HomEq Servicing, as Servicer and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as Seller and Aurora Loan Services LLC, as Master Servicer Structured Asset Securities Corporation Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series...
EXHIBIT
99.2
EXECUTION
HomEq
Servicing,
as
Servicer
and
Xxxxxx
Brothers Holdings Inc.,
as
Seller
and
Aurora
Loan Services LLC,
as
Master
Servicer
_____________________________
Structured
Asset Securities Corporation
Structured
Asset Securities Corporation
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-BC2
Dated
as
of February 1, 2007
_____________________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
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3
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ARTICLE
II.
SELLER’S ENGAGEMENT OF SERVICER TO PERFORM SERVICING
RESPONSIBILITIES
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15
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Section
2.01.
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Contract
for Servicing; Possession of Servicing Files.
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15
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Section
2.02.
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Books
and Records.
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16
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ARTICLE
III.
SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
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16
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Section
3.01.
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Servicer
to Service.
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16
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Section
3.02.
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Collection
and Liquidation of Mortgage Loans.
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18
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Section
3.03.
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Establishment
of and Deposits to Custodial Account.
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19
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Section
3.04.
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Permitted
Withdrawals From Custodial Account.
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21
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Section
3.05.
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Establishment
of and Deposits to Escrow Account.
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22
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Section
3.06.
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Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
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23
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Section
3.07.
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Notification
of Adjustments.
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24
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Section
3.08.
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Reserved.
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24
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Section
3.09.
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Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
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24
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Section
3.10.
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Protection
of Accounts.
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25
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Section
3.11.
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Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance.
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25
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Section
3.12.
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Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
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27
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Section
3.13.
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Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
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27
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Section
3.14.
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Inspections.
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28
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Section
3.15.
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Restoration
of Mortgaged Property.
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28
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Section
3.16.
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Maintenance
of PMI and/or LPMI Policy; Claims.
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28
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Section
3.17.
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Title,
Management and Disposition of REO Property.
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30
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Section
3.18.
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Real
Estate Owned Reports.
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33
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Section
3.19.
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Liquidation
Reports.
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33
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Section
3.20.
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Reports
of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged
Property.
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33
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Section
3.21.
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Prepayment
Charges.
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33
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Section
3.22.
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Compliance
with Safeguarding Customer Information Requirements.
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34
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Section
3.23.
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Charged-off
Mortgage Loans.
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34
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Section
3.24.
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Advance
Facility.
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34
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ARTICLE
IV.
PAYMENTS TO MASTER SERVICER
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36
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Section
4.01.
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Remittances.
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36
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Section
4.02.
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Statements
to Seller.
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37
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Section
4.03.
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Monthly
Advances by Servicer.
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39
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Section
4.04.
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Due
Dates Other Than the First of the Month.
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39
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Section
4.05.
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Credit
Reporting.
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40
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ARTICLE
V.
GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES
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40
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Section
5.01.
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Transfers
of Mortgaged Property.
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40
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Section
5.02.
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Satisfaction
of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
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41
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Section
5.03.
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Servicing
Compensation.
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41
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Section
5.04.
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Report
on Attestation of Compliance with Applicable Servicing
Criteria.
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42
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Section
5.05.
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Annual
Officer’s Certificate.
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42
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Section
5.06.
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Inspection.
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43
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Section
5.07.
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Report
on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing
Criteria.
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43
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ARTICLE
VI.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS
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44
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Section
6.01.
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Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of the Servicer.
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44
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Section
6.02.
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Remedies
for Breach of Representations and Warranties of the
Servicer.
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46
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Section
6.03.
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Additional
Indemnification by the Servicer.
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47
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Section
6.04.
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Indemnification
with Respect to Certain Taxes and Loss of REMIC
Status.
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48
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Section
6.05.
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[Reserved]
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49
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Section
6.06.
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Reporting
Requirements of the Commission and Indemnification.
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49
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ARTICLE
VII.
THE SERVICER
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50
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Section
7.01.
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Merger
or Consolidation of the Servicer.
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50
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Section
7.02.
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Limitation
on Liability of the Servicer and Others.
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50
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Section
7.03.
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Limitation
on Resignation and Assignment by the Servicer.
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51
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Section
7.04.
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Subservicing
Agreements and Successor Subservicer.
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52
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ARTICLE
VIII.
TERMINATION
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53
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Section
8.01.
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Termination
for Cause.
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53
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Section
8.02.
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Termination
Without Cause.
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56
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Section
8.03.
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Special
Termination Events.
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56
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Section
8.04.
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Termination
for Distressed Mortgage Loans.
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58
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ARTICLE
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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59
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Section
9.01.
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Successor
to the Servicer.
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59
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Section
9.02.
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Costs.
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61
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Section
9.03.
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Protection
of Confidential Information.
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61
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Section
9.04.
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Notices.
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61
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Section
9.05.
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Severability
Clause.
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63
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Section
9.06.
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No
Personal Solicitation.
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64
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Section
9.07.
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Counterparts.
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64
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Section
9.08.
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Place
of Delivery and Governing Law.
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64
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Section
9.09.
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Further
Agreements.
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64
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Section
9.10.
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Intention
of the Parties.
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64
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Section
9.11.
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Successors
and Assigns; Assignment of Servicing Agreement.
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65
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Section
9.12.
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Assignment
by the Seller.
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65
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Section
9.13.
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Amendment.
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65
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Section
9.14.
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Waivers.
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65
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Section
9.15.
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Exhibits.
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65
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Section
9.16.
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Intended
Third Party Beneficiaries.
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66
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Section
9.17.
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General
Interpretive Principles.
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66
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Section
9.18.
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Reproduction
of Documents.
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67
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
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MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
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EXHIBIT
B
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CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
C
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ESCROW
ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
D-1
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FORM
OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE
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EXHIBIT
D-2
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STANDARD
MONTHLY DEFAULTED LOAN REPORT
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EXHIBIT
D-3
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FORM
OF LOAN LOSS REPORT
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EXHIBIT
E
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SASCO
2007-BC2 TRUST AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT
F
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FORM
OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO THE DEPOSITOR, THE TRUSTEE AND
THE
MASTER SERVICER BY
THE SERVICER
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EXHIBIT G |
XXXXXX
MAE GUIDE NO. 95-19
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EXHIBIT H | [RESERVED] |
EXHIBIT
I
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SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF
COMPLIANCE
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EXHIBIT
J
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TRANSACTION
PARTIES
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EXHIBIT K | FORM OF ANNUAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE |
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This
SECURITIZATION
SERVICING AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”), entered into as of the 1st
day of
February, 2007, by and among XXXXXX BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Seller”) and HOMEQ SERVICING, a Delaware corporation
(“Servicer”), AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC, as master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”) and acknowledged by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the
“Trustee”) under the Trust Agreement (as defined herein), recites and provides
as follows:
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Servicer and Xxxxxx Brothers Bank, FSB (the “Bank”) are parties to a Flow
Subservicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2004 (the “Bank Flow Servicing
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Servicer services certain of the residential,
adjustable rate and fixed rate mortgage loans identified on Exhibit A hereto
(the “Bank Mortgage Loans”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated February 1, 2007
(the
“Assignment Agreement”), the Seller acquired from the Bank all of the Bank’s
right, title and interest in and to the mortgage loans currently serviced under
the Bank Flow Servicing Agreement and assumed for the benefit of the Servicer
and the Bank the rights and obligations of the Bank as owner of such mortgage
loans pursuant to the Bank Flow Servicing Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Servicer and the Seller are parties to a Flow Servicing Agreement, dated
as
of April 1, 2004 (the “Holdings Flow Servicing Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Servicer services certain of the mortgage loans identified on Exhibit A
hereto (the “Holdings Mortgage Loans,” and together with the Bank Mortgage
Loans, the “Mortgage Loans”).
WHEREAS,
the Seller has conveyed the Mortgage Loans on a servicing-retained basis to
Structured Asset Securities Corporation (the “Depositor”), which in turn has
conveyed the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee under a trust agreement dated as
of
February 1, 2007 (the “Trust Agreement”), among the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc., as credit
risk
manager (the “Credit Risk Manager”);
WHEREAS,
from time to time certain other of the mortgage loans conveyed by the Depositor
to the Trustee under the Trust Agreement on the Closing Date and serviced by
other servicers may subsequent to the Closing Date be transferred to the
Servicer for servicing under this Agreement, at which date Exhibit A hereto
will
be amended to include such mortgage loans which will then be considered
“Mortgage Loans” under this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Seller desires that the Servicer service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
this
Agreement, and the Servicer has agreed to do so, subject to the right of the
Seller and of the Master Servicer to terminate the rights and obligations of
the
Servicer hereunder at any time and to the other conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS,
the Seller and the Servicer agree that the provisions of the Bank Flow Servicing
Agreement and Holdings Flow Servicing Agreement shall not apply to such related
Mortgage Loans for so long as such related Mortgage Loans remain subject to
the
provisions of the Trust Agreement;
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WHEREAS,
the Master Servicer shall be obligated under the Trust Agreement, among other
things, to supervise the servicing of the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Trustee, and shall have the right, under certain circumstances, to terminate
the
rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Servicing Agreement upon
the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default as provided
herein;
WHEREAS,
multiple classes of certificates (the “Certificates”), including the Class P and
the Class X Certificates, will be issued on the Closing Date pursuant to the
Trust Agreement and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. or a nominee thereof is expected to
be
the initial registered holder of the Class P and the Class X
Certificates;
WHEREAS,
subsequent to the Closing Date Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. intends to convey all of
its
rights, title and interest in and to the Class P and the Class X Certificates
and all payments and all other proceeds received thereunder to an owner trust
or
other special purpose entity in which it will hold the sole equity interest,
which owner trust or other special purpose entity will issue net interest margin
securities (“NIM Securities”) through an indenture trust, such NIM Securities
secured, in part, by the payments on such Certificates (the “NIMS
Transaction”);
WHEREAS,
one or more insurers (collectively, the “NIMS Insurer”) may each issue one or
more insurance policies guaranteeing certain payments under the NIM Securities
to be issued pursuant to the indenture in the NIMS Transaction;
WHEREAS,
in the event there may be two or more individual insurers it is intended that
the rights extended to the NIMS Insurer pursuant to this Agreement be allocated
among two or more individual insurers that issue insurance policies in
connection with the NIMS Transaction through a NIMS Insurance Agreement by
and
among such insurers and the parties hereto;
WHEREAS,
the Seller and the Servicer acknowledge and agree that the Seller will assign
all of its rights and delegate all of its obligations hereunder (excluding
the
Seller’s rights to terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer
hereunder) to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, and that each reference
herein to the Seller is intended, unless otherwise specified, to mean the Seller
or the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, as assignee, whichever is the
owner
of the Mortgage Loans from time to time;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth
and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Servicer hereby
agree as follows:
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ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
The
following terms are defined as follows:
Accepted
Servicing Practices:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, those mortgage servicing practices (i) of prudent
mortgage lending institutions that service mortgage loans of the same type
as
such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property
is
located and (ii) in accordance with applicable state, local and federal laws,
rules and regulations.
Agreement:
This
Securitization Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements
hereto.
Ancillary
Income:
All
income derived from the Mortgage Loans, excluding Servicing Fees and Prepayment
Charges attributable to the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to,
interest received on funds deposited in the Custodial Account or any Escrow
Account, late charges, Prepayment Interest Excess Amounts (after taking into
account Compensating Interest payments), fees received with respect to checks
or
bank drafts returned by the related bank for non-sufficient funds, assumption
fees, optional insurance administrative fees and all other incidental fees
and
charges. The Servicer shall retain all Ancillary Income to the extent not
required to be deposited into the Custodial Account.
Assignment
of Mortgage:
An
assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in
recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the
related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the transfer of the Mortgage
to
the party indicated therein or if the related Mortgage has been recorded in
the
name of MERS or its designee, such actions as are necessary to cause the Trustee
or its designee to be shown as the owner of the related Mortgage on the records
of MERS for purposes of the system of recording transfers of beneficial
ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.
Business
Day:
Any day
other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings
and loan institutions in the States of New York, Massachusetts, California
or
Colorado are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
Certificateholder:
The
meaning set forth in the Trust Agreement.
Certificates:
Any or
all of the Certificates issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Charged-Off
Mortgage Loan:
As
defined in Section 3.24 hereof.
Closing
Date:
February 28, 2007.
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Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time or any
successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Combined
Loan-to-Value Ratio:
As to
any Second Lien Mortgage Loan at any date of determination, the ratio (expressed
as a percentage) of the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the date
of
determination, plus the principal balance of any Superior Lien based upon the
most recent information available to the Servicer, to (a) in the case of a
purchase, the lesser of the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property and
its appraised value at the time of sale, or (b) in the case of a refinancing
or
modification, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the
time
of such refinancing or modification.
Commission:
The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compensating
Interest:
With
respect to any Remittance Date, the lesser of (a) the aggregate Prepayment
Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, for such Remittance Date (after netting
the
aggregate Prepayment Interest Excess Amounts for such Remittance Date and
excluding any payments made upon liquidation of the Mortgage Loan), and (b)
the
amount of the aggregate Servicing Fee payable to the Servicer for the Mortgage
Loans for such Remittance Date.
Condemnation
Proceeds:
All
awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent
or
temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or
condemnation, to the extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents.
Custodial
Account:
The
separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
3.03.
Custodian:
LaSalle
Bank National Association, and its successors in interest or
assigns.
Depositor:
Structured Asset Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any
successor in interest.
Determination
Date:
With
respect to each Remittance Date, the 15th day of the month in which such
Remittance Date occurs, or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day.
Distressed
Mortgage Loan:
As of
any Determination Date, any Mortgage Loan that is delinquent in payment for
a
period of ninety (90) days or more, without giving effect to any grace period
permitted by the related Mortgage Loan, or for which the Servicer or Trustee
has
accepted a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
Distribution
Date:
Commencing in March 2007, the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not
a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
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Due
Date:
The day
of the calendar month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan,
exclusive of any days of grace. Pursuant to Section 4.04, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans for which payment from the Mortgagor is due on a day other than
the first day of the month, such Mortgage Loans will be treated as if the
Monthly Payment is due on the first day of the immediately succeeding
month.
Due
Period:
With
respect to each Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day of
the
month immediately preceding the month of the Remittance Date and ending on
the
first day of the month of the Remittance Date.
Eligible
Deposit Account:
An
account that is maintained with a federal or state-chartered depository
institution or trust company that complies with the definition of Eligible
Institution.
Eligible
Institution:
Any of
the following:
(i) an
institution whose:
(A) commercial
paper, short-term debt obligations, or other short-term deposits are rated
at
least “A-1+” or long-term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least “AA-“ by
S&P, if the amounts on deposit are to be held in the account for no more
than 365 days; or
(B) commercial
paper, short-term debt obligations, demand deposits, or other short-term
deposits are rated at least “A-2” by S&P, if the amounts on deposit are to
be held in the account for no more than 30 days and are not intended to be
used
as credit enhancement. Upon the loss of the required rating set forth in this
clause (i), the accounts shall be transferred immediately to accounts which
have
the required rating. Furthermore, commingling by the Servicer is acceptable
at
the A-2 rating level if the Servicer is a bank, thrift or depository and
provided the Servicer has the capability to immediately segregate funds and
commence remittance to an Eligible Deposit Account upon a downgrade;
or
(ii) the
corporate trust department of a federal depository institution or
state-chartered depository institution subject to regulations regarding
fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulation Section 9.10(b), which, in either case, has corporate trust powers
and is acting in its fiduciary capacity.
Eligible
Investments:
Any one
or more of the obligations and securities listed below which investment provides
for a date of maturity not later than one day prior to the Remittance Date
in
each month:
(i) direct
obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by, the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America (“Direct
Obligations”);
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(ii) federal
funds, demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposits of, or bankers’
acceptances issued by, any depository institution or trust company (including
U.S. subsidiaries of foreign depositories, the Trustee or any agent of the
Trustee, acting in its respective commercial capacity) incorporated or organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and subject
to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities, so
long
as at the time of such investment or the contractual commitment providing for
such investment the commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations of
such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of a depository
institution or trust company which is the principal subsidiary of a holding
company, the commercial paper or other short-term debt or deposit obligations
of
such holding company or deposit institution, as the case may be) have been
rated
by each Rating Agency in its highest short-term rating category or one of its
two highest long-term rating categories;
(iii) repurchase
agreements collateralized by Direct Obligations or securities guaranteed by
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac with any registered broker/dealer subject to
Securities Investors’ Protection Corporation jurisdiction or any commercial bank
insured by the FDIC, if such broker/dealer or bank has an uninsured, unsecured
and unguaranteed obligation rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
short-term rating category;
(iv) securities
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which have
a
credit rating from each Rating Agency, at the time of investment or the
contractual commitment providing for such investment, at least equal to one
of
the two highest long-term credit rating categories of each Rating Agency;
provided,
however,
that
securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Eligible Investments
to the extent that investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal
amount of securities issued by such corporation and held as part of the Trust
Fund to exceed 20% of the sum of the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans at any Determination Date and the aggregate principal amount
of
all Eligible Investments in the Certificate Account; provided,
further,
that
such securities will not be Eligible Investments if they are published as being
under review with negative implications from either Rating Agency;
(v) commercial
paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and
interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more
than 180 days after the date of issuance thereof) rated by each Rating Agency
in
its highest short-term rating category;
(vi) a
Qualified GIC (as defined in the Trust Agreement);
(vii) certificates
or receipts representing direct ownership interests in future interest or
principal payments on obligations of the United States of America or its
agencies or instrumentalities (which obligations are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States of America) held by a custodian in safekeeping
on behalf of the holders of such receipts; and
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(viii) any
other
demand, money market, common trust fund or time deposit or obligation, or
interest-bearing or other security or investment, (A) rated in the highest
rating category by each Rating Agency, if so rated or (B) that is acceptable
to
the NIMS Insurer and would not adversely affect the then current rating by
any
Rating Agency then rating the Certificates or the NIM Securities and has a
short-term rating of at least “A-1” or its equivalent by each Rating Agency, if
so rated. Such investments in this subsection (viii) may include money market
mutual funds or common trust funds, including any fund for which the Trustee,
the Master Servicer or an affiliate thereof serves as an investment advisor,
administrator, shareholder servicing agent, and/or custodian or subcustodian,
notwithstanding that (x) the Trustee, the Master Servicer or an affiliate
thereof charges and collects fees and expenses from such funds for services
rendered, (y) the Trustee, the Master Servicer or an affiliate thereof charges
and collects fees and expenses for services rendered pursuant to this Agreement,
and (z) services performed for such funds and pursuant to this Agreement may
converge at any time.
provided,
however,
that no
such instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if such instrument evidences
either (i) a right to receive only interest payments with respect to the
obligations underlying such instrument, or (ii) both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the principal
and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to
maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
obligations.
Environmental
Problem Property:
A
Mortgaged Property or REO Property that is in violation of any environmental
law, rule or regulation.
Errors
and Omissions Insurance:
The
Errors and Omissions Insurance to be maintained by the Servicer in accordance
with Section 3.13.
Escrow
Account:
The
separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section
3.05.
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
event set forth in Section 8.01.
Exchange
Act:
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Xxxxxx
Xxx:
Xxxxxx
Xxx, or any successor thereto.
Xxxxxx
Mae Guides:
The
Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx’ Guide and the Xxxxxx Mae Servicers’ Guide and all amendments
or additions thereto.
FDIC:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
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Fidelity
Bond:
A
fidelity bond to be maintained by the Servicer in accordance with Section
3.13.
First
Lien Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan secured by a first priority lien Mortgage on the related Mortgaged
Property.
Fitch:
Fitch,
Inc. or any successor in interest.
Xxxxxxx
Mac:
Xxxxxxx
Mac, or any successor thereto.
HOEPA
Claim Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan that the Mortgagor claims is subject to the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 (“HOEPA”).
Holder:
The
meaning set forth in the Trust Agreement.
Insurance
Proceeds:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the
Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property, including the proceeds of
any
hazard or flood insurance policy, LPMI Policy or PMI Policy.
Liquidation
Proceeds: Cash
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 REO Property, if
the
Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the Mortgage
Loan.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio
or
LTV
Ratio:
As to
any Mortgage Loan at any date of determination, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan at the
date
of determination, to (a) in the case of a purchase, the lesser of the sales
price of the related Mortgaged Property and its appraised value at the time
of
sale, or (b) in the case of a refinancing or modification, the appraised value
of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of such refinancing or
modification.
LPMI
Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan with a LPMI Policy.
LPMI
Policy:
A
policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by a Qualified Insurer
pursuant to which the related premium is to be paid by the Servicer or the
Master Servicer from payments of interest made by the Mortgagor in an amount
as
is set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. An LPMI Policy shall also
include any policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance issued by a Qualified
Insurer that is purchased by the Seller or its affiliate, Xxxxxx Brothers
Holdings Inc. with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans.
