills and shall effect timely payments of all such bills irrespective of each Mortgagor’s faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments and shall make Servicing Advances to effect such payments, subject to its ability to recover such Servicing Advances pursuant to Subsection 11.07(b); provided, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan that does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer will not be required to make advances to effect such payments until such time as the Servicer, or its tax service provider, has received a notice that such payment is delinquent. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, on or before January 31st of each year during the term of this Agreement, beginning January 31, 2006, the Servicer shall ensure that all taxes due during the prior calendar year have been paid on the related Mortgaged Property.
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With respect to each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as an LPMI Loan, the Servicer shall maintain in full force and effect any LPMI Policy, and from time to time, withdraw the premium with respect to such Mortgage Loans from the Custodial Account in order to pay the premium thereon on a timely basis. In the event that the interest payments made with respect to the Mortgage Loan are less than the premium with respect to the LPMI Policy, the Servicer shall advance from its own funds the amount of any such shortfall in the LPMI Policy premiums, in payment of such premium. Any such advance shall be a Servicing Advance subject to reimbursement. In the event that such LPMI Policy shall be terminated, the Servicer shall obtain from another insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines, a comparable replacement policy, with a total coverage equal to the remaining coverage of such terminated LPMI Policy, at substantially the same fee level. If the insurer shall cease to be an insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines, the Servicer shall determine whether recoveries under the LPMI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition of such insurer, it being understood that the Servicer shall in no event have any responsibility or liability for any failure to recover under the LPMI Policy for such reason. If the Servicer determines that recoveries are so jeopardized, it shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor, if required, and obtain from another insurer acceptable under the Underwriting Guidelines a replacement insurance policy. The Servicer shall not take any action which would result in noncoverage under any applicable LPMI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Servicer would have been covered thereunder. In connection with any assumption or substitution agreement entered into or to be entered into, the Servicer shall promptly notify the insurer under the related LPMI Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in accordance with the terms of such LPMI Policy and shall take all actions which may be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage under such LPMI Policy. If such LPMI Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of liability, the Servicer shall obtain a replacement LPMI Policy as provided above.
 
Purchaser, in its sole discretion, at any time, may (i) either obtain an additional LPMI Policy on any Mortgage Loan which already has an LPMI Policy in place, or (ii) obtain a LPMI Policy for any Mortgage Loan which does not already have a LPMI Policy in place. In any event, the Servicer agrees to administer such LPMI Policies in accordance with the Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement.
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In connection with its activities as servicer, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, claims to the insurer under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy and LPMI Policy and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan. Any amounts collected by the Servicer under any PMI Policy shall be deposited in the Escrow Account.
 
Subsection 11.09 Transfer of Accounts. The Servicer may transfer the Custodial Account or the Escrow Account to a different depository institution. Such transfer shall be made only upon obtaining the prior written consent of the Purchaser; such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
 
Subsection 11.10 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance. The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located that conforms to the requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac. If the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made available) the Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer shall also maintain on REO Property fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount which meets the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Any amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the related Mortgage or property acquired in liquidation of the Mortgage Loan, or to be released to the Mortgagor in accordance with Accepted Servicing Procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Subsection 11.05. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance need be required by the Servicer of any Mortgagor or maintained on REO Property other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. All policies required hereunder shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with loss payable to Servicer, and shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not interfere with the Mortgagor’s freedom of choice in selecting either its insurance carrier or agent; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not accept any such insurance policies that do not conform to the requirements of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac.
 
Subsection 11.11 Fidelity Bond; Errors and Omissions Insurance. The Servicer shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket Fidelity Bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage on all officers, employees or other persons acting in any capacity requiring such persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to the Mortgage Loans. These policies shall insure the Servicer against losses resulting from dishonest or fraudulent acts committed by the Servicer’s personnel, any employees of outside firms that provide data processing services for the Servicer, and temporary contract employees or student interns. The Fidelity Bond shall also protect and insure the Servicer against losses in connection with the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of this Subsection 11.11 requiring such Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or relieve the Servicer of its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such Fidelity Bond and insurance policy shall be at least equal to the corresponding amounts required by Xxxxxx Mae in the Xxxxxx Xxx Servicing Guide or by Xxxxxxx Mac in the Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx’ & Servicers’ Guide, as amended or restated from time to time, or in an amount as may be permitted to the Servicer by express waiver of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac.
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Subsection 11.12 Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property. If title to the Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Servicer or its nominee, in either case as nominee, for the benefit of the Purchaser of record on the date of acquisition of title (the “Owner”). If the Servicer is not authorized or permitted to hold title to real property in the state where the REO Property is located, or would be adversely affected under the “doing business” or tax laws of such state by so holding title, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of such Person or Persons as shall be consistent with an opinion of counsel obtained by the Servicer, at the expense of the Purchaser, from an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the state where the REO Property is located. The Person or Persons holding such title other than the Owner shall acknowledge in writing that such title is being held as nominee for the Owner.
 
The Servicer shall cause to be deposited on a daily basis in the Custodial Account all revenues received with respect to the conservation and disposition of the related REO Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of the REO Property, including the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Subsection 11.10 and the fees of any managing agent acting on behalf of the Servicer. Any disbursement in excess of $5,000 shall be made only with the written approval of the Purchaser. The Servicer shall make distributions as required on each Remittance Date to the Purchaser of the net cash flow from the REO Property (which shall equal the revenues from such REO Property net of the expenses described above and of any reserves reasonably required from time to time to be maintained to satisfy anticipated liabilities for such expenses).
 
The disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by the Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and shall be made at such price, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interests of the Owner. Upon the request of the Owner, and at the Owner’s expense, the Servicer shall cause an appraisal of the REO Property to be performed for the Owner. The proceeds of sale of the REO Property shall be promptly deposited in the Custodial Account and, as soon as practical thereafter, the expenses of such sale shall be paid, the Servicer shall reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid Servicing Fees, unreimbursed advances made pursuant to Subsection 11.16 and any appraisal performed pursuant to this paragraph and the net cash proceeds of such sale remaining in the Custodial Account shall be distributed to the Purchaser.
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The Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer, manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in the same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Servicer shall attempt to sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same) on such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Owner.
 
If a REMIC election is or is to be made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property are held, the Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property in a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by such REMIC of any “income from non-permitted assets” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any “net income from foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(c)(2) of the Code.
 
Upon request, with respect to any REO Property, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner a statement covering the Servicer’s efforts in connection with the sale of that REO Property and any rental of the REO Property incidental to the sale thereof for the previous month (together with an operating statement).
 
Subsection 11.13 Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its services hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to retain the Servicing Fee from interest payments on the Mortgage Loans. Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges and other ancillary income shall be retained by the Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided for herein.
 
Subsection 11.14 Distributions. On each Remittance Date the Servicer shall remit by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated in writing by the Purchaser of record on the preceding Record Date (a) all Monthly Payments due in the Due Period relating to such Remittance Date and received by the Servicer prior to the related Determination Date, plus (b) all amounts, if any, which the Servicer is obligated to distribute pursuant to Subsection 11.16, plus (c) any amounts attributable to Principal Prepayments received in the calendar month preceding the month in which the Remittance Date occurs, together with any additional interest required to be deposited in the Custodial Account in connection with such Principal Prepayments in accordance with Subsection 11.04(i), minus (d) all amounts that may be withdrawn from the Custodial Account pursuant to Subsections 11.05(b) through (e).
 
With respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser after the Business Day on which such payment was due, the Servicer shall pay to the Purchaser interest on any such late payment at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change, plus three percent (3%), but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be paid by the Servicer to the Purchaser on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing with the Business Day on which such payment was due and ending with the Business Day immediately preceding the Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. The payment by the Servicer of any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver of any Event of Default by the Servicer.
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Subsection 11.15 Statements to the Purchaser. Not later than the 12th calendar day of each month (or, if such 12th day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day), the Servicer shall forward to the Purchaser in hard copy and electronic format mutually acceptable to the Purchaser and the Seller, a statement containing the information fields set forth on Exhibit 9 and certified by a Servicing Officer. Such statement shall also include (i) information regarding delinquencies on Mortgage Loans, indicating the number and aggregate principal amount of Mortgage Loans which are delinquent (including number of days delinquent through liquidation of the related REO Property) and the book value of any REO Property and (ii) Static Pool Information regarding the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall submit to the Purchaser monthly a liquidation report with respect to each Mortgaged Property sold in a foreclosure sale as of the related Record Date and not previously reported. Such liquidation report shall be incorporated into the remittance report delivered to Purchaser.
 
The Servicer shall furnish to the Purchaser an individual loan accounting report (which may be the same report as set forth in the first paragraph hereof) in hard copy and electronic format mutually acceptable to the Purchaser and the Seller, as of the last Business Day of each month, in the Purchaser’s assigned loan number order (provided that such loan numbers previously have been provided in writing by the Purchaser to the Servicer) to document Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual Mortgage Loan basis. With respect to each month, the corresponding individual loan accounting report shall be received by the Purchaser no later than the fifth Business Day of the following month, which report shall contain the following:
 
 
(i)
with respect to each Monthly Payment, the amount of such remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of any Principal Prepayment, including the date of such prepayment, along with a detailed report of interest on principal prepayment amounts remitted in accordance with Subsection 11.14);
 
 
(ii)
with respect to each Monthly Payment, the amount of such remittance allocable to interest; and
 
 
(iii)
the next actual due date for each Mortgage Loan.
 
In addition, within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Servicer will furnish a report to each Person that was a Purchaser at any time during such calendar year. Such report shall state the aggregate of amounts distributed to the Purchaser for such calendar year. Such obligation of the Servicer shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Servicer pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
 
The Servicer shall prepare and file any and all tax returns, information statements or other filings required to be delivered to any governmental taxing authority or to the Purchaser pursuant to any applicable law with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, the Servicer shall provide the Purchaser with such information concerning the Mortgage Loans as is necessary for such Purchaser to prepare federal income tax returns as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time.
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Subsection 11.16 Advances by the Servicer. On the Business Day immediately preceding each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall either (a) deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all Monthly Payments (with interest adjusted to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate) which were due on the Mortgage Loans during the applicable Due Period and which were delinquent at the close of business on the immediately preceding Determination Date (each such advance, a “P&I Advance”), (b) cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records of the Custodial Account that amounts held for future distribution have been, as permitted by this Subsection 11.16, used by the Servicer in discharge of any such P&I Advance or (c) make P&I Advances in the form of any combination of (a) or (b) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made. Any amounts held for future distribution and so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit in the Custodial Account on or before any future Remittance Date if funds in the Custodial Account on such Remittance Date shall be less than payments to the Purchaser required to be made on such Remittance Date. The Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances as to any Mortgage Loan will continue through the last Monthly Payment due prior to the payment in full of a Mortgage Loan, or through the last Remittance Date prior to the Remittance Date for the distribution of all other payments or recoveries (including proceeds under any title, hazard or other insurance policy, or condemnation awards) with respect to a Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that such obligation shall cease (i) for any Mortgage Loan and on any Remittance Date that the distribution of all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) occurs with respect to such Mortgage Loan or (ii) if the Servicer, in its good faith judgment, determines that P&I Advances would not be recoverable pursuant to Subsection 11.05(d). The determination by the Servicer that a P&I Advance, if made, would be nonrecoverable, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer, delivered to the Purchaser, which details the reasons for such determination.
 
Subsection 11.17 Assumption Agreements. The Servicer will use its best efforts to enforce any “due-on-sale” provision contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage Note, provided that the Servicer shall permit such assumption if so required in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note. When the Mortgaged Property has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the “due-on-sale” clause applicable thereto; provided, however, the Servicer will not exercise such rights if prohibited by law from doing so. In connection with any such assumption, the outstanding principal amount, the Monthly Payment or the Mortgage Interest Rate of the related Mortgage Note shall not be changed, and the term of the Mortgage Loan will not be increased or decreased. If an assumption is allowed pursuant to this Subsection 11.17, the Servicer is authorized to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note.
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Subsection 11.18 Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files. Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Servicer will obtain the portion of the Mortgage File that is in the possession of the Purchaser or its designee, prepare and process any required satisfaction or release of the Mortgage and notify the Purchaser in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Purchaser agrees to deliver to the Servicer the original Mortgage Note for any Mortgage Loan not later than three (3) Business Days following its receipt of a notice from the Servicer that such a payment in full has been received or that a notification has been received that such a payment in full shall be made. Such Mortgage Note shall be held by the Servicer, in trust, for the purpose of canceling such Mortgage Note and delivering the cancelled Mortgage Note to the Mortgagor in a timely manner as and to the extent provided under applicable state law. If the Mortgage has been recorded in the name of MERS or its designee, the Servicer shall take all necessary action to effect the release of the Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS.
 
If the Servicer grants a satisfaction or release of a Mortgage without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage or should the Servicer otherwise prejudice any right the Purchaser may have under the mortgage instruments, the Servicer, upon written demand of the Purchaser, shall remit to the Purchaser the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan by deposit thereof in the Custodial Account. The Fidelity Bond shall insure the Servicer against any loss it may sustain with respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
 
Subsection 11.19 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Servicer shall deliver to the Purchaser on or before March 10th of each year beginning March 10, 2006, an Officer’s Certificate stating that (1) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and if performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (2) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof and the action being taken by the Servicer to cure such default.
 
Subsection 11.20 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report or Attestation. On or before March 10th of each year beginning March 10, 2006, the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a firm of independent public accountants which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Purchaser to the effect that such firm has, with respect to the Servicer’s overall servicing operations, examined such operations in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, stating such firm’s conclusions relating thereto.
 
Subsection 11.21 Servicer Shall Provide Access and Information as Reasonably Required. The Servicer shall provide to the Purchaser, and for any Purchaser insured by FDIC or NAIC, the supervisory agents and examiners of FDIC and OTS or NAIC, access to any documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans which may be required by applicable regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request, during normal business hours and at the offices of the Servicer.
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In addition, the Servicer shall furnish upon request by the Purchaser, during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special or other reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be necessary, reasonable and appropriate with respect to the purposes of this Agreement and applicable regulations. All such reports or information shall be provided by and in accordance with all reasonable instructions and directions the Purchaser may require. The Servicer agrees to execute and deliver all such instruments and take all such action as the Purchaser, from time to time, may reasonably request in order to effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
 
Subsection 11.22 Transfer of Servicing. On the related Transfer Date, if any, the Purchaser, or its designee, shall assume all servicing responsibilities related to, and the Seller cease all servicing responsibilities related to, the related Mortgage Loans subject to such Transfer Date. On or prior to the related Transfer Date, the Seller shall, at its sole cost and expense, take such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and evidence the transfer of the servicing of the related Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, or its designee, including but not limited to the following:
 
(a) Notice to Mortgagors. The Seller shall mail to the Mortgagor of each related Mortgage Loan a letter advising such Mortgagor of the transfer of the servicing of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser, or its designee, in accordance with the Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; provided, however, the content and format of the letter shall have the prior approval of the Purchaser. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with copies of all such related notices no later than the related Transfer Date.
 
