SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN FLOW PURCHASE, SALE & SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 2006 between GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, Purchaser and PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION (formerly known as CENDANT MORTGAGE CORPORATION) and BISHOP’S...
EXECUTION
COPY
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MORTGAGE
LOAN FLOW PURCHASE, SALE & SERVICING AGREEMENT
dated
as
of May 1, 2006
between
XXXXXXX
XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY, Purchaser
and
PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION
(formerly
known as CENDANT
MORTGAGE CORPORATION) and
XXXXXX’X
GATE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST
(formerly
known as CENDANT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST)
Sellers
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Defined
Terms
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2
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ARTICLE
II
SALE
AND CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS
AND
RECORDS; DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
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Section
2.01
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Sale
and Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
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19
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Section
2.02
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Possession
of Mortgage Files
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20
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Section
2.03
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Books
and Records
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20
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Section
2.04
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Defective
Documents; Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents
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20
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Section
2.05
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Transfer
of Mortgage Loans
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22
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLER; REPURCHASE AND SUBSTITUTION;
REVIEW OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section
3.01
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Representations
and Warranties of each Seller
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23
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Section
3.02
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Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer
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26
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Section
3.03
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Representations
and Warranties as to Individual Mortgage Loans
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27
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Section
3.04
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Repurchase
and Substitution
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40
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Section
3.05
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Certain
Covenants of each Seller and the Servicer
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42
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
FUNDING
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Section
4.01
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Representations
and Warranties
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42
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Section
4.02
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Conditions
Precedent to Closing
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45
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ARTICLE
V
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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Section
5.01
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PHH
Mortgage to Act as Servicer; Servicing Standards; Additional Documents;
Consent of the Purchaser
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45
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Section
5.02
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Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments
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47
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Section
5.03
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Reports
for Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and Foreclosure
Sales
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48
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Section
5.04
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Establishment
of Collection Account; Deposits in Collection Account
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48
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Section
5.05
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Permitted
Withdrawals from the Collection Account
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49
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Section
5.06
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Establishment
of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow
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50
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Section
5.07
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Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Accounts
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51
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Section
5.08
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Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Maintenance of Primary Insurance
Policies; Collections Thereunder
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51
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Section
5.09
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Transfer
of Accounts
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53
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Section
5.10
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Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance
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53
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Section
5.11
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Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy
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54
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Section
5.12
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Fidelity
Bond; Errors and Omissions Insurance
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55
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Section
5.13
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Management
of REO Properties
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55
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Section
5.14
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Sale
of Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
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57
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Section
5.15
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Realization
Upon Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
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57
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Section
5.16
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Investment
of Funds in the Collection Account
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60
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Section
5.17
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MERS
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60
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Section
5.18
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Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loans,
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61
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Section
5.19
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Establishment
of and Deposits to Buydown Account
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65
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ARTICLE
VI
REPORTS;
REMITTANCES; ADVANCES
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Section
6.01
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Remittances
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66
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Section
6.02
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Reporting
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67
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Section
6.03
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Monthly
Advances by the Servicer
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67
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Section
6.04
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Non-recoverable
Advances
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67
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Section
6.05
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Itemization
of Servicing Advances
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67
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Section
6.06
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Officer’s
Certificate
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68
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Section
6.07
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Compliance
with REMIC Provisions
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68
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ARTICLE
VII
GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURE
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Section
7.01
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Enforcement
of Due-on-Sale Clauses, Assumption Agreements
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68
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Section
7.02
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Satisfaction
of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files
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69
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Section
7.03
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Servicing
Compensation
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70
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Section
7.04
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance
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70
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Section
7.05
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Annual
Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing Report
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70
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Section
7.06
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Purchaser’s
Right to Examine Servicer Records
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70
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Section
7.07
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Annual
Certification
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70
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ARTICLE
VIII
REPORTS
TO BE PREPARED BY THE SERVICER
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Section
8.01
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The
Servicer’s Reporting Requirements
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71
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Section
8.02
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Financial
Statements
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71
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ARTICLE
IX
THE
SELLERS
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Section
9.01
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Indemnification;
Third Party Claims
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72
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Section
9.02
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Merger
or Consolidation of the Seller
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72
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Section
9.03
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Limitation
on Liability of the Sellers and Others
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73
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Section
9.04
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Servicer
Not to Resign
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73
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ARTICLE
X
DEFAULT
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Section
10.01
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Events
of Default
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74
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ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
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Section
11.01
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Term
and Termination
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75
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Section
11.02
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Survival
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76
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ARTICLE
XII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Section
12.01
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Successor
to the Servicer
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76
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Section
12.02
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Governing
Law
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77
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Section
12.03
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Notices
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77
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Section
12.04
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Severability
of Provisions
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77
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Section
12.05
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Schedules
and Exhibits
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77
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Section
12.06
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General
Interpretive Principles
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77
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Section
12.07
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Waivers
and Amendments, Noncontractual Remedies; Preservation of
Remedies
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78
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Section
12.08
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Captions
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78
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Section
12.09
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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78
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Section
12.10
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Entire
Agreement; Amendment
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78
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Section
12.11
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Further
Assurances
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79
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Section
12.12
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Intention
of the Seller
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79
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ARTICLE
XIII
COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION AB
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Section
13.01
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Intent
of the Parties; Reasonableness
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80
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Section
13.02
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Additional
Representations and Warranties of the Sellers and the
Servicer
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80
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Section
13.03
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Information
to Be Provided by each Seller or the Servicer
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81
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Section
13.04
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Servicer
Compliance Statement
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86
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Section
13.05
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Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
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86
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Section
13.06
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Use
of Subservicers and Subcontractors
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87
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Section
13.07
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Indemnification;
Remedies
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88
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Schedules
A.
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Mortgage
Loan Schedule
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B.
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Content
of Mortgage File
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B-1
Collateral File
B-2
Credit Documents
C.
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PHH
Guidelines and Restrictions
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Exhibits
Exhibit
2.05
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Form
of Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement
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Exhibit
5.03(a)
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Report
P-4DL
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Exhibit
5.03(b)
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Report
S-5L2
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Exhibit
5.03(c)
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Form
of Notice of Foreclosure
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Exhibit
5.04-1
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Form
of Collection Account Certification
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Exhibit
5.04-2
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Form
of Collection Account Letter
Agreement
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Exhibit
5.06-1
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Form
of Escrow Account Certification
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Exhibit
5.06-2
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Form
of Escrow Account Letter Agreement
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Exhibit
6.02(a)
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Report
P-139 -- Monthly Statement of Mortgage
Accounts
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Exhibit
6.02(b)
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Report
S-50Y -- Private Pool Detail Report
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Exhibit
6.02(c)
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Report
S-213 -- Summary of Curtailments Made Remittance
Report
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Exhibit
6.02(d)
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Report
S-214 -- Summary of Paid in Full Remittance
Report
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Exhibit
6.02(e)
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Report
S-215 -- Consolidation of Remittance
Report
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Exhibit
6.02(f)
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Report
T-62C -- Monthly Accounting Report
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Exhibit
6.02(g)
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Report
T-62E -- Liquidation Report
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Exhibit
8.01
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Report
P-195 Delinquency Report
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Exhibit
9
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Form
of Officer’s Certificate
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Exhibit
10
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Form
of Warranty Xxxx of Sale
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Exhibit
11
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[RESERVED]
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Exhibit
12
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Form
of Annual Certification
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Exhibit
13
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Servicing
Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of
Compliance
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE LOAN FLOW PURCHASE, SALE & SERVICING
AGREEMENT
This
Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, is entered into between Xxxxxxx Sachs
Mortgage Company, as the Purchaser (“Purchaser”),
PHH
Mortgage Corporation (formerly known as Cendant Mortgage Corporation)
(“PHH
Mortgage”)
and
Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential
Mortgage Trust) (the “Trust,”
together with PHH Mortgage, the “Sellers”
and
individually, each a “Seller”),
as
the Sellers.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
1. PHH
Mortgage is engaged in the business, inter alia,
of
making loans to individuals, the repayment of which is secured by a first lien
mortgage on such individuals’ residences (each, a “Mortgage
Loan”).
The
Trust is engaged in the business of purchasing such Mortgage Loans from PHH
Mortgage and selling same to investors.
2. Purchaser
is engaged in the business, inter alia,
of
purchasing Mortgage Loans for its own account.
3. PHH
Mortgage has established certain terms, conditions and loan programs, as
described in PHH Mortgage’s Program and Underwriting Guidelines (the
“PHH
Guide”)
and
Purchaser is willing to purchase Mortgage Loans that comply with the terms
of
such terms, conditions and loan programs. The applicable provisions of the
PHH
Guide are attached hereto as Schedule C.
4. Purchaser
and Sellers are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Master Mortgage
Loan Purchase, Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005,
as amended (the “Original
Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which PHH Mortgage will make Mortgage Loans which meet the
applicable provisions of the PHH Guide, and Purchaser will, on a regular basis,
purchase such Mortgage Loans from PHH Mortgage or the Trust, as applicable,
provided the parties agree on the price, date and other conditions or
considerations as set forth in the Original Purchase Agreement.
5. At
the
present time, Purchaser and Sellers desire to amend the Original Purchase
Agreement to make certain modifications as set forth herein, and upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser and the Sellers this
Agreement shall supercede the Original Purchase Agreement and supplant the
Original Purchase Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth,
the
Purchaser and the Sellers agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Defined
Terms.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have
the
following meaning specified in this Article:
“Acceptance
of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement”:
The
specific agreement creating a first lien on and pledge of the Cooperative Shares
and the appurtenant Proprietary Lease securing a Cooperative Loan.
“Affiliate”:
When
used with reference to a specified Person, any Person that (i) directly or
indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the
specified Person, (ii) is an officer of, partner in or trustee of, or
serves in a similar capacity with respect to, the specified person or of which
the specified Person is an officer, partner or trustee, or with respect to
which
the specified Person serves in a similar capacity, or (iii) directly or
indirectly is the beneficial owner of 10% or more of any class of equity
securities of the specified Person or of which the specified person is directly
or indirectly the owner of 10% or more of any class of equity
securities.
“Agreement”:
This
Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing
Agreement between the Purchaser and the Sellers.
“ALTA”:
The
American Land Title Association.
“Appraised
Value”:
With
respect to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of: (i) the value thereof as
determined by an appraisal or a PHH approved AVM made for the originator of
the
Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan by an appraiser
who met the minimum requirements of Xxxxxx
Xxx
and
Xxxxxxx
Mac;
or
(ii) the purchase price paid for the related Mortgaged Property by the
Mortgagor with the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan; provided
that, in
the case of a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value of the Mortgaged Property
shall be based solely upon the value determined by an appraisal made for the
originator of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of such
Refinanced Mortgage Loan by an appraiser who met the minimum requirements of
Xxxxxx
Mae
and
Xxxxxxx
Mac.
“ARM
Loan”:
An
“adjustable rate” Mortgage Loan, the Note Rate of which is subject to periodic
adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note.
“Assignment”:
An
individual assignment of a 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 of record the sale or transfer
of the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser or, in the case of a MERS Mortgage Loan,
an electronic transmission to MERS, identifying a transfer of ownership of
the
related Mortgage to the Purchaser or its designee.
“Assignment
of Proprietary Lease”:
With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Proprietary Lease sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative Unit is
located to reflect the assignment of such Proprietary Lease.
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“Assignment
of Recognition Agreement”:
With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Recognition Agreement
sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative
Unit is located to reflect the assignment of such Recognition
Agreement.
“AVM”:
Shall
mean an electronic appraisal document used in lieu of a standard appraisal
form
in accordance with the PHH Guide.
“Bankruptcy
Code”:
The
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330), as amended,
modified, or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute, and
all
rules and regulations issued or promulgated in connection
therewith.
“Business
Day”:
Any
day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which the Federal
Reserve is closed.
“Buydown
Account”:
An
account maintained by the Servicer specifically to hold all Buydown Funds to
be
applied to individual Buydown Loans.
“Buydown
Agreement”:
An
agreement between any Seller and a Mortgagor, or an agreement among any Seller,
a Mortgagor and a seller of a Mortgaged Property or a third party with respect
to a Mortgage Loan which provides for the application of Buydown
Funds.
“Buydown
Funds”:
In
respect of any Buydown Mortgage Loan, any amount contributed by the seller
of a
Mortgaged Property subject to a Buydown Mortgage Loan, the buyer of such
property, any Seller or any other source, plus interest earned thereon, in
order
to enable the Mortgagor to reduce the payments required to be made from the
mortgagor’s funds in the early years of a Mortgage Loan.
“Buydown
Mortgage Loan”:
Any
Mortgage Loan in respect of which, pursuant to a Buydown Agreement, (i) the
Mortgagor pays less than the full monthly payments specified in the Mortgage
Note for a specified period, and (ii) the difference between the payments
required under such Buydown Agreement and the Mortgage Note is provided from
Buydown Funds.
“Buydown
Period”:
The
period of time when a Buydown Agreement is in effect with respect to a related
Buydown Mortgage Loan.
“Code”:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or any successor statute thereto,
and
applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant
thereto.
“Collection
Account”:
The
separate trust account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to
Section
5.04
which
shall be entitled “PHH
Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer and custodian for the Purchaser of Mortgage Loans
under
the Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing Agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2004.” The Collection Account shall be an Eligible
Account.
“Commission”:
The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Condemnation
Proceeds”:
All
awards or settlements in respect of a taking of an entire Mortgaged Property
or
a part thereof 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 File.
“Consent”:
A
document executed by the Cooperative Corporation (i) consenting to the sale
of
the Cooperative Unit to the Mortgagor and (ii) certifying that all maintenance
charges relating to the Cooperative Unit have been paid.
“Control
Agreement”:
With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Pledged Collateral Account
Control Agreement between the guarantor or mortgagor, as applicable, and the
related Pledged Asset Servicer, pursuant to which the guarantor or mortgagor,
as
applicable, has granted security interest in a Securities Account.
“Cooperative
Corporation”:
With
respect to any Cooperative Loan, the cooperative apartment corporation that
holds legal title to the related Cooperative Project and grants occupancy rights
to units therein to stockholders through Proprietary Leases or similar
arrangements.
“Cooperative
Lien Search”:
A
search for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics’ liens, lis pendens, judgments of
record or otherwise against (i) the Cooperative Corporation and (ii) the seller
of the Cooperative Unit, (b) filings of Financing Statements and (c) the deed
of
the Cooperative Project into the Cooperative Corporation.
“Cooperative
Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan that is secured by a first lien on and a perfected security
interest in Cooperative Shares and the related Proprietary Lease granting
exclusive rights to occupy the related Cooperative Unit in the building owned
by
the related Cooperative Corporation.
“Cooperative
Project”:
With
respect to any Cooperative Loan, all real property and improvements thereto
and
rights therein and thereto owned by a Cooperative Corporation including without
limitation the land, separate dwelling units and all common
elements.
“Cooperative
Shares”:
With
respect to any Cooperative Loan, the shares of stock issued by a Cooperative
Corporation and allocated to a Cooperative Unit and represented by a stock
certificates.
“Cooperative
Unit”:
With
respect to any Cooperative Loan, a specific unit in a Cooperative
Project.
“Covered
Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan categorized as Covered pursuant to Appendix E of Standard &
Poor’s Glossary.
“Credit
Documents”:
Those
documents, comprising part of the Mortgage File, required of the Mortgagor,
as
described in Section
2
(Specific Loan Program Guidelines) of the PHH
Guide.
The Credit Documents are specified on Schedule
B-2
hereto.
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“Cut-off
Date”:
The
first day of the month in which the respective Funding Date occurs.
“Deemed
Material Breach Representation”:
Each
representation and warranty identified as such in Section
3.03.
“Defective
Mortgage Loan”:
As
defined in Section
3.04.
“Deleted
Mortgage Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan.
“Depositor”:
The
depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any
Securitization Transaction.
“Determination
Date”:
The
16th day of each calendar month, commencing on the 16th
day of
the month following the Funding Date, or, if such 16th day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 16th day.
“Due
Date”:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the day of the month on which each Monthly Payment
is due thereon, exclusive of any grace period.