LPMI
Fee:
With
respect to each LPMI Loan, 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.
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Master
Servicer:
Aurora
Loan Services LLC or any successor in interest, or if any successor master
servicer shall be appointed as provided in the Trust Agreement, then such
successor master servicer.
Maximum
Rate:
With
respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Loan and any Due Period, the maximum
interest rate that may be charged the borrower under the related Mortgage
Note.
MERS:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
thereto.
MERS
Eligible Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage
Loan that has been designated by the Servicer as recordable in the name of
MERS,
as nominee.
MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS System.
MERS
System:
The
system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically maintained by
MERS.
Monthly
Advance:
With
respect to each Remittance Date and each Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to
the
Monthly Payment (with the interest portion of such Monthly Payment adjusted
to
the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate) that was due on the Mortgage Loan on the
Due
Date in the related Due Period, and that (i) was delinquent at the close of
business on the related Determination Date and (ii) was not the subject of
a
previous Monthly Advance, but only to the extent that such amount is expected,
in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, to be recoverable from collections
or other recoveries in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Monthly
Payment:
The
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage
Loan.
Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. or any successor in interest.
Mortgage:
The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which
creates with respect to a First Lien Mortgage Loan, a first lien and with
respect to a Second Lien Mortgage Loan, a second lien on an unsubordinated
estate in fee simple in real property securing the Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
Impairment Insurance Policy:
A
mortgage impairment or blanket hazard insurance policy to be maintained by
the
Servicer in accordance with Section 3.12.
Mortgage
Interest Rate:
The
annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Note, after giving effect to any
applicable Relief Act Reduction.
Mortgage
Loan:
An
individual mortgage loan which is the subject of this Agreement and identified
on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, which mortgage loan includes without
limitation the related Mortgage Loan documents, 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.
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Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest remitted to the
Master Servicer, which shall be equal to the Mortgage Interest Rate minus the
applicable Servicing Fee and the LPMI Fee, if any.
Mortgage
Loan Schedule:
A
schedule of the Mortgage Loans attached hereto as Exhibit A setting forth
information with respect to such Mortgage Loans as agreed to by the Seller,
the
Servicer and the Master Servicer, including but not limited to (i) a data field
indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is insured under a PMI Policy or LPMI
Policy and identifying the related Qualified Insurer, (ii) the applicable
Custodian of the Mortgage File, (iii) a Prepayment Charge Schedule, and (iv)
a
data field indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is subject to an early payment
default repurchase obligation which Mortgage Loan Schedule may be amended from
time to time to include additional mortgage loans which are transferred to
the
Servicer by a Prior Servicer in a Servicing Transfer.
Mortgage
Note:
The
note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a
Mortgage.
Mortgaged
Property:
The
real property securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage
Note.
Mortgagor:
The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
NIM
Securities:
As
defined in the tenth Recital to this Agreement.
NIMS
Insurer:
As
defined in the eleventh Recital to this Agreement.
NIMS
Transaction:
As
defined in the tenth Recital to this Agreement.
Non-MERS
Eligible Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage
Loan other than a MERS Eligible Mortgage Loan.
Non-MERS
Mortgage Loan:
Any
Mortgage Loan other than a MERS Mortgage Loan.
Nonrecoverable
Advance:
Any
Servicing Advance or Monthly Advance previously made or proposed to be made
in
respect of a Mortgage Loan that, in the good faith business judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance or Monthly
Advance, would not, ultimately be recoverable from collections on such Mortgage
Loan, Monthly Payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds or other amounts received with respect to such Mortgage Loan as
provided herein; provided,
however,
to the
extent that the Servicer determines that any such amount is not recoverable
from
collections or other recoveries in respect of such Mortgage Loan, such
determination shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer
delivered to the Master Servicer or its designee setting forth such
determination and a reasonable explanation thereof.
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Officer’s
Certificate:
A
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Vice Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Vice President or an Assistant Vice President and by
the
Treasurer, the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Servicer, and delivered to the Seller, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and/or the NIMS Insurer as required by this Agreement.
Opinion
of Counsel:
A
written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of the Servicer, reasonably
acceptable to the Seller, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and/or the NIMS
Insurer, but which must be an independent outside counsel with respect to any
such opinion of counsel concerning all federal income tax matters.
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited
liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
PMI
Policy:
A
policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance including all endorsements thereto
issued by a Qualified Insurer, including any Bulk Policy or other primary
mortgage insurance policy acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as required
by this Agreement or the Trust Agreement with respect to certain Mortgage Loans
whether acquired by the Mortgagor, the lender or the Seller on behalf of the
Trust Fund.
Prepayment
Charge:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan and Remittance Date, the charges or premiums,
as
specified in the Prepayment Charge Schedule, if any, due in connection with
a
full or partial prepayment of such Mortgage Loan during the immediately
preceding Prepayment Period in accordance with the terms thereof.
Prepayment
Charge Schedule:
A data
field in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A which sets
forth the amount or method of calculation of the Prepayment Charge and the
term
during which such Prepayment Charge is imposed with respect to a Mortgage
Loan.
Prepayment
Interest Excess Amount:
With
respect to any Principal Prepayment in full which is applied to the related
Mortgage Loan from the first day of the month of any Remittance Date through
the
fifteenth day of the month of such Remittance Date, all amounts paid in respect
of interest on such Principal Prepayment in full. A Prepayment Interest Excess
Amount cannot result from a Principal Prepayment in part, but only from a
Principal Prepayment in full.
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall Amount:
With
respect to any Remittance Date and any Principal Prepayment in full which is
applied to the related Mortgage Loan from the sixteenth day of the month
immediately preceding the month of such Remittance Date through the last day
of
the month immediately preceding the month of such Remittance Date, the amount
of
interest (net the related Servicing Fee) that would have accrued on the amount
of such Principal Prepayment in full from the date on which such Principal
Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan until the last day of the month
immediately preceding the month of such Remittance Date, inclusive. With respect
to any Remittance Date and any Principal Prepayment in part (other than a
Principal Prepayment in part received on the first day of the month) which
is
applied to the related Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period,
the
amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount of such Principal
Prepayment in part from the date on which such Principal Prepayment in part
was
applied to such Mortgage Loan until the end of the Prepayment Period,
inclusive.
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Prepayment
Period:
With
respect to any Remittance Date and a Principal Prepayment in full, the period
from the sixteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month of such
Remittance Date to the fifteenth day of the month of such Remittance Date
(except in the case of the March 2007 Distribution Date, for which the related
Prepayment Period shall be from February 1, 2007 through March 15, 2007). With
respect to any Remittance Date and any Principal Prepayment in part, the
calendar month immediately preceding the month of such Remittance
Date.
Prime
Rate:
The
prime rate published from time to time, as published as the average rate in
The
Wall Street Journal.
Principal
Prepayment:
Any
payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan, including any payment
or other recovery of principal in connection with repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan
by the Seller, the Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, or any other Person, which is
received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including any Prepayment Charge
or premium thereon and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest
representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Prior
Servicer:
Any
prior servicer (other than the Servicer) of any or all of the Mortgage
Loans.
Purchase
Price:
With
respect to any Distressed Mortgage Loan or REO Property to be purchased by
the
NIMS Insurer pursuant to Section 6.05, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100%
of
the principal balance thereof as of the date of purchase, (ii) accrued interest
on such principal balance at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate in effect
from time to time to the due date as to which interest was last covered by
a
payment by the Mortgagor or a Monthly Advance by the Servicer or Master Servicer
and (iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Monthly Advances and any unpaid
Servicing Fees allocable to such Distressed Mortgage Loan or REO
Property.
Qualified
Insurer:
A
mortgage guaranty insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required
by law to transact mortgage guaranty insurance business and approved as an
insurer by Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac.
Rating
Agency:
Each of
Fitch, Xxxxx’x and S&P or their successors. If such agencies or their
successors are no longer in existence, “Rating Agencies” shall be such
nationally recognized statistical rating agencies, or other comparable person,
agreed upon and designated by the Seller, notice of which designation shall
be
given to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer and the
Servicer.
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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.
Relief
Act Reduction: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the
amount of the interest collectible thereon as a result of the application of
the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as such may be amended from time to time,
any
amount by which interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the Due Date
in
the related Due Period is less than the interest accrued thereon for the
applicable one month period at the Mortgage Interest Rate without giving effect
to such reduction.
REMIC:
A “real
estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the
Code.
Remittance
Date:
With
respect to each Distribution Date, the 18th day (or if such 18th day is not
a
Business Day, the first Business Day immediately following) of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
REO
Disposition:
The
final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.
REO
Disposition Proceeds:
All
amounts received with respect to an REO Disposition pursuant to Section
3.17.
REO
Property:
A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee through
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as described in Section
3.17.
Residual
Certificate:
The
Class R Certificate.
Second
Lien Mortgage Loan:
A
Mortgage Loan secured by a second priority lien Mortgage on the related
Mortgaged Property.
Seller:
Xxxxxx
Brothers Holdings Inc. or its successor in interest or assigns.
Servicer:
Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. d/b/a HomEq Servicing or its successor in
interest or assigns or any successor to the Servicer under this Agreement as
herein provided.
Servicing
Advances:
All
customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred in the
performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, but not
limited to, the cost of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of
the
Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement or administrative or judicial
proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management and liquidation of
the
Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of
the
Mortgage, (d) in connection with the liquidation of a Second Lien Mortgage
Loan
and any expenditures relating to the purchase or maintenance of any Superior
Lien pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof, (e) taxes, assessments, water rates,
sewer
rents and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged
Property, PMI Policy premiums, LPMI Policy premiums and fire and hazard
insurance coverage, (f) any losses sustained by the Servicer with respect to
the
liquidation of the Mortgaged Property, (g) compliance with the obligations
pursuant to the provisions of the Xxxxxx Mae Guides and (h) in connection with
executing and recording instruments of satisfaction or deeds of reconveyance
to
the extent not recovered from the related Mortgagor.
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Servicing
Fee:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to one-twelfth the product of
(a)
the Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan. The Servicing Fee is payable solely from the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds to the extent permitted by this
Agreement) of such Monthly Payment collected by the Servicer, or as otherwise
provided under this Agreement.
Servicing
Fee Rate:
0.50%
per annum.
Servicing
File:
The
items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan including, but not limited to,
the computer files, data disks, books, records, data tapes, notes, and all
additional documents generated as a result of or utilized in originating and/or
servicing each Mortgage Loan, which are held in trust for the Trustee by the
Servicer.
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 by the Servicer to the Master Servicer upon request, as
such
list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing
Transfer:
Any
transfer of the servicing by a Prior Servicer of Mortgage Loans to the Servicer
under this Agreement.
Servicing
Transfer Date:
The
date on which a Servicing Transfer occurs.
S&P:
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, A Division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc. or any successor in interest.
Special
Servicer:
The
person designated by the Seller (with the prior written consent of the Trustee,
the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer) to assume the servicing of Distressed
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof.
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 the
Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the direction
or authority of the Servicer or a related Subservicer.
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Subservicer:
Any
Person in the sole determination of the Servicer that services Mortgage Loans
on
behalf of the Servicer 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
Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB.
Superior
Lien:
With
respect to any Second Lien Mortgage Loan, any mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument securing a mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan that creates
a
lien on the related Mortgaged Property that is senior to such Second Lien
Mortgage Loan.
Termination
Fee:
The
amount agreed to by the Seller and the Servicer that the Seller shall be
required to pay to the Servicer as liquidated damages as a result of the Seller
terminating this Agreement without cause with respect to some or all of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof.
Trigger
Event:
As
defined in Section 8.03.
Trust
Agreement:
The
Trust Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007, among
the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Credit Risk
Manager.
Trust
Fund:
The
trust fund established by the Trust Agreement, the assets of which consist
of
the Mortgage Loans and any other assets as set forth therein.
Trustee:
U.S.
Bank National Association or any successor in interest, or if any successor
trustee or co-trustee shall be appointed as provided in the Trust Agreement,
then such successor trustee or such co-trustee, as the case may be.
Any
capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE
II.
SELLER’S
ENGAGEMENT OF SERVICER TO PERFORM SERVICING RESPONSIBILITIES
Section
2.01. Contract
for Servicing; Possession of Servicing Files.
The
Seller, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, does hereby contract with
the Servicer as an independent contractor, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall maintain
a Servicing File with respect to each Mortgage Loan in order to service such
Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement and Accepted Servicing Practices
and
each Servicing File delivered to the Servicer shall be held in trust by the
Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee; provided,
however,
that the
Servicer shall have no liability for any Servicing Files (or portions thereof)
not delivered by the Seller. The Servicer’s possession of any portion of the
Mortgage Loan documents shall be at the will of the Trustee for the sole purpose
of facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan 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, Mortgage, and
the
contents of the Servicing File shall be vested in the Trustee, on behalf of
the
Trust Fund, 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 Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund,
and
shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by the Servicer at the will of
the
Trustee in such custodial capacity only.
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The
portion of each Servicing File retained by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement shall be segregated from the other books and records of the Servicer
and shall be appropriately marked to clearly reflect the ownership of the
related Mortgage Loan by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Servicer
shall release from its custody the contents of any Servicing File retained
by it
only in accordance with this Agreement.
Section
2.02. Books
and Records.
(a) Subject
to Section 3.01(a) hereof, as soon as practicable after the Closing Date or
the
date on which a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan is delivered pursuant to
Section 2.05 of the Trust Agreement, as applicable (but in no event more than
90
days thereafter except to the extent delays are caused by the applicable
recording office), the Servicer, at the expense of the Seller, shall cause
the
Mortgage or Assignment of Mortgage, as applicable, with respect to each MERS
Eligible Mortgage Loan, to be properly recorded in the name of MERS in the
public recording office in the applicable jurisdiction, or shall ascertain
that
such have previously been so recorded.
(b) Subject
to Section 3.01(a) hereof, an Assignment of Mortgage in favor of the Trustee
shall be recorded as to each Mortgage Loan unless instructions to the contrary
are delivered to the Servicer and the NIMS Insurer, in writing, by the Trustee.
The form of such assignment shall be: “U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee of the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-BC5.” Subject to the preceding sentence, as soon as
practicable after the Closing Date (but in no event more than 90 days thereafter
except to the extent delays are caused by the applicable recording office),
the
Servicer, at the expense of the Seller, shall cause to be properly recorded
in
each public recording office where such Non-MERS Eligible Mortgage Loans are
recorded each Assignment of Mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Servicer shall not cause to be recorded any Assignment which relates to a
Mortgage Loan in a jurisdiction where the Rating Agencies do not require
recordation.
(c) Additionally,
the Servicer shall prepare and execute any note endorsements relating to any
of
the Non-MERS Mortgage Loans.
(d) All
rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans shall be vested in the Trustee, subject
to the Servicer’s right to service and administer the Mortgage Loans hereunder
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All funds received on or in
connection with a Mortgage Loan, other than the Servicing Fee and other
compensation and reimbursement to which the Servicer is entitled as set forth
herein, including but not limited to Section 5.03 below, shall be received
and
held by the Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Trust Fund pursuant to
the
terms of this Agreement.
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(e) Any
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 2.02
and
Section 3.01(a), including any recording or other fees in connection with the
Servicer’s obtaining the necessary powers of attorney (and which are specified
herein to be an expense of the Seller) shall be reimbursed to the Servicer
by
the Seller within five (5) Business Days of receipt by the Seller of an invoice
for reimbursement. Neither the Trustee nor the Trust Fund shall have any
obligation to reimburse the Seller for any such reimbursement made to the
Servicer.
ARTICLE
III.
SERVICING
OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
3.01. Servicer
to Service.
The
Servicer, as an independent contractor, shall service and administer the
Mortgage Loans from and after the Closing Date or Servicing Transfer Date,
as
applicable, and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any
and
all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the
Servicer may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with the terms of this
Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices.
The
Seller and the Servicer additionally agree as follows:
(a) The
Servicer shall (A) record or cause to be recorded the Mortgage or the Assignment
of Mortgage, as applicable, with respect to all MERS Eligible Mortgage Loans,
in
the name of MERS, or shall ascertain that such have previously been so recorded;
(B) prepare or cause to be prepared all Assignments of Mortgage with respect
to
all Non-MERS Eligible Mortgage Loans; (C) prepare for recording or cause to
be
recorded, subject to Section 2.02(b) hereof, all Assignments of Mortgage with
respect to Non-MERS Mortgage Loans in the name of the Trust; (D) pay the
recording costs pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof; and/or (E) track such Mortgages
and Assignments of Mortgage to ensure they have been recorded. The Servicer
shall be entitled to be paid by the Seller, on behalf of the Depositor, its
out-of-pocket costs for the preparation and recordation of the Mortgages and
Assignments of Mortgage. After the expenses of such recording costs pursuant
to
Section 2.02 hereof shall have been paid by the Servicer, the Servicer shall
submit to the Seller a reasonably detailed invoice for reimbursement of
recording costs it incurred hereunder. The Seller, upon receipt of an invoice,
shall reimburse the Servicer within five (5) Business Days.
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(b) 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 if in the Servicer’s
reasonable and prudent determination and in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not
materially adverse to the Trust Fund; provided, however, that
unless any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer,
such
default is reasonably foreseeable, or the Servicer has obtained the prior
written consent of the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer, the Servicer shall
not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change
the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer or forgive the payment of principal or
interest, reduce or increase the outstanding principal balance (except for
actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage
Loan. In the event of any such modification which permits the deferral of
interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on
the
Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which
any
such principal or interest payment has been deferred, make a Monthly Advance
in
accordance with Section 4.03, in an amount equal to the difference between
(a)
such month’s principal and one month’s interest at the Mortgage Loan Remittance
Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount
paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for
such
advances to the same extent as for all other advances made pursuant to Section
3.04. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall
continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on
behalf of itself and the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the
Mortgaged Properties; provided, further, that upon the full release or
discharge, the Servicer shall notify the related Custodian of the related
Mortgage Loan of such full release or discharge. Upon the reasonable request
of
the Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer with any
powers of attorney and other documents, furnished to it by the Servicer and
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, necessary or appropriate to enable
the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement; provided, that the Trustee shall not be liable for the
actions of the Servicer under such powers of attorney. Promptly after the
execution of any assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall forward to the Master Servicer copies of
any
documents evidencing such assumption, modification, consolidation or extension.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Servicing Agreement,
the Servicer shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment
of
any term of any Mortgage Loan that would cause any REMIC created under the
Trust
Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any
tax
under Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d) of the Code.
The
Servicer is authorized, without the prior approval of the Master Servicer or
the
Seller, to consent to the refinancing of any Superior Lien on Mortgaged
Property, provided
that (i)
the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Superior Lien is no higher
than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing; (ii) the
Mortgage Interest Rate, or in the case of any Superior Lien which is an
adjustable rate mortgage loan, the applicable Maximum Rate which can be charged
under the related Mortgage Note is no more than 2.00% higher than the interest
rate or the Maximum Rate, as the case may be, on the loan evidencing the
existing Superior Lien immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the mortgage loan evidencing the Superior Lien is not subject to negative
amortization.
The
Servicer shall not without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any
action, suit or proceedings solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating
the Servicer’s, representative capacity or (ii) take any action with the intent
to cause, and which actually does cause, the Trustee to be registered to do
business in any state. The Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee for any and
all
costs, liabilities and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with
the
negligent or willful misuse of such powers of attorney by the
Servicer.
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In
servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall employ
procedures (including collection procedures) and exercise the same care that
it
would employ and exercise in servicing and administering similar mortgage loans
held for its own account, giving due consideration to Accepted Servicing
Practices where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this
Agreement. The Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Monthly Advance
or
Servicing Advance that it deems a Nonrecoverable Advance.
In
the
event that the Mortgage Loan documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain
provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the
Trustee’s option), the Servicer is hereby authorized to waive the Trustee’s
right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver
to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its
option.
Section
3.02. Collection
and Liquidation of Mortgage Loans.
Continuously
from the Closing Date or the Servicing Transfer Date, as applicable, until
the
date each Mortgage Loan ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the Servicer
shall proceed diligently to collect all payments due under each of the Mortgage
Loans when the same shall become due and payable and shall take special care
in
ascertaining and estimating Escrow Payments and all other charges that will
become due and payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans and each related
Mortgaged Property, to the end that the installments payable
by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become
due and payable.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer shall have no
obligation to collect, or make payments to the Seller or the Master Servicer
with respect to, any Prepayment Charges, late charges, fees or other items
which
are prohibited under the applicable law; provided
that the
Servicer was not responsible for causing such Prepayment Charge, late charge,
fee or other item to become prohibited under such law.