(b) Notice to Taxing Authorities and Insurance Companies. The Seller shall transmit to the applicable taxing authorities and insurance companies (including primary mortgage insurance policy insurers, if applicable) and/or agents, notification of the transfer of the servicing to the Purchaser, or its designee, and instructions to deliver all notices, tax bills and insurance statements, as the case may be, to the Purchaser from and after the related Transfer Date. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with copies of all such notices no later than the related Transfer Date.
 
(c) Delivery of Servicing Records. The Seller shall forward to the Purchaser, or its designee, all servicing records and the Servicing File in the Seller’s possession relating to each related Mortgage Loan.
 
(d) Escrow Payments. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser, or its designee, with immediately available funds by wire transfer in the amount of the net Escrow Payments and suspense balances and all loss draft balances associated with the related Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall provide the Purchaser with an accounting statement, in electronic format acceptable to the Purchaser in its sole discretion, of Escrow Payments and suspense balances and loss draft balances sufficient to enable the Purchaser to reconcile the amount of such payment with the accounts of the Mortgage Loans. Additionally, the Seller shall wire transfer to the Purchaser the amount of any agency, trustee or prepaid Mortgage Loan payments and all other similar amounts held by the Seller.
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(e) Payoffs and Assumptions. The Seller shall provide to the Purchaser, or its designee, copies of all assumption and payoff statements generated by the Seller on the related Mortgage Loans from the related Cut-off Date to the related Transfer Date.
 
(f) Mortgage Payments Received Prior to Transfer Date. Prior to the related Transfer Date all payments received by the Seller on each related Mortgage Loan shall be properly applied by the Seller to the account of the particular Mortgagor.
 
(g) Mortgage Payments Received after Transfer Date. The amount of any related Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the related Transfer Date shall be forwarded to the Purchaser by overnight mail on the date of receipt or by wire transfer on the next succeeding Business Day. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the particulars of the payment, which notification requirement shall be satisfied if the Seller forwards with its payment sufficient information to permit appropriate processing of the payment by the Purchaser. The Seller shall assume full responsibility for the necessary and appropriate legal application of such Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the related Transfer Date with respect to related Mortgage Loans then in foreclosure or bankruptcy; provided, for purposes of this Agreement, necessary and appropriate legal application of such Monthly Payments shall include, but not be limited to, endorsement of a Monthly Payment to the Purchaser with the particulars of the payment such as the account number, dollar amount, date received and any special Mortgagor application instructions and the Seller shall comply with the foregoing requirements with respect to all Monthly Payments received by the Seller after the related Transfer Date.
 
(h) Misapplied Payments. Misapplied payments shall be processed as follows:
 
 
(i)
All parties shall cooperate in correcting misapplication errors;
 
 
(ii)
The party receiving notice of a misapplied payment occurring prior to the related Transfer Date and discovered after such Transfer Date shall immediately notify the other party;
 
 
(iii)
If a misapplied payment which occurred prior to the related Transfer Date cannot be identified and said misapplied payment has resulted in a shortage in a Custodial Account or Escrow Account, the Seller shall be liable for the amount of such shortage. The Seller shall reimburse the Purchaser for the amount of such shortage within thirty (30) days after receipt of written demand therefor from the Purchaser;
 
 
(iv)
If a misapplied payment which occurred prior to the related Transfer Date has created an improper Purchase Price as the result of an inaccurate outstanding principal balance, a check shall be issued to the party shorted by the improper payment application within five (5) Business Days after notice thereof by the other party; and
 
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(v)
Any check issued under the provisions of this Section 11.22(h) shall be accompanied by a statement indicating the corresponding Seller and/or the Purchaser Mortgage Loan identification number and an explanation of the allocation of any such payments.
 
(i) Books and Records. On the related Transfer Date, the books, records and accounts of the Seller with respect to the related Mortgage Loans shall be in accordance with all applicable Purchaser requirements.
 
(j) Reconciliation. The Seller shall, on or before the related Transfer Date, reconcile principal balances and make any monetary adjustments required by the Purchaser. Any such monetary adjustments will be transferred between the Seller and the Purchaser as appropriate.
 
(k) IRS Forms. The Seller shall file or shall cause to be filed all IRS forms 1099, 1099A, 1098 or 1041 and K-1 which are required to be filed on or before the related Transfer Date in relation to the servicing and ownership of the related Mortgage Loans. The Seller shall provide copies of such forms to the Purchaser upon request and shall reimburse the Purchaser for any costs or penalties incurred by the Purchaser due to the Seller’s failure to comply with this paragraph.
 
(l) Mortgage Loans in Foreclosure. The servicing with respect to Mortgage Loans in foreclosure on or before the related Transfer Date shall not be transferred from the Servicer to the Purchaser or its designee, as the case may be, and such Mortgage Loans shall continue to be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. However, if the Purchaser so elects, the Purchaser may waive the provisions of this paragraph and accept transfer of servicing of such Mortgage Loans and all amounts received by the Servicer thereunder.
 
(m) Servicing Advances. Notwithstanding the fact that the related Transfer Date has occurred, the Servicer shall not be reimbursed for any Servicing Advances in relation to any Mortgage Loan until the Servicer or the successor servicer receives a Monthly Payment or Liquidation Proceeds in relation to such Mortgage Loan. At such time, the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan on a first priority basis from the Monthly Payment or Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to such Mortgage Loan. This clause shall survive each Transfer Date.
 
Subsection 11.23 Notification of Maturity Date. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall execute and deliver to the Mortgagor any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the maturity date if required under applicable law.
 
Subsection 11.24 Notification of Adjustments. With respect to each ARM Mortgage Loan, Seller shall adjust the Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Interest Rate Adjustment Date and shall adjust the Monthly Payment on the related Payment Adjustment Date in compliance with the requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. If, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note, another index is selected for determining the Mortgage Interest Rate because the original index is no longer available, the same index will be used with respect to each Mortgage Note which requires a new index to be selected, provided that such selection does not conflict with the terms of the related Mortgage Note. Seller shall execute and deliver any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and the Monthly Payment adjustments. Seller shall promptly, upon written request therefor, deliver to the Purchaser such notifications and any additional applicable data regarding such adjustments and the methods used to calculate and implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery by Seller or the Purchaser that Seller has failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate or a Monthly Payment pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, Seller shall immediately deposit in the Custodial Account, from its own funds, the amount of any interest loss caused the Purchaser thereby without reimbursement therefor.
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Section 12. The Servicer.
 
Subsection 12.01 Indemnification; Third Party Claims. The Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold the Purchaser and any Successor Servicer and their respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal fees and expenses, judgments or expenses relating to such liability, claim, loss or damage) and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such parties may sustain in any way related to the Servicer’s failure:
 
(a) to observe and perform any or all of Servicer’s duties, obligations, covenants, agreements, warranties or representations contained in this Agreement or in the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement; or
 
(b) to comply with all applicable requirements contained in this Agreement or the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loan and the transfer of Servicing Rights.
 
The Servicer immediately shall notify the Purchaser if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement.
 
For purposes of this Section, “Purchaser” shall mean the Person then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Purchasers” under this Agreement and “Successor Servicer” shall mean any Person designated as the Successor Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Successor Servicers” pursuant to this Agreement.
 
If any action is commenced for which indemnification may be available under this Subsection 12.01 of which an indemnified party has notice, promptly after receipt by such indemnified party under this Subsection 12.01 of notice of the commencement of such action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Subsection 12.01, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Subsection 12.01, except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect, or from any liability which it may have, otherwise than under this Subsection 12.01. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party.
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Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless: (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in writing; (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is necessary or appropriate for such indemnified party to employ separate counsel due to actual or potential differing interests between the parties; or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being understood, however, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties.
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall a termination of this Agreement or the Servicer hereunder terminate any indemnification obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement, which obligations shall survive any such termination.
 
Subsection 12.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Seller and the Servicer. Each of the Seller and the Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement.
 
Any Person into which the Seller or the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller or the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Seller or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the Seller or the Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person shall be an institution whose deposits are insured by FDIC or a company whose business is the origination and servicing of mortgage loans, unless otherwise consented to by the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac.
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Subsection 12.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. The duties and obligations of the Servicer shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Servicer. Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Purchaser for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Procedures and otherwise in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer against any liability resulting from any breach of any representation or warranty made herein, or from any liability specifically imposed on the Servicer herein; and, provided, further, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of the obligations or duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely on any document of any kind which it in good faith reasonably believes to be genuine and to have been adopted or signed by the proper authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder. Subject to the terms of Subsection 12.01, the Servicer shall have no obligation to appear with respect to, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to the Servicer’s duty to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement.
 
Subsection 12.04 Seller and Servicer Not to Resign. With respect to the retention of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans hereunder, the Servicer acknowledges that the Purchaser has acted in reliance upon the Servicer’s independent status, the adequacy of its servicing facilities, plan, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial standing and the continuance thereof. Without in any way limiting the generality of this Section, neither Seller nor Servicer shall assign this Agreement or the servicing hereunder or delegate its rights or duties hereunder or any portion thereof to any third-party non-affiliate without the prior written approval of the Purchaser, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the Purchaser’s sole discretion or upon the Servicer’s determination that the Servicer’s duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the unilateral resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Purchaser, which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser. No such resignation or assignment shall become effective until a successor has assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder in accordance with Subsection 14.03.
 
Section 13. Default. 
 
Subsection 13.01 Events of Default. In case one or more of the following Events of Default by the Servicer shall occur and be continuing:
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(a) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Purchaser any payment required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of two (2) Business Day after the date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Purchaser;
 
(b) failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform, in any material respect, any other covenants, obligations or agreements of the Servicer as set forth in this Agreement which failure continues unremedied for a period of sixty (60) days (or, in the case of (i) the officer’s certificate required under Subsection 11.19, (ii) the annual independent public accountants’ servicing report required under Subsection 11.20 or (iii) the certification required under Section 15 in the form of Exhibit 16, five (5) days) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Purchaser;
 
(c) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force, undischarged or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days;
 
(d) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or relating to all or substantially all of the Servicer’s property; or
 
(e) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;
 
then, and in each and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Purchaser, by notice in writing to the Servicer, may, in addition to whatever rights the Purchaser may have at law or equity to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, commence termination of all the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. Upon receipt by the Servicer of such written notice from the Purchaser stating that it intends to terminate the Servicer as a result of such Event of Default, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the successor appointed pursuant to Subsection 14.03. Upon written request from the Purchaser, the Servicer shall, in accordance with Subsection 11.22 prepare, execute and deliver to a successor any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successor’s possession all Mortgage Files and do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, including, but not limited to, the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents to the successor at the Servicer’s sole expense. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Purchaser and such successor in effecting the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to such successor for administration by it of all amounts which shall at the time be credited by the Servicer to the Custodial Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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Subsection 13.02 Waiver of Defaults. The Purchaser may waive any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto except to the extent expressly so waived.
 
Section 14. Termination.
 
Subsection 14.01 Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer, as servicer, shall terminate upon (a) the distribution to the Purchaser of the final payment or liquidation with respect to the last Mortgage Loan (or advances of same by the Servicer); (b) the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to the last Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due hereunder or (c) by mutual consent of the Servicer and the Purchaser in writing. Upon written request from the Purchaser in connection with any such termination, the Servicer shall prepare, execute and deliver, any and all documents and other instruments, place in the Purchaser’s possession all Mortgage Files, and do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise, at the Purchaser’s sole expense. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Purchaser and such successor in effecting the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder as servicer, including, without limitation, the transfer to such successor for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited by the Servicer to the Custodial Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
 
Subsection 14.02 Termination of the Servicer Without Cause. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Purchaser may terminate the obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer, without cause, upon payment to the Servicer of a termination fee equal to the fair market value of the servicing rights with respect to a pool of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the date of such termination as mutually determined by the Servicer and the Purchaser in good faith. The termination fee provided for in this Subsection 14.02 shall be paid by the Purchaser on the applicable Transfer Date.
 
Subsection 14.03 Successors to the Servicer. Prior to the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and duties under this Agreement pursuant to Subsections 12.04, 13.01, 14.01 or 14.02, the Purchaser shall, (a) succeed to and assume all of the Servicer’s responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement or (b) appoint a successor which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement upon such termination. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Purchaser may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree. If the Servicer’s duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned Subsections, the Servicer shall discharge such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it acquires knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with the same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under this Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor. The resignation or removal of the Servicer pursuant to the aforementioned Subsections shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant to this Subsection 14.03 and shall in no event relieve the Seller of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 and the remedies available to the Purchaser under Subsection 7.03, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of such Subsections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to the Seller notwithstanding any such resignation or termination of the Servicer, or the termination of this Agreement.
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Any successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Servicer and to the Purchaser an instrument accepting such appointment, whereupon such successor shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer, with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement. Any termination or resignation of the Servicer or this Agreement pursuant to Subsections 12.04, 13.01, 14.01 or 14.02 shall not affect any claims that the Purchaser may have against the Servicer arising prior to any such termination or resignation.
 
Upon a successor’s acceptance of appointment as such, the Servicer shall notify by mail the Purchaser of such appointment.
 
Section 15. Cooperation of Seller with a Reconstitution. The Seller and the Purchaser agree that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, after the related Closing Date, on one or more dates (each, a “Reconstitution Date”) at the Purchaser’s sole option, the Purchaser may effect a sale (each, a “Reconstitution”) of some or all of the Mortgage Loans then subject to this Agreement, without recourse, to:
 
(a) Xxxxxx Xxx under its Cash Purchase Program or MBS Program (Special Servicing Option) (each, a “Xxxxxx Mae Transfer”); or
 
(b) Xxxxxxx Mac (the “Xxxxxxx Mac Transfer”); or
 
(c) one or more third party purchasers in one or more Whole Loan Transfers; or
 
(d) one or more trusts or other entities to be formed as part of one or more Securitization Transactions.
 