“Due
Period”:
With
respect to each Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day of
the
month immediately preceding the month of such Remittance Date and ending on
the
first day of the month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
“Eligible
Account”:
One or
more accounts (i) that are maintained with a depository institution the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of which have been rated by each Rating
Agency in one of its two highest rating categories at the time of any deposit
therein, (ii) that are trust accounts with any depository institution held
by the depository institution in its capacity as a corporate trustee the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of which have been rated by each Rating
Agency in one of its two highest rating categories at the time of any deposit
therein, or (iii) maintained with a depository institution the long-term
unsecured debt obligations of which have been rated by each Rating Agency in
one
of its two highest rating categories at the time of any deposit therein and
the
deposits in which are insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by the
FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which are otherwise secured such that the
Purchaser has a claim with respect to the funds in such accounts or a perfected
first security interest against any collateral securing such funds that is
superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository
institution with which such accounts are maintained. In the event that the
Mortgage Loans are subject to a securitization, the Servicer agrees that the
definition of Eligible Account shall satisfy the rating requirements established
by the rating agency or rating agencies that rate any of the securities issued
as part of such securitization.
“Environmental
Assessment”:
A
“Phase I” environmental assessment of a Mortgaged Property prepared by an
Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental assessments and who
has
any necessary license(s) required by applicable law and has five years
experience in conducting environmental assessments.
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“Environmental
Conditions Precedent to Foreclosure”:
As
defined in Section 5.15.
“Environmental
Laws”:
All
federal, state, and local statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees or other governmental restrictions relating to the
environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants
or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment,
including ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants or industrial,
toxic
or hazardous substances or wastes or the cleanup or other remediation
thereof.
“Escrow
Account”:
The
separate trust account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to
Section
5.06
which
shall be entitled “PHH
Mortgage
Corporation, as servicer and custodian for the Purchaser under the Second
Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 (as amended), and various mortgagors.” The
Escrow Account shall be an Eligible Account.
“Escrow
Payments”:
The
amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, mortgage
insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums and other payments
required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to any
Mortgage Loan.
“Estoppel
Letter”:
A
document executed by the Cooperative Corporation certifying, with respect to
a
Cooperative Unit, (i) the appurtenant Proprietary Lease will be in full force
and effect as of the date of issuance thereof, (ii) the related Stock
Certificate was registered in the Mortgagor’s name and the Cooperative
Corporation has not been notified of any lien upon, pledge of, levy of execution
on or disposition of such Stock Certificate, and (iii) the Mortgagor is not
in default under the appurtenant Proprietary Lease and all charges due the
Cooperative Corporation have been paid.
“Event
of Default”:
Any
one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 10.01.
“Exchange
Act”:
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fair
Credit Reporting Act”:
The
Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, as amended.
“Xxxxxx
Xxx”:
Xxxxxx
Xxx, f/k/a the Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
organization.
“Xxxxxx
Mae Guide”:
The
Xxxxxx Xxx Selling Guide and the Servicing Guide, collectively, in effect on
and
after the Funding Date.
“FDIC”:
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
organization.
“Fidelity
Bond”:
A
fidelity bond to be maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.12.
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“Financing
Statement”:
A
financing statement in the form of a UCC-1 filed pursuant to the Uniform
Commercial Code to perfect a security interest in the Cooperative Shares and
Pledge Instruments.
“Financing
Statement Change”:
A
financing statement in the form of a UCC-3 filed to continue, terminate,
release, assign or amend an existing Financing Statement.
“Xxxxxxx
Mac”:
Xxxxxxx Mac, f/k/a the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor
organization.
“Xxxxxxx
Mac Servicing Guide”:
The
Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx’ and Servicers’ Guide in effect on and after the Funding
Date.
“Funding
Date”:
Each
date that Purchaser purchases Mortgage Loans from the Sellers
hereunder.
“Gross
Margin”:
With
respect to each ARM Loan, the fixed percentage added to the Index on each Rate
Adjustment Date, as specified in each related Mortgage Note and listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Home
Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan categorized as Home Loan pursuant to Appendix E of Standard &
Poor’s Glossary.
“Independent”:
With
respect to any specified Person, such Person who: (i) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the applicable
Mortgagor, the Sellers, the Purchaser, or their Affiliates; and (b) is not
connected with the applicable Mortgagor, the Sellers, the Purchaser, or their
respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
member, partner, shareholder, director, or Person performing similar
functions.
“Index”:
With
respect to each ARM Loan, on each Rate Adjustment Date, the applicable rate
index set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which shall be an index described
on such Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Insolvency
Proceeding”:
With
respect to any Person: (i) any case, action, or proceeding with respect to
such
Person before any court or other governmental authority relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up,
or relief of debtors; or (ii) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar
arrangement in respect of the creditors generally of such Person or any
substantial portion of such Person’s creditors; in any case undertaken under
federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
“Insurance
Proceeds”:
Proceeds of any Primary Insurance Policy, LPMI Policy, title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, if any, to the extent
such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged
Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that
the
Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own or its
Affiliates’ account or managed by it for third-party institutional
investors.
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“Legal
Documents”:
Those
documents, comprising part of the Mortgage File, set forth in Schedule
B-1
of this
Agreement.
“Liquidation
Proceeds”:
Amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, received by
the
Servicer in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan through
trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than amounts received
following the acquisition of an REO Property in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
“Loan-to-Value
Ratio”
or
“LTV”:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the original principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan divided by the lesser of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged
Property or the purchase price. The Loan-to-Value Ratio of any Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loan shall be calculated by reducing the principal balance of such
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan by the amount of the Original Pledged Asset
Requirement with respect to such Mortgage Loan. This is referred to in the
PHH
Guide as the effective loan-to-value ratio.
“LPMI
Fee”:
With
respect to an LPMI Loan, the LPMI Fee Rate for that LPMI Loan times the stated
principal balance of such LPMI Loan as of the applicable Cut-off Date.
“LPMI
Fee Rate”:
The
portion of the Mortgage Interest Rate relating to an LPMI Loan, which is set
forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, to be retained by the Servicer
to
pay the premium due on the Policy with respect to such LPMI Loan.
“LPMI
Loan”:
Any
mortgage loan with respect to which the Servicer is responsible for paying
the
premium due on the related LPMI Policy with the proceeds generated by the LPMI
Fee relating to such Mortgage Loan, as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule.
“LPMI
Policy”:
A
policy of mortgage guaranty insurance issued by an insurer qualified to do
business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located.
“MAI
Appraiser”:
With
respect to any real property, a member of the American Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers with a minimum of 5 years of experience appraising real property
of a
type similar to the real property being appraised and located in the same
geographical area as the real property being appraised.
“Maximum
Rate”:
With
respect to each ARM Loan, the rate per annum set forth in the related Mortgage
Note as the maximum Note Rate thereunder. The Maximum Rate as to each ARM Loan
is set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“MERS”:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
any
successor in interest thereto.
“MERS
Eligible Mortgage Loan”:
Any
Mortgage Loan that under applicable law and investor requirements is recordable
in the name of MERS in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property
is located.
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“MERS
Mortgage Loan”:
Any
Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgage, or an Assignment, has been
recorded in the name of MERS, as agent for the holder from time to time of
the
Mortgage Note.
“Minimum
Rate”:
With
respect to each ARM Loan, the rate per annum set forth in the related Mortgage
Note as the minimum Note Rate thereunder. The Minimum Rate as to each ARM Loan
is set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
“Monthly
Advance”:
The
aggregate amount of the advances made by the Servicer on any Remittance Date
pursuant to and as more fully described in Section 6.03.
“Monthly
Payment”:
The
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan which
is
payable by a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Note.
“Monthly
Period”:
Initially, the period from the Funding Date through to and including the first
Record Date during the term hereof, and, thereafter, the period commencing
on
the day after each Record Date during the term hereof and ending on the next
succeeding Record Date during the term hereof (or, if earlier, the date on
which
this Agreement terminates).
“Mortgage”:
The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which
creates a first lien on either (i) with respect to a Mortgage Loan other than
a
Cooperative Loan, an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real property or
(ii) with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the Proprietary Lease and related
Cooperative Shares, which in either case secures the Mortgage Note.
“Mortgage
File”:
With
respect to a particular Mortgage Loan, those origination and servicing
documents, escrow documents, and other documents as are specified on
Schedule B-1
and
B-2
to this
Agreement and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage
File
pursuant to the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
“Mortgage
Loan”:
Each
individual mortgage loan or Cooperative Loan (including all documents included
in the Mortgage File evidencing the same, all Monthly Payments, Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds,
REO Disposition Proceeds and other proceeds relating thereto, and any and all
rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising therefrom or in connection
therewith) which is the subject of this Agreement and the related Purchase
Price
and Terms Letter. The Mortgage Loans subject to this Agreement shall be
identified on Mortgage Loan Schedules prepared in connection with each Funding
Date.
“Mortgage
Loan Schedule”:
The
list of Mortgage Loans identified on each Funding Date that sets forth the
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is specified on Schedule A
hereto
(as amended from time to time to reflect the addition of any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans). A Mortgage Loan Schedule will be prepared for each
Funding Date.
“Mortgage
Note”:
The
note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a
Mortgage.
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“Mortgaged
Property”:
With
respect to a Mortgage Loan, the underlying real property securing repayment
of a
Mortgage Note, consisting of a fee simple estate.
“Mortgagor”:
The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
“Negative
Amortization”:
That
portion of interest accrued at the Note Rate in any month which exceeds the
Monthly Payment on the related Mortgage Loan for such month and which, pursuant
to the terms of the Mortgage Note, is added to the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan.
“Non-recoverable
Advance”:
As of
any date of determination, any Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance previously
made or any Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance proposed to be made in respect
of a Mortgage Loan which, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer and in
accordance with the servicing standard set forth in Section 5.01,
will
not or, in the case of a proposed advance, would not be ultimately recoverable
pursuant to Section 5.05(3)
or
(4)
hereof.
The determination by the Servicer that it has made a Non-recoverable Advance
or
that any proposed advance would constitute a Non-recoverable Advance shall
be
evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of
Section 6.04
hereof
and delivered to the Purchaser on or before the Determination Date in any
month.
“Note
Rate”:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan at any time any determination thereof is to be
made, the annual rate at which interest accrues thereon.
“Offering
Materials”:
All
documents, tapes, or other materials relating to the Mortgage Loans provided
by
Seller to Purchaser prior to Purchaser submitting its bid to purchase the
Mortgage Loans.
“Officers’
Certificate”:
A
certificate signed by (i) the President or a Vice President and (ii) the
Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Servicer and Seller, and delivered by the Servicer and Seller
to the Purchaser as required by this Agreement.
“Original
Pledged Asset Requirement”:
With
respect to any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to the Pledged
Assets required at the time of the origination of such Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan. Even though for other purposes the Original Pledged Asset Requirement
may
actually exceed thirty percent (30%) of the original principal balance of a
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, solely for purposes of the Required Surety Payment,
the Original Pledged Asset Requirement for a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan will
be
deemed not to exceed thirty percent (30%) of its original principal
balance.
“Payment
Adjustment Date”:
The
date on which Monthly Payments shall be adjusted. Payment Adjustment Date shall
occur on the date which is eleven months from the first payment date for the
Mortgage Loan, unless otherwise specified in the Mortgage Note, and on each
anniversary of such first Payment Adjustment Date.
“Payoff”:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, any payment or recovery received in advance of
the
last scheduled Due Date of such Mortgage Loan, which payment or recovery
consists of principal in an amount equal to the outstanding principal balance
of
such Mortgage Loan, all accrued and unpaid prepayment penalties, premiums,
and/or interest with respect thereto, and all other unpaid sums due with respect
to such Mortgage Loan.
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“Periodic
Rate Cap”:
With
respect to each ARM Loan, the provision in each Mortgage Note that limits
permissible increases and decreases in the Note Rate on any Rate Adjustment
Date
to not more than one percentage point with respect to each ARM Loan that is
subject to semi-annual adjustment or two percentage points with respect to
each
ARM Loan that is subject to annual adjustment.
“Permitted
Investments”:
Investments that mature, unless payable on demand, not later than the Business
Day preceding the related Remittance Date; provided
that
such investments shall only consist of the following:
(i) direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest
by,
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) repurchase
obligations (the collateral for which is held by a third party) with respect
to
any security described in clause (i) above, provided
that the
long-term unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such
obligations are at the time rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two
highest rating categories;
(iii) certificates
of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any bank or trust company
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state, provided
that the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of such bank or trust company (or, in
the
case of the principal depository institution of a depository institution holding
company, the long-term unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution
holding company) at the date of acquisition thereof have been rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories;
(iv) commercial
paper (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) of any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which
on
the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in its highest
rating category; and
(v) any
other
demand, money market or time deposit account or obligation, or interest-bearing
or other security or investment, acceptable to the Purchaser (such acceptance
evidenced in writing);
provided further
that
“Permitted Investments” shall not include any instrument described hereunder
which evidences either the right to receive (a) only interest with respect
to
the obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest
and principal payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to
maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the
underlying obligations.
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“Person”:
Any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“PHH
Guide”:
As
defined in paragraph 3 of the Preliminary Statement to this
Agreement.
“Pledge
Agreements”:
Each
Control Agreement and Pledged Asset Agreement for each Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan.
“Pledged
Assets”:
With
respect to any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the related Securities Account
and
the financial assets held therein subject to a security interest pursuant to
the
related Pledged Asset Agreement.
“Pledged
Asset Agreement”:
With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Pledge Agreement for Securities
Account between the related mortgagor and the related Pledged Asset Servicer
pursuant to which such mortgagor granted a security interest in the related
securities and other financial assets held therein.
“Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loan”:
Each
Mortgage Loan as to which Pledged Assets, in the form of a security interest
in
the Securities Account and the financial assets held therein and having a value,
as of the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, of at least equal to the
related Original Pledged Asset Requirement, were required to be provided at
the
closing thereof, which is subject to the terms of this Agreement from time
to
time.
“Pledged
Asset Servicer”:
The
entity responsible for administering and servicing the Pledged Assets with
respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, as identified in the Purchase Price
and Terms Letter.
“Pledged
Asset Servicing Agreement”:
With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Agreement between the related
Pledged Asset Servicer and PHH, including any exhibits thereto, pursuant to
which such Pledged Asset Servicer shall service and administer the related
Pledged Assets.
“Pledge
Instruments”:
With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the Stock Power, the Assignment of the
Proprietary Lease, the Assignment of the Mortgage Note and the Acceptance of
Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement.
“Predatory
Mortgage Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a “high cost” loan under the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 (“HOEPA”), (b) with an “annual percentage rate” or
total “points and fees” payable by the related Mortgagor (as each such term is
calculated under HOEPA) that exceed the thresholds set forth by HOEPA and its
implementing regulations, including 12 C.F.R. §226.32(a)(1)(i) and (ii), (c) a
“high cost home,” “threshold,” “covered,” (excluding New Jersey “Covered Home
Loans” as that term is defined in clause (1) of the definition of that term in
the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002), “high risk home,”
“predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable state, federal or local
law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law
imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for
residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees)
or
(d) a Mortgage Loan categorized as High Cost pursuant to Appendix E of Standard
& Poor’s Glossary. The parties agree that this definition shall apply to any
law regardless of whether such law is presently, or in the future becomes,
the
subject of judicial review or litigation.
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“Prepaid
Monthly Payment”:
Any
Monthly Payment received prior to its scheduled Due Date and which is intended
to be applied to a Mortgage Loan on its scheduled Due Date.
“Prepayment
Period”:
With
respect to each Remittance Date, shall mean the calendar month immediately
preceding the month in which such Remittance Date occurs.
“Primary
Insurance Policy”:
Each
primary policy of mortgage insurance in effect with respect to a Mortgage Loan
and as so indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or any replacement policy
therefor obtained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.08.
“Principal
Prepayment”:
Any
payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan (including a Payoff),
other than a Monthly Payment or a Prepaid Monthly Payment which is received
in
advance of its scheduled Due Date, including any prepayment penalty or premium
thereon, 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 and which is intended to reduce the principal balance
of
the Mortgage Loan.
“Proprietary
Lease”:
The
lease on a Cooperative Unit evidencing the possessory interest of the owner
of
the Cooperative Shares in such Cooperative Unit.
“Purchase
Price and Terms Letter”:
With
respect to any pool of Mortgage Loans purchased and sold on any Funding Date,
the letter agreement between the Purchaser and Seller (including any exhibits,
schedules and attachments thereto), setting forth the terms and conditions
of
such transaction and describing the Mortgage Loans to be purchased by the
Purchaser on such Funding Date. A Purchase Price and Terms Letter may relate
to
more than one pool of Mortgage Loans to be purchased on one or more Funding
Dates hereunder.