The
Servicer shall use its best efforts, consistent with the procedures that the
Servicer would use in servicing similar mortgage loans held for its own account
and in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, to foreclose upon or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of such Mortgaged Properties as
come
into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can
be
made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.01. The
Servicer shall act in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices to realize
upon defaulted Mortgage Loans in such a manner as will maximize the receipt
of principal and interest by the Trustee, taking into account, among other
things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. In such connection, the Servicer
from its own funds shall make all necessary and proper Servicing Advances and
Monthly Advances; provided
that the
Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any
foreclosure or toward the restoration or preservation of such property unless
it
shall determine in its discretion (i) that such restoration, preservation or
foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage
Loan to the Master Servicer after reimbursement to itself for such expenses,
and
(ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the Servicer through Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property. In the
event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan and not postponed pursuant
to
Section 3.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the event
the Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation
under the Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any applicable grace
period, the Servicer shall take such action as (1) the Servicer would take
for
similar mortgage loans held for its own account under similar circumstances,
(2)
shall be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices, (3) the Servicer shall
determine prudently to be in the best interest of the Trust Fund, and (4) is
consistent with any related PMI Policy or LPMI Policy. In the event that
any
payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not postponed pursuant to Section 3.01
and remains delinquent for a period of ninety (90) days or any other default
continues for a period of ninety (90) days beyond the expiration of any grace
or
cure period, the Servicer shall commence foreclosure proceedings. The Servicer
shall
notify
the Master Servicer and, at its request, the NIMS Insurer in writing of the
commencement of foreclosure proceedings on a monthly basis no later than the
fifth Business Day of each month. In such connection, the Servicer shall be
responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings;
provided,
however,
that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the related Mortgaged Property
or otherwise, as contemplated in Section 3.04.
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Notwithstanding
the generality of the preceding paragraph, the Servicer shall take such actions
generally in accordance with the Servicer’s established default timeline and in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices with respect to each Mortgagor
for
which there is a delinquency until such time as such Mortgagor is current with
all payments due under the Mortgage Loan.
With
respect to a HOEPA Claim Loan, upon receipt of notice from the Trustee or the
Master Servicer that the Mortgagor has instituted a claim that the related
Mortgage Loan was originated in violation of HOEPA, the Servicer shall, unless
otherwise directed by such party, suspend all of its loss mitigation activities
with respect to such Mortgage Loan until such time as such claim has been
resolved. In the event that such party provides direction to the Servicer,
the
Servicer shall continue to service such HOEPA Claim Loan pursuant to Accepted
Servicing Practices, provided
that
such direction is not inconsistent with Accepted Servicing
Practices.
Section
3.03. Establishment
of and Deposits to Custodial Account.
The
Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to
the Mortgage Loans separate and apart from any of its own funds and general
assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, in
the
form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled “HomEq Servicing, in trust for
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities
Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-BC2.” The Custodial Account shall be
Eligible Accounts established with an Eligible Institution. Any funds deposited
in the Custodial Account shall at all times be either fully insured by the
FDIC
or invested in Eligible Investments subject to the provisions of Section 3.10
hereof. Funds deposited in the Custodial Account may be drawn on by the Servicer
in accordance with Section 3.04. The creation of any Custodial Account shall
be
evidenced by a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto. No later than
30 days after the Closing Date a copy of such certification or letter agreement
shall be furnished to the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer.
The
Servicer shall deposit in the Custodial Account on a daily basis, within two
(2)
Business Days of receipt thereof, and retain therein, the following collections
received by the Servicer and payments made by the Servicer after the Cut-off
Date (other than scheduled payments of principal and interest due on or before
the Cut-off Date) or the Servicing Transfer Date, as applicable:
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(i) all
payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including all Principal
Prepayments;
(ii) all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted to the Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate;
(iii) all
Prepayment Charges;
(iv) all
Liquidation Proceeds;
(v) all
Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Section 3.11 (other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied
to the restoration and repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents and Accepted
Servicing Practices);
(vi) all
Condemnation Proceeds that are not applied to the restoration or repair of
the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the related
Mortgage Loan documents and Accepted Servicing Practices;
(vii) any
amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to this
Agreement;
(viii) Compensating
Interest, if any, for the month of distribution. Such deposit shall be made
from
the Servicer’s own funds, without reimbursement therefor;
(ix) all
Monthly Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.03;
(x) any
amounts received from the seller of a Mortgage Loan or any other person giving
representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loan, in connection
with the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan;
(xi) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 in
connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard insurance
policy;
(xii) any
amounts received with respect to or related to any REO Property or REO
Disposition Proceeds;
(xiii) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16 in
connection with any unpaid claims that are a result of a breach by the Servicer
or any Subservicer of the obligations hereunder or under the terms of a PMI
Policy; and
(xiv) any
amounts received by the Servicer under a PMI or LPMI Policy.
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The
foregoing requirements for deposit into the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments in the nature of the Servicing Fee or Ancillary
Income need not be deposited by the Servicer into the Custodial Account. Any
interest paid on funds deposited in the Custodial Account by the depository
institution shall accrue to the benefit of the Servicer and the Servicer shall
be entitled to retain and withdraw such interest from the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 3.04. Additionally, any other benefit derived from the
Custodial Account associated with the receipt, disbursement and accumulation
of
principal, interest, taxes, hazard insurance, mortgage insurance and other
like
benefits shall accrue to the Servicer.
Section
3.04. Permitted
Withdrawals From Custodial Account.
The
Servicer shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Custodial Account
for
the following purposes:
(i) to
make
payments to the Master Servicer in the amounts and in the manner provided for
in
Section 4.01;
(ii) in
the
event the Servicer has elected not to retain the Servicing Fee out of any
Mortgagor payments on account of interest or other recovery of interest with
respect to a particular Mortgage Loan (including late collections of interest
on
such Mortgage Loan, or interest portions of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds) prior to the deposit of such Mortgagor
payment or recovery in the Custodial Account, to pay to itself the related
Servicing Fee from all such Mortgagor payments on account of interest or other
such recovery for interest with respect to that Mortgage Loan;
(iii) to
reimburse itself for unreimbursed Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances,
the
Servicer’s right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (iii) with
respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to related Liquidation Proceeds,
Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds and other
amounts received in respect of the related REO Property, 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
Trust Fund;
(iv) following
the liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, to reimburse itself for (a) in the case
of
Second Lien Mortgage Loans only, any unpaid Servicing Fees to the extent not
recoverable from related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or other
amounts received with respect to the related Mortgage Loan under Section
3.04(ii) and (b) any unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances made by the Servicer
in accordance with this Agreement;
(v) to
pay
itself interest on funds deposited in the Custodial Account;
(vi) to
transfer funds to another Eligible Institution in accordance with Section 3.11
hereof;
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(vii) to
invest
funds in certain Eligible Investments in accordance with Section 3.11
hereof;
(viii) to
the
extent not otherwise retained as Ancillary Income or otherwise by the Servicer
in accordance with the terms hereof, to pay itself Prepayment Interest Excess
Amounts for the month of distribution after taking into account any Compensating
Interest payment for such month;
(ix) with
respect to each LPMI Loan, an amount equal to the related LPMI Fee to make
payment of premiums due under the LPMI Policy;
(x) to
withdraw funds deposited in error or for which amounts previously deposited
are
returned unpaid by the related Mortgagor’s banking institution; and
(xi) to
clear
and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of this
Agreement.
Section
3.05. Establishment
of and Deposits to Escrow Account.
The
Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to a
Mortgage Loan constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its
own funds and general assets and
shall
establish and maintain one or more Escrow Accounts, in the form of time deposit
or demand accounts, titled, “HomEq Servicing in trust for U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage
Loan Trust 2007-BC2.” The Escrow Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts established
with an Eligible Institution in a manner that shall provide maximum available
insurance thereunder. Funds deposited in the Escrow Account may be drawn on
by
the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.06. The creation of any Escrow Account
shall be evidenced by a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit C hereto. No
later than 30 days after the Closing Date a copy of such certification or letter
agreement shall be furnished to the Master Servicer
and the
NIMS Insurer.
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The
Servicer shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts on a daily basis,
within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof, and retain
therein:
(i) all
Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose
of
effecting timely payment of any such items as required under the terms of this
Agreement; and
(ii) all
amounts representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds which are
to be
applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property.
The
Servicer shall make withdrawals from the Escrow Account only to effect such
payments as are required under this Agreement, as set forth in Section 3.06.
The
Servicer shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in
the
Escrow Account by the depository institution, other than interest on escrowed
funds required by law to be paid to the Mortgagor. To the extent required by
law, the Servicer shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor
notwithstanding that the Escrow Account may be non-interest bearing or that
interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes.
Section
3.06. Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
Withdrawals
from the Escrow Account or Accounts may be made by the Servicer
only:
(i) to
effect
timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, mortgage
insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and hazard insurance premiums
or
other items constituting Escrow Payments for the related Mortgage;
(ii) to
reimburse the Servicer for any Servicing Advance made by the Servicer with
respect to a related Mortgage Loan, but only from amounts received on the
related Mortgage Loan which represent late collections of Escrow Payments
thereunder;
(iii) to
refund
to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the amounts required under
the terms of the related Mortgage Loan;
(iv) to
the
extent permitted by applicable law, for transfer to the Custodial Account and
application to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note;
(v) for
application to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property in accordance
with Section 3.15;
(vi) to
withdraw funds deposited in error or for which amounts previously deposited
are
returned unpaid by the related Mortgagor;
(vii) to
pay to
the Servicer, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by law, any interest
paid
on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account; and
(viii) to
clear
and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this
Agreement.
The
Servicer will be responsible for the administration of the Escrow Accounts
and
will be obligated to make Servicing Advances to the Escrow Account in respect
of
its obligations under this Section 3.06, reimbursable from the Escrow Accounts
or Custodial Account to the extent not collected from the related Mortgagor,
anything to the contrary notwithstanding, when and as necessary to avoid the
lapse of insurance coverage on the Mortgaged Property, or which the Servicer
knows, or in the exercise of the required standard of care of the Servicer
hereunder should know, is necessary to avoid the loss of the Mortgaged Property
due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien. If any such
payment has not been made and the Servicer receives notice of a tax lien with
respect to the Mortgage being imposed, the Servicer will, within ten (10)
Business Days of such notice, advance or cause to be advanced funds necessary
to
discharge such lien on the Mortgaged Property.
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Section
3.07. Notification
of Adjustments.
With
respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall adjust the
Mortgage Interest Rate on the related interest rate adjustment date and shall
adjust the Monthly Payment on the related mortgage payment adjustment date,
if
applicable, in compliance with the requirements of applicable law and the
related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. The Servicer 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
Monthly Payment adjustments. The Servicer shall promptly, upon written request
therefor, deliver to the Master Servicer such notifications and any additional
applicable data regarding such adjustments and the methods used to calculate
and
implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Servicer or the receipt
of
notice from the Master Servicer that the Servicer has failed to adjust a
Mortgage Interest Rate or Monthly Payment in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall immediately deposit in
the
Custodial Account from its own funds the amount of any interest loss or deferral
caused the Seller thereby.
Section
3.08. Reserved.
Section
3.09. Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
(a) With
respect to each Mortgage Loan which provides for Escrow Payments, the Servicer
shall maintain accurate records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates, sewer rents, and other charges which are or may become
a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and the status of fire and hazard insurance
coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of
such
charges (including renewal premiums) (“Property
Charges”)
and
shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination
date, employing for such purpose deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account
which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the Servicer in amounts
sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under the terms of the Mortgage. The
Servicer assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills
and shall effect timely payment of all such charges irrespective of each
Mortgagor’s faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the
Escrow Payments, and the Servicer shall make advances from its own funds to
effect such payments within such time period as will avoid the loss of the
related Mortgaged Property by foreclosure of a tax or other lien.
(b) To
the
extent that a Mortgage Loan does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer
shall make advances from its own funds to effect payment
of all Property Charges upon receipt of notice of any failure to pay on the
part
of the Mortgagor, or at such other time as the Servicer determines to be in
the
best interest of the Trust Fund, provided
that in
any event the Servicer shall pay such charges on or before the earlier of (a)
any date by which payment is necessary to preserve the lien status of the
Mortgage or (b) the date which is ninety days after the date on which such
charges first became due. The Servicer shall pay any late fee or penalty which
is payable due to any delay in payment of any Property Charge after the earlier
to occur of (a) the date on which the Servicer receives notice of the failure
of
the Mortgagor to pay such Property Charge or (b) the date which is ninety days
after the date on which such charges first became due.
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Section
3.10. Protection
of Accounts.
The
Servicer may transfer the Custodial Account or any Escrow Account to a different
Eligible Institution from time to time; provided
that in
the event the Custodial Account or any Escrow Account is held in a depository
institution or trust company that ceases to be an Eligible Institution, the
Servicer shall transfer such Custodial Account or Escrow Account, as the case
may be, to an Eligible Institution. Such transfer shall be made only upon
obtaining the consent of the NIMS Insurer, which consent shall not be withheld
unreasonably, and the Servicer shall give notice to the Master Servicer of
any
change in the location of the Custodial Account or Escrow Account no later
than
30 days after any such transfer is made and deliver to the Master Servicer
and
the NIMS Insurer a certification notice in the form of Exhibit B or Exhibit
C,
as applicable, with respect to such Eligible Institution.
The
Servicer shall bear any expenses, losses or damages sustained by the Master
Servicer or the Trustee if the Custodial Account and/or the Escrow Account
are
not demand deposit accounts.
Amounts
on deposit in the Custodial Account may at the option of the Servicer be
invested in Eligible Investments. Any such Eligible Investment shall mature
no
later than one day prior to the Remittance Date in each month; provided,
however,
that if
such Eligible Investment is an obligation of an Eligible Institution (other
than
the Servicer) that maintains the Custodial Account, then such Eligible
Investment may mature on such Remittance Date. Any such Eligible Investment
shall be made in the name of the Servicer in trust for the benefit of the
Trustee. All income on or gain realized from any such Eligible Investment shall
be for the benefit of the Servicer and may be withdrawn at any time by the
Servicer. Any losses incurred in respect of any such investment shall be
deposited in the Custodial Account, by the Servicer out of its own funds
immediately as realized. If, at any time, the amount on deposit in the Custodial
Account exceeds the amount of the applicable FDIC insurance, such excess above
the amount of the applicable FDIC insurance shall be either deposited into
a
separate Custodial Account or invested in Eligible Investments.
Section
3.11. Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance.
The
Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan hazard insurance
such that all buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by a generally
acceptable insurer acceptable under Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac guidelines
against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as
are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, in an amount
which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the replacement value of the
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the greater of (a) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount such that
the proceeds thereof shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor or the loss
payee from becoming a co-insurer.
If
upon
origination of the Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgaged Property was located
in
an area identified in the Federal Register by the Flood Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood insurance has been made
available) a flood
insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the
Federal Insurance Administration is in effect with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier under the Xxxxxx Mae Guides in an amount representing coverage
equal to the lesser of (i) the minimum amount required, under the terms of
coverage, to compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement cost basis
(or
the unpaid balance of the mortgage if replacement cost coverage is not available
for the type of building insured) and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance
which
is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended. If
at
any time during the term of the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer determines in
accordance with applicable law and pursuant to the Xxxxxx Xxx Guides that a
Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area and is not covered
by flood insurance or is covered in an amount less than the amount required
by
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, the Servicer shall notify
the related Mortgagor that the Mortgagor must obtain such flood insurance
coverage, and if said Mortgagor fails to obtain the required flood insurance
coverage within forty-five (45) days after such notification, the Servicer
shall
immediately force place the required flood insurance on the Mortgagor’s
behalf.
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The
Servicer shall cause to be maintained on each Mortgaged Property earthquake
or
such other or additional insurance as may be required pursuant to such
applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall
require such additional insurance, or pursuant to the requirements of any
private mortgage guaranty insurer, or as may be required to conform with
Accepted Servicing Practices.
In
the
event that the Master Servicer or the Servicer shall determine that the
Mortgaged Property should be insured against loss or damage by hazards and
risks
not covered by the insurance required to be maintained by the Mortgagor pursuant
to the terms of the Mortgage, the Servicer shall communicate and consult with
the Mortgagor with respect to the need for such insurance and bring to the
Mortgagor’s attention the desirability of protection of the Mortgaged
Property.
All
policies required hereunder shall name the Servicer as loss payee and shall
be
endorsed with standard or union mortgagee clauses, without contribution, which
shall provide for at least 30 days prior written notice of any cancellation,
reduction in amount or material change in coverage.
The
Servicer shall not interfere with the Mortgagor’s freedom of choice in selecting
either his insurance carrier or agent; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer shall not accept any such insurance policies from insurance
companies unless such companies are Qualified Insurers acceptable under the
Xxxxxx Mae Guides and are licensed to do business in the jurisdiction in which
the Mortgaged Property is located. The Servicer shall determine that such
policies provide sufficient risk coverage and amounts, that they insure the
property owner, and that they properly describe the property address. The
Servicer shall furnish to the Mortgagor a formal notice of expiration of any
such insurance in sufficient time for the Mortgagor to arrange for renewal
coverage by the expiration date.
Pursuant
to Section 3.04, 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 related Mortgaged Property, or property acquired in liquidation of the
Mortgage Loan, or to be released to the Mortgagor, in accordance with the
Servicer’s normal servicing procedures as specified in Section 3.15) shall be
deposited in the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.04.
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Section
3.12. Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
In
the
event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring
against losses arising from fire and hazards covered under extended coverage
on
all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides coverage
in
an amount equal to the amount required pursuant to Section 3.11 and otherwise
complies with all other requirements of Section 3.11, it shall conclusively
be
deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section 3.11. Any
amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policy relating to a Mortgage
Loan shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal pursuant
to Section 3.05. Such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case,
in
the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged
Property a policy complying with Section 3.11, and there shall have been a
loss
which would have been covered by such policy, the Servicer shall deposit in
the
Custodial Account at the time of such loss the amount not otherwise payable
under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause, such amount to
deposited from the Servicer’s funds, without reimbursement therefor. Upon
request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer, the Servicer
shall cause to be delivered to such person a certified true copy of such policy
and a statement from the insurer thereunder that such policy shall in no event
be terminated or materially modified without 30 days’ prior written notice to
the Master Servicer and, at its request, the NIMS Insurer.
Section
3.13. Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The
Servicer shall maintain with responsible companies, 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 (“Servicer
Employees”).
Any
such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be in the
form of the Mortgage Banker’s Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the
Servicer against losses, including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors
and omissions and negligent acts of such Servicer Employees. Such Fidelity
Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy also shall 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 Section 3.13 requiring such Fidelity
Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall diminish or relieve the Servicer
from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The minimum
coverage under any such bond and insurance policy shall be at least equal to
the
corresponding amounts required by Xxxxxx Xxx in the Xxxxxx Mae Guides or by
Xxxxxxx Mac in the Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx’ & Servicers’ Guide. Upon the request
of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer, the Servicer shall
cause to be delivered to such party a certified true copy of such Fidelity
Bond
and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and a statement from the surety and
the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy
shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without 30 days’ prior
written notice to the Master Servicer and, at its request, the NIMS
Insurer.
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Section
3.14. Inspections.
The
Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Property as often as deemed necessary
by
the Servicer under Accepted Servicing Practices to assure itself that the value
of the Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage
Loan
is more than sixty (60) days delinquent, the Servicer immediately shall inspect
the Mortgaged Property and shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance
with Accepted Servicing Practices or as may be required by the primary mortgage
guaranty insurer. The Servicer shall keep a written report of each such
inspection.
Section
3.15. Restoration
of Mortgaged Property.
The
Servicer need not obtain the approval of the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer
or the Trustee prior to releasing any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation
Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property if such release is in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices. At a minimum, the Servicer shall comply with the following conditions
in connection with any such release of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation
Proceeds:
(i) the
Servicer shall receive satisfactory independent verification of completion
of
repairs and issuance of any required approvals with respect
thereto;
(ii) the
Servicer shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority of the lien
of
the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring waivers with respect
to
mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens;
(iii) the
Servicer shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default; and
(iv) pending
repairs or restoration, the Servicer shall place the Insurance Proceeds or
Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow Account.
Section
3.16. Maintenance
of PMI and/or LPMI Policy; Claims.