The Seller agrees to execute in connection with any Agency Transfer, any and all reasonably acceptable pool purchase contracts, and/or agreements among the Purchaser, the Seller, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac (as the case may be) and any servicer in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, a seller’s warranties and servicing agreement or a participation and servicing agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties, and in connection with a Securitization Transaction, a pooling and servicing agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties, which will provide duties no more onerous than those requested of the Servicer under this Agreement, or an Assignment and Recognition Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 15 (collectively, the agreements referred to herein are designated, the “Reconstitution Agreements”), together with an opinion of counsel with respect to such Reconstitution Agreements.
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With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer and each Securitization Transaction entered into by the Purchaser, the Seller agrees (1) to cooperate fully with the Purchaser and any prospective purchaser with respect to all reasonable requests and due diligence procedures; (2) to execute, deliver and perform all Reconstitution Agreements required by the Purchaser; and (3) if such Reconstitution occurs within two (2) years of the related Closing Date with respect to any Mortgage Loan Package, to restate the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement as of the settlement or closing date in connection with such Reconstitution or make the representations and warranties set forth in the related selling/servicing guide of the servicer or issuer, as the case may be, or such representations or warranties as may be required by any rating agency or prospective purchaser of the related securities or such Mortgage Loans, in connection with such Reconstitution. The Seller shall provide to such servicer or issuer, as the case may be, and any other participants or purchasers in such Reconstitution: (i) any and all information and appropriate verification of information which may be reasonably available to the Seller or its affiliates, whether through letters of its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the Purchaser or any such other participant shall request; (ii) such additional representations, warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters from auditors, and certificates of public officials or officers of the Seller or the Servicer as are reasonably believed necessary by the Purchaser or any such other participant (including, without limitation, such revisions to this Agreement relating to the servicing of REO Property and the provision of remittance reports as the Purchaser may reasonably believe to be necessary to enable such servicer to fulfill its master servicing obligations) and the out-of-pocket costs and expenses thereof shall be reimbursed by the Purchaser in an amount up to $4,000 and (iii) to execute, deliver and satisfy all conditions set forth in an Indemnification and Contribution Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3. Moreover, the Seller agrees to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser to effect such Reconstitution Agreements. The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser, each Affiliate of the Purchaser participating in the Reconstitution, each Person who controls the Purchaser or such Affiliate and each underwriter and initial purchaser participating in the Reconstitution, and their respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses (“Losses”) that each of them may sustain in any way related to any information provided by or on behalf of the Seller regarding the Seller or the Servicer, the Seller’s or the Servicer’s servicing practices or the performance of the Mortgage Loans or the Underwriting Guidelines set forth in any offering document prepared in connection with any Reconstitution, provided that such Losses arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of material fact contained in the offering document, or the omission to state therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, to the extent that such untrue statement or omission relates solely to the information provided by or on behalf of the Seller. For purposes of the previous sentence, “Purchaser” shall mean the Person then acting as the Purchaser under this Agreement and any and all Persons who previously were “Purchasers” under this Agreement.
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With respect to any Mortgage Loans sold in a Securitization Transaction in which the Servicer is the servicer, the Servicer agrees that on or before March 15th of each year beginning March 15, 2006, the Servicer shall deliver to the depositor, the master servicer (if any) and the trustee for the securitization trust in the Securitization Transaction, and their officers, directors and affiliates, a certification in the form attached as Exhibit 16 hereto, executed by the senior officer in charge of servicing at the Servicer for use in connection with any Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the securitization trust. The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the depositor, the master servicer (if any) and the trustee, and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates, from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon any breach of the Servicer’s obligations under this paragraph or any material misstatement or omission, negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for in the preceding sentence is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any indemnified party, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such indemnified party, on the one hand, and the Servicer, on the other, in connection with a breach of the Servicer’s obligations under this paragraph or any material misstatement or omission, negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith.
 
All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to a Reconstitution shall remain subject to this Agreement and shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and with respect thereto this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
 
Section 16. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given via email, facsimile transmission or registered or certified mail to the person at the address set forth below:
 
 
(a)
if to the Purchaser:
 
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000 Xxxxx
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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With a copy to:
 
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
 
 
(b)
if to the Servicer:
 
American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Executive Vice President
E-mail: xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
 
With a copy to:
 
American Home Mortgage Corp.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxx, General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: xxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
 
 
(c)
if to the Seller:
 
American Home Mortgage Corp.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
 
With a copy to:
 
American Home Mortgage Corp.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxx, General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: xxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
 
or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the date noted on the return receipt).
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Section 17. Severability Clause. Any part, provision representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any party of the economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate, in good-faith, to develop a structure the economic effect of which is nearly as possible the same as the economic effect of this Agreement without regard to such invalidity.
 
Section 18. No Partnership. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a co-partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of the Servicer shall be rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for the Purchaser.
 
Section 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
Section 20. Governing Law Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED IN EFFECT WHEN A FULLY EXECUTED COUNTERPART THEREOF IS RECEIVED BY THE PURCHASER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW RULES AND PRINCIPLES. EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND THE SELLER IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT; (III) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (IV) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER.
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Section 21. Mandatory Delivery; Grant of Security Interest. The sale and delivery on the related Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule is mandatory from and after the date of the execution of the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, it being specifically understood and agreed that each Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses and damages incurred by the Purchaser (including damages to prospective purchasers of the Mortgage Loans) in the event of the Seller’s failure to deliver (i) each of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans or (iii) one or more Mortgage Loans otherwise acceptable to the Purchaser on or before the related Closing Date. The Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing security interest in each Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument evidencing each such Mortgage Loan to secure the performance by the Seller of its obligations under the related Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, and the Seller agrees that it shall hold such Mortgage Loans in custody for the Purchaser subject to the Purchaser’s (i) right to reject any Mortgage Loan (or Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan) under the terms of this Agreement and to require another Mortgage Loan (or Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan) to be substituted therefor, and (ii) obligation to pay the Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans. All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement are distinct from, and cumulative with, any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or afforded by law or equity and all such rights and remedies may be exercised concurrently, independently or successively.
 
Section 22. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the parties that the Purchaser is purchasing, and the Seller is selling the Mortgage Loans and not a debt instrument of the Seller or another security. Accordingly, the parties hereto each intend to treat the transaction for federal income tax purposes as a sale by the Seller, and a purchase by the Purchaser, of the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans are held shall be consistent with classification of such arrangement as a grantor trust in the event it is not found to represent direct ownership of the Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser shall have the right to review the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Loan Files to determine the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans which shall affect the federal income tax consequences of owning the Mortgage Loans and the Seller shall cooperate with all reasonable requests made by the Purchaser in the course of such review.
 
Section 23. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Seller, the Servicer and the Purchaser and the respective permitted successors and assigns of the Seller and the successors and assigns of the Purchaser. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Seller to a non-affiliate third party without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which consent may be withheld by the Purchaser in its sole discretion. This Agreement may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Purchaser in whole or in part, and with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans, without the consent of the Seller. There shall be no limitation on the number of assignments or transfers allowable by the Purchaser with respect to the Mortgage Loans and this Agreement. In the event the Purchaser assigns this Agreement, and the assignee assumes any of the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder, the Seller acknowledges and agrees to look solely to such assignee, and not to the Purchaser, for performance of the obligations so assumed and the Purchaser shall be relieved from any liability to the Seller with respect thereto.
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Section 24. Waivers. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.
 
Section 25. Exhibits. The exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement.
 
Section 26. General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(a) the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender;
 
(b) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c) references herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” “Subsections,” “Paragraphs” and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;
 
(d) reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other subdivisions;
 
(e) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision; and
 
(f) the terms “include” and “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration.
 
Section 27. Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any party at the closing, and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. The parties hereto agree that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party hereto in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
 
Section 28. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer by written agreement signed by the parties hereto.
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Section 29. Confidentiality. Each of the Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer shall employ proper procedures and standards designed to maintain the confidential nature of the terms of this Agreement, except to the extent: (a) the disclosure of which is reasonably believed by such party to be required in connection with regulatory requirements or other legal requirements relating to its affairs; (b) disclosed to any one or more of such party’s employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys or accountants who would have access to the contents of this Agreement and such data and information in the normal course of the performance of such Person’s duties for such party, to the extent such party has procedures in effect to inform such Person of the confidential nature thereof; (c) that such information, with the prior written consent of the other party, is disclosed in a prospectus, prospectus supplement or private placement memorandum relating to a securitization of the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser (or an affiliate assignee thereof) or to any Person in connection with the resale or proposed resale of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and (d) that is reasonably believed by such party to be necessary for the enforcement of such party’s rights under this Agreement.
 
Notwithstanding any other express or implied agreement to the contrary, each of the Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer agree and acknowledge that each of them and each of their employees, representatives, and other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, except to the extent that confidentiality is reasonably necessary to comply with U.S. federal or state securities laws. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “tax treatment” and “tax structure” have the meanings specified in Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4(c).
 
Section 30. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto and any prior oral or written agreements between them shall be deemed to have merged herewith.
 
Section 31. Further Agreements. The Seller, the Servicer and the Purchaser each agree to execute and deliver to the other such reasonable and appropriate additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
 
Section 32. No Solicitation. From and after the related Closing Date, the Seller agrees that it will not take any action or permit or cause any action to be taken by any of its agents or affiliates, or by any independent contractors on the Seller’s behalf, to personally, by telephone or mail, solicit a Mortgagor under any Mortgage Loan for the purpose of refinancing a Mortgage Loan, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Seller, the Servicer or any of their respective affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that promotions undertaken by the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller which are directed to the general public at large, including, without limitation, mass mailing, internet and e-mail solicitations (which may not be specifically targeted at the Mortgagors with respect to the Mortgage Loans) and newspaper, radio and television advertisements shall not constitute solicitation under this Section 32:
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(a) may advertise its availability for handling refinancings of mortgages in its portfolio, including the promotion of terms it has available for such refinancings, through the sending of letters or promotional material, so long as it does not specifically target Mortgagors and so long as such promotional material either is sent to the mortgagors for all of the mortgages in the servicing portfolio of the Seller, the Servicer and any of their affiliates (those it owns as well as those serviced for others);
 
(b) may provide pay-off information and otherwise cooperate with individual mortgagors who contact it about prepaying their mortgages by advising them of refinancing terms and streamlined origination arrangements that are available; and
 
(c) may offer to refinance a Mortgage Loan made within thirty (30) days following receipt by it of a pay-off request from the related Mortgagor.
 
Promotions undertaken by the Seller or the Servicer or by any affiliate of the Seller or the Servicer which are directed to the general public at large (including, without limitation, mass mailing based on commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and television advertisements), shall not constitute solicitation under this Section 32.
 
Section 33. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE SELLER AND THE PURCHASER EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
 
Section 34. Compliance With Regulation AB
 
Subsection 34.01 (a) Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Section 34 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Purchaser and any Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. Although Regulation AB is applicable by its terms only to offerings of asset-backed securities that are registered under the Securities Act, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledge that investors in privately offered securities may require that the Purchaser or any Depositor provide comparable disclosure in unregistered offerings. References in this Agreement to compliance with the disclosure provisions of Regulation AB include provision of comparable disclosure in private offerings where such disclosure is requested of the Seller or the Servicer or customary in similar offerings in the industry.
 
Neither the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required under the Securities Act). Each of the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Purchaser or any Depositor in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with any Securitization Transaction, each of the Seller and the Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Purchaser to deliver to the Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees) and any Depositor, any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Purchaser or any Depositor to permit the Purchaser or such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Third-Party Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.
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The Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees) shall cooperate with the Seller or the Servicer by providing timely notice of requests for information under these provisions and by reasonably limiting such requests to information required, in the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, to comply with Regulation AB.
 
(b) Applicability of Section 34. Sections 34.02(a)(i)-(v), 34.03(c), (e) and (f), 34.04, 34.05 and 34.06 are applicable only if the Servicer will (directly or through a Subservicer) service the Mortgage Loans, at least for an interim period, following Reconstitution.
 
Subsection 34.02 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer.
 
(a) Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser and to any Depositor, as of the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under Subsection 34.03 that, except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser or such Depositor prior to such date: (i) the Servicer is not aware and has not received notice that any default, early amortization or other performance triggering event has occurred as to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the Servicer; (ii) the Servicer has not been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the Servicer as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Servicer; (iv) no material changes to the Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction; (v) there are no aspects of the Servicer’s financial condition that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (vi) there are no material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator; and (vii) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator with respect to any Securitization Transaction and any party thereto identified by the related Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB.
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(b) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor on any date following the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under Subsection 34.03, the Seller and the Servicer shall, within five Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section or, if any such representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request, provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing, to the requesting party.
 
Subsection 34.03 Information to Be Provided by the Seller and the Servicer.
 
In connection with any Securitization Transaction the Seller and the Servicer shall (i) within five Business Days following request by the Purchaser or any Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer to provide), in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, the information and materials specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) of this Section, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the Seller or the Servicer, provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor (in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) the information specified in paragraph (d) of this Section.
 
(a) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, shall provide such information regarding (i) the Seller, as originator of the Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent), or (ii) each Third-Party Originator, and (iii) the Servicer and, as applicable, each Subservicer, as is requested for the purpose of compliance with Items 1103(a)(1), 1105, 1110, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include, at a minimum:
 
(A) the originator’s form of organization;
 
(B) a description of the originator’s origination program and how long the originator has been engaged in originating residential mortgage loans, which description shall include a discussion of the originator’s experience in originating mortgage loans of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans; information regarding the size and composition of the originator’s origination portfolio; and information that may be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to an analysis of the performance of the Mortgage Loans, including the originators’ credit-granting or underwriting criteria for mortgage loans of similar type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance with Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
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(C) a description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against the Seller, the Servicer, each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer; and
 
(D) a description of any affiliation or relationship between the Servicer, each Third-Party Originator, each Subservicer and any of the following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified to the Servicer by the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in advance of such Securitization Transaction:
 
(1) the sponsor;
(2) the depositor;
(3) the issuing entity;
(4) any servicer;
(5) any trustee;
(6) any originator;
(7) any significant obligor;
(8) any enhancement or support provider; and
(9) any other material transaction party.
 
(b) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor on the basis of its good faith interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(c) of Regulation AB, the Seller or the Servicer shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide), to the extent available to the Seller or the Servicer (or the Third-Part Originator, as applicable) and the Seller or the Servicer shall use its good faith efforts to obtain such information, Static Pool Information with respect to the mortgage loans (of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans, as reasonably identified by the Purchaser as provided below) originated by (i) the Seller, if the Seller is an originator of Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent), and/or (ii) each Third-Party Originator. Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared by the Seller or the Servicer (or Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its reasonable, good faith interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) of Regulation AB. To the extent that there is reasonably available to the Seller or the Servicer (or Third-Party Originator) Static Pool Information with respect to more than one mortgage loan type, the Purchaser or any Depositor shall be entitled to specify whether some or all of such information shall be provided pursuant to this paragraph. The content of such Static Pool Information may be in the form customarily provided by the Seller or the Servicer, and need not be customized for the Purchaser or any Depositor. Such Static Pool Information for each vintage origination year or prior securitized pool, as applicable, shall be presented in increments no less frequently than quarterly over the life of the mortgage loans included in the vintage origination year or prior securitized pool. The most recent periodic increment must be as of a date no later than one hundred thirty-five (135) days prior to the date of the prospectus or other offering document in which the Static Pool Information is to be included or incorporated by reference. The Static Pool Information shall be provided in an electronic format that provides a permanent record of the information provided, such as a portable document format (pdf) file, or other such electronic format reasonably required by the Purchaser or the Depositor, as applicable.
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Promptly following notice or discovery of a material error in Static Pool Information provided pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph (including an omission to include therein information required to be provided pursuant to such paragraph), the Seller or the Servicer shall provide corrected Static Pool Information to the Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in the same format in which Static Pool Information was previously provided to such party by the Seller or the Servicer.
 