“Purchaser”:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company, or its successor in interest or any successor
under this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
“Purchase
Price”:
As to
each Mortgage Loan to be sold hereunder, the price set forth in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and the related Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
“Purchaser’s
Account”:
The
account of the Purchaser at a bank or other entity most recently designated
in a
written notice by the Purchaser to the Sellers as the “Purchaser’s
Account.”
“Qualified
Correspondent”:
Any
Person from which the Sellers purchased Mortgage Loans, provided that the
following conditions are satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated
pursuant to an agreement between the Sellers and such Person that contemplated
that such Person would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time, for sale
to
the Sellers, in accordance with underwriting guidelines designated by the
Sellers (“Designated
Guidelines”)
or
guidelines that do not vary materially from such Designated Guidelines; (ii)
such Mortgage Loans were in fact underwritten as described in clause (i) above
and were acquired by the Sellers within 180 days after origination; (iii) either
(x) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were
originated, used by the Sellers in origination of mortgage loans of the same
type as the Mortgage Loans for the Sellers’ own accounts or (y) the Designated
Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were underwritten, designated
by the Sellers on a consistent basis for use by lenders in originating mortgage
loans to be purchased by the Sellers; and (iv) the Sellers employed, at the
time
such Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Sellers, pre-purchase or post-purchase
quality assurance procedures (which may involve, among other things, review
of a
sample of mortgage loans purchased during a particular time period or through
particular channels) designed to ensure that Persons from which it purchased
mortgage loans properly applied the underwriting criteria designated by the
Sellers.
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“Qualified
Mortgage Insurer”:
American Guaranty Corporation, Commonwealth Mortgage Assurance Company, General
Electric Mortgage Insurance Companies, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation,
PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, Republic Mortgage Insurance Company or United
Guaranty Residential Insurance Corporation.
“Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan substituted by a Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must,
on
the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after
deduction of all scheduled payments due and received in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one mortgage loan
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate principal balance), not in excess
of
the Unpaid Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan and not less than
ninety percent (90%) of the Unpaid Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan (the amount of any shortfall to be distributed by the applicable Seller
to
the Purchaser in the month of substitution), (ii) have a remaining term to
maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iii) have a Note Rate not less than (and not more than
one percentage point greater than) the Note Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan,
(iv) with respect to each ARM Loan, have a Minimum Rate not less than that
of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) with respect to each ARM Loan, have a Maximum
Rate not less than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan and not more than two
(2)
percentage points above that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi) with respect
to
each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Gross Margin not less than that
of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) with respect to each ARM Loan, have a Periodic
Rate Cap equal to that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have a Loan-to-Value
Ratio at the time of substitution equal to or less than the Loan-to-Value Ratio
of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of substitution, (ix) with respect
to each ARM Loan, have the same Rate Adjustment Date as that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (x) with respect to each ARM Loan, have an Index as provided
herein for all ARM Loans subject to this Agreement, (xi) comply as of the date
of substitution with each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 3.01,
3.02
and
3.03,
(xii)
be in the same credit grade category as the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (xiii)
have the same prepayment penalty term.
“Rate
Adjustment Date”:
With
respect to each ARM Loan, the date on which the Note Rate adjusts.
“Rating
Agency”:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and Fitch, Inc.
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“Recognition
Agreement”:
An
agreement among a Cooperative Corporation, a lender and a Mortgagor with respect
to a Cooperative Loan whereby such parties (i) acknowledge that such lender
may make, or intends to make, such Cooperative Loan, and (ii) make certain
agreements with respect to such Cooperative Loan.
“Reconstitution”:
Any
Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer.
“Record
Date”:
The
close of business of the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding
the month of the related Remittance Date.
“Refinanced
Mortgage Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan that was made to a Mortgagor who owned the Mortgaged Property
prior to the origination of such Mortgage Loan and the proceeds of which were
used in whole or part to satisfy an existing mortgage.
“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.
“REMIC”:
A
“real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of
the Code or any similar tax vehicle providing for the pooling of assets (such
as
a Financial Asset Security Investment Trust).
“REMIC
Provisions”:
Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to a REMIC, which appear
at
Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1, Subtitle A of
the Code, and related provisions, and regulations, rulings or pronouncements
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to
time.
“Remittance
Date”:
The
18th
day of
each calendar month, commencing on the 18th
day of
the month following the Funding Date, or, if such 18th
day is
not a Business Day, then the Business Day immediately preceding such
18th
day.
“Remittance
Rate”:
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Note Rate minus the Servicing Fee
Rate.
“REO
Disposition”:
The
final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.
“REO
Disposition Proceeds”:
All
amounts received with respect to any REO Disposition.
“REO
Property”:
A
Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the Purchaser as
described in Section 5.13.
“Repurchase
Price”:
As to
(a) any Defective Mortgage Loan required to be repurchased hereunder with
respect to which a breach occurred or (b) any Mortgage Loan required to be
repurchased pursuant to Section 3.04
and/or
Section 7.02,
an
amount equal to the Unpaid Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the time
of repurchase; plus
(2)
interest on such Mortgage Loan at the applicable Note Rate from the last date
through which interest has been paid and distributed to the Purchaser hereunder
to the date of repurchase; minus
(3) any
amounts received in respect of such Defective Mortgage Loan which are being
held
in the Collection Account for future remittance.
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“Required
Surety Payment”:
With
respect to any defaulted Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan for which a claim is
payable under the related Surety Bond under the procedures referred to herein,
the lesser of (i) the principal portion of the realized loss with respect
to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount
of Pledged Assets required at origination with respect to such Mortgage Loan
(but not more than 30% of the original principal balance of such Mortgage Loan)
over (b) the net proceeds realized by the related Pledged Asset Servicer
from the related Pledged Assets.
“Scheduled
Principal Balance”:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, (i) the outstanding principal balance as of
the Funding Date after application of principal payments due on or before such
date whether or not received, minus
(ii) all
amounts previously remitted to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage
Loan
representing (a) payments or other recoveries of principal, or (b) advances
of
principal made pursuant to Section 6.03.
“Securities
Act”:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization
Transaction”.
Any
transaction involving either (1) a sale or other transfer of some or all of
the
Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in connection with
an
issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated
mortgage-backed securities or (2) an issuance of publicly offered or privately
placed, rated or unrated securities, the payments on which are determined
primarily by reference to one or more portfolios of residential mortgage loans
consisting, in whole or in part, of some or all of the Mortgage
Loans.
“Seller
Information”:
As
defined in Section 13.07(a).
“Sellers”:
PHH
Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey corporation and Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust (formerly known as Cendant Residential Mortgage Trust), a
Delaware business trust, or their successors in interest or any successor under
this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
“Servicer”:
PHH
Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey corporation.
“Servicer’s
Mortgage File”:
The
documents pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan which are specified on
Exhibit B-1
and
B-2
attached
hereto and any additional documents required to be included or added to the
“Servicer’s Mortgage File” pursuant to this Agreement.
“Servicing
Advances”:
All
“out of pocket” costs and expenses that are customary, reasonable and necessary
which are incurred by the Servicer in the performance of its servicing
obligations hereunder, including (without duplication) (i) reasonable attorneys’
fees and (ii) the cost of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection
of
the Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement or judicial proceedings,
including foreclosures, (c) the servicing, management and liquidation of any
Specially Serviced Mortgaged Loans and/or any REO Property, and (d) compliance
with the Servicer’s obligations under Section
5.08.
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“Servicing
Criteria”:
The
“servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be
amended from time to time.
“Servicing
Event”:
Any of
the following events with respect to any Mortgage Loan: (i) any Monthly Payment
being more than 60 days delinquent; (ii) any filing of an Insolvency Proceeding
by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, any consent by or on behalf of the
related Mortgagor to the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding against such
Mortgagor, or any admission by or on behalf of such Mortgagor of its inability
to pay such Person’s debts generally as the same become due; (iii) any filing of
an Insolvency Proceeding against the related Mortgagor that remains undismissed
or unstayed for a period of 60 days after the filing thereof; (iv) any issuance
of any attachment or execution against, or any appointment of a conservator,
receiver or liquidator with respect to, all or substantially all of the assets
of the related Mortgagor or with respect to any Mortgaged Property; (v) any
receipt by the Servicer of notice of the foreclosure or proposed foreclosure
of
any other lien on the related Mortgaged Property; (vi) any proposal of a
material modification (as reasonably determined by the Seller) to such Mortgage
Loan due to a default or imminent default under such Mortgage Loan; or (vii)
in
the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, the occurrence, or likely occurrence
within 60 days, of a payment default with respect to such Mortgage Loan that
is
likely to remain uncured by the related Mortgagor within 60 days
thereafter.
“Servicing
Fee”:
The
annual fee, payable monthly to the Servicer out of the interest portion of
the
Monthly Payment actually received on each Mortgage Loan. The Servicing Fee
with
respect to each Mortgage Loan for any calendar month (or a portion thereof)
shall be 1/12 of the product of (i) the Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan and (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate applicable to such Mortgage
Loan.
“Servicing
Fee Rate”:
Unless
otherwise specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (i) with respect to any
ARM
Loan, 0.375% per annum; provided
that,
prior to the first Rate Adjustment Date with respect to any such Mortgage Loan,
such rate may be, at the Servicer’s option, not less than 0.25% per annum; and
(ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an ARM Loan, 0.25% per
annum.
“Servicing
File”:
As
defined in Section 2.02.
“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 written list of
servicing officers furnished by the Servicer to the Purchaser upon request
therefor by the Purchaser, as such list may from time to time be
amended.
“Specially
Serviced Mortgage Loan”:
A
Mortgage Loan as to which a Servicing Event has occurred and is
continuing.
“Standard
& Poor’s Glossary”:
The
Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary, as may be in effect from time to
time.
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“Static
Pool Information”:
Static
pool information as described in Item 1105(a)(1)-(3) and 1105(c) of Regulation
AB.
“Stock
Certificate”:
With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, the certificates evidencing ownership of the
Cooperative Shares issued by the Cooperative Corporation.
“Stock
Power”:
With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Stock Certificate or an
assignment of the Cooperative Shares issued by the Cooperative
Corporation.
“Subcontractor”:
Any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall
servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more
discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect
to
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Servicer or a
Subservicer.
“Subservicer”:
Any
Person 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 or any
Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB.
“Surety
Bond”:
With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the surety bond issued by the
related Surety Bond Issuer covering such Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan.
“Surety
Bond Issuer”:
With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the surety bond issuer for the
related Surety Bond covering such Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, as identified
in
the Purchase Price and Terms Letter.
“Third-Party
Originator”:
Each
Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent, that originated Mortgage Loans
acquired by the Sellers.
“Transaction
Servicer”:
As
defined in Section 13.03(c).
“Uniform
Commercial Code”:
The
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New
York; provided
that if
by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of
perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof
relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection.
“Unpaid
Principal Balance”:
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, at any time, the actual outstanding principal
balance then payable by the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage
Note including any cumulative Negative Amortization.
“Warranty
Xxxx of Sale”:
A
warranty xxxx of sale with respect to the Mortgage Loans purchased on a Funding
Date in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
10.
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“Whole
Loan Transfer”:
Any
sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans, other than a
Securitization Transaction.
ARTICLE
II
SALE
AND CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS AND
RECORDS; DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS
Section
2.01 Sale
and Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
Seller
agrees to sell and Purchaser agrees to purchase, from time to time, those
certain Mortgage Loans identified in a Mortgage Loan Schedule, at the price
and
on the terms set forth herein and in the related Purchase Price and Terms
Letter. Purchaser, on any Funding Date, shall be obligated to purchase only
such
Mortgage Loans set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject
to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related Purchase Price and
Terms Letter.
The
closing shall, at Purchaser’s option be either: by telephone, confirmed by
letter or wire as the parties shall agree; or conducted in person at such place,
as the parties shall agree. On the Funding Date and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, each Seller will sell, transfer, assign, set
over
and convey to the Purchaser, without recourse except as set forth in this
Agreement, and the Purchaser will purchase, all of the right, title and interest
of the applicable Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans being conveyed by it
hereunder, as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Examination
of the Mortgage Files may be made by Purchaser or its designee as follows.
No
later than 5 Business Days prior to the Funding Date, Seller will deliver to
Purchaser or its custodian, Legal Documents required pursuant to Schedule
B-1.
Upon
Purchaser’s request, Seller shall make the Credit Documents available to
Purchaser for review, at Seller’s place of business and during reasonable
business hours. If Purchaser makes such examination prior to the Funding Date
and identifies any Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the PHH Guide, such
Mortgage Loans will be deleted from the Mortgage Loan Schedule at Purchaser’s
discretion. Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to Seller, purchase
all or part of the Mortgage Loans without conducting any partial or complete
examination. The fact that Purchaser has conducted or has failed to conduct
any
partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Loan files shall not affect
Purchaser’s rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other relief as
provided herein.
On
the
Funding Date and in accordance with the terms herein, Purchaser will pay to
Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Purchase Price,
together with interest, if any, accrued from the Cut-off Date through the day
immediately preceding the Funding Date, according to the instructions to be
provided, respectively, by PHH Mortgage and the Trust. Seller, simultaneously
with the payment of the Purchase Price, shall execute and deliver to Purchaser
a
Warranty Xxxx of Sale with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit
10.
Purchaser
shall be entitled to all scheduled principal due after the Cut-off Date, all
other recoveries of principal collected after the Cut-off Date and all payments
of interest on the Mortgage Loans (minus that portion of any such payment which
is allocable to the period prior to the Cut-off Date). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, on the first Remittance Date after the Funding Date the Purchaser
shall be entitled to receive the interest accrued from the Cut-off Date through
the day immediately preceding the Funding Date. The principal balance of each
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date is determined after application of payments
of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date whether or not collected.
Therefore, payments of scheduled principal and interest prepaid for a due date
beyond the Cut-off Date shall not be
applied to the principal balance as of the Cut-off Date. Such prepaid amounts
shall be the property of Purchaser. Seller shall hold any such prepaid amounts
for the benefit of Purchaser for subsequent remittance by Seller to Purchaser.
All scheduled payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date and
collected by Seller after the Cut-off Date shall belong to Seller.
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Section
2.02 Possession
of Mortgage Files.
Upon
the sale of any Mortgage Loan, the ownership of such Mortgage Loan, including
the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the contents of the related Mortgage File
and
all rights, benefits, payments, proceeds and obligations arising therefrom
or in
connection therewith, shall then be vested in the Purchaser, and the ownership
of all records and documents with respect to such Mortgage Loan prepared by
or
which come into the possession of the Seller shall immediately vest in the
Purchaser and, to the extent retained by the Seller, shall be retained and
maintained, in trust, by the Seller at the will of the Purchaser in a custodial
capacity only. The contents of such Mortgage File not delivered to the Purchaser
(the “Servicing
File”)
are
and shall be maintained by the Servicer and held in trust by the Servicer for
the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner thereof and the Servicer’s possession
of the contents of each Mortgage File so retained is at the will of the
Purchaser for the sole purpose of servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and
such
retention and possession by the Servicer is in a custodial capacity only.
Mortgage Files shall be maintained separately from the other books and records
of the Servicer. The Servicer shall release from its custody of the contents
of
any Mortgage File only in accordance with written instructions from the
Purchaser, except where such release is required as incidental to the Servicer’s
servicing of the Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase or
substitution of any such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.04.
Any
documents released to the Servicer in connection with the foreclosure or
servicing of any Mortgage Loan shall be held by such Person in trust for the
benefit of the Purchaser in accordance with this Section 2.02.
Such
Person shall return to the Purchaser such documents when such Person’s need
therefor in connection with such foreclosure or servicing no longer exists
(unless sooner requested by the Purchaser); provided
that, if
such Mortgage Loan is liquidated, then, upon the delivery by the Servicer to
the
Purchaser of a request for the release of such documents and a certificate
certifying as to such liquidation, the Purchaser shall promptly release and,
to
the extent necessary, deliver to such Person such documents.
Section
2.03 Books
and Records.
The
sale of each of its Mortgage Loans shall be reflected on the applicable Seller’s
balance sheet and other financial statements as a sale of assets by the
applicable Seller. Each Seller shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall
maintain, a complete set of books and records for the Mortgage Loans it conveyed
to the Purchaser which shall be clearly marked to reflect the sale of each
Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser and the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the
Purchaser.