(a) The
Servicer shall comply with all provisions of applicable state and federal law
relating to the cancellation of, or collection of premiums with respect to,
PMI
Policies, including, but not limited to, the provisions of the Homeowners
Protection Act of 1998, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time. The Servicer shall be obligated to make premium payments
with
respect to (i) LPMI Policies, to the extent of the LPMI Fee set forth on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to any LPMI Loans, which shall be paid
out
of the interest portion of the related Monthly Payment or, in connection with
a
Principal Prepayment in full, from the related Prepayment Interest Excess Amount
or, if a Monthly Payment is not made, from the Servicer’s own funds and (ii) PMI
Policies required to be maintained by the Mortgagor rather than the Seller,
if
the Mortgagor is required but fails to pay any PMI Policy premium, which shall
be paid from the Servicer’s own funds. Any premium payments made by the Servicer
from its own funds pursuant to this Section 3.16(a) shall be recoverable by
the
Servicer as a Servicing Advance, subject to the reimbursement provisions of
Section 3.04(iii).
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With
respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than LPMI Loans) with an LTV Ratio at
origination in excess of 80%, the Servicer shall maintain or cause the Mortgagor
to maintain (to the extent that the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to
maintain such insurance) in full force and effect a PMI Policy, and shall pay
or
shall cause the Mortgagor to pay the premium thereon on a timely basis, until
the LTV Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is reduced to 80%. In the event that such
PMI Policy shall be terminated, the Servicer shall obtain from another Qualified
Insurer a comparable replacement policy, with a total coverage equal to the
remaining coverage of such terminated PMI Policy, at substantially the same
fee
level. The Servicer shall not take any action which would result in noncoverage
under any applicable PMI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the
Servicer would have been covered thereunder. In connection with any assumption
or substitution agreements entered into or to be entered into with respect
to a
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall promptly notify the insurer under the related
PMI Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in
accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy and shall take all actions which
may be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage
under such PMI Policy. If such PMI Policy is terminated as a result of such
assumption or substitution of liability, the Servicer shall obtain a replacement
PMI Policy as provided above.
(b) With
respect to each Mortgage Loan covered by a PMI Policy or LPMI Policy, the
Servicer shall take all such actions on behalf of the Trustee as are necessary
to service, maintain and administer the related Mortgage Loan in accordance
with
such policy and to enforce the rights under such policy. Except as expressly
set
forth herein, the Servicer shall have full authority on behalf of the Trust
Fund
to do anything it deems appropriate or desirable in connection with the
servicing, maintenance and administration of such policy; provided
that
the
Servicer shall not take any action to permit any modification or assumption
of a
Mortgage Loan covered by a LPMI or PMI Policy, or take any other action with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, which would result in non-coverage under such
policy of any loss which, but for actions of any Servicer or the Subservicer,
would have been covered thereunder. If the Qualified Insurer fails to pay a
claim under a LPMI or PMI Policy solely as a result of a breach by the Servicer
or Subservicer of its obligations hereunder or under such policy, the Servicer
shall be required to deposit in the Custodial Account on or prior to the next
succeeding Remittance Date an amount equal to such unpaid claim from its own
funds without any rights to reimbursement from the Trust Fund. The Servicer
shall cooperate with the Qualified Insurers and shall furnish all reasonable
evidence and information in the possession of the Servicer to which the Servicer
has access with respect to the related Mortgage Loan; provided,
however,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any LPMI Policy or PMI
Policy, the Servicer shall not be required to submit any reports to the related
Qualified Insurer until a reporting date that is at least twenty (20) days
after
the Servicer has received sufficient loan level information from the Seller
to
appropriately code its servicing systems in accordance with the Qualified
Insurer’s requirements.
(c) In
connection with its activities as servicer, the Servicer agrees to prepare
and
present, on behalf of itself and the Trustee, claims to the Qualified Insurer
under any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with
the
terms of such PMI Policy
or
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 or
LPMI Policy shall be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section
3.03(xii), subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.04.
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(d) The
Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other
documents (within three (3) Business Days upon request from the Servicer) in
form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to
service and administer any PMI or LPMI Policy; provided,
however,
that the
Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such power
of
attorney.
(e) The
Servicer shall deposit into the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.03(v)
hereof all Insurance Proceeds received under the terms of a PMI Policy or an
LPMI Policy.
(f) Notwithstanding
the provisions of (a) and (b) above, the Servicer shall not take any action
in
regard to any PMI Policy or LPMI Policy inconsistent with the interests of
the
Trustee or the Certificateholders or with the rights and interests of the
Trustee or the Certificateholders under this Agreement.
Section
3.17. Title,
Management and Disposition of REO Property.
In
the
event that title to any 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 Trustee or its nominee (other than the Servicer) in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, or in the event the Trustee 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 from any 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 Trustee shall acknowledge in writing
that such title is being held as nominee for the Trustee.
The
Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for
the
Trustee solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale. The Servicer,
either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer, shall 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 for a period not greater than one year, except
as
otherwise provided below) on such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems
to
be in the best interest of the Trustee and the Certificateholders.
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If
the
Servicer hereafter becomes aware that a Mortgaged Property is an Environmental
Problem Property, the Servicer will notify the Master Servicer and the NIMS
Insurer of the existence of the Environmental Problem Property and shall
provide
a description of such problem. The Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer shall
determine how the Servicer shall proceed with respect to the Environmental
Problem Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall obtain
the
Master Servicer's and the NIMS Insurer's written consent to any expenditures
proposed to remediate Environmental Problem Properties or to defend any claims
associated with Environmental Problem Properties if such expenses, in the
aggregate, are expected to exceed $100,000. Failure to provide written notice
of
disapproval of the expenditure within five (5) days of receipt (or deemed
receipt) of such request for prepaid expenditures shall be deemed an approval
of
such expenditure. The Master Servicer shall be provided with a copy of the
NIMS
Insurer’s instructions to the Servicer. If the Servicer has received reliable
instructions to the effect that a Property is an Environmental Problem Property
(e.g., Servicer obtains a broker's price opinion which reveals the potential
for
such problem), the Servicer will not accept a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure
upon
any such Property without first obtaining a preliminary environmental
investigation report for the Property satisfactory to the NIMS Insurer and
the
Master Servicer. After reviewing the environmental investigation report,
in the
event the Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer direct the Servicer to proceed
with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer
shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure
or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental
clean
up costs, as applicable, from the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the
Liquidation Proceeds are insufficient to fully reimburse the Servicer, the
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from amounts in the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof. In the event the Master Servicer
or the
NIMS Insurer direct the Servicer not to proceed with foreclosure or acceptance
of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall be reimbursed for all
Servicing Advances made with respect to the related Environmental Problem
Property from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.04
hereof.
In
the
event that the Trust Fund acquires any REO Property in connection with a default
or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such
REO
Property not later than the end of the third taxable year after the year of
its
acquisition by the Trust Fund unless the Servicer has applied for and received
a
grant of extension from the Internal Revenue Service (and provide a copy of
the
same to the NIMS Insurer and the Master Servicer) to the effect that, under
the
REMIC Provisions and any relevant proposed legislation and under applicable
state law, the applicable Trust REMIC may hold REO Property for a longer period
without adversely affecting the REMIC status of such REMIC or causing the
imposition of a federal or state tax upon such REMIC. If the Servicer has
received such an extension (and provided a copy of the same to the NIMS Insurer
and the Master Servicer), then the Servicer shall continue to attempt to sell
the REO Property for its fair market value for such period longer than three
years as such extension permits (the “Extended Period”). If the Servicer has not
received such an extension and the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property
within the period ending three months before the end of such third taxable
year
after its acquisition by the Trust Fund or if the Servicer has received such
an
extension, and the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period
ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Servicer shall,
before the end of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as applicable,
(i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property’s fair
market value, as acceptable to the NIMS Insurer or (ii) auction the REO Property
to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably
designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year
period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. The Trustee shall sign any
document or take any other action reasonably requested by the Servicer which
would enable the Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, to request such grant
of
extension.
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Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, no REO Property acquired by the Trust
Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used
by
or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that
would: (i) cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property”
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code; or (ii) subject any Trust
REMIC to the imposition of any federal income taxes on the income earned from
such REO Property, including any taxes imposed by reason of Sections 860F or
860G(c) of the Code, unless the Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust Fund and the NIMS Insurer with respect to the imposition
of
any such taxes.
Prior
to
acceptance by the Servicer of an offer to sell any REO Property for less than
90% of the listing price of the related Mortgage Loan (as determined by the
Servicer utilizing Accepted Servicing Practices), the Servicer shall notify
the
Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer of such offer in writing which notification
shall set forth all material terms of said offer (each a “Notice of Sale”). The
Master Servicer and/or the NIMS Insurer shall be deemed to have approved the
sale of any REO Property unless either of them notifies the Servicer in writing,
within five (5) days after its receipt of the related Notice of Sale, that
it
disapproves of the related sale, in which case the Servicer shall not proceed
with such sale. The proceeds of sale of the REO Property shall be promptly
deposited in the Custodial Account. As soon as practical thereafter the expenses
of such sale shall be paid and the Servicer shall reimburse itself for any
related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid Servicing Fees and unreimbursed
advances made pursuant to this Section or Section 4.03.
The
Servicer shall also maintain on each REO Property fire and hazard insurance
with
extended coverage in amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable
value of the improvements which are a part of such property, liability insurance
and, to the extent required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in the amount required
above.
The
Servicer shall make advances of all funds necessary for the proper operation,
management and maintenance of the REO Property, including the cost of
maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Section 3.11, such advances to
be
reimbursed from the disposition or liquidation proceeds of the REO Property.
The
Servicer shall make monthly distributions on each Remittance Date to the Master
Servicer of the net cash flow from the REO Property (which shall equal the
revenues from such REO Property net of the expenses described in this Section
3.17 and of any reserves reasonably required from time to time to be maintained
to satisfy anticipated liabilities for such expenses).
Section
3.18. Real
Estate Owned Reports.
Together
with the statement furnished pursuant to Section 4.02, the Servicer shall
furnish to the Master Servicer, the Credit Risk Manager and, at its request,
the
NIMS Insurer on or before the Remittance Date in each month a statement with
respect to any REO Property covering
the operation of such REO Property for the previous month and the Servicer’s
efforts in connection with the sale of such REO Property and any rental of
such
REO Property incidental to the sale thereof for the previous month. That
statement shall be accompanied by such other information as either the Master
Servicer, the Credit Risk Manager or the NIMS Insurer shall reasonably
request.
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Section
3.19. Liquidation
Reports.
Upon
the
foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall submit
to
the Trustee and the Master Servicer a liquidation report with respect to such
Mortgaged Property. In addition, the Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer
a report setting forth Servicing Advances and other expenses incurred in
connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan.
Section
3.20. Reports
of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.
Following
the foreclosure sale or abandonment of any Mortgaged Property, the Servicer
shall report such foreclosure or abandonment as required pursuant to Section
6050J of the Code.
Section
3.21. Prepayment
Charges.
The
Servicer or any designee of the Servicer shall not waive any Prepayment Charge
with respect to any Mortgage Loan which contains a Prepayment Charge which
prepays during the term of the charge. If the Servicer or its designee fails
to
collect the Prepayment Charge upon any prepayment of any Mortgage Loan which
contains a Prepayment Charge pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents that are
available to the Servicer for such Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall pay the
Trust Fund at such time (by deposit to the Custodial Account) an amount equal
to
amount of the Prepayment Charge which was not collected. Notwithstanding the
above, the Servicer or its designee may waive (and shall waive in the case
of
(ii)(c) below) a Prepayment Charge without paying the Trust Fund the amount
of
the Prepayment Charge if (i) the Mortgage Loan is in default (defined as 61
days
or more delinquent) and such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds
taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage
Loan or (ii) the prepayment is not a result of a refinance by the Servicer
or
any of its affiliates and (a) the Mortgage Loan is foreseen to be in default
and
such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the
value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan, (b)
the
collection of the Prepayment Charge would be in violation of applicable laws
or
(c) notwithstanding any state or federal law to the contrary, the related
Mortgage Loan is in foreclosure. The Servicer will not be responsible for any
Prepayment Charge not collected as a result of any inaccurate or incomplete
information regarding such Prepayment Charge included on the Prepayment Charge
Schedule relating to the related Mortgage Loan if the related Mortgage Note
(or
a copy thereof) is not in the Servicer's possession and cannot be obtained
from
the Custodian through commercially reasonable efforts.
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Section
3.22. Compliance
with Safeguarding Customer Information Requirements.
The
Servicer has implemented and will maintain security measures designed to meet
the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for
Safeguarding Customer Information published in final form on February 1, 2001,
66 Fed. Reg. 8616, and the rules promulgated thereunder, as amended from time
to
time (the “Guidelines”). The Servicer shall promptly provide the Seller
information reasonably available to it regarding such security measures upon
the
reasonable request of the Seller which information shall include, but not be
limited to, any Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 report covering
the
Servicer’s operations, and any other audit reports, summaries of test results or
equivalent measures taken by the Servicer with respect to its security measures
to the extent reasonably necessary for the Seller to satisfy its obligations
under the Guidelines.
Section
3.23. Charged-off
Mortgage Loans.
The
Servicer, in its sole discretion, may, with respect to any Second Lien Mortgage
Loan which is greater than 180 days delinquent and for which the related
Superior Lien is not a Mortgage Loan, charge off such Second Lien Mortgage
Loan
if it has determined pursuant to Accepted Servicing Practices that it is not
reasonably likely that (i) any further Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance
will
be ultimately recoverable from Liquidation Proceeds or other proceeds from
the
related Mortgage Loan and (ii) any further net proceeds will be received with
respect to such Mortgage Loan (each such Mortgage Loan, a “Charged-off
Mortgage Loan”).
Any
Charged-off Mortgage Loan shall be treated as a liquidated Mortgage Loan. The
Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances or Monthly
Advances with respect to any Charged-off Mortgage Loan and shall not be entitled
to the Servicing Fee with respect to such Charged-off Mortgage Loan for the
period following the date on which such Second Lien Mortgage Loan was charged
off. Any Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with any recoveries
received with respect to such Charged-off Mortgage Loan shall be deposited
in
the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.03.
Section
3.24. Advance
Facility.
(a) The
Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or other facility (any
such arrangement, an “Advance Facility”) under which (1) the Servicer assigns or
pledges to another Person (together with such Person’s successors and assigns,
an “Advancing Person”) the Servicer’s rights under this Agreement to be
reimbursed for any Monthly Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an
Advancing Person agrees to fund some or all Monthly Advances and/or Servicing
Advances required to be made by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No
consent of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificateholders
or any other party is required before the Servicer may enter into an Advance
Facility. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under which
an
Advancing Person agrees to fund Monthly Advances and/or Servicing Advances
on
the Servicer’s behalf, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this
Agreement to make Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as
required by this Agreement. If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility,
and
for so long as an Advancing Person remains entitled to receive reimbursement
for
any
Monthly Advances and/or Servicing Advances, as applicable, pursuant to this
Agreement, then the Servicer shall not be permitted to reimburse itself for
Monthly Advances and/or Servicing Advances, but instead the Servicer shall
be
required to remit amounts collected that would otherwise be retained by the
Servicer to reimburse it for previously unreimbursed Monthly Advances (“Monthly
Advance Reimbursement Amounts”) and/or previously unreimbursed Servicing
Advances (“Servicing Advance Reimbursement Amounts” and together with Monthly
Advance Reimbursement Amounts, “Reimbursement Amounts”) (in each case to the
extent such type of Reimbursement Amount is included in the Advance Facility)
in
accordance with the documentation establishing the Advance Facility to such
Advancing Person or to a trustee, agent or custodian (an “Advance Facility
Trustee”) designated by such Advancing Person. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in no event shall Monthly Advance Reimbursement
Amounts or Servicing Advance Reimbursement Amounts be included in the “Available
Distribution Amount” or be distributed to
Certificateholders.
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(b) Reimbursement
Amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of Monthly Advances and/or
Servicing Advances made with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which the
Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with this
Agreement, assuming the Servicer had made the related Monthly Advance(s) and/or
Servicing Advance(s).
(c) None
of
the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer shall have any duty or
liability with respect to the calculation of any Reimbursement Amount, nor
shall
the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer have any responsibility
to
track or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment
of
Reimbursement Amounts to the related Advancing Person or Advance Facility
Trustee. The Servicer shall maintain and provide to any successor Servicer
and
(upon request) the NIMS Insurer and the Master Servicer a detailed accounting
on
a loan by loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged or assigned to, and
reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The successor Servicer shall be entitled
to
rely on any such information provided by the predecessor Servicer, and the
successor Servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such
information.
(d) An
Advancing Person who receives an assignment or pledge of the rights to be
reimbursed for Monthly Advances and/or Servicing Advances, and/or whose
obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Monthly Advances and/or
Servicing Advances shall not be required to meet the criteria for qualification
of a subservicer set forth in this Agreement.
(e) The
documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require that Reimbursement
Amounts distributed with respect to each Mortgage Loan be allocated to
outstanding unreimbursed Monthly Advances or Servicing Advances (as the case
may
be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a “first in, first out” (FIFO)
basis. Such documentation shall also require the Servicer to provide to the
related Advancing Person or Advance Facility Trustee loan by loan information
with respect to each Reimbursement Amount distributed to such Advancing Person
or Advance Facility Trustee on each Distribution Date, to enable the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility Trustee to make the FIFO allocation of each
Reimbursement Amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall
remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advancing Person or Advance Facility
Trustee for all Monthly Advances
and Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the related rights
to be reimbursed therefor have not been assigned or pledged to an Advancing
Person.
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(f) The
Servicer who enters into an Advance Facility shall indemnify the Seller, the
NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Trust Fund and any successor
resulting from any claim by the related Advancing Person, except to the extent
that such claim, loss, liability or damage resulted from or arose out of
negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Seller, the
NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the successor
Servicer.
(g) Any
amendment to this Section 3.25 or to any other provision of this Agreement
that
may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an Advance Facility
as
described generally in this Section 3.25, including amendments to add provisions
relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered into by the Seller, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Servicer without the consent of any
Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement
or
the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV.
PAYMENTS
TO MASTER
SERVICER
Section
4.01. Remittances.
On
each
Remittance Date, no later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time, the Servicer shall
remit on a scheduled/scheduled basis by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the Master Servicer (a) all amounts deposited in the Custodial Account
as of the close of business on the last day of the related Due Period (net
of
charges against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section
3.04), plus (b) all Monthly Advances, if any, which the Servicer is obligated
to
make pursuant to Section 4.03, minus (c) any amounts attributable to Principal
Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds (once all anticipated funds have been received
on a Mortgage Loan), Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or REO
Disposition Proceeds received after the applicable Prepayment Period, which
amounts shall be remitted on the following Remittance Date, together with any
Compensating Interest required to be deposited in the Custodial Account in
accordance with Section 3.03(vii), and minus (d) any amounts attributable to
Monthly Payments collected but due on a Due Date or Due Dates subsequent to
the
first day of the month in which such Remittance Date occurs, which amounts
shall
be remitted on the Remittance Date next succeeding the Due Date related to
such
Monthly Payment.
With
respect to any remittance received by the Master Servicer after the Business
Day
following the Business Day on which such remittance payment was due, the
Servicer shall pay to the Master Servicer interest on any such late payment
at
an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change,
plus two percentage points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount
permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be deposited in the Custodial
Account by the Servicer on the date such late payment is made and shall cover
the period commencing with the day following such Business Day and ending with
the Business Day on
which
such payment is made, both inclusive. Such interest shall be remitted along
with
the distribution payable on the next succeeding Remittance Date. 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 Trustee or the Master
Servicer.
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All
remittances required to be made to the Master Servicer shall be made to the
following wire account or to such other account as may be specified by the
Master Servicer from time to time:
Bank
of
New York
ABA
#
000-000-000
Account
Name: Aurora Loan Services LLC
Master
Servicing Payment Clearing Account
Account
Number: 8900620730
Beneficiary:
Aurora Loan Services LLC
For
further credit to: SASCO 2007-BC2
Section
4.02. Statements
to Seller.
(a) Not
later
than the tenth (10th)
calendar day of each month (or if such tenth calendar day is not a Business
Day,
the immediately preceding Business Day), the Servicer shall furnish to the
Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer (i) (a) monthly loan data in the format
set
forth in Exhibit D-1 hereto, (b) default loan data in the format set forth
in
Exhibit D-2 hereto and (c) a monthly loan loss report in the format set forth
in
Exhibit D-3 hereto, (ii) all such information required pursuant to clause (i)(a)
above on a magnetic tape, electronic mail, or other similar media reasonably
acceptable to the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer and (iii) all supporting
documentation with respect to the information required pursuant to clause (i)(c)
above. Together with such monthly remittance advice, the Servicer shall furnish
to the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer, a report setting forth a
calculation of each of the Trigger Events set forth in Section 8.03 relating
to
the period ending on the last day of the preceding calendar month.