If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer shall provide (or, as applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide), at the expense of the requesting party (to the extent of any additional incremental expense associated with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon procedures letters of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable, pertaining to Static Pool Information relating to prior securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after January 1, 2006 or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect to the Seller’s or Third-Party Originator’s originations or purchases, to calendar months commencing January 1, 2006, as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably request. Such letters shall be addressed to and be for the benefit of such parties as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall designate, which may include, by way of example, any Sponsor, any Depositor and any broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser with respect to a Securitization Transaction. Any such statement or letter may take the form of a standard, generally applicable document accompanied by a reliance letter authorizing reliance by the addressees designated by the Purchaser or such Depositor.
 
(c) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall provide such information regarding the Seller, the Servicer as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, and each Subservicer (each of the Servicer and each Subservicer, for purposes of this paragraph, a “Transaction Servicer”), as is requested for the purpose of compliance with Item 1108 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include, at a minimum:
 
(A) the Transaction Servicer’s form of organization;
 
(B) a description of how long the Transaction Servicer has been servicing residential mortgage loans; a general discussion of the Transaction Servicer’s experience in servicing assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion of the Transaction Servicer’s experience in, and procedures for, the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements; information regarding the size, composition and growth of the Transaction Servicer’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans and information on factors related to the Transaction Servicer that may be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to any analysis of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans or the related asset-backed securities, as applicable, including, without limitation:
 
(1) whether any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans involving the Transaction Servicer have defaulted or experienced an early amortization or other performance triggering event because of servicing during the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction;
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(2) the extent of outsourcing the Transaction Servicer utilizes;
 
(3) whether there has been previous disclosure of material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the Transaction Servicer as a servicer during the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction;
 
(4) whether the Transaction Servicer has been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger; and
 
(5) such other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
 
(C) a description of any material changes during the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction to the Transaction Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements for mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans;
 
(D) information regarding the Transaction Servicer’s financial condition, to the extent that there is a material risk that an adverse financial event or circumstance involving the Transaction Servicer could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Transaction Servicer of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement;
 
(E) information regarding advances made by the Transaction Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and the Transaction Servicer’s overall servicing portfolio of residential mortgage loans for the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction, which may be limited to a statement by an authorized officer of the Transaction Servicer to the effect that the Transaction Servicer has made all advances required to be made on residential mortgage loans serviced by it during such period, or, if such statement would not be accurate, information regarding the percentage and type of advances not made as required, and the reasons for such failure to advance;
 
(F) a description of the Transaction Servicer’s processes and procedures designed to address any special or unique factors involved in servicing loans of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans;
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(G) a description of the Transaction Servicer’s processes for handling delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as through liquidation of mortgaged properties, sale of defaulted mortgage loans or workouts; and
 
(H) information as to how the Transaction Servicer defines or determines delinquencies and charge-offs, including the effect of any grace period, re-aging, restructuring, partial payments considered current or other practices with respect to delinquency and loss experience.
 
(d) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, shall (or shall cause each Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to) (i) notify the Purchaser and any Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings pending against the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop following the closing date of a Securitization Transaction between the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and any of the parties specified in clause (D) of paragraph (a) of this Section (and any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party) with respect to such Securitization Transaction, and (ii) provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
 
(e) As a condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Servicer or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer or any Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Purchaser and any Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed securities.
 
(f) In addition to such information as the Servicer, as servicer, is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Servicer shall provide such information regarding the performance or servicing of the Mortgage Loans as is reasonably required by the Purchaser or any Depositor to facilitate preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB and to permit the Purchaser or such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB relating to Static Pool Information regarding the performance of the Mortgage Loans on the basis of the Purchaser’s or such Depositor’s reasonable, good faith interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) of Regulation AB (including without limitation as to the format and content of such Static Pool Information). Such information shall be provided concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise required to be delivered by the servicer under this Agreement, commencing with the first such report due not less than ten (10) Business Days following such request.
 
Subsection 34.04 Servicer Compliance Statement.
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On or before March 10 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Servicer shall deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor a statement of compliance addressed to the Purchaser and such Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the Servicer, to the effect that (i) a review of the Servicer’s activities during the immediately preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of its performance under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement during such period has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement in all material respects throughout such calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and the status thereof.
 
Subsection 34.05 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
 
(a) On or before March 10 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Servicer shall:
 
 
(i)
deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) regarding the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be addressed to the Purchaser and such Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the Servicer, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit 17 hereto delivered to the Purchaser concurrently with the execution of this Agreement;
 
 
(ii)
deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and such Depositor that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Servicer and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
 
 
(iii)
cause each Subservicer, and each Subcontractor determined by the Servicer pursuant to Subsection 34.06(b) to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section; and
 
 
(iv)
if requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor not later than February 1 of the calendar year in which such certification is to be delivered, deliver to the Purchaser, any Depositor and any other Person that will be responsible for signing the certification (a “Sarbanes Certification”) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) on behalf of an asset-backed issuer with respect to a Securitization Transaction a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 16.
 
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The Servicer acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (a)(iv) above may rely on the certification provided by the Servicer pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission. Neither the Purchaser nor any Depositor will request delivery of a certification under clause (a)(iv) above, unless a Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to an issuing entity whose asset pool includes Mortgage Loans.
 
(b) Each assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Subsection 34.05(a)(i) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit 17 hereto delivered to the Purchaser concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case of a Subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to Subsection 34.05(a)(iii) need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Servicer pursuant to Subsection 34.06.
 
Subsection 34.06 Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.
 
The Servicer shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer to fulfill any of the obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section. The Servicer shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, and shall not permit any Subservicer to hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, to fulfill any of the obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section.
 
(a) It shall not be necessary for the Servicer to seek the consent of the Purchaser or any Depositor to the utilization of any Subservicer. The Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Section and with Subsections 34.02, 34.03(c) and (e), 34.04, 34.05 and 34.07 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were the Servicer, and to provide the information required with respect to such Subservicer under Subsection 34.03(d) of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any servicer compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Subsection 34.04, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Subsection 34.05 and any certification required to be delivered to the Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes Certification under Subsection 34.05 as and when required to be delivered.
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(b) It shall not be necessary for the Servicer to seek the consent of the Purchaser or any Depositor to the utilization of any Subcontractor. The Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor (or any designee of the Depositor, such as a master servicer or administrator) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer or any Subservicer, specifying (i) the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
 
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any Depositor to comply with the provisions of Subsections 34.05 and 34.07 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Subsection 34.05, in each case as and when required to be delivered.
 
Subsection 34.07 Indemnification; Remedies.
 
(a) Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the Purchaser, the Depositor and each of the following parties participating in a Securitization Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; each Person responsible for the preparation, execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to such Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to such Securitization Transaction; each broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser, each Person who controls any of such parties or the Depositor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act); and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of each of the foregoing and of the Depositor, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon:
 
 
(i)(a)
any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in any information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material provided in written or electronic form under this Section 34 by or on behalf of the Seller or the Servicer, or provided under this Section 34 by or on behalf of any Subservicer, Subcontractor or Third-Party Originator (collectively, the “Servicer Information”), or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Servicer Information a material fact required to be stated in the Servicer Information or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the Servicer Information and not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Servicer Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other information;
 
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(ii)
any failure by the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under this Section 34, including (except as provided below) any failure by the Servicer to identify pursuant to Subsection 34.06(b) any Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB; or
 
 
(iii)
any breach by the Seller or the Servicer of a representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 34.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection 34.02(b) and made as of a date prior to the closing date of the related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Seller or the Servicer of a representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection 34.02(b) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing date.
 
In the case of any failure of performance described in clause (a)(ii) of this Section, the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser, any Depositor, as applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation, execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to such Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to such Securitization Transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by each such party in order to obtain the information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material not delivered as required by the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator.
 
(b) (i) Any failure by the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under this Section 34, or any breach by the Seller or the Servicer of a representation or warranty set forth in Subsection 34.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection 34.02(b) and made as of a date prior to the closing date of the related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Servicer of a representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Subsection 34.02(b) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing date, shall, except as provided in clause (ii) of this paragraph, immediately and automatically, without notice or grace period, constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Servicer under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation to the Servicer; provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations following termination of the Servicer as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
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(ii) Any failure by the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any information, report, certification or accountants’ letter when and as required under Subsection 34.04 or 34.05, including (except as provided below) any failure by the Servicer to identify pursuant to Subsection 34.06(b) any Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which continues unremedied for ten calendar days after the date on which such information, report, certification or accountants’ letter was required to be delivered shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Servicer under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation to the Seller; provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the survival of certain rights or obligations following termination of the Servicer as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
 
Neither the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to this subparagraph (b)(ii) if a failure of the Seller or the Servicer to identify a Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB was attributable solely to the role or functions of such Subcontractor with respect to mortgage loans other than the Mortgage Loans.
 
(iii) The Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or any designee of the Purchaser, such as a master servicer) and any Depositor, as applicable, for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Purchaser (or such designee) or such Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the Servicer as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit whatever rights the Purchaser or any Depositor may have under other provisions of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, such as an action for damages, specific performance or injunctive relief.
 
Subsection 34.08 Loan Performance Information.
 
With respect to those Mortgage Loans that were originated by the Seller and sold to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and subsequently securitized by the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with then-current industry practice, cause any Successor Servicer (if the Servicer has been terminated hereunder) (or another party to such securitization) under the securitization to provide, information with respect to the Mortgage Loans from and after cut-off date of such securitization necessary for the Seller to comply with its obligations under Regulation AB, including, without limitation, providing to the Seller static pool information, as set forth in Item 1105(a)(2) and (5) of Regulation AB (“Loan Performance Data”).
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If the Servicer has been terminated hereunder, the Purchaser shall, or cause the Successor Servicer to, indemnify the Seller or such, each Person who controls the Seller, each affiliate of the Seller and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of each of the foregoing, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon: (A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in the Loan Performance Information or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Loan Performance Information a material fact required to be stated in the Loan Performance Information or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the Loan Performance Information and not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Loan Performance Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other information.
 
In addition, any notice or request that must be “in writing” or “written” may be made by electronic mail.
 
[Signature Page Follows]



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser, the Seller and the Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized on the date first above written.
 
XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE
COMPANY, a New York limited partnership
(Purchaser)
 
By:          XXXXXXX SACHS REAL ESTATE
FUNDING CORP., a New York
corporation, as General Partner
 
By:  __________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP.
(Seller)
 
 
By:  __________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE
SERVICING, INC.
(Servicer)
 
 
By:  __________________________________
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT 1
 
MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
 
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Documents shall consist of the following:
 
(a) the original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed “Pay to the order of _________, without recourse” and signed in the name of the last endorsee (the “Last Endorsee”) by an authorized officer. To the extent that there is no room on the face of the Mortgage Notes for endorsements, the endorsement may be contained on an allonge, if state law so allows and the Custodian is so advised by the Seller that state law so allows. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger, the endorsement must be by “[Last Endorsee], successor by merger to [name of predecessor]”. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Last Endorsee while doing business under another name, the endorsement must be by “[Last Endorsee], formerly known as [previous name]”;
 
(b) the original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage Note;
 
(c) with respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon. With respect to any Co-op Loan, an original or copy of the Security Agreement. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Seller cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because such Mortgage has been lost or because such public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Seller; or (ii) in the case of a Mortgage where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage;
 
(d) the originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon;
 
(e) with respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the original Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance acceptable for recording (except with respect to MERS Designated Loans). The Assignment of Mortgage must be duly recorded only if recordation is either necessary under applicable law or commonly required by private institutional mortgage investors in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located or on direction of the Purchaser as provided in this Agreement. If the Assignment of Mortgage is to be recorded, the Mortgage shall be assigned to the Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is not to be recorded, the Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in blank. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Seller in a merger, the Assignment of Mortgage must be made by “American Home Mortgage Corp., successor by merger to [name of predecessor]”. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Seller while doing business under another name, the Assignment of Mortgage must be by “American Home Mortgage Corp., formerly known as [previous name]”;
EXH. 1-1
 
(f) with respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage (if any) evidencing a complete chain of assignment from the Seller to the Last Endorsee (or, in the case of a MERS Designated Loan, MERS) with evidence of recording thereon, or if any such intervening assignment has not been returned from the applicable recording office or has been lost or if such public recording office retains the original recorded assignments of mortgage, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together with (i) in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing attorney) stating that such intervening assignment of mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording office for recordation and that such original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will be promptly delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Seller; or (ii) in the case of an intervening assignment where a public recording office retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in the case where an intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded intervening assignment;
 
(g) with respect to Mortgage Loans that are not Co-op Loans, the original mortgagee policy of title insurance or, in the event such original title policy is unavailable, a certified true copy of the related policy binder or commitment for title certified to be true and complete by the title insurance company;
 
(h) the original or, if unavailable, a copy of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the Mortgage;
 
(i) with respect to any Co-op Loan: (i) a copy of the Co-op Lease and the assignment of such Co-op Lease, with all intervening assignments showing a complete chain of title and an assignment thereof by Seller; (ii) the stock certificate together with an undated stock power relating to such stock certificate executed in blank; (iii) the recognition agreement of the interests of the Mortgagee with respect to the Co-op Loan by the residential cooperative housing corporation, the stock of which was pledged by the related Mortgagor to the originator of such Co-op Loan; and (iv) copies of the financial statement filed by the originator as secured party and, if applicable, a filed UCC-3 assignment of the subject security interest showing a complete chain of title, together with an executed UCC-3 assignment of such security interest by the Seller in a form sufficient for filing; and
EXH. 1-2
 
(j) if any of the above documents has been executed by a person holding a power of attorney, an original or photocopy of such power certified by the Seller to be a true and correct copy of the original.
 
In the event an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller is delivered to the Purchaser because of a delay caused by the public recording office in returning any recorded document, the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser, within 90 days of the related Closing Date, an Officer’s Certificate which shall (i) identify the recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document has not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the public recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally required by the applicable recording office to record and return a document submitted for recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded document will be delivered to the Custodian; provided, however, that any recorded document shall in no event be delivered later than one year following the related Closing Date. An extension of the date specified in clause (iv) above may be requested from the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.



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EXHIBIT 2
 
CONTENTS OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
 
With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of the following items, unless otherwise disclosed to the Purchaser on the data tape, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser and which shall be retained by the Servicer or delivered to the Purchaser:
 
(a) Copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents.
 