Section
2.04 Defective
Documents; Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents.
If,
subsequent to the related Funding Date, the Purchaser or either Seller finds
any
document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File to be defective
or
missing in any material respect (in this Section
2.04,
a
“Defect”),
the
party discovering such Defect shall promptly so notify the other parties. If
the
Defect pertains to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, then the applicable Seller
shall have a period of 45 days within which to correct or cure any such defect
after the earlier of such Seller’s discovery of same or such Seller being
notified of same. If such Defect can ultimately be cured but is not reasonably
expected to be cured within such 45 day period, such Seller shall have such
additional time as is reasonably determined by the Purchaser to cure or correct
such Defect provided
that
such Seller has commenced curing or correcting such Defect and is diligently
pursuing same; provided however
that in
no event shall the cure period be extended beyond 90 days after notice or
discovery of such defect. If the Defect pertains to any other document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File, then such Seller shall have a period
of
90 days within which to correct or cure any such Defect after the earlier of
such Seller’s discovery of same or such Seller being notified of same. PHH
Mortgage hereby covenants and agrees that, if any material Defect cannot be
corrected or cured, the related Mortgage Loan shall automatically constitute,
upon the expiration of the applicable cure period described above and without
any further action by any other party, a Defective Mortgage Loan, whereupon
PHH
Mortgage shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan by paying to the Purchaser the
Repurchase Price therefor in accordance with Section
3.04(3)
and
(4).
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The
applicable Seller will, with respect to each Mortgage Loan to be purchased
by
the Purchaser, deliver and release to the Purchaser the Legal Documents as
set
forth in Section 2.01.
If the
applicable Seller cannot deliver an original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, original assumption, modification and substitution agreements with
evidence of recording thereon or an original intervening assignment with
evidence of recording thereon within the applicable time periods, then such
Seller shall promptly deliver to the Purchaser such original Mortgages and
original intervening assignments with evidence of recording indicated thereon
upon receipt thereof from the public recording official, except in cases where
the original Mortgage or original intervening assignments are retained
permanently by the recording office, in which case, such Seller shall deliver
a
copy of such Mortgage or intervening assignment, as the case may be, certified
to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original thereof. If the
applicable Seller cannot deliver the original security instrument or if an
original intervening assignment has been lost, then the applicable Seller will
deliver a copy of such security instrument or intervening assignment, certified
by the local public recording official. If the original title policy has been
lost, the applicable Seller will deliver a duplicate original title
policy.
If
the
original Mortgage was not delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph, then
the applicable Seller shall use its best efforts to promptly secure the delivery
of such originals and shall cause such originals to be delivered to the
Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the
original Mortgage, original assumption, modification, and substitution
agreements, the original of any intervening assignment or the original policy
of
title insurance is not so delivered to the Purchaser within 180 days
following the Funding Date, then, upon written notice by the Purchaser to PHH
Mortgage, the Purchaser may, in its sole discretion, then elect (by providing
written notice to PHH Mortgage) to treat such Mortgage Loan as a Defective
Mortgage Loan, whereupon PHH Mortgage shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan by
paying to the Purchaser the Repurchase Price therefor in accordance with
Section 3.04(3)
and
(4).
It is
understood that from time to time certain local recorder offices become
backlogged with document volume. It is agreed that the Seller will provide
an
Officer’s Certificate to document that the Seller has performed all necessary
tasks to insure delivery of the required documentation within 180 days and
the
delay beyond 180 is caused by the backlog. If the delay exceeds 360 days,
regardless of the backlog the Purchaser may elect to collect the documents
with
its own resources with the reasonable cost and expense to be borne by the
Seller. The fact that the Purchaser has conducted or failed to conduct any
partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect its
right
to demand repurchase or any other remedies provided in this
Agreement.
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At
the
Purchaser’s request, the Assignments shall be promptly recorded in the name of
the Purchaser or in the name of a Person designated by the Purchaser in all
appropriate public offices for real property records. If any such Assignment
is
lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, then the applicable
Seller shall promptly prepare a substitute Assignment to cure such defect and
thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded. All recording fees
related to such a one-time recordation of the Assignments to or by a Seller
shall be paid by the applicable Seller.
Section
2.05 Transfer
of Mortgage Loans.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 2.05,
the
Purchaser shall have the right, without the consent of the Sellers, at any
time
and from time to time, to assign any of the Mortgage Loans and all or any part
of its interest under this Agreement and designate any person to exercise any
rights of the Purchaser hereunder, and the assignees or designees shall accede
to the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser with respect to such
Mortgage Loans. The Sellers recognize that the Mortgage Loans may be divided
into “packages” for resale (“Mortgage
Loan Packages”).
All
of
the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser
and
any such assignees or designees. All references to the Purchaser shall be deemed
to include its assignees or designees. Utilizing resources reasonably available
to the Seller without incurring any cost except the Seller’s overhead and
employees’ salaries, the applicable Seller shall cooperate in any such
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and this Agreement; provided
that the
Purchaser shall bear all costs associated with any such assignment of the
Mortgage Loans and this Agreement other than such Seller’s overhead or
employees’ salaries.
The
Servicer and the Purchaser acknowledge that the Servicer shall continue to
remit
payments to the Purchaser on the Remittance Date after the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans, unless the Servicer was notified in writing of the new record
owner of the Mortgage Loans prior to the immediately preceding Record Date,
in
which case, the Servicer shall remit to the new record owner (or trustee or
master servicer, as the case may be) of the Mortgage Loans.
The
Servicer and Purchaser agree that in no event will the Servicer be required
to
remit funds or send remittance reports to more than four (4) Persons (not
including the Servicer or any Affiliate or transferee thereof) at any given
time
with respect to any Mortgage Loans sold on a particular Funding
Date.
Any
prospective assignees of the Purchaser who have entered into a commitment to
purchase any of the Mortgage Loans may review and underwrite the Servicer’s
servicing and origination operations, upon reasonable prior notice to the
Servicer, and the Servicer shall cooperate with such review and underwriting
to
the extent such prospective assignees request information or documents that
are
reasonably available and can be produced without unreasonable expense or effort.
The Servicer shall make the Mortgage Files related to the Mortgage Loans held
by
the Servicer available at the Servicer’s principal operations center for review
by any such prospective assignees during normal business hours upon reasonable
prior notice to the Servicer (in no event less than 5 Business Days prior
notice). The Servicer may, in its sole discretion, require that such prospective
assignees sign a confidentiality agreement with respect to such information
disclosed to the prospective assignee which is not available to the public
at
large and a release agreement with respect to its activities on the Servicer’s
premises.
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The
Servicer shall keep at its servicing office books and records in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Servicer shall note
transfers of Mortgage Loans. The Purchaser may, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, sell and transfer, in whole or in part, any or all of the Mortgage
Loans; provided
that no
such sale and transfer shall be binding upon the Servicer unless such transferee
shall agree in writing to an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement,
in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.05
attached
hereto, and an executed copy of such Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement shall have been delivered to the Servicer. The Servicer shall evidence
its acknowledgment of any transfers of the Mortgage Loans to any assignees
of
the Purchaser by executing such Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement. The Servicer shall xxxx its books and records to reflect the
ownership of the Mortgage Loans by any such assignees, and the previous
Purchaser shall be released from its obligations hereunder accruing after the
date of transfer to the extent such obligations relate to Mortgage Loans sold
by
the Purchaser. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the Purchaser and the Servicer and their permitted successors, assignees and
designees.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SELLER; REPURCHASE AND SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW
OF
MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
3.01 Representations
and Warranties of each Seller.
Each
Seller, as to itself, represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser that
as of each Funding Date and, with respect to any securitization, as of the
related cut-off date specified in the related trust agreement with respect
to
such securitization (and modified, if necessary, to reflect changes due to
events that may have occurred from the applicable Funding Date through the
closing date of the securitization) or as of such date specifically provided
herein:
(1) Due
Organization.
The
Seller is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has all licenses necessary
to
carry on its business now being conducted and is licensed, qualified and in
good
standing under the laws of each state where a Mortgaged Property is located
or
is otherwise exempt under applicable law from such qualification or is otherwise
not required under applicable law to effect such qualification; no demand for
such qualification has been made upon the Seller by any state having
jurisdiction and in any event the Seller is or will be in compliance with the
laws of any such state to the extent necessary to enforce each Mortgage Loan
and
with respect to PHH Mortgage, service each Mortgage Loan in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement.
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(2) Due
Authority.
The
Seller had the full power and authority and legal right to originate the
Mortgage Loans that it originated, if any, and to acquire the Mortgage Loans
that it acquired. The Seller has the full power and authority to hold each
Mortgage Loan, to sell each Mortgage Loan and to execute, deliver and perform,
and to enter into and consummate, all transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Seller has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement,
and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency,
moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally
or the rights of creditors of banks and to the general principles of equity
(whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(3) No
Conflict.
The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition or origination, as
applicable, of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller, the sale of the Mortgage Loans,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the fulfillment
of
or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, will not conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
the
Seller’s organizational documents and bylaws or any legal restriction or any
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is now a party or by which it is
bound, or constitute a default or result in an acceleration under any of the
foregoing, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree to which the Seller or its property is subject, or impair
the
ability of the Purchaser to realize on the Mortgage Loans;
(4) Ability
to Perform.
The
Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that
it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this
Agreement;
(5) No
Material Default.
Neither
the Seller nor any of its Affiliates is in material default under any agreement,
contract, instrument or indenture of any nature whatsoever to which the Seller
or any of its Affiliates is a party or by which it (or any of its assets) is
bound, which default would have a material adverse effect on the ability of
the
Seller to perform under this Agreement, nor, to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, has any event occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default under any such agreement, contract, instrument or
indenture and have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(6) Financial
Statements.
PHH
Mortgage has delivered to the Purchaser financial statements as to its fiscal
year ended December 31, 2004. Except as has previously been disclosed to
the Purchaser in writing: (a) such financial statements fairly present the
results of operations and changes in financial position for such period and
the
financial position at the end of such period of PHH Mortgage and its
subsidiaries; and (b) such financial statements are true, correct and complete
as of their respective dates and have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, except as set forth in the notes thereto. The Trust has delivered
to
the Purchaser financial statements dated as of December 31, 2004 (the
“Trust
Financials”)
and
such Trust Financials fairly present the results of operations and changes
in
financial position for such period and the financial position at the end of
such
period of the Trust. The Trust Financials are true, correct and complete as
of
the date thereof and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied. There has been no change in such
Trust Financials since their date and the Trust is not aware of any errors
or
omissions therein;
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(7) No
Change in Business.
There
has been no change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties
or assets of the applicable Seller since (i) in the case of PHH Mortgage, the
date of its financial statements and (ii) in the case of the Trust, the date
of
delivery of the Trust Financials, that would have a material adverse effect
on
the ability of the applicable Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(8) No
Litigation Pending.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of
the
Seller’s knowledge, threatened, against the Seller, which, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Seller would
adversely affect the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or the
execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or result in any
material liability of the Seller, or draw into question the validity of this
Agreement, or have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of
the
Seller;
(9) 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 Seller
of or
compliance by the Seller with this Agreement, the delivery of the Mortgage
Files
to the Purchaser, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement or, if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the
Funding Date;
(10) Ordinary
Course of Business.
The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is in the
ordinary course of business of the Seller, and the transfer, assignment and
conveyance of the Mortgage Notes and the Mortgages by the Seller pursuant to
this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory
provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(11) No
Broker.
The
Seller 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;
(12) No
Untrue Information.
Neither
this Agreement nor any statement, report or other agreement, document or
instrument furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement contains
or
will contain any materially untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit
to
state a fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading;
(13) Sale
Treatment.
The
Seller has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for accounting and tax
purposes;
(14) Non-solicitation.
The
Seller agrees that it shall not solicit any Mortgagors (in writing or otherwise)
to refinance any of the Mortgage Loans; provided
that
mass advertising or mailings (such as placing advertisements on television,
on
radio, in magazines or in newspapers or including messages in billing
statements) that are not exclusively directed towards the Mortgagors shall
not
constitute solicitation and shall not violate this covenant; and
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(15) Privacy.
The
Seller agrees and acknowledges that as to all nonpublic personal information
received or obtained by it with respect to any Mortgagor: (a) such information
is and shall be held by Seller in accordance with all applicable law, including
but not limited to the privacy provisions of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx Bliley Act; (b)
such information is in connection with a proposed or actual secondary market
sale related to a transaction of the Mortgagor for purposes of 16
C.F.R.§313.14(a)(3); and (c) Purchaser is hereby prohibited from disclosing or
using any such information other than to carry out the express provisions of
this Agreement, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
Section
3.02 Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer.
The
Servicer represents, warrants and covenants to the Purchaser that as of the
Funding Date and, with respect to any securitization, as of the related cut-off
date specified in the trust agreement with respect to such securitization (and
modified, if necessary, to reflect changes due to events that may have occurred
from the applicable Funding Date through the closing date of the securitization)
or as of such date specifically provided herein:
(1) Ability
to Service.
The
Servicer is an approved seller/servicer for Xxxxxx Xxx and Xxxxxxx Mac in good
standing and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act, with
facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the servicing
of
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. No event has occurred
that would make the Servicer unable to comply with Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac
eligibility requirements or that would require notification to either Xxxxxx
Mae
or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(2) No
Litigation Pending.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of
the
Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer which, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Servicer would
adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans
hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof or have a material adverse effect
on the financial condition of the Servicer;
(3) Collection
Practices.
The
collection practices used by the Servicer with respect to each Mortgage Note
and
Mortgage have been in all respects legal, proper and prudent in the mortgage
servicing business;
(4) MERS.
The
Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material
respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing
of the MERS Mortgage Loans for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered
with MERS;
(5) Reasonable
Servicing Fee.
The
Servicer acknowledges and agrees that the Servicing Fee represents reasonable
compensation for performing such services and that the entire Servicing Fee
shall be treated by the Servicer, for accounting and tax purposes, as
compensation for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to this Agreement; and
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(6) Fair
Credit Reporting Act Compliance.
The
Servicer, furnishes, in accordance with the Fair Credit 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 (or the successors to such credit repository companies)
on a
monthly basis. The Servicer will transmit full-file credit reporting data for
each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Xxxxxx Mae Guide Announcement 95-19 and that
for
each Mortgage Loan, Servicer agrees it shall report one of the following
statuses each month as follows: current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed, or charged-off. This representation and warranty is a Deemed
Material Breach Representation;
Section
3.03 Representations
and Warranties as to Individual Mortgage Loans.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the applicable Seller hereby makes the following
representations and warranties to the Purchaser on which the Purchaser
specifically relies in purchasing such Mortgage Loan. Such representations
and
warranties speak as of the Funding Date and, with respect to any securitization,
as of the related cut-off date specified in the trust agreement with respect
to
such securitization (and modified, as necessary, to reflect changes due to
events that may have occurred from the applicable Funding Date through the
closing date of the securitization) unless otherwise indicated, but shall
survive any subsequent transfer, assignment or conveyance of such Mortgage
Loans:
(1) Mortgage
Loan as Described.
Such
Mortgage Loan complies with the terms and conditions set forth herein, and
all
of the information set forth with respect thereto on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule is true and correct in all material respects;
(2) Complete
Mortgage Files.
The
instruments and documents specified in Section 2.02 with
respect to such Mortgage Loan have been delivered to the Purchaser in compliance
with the requirements of Article
II.
The
Seller is in possession of a Mortgage File respecting such Mortgage Loan, except
for such documents as have been previously delivered to the
Purchaser;
(3) Owner
of Record.
As of
the applicable Funding Date, the Mortgage relating to such Mortgage Loan has
been duly recorded in the appropriate recording office, and the applicable
Seller or Servicer is the owner of record of such Mortgage Loan and the
indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note;
(4) Payments
Current.
As of
the applicable Funding Date and unless otherwise disclosed in the Offering
Materials, all payments required to be made up to and including the Funding
Date
for such Mortgage Loan under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made
and
if the Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, neither the Mortgage
Loan
nor the related Pledged Assets has been dishonored. Unless otherwise disclosed
in the Offering Materials or the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, there has
been
no delinquency, exclusive of any grace period, in any payment by the Mortgagor
thereunder during the twelve months preceding the Funding Date;
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(5) No
Outstanding Charges.