Not
later
than 12:00 (Noon) Eastern Standard Time on the seventeenth calendar day of
each
month (or if such seventeenth calendar day is not a Business Day, 12:00 (Noon)
Eastern Standard Time on the immediately succeeding Business Day), the Servicer
shall furnish to the Master Servicer (a) a monthly payoff remittance advice
regarding any Principal Prepayments in full applied to the related Mortgage
Loan
on or after the sixteenth day of the month preceding the month of such reporting
date, but on or before the fifteenth day of the month of such reporting date,
containing such information and in such format as is mutually acceptable to
the
Master Servicer and the Servicer, and in any event containing sufficient
information to permit the Master Servicer to properly report Principal
Prepayment in full information to the Trustee under the Trust Agreement and
(b)
all such information required pursuant to clause (a) above in electronic format,
on magnetic tape or other similar media reasonably acceptable to the Master
Servicer.
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Such
monthly remittance advice shall also be accompanied by a supplemental report
provided to the Master Servicer, the Seller and, at its request, the NIMS
Insurer, which includes on an aggregate basis for the previous Due Period (i)
the amount of claims filed on any LPMI Policy, (ii) the amount of any claim
payments made on any LPMI Policy, (iii) the amount of claims denied or curtailed
on any LPMI Policy and (iv) policies cancelled with respect to those Mortgage
Loans covered by any LPMI Policy purchased by the Seller on behalf of the Trust
Fund; provided,
however,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any LPMI Policy, the
Servicer shall not be required to submit such supplemental reports including
the
foregoing data with respect to any LPMI Policy until a reporting date that
is at
least twenty (20) days after the Servicer has received sufficient loan level
information from the Seller or the Master Servicer to appropriately code its
servicing systems in accordance with such requirements.
(b) In
addition, not more than 60 days after the end of each calendar year, commencing
December 31, 2007, the Servicer shall provide (as such information becomes
reasonably available to the Servicer) to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer such
information concerning the Mortgage Loans and annual remittances to the Trustee
relating thereto as is necessary for the Trustee to prepare the Trust Fund’s
federal income tax return and for any investor in the Certificates to prepare
any required tax return. 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 to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force. The Servicer shall
also provide to the Trustee such information as may be requested by it and
required for the completion of any tax reporting responsibility of the Trustee,
within such reasonable time frame as shall enable the Trustee to timely file
each Schedule Q (or other applicable tax report or return) required to be filed
by it.
(c) The
Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Depositor (i) of any legal proceedings pending against the Servicer of the
type
described in Item 1117 (§ 229.1117) of Regulation AB and (ii) if the Servicer
shall become (but only to the extent not previously disclosed to the Trustee,
the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor) at any time an
affiliate of any of the parties listed on Exhibit J to this Agreement and (iii)
provide to the Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations or
relationships.
If
so
requested by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor on any date
following the date on which information was first provided to the NIMS Insurer,
the Trustee and the Depositor pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer
shall make best reasonable efforts within five (5) Business Days but in no
event
later than ten (10) Business Days following such request, to confirm in writing
the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 6.01(l) or, if such a representation and warranty is not accurate
as of the date of such request, provide reasonable adequate disclosure of the
pertinent facts, in writing, to the requesting party.
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For
the
purpose of satisfying the reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with
respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Servicer shall (or shall
cause each Subservicer to) (i) provide prompt notice to the Master Servicer
and
the Depositor in writing of (A) any Event of Default under the terms of
this Agreement, (B) any merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all
of
the assets of the Servicer, and (C) the Servicer’s entry into an agreement with
a Subservicer to perform or assist in the performance of any of the Servicer’s
obligations under this Agreement.
As
a
condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer
or
subservicer under this 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 Master Servicer and the Depositor, at least 15 calendar days prior to the
effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the
Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably
requested by the 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.
In
addition to such information as the Servicer, as servicer, is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, not later than ten
days
prior to the deadline for the filing of any distribution report on Form 10-D
in
respect of any Securitization Transaction that includes any of the Mortgage
Loans serviced by the Servicer or any Subservicer, the Servicer or such
Subservicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent the Servicer or such
Subservicer has knowledge, provide to the party responsible for filing such
report (including, if applicable, the Master Servicer) notice of the occurrence
of any of the following events along with all information, data, and materials
related thereto as may be required to be included in the related distribution
report on Form 10-D (as specified in the provisions of Regulation AB referenced
below):
(i) any
material modifications, extensions or waivers of pool asset terms, fees,
penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have cumulatively
become material over time (Item 1121(a)(11) of Regulation AB);
(ii) material
breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction covenants
(Item 1121(a)(12) of Regulation AB); and
(iii) any
pool
asset changes (such as, additions, substitutions or repurchases) (Item
1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB).
The
Servicer shall provide to the Master Servicer and the Depositor, evidence of
the
authorization of the person signing any certification or statement, copies
or
other evidence of Fidelity Bond Insurance and Errors and Omission Insurance
policy, financial information and reports, and such other information related
to
the Servicer or any Subservicer or the Servicer or such Subservicer’s
performance hereunder as may be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer
or
the Depositor.
(d) Not
later
than the tenth calendar day of each month (or if such calendar day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) the Servicer shall provide
to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor notice
of the occurrence of
any
material modifications, extensions or waivers of terms, fees, penalties or
payments relating to the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period or that
have cumulatively become material over time (Item 1121(a)(11) of Regulation
AB)
along with all information, data, and materials related thereto as may be
required to be included in the related Distribution Report on Form
10-D.
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Section
4.03. Monthly
Advances by Servicer.
On
the
Business Day immediately preceding each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall
deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds or from amounts held for
future distribution, or both, an amount equal to 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. 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
remittances to the Master Servicer required to be made on such Remittance Date.
The Servicer shall keep appropriate records of such amounts and will provide
such records to the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer upon
request.
The
Servicer’s obligation to make such Monthly Advances as to any Mortgage Loan will
continue through the last Monthly Payment due prior to the payment in full
of
the Mortgage Loan, or through the last Remittance Date prior to the Remittance
Date for the distribution of all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or
recoveries (including Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) with respect
to the related Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Servicer shall not be required to advance any interest shortfalls
to
the extent such amounts result from the application of the Relief
Act.
Section
4.04. Due
Dates Other Than the First of the Month.
Mortgage
Loans having Due Dates other than the first day of a month shall be accounted
for as described in this Section 4.04. Any payment due on a day other than
the
first day of each month shall be considered due on the first day of the month
following the month in which that payment is due as if such payment were due
on
the first day of
said
month. For example, a payment due on March 15 shall be considered to be due
on
April 1 of said month. Any payment collected on a Mortgage Loan after the
Cut-off Date shall be deposited in the Custodial Account. For Mortgage Loans
with Due Dates on the first day of a month, deposits to the Custodial Account
begin with the payment due on the first of the month following the Cut-off
Date.
Section
4.05. Credit
Reporting.
For
each
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall accurately and fully furnish, in accordance
with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate
and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower
credit files to each of the following credit repositories: Equifax Credit
Information Services, Inc., Trans Union, LLC and Experian
Information Solution, Inc., on a monthly basis in a timely manner. In addition,
with respect to any Mortgage Loan serviced for a Xxxxxx Xxx pool, the Servicer
shall transmit full credit reporting data to each of such credit repositories
in
accordance with Xxxxxx Mae Guide Announcement 95-19 (November 11, 1995), a
copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G, reporting each of the following
statuses, each month with respect to a Mortgage Loan in a Xxxxxx Xxx pool:
New
origination, current, delinquent (30-60-90-days, etc), foreclosed or charged
off.
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ARTICLE
V.
GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURES
Section
5.01. Transfers
of Mortgaged Property.
The
Servicer shall use its best efforts to enforce any “due-on-sale” provision
contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage Note and to deny assumption by the person
to whom the Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be sold whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains liable on the Mortgage and the Mortgage Note. When the Mortgaged
Property has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall, 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,
that
the Servicer shall not exercise such rights if prohibited by law from doing
so
or if the exercise of such rights would impair or threaten to impair any
recovery under the related LPMI Policy, if any.
If
the
Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce such
“due-on-sale” clause, the Servicer shall enter into (i) an assumption and
modification agreement with the person to whom such property has been conveyed,
pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and the
original Mortgagor remains liable thereon or (ii) in the event the Servicer
is
unable under applicable law to require that the original Mortgagor remain liable
under the Mortgage Note and the Servicer has the prior consent of the primary
mortgage guaranty insurer, a substitution of liability agreement with the seller
of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released
from liability and the seller of the Mortgaged Property is substituted as
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. If an assumption fee
is
collected by the Servicer for entering into an assumption agreement, such
assumption fee shall be retained by the Servicer as Ancillary Income. In
connection with any such assumption, neither the Mortgage Interest Rate borne
by
the related Mortgage Note, the term of the Mortgage Loan nor the outstanding
principal amount of the Mortgage Loan shall be changed.
To
the
extent that any Mortgage Loan is assumable, the Servicer shall inquire
diligently into the creditworthiness of the proposed transferee, and shall
use
the underwriting criteria for approving the credit of the proposed transferee
which are used by the Servicer, its affiliates or Xxxxxx Mae with respect to
underwriting mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. If the
credit of the proposed transferee does not meet such underwriting criteria,
the
Servicer diligently shall, to the extent permitted by the Mortgage or the
Mortgage Note and by applicable law, accelerate the maturity of the Mortgage
Loan.
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Section
5.02. 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 shall notify the Master Servicer in the Monthly
Remittance Advice as provided in Section 4.02, and may request the release
of any Mortgage Loan Documents from the Seller in accordance with this
Section 5.02 hereof.
If
the
Servicer satisfies or releases a Mortgage without first having obtained payment
in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage or should the Servicer
otherwise prejudice any rights the Seller, the Trustee or the Trust Fund may
have under the mortgage instruments, the Servicer shall deposit into the
Custodial Account the entire outstanding principal balance, plus all accrued
interest on such Mortgage Loan, on the day preceding the Remittance Date in
the
month following the date of such release. The Servicer shall maintain the
Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy as provided for in
Section 3.13 insuring the Servicer against any loss it may sustain with
respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures
set
forth herein.
Section
5.03. Servicing
Compensation.
As
consideration for servicing the Mortgage Loans subject to this Agreement, the
Servicer shall retain the relevant Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan
remaining subject to this Agreement during any month or part thereof. Such
Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly. Additional servicing compensation in
the
form of Ancillary Income shall be retained by the Servicer and is not required
to be deposited in the Custodial Account. The obligation of the Seller to pay
the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the Servicing Fee is payable solely from,
the interest portion (including recoveries with respect to interest from
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds) of such
Monthly Payment collected by the Servicer.
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
thereof except as specifically provided for herein.
Section
5.04. Report
on Attestation of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.
By
March
15th of each calendar year, beginning in March 2008, the Servicer shall, at
its
own expense, cause a firm of independent public accountants (who may also render
other services to the Servicer), which is a member of the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants, to furnish to the Master Servicer, the Depositor
and, at its request, the NIMS Insurer (i) year-end audited (if available)
consolidated financial statements of the Servicer and (ii) a report of such
firm
that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by such asserting party
pursuant to Section 5.07 below, which report shall be made in accordance with
standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board. In addition, by March 15, 2008, the Servicer shall,
at its own expense, furnish to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and, at its
request, the NIMS Insurer a report meeting the requirements
of clause (ii) above regarding the attestation of any Subservicer or
Subcontractor which is “participating in the servicing function” within the
meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each, without respect to any threshold
limitations in Instruction 2. to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, a “Participating
Entity”).
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Section
5.05. Annual
Officer’s Certificate.
(a) By
March
15th of each year, beginning in March 2007, the Servicer, at its own expense,
will deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and, at its request, the
NIMS
Insurer with respect to the year ending on the immediately preceding December
31, a statement of compliance addressed to the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the Seller in the form of Exhibit K hereto, signed by an
authorized officer of the Servicer, to the effect that (1) a review of the
activities of the Servicer during such preceding calendar year or portion
thereof and of its performance under this Agreement for such period has been
made under such Servicing Officer’s supervision and (2) to the best of such
officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its
obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such 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 Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof,
including the steps being taken by the Servicer to remedy such
default.
(b) For
so
long as a certificate under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended
(“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”), is required to be given on behalf of the Trust Fund, by
March 15th of each calendar year (or if not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day), beginning in March 2008, a Servicing Officer shall
execute and deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Master Servicer and the
Depositor for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Master Servicer and the
Depositor and their officers, directors and affiliates, in the form of Exhibit
F
hereto.
(c) The
Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller, the NIMS Insurer, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and their respective officers,
directors, agents and affiliates from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach
by
the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or affiliates of its
obligations under this Section 5.05 or the negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Master
Servicer and/or the Depositor, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor as
a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Master Servicer
and/or the Depositor in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Master Servicer and/or the Depositor on the one hand
and
the Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Servicer’s
obligations under this Section 5.05 or the Servicer’s negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct in connection therewith.
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Section
5.06. Inspection.
The
Servicer shall provide the Trustee, the Master Servicer and, at its request,
the
NIMS Insurer, upon reasonable advance notice, during normal business hours,
access to all records maintained by the Servicer in respect of its rights and
obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Servicer responsible for
such obligations. Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee,
the
Master Servicer and, at is request, the NIMS Insurer its most recent publicly
available consolidated financial statements and such other information relating
to its capacity to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit the obligation of the
Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access
as
provided in this Section 5.06 as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section 5.06.
Section
5.07. Report
on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.
(a) On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2008, the Servicer
shall:
(i) deliver
to the Master Servicer and the Depositor a report (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer and the Depositor) regarding
the
Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the
immediately preceding calendar year. Such report shall be addressed to the
Master Servicer and the Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the
Servicer, and shall address each of the “Applicable Servicing Criteria”
specified on Exhibit I hereto;
(ii) deliver
to the Master Servicer and the Depositor a report of a registered public
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer and the 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 to be
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, to deliver to the Master Servicer and the Depositor an assessment
of compliance and accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Section; and
(iv) cause
each Subservicer and Subcontractor described in clause (iii) to provide, to
the
Depositor, the Master Servicer 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, signed by the appropriate officer of the Servicer,
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.
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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.
(b) Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to this Section
shall address each of the “Applicable Servicing Criteria” specified on Exhibit I
hereto 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 this Section need not address any elements of the
Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
VI.
REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS
Section
6.01. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of the Servicer.
The
Servicer, as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Master
Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee, 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 the jurisdiction of its formation 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 terms of this Agreement; the
Servicer has the full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this
Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be
delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the 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, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to the
application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in
equity; and all requisite corporate 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;
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(c)
No
Conflicts. Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition of the servicing responsibilities
by
the Servicer or the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of
or
compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will conflict with
or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the
Servicer’s charter or by-laws 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 that would impair the ability
of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the
Mortgage Loans;
(d) 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;
(e) No
Litigation Pending.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending (or known to be
contemplated) or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Servicer
or any Subservicer 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 any Subservicer, or in any
material impairment of the right or ability of the Servicer or any Subservicer
to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material
liability on the part of the Servicer or any Subservicer or which would draw
into question the validity of this Agreement 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
(f) 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 if required, such approval
has been obtained prior to the Closing Date;
(g) No
Default.
The
Servicer is not in default, and no event or condition exists that after the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default
under any material mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, judgment, or other
undertaking, to which the Servicer is a party or which purports to be binding
upon it or upon any of its assets, which default could impair materially the
ability of the Servicer to perform under the terms of this
Agreement;
(h) Ability
to Service.
The
Servicer is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential mortgage
loans for Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities, procedures, and
experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of
the
same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer is in
good
standing to service mortgage loans for either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, and
no
event has occurred, including but not limited to a change in insurance coverage,
which would make the Servicer unable to comply with either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx
Mac eligibility requirements or which would require notification to either
of
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(i) No
Commissions to Third Parties.
The
Servicer has not dealt with any broker or agent or anyone else who might be
entitled to a fee or commission in connection with this transaction other than
the Seller;
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(j) Fair
Credit Reporting Act.
The
Servicer has fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting
Act
and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g.,
favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian,
and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories)
on
a monthly basis;
(k) 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 a material fact or omits
to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading; and
(l) Additional
Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.
Except
as disclosed in writing to the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Depositor
prior to the Closing Date: (i)
the
Servicer is not aware and has not received notice that any event of 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 in the
three year period immediately preceding the Closing Date; (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 in
the
three year period immediately preceding the Closing Date;
(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 in the three year period immediately
preceding the Closing Date; (iv) no material
changes to the Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing
function it will perform under this Agreement for mortgage loans of a type
similar to the Mortgage Loans
have
occurred during the three-year period immediately preceding the Closing Date;
(v) there are no aspects of the Servicer’s financial condition for which there
is a material risk that such aspects could have a material adverse effect on
the
performance by the
Servicer of its servicing obligations under this Agreement
and (vi)
there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the
Servicer or any Subservicer with any party listed on Exhibit J hereto of a
type
described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB.
Section
6.02. Remedies
for Breach of Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 6.01
shall survive the engagement of the Servicer to perform the servicing
responsibilities as of the related Closing Date or Servicing Transfer Date,
as
applicable, hereunder and the delivery of the Servicing Files to the Servicer
and shall inure to the benefit of the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and
the
Trustee. Upon discovery by any of the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations
and
warranties which materially and adversely affects the ability of the Servicer
to
perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement or otherwise materially
and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Property
or
the priority of the security interest on such Mortgaged Property or the
interests of the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other.
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Within
60
days of (or, in the case of any breach of a representation or warranty set
forth
in Section 6.01(l), 10 days) the earlier of either discovery by or notice
to the Servicer of any breach of a representation or warranty set forth in
Section 6.01 which materially and adversely affects the ability of the Servicer
to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement or otherwise
materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged
Property or the priority of the security interest on such Mortgaged Property,
the Servicer shall use its best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all
material respects and, if such breach cannot be cured, the Servicer shall,
at
the Trustee’s or the Master Servicer’s option, assign the Servicer’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement (or respecting the affected Mortgage Loans)
to
a successor servicer. Such assignment shall be made in accordance with Sections
8.01 and 8.02.
In
addition, the Servicer shall indemnify the Master Servicer, the Trustee and
the
NIMS Insurer and hold each of them harmless against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a breach
of
the Servicer’s representations and warranties contained in Section
6.01.
Any
cause
of action against the Servicer relating to or arising out of the breach of
any
representations and warranties made in Section 6.01 shall accrue upon (i)
discovery of such breach by the Servicer or notice thereof by the Master
Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee to the Servicer, (ii) failure by the
Servicer to cure such breach within the applicable cure period, and (iii) demand
upon the Servicer by the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee for
compliance with this Agreement.
Section
6.03. Additional
Indemnification by the Servicer.
The
Servicer shall indemnify the Seller, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the Trust Fund and each of their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents (each an “Indemnified Party”) 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
solely and directly arising out of or based upon:
(A) any
failure by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any
information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material when
and as required under this Agreement, including any report under
Sections 5.04, 5.05 and 5.07 or any failure by the Servicer to identify
pursuant to Section 7.04(c) any Subcontractor that is a Participating
Entity; or
(B) the
failure of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans
in
material compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
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In
the
case of any failure of performance described in clause (A) of this Section
6.03,
the Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Trustee, the Master Servicer or
the
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 the transaction relating to this Agreement, or for execution of
a
certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange
Act with respect to this 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 Servicer,
any Subservicer or any Subcontractor.
The
Servicer shall immediately notify the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor, the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer if a claim is made by a third party
with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans
that may
result in such Liabilities, and the Servicer shall assume (with the prior
written consent of the indemnified party) the defense of any such claim and
pay
all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, promptly pay,
discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it
or
any indemnified party in respect of such claim and follow any written
instructions received from the such indemnified party in connection with such
claim. The Servicer shall be reimbursed promptly from the Trust Fund for all
amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when the claim
is in any way related to the Servicer’s indemnification pursuant to Section
6.02, or the failure of the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In
the
event a dispute arises between the Servicer and an indemnified party with
respect to any of the rights and obligations of the parties pursuant to this
Agreement, and such dispute is adjudicated in a court of law, by an arbitration
panel or any other judicial process, then the losing party (if the Trustee
or
the Master Servicer from the Trust Fund) shall indemnify and reimburse the
winning party for all attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses related to
the adjudication of said dispute.
The
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer shall
be
indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any and all Liabilities
incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement or
the
Certificates, except to the extent such Liabilities resulted from or arose
out
of the negligence, bad faith or willful misfeasance in the performance of the
Servicer’s (or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer) duties
hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties
hereunder.
If
the
indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an Indemnified Party, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of any
claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by 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.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
Section
6.04. Indemnification
with Respect to Certain Taxes and Loss of REMIC Status.