(b) Residential loan application.
 
(c) Mortgage Loan closing statement.
 
(d) Verification of employment and income, if required.
 
(e) Verification of acceptable evidence of source and amount of downpayment.
 
(f) Credit report on Mortgagor, in a form acceptable to either Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac.
 
(g) Residential appraisal report.
 
(h) Photograph of the Mortgaged Property and photographs of comparable properties.
 
(i) Survey of the Mortgaged Property, unless a survey is not required by the title insurer.
 
(j) Copy of each instrument necessary to complete identification of any exception set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy, i.e., map or plat, restrictions, easements, home owner association declarations, etc.
 
(k) Copies of all required disclosure statements.
 
(l) If applicable, termite report, structural engineer’s report, water potability and septic certification.
 
(m) Sales Contract, if applicable.
 
(n) Copy of the owner’s title insurance policy or attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title, as applicable.
 
(o) Evidence of electronic notation of the hazard insurance policy, and, if required by law, evidence of the flood insurance policy.

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EXHIBIT 3
 
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
 
This INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of [_______], 200_, among [________________] (the “Depositor”), a [______________] corporation (the “Depositor”), Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership (“Goldman”) and [_____________], a [_______________] (the “Seller”).
 
WITNESSETH:
 
WHEREAS, the Depositor is acting as depositor and registrant with respect to the Prospectus, dated [________________], and the Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus, [________________] (the “Prospectus Supplement”), relating to [________________] Certificates (the “Certificates”) to be issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [________________] (the “P&S”), among the Depositor, as depositor, [________________], as servicer (the “Servicer”), and [________________], as trustee (the “Trustee”);
 
WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Depositor to enter into the P&S, and [____________________] (the “Underwriter[s]”) to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, dated [____________________] (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Depositor and the Underwriter[s], and [_______________] (the “Initial Purchaser[s]”) to enter into the Certificate Purchase Agreement, dated [____________] (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), between the Depositor and the Initial Purchaser[s], Seller has agreed to provide for indemnification and contribution on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
 
WHEREAS, Goldman purchased from Seller certain of the Mortgage Loans underlying the Certificates (the “Mortgage Loans”) pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and between Goldman and Seller; and
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller has agreed to indemnify the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] and their respective affiliates, present and former directors, officers, employees and agents.
EXH. 3-1
 
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements contained herein, and other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Depositor, Goldman and the Seller agree as follows:
 
1. Indemnification and Contribution.
 
(a) The Seller agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] and their respective affiliates and their respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] or such affiliate within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based in whole or in part upon (i) any breach of the representation set forth in Section 2 (vii) and (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, ABS Informational and Computational Materials or the Free Writing Prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, any ABS Informational and Computational Materials, any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission made in any amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, ABS Informational and Computational Materials or the Free Writing Prospectus and agrees to reimburse the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] or such affiliates and each such officer, director, employee, agent and controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that Seller shall be liable in any such case only to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Seller Information. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which Seller may otherwise have to the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] their affiliates or any such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person of the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] or their respective affiliates.
EXH. 3-2
 
As used herein:
 
“ABS Informational and Computational Material” means any written communication as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, as may be amended from time to time.
 
“Agreement” means this Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, as the same may be amended in accordance with the terms hereof
 
“Free Writing Prospectus” means any written communication that constitutes a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
 
“Seller Information” means (A) all information in the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, any ABS Informational and Computational Materials or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (i) contained under the headings [“Transaction Overview—Parties—The Responsible Party”] and [“The Mortgage Loan Pool—Underwriting Guidelines”] and (ii) regarding the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties (but in the case of this clause (ii), only to the extent any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission arises from or is based upon errors or omissions in the information concerning the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties, as applicable, provided to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof by or on behalf of the Seller or any Affiliate thereof), and (B) [and static pool information provided by or on behalf of the Seller, regarding mortgage loans originated or acquired by the Seller [and included in the Prospectus Supplement, the Offering Circular, ABS Informational and Computational Materials or the Free Writing Prospectus] [incorporated by reference from the website located at ______________].
 
“Offering Circular” means the offering circular, dated [__________] relating to the private offering of the [_______________] Certificates.
 
“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
 
(b) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified party under this Section 1 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 1 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided, further, however, that the failure to notify any indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.
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If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, except as provided in the following paragraph, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 1 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
 
Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless: (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in writing; (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is necessary or appropriate for such indemnified party to employ separate counsel due to actual or potential differing interests between the parties; or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being understood, however, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties.
 
Each indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements contained in this Section 1, shall cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
 
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1 is unavailable to an indemnified party, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, respectively, in connection with the statements or omissions that result in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnified party and indemnifying party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission and any other equitable considerations.
XXX. 0-0
 
(x) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 1 and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s], their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents or any person controlling the Depositor, Goldman, the Underwriter[s], the Initial Purchaser[s] or any such affiliate, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Offered Certificates or Private Certificates.
 
2. Representations and Warranties. Seller represents and warrants that:
 
(i) Seller is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, as applicable, and has full power and authority to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or any properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller;
 
(ii) Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other person or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement;
 
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order decree of any court applicable to Seller or any provision of the charter or bylaws of Seller, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which Seller is a party or by which it may be bound;
 
(iv) (a) no proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending or, (b) to the knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or the Offered Certificates, in either case, which would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller;
 
(v) Seller has full power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated hereunder, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by the availability of equitable remedies, and by limitations of public policy under applicable securities law as to rights of indemnity and contribution thereunder; and
EXH. 3-5
 
(vi) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller;
 
(vii) The Seller hereto represents that the Seller Information satisfies the requirements of the applicable provisions of Regulation AB.
 
3. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to Seller, will be mailed, delivered or faxed or emailed and confirmed by mail [______________________]; if sent to Goldman, will be mailed, delivered or faxed or emailed and confirmed by mail to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Tel: (000) 000-0000, Fax: (000) 000-0000, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Tel: (000) 000-0000, Fax (000) 000-0000; if to the Depositor, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [____________________]; or if to the Underwriter[s], will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [_____________________]; or if to the Initial Purchaser[s], will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [_____________________].
 
4. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and the controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person shall have any right or obligation hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be considered an original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the P&S.
 
5. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Seller hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
 
(A) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;
EXH. 3-6
 
(B) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
 
(C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE DEPOSITOR SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED; AND
 
(D) AGREES THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO XXX IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
 

 
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

EXH. 3-7

 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, this __th day of [_____________].
 
[DEPOSITOR]

 
 
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
XXXXXXX SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY
 
 
By:
XXXXXXX XXXXX REAL ESTATE FUNDING CORP., a New York corporation, as General Partner
 
By:  ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP.
 
By:  ___________________________________
Name:
Title:


EXH. 3-8
 
EXHIBIT 4
 
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION
 
_________ __, 200__
 
American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. hereby certifies that it has established the account described below as a Custodial Account pursuant to Subsection 11.04 of the Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans.

 
Title of Account:      “American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., in trust for Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company as Purchaser of Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors.”
   
 
Account Number:      __________________________
   
 
Address of office or
 
branch of [_____________________]
 
at which the Custodial
 
Account is maintained:
______________________
   
______________________
   
______________________
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC.
 
By:  _____________________________
Name:
Title:



EXH. 4-1
 
EXHIBIT 5
 
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
 
_________ __, 200__
 
To:
 
(the “Depository”)
 
As Servicer under the Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, we hereby authorize and request you to establish an account, as a Custodial Account, to be designated as “American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., in trust for Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company as Purchaser of Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors.” All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom by order signed by the Servicer. You may refuse any deposit which would result in violation of the requirement that the account be fully insured as described below. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate. Please execute and return one original to us.
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC., Servicer
 
By:  ______________________________
Name:
Title:

EXH. 5-1

 
The undersigned, as Depository, hereby certifies that the above-described account has been established under Account Number ____________________ at the office of the Depository indicated above, and agrees to honor withdrawals on such account as provided above. The account will be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through the Bank Insurance Fund (“BIF”) or the Savings Association Insurance Fund (“SAIF”).
 
[___________________________],
as Depository
 
 
By:  ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:



EXH. 5-2

EXHIBIT 6
 
ESCROW ACCOUNT CERTIFICATION
_________ __, 200__
 
American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. hereby certifies that it has established the account described below as an Escrow Account pursuant to Subsection 11.06 of the Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans.
 

 
Title of Account:      “American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., in trust for Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company as Purchaser of Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors.”
   
 
Account Number:      __________________________
   
 
Address of office or
 
branch of [_____________________]
 
at which the Custodial
 
Account is maintained:
______________________
   
______________________
   
______________________
 

 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC., Servicer
 
By:  ________________________________________
Name:
Title:



EXH. 6-1
 
EXHIBIT 7
 
ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
 
_________ __, 200__
 
To:
 
(the “Depository”)
 
As Servicer under the Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, we hereby authorize and request you to establish an account, as an Escrow Account, to be designated as “American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., in trust for Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company as Purchaser of Mortgage Loans and various Mortgagors.” All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom by order signed by the Servicer. You may refuse any deposit which would result in violation of the requirement that the account be fully insured as described below. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate. Please execute and return one original to us.
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC., Servicer
 
By:  ________________________________
Name:
Title:

EXH. 7-1


 
The undersigned, as Depository, hereby certifies that the above-described account has been established under Account Number ____________________ at the office of the Depository indicated above, and agrees to honor withdrawals on such account as provided above. The account will be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through the Bank Insurance Fund (“BIF”) or the Savings Association Insurance Fund (“SAIF”).
 
[____________________],
as Depository
 
By:  _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:



EXH. 7-2


 
EXHIBIT 8
 
UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
 
[SELLER TO PROVIDE]



EXH. 8-1


EXHIBIT 9
 
REQUIRED FIELDS FOR MONTHLY REMITTANCE REPORT

GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
Servicer Monthly Updated Information
    
       
 
Loan Number
Loan Number currently being used to service this loan.
123456789
 
Investor Number
This is the servicer assigned number for reporting purposes.
691
 
Investor Category
This is the servicer assigned category for reporting purposes.
2
 
As of Date
As of Date of data being provided
  
 
Servicing Method
Indicates whether the loan is serviced on an actual or scheduled basis. (act/act,act/sched,sched/act,sched/sched)
(sched/sched)
 
Delinquency Convention
Indicates if ABS or MBS method for reporting delinquencies is used.
MBS
 
Beginning Scheduled Balance
Beginning scheduled loan balance. If the loan is serviced on a scheduled balance basis
  
 
Ending Scheduled Balance
Ending scheduled loan balance. If the loan is serviced on a scheduled balance basis
  
 
Beginning Actual Balance
Actual balance at the beginning of the period. This is most likely last period's ending balance carried forward
  
 
EXH. 9-1
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Ending Actual Balance
Ending actual principal balance outstanding
  
 
Accrued Interest
Total Accrued Interest on loan.
  
 
Current Maturity Date
This is the actual date when the last payment on the loan is scheduled to be made. For balloons it should be the balloon date. For modified loans it should be the modified maturity date.
1/1/2020
 
Current Scheduled PITI
Current scheduled Principal, Interest, Tax and Insurance payment
  
 
Current Scheduled PI
Current scheduled amount of monthly Principal and Interest
  
 
Current Interest Rate
Interest Rate in effect for currently outstanding payment.
8.55
 
Current Net Interest Rate
The current rate exclusive of LPMI, servicing and other fees.
7.55
 
Lien Position
Number used to identify the lien position in effect at the time of application. Example: 1, 2, 3, O (other)
1
 
Senior Lien Amount
Most recently recorded senior lien amount.
0
 
Remaining Term
The Remaining Term of the loan
179
 
Scheduled Due Date
Scheduled payment date.
2/1/2005
 
Next Due Date
Date next payment is due.
2/1/2005
 
Interest Paid To Date
Date interest is paid to. Typically for 30/360 loans it is one month prior to Next Due Date.
1/1/2005
 
Last Payment Date
Date last payment was made.
1/1/2005
 
EXH. 9-2
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Status of Loan
Code/literal used to identify loan status. Provide enumerations worksheet if applicable. EX: Current, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, REO, etc.
Foreclosure
 
12 Month Pay String
12 character string representing the timing of payments received on a rolling 12 month basis. String should begin with January and end with December.
 
 
Last Modification Date
Date that loan was last modified.
  
 
Extensions Granted
Number of extensions granted, life of loan
  
 
Total Extension Months
Number of months loan has been extended in total.
  
 
Recent Property Valuation
Most recent appraised value or BPO value.
  
 
Recent Property Valuation Date
Date of most recent valuation.
  
 
Valuation Method
Identify method used to obtain new valuation. Provide enumerations worksheet if applicable.
  
 
Valuation Firm
Name of the Firm who appraised the property
  
 
Current FICO
Current FICO score.
  
 
FICO Date
Current FICO Date.
  
 
Servicing Fee Percentage
The fee rate to service the loan
  
 
Servicing Fee Payment
The actual service fee for the loan for the given month
  
 
Total Monthly Payment
Total cash received from borrower.
  
 
Total Monthly Payment Principal
Cash applied to principal.
  
 
Total Monthly Payment Interest
Cash applied to interest.
  
 
EXH. 9-3
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Total Monthly Payment Ancillary Fees
Cash applied to fees.
  
 
Total Monthly Prepayment Amount
Total principal curtailment
  
 
Interest Adjustment
Adjustments made to a previous month's interest
  
 
Principal Adjustment
Adjustments made to a previous month's principal
  
 
Negative Amortization Amount (Monthly)
The monthly negative amortization amount
  
 
Negative Amortization Amount (Total)
The negative amortization amount up-to-date
  
Advances
      
 
Escrow Balance
Current balance of escrow account (borrower's positive funds)
  
 
Monthly Escrow Advances
Net escrow advances made or recovered by servicer. Positive value denotes payments made by servicer.
  
 
Escrow Advance Balance
Total outstanding escrow advance balance.
  
 
Monthly Corporate Advances
Net corporate advances made or recovered by servicer. Positive value denotes payments made by servicer.
  
 
Recoverable Corporate Advance Balance
Recoverable corporate advance balance where a + denotes a payment made by the servicer
  
 
Non Recoverable Corporate Advance Balance
Balance of Corporate Advances made that are not recoverable from the borrower
  
 
EXH. 9-4
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Total Corporate Advance Balance
Total outstanding Corporate Advance Balance
  
 
Monthly Principal Advances
Amount of principal advanced in current month
  
 
Principal Advance Balance
Total outstanding principal advances made by servicer.
  
 
Monthly Interest Advances
Amount of interest advanced in current month
  
 
Interest Advance Balance
Total outstanding interest advances made by servicer.
  