There
are no delinquent taxes, insurance premiums, assessments, including assessments
payable in future installments, or other outstanding charges affecting the
Mortgaged Property related to such Mortgage Loan;
(6) Original
Terms Unmodified.
The
terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan (and
the Pledged Assets with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan) have not
been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any material respect, except
by a
written instrument which has been recorded, if necessary to protect the
interests of the Purchaser, and which has been delivered to the Purchaser.
The
substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved
by
the issuer of any related LPMI Policy and by the mortgage insurer, if the
Mortgage Loan is insured, the title insurance policy, to the extent required
by
the policy, and its terms are reflected on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with
an assumption agreement approved by the issuer of any related LPMI Policy and
the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy guidelines, and which
assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage File delivered to the Purchaser
and
the terms of which are reflected in the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(7) No
Defenses.
The
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan (and the related
Pledge Agreement with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan) are not
subject to any right of rescission, set-off or defense, including the defense
of
usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of such Mortgage Note and
such
Mortgage (or the related Pledge Agreement with respect to each Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loan), or the exercise of any right thereunder, render such Mortgage
(or the related Pledge Agreement with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan) unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off or defense, including the defense of usury and no such right of
rescission, set-off or defense has been asserted with respect
thereto;
(8) Hazard
Insurance.
(a) All
buildings upon the Mortgaged Property related to such Mortgage Loan are insured
by an insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire,
hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the
area
where such Mortgaged Property is located, pursuant to insurance policies
conforming to the requirements of either Section 5.10
or
Section 5.11.
All
such insurance policies (collectively, the “hazard
insurance policy”)
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the originator of such Mortgage
Loan,
its successors and assigns, as mortgagee. Such policies are the valid and
binding obligations of the insurer, and all premiums thereon due to date have
been paid. The related Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain
all such insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and on such Mortgagor’s
failure to do so, authorizes the holder of such Mortgage to maintain such
insurance at such Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement
therefor from such Mortgagor; or (b) in the case of a condominium or unit in
a
planned unit development (“PUD”)
project that is not covered by an individual policy, the condominium or PUD
project is covered by a “master” or “blanket” policy and there exists and is in
the Servicer’s Mortgage File a certificate of insurance showing that the
individual unit that secures the first mortgage is covered under such policy.
The insurance policy contains a standard mortgagee clause naming the originator
of such Mortgage Loan (and its successors and assigns), as insured mortgagee.
Such policies are the valid and binding obligations of the insurer, and all
premiums thereon have been paid. The insurance policy provides for advance
notice to the Seller or Servicer if the policy is canceled or not renewed,
or if
any other change that adversely affects the Seller’s interests is made; the
certificate includes the types and amounts of coverage provided, describes
any
endorsements that are part of the “master” policy and would be acceptable
pursuant to the Xxxxxx Xxx Guide;
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(9) Compliance
With Applicable Laws.
All
requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation,
usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity, disclosure laws, predatory, abusive and
fair lending laws or unfair and deceptive practices laws applicable to the
origination and servicing of such Mortgage Loan have been complied with in
all
material respects. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach
Representation;
(10) No
Fraud.
No
error or omission, misrepresentation, negligence or fraud in respect of such
Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of any Person in connection with
the
origination and servicing of such Mortgage Loan or in the application for
mortgage insurance.
(11) No
Satisfaction of Mortgage.
The
Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan has not been satisfied, canceled or
subordinated, in whole or in part, or rescinded, and the related Mortgaged
Property has not been released from the lien of such Mortgage, in whole or
in
part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release,
cancellation, subordination or rescission;
(12) Valid
First Lien.
The
Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan is a valid, subsisting and enforceable
perfected first lien on the related Mortgaged Property, including all
improvements on the related Mortgaged Property, which Mortgaged Property is
free
and clear of any encumbrances and liens having priority over the first lien
of
the Mortgage subject only to (a) the lien of current real estate taxes and
special assessments not yet due and payable, (b) covenants, conditions and
restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record
as
of the date of recording of such Mortgage which are acceptable to mortgage
lending institutions generally, are referred to in the lender’s title insurance
policy and do not adversely affect the market value or intended use of the
related Mortgaged Property, and (c) other matters to which like properties
are commonly subject which do not individually or in the aggregate materially
interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such
Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, or market value of the related Mortgaged
Property; with respect to each Cooperative Loan, each Acceptance of Assignment
and Assumption of Lease Agreement creates a valid, enforceable and subsisting
first security interest in the collateral securing the related Mortgage Note
subject only to (a) the lien of the related Cooperative Corporation for unpaid
assessments representing the obligor’s pro rata share of the Cooperative
Corporation’s payments for its blanket mortgage, current and future real
property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments
to
which like collateral is commonly subject and (b) other matters to which like
collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Acceptance of Assignment
and Assumption of Lease Agreement; provided,
however,
that
the appurtenant Proprietary Lease may be subordinated or otherwise subject
to
the lien of any mortgage on the Cooperative Project;
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(13) Validity
of Documents.
The
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan (and the Acceptance
of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement with respect to each Cooperative
Loan) are genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
general equitable principles (regardless whether such enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(14) Valid
Execution of Documents.
All
parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan
had
legal capacity to enter into such Mortgage Loan and to execute and deliver
the
related Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage and the related Mortgage Note
and
the related Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties;
with
respect to each Cooperative Loan, all parties to the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage Loan had legal capacity to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note,
the
Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement, the Proprietary
Lease, the Stock Power, the Recognition Agreement, the Financing Statement
and
the Assignment of Proprietary Lease and such documents have been duly and
properly executed by such parties; each Stock Power (i) has all signatures
guaranteed or (ii) if all signatures are not guaranteed, then such Cooperative
Shares will be transferred by the stock transfer agent of the Cooperative
Corporation if the Seller undertakes to convert the ownership of the collateral
securing the related Cooperative Loan
(15) Full
Disbursement of Proceeds.
Such
Mortgage Loan has closed and the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed prior to the applicable Funding Date and there is no requirement
for
future advances thereunder; provided
that,
with respect to any Mortgage Loan originated within the previous 120 days,
alterations and repairs with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or any
part thereof may have required an escrow of funds in an amount sufficient to
pay
for all outstanding work within 120 days of the origination of such Mortgage
Loan, and, if so, such funds are held in escrow by the Seller, a title company
or other escrow agent. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or
closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and
the
Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage;
(16) Ownership.
The
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage related to such Mortgage Loan have not been
assigned, pledged or otherwise transferred by the Seller, in whole or in part,
and the Seller has good and marketable title thereto, and the Seller is the
sole
owner thereof (and with respect to any Cooperative Loan, the sole owner of
the
related Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement) and has
full
right and authority to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan, and is transferring
such Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity,
lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest;
(17) Doing
Business.
The
Mortgage Loan was originated by a savings and loan association, a savings bank,
a commercial bank, a credit union, an insurance company, or similar institution
which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority or by a
mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to
Sections 203 and 211 or the National Housing Act. All parties which have
had any interest in the Mortgage Loan, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee
or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of
such
interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing
requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located
and (2) organized under the laws of such state, or (3) qualified to do business
in such state, or (4) federal savings and loan associations or national banks
having principal offices in such state, or (5) not doing business in such
state;
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(18) Title
Insurance.
(a)
Such Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or
short form title policy acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA (or,
in
jurisdictions where ALTA policies are not generally approved for use, a lender’s
title insurance policy acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA), issued
by
a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae, Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA, and qualified
to
do business in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located,
insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in clauses (11)(a) and (b)
above) the Seller or the Servicer, its successors and assigns as to the first
priority lien of the related Mortgage in the original principal amount of such
Mortgage Loan and in the case of ARM Loans, against any loss by reason of the
invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the provisions of
such
Mortgage providing for adjustment to the applicable Note Rate and Monthly
Payment. Additionally, either such lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively
insures that there is ingress and egress to and from the Mortgaged Property
or
the Seller warrants that there is ingress and egress to and from the Mortgaged
Property and the lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures against
encroachments by or upon the related Mortgaged Property or any interest therein
or any other adverse circumstance that either is disclosed or would have been
disclosed by an accurate survey. The Seller or the Servicer is the sole insured
of such lender’s title insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance
policy is in full force and effect and will be in full force and effect upon
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and will inure
to the benefit of the Purchaser without any further act. No claims have been
made under such lender’s title insurance policy, neither the Seller, nor to the
best of the Seller’s knowledge, any prior holder of the related Mortgage has
done, by act or omission, anything that would impair the coverage of such
lender’s insurance policy, and there is no act, omission, condition, or
information that would impair the coverage of such lender’s insurance policy;
(b) The mortgage title insurance policy covering each unit mortgage in a
condominium or PUD project related to such Mortgage Loan meets all requirements
of Xxxxxx Mae, Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA;
(19) No
Defaults.
As of
the applicable Funding Date, (a) there is no default, breach, violation or
event
of acceleration existing under the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note (or the related
Pledge Agreement with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan), or any
other
agreements, documents, or instruments related to such Mortgage Loan; (b) to
the
best of the Seller’s knowledge, there is no event that, with the lapse of time,
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such a default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration; (c) the Mortgagor(s) with respect to
such Mortgage Loan is (1) not in default under any other Mortgage Loan or (2)
the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding; (d) no event of acceleration has
previously occurred, and no notice of default has been sent, with respect to
such Mortgage Loan; (e) in no event has the Seller waived any of its rights
or
remedies in respect of any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
under the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note (or the related Pledge Agreement with
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan), or any other agreements,
documents, or instruments related to such Mortgage Loan; and (f) with respect
to
each Cooperative Loan, there is no default in complying with the terms of the
Mortgage Note, the Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement
and the Proprietary Lease and all maintenance charges and assessments (including
assessments payable in the future installments, which previously became due
and
owing) have been paid, and the Seller has the right under the terms of the
Mortgage Note, Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement and
Recognition Agreement to pay any maintenance charges or assessments owed by
the
Mortgagor;
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(20) No
Mechanics’ Liens.
As of
the applicable Funding Date, there are no mechanics’ or similar liens, except
such liens as are expressly insured against by a title insurance policy
described in clause (18) above, or claims that have been filed for work, labor
or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to
such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property that are or may be liens
prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related
Mortgage;
(21) Location
of Improvements; No Encroachments.
As of
the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, all improvements that were considered in determining the Appraised
Value of the related Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the boundaries and
building restriction lines of such Mortgaged Property, and no improvements
on
adjoining properties encroach upon such Mortgaged Property. No improvement
located on or part of any Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable
zoning law or regulation, and all inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of such
Mortgaged Property, and with respect to the use and occupancy of the same,
including certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained from the
appropriate authorities;
(22) Origination;
Payment Terms.
Principal payments on such Mortgage Loan commenced or will commence no more
than
60 days after funds were disbursed in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
If the interest rate on the related Mortgage Note is adjustable, the adjustment
is based on the Index set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
related Mortgage Note is payable on the first day of each month in arrears,
in
accordance with the payment terms described on the related Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
(23) LTV;
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy.
Except
with respect to Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans and any Alt-A loan as defined
in
the PHH Guide and disclosed to the Purchaser in the Offering Materials, if
such
Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio of more than 80% at origination, such
Mortgage Loan is and will be subject to a Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI
Policy issued by a Qualified Mortgage Insurer, which insures the Seller or
Servicer, its successors and assigns and insureds in the amount set forth on
the
Mortgage Loan Schedule; provided
that, a
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy will not be required for any
Cooperative Loan if (i) the proceeds of such Cooperative Loan were used to
purchase a Cooperative Unit at the “insider’s price” when the building was
converted to a Cooperative Corporation, (ii) the value of the Cooperative Unit
for purposes of establishing the LTV at origination was such “insider’s price”,
(iii) the principal amount of the Cooperative Loan at origination was not more
than 100% of such “insider’s price” and (iv) the LTV at origination, as
calculated using the Appraised Value at origination, was less than or equal
to
80%. All provisions of such Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy have been
and are being complied with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all
premiums due thereunder have been paid. Any related Mortgage subject to any
such
Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy obligates the Mortgagor or the Servicer
thereunder, as applicable, to maintain such insurance for the time period
required by law and to pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith.
As
of the date of origination, the Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is
as
specified in the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule;
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(24) Prepayment
Penalty Term.
No
Mortgage Loan is subject to a prepayment penalty except as provided in the
related Mortgage Note and as set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule.
With respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a prepayment penalty feature, each
such prepayment penalty is enforceable and will be enforced by the Servicer
for
the benefit of the Purchaser, and each prepayment penalty is permitted pursuant
to federal, state and local law. Each such prepayment penalty is in an amount
not more than the maximum amount permitted under applicable law and no such
prepayment penalty may be imposed for a term in excess of five (5) years with
respect to Mortgage Loans originated prior to October, 1, 2002. With respect
to
Mortgage Loans originated on or after October 1, 2002, the duration of the
prepayment period shall not exceed three (3) years from the date of the Mortgage
Note unless the Mortgage Loan was modified to reduce the prepayment period
to no
more than three (3) years from the date of such Mortgage Note and the Mortgagor
was notified in writing of such reduction in prepayment period. With respect
to
any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision permitting imposition of a penalty
upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (i) the Mortgage Loan provides some benefit
to the Mortgagor (e.g., a rate or fee reduction) in exchange for accepting
such
prepayment penalty, (ii) the Mortgage Loan’s originator had a written policy of
offering the Mortgagor or requiring third-party brokers to offer the Mortgagor,
the option of obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment of such
a
penalty, (iii) the prepayment penalty was adequately disclosed to the Mortgagor
in the mortgage loan documents pursuant to applicable state, local and federal
law and (iv) notwithstanding any state, local or federal law to the contrary,
the Servicer shall not impose such prepayment premium in any instance when
the
mortgage debt is accelerated as the result of the Mortgagor’s default in making
the loan payments. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach
Representation;
(25) Mortgaged
Property Undamaged; No Condemnation.
To the
best of the Seller’s knowledge, as of the applicable Funding Date, the related
Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and waste and there is no
proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereof;
(26) Customary
Provisions.
The
related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions that render
the
rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against
the related Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security provided thereby,
including, (a) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by
trustee’s sale, and (b) in the case of a Mortgage, otherwise by judicial
foreclosure. There is no homestead or other exemption available to a Mortgagor
which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a
trustee’s sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage.
(27) Conformance
With Underwriting Standards.
Such
Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the PHH Guide in effect at
the
time of the origination with exceptions thereto exercised in a reasonable
manner;
(28) Appraisal.
The
Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property on forms
signed prior to the approval of such Mortgage Loan application by an appraiser,
duly appointed by the originator of such Mortgage Loan and whose compensation
is
not affected by the approval or disapproval of such Mortgage Loan and the
appraisal and appraiser both satisfy the requirements of Xxxxxxx Mac and Xxxxxx
Xxx;
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(29) Deeds
of Trust.
If the
related Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, then a trustee, duly qualified
under Applicable Law to serve as such, has been properly designated and
currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses
are
or will become payable by the Purchaser to the trustee under such deed of trust,
except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the related
Mortgagor;
(30) Insurance.
The
Mortgaged Property securing each Mortgage Loan is covered by a hazard insurance
policy meeting the requirements of Section 5.10
hereof
issued by an insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac;
(31) Occupancy.
As of
the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, the related Mortgaged Property (or with respect to a Cooperative
Loan, the related Cooperative Unit) is lawfully occupied under Applicable Law
and all inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued
with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property (or with respect
to a Cooperative Loan, the related Cooperative Unit) and, with respect to the
use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of
occupancy, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities;
(32) Adjustments.
All of
the terms of the related Mortgage Note pertaining to interest rate adjustments,
payment adjustments and adjustments of the outstanding principal balance, if
any, are enforceable and such adjustments will not affect the priority of the
lien of the related Mortgage; all such adjustments on such Mortgage Loan have
been made properly and in accordance with the provisions of such Mortgage
Loan;
(33) Insolvency
Proceedings; Servicemembers Relief Act.
To the
best of the Seller’s knowledge, the related Mortgagor (1) is not the subject of
any Insolvency Proceeding; and (2) has not requested any relief allowed to
such
Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act;
(34) Xxxxxx
Mae/Xxxxxxx Mac Documents.