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In
the
event that any REMIC fails to qualify as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC,
or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a result of a prohibited transaction
or prohibited contribution
under the REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Servicer
of
its duties and obligations set forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the
Holder of the related Residual Certificate, the Master Servicer, the Trustee,
the Trust Fund and the NIMS Insurer against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (“Losses”) resulting from such negligence; provided,
however,
that the
Servicer shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action
or
inaction of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Holder of
such Residual Certificate, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting
from
misinformation provided by the Holder of such Residual Certificate on which
the
Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict
the
rights and remedies of the Holder of such Residual Certificate, the Trustee
and
the Trust Fund or the NIMS Insurer now or hereafter existing at law or in equity
or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the
Servicer have any liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in
accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or which is
expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses other
than arising out of a negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties and
obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential damages
to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest on
the
Certificates).
Section
6.05. [Reserved]
Section
6.06. Reporting
Requirements of the Commission and Indemnification.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer acknowledges and agrees
that
the purpose of Sections 4.02(c) and (d), 5.04, 5.05, 5.07, 6.01(l), 6.03
and 7.04 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB.
Therefore, the Servicer agrees that (a) the obligations of the Servicer
hereunder shall be interpreted in such a manner as to accomplish that purpose,
(b) such obligations may change over time due to interpretive advice or guidance
of the Commission, convention or consensus among active participants in the
asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise in respect
of
the requirements of Regulation AB, (c) the Servicer shall agree to enter into
such amendments to this Agreement as may be necessary, in the reasonable
judgment of the Depositor and the Master Servicer and their respective counsel,
to comply with such interpretive advice or guidance, convention, consensus,
advice of counsel, or otherwise, (d) the Servicer shall otherwise comply with
reasonable requests made by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor
for delivery of additional or different information as such parties may
determine in good faith is necessary to comply with the provisions of Regulation
AB and (e) the Servicer shall (i) agree to such modifications and enter into
such amendments to this Agreement as may be necessary, in the reasonable
judgment of the Depositor and the Master Servicer and their respective counsel,
to comply with any such clarification, interpretive guidance, convention or
consensus and (ii) promptly upon request provide to the Depositor for inclusion
in any periodic report required to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), such items of information regarding this
Agreement and matters related to the Servicer, (collectively, the “Servicer
Information”), provided
that
such information shall be required to be provided by the Servicer only to the
extent that such shall be reasonably determined by the Depositor and its
counsel, to be necessary or advisable to comply with the provisions of
Regulation AB.
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The
Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, their respective officers and directors and each person, if any,
who
controls the Depositor or Master Servicer within the meaning of Section 15
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, expenses, damages
or
liabilities to which the Depositor, the Master Servicer, their respective
officers or directors and any such controlling person may become subject under
the Act or otherwise, as and when such losses, claims, expenses, damages or
liabilities are incurred, insofar as such losses, claims, expenses, damages
or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
in
the Servicer Information or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or
alleged 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, and will reimburse
the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, their respective officers and directors and
any
such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by
it or any of them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, expense, damage, liability or action, as and when incurred; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer shall be liable only insofar as such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relates solely and directly
to
the information in the Servicer Information furnished to the Depositor or Master
Servicer by or on behalf of the Servicer specifically in connection with this
Agreement.
If
the
indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an Indemnified Party, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of any
claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by 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.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VII.
THE
SERVICER
Section
7.01. Merger
or Consolidation of the Servicer.
Subject
to the following paragraph, the Servicer shall keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation, and shall obtain and preserve
its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each 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.
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Any
Person into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation (including by means
of
the sale of substantially all of the Servicer’s assets to such Person) to which
the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of
the
Servicer, shall be the successor of 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 (i) having a net worth of not less than $25,000,000,
(ii) which is a Xxxxxx Xxx- and Xxxxxxx Mac-approved servicer in good standing
and (iii) having a residential primary servicer rating for the servicing
of
subprime residential mortgage loans issued by S&P, Fitch or Xxxxx’x at or
above “Above Average”, “RPS2” or “SQ2”, respectively, or any equivalent rating
designations issued by the Rating Agencies from time to time.
Section
7.02. Limitation
on Liability of the Servicer and Others.
Neither
the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer,
the Depositor or the Trustee for any action taken or for refraining from the
taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors
in
judgment; provided,
however,
that
this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any
breach of warranties or representations made herein, or failure to perform
its
obligations in material compliance with any standard of care set forth in this
Agreement, or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of any
breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith
on
any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be
under
any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is
not
incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense
or
liability;
provided,
however,
that
the Servicer may undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or
desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties
hereto. In such event, the Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement from
the
Trust Fund for the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such
action.
Section
7.03. Limitation
on Resignation and Assignment by the Servicer.
This
Agreement has been entered into with the Servicer in reliance upon the
independent status of the Servicer, and the representations as to the adequacy
of its servicing facilities, plant, personnel, records and procedures, its
integrity, reputation and financial standing, and the continuance thereof.
Therefore, except as expressly provided in this Section 7.03 and Sections 3.21,
3.25 and 7.01, the Servicer shall neither assign its rights under this Agreement
or the servicing hereunder nor delegate its duties hereunder or any portion
thereof without, in each case, the prior written consent of the Master Servicer,
the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer which consent shall be granted or withheld
in
the discretion the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer;
provided that in each case there must be delivered to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer a letter from each Rating Agency
to
the effect that such transfer of servicing will not result in a qualification,
withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current rating of any of the Certificates
or
the NIM Securities to be issued in the NIMS Transaction. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer, without the consent of the Seller, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer, may retain third party contractors to perform
certain servicing and loan administration functions, including without
limitation, hazard insurance administration, tax payment and administration,
flood certification and administration, collection services and similar
functions; provided that the retention of such contractors by Servicer
shall not limit the obligation of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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The
Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it
except by mutual consent of the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee
and
the NIMS Insurer or upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured
by
the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer
shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the
Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer which Opinion of Counsel
shall
be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each of them. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the
Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in
Section 8.01.
Without
in any way limiting the generality of this Section 7.03, in the event that
the
Servicer either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities
hereunder or delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof, except to
the
extent permitted by and in accordance with this Section 7.03 and Sections 3.21,
3.25 and 7.01, without the prior written consent of the Seller, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer, then such parties shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement upon notice given as set forth in Section
8.01, without any payment of any penalty or damages and without any liability
whatsoever to the Servicer or any third party.
Section
7.04. Subservicing
Agreements and Successor Subservicer.
(a)
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
unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.04 and the proposed Subservicer (i) is an institution which is an
approved Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac Seller/Servicer as indicated in writing,
(ii)
represents and warrants that it is in compliance with the laws of each state
as
necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such subservicing
agreement and (iii) is acceptable to the NIMS Insurer. 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 unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of
paragraph (c) of this Section 7.04.
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(b)
The Servicer shall give prior written notice to the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer of the appointment of any
Subservicer and shall furnish to the Trustee, Master Servicer, the Depositor
and
the NIMS Insurer a copy of any related subservicing agreement. For purposes
of
this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on
Mortgage Loans immediately upon receipt by any Subservicer of such payments.
Any
such subservicing agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of this Agreement. Each subservicing agreement shall provide that
a
successor Servicer shall have the option to terminate such agreement without
payment of any fees if the predecessor Servicer is terminated or resigns.
The
Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Servicer (or by any
Subservicer) to comply with the provisions of this Section 7.04 and with
Sections 4.02(c), 5.04, 5.05(a), 5.05(b), 5.07 (and shall amend, with the
consent of the parties hereto, Exhibit I to reflect such Subservicer’s
attestation of compliance with the Servicing Criteria), 6.01(l) and 6.03
of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were the Servicer. The
Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering
to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor any
servicer compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer
under
Section 5.05(a), any reports on assessment of compliance and attestation
required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Sections 5.04 and 5.07
and
any certification required to be delivered under 5.05(b) to the Person that
will
be responsible for signing the Sarbanes Certification under Section 5.07
as and
when required to be delivered hereunder.
(c)
The
Servicer shall provide to the Master Servicer and the Depositor, upon request,
a
written description (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Master
Servicer and the Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor
utilized by the Servicer or any Subservicer, specifying (A) the identity of
each
such Subcontractor determined to be a Participating Entity, and (B) which
elements of the servicing criteria set forth under Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB
will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor
identified pursuant to clause (A) of this paragraph.
As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a
Participating Entity, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used
by
the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor to comply with the provisions
of
Sections 4.02(c), 5.04, 5.07 (and shall amend, with the consent of the
parties hereto, Exhibit I to reflect such Subcontractor’s attestation with the
Servicing Criteria), 6.01(l) and 6.03 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 Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor any assessment of compliance
and
attestation and other certification required to be delivered by such
Subcontractor under Sections 5.04 and 5.07, in each case as and when
required to be delivered.
The
Servicer acknowledges that a Subservicer or Subcontractor that performs services
with respect to mortgage loans involved in this transaction in addition to
the
Mortgage Loans may be determined to be a Participating Entity on the basis
of
the aggregate balance of such mortgage loans (which quantitative determination
may be made by the Depositor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer), without
regard to whether such Subservicer or Subcontractor would be a Participating
Entity with respect to the Mortgage Loans viewed in isolation. The Servicer
shall (A) respond as promptly as practicable to any good faith request by the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor for information regarding each
Subservicer and each Subcontractor and (B) cause each Subservicer and each
Subcontractor with respect to which the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor requests delivery of an assessment of compliance and accountants’
attestation to deliver such within the time required under
Section 5.07.
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Notwithstanding
any subservicing agreement or the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer, Subcontractor
or other third party or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer, a
Subcontractor, another third party or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and primarily liable to the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the Certificateholders for the servicing and
administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions hereof
without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of any
subservicing, subcontracting or other agreements or arrangements or by virtue
of
indemnification from a Subservicer, Subcontractor or a third party and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone
were servicing the Mortgage Loans, including with respect to compliance with
Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any
agreement with a Subservicer, Subcontractor or a third party for indemnification
of the Servicer by such Subservicer, Subcontractor or third party and nothing
contained in the Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
ARTICLE
VIII.
TERMINATION
Section
8.01. Termination
for Cause.
(a) Any
of
the following occurrences shall constitute an event of default (each, an “Event
of Default”) on the part of the Servicer:
(i) any
failure by the Servicer to remit to the Master Servicer any payment required
to
be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for a
period of two (2) Business Days 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 Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer; or
(ii) any
failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the required time period and
without notice, its obligations to provide any certifications required pursuant
to Sections 5.04, 5.05 or 5.07 (including with respect to such certifications
required to be provided by any Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant to Section
7.04); or
(iii) except
with respect to those items listed in clause (ii) above, any failure by the
Servicer to duly perform, within the required time period, without notice or
grace period, its obligations to provide any other information, data or
materials required to be provided hereunder pursuant to Sections 4.02(c),
4.02(d), 6.01(l) and 7.04, including any items required to be included in any
Exchange Act report; or
(iv) failure
by the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other
of
the covenants or agreements on the part of the Servicer set forth in this
Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) 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 Master Servicer or the NIMS
Insurer; or
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(v) failure
by the Servicer to maintain its license to do business or service residential
mortgage loans in any jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Properties are located,
except where such license is not required by applicable law in order to conduct
the business of the type conducted by the Servicer; or
(vi) 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,
readjustment of debt, including bankruptcy, 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 60 days;
or
(vii) the
Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or
relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(viii) the
Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as
they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of
its
creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or cease its normal
business operations for three Business Days; or
(ix) the
Servicer ceases to meet the qualifications of a Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac
seller/servicer; or
(x) the
Servicer attempts, without the consent of the Master Servicer, to assign the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans or its right to servicing compensation hereunder
or the Servicer attempts, without the consent of the Master Servicer or to
assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder or to delegate
its duties hereunder or any portion thereof in a manner not permitted under
this
Agreement; or
(xi) if
(x)
any of the Rating Agencies reduces or withdraws the rating of any of the
Certificates due to a reason attributable to the Servicer or (y) the Servicer’s
residential primary servicer rating for servicing of subprime loans issued
by
any of the Rating Agencies is reduced more than one level below its rating
in
effect on the Closing Date or withdrawn; or
(xii) the
net
worth of the Servicer shall be less than $25,000,000.
In
each
and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have been
remedied, in addition to whatsoever rights the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or
the NIMS Insurer may have at law or equity to damages, including injunctive
relief and specific performance, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the NIMS
Insurer, by notice in writing to the Servicer, may terminate all the rights
and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the servicing
contract established hereby and the proceeds thereof.
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Upon
receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, 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 a successor servicer appointed by
the
Trustee or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, with the consent of the
other party and the NIMS Insurer. Upon written request from the Master Servicer,
the Servicer shall prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity
designated by the Master Servicer any and all documents and other instruments,
place in such successor’s possession all Servicing 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, at the
Servicer’s sole expense. The Servicer shall cooperate with the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the Trustee 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 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.
By
a
written notice, the Trustee or the Master Servicer, with the consent of the
other parties and the NIMS Insurer, 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 thereon except to the extent expressly so
waived.
Upon
a
termination of the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.01, the Servicer shall
continue to be entitled to receive any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and
unpaid Servicing Fees in the same manner and from the same sources from which
the Servicer would have received such Servicing Fees and Servicing Advances
had
the Servicer remained as the Servicer hereunder.
Section
8.02. Termination
Without Cause.
This
Agreement shall terminate upon: (i) the later of (a) the distribution of the
final payment or liquidation proceeds on the last Mortgage Loan to the Master
Servicer (or advances by the Servicer for the same), and (b) the disposition
of
all REO Property acquired upon foreclosure of the last Mortgage Loan and the
remittance of all funds due hereunder, or (ii) mutual consent of the Servicer,
the Seller and the Master Servicer in writing provided such termination is
also
acceptable to the Rating Agencies and, at its request, the NIMS Insurer or
(iii)
with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, at the sole option of the
Seller, without cause, upon sixty (60) days written notice, subject to the
limitations set forth below. Any such notice of termination shall be in writing
and delivered to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the
Servicer by registered mail to the address set forth
in
Section 9.04 of this Agreement. The Servicer shall comply with the termination
procedures set forth in Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 9.01 hereof.
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In
the
event the Seller terminates the Servicer without cause with respect to some
or
all of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 8.02(iii) above, the
Seller
shall be required to pay to the Servicer the Termination Fee. Upon a termination
of the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.02, at the time of the transfer
of
servicing hereunder the Servicer shall be paid the Termination Fee and be
reimbursed in full for all previously unreimbursed Monthly Advances, Servicing
Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees; provided that the Servicer shall
deliver to the Master Servicer and the successor servicer reasonably acceptable
documentation documenting such Monthly Advances and Servicing
Advances.
Section
8.03. Special
Termination Events.
If,
as of
any date of determination, any of the following circumstances shall exist with
respect to the Mortgage Loans (each, a “Trigger
Event”),
subject to the prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer
and the Seller shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Servicer,
to
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this
Agreement:
(i) the
“60
Day Delinquency Average” of the Mortgage Loans exceeds twelve percent (12%) of
the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans. As used herein, the
“60
Day
Delinquency Average”
is
equal to the average percentage, as of the end of the Due Periods relating
to
the three immediately preceding Remittance Dates, of the scheduled principal
balance of all Mortgage Loans that are (i) 60 or more days delinquent (but
not
in bankruptcy or foreclosure and which have not become REO Properties), (ii)
in
bankruptcy and 60 or more days delinquent, (iii) in foreclosure and 60 or more
days delinquent or (iv) REO Properties; or
(ii) as
of any
date, the “Realized Losses” for the Mortgage Loans for the then most recent
twelve month period exceeds 1.50% of the unpaid principal balance of the such
Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of such twelve (12) month period. As used
herein, with respect to any liquidated Mortgage Loan, the related “Realized
Loss”
is
amount equal to (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related liquidated
Mortgage Loan as of the date of liquidation, minus (ii) Liquidation Proceeds
received, to the extent allocable to principal, net of amounts that are
reimbursable therefrom to the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan
including expenses of liquidation; or
(iii) the
cumulative Realized Losses for the Mortgage Loans, calculated as a percentage
of
the Cut-Off Date principal balance of the Mortgage Loans exceeds the percentage
set forth in the first column below at any time during the corresponding period
from the Closing Date set forth in the second column below:
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Trigger
Percentage
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Applicable
Period from Closing Date
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1.75%
|
From
the Closing Date through the end of the 12th
complete calendar month following the Closing Date
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2.25%
|
From
the 13th
calendar month following the Closing Date through end of the
24th
complete calendar month following the Closing Date
|
3.50%
|
From
the 25th
calendar
month following the Closing Date through the end of the 36th
complete calendar month following the Closing Date
|
5.00%
|
From
the 37th
calendar month following the Closing Date through the end of the
48th
complete calendar month following the Closing Date
|
7.50%
|
At
any time after the end of the 48th
complete calendar month following the Closing
Date
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Upon
receipt by the Servicer of a written termination notice pursuant to this Section
8.03, 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
a
successor servicer appointed by the Seller, with the consent of the Trustee,
the
Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer. Upon written request from the Master
Servicer, the Servicer shall prepare, execute and deliver to the successor
entity designated by the Seller any and all documents and other instruments,
place in such successor’s possession all Servicing 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, at the
Servicer’s sole expense. The Servicer shall cooperate with the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the Trustee 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 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 related Mortgage Loans.
By
a
written notice, the Seller may waive any Trigger Event hereunder and its
consequences. Upon any waiver of a Trigger Event in any period, such event
shall
cease to exist for such period. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or
other default or Trigger Event or impair any right consequent thereon except
to
the extent expressly so waived.
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No
Termination Fee shall be payable to the Servicer upon a termination pursuant
to
this Section 8.03. Upon a termination of the Servicer pursuant to this Section
8.03, the Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive any unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees in the same manner and from
the
same sources from which the Servicer would have received such Servicing Fees
and
Servicing Advances had the Servicer remained as the Servicer
hereunder.
Section
8.04. Termination
for Distressed Mortgage Loans.
(a) Subject
to the requirements set forth in this Section 8.04, the Seller may terminate
this Agreement with the prior consent of the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer and
the
Master Servicer, with respect to the servicing of those Mortgage Loans that
are
determined to be Distressed Mortgage Loans and in such event servicing of such
Mortgage Loans shall be transferred to the Special Servicer. The appointment
of
a Special Servicer by the Seller and the execution of a special servicing
agreement between the Seller and the Special Servicer shall be subject to the
consent of the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer and the receipt
of confirmation from the Rating Agencies that the transfer of servicing to
the
Special Servicer shall not result in a reduction of any rating previously given
by such Rating Agency to any Certificate or the NIM Securities. Any monthly
fee
paid to the Special Servicer in connection with any Mortgage Loan serviced
by
such Special Servicer shall not exceed one-twelfth of the product of
(a) 0.50% and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan.
All unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances owing
to the Servicer relating to such Distressed Mortgage Loans shall be reimbursed
and paid to the Servicer by the successor Special Servicer upon such transfer
to
the Special Servicer.
(b) All
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with a transfer of
servicing to the Special Servicer including, without limitation, the costs
and
expenses of the Trustee or any other Person in connection with such transfer
including the transfer of the Servicing Files and the other necessary data
to
the Special Servicer, shall be paid by the Seller from its own funds without
reimbursement. The Seller shall be responsible for the delivery of all required
transfer notices and will send a copy of the transfer notice to the
Trustee.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04, the NIMS Insurer may, at its
option, withhold its consent to the transfer of a Distressed Mortgage Loan
to a
Special Servicer and elect to purchase such Distressed Mortgage Loan at a price
equal to its Purchase Price. Prior to such purchase, the Servicer shall be
required to continue to make Monthly Advances with respect to such Distressed
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 4.03. Any such purchase of a Distressed
Mortgage Loan shall be accomplished by remittance to the Master Servicer for
deposit in the Collection Account established pursuant to Section 4.01 of the
Trust Agreement of the amount of the Purchase Price. The Servicer, on behalf
of
the Trustee, shall take reasonable steps to effectuate the transfer of servicing
of such Distressed Mortgage Loan to the NIMS Insurer to the extent necessary,
including the prompt delivery of all Servicing Files and other related
documentation to the NIMS Insurer or its designee.
(d) Upon
a
termination of the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.04, at the time of the
transfer of servicing hereunder the Servicer shall be entitled to the
Termination Fee and to reimbursement in full for all previously unreimbursed
Monthly Advances and/or Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees,
provided
that the
Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer or the successor servicer
reasonably acceptable documentation documenting such Monthly Advances and/or
Servicing Advances.
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ARTICLE
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
9.01. Successor
to the Servicer.