 
Suspense Account Balance
Total suspense account balance
  
 
Stop Advance Flag
Code indicating loan has been placed in a stop advance status. Example: Y=Stop Advance.
  
 
Stop Advance Start Date
Date loan was initially placed on a stop advance status.
  
 
Stop Advance Recovered
Amount of principal and interest advances recovered at stop date.
  
 
Stop Advance Reversal Date
Date stop advance status was reversed.
  
 
Stop Advance Reversal Amount
Amount of advances reversed.
  
Flood / Hazard / Other Insurance
    
 
Hazard Insurance Carrier
    
 
Hazard Insurance Amount
    
 
Hazard Expiration Date
    
 
Force-Placed Hazard Insurance
  
Y/N
 
Flood Insurance Carrier
    
 
Flood Insurance Amount
    
 
Flood Insurance Date
    
 
Force-Placed Flood Insurance
  
Y/N
 
Flood Zone
FEMA zones (Zone A, Zone B, etc.)
  
 
EXH. 9-5
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Other Insurance
Provide enumerations. Ex: Wind, earthquake, etc.
  
Default
      
 
Last Contact Date
Date of Servicer's last contact with the borrower.
  
 
Last Attempt Date
Date of the Servicer's last attempt to contact the borrower.
  
 
Reason For Default
Servicer Code representing the Reason for Default. Provide Enumerations worksheet.
  
 
In Demand Flag
Code indicating demand letter has been sent.
  
 
In Demand Start Date
Date demand letter was sent.
  
 
In Demand End Date
Expiration of demand letter.
  
 
Forbearance Flag
Formal forbearance payment plan.
Y/N
 
Payment Plan Flag
Informal or verbal payment plan agreement
Y/N
 
Forbearance Start Date
Date forbearance plan was initiated.
  
 
Forbearance End Date
Date forbearance plan scheduled to be complete.
  
 
Bankruptcy Flag
Flag indicating loan is in bankruptcy.
  
 
Bankruptcy Chapter
Chapter of bankruptcy (7, 11, 12, 13, OTH).
  
 
Bankruptcy Start Date
Bankruptcy filing date.
  
 
Bankruptcy Release Date
Dismissal / Discharge date
  
 
Bankruptcy Release Type
Dismissal / Discharge / Motion for Relief
 
 
Bankruptcy Post Petition Due Date
Payment due date of Bankruptcy payment plan, i.e. the new due date.
  
 
Motion for Relief Request Date
Motion for relief referral date.
  
 
EXH. 9-6
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Motion for Relief Filing Date
Date motion for relief filed with the court.
  
 
Motion for Relief Hearing Date
Motion for Relief Hearing Date.
  
 
Motion for Relief Granted Date
Motion for Relief Granted Date.
  
 
Motion for Relief Denied Date
Date the motion was Denied (if applicable)
  
 
Foreclosure Indicator Flag
  
Y/N
 
First Legal Date
Date of first legal action taken on foreclosure.
  
 
Foreclosure Start Date
Date of Referral to FC Attorney
  
 
Foreclosure Estimated Sale Date
Projected date of foreclosure sale.
  
 
Foreclosure Sale Date
Date of actual foreclosure sale.
  
 
Foreclosure On Hold
Flag indicating that the loan is in foreclosure but on hold.
  
 
Foreclosure Hold Start Date
Date indicating when the loan's foreclosure proceedings were put on hold.
  
 
Bankruptcy Delays
Number of days an active foreclosure has been in BK subsequent to its initial foreclosure start date.
  
 
Non - Cash Delays
Number of allowable days that a loan's foreclosure proceedings have been on hold due to a non cash delay (i.e. Title problem…) [again as per Fannie or Xxxxxxx time line]
  
 
REO Start Date
    
 
REO End Date
Date property is sold.
  
 
EXH. 9-7
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
REO Sub Status
Status while within REO. Provide enumerations worksheet if applicable. Ex: Eviction, Redemption, PreMarket, Listed, Under Contract
  
 
Possession Date
Date when the servicer takes possession of the property. Date we have full access to the property, eviction completed
  
 
Eviction Start Date
Date that the REO enters "Eviction" sub status
  
 
Eviction End Date
Date eviction action closed
  
 
Under Contract Date
Date that the REO enters "Under Contract" sub status
  
 
Under Contract Price
    
 
Estimated Closing Date
Servicer estimated closing date on loan
  
 
Actual Closing Date
Actual closing date on loan.
  
 
Redemption End Date
Legal time period, determined by State, when borrower can redeem their property. Property not available for sale until redemption completed (no beginning date, just an end date)
  
 
Initial Listing Price
First listing price of property.
  
 
Initial Listing Date
Date of the first listing price of property
  
 
Current List Price
Most recent listing price of property.
  
 
Current List Date
Date of the most recent listing price of property.
  
 
Original REO Value
Original REO target value
  
 
Current REO Value
Current REO target value
  
FHA / VA
      
 
EXH. 9-8
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Conveyance Condition Date
Date property has been placed into condition acceptable by HUD for title transfer
  
 
FHA Case #
FHA case number
  
 
VA Loan Identification Number
VA loan identification number
  
 
Debenture Rate
HUD assigned debenture rate
  
 
First Vacancy Date
Date property first became vacant
  
 
FHA Default Date
Default date as defined by FHA
  
 
Date FHA Part A Filed
Date servicer files Part A with HUD
  
 
Date FHA Part A Settlement Date
Date Part A funds are received from HUD to the servicer
  
 
Amount of Part A Funds Received
Amount of funds received from HUD to the servicer
  
 
Date Deed Sent for Recording
Date servicer forwards the deed for recordation
 
 
Title Approval date
Date title approved by HUD
  
 
Date FHA Part B Filed
Date servicer files Part B with HUD
  
 
Date FHA Part B Settlement Date
Date Part B funds are received from HUD to the servicer
  
 
Amount of Part B Funds Received
Amount of funds received from HUD to the servicer
  
 
Date VA Claim Filed
Date VA claim filed with VA
  
 
Curtailment Amount 1
Amount of HUD or VA curtailment
  
 
Curtailment Date 1
Date of HUD or VA curtailment
  
 
Curtailment Adjusted Amount 1
Curtailment amount received from HUD or VA claim
  
 
Curtailment Amount 2
Amount of HUD or VA curtailment 2nd curtailment
  
 
EXH. 9-9
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Curtailment Date 2
Date of HUD or VA curtailment 2nd curtailment
  
 
Curtailment Adjusted Amount 2
Curtailment amount received from HUD or VA claim 2nd curtailment
  
 
Curtailment Amount 3
Amount of HUD or VA curtailment 3rd curtailment
  
 
Curtailment Date 3
Date of HUD or VA curtailment 3rd curtailment
  
 
Curtailment Adjusted Amount 3
Curtailment amount received from HUD or VA claim 3rd curtailment
  
 
VA Cutoff Date
Date of loan liquidation or date deed is recorded
  
 
Partial Claim Amount
Amount of arrears placed into a partial claim in order to bring the borrower current
  
 
Partial Claim Date
Date partial claim was completed or that the loan is brought current as a result of the completed partial claim
  
Termination Information
      
       
 
Liquidation Date
    
 
Liquidation Type
Type of liquidation (charge-off, Third party sale, etc). Provide enumerations worksheet if applicable.
  
 
Balance at Liquidation
Actual Principal balance at time of liquidation
  
 
Gross Total Proceeds
Gross Total Proceeds.
  
 
Net Total Proceeds
Gross total proceeds less expenses.
  
 
EXH. 9-10
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Principal Advanced at Liquidation
Total of principal advanced at time of liquidation.
  
 
Interest Advanced at Liquidation
Total of interest advanced at time of liquidation.
  
 
Corporate Advances at Liquidation
Corporate advance balance at time of liquidation.
  
 
Escrow Advances at Liquidation
Escrow advance balance at time of liquidation.
  
 
Principal Advances Recovered at Liquidation
The amount of the Principal balance recovered at liquidation
  
 
Interest Advances Recovered at Liquidation
The amount of the Interest balance recovered at liquidation
  
 
Corporate Advances Recovered at Liquidation
The amount of the Total Corporate Advance balance recovered at liquidation
  
 
Escrow Advances Recovered at Liquidation
The amount of the Total Escrow Advance balance recovered at liquidation
  
 
Commission
The broker commission amount on liquidation
  
 
Seller Concession
The dollar amount of seller concessions upon liquidation.
  
 
Repairs
Cost of Repairs to property
  
 
Servicer Hold Back Amount
Amount servicer withholds for future trailing expenses.
  
 
Charge-off amount
Loss amount.
  
Paid in Full Loans
      
 
Paid-Off Indicator
User defined
  
 
Paid-Off Date
    
 
Pre-Payment Penalty Flag
  
Y/N
 
Pre-Payment Penalty Collected
Dollar amount of penalty collected
  
 
EXH. 9-11
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Balance at Termination
Actual Principal balance at time of termination.
  
 
Principal Amount Collected
   
 
Interest Amount Collected
    
Receivables After Loss Insurance
    
 
Hazard Insurance Claim Date
Date hazard claim filed.
  
 
Hazard Insurance Claim Due Date
Date hazard claim due.
  
 
Hazard Insurance Claim Amount
Amount of hazard claim.
  
 
Hazard Insurance Claim Paid Amount
Amount of hazard claim paid to investor.
  
 
MI Insurance Claim Date
Date MI claim filed.
  
 
MI Insurance Claim Due Date
Date MI claim is due to be paid.
  
 
MI Insurance Claim Amount
Expected MI proceeds.
  
 
MI Insurance Claim Paid Amount
Actual MI proceeds received.
  
Receivables After Loss Deficiency
    
 
Potential Deficiency Judgment Flag
Flag indicating loan is referred for deficiency collections.
  
 
Potential Deficiency Amount
Deficiency balance reported to borrower/IRS.
  
 
Deficiency Proceeds (this period)
Deficiency proceeds collected in current month.
  
 
Net Deficiency Proceeds (this period)
    
 
Total Deficiency Proceeds (to date)
Deficiency proceeds collected to date.
  
 
Total Net Deficiency Proceeds (to date)
    
 
EXH. 9-12
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Deficiency Vendor Expense
Deficiency vendor out of pocket expenses.
  
Static Data
      
       
 
Borrower Name Last Name
Borrower's Last Name
Xxx
 
Borrower Name First Name
Borrower's First Name
Xxx
 
Borrower Social Security Number/TIN
Eleven character ID. Example: 000-00-0000.
000-00-0000
 
Origination Date
Origination Date shown on loan documents.
12/25/2004
 
Loan Type
Code/literal to identify the loan type. (Conventional [w/] PMI , Jumbo, FHA, VA, etc)
Conventional - PMI
 
Property Type
Code/literal that identifies the type of property securing the loan. ( 2 Family, PUD)
PUD
 
Occupancy Type
Occupancy status at time of application. (2nd home, owner occupied, vacant, etc)
OO
 
Property Address
Property address, not billing address.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
 
Property City
Property city.
Toronto
 
Property State
Property state.
NY
 
Property Zip
Property zip.
10004
 
Original Balance
Original amount of loan granted to borrower. In the case of construction loans this should be the full amount extended on which the monthly payments are based.
250000.00
 
Original Senior Lien Amount
Amount of senior lien outstanding when loan was originated.
0.00
 
EXH. 9-13
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Original Interest Rate
Original contractual interest rate for loan. ( provide all decimal places)
8.515
 
First Payment Date
This is the contractual date when the first payment was to be made.
2/1/2005
 
Original Maturity Date
This is the contractual date when the last payment on the loan is scheduled to be made. For balloons it should be the balloon date.
1/1/2020
 
Original Loan To Value Ratio
Ratio representing the Original Loan Balance to the Original Appraised Value
75.69
 
Original Appraised Value
Appraised value at time of application.
550562
 
Original FICO score
Credit bureau score obtained at application.
654
 
Prepayment Penalty Type
Code/literal to identify characteristics of penalty. Example: 6 MO INT ON 80% XXXX, 5/4/3/2/1, 3%.
6 Months Interest on 80%
 
Prepayment Term
Original number of months that penalty was imposed.
24
 
Negative Amortization Flag
Code/literal to identify loans where negative amortization is allowed. Example: Y=neg am allowed, N=no neg am allowed.
Y
 
Negam Percent Cap
Maximum percentage of original balance that a loan may negatively amortize by. (25%, etc.)
25
 
MI Provider
Name or code for company providing private mortgage insurance.
Radian
 
MI Coverage Percentage
Percentage of insurance provided by PMI agreement.
12
 
EXH. 9-14
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
MI Certificate ID
Unique ID to identify PMI insurance certificate.
5829471
ARM Loans
      
 
ARM Flag
A 'Y' or 'N' to indicate if a loan is an Adjustable rate mortgage
Y
 
Arm Index Description
Code/literal used to identify the specific underlying index that adjustable rate loans will reset from. (6 Months Libor, 1 Yr CMT, etc)
6ML
 
Margin
The spread above the index value that a new rate on adjustable rate loans will be set to; subject to caps and rounding. (stated in percent)
3.65
 
ARM Rounding Feature
Code/literal used to identify the method to be used when computing new rate on adjustable rate loans. (stated in percent)
0.125
 
Lookback Days
The actual number of days prior to the Next Rate Reset Date that the underlying index will be referenced for determining new rate on adjustable rate loans. Examples: 45, 30, 0.
45
 
First Payment Reset Date
The first date that any payment reset was/is scheduled to occur. Typically is one month after First Rate Reset Date.
3/1/2007
 
First Rate Reset Date
The first date that any rate reset was/is scheduled to occur. Typically is one month prior to First Payment Reset Date.
2/1/2007
 
Initial Rate Reset Period
Number of payments to be made prior to the first rate reset. For a typical 5/1 ARM, this would contain the value 60.
60
 
EXH. 9-15
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Rate Reset Period
Number of payments to be made between rate changes following the initial rate reset period. For a typical 5/1 ARM this would contain the value 12.
12
 
Initial Payment Reset Period
Number of payments to be made prior to the first payment reset. For a typical 5/1 ARM, this would contain the value 60. For non hybrid loans this would equal the Payment Reset Period.
60
 
Payment Reset Period
Number of payments to be made between payment changes following the Initial Payment Reset Period. For a typical 5/1 ARM this would contain the value 12.
12
 
Initial Rate Adjustment Cap
Maximum rate change allowed on First Rate Reset Date.
3
 
Next Rate Reset Date
The next date that any rate reset is scheduled to occur. Typically is one month prior to Next Payment Reset Date.
  
 
Next Payment Reset Date
The next date that any payment reset is scheduled to occur. Typically is one month after Next Rate Reset Date.
  