Such
Mortgage Loan was closed on standard Xxxxxx
Mae
or
Xxxxxxx
Mac
documents or on such documents otherwise acceptable to them;
(35) Buydown
Mortgage Loans.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Buydown Mortgage Loan:
(a) On
or
before the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, the related Seller and
the
Mortgagor, or the related Seller, the Mortgagor and the seller of the Mortgaged
Property or a third party entered into a Buydown Agreement. The Buydown
Agreement provides that the seller of the Mortgaged Property (or third party)
shall deliver to the related Seller temporary Buydown Funds in an amount equal
to the aggregate undiscounted amount of payments that, when added to the amount
the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loan is obligated to pay on each Due Date in
accordance with the terms of the Buydown Agreement, is equal to the full
scheduled Monthly Payment due on such Mortgage Loan. The temporary Buydown
Funds
enable the Mortgagor to qualify for the Buydown Mortgage Loan. The effective
interest rate of a Buydown Mortgage Loan if less than the interest rate set
forth in the related Mortgage Note will increase within the Buydown Period
as
provided in the related Buydown Agreement so that the effective interest rate
will be equal to the interest rate as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
All Buydown Funds required to make the full payment of principal and interest
under each Buydown Loan are in the Buydown Account held by the Servicer. The
Buydown Mortgage Loan satisfies the requirements the PHH Guide;
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(b) The
Mortgage and Mortgage Note reflect the permanent payment terms rather than
the
payment terms of the Buydown Agreement. The Buydown Agreement provides for
the
payment by the Mortgagor of the full amount of the Monthly Payment on any Due
Date that the Buydown Funds are not available. The Buydown Funds were not used
to reduce the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or to increase
the
Appraised Value of the Mortgage Property when calculating the Loan-to-Value
Ratios for purposes of the Agreement;
(c) The
Buydown Funds may not be refunded to the Mortgagor unless the Mortgagor makes
a
principal payment for the outstanding balance of the Mortgage Loan;
(d) there
is
a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a temporary buydown (Y or
N).
As
of the
date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, the provisions of the related Buydown
Agreement complied with the PHH Guide;
(36) Assignment
in Recordable Form.
The
Assignment is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the
laws
of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
(37) Principal
Advances Consolidated.
Any
principal advances made to the Mortgagor prior to the Cut-off Date have been
consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the Mortgage,
and
the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate
and
single repayment term. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;
(38) Payment
Terms; Amortization.
The
Mortgage Note requires a monthly payment which is sufficient either from the
first payment date or during the period following each Adjustment Date, to
amortize the outstanding principal balance fully, as of such first payment
day
or the first day of such period, over the then remaining term of such Mortgage
Note and to pay interest at the related Note Rate. Unless otherwise disclosed
in
the Offering Materials or the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, no Mortgage Loan
has a balloon payment feature. With respect to any Mortgage Loan with a balloon
payment feature, the Mortgage Note is payable in Monthly Payments based on
a
thirty year amortization schedule and has a final Monthly Payment substantially
greater than the proceeding Monthly Payment which is sufficient to amortize
the
remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan;
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(39) Condominium
Eligibility.
If the
residential dwelling on the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or a unit
in a planned unit development (other than a de minimis planned unit development)
such condominium or planned unit development project meets the eligibility
requirements of the PHH Guide;
(40) HOEPA.
No
Mortgage Loan is a Predatory Mortgage Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable,
and
no Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002 through March 6, 2003
is
governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act. No Mortgage Loan is covered by the
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 and no Mortgage Loan is in
violation of any comparable state or local law. No predatory or deceptive
lending practices, including, without limitation, the extension of credit
without regard to the ability of the Mortgagor to repay and the extension of
credit which has no apparent benefit to the Mortgagor, were employed in the
origination of the Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Loan is in compliance with
the
anti-predatory lending eligibility for purchase requirements of Xxxxxx Mae’s
Selling Guide. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach
Representation;
(41) No
Construction, Rehabilitation or Trade-In.
No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (a) the construction or rehabilitation
of a Mortgaged Property or (b) facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a
Mortgaged Property;
(42) Acceptable
Investment.
The
Seller has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with respect to
the
Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property (or with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement, the Cooperative
Loan
or the Cooperative Project), the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor’s credit standing
that can reasonably be expected to cause the Mortgage Loan to be an unacceptable
investment, cause the Mortgage Loan to become more delinquent than as disclosed
in the Offering Materials, or adversely affect the value of the Mortgage
Loan;
(43) No
Additional Collateral.
Except
as indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Note is not and has
not
been secured by any collateral, pledged account or other security except the
lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest of any applicable
security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in paragraph (12)
above;
(44) Compliance
with Environmental Laws.
To the
best of the Seller’s knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is in material compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws pertaining to environmental hazards
including, without limitation, asbestos, and neither the Seller nor, to the
Seller’s knowledge, the related Mortgagor, has received any notice of any
violation or potential violation of such law;
(45) Negative
Amortization.
No
Mortgage Loan is subject to Negative Amortization;
(46) Loan-to-Value
Ratio; Modifications; No Foreclosures.
The
Loan-to-Value Ratio of each Mortgage Loan was less than 125% at the time of
its
origination or refinancing, as applicable;
(47) Location
and Type of Mortgaged Property.
The
Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule and consists of a single parcel (or more than one contiguous
parcels) of real property with a detached single family residence erected
thereon, or a two- to four-family dwelling, or an individual condominium unit
in
a condominium project, or an individual unit in a planned unit development
or a
townhouse. No Mortgage Loan is secured by a leasehold estate where the term
of
the leasehold exceeds the term of the Mortgage Loan and no Mortgage Loan is
a
cooperative loan. As of the respective appraisal date for each Mortgaged
Property, no portion of the Mortgaged Property was being used for commercial
purposes. No Mortgage Loan is secured by a manufactured housing
unit;
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(48) No
Additional Payments.
There
is no obligation on the part of the Seller or any other party to make payments
in addition to those made by the Mortgagor;
(49) 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 (or the successors to such credit
repository companies), on a monthly basis. This representation and warranty
is a
Deemed Material Breach Representation;
(50) Scheduled
Interest.
Interest on each Mortgage is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(51) Collection
Practices Escrow Deposits.
The
origination and collection practices used with respect to the Mortgage Loan
have
been in accordance with the servicing standard set forth in Section 5.01
hereof,
and have been in all material respects legal and proper, and in accordance
with
the terms of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage. All Escrow Payments have been
collected in full compliance with state and federal law. An escrow of funds
is
not prohibited by Applicable Law and has been established to pay for all Escrow
Payments which remain unpaid and have been assessed but are not yet due and
payable. No escrow deposits or Escrow Payments or other charges or payments
due
the Servicer have been capitalized under the Mortgage Note;
(52) Qualified
Mortgage.
The
Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(3) of the Code;
(53) [Reserved]
(54) No
Credit Insurance Policies.
In
connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan, no proceeds from any
Mortgage Loan were used to finance or acquire a single-premium credit life
insurance policy. No Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium
credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, accident, unemployment or
property insurance product) or debt cancellation agreement as a condition of
obtaining the extension of credit. No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid
single-premium credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, accident,
unemployment or property insurance policy) in connection with the origination
of
the Mortgage Loan; no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to purchase
single-premium credit insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements as
part
of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such Mortgage Loan. This
representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach
Representation;
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(55) Cooperative
Lien Search.
With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, a Cooperative Lien Search has been made by
a
company competent to make the same which company is acceptable to Xxxxxx
Xxx
and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Cooperative Unit is
located;
(56) Proprietary
Leases.
With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, (i) the terms of the related Proprietary
Lease
is longer than the terms of the Cooperative Loan, (ii) there is no provision
in
any Proprietary Lease which requires the Mortgagor to offer for sale the
Cooperative Shares owned by such Mortgagor first to the Cooperative Corporation,
(iii) there is no prohibition in any Proprietary Lease against pledging the
Cooperative Shares or assigning the Proprietary Lease and (iv) the Recognition
Agreement is on a form of agreement published by the Aztech Document Systems,
Inc. or includes provisions which are no less favorable to the lender than
those
contained in such agreement;
(57) Financing
Statements; Perfection.
With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, each original UCC financing statement,
continuation statement or other governmental filing or recordation necessary
to
create or preserve the perfection and priority of the first priority lien and
security interest in the Cooperative Shares and Proprietary Lease has been
timely and properly made. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
document related to the Cooperative Loan and delivered to the Mortgagor or
its
designee establishes in the Mortgagor a valid and subsisting perfected first
lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property described therein,
and
the Mortgagor has full right to sell and assign the same;
(58) Acceptance
of Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement.
With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, each Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption
of Lease Agreement contains enforceable provisions such as to render the rights
and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization of the benefits
of the security provided thereby. The Acceptance of Assignment and Assumption
of
Lease Agreement contains an enforceable provision for the acceleration of the
payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Note in the event the
Cooperative Unit is transferred or sold without the consent of the holder
thereof;
(59) Arbitration.
With
respect to any Mortgage Loan originated on or after August 1, 2004, neither
the
related Mortgage nor the related Mortgage Note requires the Mortgagor to submit
to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way
to
the Mortgage Loan transaction. This representation and warranty is a Deemed
Material Breach Representation;
(60) Balloon
Payments.
No
Mortgage Loan is a balloon mortgage loan that has an original stated maturity
of
less than seven (7) years;
(61) Origination
Practices.
The
Mortgagor was not encouraged or required to select a Mortgage Loan product
offered by the Mortgage Loan’s originator which is a higher cost product
designed for less creditworthy borrowers, unless at the time of the Mortgage
Loan’s origination, such Mortgagor did not qualify taking into account such
facts as, without limitation, the Mortgage Loan’s requirements and the
Mortgagor’s credit history, income, assets and liabilities and debt-to-income
ratios for a lower-cost credit product then offered by the Mortgage Loan’s
originator or any affiliate of the Mortgage Loan’s originator. If, at the time
of loan application, the Mortgagor may have qualified for a lower-cost credit
product then offered by any mortgage lending affiliate of the Mortgage Loan’s
originator, the Mortgage Loan’s originator referred the Mortgagor’s application
to such affiliate for underwriting consideration. For a Mortgagor who seeks
financing through a Mortgage Loan originator’s higher-priced subprime lending
channel, the Mortgagor was directed towards or offered the Mortgage Loan
originator’s standard mortgage line if the Mortgagor was able to qualify for one
of the standard products. This representation and warranty is a Deemed Material
Breach Representation;
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(62) Underwriting
Methodology.
The
methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for each Mortgage
Loan
does not rely on the extent of the Mortgagor’s equity in the collateral as the
principal determining factor in approving such extension of credit. The
methodology employed objective criteria that related such facts as, without
limitation, the Mortgagor’s credit history, income, assets or liabilities, to
the proposed mortgage payment and, based on such methodology, the Mortgage
Loan’s originator made a reasonable determination that at the time of
origination the Mortgagor had the ability to make timely payments on the
Mortgage Loan. Such underwriting methodology confirmed that at the time of
origination (application/approval) the Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to
make timely payments on the Mortgage Loan. This representation and warranty
is a
Deemed Material Breach Representation;
(63) Points
and Fees.
No
Mortgagor was charged “points and fees” (whether or not financed) in an amount
greater than (i) $1,000, or (ii) 5% of the principal amount of such Mortgage
Loan, whichever is greater. For purposes of this representation, such 5%
limitation is calculated in accordance with Xxxxxx Mae’s anti-predatory lending
requirements as set forth in the Xxxxxx Xxx Guides and “points and fees” (x)
include origination, underwriting, broker and finder fees and charges that
the
mortgagee imposed as a condition of making the Mortgage Loan, whether they
are
paid to the mortgagee or a third party, and (y) exclude bona fide discount
points, fees paid for actual services rendered in connection with the
origination of the Mortgage Loan (such as attorneys’ fees, notaries fees and
fees paid for property appraisals, credit reports, surveys, title examinations
and extracts, flood and tax certifications, and home inspections), the cost
of
mortgage insurance or credit-risk price adjustments, the costs of title, hazard,
and flood insurance policies, state and local transfer taxes or fees, escrow
deposits for the future payment of taxes and insurance premiums, and other
miscellaneous fees and charges that, in total, do not exceed 0.25% of the
principal amount of such Mortgage Loan. This representation and warranty is
a
Deemed Material Breach Representation; and
(64) Fees
Charges.
All
fees and charges (including finance charges) and whether or not financed,
assessed, collected or to be collected in connection with the origination and
servicing of each Mortgage Loan has been disclosed in writing to the Mortgagor
in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulation. This
representation and warranty is a Deemed Material Breach
Representation.
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Section
3.04 Repurchase
and Substitution.
It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections
3.01, 3.02
and
3.03
shall
survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser and shall inure to
the
benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified
endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment or the examination of any
Mortgage File and notwithstanding the fact that any such representation or
warranty (other than the representation contained in clause (42) of
Section 3.03
above)
was made to the best of the Seller’s knowledge.
Upon
discovery by either of the Sellers or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.01,
3.02
or
3.03
that
materially and adversely affects the interest of the Purchaser (or that
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Purchaser in the related
Mortgage Loan, in the case of a representation or warranty relating to a
particular Mortgage Loan), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other.
Unless
permitted a greater period of time to cure as set forth in Section 2.04,
the
applicable Seller shall have a period of 60 days from the earlier of either
discovery by or receipt of written notice from the Purchaser to the Seller
of
any breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in
Sections 3.01,
3.02
or
3.03
that
materially and adversely affects the interest of the Purchaser (or that
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Purchaser in the related
Mortgage Loan, in the case of a representation or warranty relating to a
particular Mortgage Loan) (a “Defective
Mortgage Loan”;
provided
that
“Defective Mortgage Loan” shall also include (a) any Mortgage Loan treated or
designated as such in accordance with Section 2.04
and (b)
any Mortgage Loan regarding which the Mortgagor fails to make the first
regularly scheduled payment of principal and interest) within which to correct
or cure such breach. If such breach can ultimately be cured but is not
reasonably expected to be cured within the 60-day period, then the applicable
Seller shall have such additional time, if any, as is determined by the
Purchaser to cure such breach provided
that the
Seller has commenced curing or correcting such breach and is diligently pursuing
same. Notwithstanding the above, (i) within thirty (30) days of the earlier
of
either discovery by, or notice to, the applicable Seller of any breach of the
representation and warranty set forth in paragraph (52) of Section
3.03,
the
applicable Seller shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price,
together with all expenses incurred by the Purchaser as a result of such
repurchase and (ii) any breach of a Deemed Material Breach Representation shall
automatically be deemed to materially and adversely affect the value of the
Mortgage Loan and the interest of the Purchaser therein. Each Seller hereby
covenants and agrees with respect to each Mortgage Loan conveyed by it that,
if
any breach relating thereto cannot be corrected or cured within the applicable
cure period or such additional time, if any, as is determined by the Purchaser,
then such Seller shall, at the direction of the Purchaser, repurchase the
Defective Mortgage Loan at the applicable Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if the first regularly scheduled
payment of principal and interest due under any Mortgage Loan has been
delinquent more than 30 days, the Purchaser may, by written notice to the
applicable Seller, require that the Seller repurchase the related Mortgage
Loan.
However, if the Seller provides evidence that the delinquency was due to a
servicing setup error, no repurchase shall be required. Within 10 Business
Days
following the delivery of any such written notice from the Purchaser, the
applicable Seller shall repurchase the specified Mortgage Loan by paying the
Repurchase Price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds
directly to the Purchaser’s Account.
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Notwithstanding
the previous paragraph, with the exception of the representation and warranty
set forth in paragraph (52) of Section
3.03
or any
Deemed Material Breach Representation, the applicable Seller may, at the
Purchaser’s option and assuming that such Seller has a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided
above, remove such Mortgage Loan (“Deleted
Mortgage Loan”)
and
substitute in its place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans. If the
applicable Seller has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase
the Defective Mortgage Loan.
As
to any
Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the applicable Seller substitutes a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the applicable Seller shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Purchaser or its designee for such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans the Legal Documents as are required by
Section 2.
Upon
such substitution, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be
subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the applicable
Seller shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the covenants,
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01,
3.02
and
3.03.
For
any
month in which the applicable Seller substitutes one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the applicable
Seller will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of
substitution (after application of scheduled principal payments due in the
month
of substitution which have been received or as to which an advance has been
made) is less than the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all such
Deleted Mortgage Loans. The amount of such shortfall shall be paid by the
applicable Seller on the date of such substitution) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds directly to the Purchaser’s Account.