Simultaneously
with the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and duties under this
Agreement (a) pursuant to Sections 6.02, 6.04, 7.03, 8.01 or 8.02, the Master
Servicer shall (i) within 90 days of the Servicer’s notice of such termination,
succeed to and assume all of the Servicer’s responsibilities, rights, duties and
obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) appoint a successor having the
characteristics set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01 and which
shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities, duties
and
liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement simultaneously with the
termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities under
this Agreement; or (b) pursuant to a termination under Section 8.02(iii) or
Section 8.03, the Seller shall appoint a successor having the characteristics
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01 and which shall succeed to
all
rights and assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the
Servicer under this Agreement simultaneously with the termination of the
Servicer’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this Agreement. Any
successor to the Servicer shall be subject to the approval of the Master
Servicer and the NIMS Insurer. Any approval of a successor servicer by the
Master Servicer and the NIMS Insurer and, to the extent required by the Trust
Agreement, the Trustee, shall, if the successor servicer is not at that time
a
servicer of other Mortgage Loans for the Trust Fund, be conditioned upon the
receipt by the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the Seller and the Trustee
of
a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such transfer of servicing
will not result in a qualification, withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current
rating of any of the Certificates or the NIM Securities to be issued in the
NIMS
Transaction. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Master
Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and
such
successor shall agree; provided,
however,
that no
such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Servicer under this
Agreement. In the event that the Servicer’s duties, responsibilities and
liabilities under this Agreement should be terminated pursuant to the
aforementioned sections, 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 sections shall not become effective until a successor
shall be appointed pursuant to this Section 9.01 and shall in no event relieve
the Servicer of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Sections
6.01 and the remedies available to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer and the Seller under Sections 6.02, 6.03 and 6.04, it being understood
and agreed that the provisions of such Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03 and 6.04 shall
be applicable to the Servicer notwithstanding any such resignation or
termination of the Servicer, or the termination of this Agreement. Neither
the
Master Servicer, in its capacity as successor servicer, nor any other successor
servicer shall be responsible for the lack of information and/or documents
that
it cannot otherwise obtain through reasonable efforts.
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Within
a
reasonable period of time, but in no event longer than 30 days of the
appointment of a successor entity, the Servicer shall prepare, execute and
deliver to the successor entity any and all documents and other instruments,
place in such successor’s possession all Servicing 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 of any
Mortgage Notes and the related documents. The Servicer shall cooperate with
the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, and such successor
in
effecting the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and rights
hereunder and the transfer of servicing responsibilities to the successor
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.
Any
successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to
the Trustee, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the Seller
an instrument (i) accepting such appointment, wherein the successor shall make
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01 and provide for
the
same remedies set forth in Sections 6.02, 6.03 and 6.04 herein and (ii) an
assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant
and condition to be performed and observed by the Servicer under this Agreement,
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 termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Sections 6.02, 7.03, 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03 shall not affect any claims that the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee may have against
the Servicer arising out of the Servicer’s actions or failure to act prior to
any such termination or resignation. In addition, in the event any successor
servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 8.02(iii) of this Agreement, such
successor servicer must satisfy the conditions relating to the transfer of
servicing set forth in the Trust Agreement.
The
Servicer shall deliver promptly to the successor servicer the funds in the
Custodial Account and Escrow Account and all Mortgage Loan documents and related
documents and statements held by it hereunder and the Servicer shall account
for
all funds and shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitively vest in
the
successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Servicer.
Upon
a
successor’s acceptance of appointment as such, it shall notify the Trustee, the
Seller and Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the Depositor of such
appointment in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
9.04.
Section
9.02. Costs.
The
Seller shall pay the legal fees and expenses of its attorneys. Costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the transfer of the servicing
responsibilities, including fees for
delivering Servicing Files, shall be paid by (i) the terminated or resigning
servicer if such termination or resignation is a result of an occurrence of
a
termination event under Section 8.01 or a Trigger Event under Section 8.03,
(ii)
the related Seller if such termination is pursuant to Section 8.02(iii) or
8.04
and (iii) in all other cases by the Trust Fund. Subject to Section 2.02 and
3.01(a), the Seller, on behalf of the Depositor, shall pay the costs associated
with the preparation, delivery and recording of Assignments of
Mortgages.
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Section
9.03. Protection
of Confidential Information.
The
Servicer shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without
the
Seller’s prior written consent, any nonpublic information pertaining to the
Mortgage Loans or any borrower thereunder, except to the extent that it is
appropriate for the Servicer
to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other
governmental agencies.
Section
9.04. Notices.
Except
as
provided below with respect to the Servicer, all demands, notices and
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if mailed by overnight courier, addressed as follows (or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like
notice):
(i)
|
if
to the Seller:
|
Xxxxxx
Brothers Holdings Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Manager, Contract Finance
(ii)
|
(A)
if to the Servicer:
|
HomEq
Servicing
0000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Portfolio Management
Facsimile
Number: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
Number: (000) 000-0000
with
a copy to:
|
HomEq
Servicing
0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Legal Department
Facsimile
Number: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
Number: (000) 000-0000
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(B)
With
respect to all notices provided in electronic format pursuant to Section 4.02(c)
and Section 6.06:
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@Xxxxxx.xxx
xxx.xxxxx@Xxxxxx.xxx
xxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
with
a copy via facsimile to:
|
Xxx
Xxxxx
Facsimile
Number: (000)
000-0000
|
(iii)
|
if
to the Master Servicer:
|
Aurora
Loan Services LLC
00000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
(iv)
|
if
to the Trustee:
|
U.S.
Bank
National Association
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
(v)
|
if
to the Credit Risk Manager:
|
OfficeTiger
Global Real Estate Services Inc.
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
(vi)
|
if
to the NIMS Insurer:
|
as
provided in the Trust Agreement.
|
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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.
Section
9.05. Severability
Clause.
Any
part,
provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited
or
which is held to be void or unenforceable shall
be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. 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 as close
as
possible to the economic effect of this Agreement without regard to such
invalidity.
Section
9.06. No
Personal Solicitation.
From
and
after the Closing Date, the Servicer hereby 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 Servicer’s behalf, to
personally,
by telephone or mail, solicit the borrower or obligor under any related Mortgage
Loan for any purpose whatsoever, including to refinance a Mortgage Loan, in
whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Trustee. It is
understood and agreed that all rights and benefits relating to the solicitation
of any Mortgagors and the attendant rights, title and interest in and to the
list of such Mortgagors and data relating to their Mortgages (including
insurance renewal dates) shall be transferred to the Trustee pursuant hereto
on
the Closing Date and the Servicer shall take no action to undermine these rights
and benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood
and agreed that promotions undertaken by the Servicer or any affiliate of the
Servicer which are directed to the general public at large or the customers
of
the Servicer generally, including, without limitation, mass mailing based on
commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and television
advertisements shall not constitute solicitation under this Section
9.06.
Section
9.07. 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
9.08. Place
of Delivery and Governing Law.
This
Agreement shall be deemed in effect when a fully executed counterpart thereof
is
received by the Seller 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 AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER
THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.
Section
9.09. Further
Agreements.
The
Seller and the Servicer 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.
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Section
9.10. Intention
of the Parties.
It
is the
intention of the parties that the Seller is conveying, and the Servicer is
receiving only a contract for servicing the Mortgage Loans. Accordingly, the
parties hereby acknowledge that the Trust Fund remains the sole and absolute
owner of the Mortgage Loans (other than the servicing rights) and all rights
related thereto.
Section
9.11. Successors
and Assigns; Assignment of Servicing Agreement.
This
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Servicer, the Seller, the NIMS Insurer and the Master Servicer and their
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement shall not be assigned, pledged
or hypothecated by the Servicer to a third party except in accordance with
Section 7.02 and shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Seller
without the prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer except as to the extent
provided in Section 9.12.
Section
9.12. Assignment
by the Seller.
The
Seller shall assign (exclusive of the Seller’s rights arising under Section
8.02(iii) and 8.03), its interest under this Agreement to the Depositor, which
in turn shall assign such rights to the Trustee, and the Trustee then shall
succeed to all rights of the Seller under this Agreement.
Section
9.13. Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Servicer and the Seller,
with
(i) the prior written consent of the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer and (ii)
the
written agreement signed by the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Servicer;
provided
that the
party requesting such amendment shall, at its own expense, provide the Trustee,
the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Seller with an Opinion of Counsel
that such amendment will not materially adversely affect the interest of the
Certificateholders in the Mortgage Loans or the NIM Securities to be issued
in
the NIMS Transaction. Any such amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect
in any material respect any the interest of the Certificateholders in the
Mortgage Loans or the NIM Securities to be issued in the NIMS Transaction,
if
the Trustee receives
written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such amendment will not cause
such Rating Agency to reduce, qualify or withdraw the then current rating
assigned to the Certificates and the NIM Securities (and any Opinion of Counsel
requested by the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Seller
in connection with any such amendment may rely expressly on such confirmation
as
the basis therefor);
provided, however,
that
this Agreement may be amended by the Servicer, the Seller, the Master Servicer
and the Trustee from time to time without the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel
described above to the extent necessary, in the judgment of the Seller and
its
counsel, to comply with
any
rules promulgated by the Commission and any interpretations thereof by the
staff
of the Commission.
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Section
9.14. 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 and is consented to by the NIMS
Insurer.
Section
9.15. Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and
are an integral part of this Agreement.
Section
9.16. Intended
Third Party Beneficiaries.
Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, the parties to this Agreement agree that
it is appropriate, in furtherance of the intent of such parties as set forth
herein, that the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer receive the benefit of the
provisions of this Agreement as intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement to the extent of such provisions. The Servicer shall have the same
obligations to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer as if they were parties to
this
Agreement, and the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer shall have the same rights
and
remedies to enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if they were parties
to
this Agreement. The Servicer shall only take direction from the Master Servicer
(if direction by the Master Servicer is required under this Agreement) unless
otherwise directed by this Agreement or the Credit Risk Manager Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all rights of the Trustee and the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder (other than the right to
indemnification) shall terminate upon the termination of the Trust Fund pursuant
to the Trust Agreement and all rights of the NIMS Insurer set forth in this
Agreement (other than the right of indemnification) shall exist only so long
as
the NIM Securities issued pursuant to the NIMS Transaction remain outstanding
or
the NIMS Insurer is owed amounts in respect of its guarantee of payment on
such
NIM Securities.
Section
9.17. General
Interpretive Principles.
For
purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
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(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) a
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
term
“include” or “including” shall mean by reason of enumeration.
Section
9.18. 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 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 in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement,
facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be
admissible in evidence.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer, the Seller and the Master Servicer have caused
their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.,
as
Servicer
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxx |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxx |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
BARCLAYS
CAPITAL REAL ESTATE INC. D/B/A HOMEQ SERVICING,
as
Servicer
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx |
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Title: Vice President and CEO |
AURORA
LOAN SERVICES LLC,
as
Master Servicer
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
Acknowledged
by:
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
By:
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
EXHIBIT
A
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
[To
be
retained in a closing binder entitled “SASCO 2007-BC2 Mortgage Loan Schedules”
at the Washington, D.C. offices of XxXxx Xxxxxx LLP]
Exhibit
A-1
EXHIBIT
B
CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
______________
__, ____
To:
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
(the “Depository”)
As
Servicer under the Securitization Servicing Agreement, dated as of February
1,
2007 (the “Agreement”), we hereby authorize and request you to establish an
account, as a Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Agreement,
to be
designated as “HomEq Servicing in trust for U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust
2007-BC2.” All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom
by order signed by the Servicer. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate.
Please execute and return one original to us.
BARCLAYS
CAPITAL REAL ESTATE INC.
D/B/A
HOMEQ SERVICING
Servicer
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By: | ____________________________________________________ | |
Name: ______________________________________________________ | ||
Title _______________________________________________________ | ||
Date: |
Exhibit
B-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.
Depository
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By: | ____________________________________________________ | |
Name: ______________________________________________________ | ||
Title _______________________________________________________ | ||
Date: |
Exhibit
B-2
EXHIBIT
C
ESCROW
ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT
______________
___, ____
To:
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
(the “Depository”)
As
Servicer under the Securitization Servicing Agreement, dated as of February
1,
2007 (the “Agreement”), we hereby authorize and request you to establish an
account, as an Escrow Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Agreement, to
be
designated as “HomEq Servicing in trust for U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust
2007-BC2.” All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom
by order signed by the Servicer. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate.
Please execute and return one original to us.
BARCLAYS
CAPITAL REAL ESTATE INC.
D/B/A
HOMEQ SERVICING
Servicer
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By: | ____________________________________________________ | |
Name: ______________________________________________________ | ||
Title _______________________________________________________ | ||
Date: _______________________________________________________ |
Exhibit
C-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.
Depository
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By: | ____________________________________________________ | |
Name: ______________________________________________________ | ||
Title _______________________________________________________ | ||
Date: |
Exhibit
C-2
EXHIBIT
D-1
FORM
OF
MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE
FIELD
NAME
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DESCRIPTION
|
FORMAT
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INVNUM
|
INVESTOR
LOAN NUMBER
|
Number
no decimals
|
||
SERVNUM
|
SERVICER
LOAN NUMBER, REQUIRED
|
Number
no decimals
|
||
BEGSCHEDBAL
|
BEGINNING
SCHEDULED BALANCE FOR SCHED/SCHED
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
BEGINNING
TRAIL BALANCE FOR ACTUAL/ACTUAL,
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||||
REQUIRED
|
||||
SCHEDPRIN
|
SCHEDULED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FOR SCHEDULED/SCHEDULED
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
ACTUAL
PRINCIPAL COLLECTED FOR ACTUAL/ACTUAL,
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||||
REQUIRED,
.00 IF NO COLLECTIONS
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||||
CURT1
|
CURTAILMENT
1 XXXXXX, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
CURT1DATE
|
CURTAILMENT
1 DATE, BLANK IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
DD-MMM-YY
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||
CURT1ADJ
|
CURTAILMENT
1 ADJUSTMENT, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
CURT2
|
CURTAILMENT
2 XXXXXX, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
CURT2DATE
|
CURTAILMENT
2 DATE, BLANK IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
DD-MMM-YY
|
||
CURT2ADJ
|
CURTAILMENT
2 ADJUSTMENT, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
LIQPRIN
|
PAYOFF,
LIQUIDATION PRINCIPAL, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
OTHPRIN
|
OTHER
PRINCIPAL, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
PRINREMIT
|
TOTAL
PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
INTREMIT
|
NET
INTEREST REMIT, INCLUDE PAYOFF INTEREST,
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
.00
IF NOT APPLICABLE
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||||
TOTREMIT
|
TOTAL
REMITTANCE AMOUNT, .00 IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
ENDSCHEDBAL
|
ENDING
SCHEDULED BALANCE FOR SCHEDULED/SCHEDULED
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
ENDING
TRIAL BALANCE FOR ACTUAL/ACTUAL
|
||||
.00
IF PAIDOFF, LIQUIDATED OR FULL CHARGEOFF
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||||
ENDACTBAL
|
ENDING
TRIAL BALANCE
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
.00
IF PAIDOFF, LIQUIDATED OR FULL CHARGEOFF
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||||
ENDDUEDATE
|
ENDING
ACTUAL DUE DATE, NOT LAST PAID INSTALLMENT
|
DD-MMM-YY
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||
ACTCODE
|
60
IF PAIDOFF, BLANK IF NOT APPLICABLE
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Number
no decimals
|
||
ACTDATE
|
ACTUAL
PAYOFF DATE, BLANK IF NOT APPLICABLE
|
DD-MMM-YY
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||
INTRATE
|
INTEREST
RATE, REQUIRED
|
Number
seven decimals
|
||
Example
.0700000 for 7.00%
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||||
SFRATE
|
SERVICE
FEE RATE, REQUIRED
|
Number
seven decimals
|
||
Example
.0025000 for .25%
|
||||
PTRATE
|
PASS
THRU RATE, REQUIRED
|
Number
seven decimals
|
||
Example
.0675000 for 6.75%
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||||
PIPMT
|
P&I
CONSTANT, REQUIRED
|
Number
two decimals
|
||
.00
IF PAIDOFF
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X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXX FOR MONTHLY DEFAULTED LOAN REPORT
Data
Field
|
Format
|
|
|
Data
Description
|
%
of MI coverage
|
NUMBER(6,5)
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The
percent of coverage provided by the PMI company in the event of
loss on a
defaulted loan.
|
Actual
MI claim filed date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
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|
Actual
date that the claim was submitted to the PMI company.
|
Actual
bankruptcy start date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
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|
|
Actual
date that the bankruptcy petition is filed with the
court.
|
Actual
MI claim amount filed
|
NUMBER(15,2)
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|
|
The
amount of the claim that was filed by the servicer with the PMI
company.
|
Actual
discharge date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the Discharge Order is entered in the bankruptcy
docket.
|
Actual
due date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
due date of the next outstanding payment amount due from the
mortgagor.
|
Actual
eviction complete date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the eviction proceedings are completed by local
counsel.
|
Actual
eviction start date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the eviction proceedings are commenced by local
counsel.
|
Actual
first legal date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that foreclosure counsel filed the first legal action as defined
by
state statute.
|
Actual
redemption end date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the foreclosure redemption period expires.
|
Bankruptcy
chapter
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
7=
Chapter 7 filed
12=
Chapter 12 filed
|
11=
Chapter 11 filed
13=
Chapter 13 filed
|
Chapter
of bankruptcy filed.
|
Bankruptcy
flag
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
Y=Active
Bankruptcy
|
N=No
Active Bankruptcy
|
Servicer
defined indicator that identifies that the property is an asset
in an
active bankruptcy case.
|
Bankruptcy
Case Number
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
|
|
The
court assigned case number of the bankruptcy filed by a party with
interest in the property.
|
D-2-1
MI
claim amount paid
|
NUMBER(15,2)
|
|
|
The
amount paid to the servicer by the PMI company as a result of submitting
an MI claim.
|
MI
claim funds received date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that funds were received from the PMI company as a result
of
transmitting an MI claim.
|
Current
loan amount
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Current
unpaid principal balance of the loan as of the date of reporting
to Aurora
Master Servicing.
|
Date
FC sale scheduled
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Date
that the foreclosure sale is scheduled to be held.
|
Date
relief/dismissal granted
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the dismissal or relief from stay order is entered by
the
bankruptcy court.
|
Date
REO offer accepted
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date of acceptance of an REO offer.
|
Date
REO offer received
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date of receipt of an REO offer.
|
Delinquency
value
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Value
obtained typically from a BPO prior to foreclosure referral not
related to
loss mitigation activity.
|
Delinquency
value source
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
BPO=
Broker's Price Opinion
|
Appraisal=Appraisal
|
Name
of vendor or management company that provided the delinquency valuation
amount.
|
Delinquency
value date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Date
that the delinquency valuation amount was completed by vendor or
property
management company.
|
Delinquency
flag
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
Y=
90+ delinq. Not in FC, Bky or Loss mit
|
N=Less
than 90 days delinquent
|
Servicer
defined indicator that identifies that the loan is delinquent but
is not
involved in loss mitigation, foreclosure, bankruptcy or
REO.
|
Foreclosure
flag
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
Y=Active
foreclosure
|
N=No
active foreclosure
|
Servicer
defined indicator that identifies that the loan is involved in
foreclosure
proceedings.
|
Corporate
expense balance
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Total
of all cumulative expenses advanced by the servicer for non-escrow
expenses such as but not limited to: FC fees and costs, bankruptcy
fees
and costs, property preservation and property
inspections.
|
D-2-2
Foreclosure
attorney referral date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the loan was referred to local counsel to begin foreclosure
proceedings.
|
Foreclosure
valuation amount
|
NUMBER(15,2)
|
|
|
Value
obtained during the foreclosure process. Usually as a result of
a BPO and
typically used to calculate the bid.
|
Foreclosure
valuation date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Date
that foreclosure valuation amount was completed by vendor or property
management company.
|
Foreclosure
valuation source
|
VARCHAR2(80)
|
BPO=
Broker's Price Opinion
|
Appraisal=Appraisal
|
Name
of vendor or management company that provided the foreclosure valuation
amount.
|
FHA
27011A transmitted date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the FHA 27011A claim was submitted to HUD.
|
FHA
27011 B transmitted date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the FHA 27011B claim was submitted to HUD.
|
VA
LGC/ FHA Case number
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
|
|
Number
that is assigned individually to the loan by either HUD or VA at
the time
of origination. The number is located on the Loan Guarantee Certificate
(LGC) or the Mortgage Insurance Certificate (MIC).
|
FHA
Part A funds received date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that funds were received from HUD as a result of transmitting
the
27011A claim.
|
Foreclosure
actual sale date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the foreclosure sale was held.
|
Servicer
loan number
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
|
|
Individual
number that uniquely identifies loan as defined by
servicer.