 
Rate Adjustment Cap
Maximum rate increase allowed subsequent to First Rate Reset Date.
1
 
Periodic Floor
Maximum rate decrease allowed subsequent to First Rate Reset Date.
0
 
Lifetime Caps
The maximum amount the rate is allowed to increase by over the life of the loan.
6
 
Lifetime Floor
The minimum amount the rate is allowed to increase by over the life of the loan.
0
 
EXH. 9-16
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Max Rate
The absolute maximum rate allowed for the loan.
11.65
 
Min Rate
The absolute minimum rate allowed for the loan.
3.65
 
Payment Cap
Periodic Cap for monthly principal & interest payment increase. Example 7.5%.
6.5

 
 
 
 

EXH. 9-17


GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
Static Information
      
       
 
Loan Number
Loan Number currently being used to service this loan.
123456789
 
Prior Loan Number
Prior Loan Number (if any). If servicing has transferred this should contain the Loan Number used by the previous servicer.
987654321
 
Custodian File Number
Custodian ID used to file documents. This can be the custodian's only id or a category used to arrange documents into proper pools.
1de457
 
Custodian Loan Number
Custodian secondary ID used to file documents. Often this is used in conjunction with Custodian File Number to uniquely identify loans.
365wer5
 
Min Mers #
Mers Certificate Number
Y
 
GS Loan Number
The Loan number that Xxxxxxx Sachs assigns to the loan
Leave Blank
 
Origination Date
Origination Date shown on loan documents.
12/25/2004
 
Originator
The name of the company that originated the loan
Xxxxx Fargo
 
Origination Source
Broker, etc.
Broker
 
Loan Purchase Date
The date that Goldman purchased the loan
11/25/2004
 
HOEPA Status
Y\N
  
 
Type of Ownership
like fee simple, lease-hold
Lease-Hold
 
Documentation Type
Full, Alt, No Ration, None, XXXX,XXXX
Full
 
EXH. 9-18
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Income Verification Flag
Was the Borrower's income verified or stated
Y
 
Asset Verification
Were the Borrower's Assets verified
Y
 
Employment Verification
Was the Borrower's employment verified
Y
 
Purpose of Loan
Code/literal used to identify the original purpose of the loan. ( case-out refi, refi, purchase, construction, etc)
Purchase
 
Cash-out Amount
The Amount that the borrower removed from the loan
00000
 
Xxxxx Xxxx To Income Ratio
Front End Ratio at time of application. Mortgage debt to borrower income.
56.23
 
Debt To Income Ratio
Back End Ratio at time of application. Total debt to borrower income.
68.25
 
Product Type
Generic category code used internally to describe loan type
6MO
 
Product Description
Generic category description
6 month arm - IO
 
Loan Type
Code/literal to identify the loan type. (Conventional [w/] PMI , Jumbo, FHA, VA, etc)
Conventional - PMI
 
Property Type
Code/literal that identifies the type of property securing the loan. ( 2 Family, PUD)
PUD
 
Occupancy Type
Occupancy status at time of application. (2nd home, owner occupied, vacant, etc)
OO
 
Interest Calculation Method
The basis on which interest is calculated. ( arrears, 360, 365, advance, etc)
30/360
 
Draw Term
The term that the borrower can draw from the line of credit stated in months
120
 
Section32 Flag
Indicates if the loan may violate predatory lending laws (Y/N)
Y
 
EXH. 9-19
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Property Address
Property address, not billing address.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
 
Property City
Property city.
Toronto
 
Property State
Property state.
NY
 
Property Zip
Property zip.
10004
 
Condo/PUD Project Name
Name of the development.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
 
Number of Units
The number of units for the property (1,2,3,4) ( should correspond to the property type)
2
 
Year-Built
Date property was built
1978
 
Lien Position
Number used to identify the lien position in effect at the time of application. Example: 1, 2, 3, O (other)
1
 
Original Balance
Original amount of loan granted to borrower. In the case of construction loans this should be the full amount extended on which the monthly payments are based.
250000.00
 
Original Senior Lien Amount
Amount of senior lien outstanding when loan was originated.
0.00
 
Original Junior Lien Amount
Amount of junior liens outstanding when loan was originated
32000.00
 
Original Interest Rate
Original contractual interest rate for loan. ( provide all decimal places)
8.515
 
Original Scheduled P&I
Original Scheduled Principal and Interest payment
564.12
 
Original PITI
Original Scheduled Principal, Interest, Tax and Insurance payment
725.12
 
First Payment Date
This is the contractual date when the first payment was to be made.
2/1/2005
 
EXH. 9-20
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Original Maturity Date
This is the contractual date when the last payment on the loan is scheduled to be made. For balloons it should be the balloon date.
1/1/2020
 
Original Term
The number of months from First Payment Date to Original Maturity Date inclusive.
180
 
Payment Frequency
Monthly, bi-weekly, etc.
monthly
 
Original Amortization Term
Original Amortization Term of the loan in number of months. For fully amortizing loans would be the same as Original Term. For balloon loans this would exceed Original Term. For IO loans this would have no value.
360
 
Original Loan To Value Ratio
Ratio representing the Original Loan Balance to the Original Appraised Value
75.69
 
Original Combined Loan To Value Ratio
For Junior liens, Ratio representing the sum of the Original Loan Balance plus Original Senior Lien Amount to the Original Appraised Value
85.23
 
Original Appraised Value
Appraised value at time of application.
550562
 
Original Appraisal Date
Date of the original Appraisal
12/1/2004
 
Original Appraisal Firm
Name of the Appraisal firm
Union Appraisals
 
Appraisal Form Type
  
Form 1040 U, 2005
 
Appraisal Review Type
  
Desk Top, Drive By
 
Original Purchase Price
Price paid for home.
360000
 
Purchase BPO
BPO at the time of Purchase by GS.
580000
 
Purchase BPO Date
Date of the Purchase BPO
12/1/2004
 
Original FICO score
Credit bureau score obtained at application.
654
 
EXH. 9-21
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Credit Score Company
  
Experian
 
Original Credit Grade
  
B+
 
First Time Borrower Flag
  
N
 
Flood Insurance Indicator
Does the property have flood insurance
Y
 
Prepayment Flag
Code/Flag to determine if loan was originated with a prepayment penalty. (Y / N)
Y
 
Prepayment Penalty Type
Code/literal to identify characteristics of penalty. Example: 6 MO INT ON 80% XXXX, 5/4/3/2/1, 3%.
6 Months Interest on 80%
 
Prepayment Term
Original number of months that penalty was imposed.
24
 
Negative Amortization Flag
Code/literal to identify loans where negative amortization is allowed. Example: Y=neg am allowed, N=no neg am allowed.
Y
 
Negam Percent Cap
Maximum percentage of original balance that a loan may negatively amortize by. (25%, etc.)
25
 
MI Provider
Name or code for company providing private mortgage insurance.
Radian
 
MI Coverage Percentage
Percentage of insurance provided by PMI agreement.
12
 
MI Certificate ID
Unique ID to identify PMI insurance certificate.
5829471
 
Lender Paid Insurance Flag
Indicates if Lender pays PMI Insurance
Y
 
Lender Paid Insurance Fee
stated in percent
0.25
 
Assumable Flag
Indicates if loan is assumable
Y
 
Buydown Flag
Indicates if the loan has a buydown option (Y/N)
Y
 
EXH. 9-22
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Balloon Term
Number of months to Balloon Date
180
 
Balloon Flag
Code/literal to identify balloon loans. Example: Y, N.
Y
IO Loans
      
 
IO Term
Indicates the term in months of the interest only period
24
 
IO Flag
Indicates if the loan is an interest only loan for a period of the loan
Y
 
Daily Simple Interest Flag
Flag to identify loans where interest is due is calculated based on the date that each payment is actually received.
Y
Convertible Loans
      
 
Convertible Flag
Indicates that the borrower is allowed to convert an ARM mortgage to a Fixed Rate mortgage
Y
 
Convertible Term
The specified period at which a borrower can choose to exercise convertible rights
24
 
Conversion Expiration Date
Expiration date of conversion provisions
12/25/2006
 
Conversion Fee
Fee for converting loan from ARM to Fixed
  
 
Conversion Formula
    
 
Convert Lookback
The period designated for lookback calculation stated in days.
45
 
Convert Index
Index used for the conversion
  
 
Convert Margin
    
 
Convert Cap Down
    
 
Convert Cap Up
    
 
Convert Lifetime Cap Down
    
 
Convert Lifetime Cap Up
    
 
Convert Max PI CAP ( Up )
    
 
EXH. 9-23
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Convert Max PI CAP ( Down )
    
ARM Loans
      
 
ARM Flag
A 'Y' or 'N' to indicate if a loan is an Adjustable rate mortgage
Y
 
Arm Index Description
Code/literal used to identify the specific underlying index that adjustable rate loans will reset from. (6 Months Libor, 1 Yr CMT, etc)
6ML
 
Margin
The spread above the index value that a new rate on adjustable rate loans will be set to; subject to caps and rounding. (stated in percent)
3.65
 
ARM Rounding Feature
Code/literal used to identify the method to be used when computing new rate on adjustable rate loans. (stated in percent)
0.125
 
Lookback Days
The actual number of days prior to the Next Rate Reset Date that the underlying index will be referenced for determining new rate on adjustable rate loans. Examples: 45, 30, 0.
45
 
First Payment Reset Date
The first date that any payment reset was/is scheduled to occur. Typically is one month after First Rate Reset Date.
3/1/2007
 
First Rate Reset Date
The first date that any rate reset was/is scheduled to occur. Typically is one month prior to First Payment Reset Date.
2/1/2007
 
Initial Rate Reset Period
Number of payments to be made prior to the first rate reset. For a typical 5/1 ARM, this would contain the value 60.
60
 
EXH. 9-24
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
 
Rate Reset Period
Number of payments to be made between rate changes following the initial rate reset period. For a typical 5/1 ARM this would contain the value 12.
12
 
Initial Payment Reset Period
Number of payments to be made prior to the first payment reset. For a typical 5/1 ARM, this would contain the value 60. For non hybrid loans this would equal the Payment Reset Period.
60
 
Payment Reset Period
Number of payments to be made between payment changes following the Initial Payment Reset Period. For a typical 5/1 ARM this would contain the value 12.
12
 
Initial Rate Adjustment Cap
Maximum rate change allowed on First Rate Reset Date.
3
 
First Cap Adjustment Down
  
0
 
Rate Adjustment Cap
Maximum rate increase allowed subsequent to First Rate Reset Date.
1
 
Periodic Floor
Maximum rate decrease allowed subsequent to First Rate Reset Date.
0
 
Lifetime Caps
The maximum amount the rate is allowed to increase by over the life of the loan.
6
 
Lifetime Floor
The minimum amount the rate is allowed to increase by over the life of the loan.
0
 
Max Rate
The absolute maximum rate allowed for the loan.
11.65
 
Min Rate
The absolute minimum rate allowed for the loan.
3.65
 
Payment Cap
Periodic Cap for monthly principal & interest payment increase. Example 7.5%.
6.5
 
EXH. 9-25
 
GS Data Dictionary
Information Type
Field Name
Description
Example
General Information
      
 
Borrower Name Last Name
Borrower's Last Name
Xxx
 
Borrower Name First Name
Borrower's First Name
Xxx
 
CoBorrower Name Last Name
Co-Borrower's Last Name
Xxx
 
CoBorrower Name First Name
Co-Borrower's First Name
Xxxx
 
Borrower Social Security Number/TIN
Eleven character ID. Example: 000-00-0000.
000-00-0000
 
CoBorrower Social Security Number/TIN
Eleven character ID. Example: 000-00-0000.
000-00-0000
 
Self Employment Flag
  
Y
 
Borrower Age
  
52
 
Co-Age
  
56
 
Borrower Race
    
 
Co-Race
    
 
Borrower Gender
  
Male
 
Co-Gender
  
Female
 
Income
  
182564
 
Co-Income
  
256453
 
Co_credit Score
  
841
 
Borrower Ethnicity
    
 
Co-Ethnicity
    

 
 


EXH. 9-26
 
EXHIBIT 10
 
FORM OF SELLER’S OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
 
I, ____________________, hereby certify that I am the duly elected [Vice] President of ________________ [COMPANY], a [state] [federally] chartered institution organized under the laws of the [state of ____________] [United States] (the “Company”) and further as follows:
 
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true, correct and complete copy of the charter of the Company which is in full force and effect on the date hereof and which has been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since ___________.
 
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, correct and complete copy of the bylaws of the Company which are in effect on the date hereof and which have been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since ___________.
 
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is an original certificate of good standing of the Company issued within ten days of the date hereof, and no event has occurred since the date thereof which would impair such standing.
 
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true, correct and complete copy of the corporate resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the Company to execute and deliver the Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, by and between Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company (the “Purchaser”) and the Company (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) [and to endorse the Mortgage Notes and execute the Assignments of Mortgages by original [or facsimile] signature], and such resolutions are in effect on the date hereof and have been in effect without amendment, waiver, rescission or modification since ____________.
 
5. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the sale of the mortgage loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the agreements; or (ii) any required consent, approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
 
6. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of or constitutes or will constitute a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or any statute or order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body to which the Company is subject or by which it is bound.
EXH. 10-1
 
7. To the best of my knowledge, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Company which, in my judgment, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Company or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now conducted or which would draw into question the validity of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or the mortgage loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
 
8. Each person listed on Exhibit 5 attached hereto who, as an officer or representative of the Company, signed (a) the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (b) any other document delivered or on the date hereof in connection with any purchase described in the agreements set forth above was, at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, a duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting officer or representative of the Company, who holds the office set forth opposite his or her name on Exhibit 5, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures.
 
9. The Company is duly authorized to engage in the transactions described and contemplated in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
 
 
 
 

 
EXH. 10-2

 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Company.
 

Dated:
 ________________________  
     
By:
 ________________________  
     
Name:
 ________________________  
     
[Seal]
  
Title:      [Vice] President
 
I, ________________________, an [Assistant] Secretary of ______________[COMPANY], hereby certify that ____________ is the duly elected, qualified and acting [Vice] President of the Company and that the signature appearing above is [her] [his] genuine signature.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.

Dated:
 ________________________  
     
By:
 ________________________  
     
Name:
 ________________________  
     
Title:
 ________________________  
 
[Assistant] Secretary
  
 

 



EXH. 10-3

 
EXHIBIT 5 to
Company’s Officer’s Certificate
 

 
NAME
  
TITLE
  
SIGNATURE
 
 
        
 
 
        
 
 
        
 
 
        
 
 
        
 
 
        
 
 
        


EXH. 10-4

 
EXHIBIT 11
 
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SELLER
 
 
(date)
 
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000 Xxxxx
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
 
Dear Sirs:
 
You have requested [our] [my] opinion, as [Assistant] General Counsel to American Home Mortgage Corp. (the “Company”), with respect to certain matters in connection with the sale by the Company of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, by and between the Company and Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company (the “Purchaser”), dated as of May 1, 2006, (the “Agreement”) which sale is in the form of whole loans. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
 
[We] [I] have examined the following documents:
 
1. the Agreement;
 
2. the form of Assignment of Mortgage;
 
3. the form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
 
4. such other documents, records and papers as we have deemed necessary and relevant as a basis for this opinion.
 