Any
repurchase of a Defective Mortgage Loan required hereunder shall be accomplished
by payment of the applicable Repurchase Price within 3 Business Days of
expiration of the applicable time period referred to above in paragraph 3.04(3)
by wire transfer of immediately available funds directly to the Purchaser’s
Account. It is understood and agreed that the obligations of a Seller (a) set
forth in this Section 3.04(3)
to cure
any breach of such Seller’s representations and warranties contained in
Sections 3.01,
3.02
and
3.03
or to
repurchase the Defective Mortgage Loan(s) and (b) set forth in Section 9.01
to
indemnify the Purchaser in connection with any breach of a Seller’s
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.01,
3.02
and
3.03
shall
constitute the sole remedies of the Purchaser respecting a breach of such
representations and warranties.
The
parties further agree that, in recognition of the Trust’s rights against PHH
Mortgage with respect to the Mortgage Loans acquired by it from PHH Mortgage
and
conveyed to the Purchaser hereunder, the Purchaser shall have the right to
cause
PHH Mortgage to repurchase directly any Defective Mortgage Loan (other than
as a
result of a breach by the Trust of Section 3.03(3)
or
3.03(15)
hereof,
in which case the Purchaser shall have the right to cause the Trust to
repurchase directly the Defective Mortgage Loan) acquired hereunder by the
Purchaser from the Trust.
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Section
3.05 Certain
Covenants of each Seller and the Servicer.
Without
incurring undue effort or any cost except the Seller’s overhead or employees’
salaries, each Seller shall take reasonable steps to assist the Purchaser,
if
the Purchaser so requests by 30 days’ advance written notice to the related
Seller or Sellers (it is agreed that electronic mail shall be considered valid
notification if followed by a verbal communication by the Purchaser to the
related Seller or Sellers), in re-selling the Mortgage Loans in a whole loan
sale or in securitizing the Mortgage Loans and selling undivided interests
in
such Mortgage Loans in a public offering or private placement or selling
participating interests in such Mortgage Loans, which steps may include, (a)
providing any information relating to the Mortgage Loans reasonably necessary
to
assist in the preparation of any disclosure documents, (b) providing information
relating to delinquencies and defaults with respect to the Servicer’s servicing
portfolio (or such portion thereof as is similar to the Mortgage Loans), (c)
entering into any other servicing, custodial or other similar agreements, that
are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, and which contain such
provisions as are customary in securitizations rated “AAA” (including a
securitization involving a REMIC) (a “Securitization”)
(d) to
restate the representations and warranties contained in Article III hereof
as of
the closing date of such Securitization or whole loan sale; provided,
however,
Servicer may qualify and/or modify any such representations and warranties
to
reflect any facts or circumstances arising subsequent to the related Funding
Date, and (e) provide such opinions of counsel as are customary in such
transactions, provided,
however,
that
any opinion of outside counsel shall be provided at Purchaser’s expense. In
connection with such a Securitization, the Purchaser may be required to engage
a
master servicer or trustee to determine the allocation of payments to and make
remittances to the certificateholders, at the Purchaser’s sole cost and expense.
In the event that a master servicer or trustee is requested by the Purchaser
to
determine the allocation of payments and to make remittances to the
certificateholders, the Servicer agrees to service the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the reasonable and customary requirements of such
Securitization, which may include the Servicer’s acting as a subservicer in a
master servicing arrangement. With respect to the then owners of the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicer shall thereafter deal solely with such master servicer
or
trustee, as the case may be with respect to such Mortgage Loans which are
subject to the Securitization and shall not be required to deal with any other
party with respect to such Mortgage Loans. The cost of such securitization
shall
be borne by the Purchaser, other than the Seller’s overhead or employees’
salaries.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
FUNDING
Section
4.01 Representations
and Warranties.
The
Purchaser represents, warrants and covenants to the Seller that as of each
Funding Date or as of such date specifically provided herein:
(1) Due
Organization.
The
Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has all licenses
necessary to carry on its business now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing under the laws of each state where a Mortgaged
Property is located or is otherwise exempt under applicable law from such
qualification or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such
qualification; no demand for such qualification has been made upon the Purchaser
by any state having jurisdiction and in any event the Purchaser is or will
be in
compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent necessary to enforce
each Mortgage Loan.
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(2) Due
Authority.
The
Purchaser had the full power and authority and legal right to acquire the
Mortgage Loans that it acquired. The Purchaser has the full power and authority
to hold each Mortgage Loan, to sell each Mortgage Loan and to execute, deliver
and perform, and to enter into and consummate, all transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement. The Purchaser has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement,
and this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Seller, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, insolvency,
moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally
or the rights of creditors of banks and to the general principles of equity
(whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(3) No
Conflict.
None of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the purchase of the Mortgage
Loans, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or 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 Purchaser’s organizational documents and bylaws or any legal
restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Purchaser 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 Purchaser or its property
is
subject, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations
under
this Agreement;
(4) Ability
to Perform.
The
Purchaser 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;
(5) No
Material Default.
The
Purchaser is not in material default under any agreement, contract, instrument
or indenture of any nature whatsoever to which the Purchaser is a party or
by
which it (or any of its assets) is bound, which default would have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform under this Agreement,
nor, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, has any event occurred which,
with notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a default under any such
agreement, contract, instrument or indenture and have a material adverse effect
on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(6) Litigation
Pending.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of
the
Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened, against the Purchaser, which, either in any
one instance or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Purchaser
would
adversely affect the purchase of the Mortgage Loans or the execution, delivery
or enforceability of this Agreement or result in any material liability of
the
Purchaser, or draw into question the validity of this Agreement, or the Mortgage
Loans or have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the
Purchaser;
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(7) Broker.
The
Purchaser 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.
(8) 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 Purchaser
of
or compliance by the Purchaser with this Agreement, the purchase of the Mortgage
Loans from the Seller or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement or, if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the
Funding Date;
(9) Ordinary
Course of Business.
The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is in the
ordinary course of business of the Purchaser;
(10) Non-Petition
Agreement.
The
Purchaser covenants and agrees that it shall not, prior to the date which is
one
year and one day (or if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect)
after the payment in full of all rated obligations of Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential
Mortgage Trust, acquiesce, petition or otherwise, directly or indirectly, invoke
or cause Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust to invoke the process of any
governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust under any federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, or other similar official of
Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust. This covenant and agreement shall be
binding upon the Purchaser and any assignee or transferee of the
Purchaser;
(11) No
Untrue Information.
No
statement, report or other agreement, document or instrument furnished or to
be
furnished by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement contains or will contain
any materially untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state a fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(12) Non-solicitation.
The
Purchaser agrees that it shall not solicit any Mortgagors (in writing or
otherwise) to refinance any of the Mortgage Loans; provided
that
mass advertising or mailings (such as placing advertisements on television,
on
radio, in magazines or in newspapers or including messages in billing
statements) that are not exclusively directed towards the Mortgagors shall
not
constitute solicitation and shall not violate this covenant;
(13) Privacy.
Purchaser agrees and acknowledges that as to all nonpublic personal information
received or obtained by it with respect to any Mortgagor: (a) such information
is and shall be held by Purchaser in accordance with all applicable law,
including but not limited to the privacy provisions of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx Bliley
Act; (b) such information is in connection with a proposed or actual secondary
market sale related to a transaction of the Mortgagor for purposes of 16
C.F.R.§313.14(a)(3); and (c) Purchaser is hereby prohibited from disclosing or
using any such information other than to carry out the express provisions of
this Agreement, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law; and
(14) MERS.
The
Purchaser is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material
respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the
Purchaser’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement with respect to
the Mortgage Loans, for as long as such Mortgage Loans are registered with
MERS.
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Section
4.02 Conditions
Precedent to Closing.
Each
purchase of Mortgage Loans hereunder shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All
of
the representations and warranties of Seller under the PHH Guide, and of Seller
and Purchaser under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Funding
Date, and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of
time, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or under the
PHH
Guide;
(b) Purchaser
shall have received, or Purchaser’s attorneys shall have received in escrow, all
closing documents as specified herein, in such forms as are agreed upon and
acceptable to Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than Purchaser
as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof;
(c) All
other
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been complied
with.
Subject
to the foregoing conditions, Purchaser shall pay to Seller on each Funding
Date
the applicable Purchase Price as provided herein.
ARTICLE
V
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
5.01 PHH
Mortgage to Act as Servicer; Servicing Standards; Additional Documents; Consent
of the Purchaser.
(1) The
Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the
Mortgage Loans and REO Property from and after each Funding Date in accordance
with the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans, applicable law and the
terms and provisions of this Agreement for and on behalf of, and in the best
interests of, the Purchaser (without taking into account any relationship the
Servicer may have with any Mortgagor or other Person, the participation, if
any,
of the Servicer in any financing provided in connection with the sale of any
Mortgaged Property, or the Servicer’s obligation to advance any expenses or
incur any costs in the performance of its duties hereunder) in accordance with
a
standard that is not less than the higher of (a) the same care, skill, prudence
and diligence with which it services similar assets held for its own or its
Affiliates’ account and (b) the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with
which it services similar assets for third party institutional investors, in
each case giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice
of prudent institutional mortgage loan servicers utilized with respect to
mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans. In addition, the Servicer
shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all Applicable
Laws
including the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations (which
require, among other things, the provision of accurate and complete information
(e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on the Servicer’s borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (or the successors
to such credit repository companies) on a monthly basis). Subject to the
foregoing standards, in connection with such servicing and administration,
the
Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely recovery of principal and interest
on
the Mortgage Notes; provided
that
nothing contained herein shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee
by the Servicer of the collectibility of payments on the Mortgage Loans or
shall
be construed as impairing or adversely affecting any rights or benefits
specifically provided by this Agreement to the Seller, including with respect
to
Servicing Fees.
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In
the
event that any of the Mortgage Loans included on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
for
a particular Funding Date are Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans such Pledged Asset
Mortgage Loans will be serviced in accordance with Section 5.18
hereof.
(2) To
the
extent consistent with Section 5.01(1)
and
further subject to any express limitations set forth in this Agreement, the
Servicer (acting alone or, solely in the circumstances permitted hereunder,
acting through a subservicer) shall have full power and authority to do or
cause
to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in
connection with such servicing and administration, including the power and
authority (a) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, customary
consents or waivers and other instruments and documents (including estoppel
certificates), (b) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and
assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (c) to submit
claims to collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, (d) to
consent to the application of any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds
to
the restoration of the applicable Mortgaged Property or otherwise, (e) to bring
an action in a court of law, including an unlawful detainer action, to enforce
rights of the Purchaser with respect to any Mortgaged Property, (f) to execute
and deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, documents relating to the management,
operation, maintenance, repair, leasing, marketing and sale of any Mortgaged
Property or any REO Property, and (g) to effectuate foreclosure or other
conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage
Loan; provided
that the
Servicer shall not take any action not provided for in this Agreement that
is
materially inconsistent with or materially prejudices the interest of the
Purchaser in any Mortgage Loan or under this Agreement. If reasonably requested
by the Servicer, the Purchaser shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of
attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable
the
Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties,
including documents relating to the foreclosure, receivership, management,
operation, maintenance, repair, leasing, marketing and sale (in foreclosure
or
otherwise) of any Mortgaged Property or any REO Property. Nothing contained
in
this Agreement shall limit the ability of the Servicer to lend money to (whether
on a secured or unsecured basis), and otherwise generally engage in any kind
of
business or dealings with, any Mortgagor as though the Servicer were not a
party
to this Agreement or to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(3) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein:
(a) the
Servicer acknowledges that the Purchaser will retain title to, and ownership
of,
the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties and that the Servicer does not hereby
acquire any title to, security interest in, or other rights of any kind in
or to
any Mortgage Loan or REO Property or any portion thereof;
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(b) the
Servicer shall not file any lien or any other encumbrance on, exercise any
right
of setoff against, or attach or assert any claim in or on any Mortgage Loan
or
REO Property, unless authorized pursuant to a judicial or administrative
proceeding or a court order;
(c) the
Servicer shall, in servicing the Mortgage Loans, follow and comply with the
servicing guidelines established by Xxxxxx
Xxx,
provided
that the
Servicer shall specifically notify the Purchaser in writing and obtain the
Purchaser’s written consent prior to the Servicer taking any of the following
actions: (1) modifying, amending or waiving any of the financial terms of,
or
making any other material modifications to, a Mortgage Loan, except the Servicer
may, upon the Mortgagor’s request, accept a principal prepayment and re-amortize
the then remaining principal balance over the then remaining term of the loan
(resulting in a lower scheduled monthly payment but no change in the maturity
date); (2) selling any Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan; (3) making, with
respect to any Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property, Servicing
Advances provided
that the
Servicer shall not be required to so advise the Purchaser to the extent that
each related Servicing Advance as to the related Mortgaged Property or REO
Property is in the best interests of the Purchaser or other owner of the
Mortgage Loan and that are deemed to be recoverable by the Servicer; (4)
forgiving principal or interest on, or permitting to be satisfied at a discount,
any Mortgage Loan; (5) accepting substitute or additional collateral, or
releasing any collateral, for a Mortgage Loan. If the Purchaser has not approved
or rejected in writing any proposed action(s) recommended by the Servicer to
be
taken hereunder within 20 Business Days of the date such recommendation is
made,
then the Purchaser shall be deemed to have rejected such recommended action(s)
and the Servicer shall not take any such action(s);
(d) the
Servicer shall notify the Purchaser of any modification, waiver or amendment
of
any term of any Mortgage Loan and the date thereof and shall deliver to the
Purchaser, for deposit in the related Mortgage File, an original counterpart
of
the agreement relating to such modification, waiver or amendment promptly
following the execution thereof;
(e) the
Servicer shall remain primarily liable for the full performance of its
obligations hereunder notwithstanding any appointment by the Servicer of a
subservicer or subservicers hereunder; and
(f) the
Purchaser may at any time and from time to time, in its sole discretion, upon
10
Business Days written notice to the Servicer, terminate the Servicer’s servicing
obligations hereunder with respect to (1) any REO Property or (2) any Mortgage
Loan that, in accordance with the Purchaser’s internal credit classification
criteria, has been classified as “doubtful” or a “loss.” Upon the effectiveness
of any such termination of the Servicer’s servicing obligations with respect to
any such REO Property or Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall deliver all
agreements, documents, and instruments related thereto to the Purchaser, in
accordance with applicable law.
Section
5.02 Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments.
Continuously from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all
Mortgage Loans are paid in full, the Servicer will proceed diligently to collect
all payments due under each Mortgage Loan when the same shall become due and
payable and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this
Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related Primary Insurance Policy,
follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans, which procedures shall in any event comply
with the servicing standards set forth in Section 5.01.
Furthermore, the Servicer shall ascertain and estimate annual ground rents,
taxes, assessments, fire and hazard insurance premiums, mortgage insurance
premiums, and all other charges that, as provided in the Mortgages, will become
due and payable to the end that the installments payable by the Mortgagors
will
be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become due and
payable.
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Section
5.03 Reports
for Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and Foreclosure Sales.
The
Servicer shall, within five (5) calendar days following each Record Date,
deliver to the Purchaser monthly reports (substantially in the form of
Exhibit 5.03(a)
and
Exhibit 5.03(b)
attached
hereto) with respect to all Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans. In addition,
the
Servicer shall, within one (1) Business Day following the occurrence of any
foreclosure sale with respect to any Mortgaged Property, deliver to the
Purchaser a notice of foreclosure sale substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.03(c)
attached
hereto.
Section
5.04 Establishment
of Collection Account; Deposits in Collection Account.
The
Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to
each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general
assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Collection Accounts, in
the
form of time deposit or demand accounts. The creation of any Collection Account
shall be evidenced by a certification in the form of Exhibit 5.04-1
attached
hereto, in the case of an account established with the Servicer, or a letter
agreement in the form of Exhibit 5.04-2
attached
hereto, in the case of an account held by a depository other than the Servicer.
In either case, a copy of such certification or letter agreement shall be
furnished to the Purchaser.