|
Loan
type
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
1=FHA
Residential
3=Conventional
w/o PMI
5=FHA
Project
7=HUD
235/265
9=Farm
Loan
S=Sub
prime
|
2=VA
Residentia
4=Commercial
6=Conventional
w/PMI
8=Daily
Simple Interest Loan
U=Unknown
|
Type
of loan being serviced generally defined by the existence of certain
types
of insurance (i.e.: FHA, VA, conventional insured, conventional
uninsured,
SBA, etc.).
|
Loss
mit approval date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
date determined that the servicer and mortgagor agree to pursue
a defined
loss mitigation alternative.
|
D-2-3
Loss
mit flag
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
Y=
Active loss mitigation
|
N=No
active loss mitigation
|
Servicer
defined indicator that identifies that the loan is involved in
completing
a loss mitigation alternative.
|
Loss
mit removal date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
date that the mortgagor is denied loss mitigation alternatives
or the date
that the loss mitigation alternative is completed resulting in
a current
or liquidated loan.
|
Loss
mit type
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
L=
Loss Mitigation
NP=Pending
non-performing sale
DI=
Deed in lieu
MO=Modification
SH=Short
sale
|
LT=Litigation
pending
CH=
Charge off
FB=
Forbearance plan
PC=Partial
claim
VA=VA
refunding
|
The
defined loss mitigation alternative identified on the loss mit
approval
date.
|
Loss
mit value
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Value
obtained typically from a BPO prior to foreclosure sale intended
to aid in
the completion of loss mitigation activity.
|
Loss
mit value date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Name
of vendor or management company that provided the loss mitigation
valuation amount.
|
Loss
mit value source
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
BPO=
Broker's Price Opinion
|
Appraisal=Appraisal
|
Date
that the loss mitigation valuation amount was completed by vendor
or
property management company.
|
MI
certificate number
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
|
|
A
number that is assigned individually to the loan by the PMI company
at the
time of origination. Similar to the VA LGC/FHA Case Number in purpose.
|
LPMI
Cost
|
NUMBER(7,7)
|
|
|
The
current premium paid to the PMI company for Lender Paid Mortgage
Insurance.
|
Occupancy
status
|
VARCHAR2(1)
|
O=Owner
occupied
U=Unknown
|
T=Tenant
occupied
V=Vacant
|
The
most recent status of the property regarding who if anyone is occupying
the property. Typically a result of a routine property
inspection.
|
First
Vacancy date/ Occupancy status date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
date that the most recent occupancy status was determined. Typically
the
date of the most recent property inspection.
|
Original
loan amount
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Amount
of the contractual obligations (i.e.: note and mortgage/deed of
trust).
|
D-2-4
Original
value amount
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Appraised
value of property as of origination typically determined through
the
appraisal process.
|
Origination
date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Date
that the contractual obligations (i.e.: note and mortgage/deed
of trust)
of the mortgagor was executed.
|
FHA
Part B funds received date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that funds were received from HUD as a result of transmitting
the
27011B claim.
|
Post
petition due date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
post petition due date of a loan involved in a chapter 13
bankruptcy.
|
Property
condition
|
VARCHAR2(2)
|
1=
Excellent
3=Average
5=Poor
|
2=Good
4=Fair
6=Very
poor
|
Physical
condition of the property as most recently reported to the servicer
by
vendor or property management company.
|
Property
type
|
VARCHAR2(2)
3=Condo
6=Prefabricated
7=Mobile
home
A=Church
O=Co-op
CT=Condotel
|
1=Single
family
4=Multifamily
B=Commercial
U=Unknown
P=PUD
M=Manufactured
housing
MU=Mixed
use
|
2=Town
house
5=Other
C=Land
only
D=Farm
R=Row
house
24=
2-4 family
|
Type
of property secured by mortgage such as: single family, 2-4 unit,
etc.
|
Reason
for default
|
VARCHAR2(3)
|
001=Death
of principal mtgr
003=Illness
of mtgr's family member
004=Death
of mtgr's family member
006=Curtailment
of income
008=Abandonment
of property
011=Property
problem
013=Inability
to rent property
015=Other
017=Business
failure
022=Energy-Environment
costs
026=
Payment adjustment
029=Transfer
ownership pending
031=Unable
to contact borrower
|
002=Illness
of principal mtgr
005=Marital
difficulties
007=Excessive
obligations
009=Distant
employee transfer
012=Inability
to sell property
014=Military
service
016=Unemployment
019=Casualty
loss
023=
Servicing problems
027=Payment
dispute
030=Fraud
INC=Incarceration
|
Cause
of delinquency as identified by mortgagor.
|
REO
repaired value
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
The
projected value of the property that is adjusted from the "as is"
value
assuming necessary repairs have been made to the property as determined
by
the vendor/property management
company.
|
D-2-5
REO
list price adjustment amount
|
NUMBER(15,2)
|
|
|
The
most recent listing/pricing amount as updated by the servicer for
REO
properties.
|
REO
list price adjustment date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
most recent date that the servicer advised the agent to make an
adjustment
to the REO listing price.
|
REO
value (as is)
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
The
value of the property without making any repairs as determined
by the
vendor/property management company.
|
REO
actual closing date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
actual date that the sale of the REO property closed
escrow.
|
REO
flag
|
VARCHAR2(7)
|
Y=Active
REO
|
N=No
active REO
|
Servicer
defined indicator that identifies that the property is now Real
Estate
Owned.
|
REO
original list date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
initial/first date that the property was listed with an agent as
an
REO.
|
REO
original list price
|
NUMBER(15,2)
|
|
|
The
initial/first price that was used to list the property with an
agent as an
REO.
|
REO
net sales proceeds
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
The
actual REO sales price less closing costs paid. The net sales proceeds
are
identified within the HUD1 settlement statement.
|
REO
sales price
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Actual
sales price agreed upon by both the purchaser and servicer as documented
on the HUD1 settlement statement.
|
REO
scheduled close date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
date that the sale of the REO property is scheduled to close
escrow.
|
REO
value date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Date
that the vendor or management company completed the valuation of
the
property resulting in the REO value (as is).
|
REO
value source
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
BPO=
Broker's Price Opinion
|
Appraisal=Appraisal
|
Name
of vendor or management company that provided the REO value (as
is).
|
Repay
first due date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
due date of the first scheduled payment due under a forbearance
or
repayment plan agreed to by both the mortgagor and
servicer.
|
D-2-6
Repay
next due date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
due date of the next outstanding payment due under a forbearance
or
repayment plan agreed to by both the mortgagor and servicer.
|
Repay
plan broken/reinstated/closed date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
servicer defined date upon which the servicer considers that the
plan is
no longer in effect as a result of plan completion or mortgagor's
failure
to remit payments as scheduled.
|
Repay
plan created date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
date that both the mortgagor and servicer agree to the terms of
a
forbearance or repayment plan.
|
SBO
loan number
|
NUMBER(9)
|
|
|
Individual
number that uniquely identifies loan as defined by Aurora Master
Servicing.
|
Escrow
balance/advance balance
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
The
positive or negative account balance that is dedicated to payment
of
hazard insurance, property taxes, MI, etc. (escrow items
only).
|
Title
approval letter received date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
actual date that the title approval was received as set forth in
the HUD
title approval letter.
|
Title
package HUD/VA date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
actual date that the title package was submitted to either HUD
or
VA.
|
VA
claim funds received date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
actual date that funds were received by the servicer from the VA
for the
expense claim submitted by the servicer.
|
VA
claim submitted date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
actual date that the expense claim was submitted by the servicer
to the
VA.
|
VA
first funds received amount
|
NUMBER(15,2)
|
|
|
The
amount of funds received by the servicer from VA as a result of
the
specified bid.
|
VA
first funds received date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
The
date that the funds from the specified bid were received by the
servicer
from the VA.
|
VA
XXX submitted date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
|
|
Actual
date that the Notice of Election to Convey was submitted to the
VA.
|
Zip
Code
|
VARCHAR2(5)
|
|
|
U.S.
postal zip code that corresponds to property
location.
|
D-2-7
FNMA
Delinquency status code
|
VARCHAR2(3)
24=Drug
seizure
28=Modification
31=Probate
44=Deed-in-lieu
62=VA
no-bid
65=Ch.
7 bankruptcy
|
09=Forbearance
26=Refinance
29=Charge-off
32=Military
indulgence
49=Assignment
63=VA
Refund
66=Ch.
11 bankruptcy
|
17=Preforeclosure
sale
27=Assumption
30=Third-party
sale
43=Foreclosure
61=Second
lien considerations
64=VA
Buydown
67=Ch.
13 bankruptcy
|
The
code that is electronically reported to FNMA by the servicer that
reflects
the current defaulted status of a loan (i.e.: 65, 67, 43 or
44).
|
FNMA
delinquency reason code
|
VARCHAR2(3)
|
001=Death
of principal mtgr
003=Illness
of mtgr's family member
005=Marital
difficulties
007=Excessive
obligations
009=Distant
employee transfer
012=Inability
to sell property
014=Military
service
016=Unemployment
019=Casualty
loss
023=
Servicing problems
027=Payment
dispute
030=Fraud
INC=Incarceration
|
002=Illness
of principal mtgr
004=Death
of mtgr's family member
006=Curtailment
of income
008=Abandonment
of property
011=Property
problem
013=Inability
to rent property
015=Other
017=Business
failure
022=Energy-Environment
costs
026=
Payment adjustment
029=Transfer
ownership pending
031=Unable
to contact borrower
|
The
code that is electronically reported to FNMA by the servicer that
describes the circumstance that appears to be the primary contributing
factor to the delinquency.
|
Suspense
balance
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Money
submitted to the servicer, credited to the mortgagor's account
but not
allocated to principal, interest, escrow, etc.
|
Restricted
escrow balance
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
|
|
Money
held in escrow by the mortgage company through completion of repairs
to
property.
|
Investor
number
|
NUMBER
(10,2)
|
|
|
Unique
number assigned to a group of loans in the servicing system.
|
X-0-0
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF
LOAN LOSS REPORT
Final
Report Field Heading
|
Definition
|
Format
|
Servicer
Cut Off Date
|
Reporting
cycle cut off date
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Servicer
Loan Number
|
Individual
number that uniquely identifies loan as defined by
servicer.
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
Investor
Loan Number
|
Individual
number that uniquely identifies loan as defined by Aurora Master
Servicing.
|
NUMBER(9)
|
Servicer
Customer Number
|
Unique
number assigned to each servicer
|
NUMBER(3)
|
Investor
ID
|
Unique
number assigned to a group of loans in the servicing system.
|
NUMBER
(10,2)
|
Resolution
Type
|
Description
of the process to resolve the delinquency. Ex. Foreclosure, Short
Sale,
Third Party Sale, Deed In Lieu, etc.
|
VARCHAR2(15)
|
Resolution
Date
|
Date
the process described in Resolution Type was completed.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Liquidation
Date
|
Date
the loan was liquidated on the servicers servicing system.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
REO
Sale Date
|
Actual
date that the sale of the REO property closed escrow.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Title
Date
|
Date
clear title was recorded.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
MI
Percent
|
Percent
of coverage provided by the PMI company in the event of loss on a
defaulted loan.
|
NUMBER(6,5)
|
First
Legal Date
|
Actual
date that foreclosure counsel filed the first legal action as defined
by
state statute.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Bankruptcy
1 Filing Date
|
Actual
date the bankruptcy petition is filed with the court.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Bankruptcy
1 Relief Date
|
Actual
date the Discharge, Dismissal or Relief Order is entered in the bankruptcy
docket.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Bankruptcy
2 Filing Date
|
Actual
date the bankruptcy petition is filed with the court.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
Bankruptcy
2 Relief Date
|
Actual
date the Discharge, Dismissal or Relief Order is entered in the bankruptcy
docket.
|
DATE(MM/DD/YYYY)
|
D-3-1
Foreclosure
Fees
|
Amount
paid to the Foreclosure Attorney for performing his
service.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Foreclosure
Costs
|
Amount
incurred as part of the foreclosure process.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Bankruptcy
Costs
|
Amount
incurred related to a bankruptcy filing involving the borrower or
subject
property.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Eviction
Costs
|
Amount
incurred related to the eviction process.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Appraisal
Costs
|
Amount
incurred to acquire a value for the subject property.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Preservation
Costs
|
Amount
incurred to preserve and secure the property.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Utility
Costs
|
Amount
incurred for utilities at the property.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
HOA
Costs
|
Amount
paid to the Home Owners Association to maintain the property
dues.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Other
Costs
|
Amount
of Miscellaneous Expenses incurred during the default
process.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Interest
on Advances
|
Interest
paid by HUD/VA or MI on the amounts advanced related to the liquidation
of
the property.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Hazard
Refunds
|
Amount
of refunds of Hazard Premiums paid.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Real
Estate Taxes
|
Amount
of any taxes paid during the default process.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Hazard
Premiums
|
Amount
paid for Hazard Insurance on the property held as collateral for
the
mortgage.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
MI
Premiums
|
Amount
paid for Mortgage Insurance related to the mortgage loan.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Other
Escrow
|
Miscellaneous
Expenses incurred from the escrow account during the default
process.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Sales
Proceeds
|
Funds
received in connection with the sale of the property held as collateral
for the mortgage loan (Positive Number).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Initial
Claim Proceeds
|
Funds
received in connection with the conveyance of the property to the
insuring
agency (Positive Number).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Final
Claim Proceeds
|
Claim
funds received from the insuring agency (HUD/VA).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
D-3-2
Other
Proceeds
|
Miscellaneous
funds received in connection with the property held as collateral
for the
mortgage loan (Positive Number).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Escrow
Balance
|
Any
positive balance remaining in the escrow account.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Replacement
Reserve Bal
|
Amount
of funds held in the Replacement Reserve account (Positive
Number).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Restricted
Escrow Bal
|
Amount
of funds held in the Restricted Escrow account.
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Suspense
Balance
|
Amount
of funds held in the Suspense account (Positive Number).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
Servicer
Retained Loss
|
The
total amount of the Gross Final Actual (Loss)/Gain the servicer will
take,
due to Interest/Expense Curtailments by HUD/VA (This would include
Advances not claimed to HUD/VA or MI due to servicer error) (Positive
Number).
|
NUMBER(10,2)
|
D-3-3
EXHIBIT
E
SASCO
2007-BC2 TRUST AGREEMENT
Exhibit
E-1
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: |
The
Securitization Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007 (the
“Agreement”), by and among HomEq Servicing (the “Servicer”), Xxxxxx
Brothers Holdings Inc., as seller (the “Seller”), Aurora Loan Services
LLC, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”), and acknowledged by U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
|
I,
[identify the certifying individual], the [title] of the Servicer, certify
to
the Trustee, the Master Servicer and Structured Asset Securities Corporation
(the “Depositor”), and their officers, with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:
(1) The
Company has reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer 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 Servicer
during 200[ ] that were delivered by the Servicer to any of the Depositor,
the
Master Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the
“Company Servicing Information”);
(2) Based
on
the Company’s 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
the Company’s knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be
provided by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee;
(4) Based
on
the Company’s 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 Servicer has fulfilled
its
obligations under the Agreement in all material respects; and
(5) The
Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to the
Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to
be
provided by the Servicer and by any Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant to
the
Agreement, have been provided to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee.
Exhibit
F-1
Any
material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee. Any material instance of noncompliance with the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Date: _________________________
BARCLAYS
CAPITAL REAL ESTATE INC.
D/B/A
HOMEQ SERVICING
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
F-2
EXHIBIT
G
XXXXXX
MAE GUIDE NO. 95-19
Reference
m Selling:This
announcement amends the guide(s) indicated.
o Servicing:Please
keep it for reference until we issue a formal change.
Subject |
“Full-File”
Reporting to Credit Repositories
|
Part
IV,
Section 107, of the servicing Guide currently requires servicers to report
only
90-day delinquencies to the four major credit repositories. To ensure that
the
repositories have up-to-date information for both servicing and origination
activity, we have decided to begin requiring -- as of the month ending March
31,
1996 -- servicers to provide the credit repositories a “full-file” status report
for the mortgages they service for us.
“Full-file”
reporting requires that servicers submit a monthly report to each of the credit
repositories to describe the exact status for each mortgage they service for
us.
The status reported generally should be the one in effect as of the last
business day of each month. Servicers may, however, use a slightly later cut-off
date -- for example, at the and of the first week of a month -- to assure that
payment corrections, returned checks, and other adjustments related to the
previous month’s activity can be appropriately reflected in their report for
that month. Statuses that must be reported for any given mortgage include the
following: new origination, current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed, and charged-off. (The credit repositories will provide the
applicable codes for reporting these statuses to them.) A listing of each of
the
major repositories to which “full-file” status reports must be sent is
attached.
Servicers
are responsible for the complete and accurate reporting of mortgage status
information to the repositories and for resolving any disputes that arise about
the information they report. Servicers must respond promptly to any inquiries
from borrowers regarding specific mortgage status information about them that
was reported to the credit repositories.
Servicers
should contact their Customer Account Team in their lead Xxxxxx Xxx regional
office if they have any questions about this expanded reporting
requirement.
Xxxxxx
X.
Engeletad
Senior
Vice President - Mortgage and Lender Standards
11/20/95 |
Exhibit
G-1
XXXXXX
XXX GUIDE 95-19
ATTACHMENT
1
ANNOUNCEMENT
Major
Credit Repositories
A
“full-file” status report for each mortgage serviced for Xxxxxx Mae must be sent
to the following repositories each month (beginning with the month ending March
31, 1996):
Company | Telephone Number | |
Consumer Credit Associates, Inc. | Call (000) 000-0000, either extension 000 | |
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | 150, 101, or 112, for all inquiries. | |
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000 | ||
Equifax | Members that have an account number may call their local sales representative for all inquiries; lenders that need to set up an account should call (000) 000-0000 and select the customer assistance option. | |
TRW Information Systems & Services | Call (000) 000-0000 for all inquiries, | |
000 XXX Xxxxxxx | current members should select option 3; | |
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | lenders that need to set up an account should select Option 4. | |
Trans Union Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
|
Call (000) 000-0000 to get the name of
the local bureau to contact about
setting up an account or obtaining other
information.
|
11/20/95 |
Exhibit
G-2
EXHIBIT
H
[RESERVED]
H-1
EXHIBIT
I
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN REPORT ON
ASSESSMENT
OF COMPLIANCE
The
Servicer shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as
“Applicable Servicing Criteria”, as identified by a xxxx in the column titled
“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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
|
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.
|
X
|
1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
I-1
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
|
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
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X
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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.
|
X
|
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Pool
Asset Administration
|
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1122(d)(4)(i)
|
Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
|
X
|
1122(d)(4)(ii)
|
Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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).
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
I-2
Servicing
Criteria
|
Applicable
Servicing Criteria
|
|
Reference
|
Criteria
|
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
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.
|
X
|
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
|
Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
|
X
|
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.
|
I-3
EXHIBIT
J
TRANSACTION
PARTIES
Trustee | U.S. Bank National Association | |
Master Servicer | Aurora Loan Services LLC | |
Credit Risk Manager | OfficeTiger Global Real Estate Services Inc. | |
Interest Rate Swap Counterparty | Xxxxxx Brothers Special Financing Inc. | |
Interest Rate Cap Counterparty | Xxxxxx Brothers Special Financing Inc. | |
Servicer(s)
|
Aurora
Loan Services LLC, HomEq Servicing and Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A.
|
|
Originator(s)
|
Equifirst
Corporation and Xxxxxx Brothers Bank, FSB
|
|
Custodian(s)
|
LaSalle
Bank National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and U.S. Bank National
Association
|
|
Seller | Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc. | |
Depostior | Structured Asset Securities Corporation |
J-1
EXHIBIT
K
FORM
OF
ANNUAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
Via
Overnight Delivery
[DATE]
To:
Aurora
Loan Services LLC
00000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
(SASCO
2007-BC2)
RE:
|
Annual
officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.05 of that certain
securitization servicing agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007
(the
“Agreement”), by and among Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc., HomEq Servicing,
as servicer (the “Servicer”) and Aurora Loan Services LLC, as master
servicer, and acknowledged by U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee,
relating to the issuance of the Structured Asset Securities Corporation
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2007-BC2
|
[_______],
the undersigned, a duly authorized [_______] of [the Servicer][Name of
Subservicer], does hereby certify the following for the [calendar year][identify
other period] ending on December 31, 20[__]:
1.
|
A
review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
calendar
year (or portion thereof) and of its performance under the Agreement
for
such period has been made under my
supervision.
|
2.
|
To
the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer
has fulfilled
all of its obligations under the Agreement in all material
respects
throughout such year (or applicable portion thereof), or, if
there has
been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material
respect, I
have specifically identified to the Master Servicer, the Depositor
and the
Trustee each such failure known to me and the nature and status
thereof,
including the steps being taken by the Servicer to remedy such
default.
|
Certified
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit
K-1