To the extent [we] [I] have deemed necessary and proper, [we] [I] have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreement. [We] [I] have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to [us] [me] as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all documents.
 
Based upon the foregoing, it is [our] [my] opinion that:
 
1. The Company is a [type of entity] duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the [United States] and is qualified to transact business in, and is in good standing under, the laws of [the state of incorporation/formation].
EXH. 11-1
 
2. The Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Agreement and to perform and observe the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
 
3. The Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its respective terms against the Company, subject to bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including those respecting the availability of specific performance, none of which will materially interfere with the realization of the benefits provided thereunder or with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage Loans.
 
4. The Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to execute any and all documents by original signature in order to complete the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
 
5. The Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to execute by original [or facsimile] signature the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of Mortgages, and the original [or facsimile] signature of the officer of the Company executing the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and the Assignments of Mortgages represents the legal and valid signature of said officer of the Company.
 
6. Either (i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with the Agreement and the sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement or (ii) any required consent, approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the Company.
 
7. Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the fulfillment of the terms of, the Agreement conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of or constitutes or will constitute a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or violates any statute or order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction or decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body to which the Company is subject or by which it is bound.
 
8. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of [our] [my] knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in [our] [my] judgment, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Company or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now conducted or in any material liability on the part of the Company or which would draw into question the validity of the Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the terms of the Agreement.
XXX. 00-0
 
0. The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by the Agreement is sufficient to fully transfer to the Purchaser all right, title and interest of the Company thereto as noteholder and mortgagee.
 
10. The Mortgages have been duly assigned and the Mortgage Notes have been duly endorsed as provided in the Agreement. The Assignments of Mortgage are in recordable form, except for the insertion of the name of the assignee, and upon the name of the assignee being inserted, are acceptable for recording under the laws of the state where each related Mortgaged Property is located. The endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the delivery to the Purchaser, or its designee, of the Assignments of Mortgage, and the delivery of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Purchaser, or its designee, are sufficient to permit the Purchaser to avail itself of all protection available under applicable law against the claims of any present or future creditors of the Company, and are sufficient to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being enforceable.
 
This opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or entity is entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to which you initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this opinion as if it were addressed to them as of the date of this opinion.
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
______________________________________
[Name]
______________________________________
[Assistant] General Counsel



EXH. 11-3
 
EXHIBIT 12
 
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION
 
___________________, _____
________________________
________________________
________________________

Attention:
___________________________
 
___________________________
   
  Re:      Notice of Sale and Release of Collateral
 
Dear Sirs:
 
This letter serves as notice that AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP., a corporation organized pursuant to the laws of the state of New York (the “Company”) has committed to sell to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company under a Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, certain mortgage loans originated by the Company. The Company warrants that the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company are in addition to and beyond any collateral required to secure advances made by you to the Company.
 
The Company acknowledges that the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company shall not be used as additional or substitute collateral for advances made by [____________]. Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company understands that the balance of the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio may be used as collateral or additional collateral for advances made by [___________], and confirms that it has no interest therein.



EXH. 12-1


 
Execution of this letter by [___________] shall constitute a full and complete release of any security interest, claim, or lien which [___________] may have against the mortgage loans to be sold to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company.
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
_________________________________________
 
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:______________________________________
Date:______________________________________
 
Acknowledged and approved:
 
_________________________
 
 
By:__________________________________________
Name:________________________________________
Title:_________________________________________
Date:_________________________________________
 

EXH. 12-2
 
EXHIBIT 13
 
FORM OF SECURITY RELEASE CERTIFICATION

 
I. Release of Security Interest
 
The financial institution named below hereby relinquishes any and all right, title, interest, lien or claim of any kind it may have in all mortgage loans described on the attached Schedule A (the “Mortgage Loans”) to be purchased by Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company from the company named on the next page pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 and certifies that all notes, mortgages, assignments and other documents in its possession relating to such Mortgage Loans have been delivered and released to the Company or its designees, as of the date and time of the sale of such Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company. Such release shall be effective automatically without any further action by any party upon payment in one or more installments, in immediately available funds, of $_____________, in accordance with the wire instructions set forth below.
 
Name, Address and Wire Instructions of Financial Institution
 
 
________________________________
(Name)
 
________________________________
(Address)
 
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
 
 
By:_____________________________

EXH. 13-1

 
II. Certification of Release
 
The Company named below hereby certifies to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company that, as of the date and time of the sale of the above-mentioned Mortgage Loans to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company the security interests in the Mortgage Loans released by the above-named financial institution comprise all security interests relating to or affecting any and all such Mortgage Loans. The Company warrants that, as of such time, there are and will be no other security interests affecting any or all of such Mortgage Loans.
 
___________________________
 

By:___________________________
Title:________________________
Date:_________________________
 


EXH. 13-2

 
EXHIBIT 14
 
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE
 
On this ___ day of __________, ____, American Home Mortgage Corp. (“Seller”), as (i) the Seller under that certain Purchase Price and Terms Agreement, dated as of ___________, _____ (the “PPTA”), (ii) the Seller under that certain Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) and, together with the PPTA, the “Agreements”) does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage Company (“Purchaser”) as the Purchaser under the Agreements, without recourse, but subject to the terms of the Agreements, all right, title and interest of, in and to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loans”), together with the Mortgage Files and all rights and obligations arising under the documents contained therein. Each Mortgage Loan subject to the Agreements was underwritten in accordance with, and conforms to, the Underwriting Guidelines attached hereto as Exhibit C. Pursuant to Section 6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller has delivered to the Custodian the documents for each Mortgage Loan to be purchased as set forth in the Custodial Agreement. The contents of each Servicing File required to be retained by the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and thus not delivered to the Purchaser are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer for the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner thereof. The Servicer’s possession of any portion of the Servicing File is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and such retention and possession by the Servicer shall be in a custodial capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and the contents of the Mortgage File and Servicing File is vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the Seller or the Servicer shall immediately vest in the Purchaser and shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by the Servicer at the will of the Purchaser in such custodial capacity only.
 
The Mortgage Loan Package characteristics of the Mortgage Loans subject hereto are set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
 
In accordance with Section 6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser accepts the Mortgage Loans listed on Exhibit A attached hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing the Purchaser does not waive any rights or remedies it may have under the Agreements.
 
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
 
[Signature Page Follows]

XXX. 00-0

 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP.
 
 
By:  _____________________________________
Name:
Title:

Accepted and Agreed:

XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY

By:  XXXXXXX SACHS REAL ESTATE FUNDING CORP.,
a New York corporation, as General Partner
 
 
By:  ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 

EXH. 14-2

 
EXHIBIT A
TO ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
 
THE MORTGAGE LOANS
 
 
 
 
 

 
XXX. 00-0

 
XXXXXXX X
TO ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE POOL
CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH MORTGAGE LOAN PACKAGE
 
Pool Characteristics of the Mortgage Loan Package as delivered on the related Closing Date:
 
No Mortgage Loan has: (1) an outstanding principal balance less than $_________; (2) an origination date earlier than _ months prior to the related Cut-off Date; (3) an LTV of greater than _____%; (4) a FICO Score of less than ___; or (5) a debt-to-income ratio of more than __%. Each Mortgage Loan has a Mortgage Interest Rate of at least ___% per annum and an outstanding principal balance of less than $_________. Each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan has an Index of [_______].
 
 
 
 

 
EXH. 14-4

EXHIBIT C
TO ASSIGNMENT AND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT

UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
EXH. 14-5
 
EXHIBIT 15
 
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
 
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated [____________ __, 20__] (“Agreement”), among Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company (“Assignor”), [____________________] (“Assignee”), AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP. (the “Company”) and AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC. (the “Servicer”):
 
For and in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
 
Assignment and Conveyance
 
1. The Assignor hereby conveys, sells, grants, transfers and assigns to the Assignee all of the right, title and interest of the Assignor, as purchaser, in, to and under (a) those certain Mortgage Loans listed on the schedule (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Mortgage Loans”) and (b) except as described below, that certain Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2006, by and among the Assignor, as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), the Company, as seller and the Servicer, as servicer, solely insofar as the Sale and Servicing Agreement relates to the Mortgage Loans.
 
The Assignor specifically reserves and does not assign to the Assignee hereunder any and all right, title and interest in, to and under and any obligations of the Assignor with respect to any mortgage loans subject to the Sale and Servicing Agreement which are not the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and are not the subject of this Agreement.
 
Recognition of the Company and the Servicer
 
2. From and after the date hereof (the “Securitization Closing Date”), each of the Company and the Servicer shall and does hereby recognize that the Assignee will transfer the Mortgage Loans and assign its rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (solely to the extent set forth herein) and this Agreement to [__________________] (the “Trust”) created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [__________, 200_] (the “Pooling Agreement”), among the Assignee, the Assignor, [___________________], as trustee (including its successors in interest and any successor trustees under the Pooling Agreement, the “Trustee”), [____________________], as master servicer (including its successors in interest and any successor servicer under the Pooling Agreement, the “Master Servicer”). Each of the Company and the Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that from and after the date hereof (i) the Trust will be the owner of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) each of the Company and the Servicer shall look solely to the Trust for performance of any obligations of the Assignor insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, (iii) the Trust (including the Trustee and the Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf) shall have all the rights and remedies available to the Assignor, insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, the enforcement of the document delivery requirements set forth in Section 6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and shall be entitled to enforce all of the obligations of the Company or the Servicer thereunder insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, and (iv) all references to the Purchaser, the Custodian or the Bailee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement insofar as they relate to the Mortgage Loans, shall be deemed to refer to the Trust (including the Trustee and the Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf). Neither the Company nor the Servicer nor the Assignor shall amend or agree to amend, modify, waiver, or otherwise alter any of the terms or provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement which amendment, modification, waiver or other alteration would in any way affect the Mortgage Loans or the Company’s or the Servicer’s performance under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans without the prior written consent of the Trustee.
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Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Servicer
 
3. Each of the Company and the Servicer warrants and represents to the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trust as of the date hereof that:
 
(a) Each of the Company and the Servicer is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation;
 
(b) Each of the Company and the Servicer has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and has full power and authority to perform its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The execution by the Company and the Servicer of this Agreement is in the ordinary course of the Company’s and the Servicer’s business and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Company’s or the Servicer’s charter or bylaws or any legal restriction, or any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Servicer is now a party or by which it is bound, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company or the Servicer or their property is subject. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Servicer of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on part of the Company and the Servicer. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Servicer, and, upon the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Assignor and the Assignee, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and the Servicer, enforceable against the Company and the Servicer in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
 
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental entity is required to be obtained or made by the Company or the Servicer in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company and the Servicer of this Agreement; and
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(x) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of the Company’s and the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or the Servicer, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, would result in any material adverse change in the ability of the Company or the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Company and the Servicer are solvent.
 
4. Pursuant to Section 15 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, each of the Company and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trust, that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof as if such representations and warranties were made on the date hereof unless otherwise specifically stated in such representations and warranties.
 
Remedies for Breach of Representations and Warranties
 
5. Each of the Company and the Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the remedies available to the Assignor, the Assignee and the Trust (including the Trustee and the Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf) in connection with any breach of the representations and warranties made by the Company or the Servicer set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof shall be as set forth in Subsection 7.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement as if they were set forth herein (including without limitation the repurchase and indemnity obligations set forth therein).
 
Miscellaneous
 
6. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
 
7. No term or provision of this Agreement may be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver or modification is sought to be enforced, with the prior written consent of the Trustee.
 
8. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of (i) the successors and assigns of the parties hereto and (ii) the Trust (including the Trustee and the Master Servicer acting on the Trust’s behalf). Any entity into which Assignor, Assignee, Company or Servicer may be merged or consolidated shall, without the requirement for any further writing, be deemed Assignor, Assignee, Company or Servicer, respectively, hereunder.
 
9. Each of this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall survive the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and the assignment of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (to the extent assigned hereunder) by Assignor to Assignee and by Assignee to the Trust and nothing contained herein shall supersede or amend the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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00. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
11. In the event that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
 
12. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP.
 
 
By:  _________________________________________
Name:  ___________________________________
Its:  ______________________________________
 
AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC.
 
 
By:  _________________________________________
Name:  ___________________________________
Its:  ______________________________________


XXXXXXX XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY

BY: XXXXXXX SACHS REAL ESTATE
FUNDING CORP., a New York
Corporation, as General Partner
 
 
By:  _________________________________________
Name:  ___________________________________
Its:  ______________________________________
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[ASSIGNEE]
 
 
By:  _________________________________________
Name:  ___________________________________
Its:  ______________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT 16
 
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
 
Re:          The [ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the “Agreement”), among
[IDENTIFY PARTIES]                          
 
I, ________________________________, the _______________________ of [NAME OF COMPANY], certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
 
1. I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Company provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the report on assessment of the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and all servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Company during 200[ ] that were delivered by the Company to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the “Company Servicing Information”);
 
2. Based on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Company Servicing Information;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be provided by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee];
 
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Company as servicer under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects; and
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5. The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be provided by the Company and by any Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement, have been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
 
 
Date:  _________________________________
 
By:  ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 17
 
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
 
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Company] [Name of Subservicer] shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:

     
 
Servicing Criteria
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
  
 
General Servicing Considerations
  
1122(d)(1)(i)
Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(1)(ii)
If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
  
1122(d)(1)(iii)
Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained.
  
1122(d)(1)(iv)
A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.
  
 
Cash Collection and Administration
  
1122(d)(2)(i)
Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(2)(ii)
Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.
  
1122(d)(2)(iii)
Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
  
 
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
  
1122(d)(2)(iv)
The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(2)(v)
Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.
  
1122(d)(2)(vi)
Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
  
1122(d)(2)(vii)
Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
  
 
Investor Remittances and Reporting
  
1122(d)(3)(i)
Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer.
  
 
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
  
1122(d)(3)(ii)
Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(3)(iii)
Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(3)(iv)
Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
  
 
Pool Asset Administration
  
1122(d)(4)(i)
Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
  
1122(d)(4)(ii)
Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements
  
1122(d)(4)(iii)
Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(4)(iv)
Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
  
1122(d)(4)(v)
The Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
  
1122(d)(4)(vi)
Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
  
 
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
  
1122(d)(4)(vii)
Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(4)(viii)
Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
  
1122(d)(4)(ix)
Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.
  
1122(d)(4)(x)
Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(4)(xi)
Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(4)(xii)
Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.
  
 
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
Reference
Criteria
  
1122(d)(4)(xiii)
Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.
  
1122(d)(4)(xv)
Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.
  
 

 
[NAME OF COMPANY] [NAME OF SUBSERVICER]
 
 
Date:  ______________________________________
 
By:  ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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