On
and
after the related Funding Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account on a daily basis, within two Business Days after receipt (or as
otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement in the case of clauses (8), (9)
and (10) of this Section 5.04)
and
retain therein the following payments and collections received or made by it
subsequent to each Cut-off Date, or received by it prior to the Cut-off Date
but
allocable to a period subsequent thereto, other than in respect of principal
and
interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date:
(1) all
payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments, on the
Mortgage Loans;
(2) all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans;
(3) all
Liquidation Proceeds;
(4) all
REO
Proceeds;
(5) all
Insurance Proceeds, including amounts required to be deposited pursuant to
Sections 5.10
and
5.11,
other
than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration
or
repair of the Mortgaged Properties or released to the applicable Mortgagors
in
accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures, the related
Mortgages or applicable law;
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(6) all
Condemnation Proceeds affecting any Mortgaged Property which are not released
to
a Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures, the
related Mortgage or applicable law;
(7) any
Monthly Advances in accordance with Section
6.03;
(8) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.11
in
connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard insurance policy,
such deposit to be made from the Servicer’s own funds without reimbursement
therefor;
(9) any
amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.16
in
connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
(10) any
amounts required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to
Sections 7.01
or
7.02
or
otherwise pursuant to the terms hereof; and
(11) an
amount
from the Buydown Account that when added to the Mortgagor’s payment will equal
the full monthly amount due under the related Mortgage Note.
The
foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account shall be exclusive,
it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges and assumption fees,
to the extent permitted by Section 7.01,
need
not be deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account and shall be retained
by the Servicer as additional compensation.
Section
5.05 Permitted
Withdrawals from the Collection Account.
The
Servicer may, from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof,
withdraw amounts from the Collection Account for the following purposes (without
duplication):
(1) to
reimburse itself for unreimbursed Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances that
the Servicer has determined to be Non-Recoverable Advances as provided in
Section 6.04;
(2) to
make
payments to the Purchaser in the amounts, at the times and in the manner
provided for in Section 6.01;
(3) to
reimburse itself for Monthly Advances, the Servicer’s right to reimburse itself
pursuant to this Subsection
(3)
being
limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late
payments of principal and/or interest with respect to which any such Monthly
Advance was made;
(4) to
reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and for unreimbursed
Monthly Advances, the Servicer’s right to reimburse itself pursuant to this
Subsection (4) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to related
Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other
amounts as may be collected by the Servicer from the Mortgagor or otherwise
relating to the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that, in the case of such
reimbursement, the Servicer’s right thereto shall be prior to the rights of the
Purchaser, except that, where a Seller or the Servicer is required to repurchase
(or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for) a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to Sections 2.04,
3.04
and/or
7.02,
the
Servicer’s right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent and subordinate to
the payment to the Purchaser of the applicable Repurchase Price (or delivery
of
a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan) and all other amounts required to be
paid
to the Purchaser with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
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(5) to
pay to
itself, solely out of the interest portion of the Monthly Payment actually
received with respect to a Mortgage Loan during the period ending on the most
recent Determination Date, the Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage
Loan;
(6) to
pay to
itself as additional servicing compensation (a) any interest earned on funds
in
the Collection Account (all such interest to be withdrawn monthly not later
than
each Remittance Date) and (b) any prepayment penalties or premiums relating
to
any Principal Prepayments; provided
that no
such amounts shall be payable as servicing compensation to the extent they
relate to a Mortgage Loan with respect to which a default, breach, violation,
or
event of acceleration exists or would exist but for the lapse of time, the
giving of notice, or both;
(7) to
pay to
itself with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has been repurchased pursuant
to
Sections
2.04, 3.04
and/or
7.02
all
amounts received thereon and not distributed as of the date on which the related
Repurchase Price is determined (except to the extent that such amounts
constitute part of the Repurchase Price to be remitted to the
Purchaser);
(8) to
remove
any amounts deposited into the Collection Account in error;
(9) to
clear
and terminate the Collection Account upon the termination of this Agreement,
with any funds contained therein to be distributed in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement;
(10) to
reimburse itself for LPMI Fees, if any; and
(11) to
remit
to Purchaser payments on account of Buydown Funds as applicable.
The
Servicer shall keep and maintain a separate, detailed accounting, on a Mortgage
Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from
the Collection Account pursuant to this Section.
Section
5.06 Establishment
of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow.
The
Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to
each Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from
any
of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or
more
Escrow Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts. The creation
of
any Escrow Account shall be evidenced by a certification in the form shown
on
Exhibit 5.06-1
attached
hereto, in the case of an account established with the Servicer, or a letter
agreement in the form shown on Exhibit 5.06-2
attached
hereto, in the case of an account held by a depository other than the Servicer,
such depository having been consented to by the Purchaser. In either case,
a
copy of such certification or letter agreement shall be furnished to the
Purchaser.
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The
Servicer shall deposit in each Escrow Account on a daily basis within two (2)
Business Days of receipt, and retain therein, (i) all Escrow Payments collected
on account of the related Mortgage Loans for the purpose of effecting timely
payment of any such items as required under the terms of this Agreement, and
(ii) all Insurance Proceeds which are to be applied to the restoration or repair
of any Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall make withdrawals therefrom only
to
effect such payments as are required under Sections 5.07
and/or
5.08.
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 and, to the extent required by
law, the Servicer shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor
notwithstanding that the Escrow Account is non-interest bearing or that interest
paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes, without any right of
reimbursement therefor.
Section
5.07 Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Accounts.
Withdrawals from any Escrow Account may be made by the Servicer only (i) to
effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, hazard
insurance premiums, Primary Insurance Policy premiums, if applicable, and
comparable 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 that represent late payments or collections of Escrow Payments
thereunder, (iii) to refund to the Mortgagor any funds as may be determined
to
be overages, (iv) if permitted by applicable law, for transfer to the Collection
Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (v) for application
to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property in accordance with the
terms of the related Mortgage Loan, (vi) to pay to the Servicer, or to the
Mortgagor to the extent required by law, any interest paid on the funds
deposited in the Escrow Account, (vii) to reimburse a Mortgagor in
connection with the making of the Payoff of the related Mortgage Loan or the
termination of all or part of the escrow requirement in connection with the
Mortgage Loan, (viii) to remove any amounts deposited into the Escrow Account
in
error; or (ix) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination
of
this Agreement.
Section
5.08 Payment
of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges; Maintenance of Primary Insurance
Policies; Collections Thereunder.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall maintain accurate records
reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates and
other
charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and the
status of Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy premiums and fire and hazard
insurance coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the
payment of such charges, including renewal premiums, and shall effect payment
thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and at a time
appropriate for securing maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose
deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been estimated
and accumulated by the Servicer in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as
allowed under the terms of the Mortgage and applicable law. If a Mortgage does
not provide for Escrow Payments, then the Servicer shall require that any such
payments be made by the Mortgagor at the time they first become due. The
Servicer assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills
and shall effect timely payments of all such bills irrespective of the
Mortgagor’s faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the
Escrow Payments and shall make advances from its own funds to effect such
payments but shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement.
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The
Servicer shall maintain in full force and effect a Primary Insurance Policy
or
LPMI Policy, conforming in all respects to the description set forth in
Section 3.03(29),
issued
by an insurer described in that Section, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
for
which such coverage is required. Such coverage will be maintained until the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of the related Mortgage Loan is reduced to 75% or less
in
the case of a Mortgage Loan having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in
excess of 80% or until such time, if any, as such insurance is required to
be
released in accordance with the provisions of applicable law including, but
not
limited to, the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998. The Servicer shall assure
that all premiums due under any Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy are
paid
in a timely manner, but, shall be entitled to reimbursement pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement for premiums paid by the Servicer on behalf of any
Mortgagor who is obligated to pay such premiums but fails to do so. The Servicer
shall not cancel or refuse to renew any Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy
in effect on the Funding Date that is required to be kept in force under this
Agreement unless a replacement Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy for
such
canceled or nonrenewed policy is obtained from and maintained with an insurer
that satisfies the standards set forth in Section 3.03(29).
The
Servicer shall not take any action which would result in noncoverage under
any
applicable Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy of any loss which, but for
the actions of the Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. In connection
with any assumption or substitution agreement entered into or to be entered
into
pursuant to Section 7.01,
the
Servicer shall promptly notify the insurer under the related Primary Insurance
Policy or LPMI Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability
in accordance with the terms of such policy and shall take all actions which
may
be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage
under
the Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy. If such Primary Insurance Policy
or
LPMI Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of
liability, then the Servicer shall obtain, and, except as otherwise provided
above, maintain, a replacement Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy as
provided above. If the insurer shall cease to be an insurer acceptable under
the
PHH Guidelines, the Servicer shall determine whether recoveries under the LPMI
Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition of such
insurer, it being understood that the Servicer shall in no event have any
responsibility or liability for any failure to recover under the LPMI Policy
for
such reason. If the Servicer determines that recoveries are so jeopardized,
it
shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor, if required, and obtain from
another insurer acceptable under the PHH Guidelines a replacement insurance
policy.
Purchaser,
in its sole discretion, at any time, may (i) either obtain an additional LPMI
Policy on any Mortgage Loan which already has an LPMI Policy in place, or (ii)
obtain a LPMI Policy for any Mortgage Loan which does not already have a LPMI
Policy in place. In any event, the Servicer agrees to administer such LPMI
Policies in accordance with the Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement.
In
connection with its activities as servicer, the Servicer agrees to prepare
and
present, on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, claims to the insurer under
any
Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with
the terms of such policies and, in this regard, to take such action as shall
be
necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy
respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to Section 5.04,
any
amounts collected by the Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policy or LPMI
Policy shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to withdrawal
in
accordance with Section 5.05.
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Section
5.09 Transfer
of Accounts.
The
Servicer may transfer the Collection Account, the Buydown Account or any Escrow
Account to a different depository institution from time to time; provided
that (i)
no such transfer shall be made unless all certifications or letter agreements
required under Section 5.04
have
been executed and delivered by the parties thereto; and (ii) concurrently upon
any such transfer, the Servicer shall give written notice thereof to the
Purchaser. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Collection Account and each Escrow Account shall at all times constitute
Eligible Accounts.
Section
5.10 Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance.
The
Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire and hazard
insurance with extended coverage as is customary in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (a)
the
maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan and
(b)
the greater of (1) the Unpaid Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or
(2) an amount such that the proceeds thereof shall be sufficient to prevent
the Mortgagor and/or the loss payee from becoming a co-insurer.
If
any
Mortgaged Property is in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards and such flood insurance has been made
available, then the Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood insurance
policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in
an
amount representing coverage not less than the lesser of (a) the minimum
amount required, under the terms of coverage, to compensate for any damage
or
loss on a replacement cost basis (or the outstanding principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan if replacement cost coverage is not available for the
type
of building insured) or (b) the maximum amount of insurance which is
available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (assuming
that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating
in
such program).
The
Servicer shall also maintain on each REO Property fire, hazard and liability
insurance, and to the extent required and available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance with extended coverage
in an
amount which is at least equal to the lesser of (a) the maximum insurable value
of the improvements which are a part of such property and (b) the outstanding
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time it became an REO
Property plus accrued interest at the Note Rate and related Servicing
Advances.
All
such
policies shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with loss payable
to
the Servicer, or upon request to the Purchaser, and shall provide for at least
30 days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in the amount
of, or material change in, coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not
interfere with the Mortgagor’s freedom of choice in selecting either his
insurance carrier or agent, provided
that the
Servicer shall not accept any such insurance policies from insurance companies
unless such companies (a) currently reflect (1) a general policyholder’s
rating of B+ or better and a financial size category of III or better in Best’s
Key Rating Guide, or (2) a general policyholder’s rating of “A” or “A-” or
better in Best’s Key Rating Guide, and (b) are licensed to do business in the
state wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer may accept a policy underwritten by Lloyd’s of London
or, if it is the only coverage available, coverage under a state’s Fair Access
to Insurance Requirement (FAIR) Plan. If a hazard policy becomes in danger
of
being terminated, or the insurer ceases to have the ratings noted above, the
Servicer shall notify the Purchaser and the related Mortgagor, and shall use
its
best efforts, as permitted by applicable law, to obtain from another qualified
insurer a replacement hazard insurance policy substantially and materially
similar in all respects to the original policy. In no event, however, shall
a
Mortgage Loan be without a hazard insurance policy at any time, subject only
to
Section 5.11.
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Pursuant
to Section 5.04,
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 Mortgaged Property or REO Property, or released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures, shall be deposited
in the Collection Account within two Business Days after receipt, subject to
withdrawal in accordance with Section 5.05.
Any
cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not,
for
the purpose of calculating remittances to the Purchaser, be added to the unpaid
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit.
It
is
understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance need
be
required by the Servicer of the Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired
in
respect of the Mortgage Loan, other than pursuant to such applicable laws and
regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance.
Section
5.11 Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy.
If the
Servicer obtains and maintains a blanket policy issued by an issuer that has
a
Best’s Key rating of A+:V insuring against hazard losses 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 5.10
and
otherwise complies with all other requirements of Section 5.10,
it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth
in
Section 5.10,
it
being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause,
in
which case the Servicer shall, if there shall not have been maintained on the
related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying with Section 5.10
and
there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such
policy, deposit in the Collection Account the amount not otherwise payable
under
the blanket policy because of such deductible clause; provided
that the
Servicer shall not be entitled to obtain reimbursement therefor. In connection
with its activities as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees
to
prepare and present, on behalf of the Purchaser, claims under any such blanket
policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. Upon
request of the Purchaser, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser 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 Purchaser.
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Section
5.12 Fidelity
Bond; Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The
Servicer shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity bond and an
errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage with responsible
companies that would meet the requirements of Xxxxxx
Xxx
and
Xxxxxxx
Mac
on all
officers, employees or other Persons acting in any capacity with regard to
the
Mortgage Loan to handle funds, money, documents and papers relating to the
Mortgage Loans. The Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance shall
be in
the form of the “Mortgage Banker’s Blanket Bond” and shall protect and insure
the Servicer against losses, including losses arising by virtue of any Mortgage
Loan not being satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 7.02
and/or
losses resulting from or arising in connection with forgery, theft,
embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of or by such
Persons. Such Fidelity Bond shall also protect and insure the Servicer against
losses in connection with the failure to maintain any insurance policies
required pursuant to this Agreement and the release or satisfaction of a
Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness
secured thereby. No provision of this Section 5.12
requiring the Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance 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
Mae
in the
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Guide
and by Xxxxxxx
Mac
in the
Xxxxxxx
Mac
Servicing Guide. The Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the Purchaser
on or
before the Funding Date: (i) a certified true copy of the Fidelity Bond and
insurance policy; (ii) a written statement from the surety and the insurer
that
such Fidelity Bond or insurance policy shall in no event be terminated or
materially modified without 30 days’ prior written notice to the Purchaser; and
(iii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser that such
Fidelity Bond or insurance policy provides that the Purchaser is a beneficiary
or loss payee thereunder.
Section
5.13 Management
of REO Properties.
If
title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu
of
foreclosure (each, an “REO
Property”),
the
deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Servicer, or
in
the event the Servicer notifies the Purchaser that the Servicer is not
authorized or permitted to hold title to real property in the state where the
REO Property is located, or would be adversely affected under the “doing
business” or tax laws of such state by so holding title, the deed or certificate
of sale shall be taken in the name of such Person or Persons as shall be
consistent with an opinion of counsel obtained by the Servicer from an attorney
duly licensed to practice law in the state where the REO Property is located.
The Servicer (acting alone or through a subservicer), on behalf of the
Purchaser, shall, subject to Section 5.01(3)(c),
dispose
of any REO Property pursuant to Section 5.14.
Unless
an appraisal prepared by an MAI Appraiser who is Independent in accordance
with
the provisions of 12 C.F.R. 225.65 shall have been obtained in connection with
the acquisition of such REO Property, promptly following any acquisition by
the
Purchaser (through the Servicer) of an REO Property, the Servicer shall obtain
a
narrative appraisal thereof (at the expense of the Purchaser) in order to
determine the fair market value of such REO Property. The Servicer shall
promptly notify the Purchaser of the results of such appraisal. The Servicer
shall also cause each REO Property to be inspected promptly upon the acquisition
of title thereto and shall cause each REO Property to be inspected at least
annually thereafter, and Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for
expenses in connection therewith in accordance with this Agreement. The Servicer
shall make or cause to be made a written report of each such inspection. Such
reports shall be retained in the Servicer’s Mortgage File and copies thereof
shall be forwarded by the Servicer to the Purchaser. The Servicer shall also
furnish to the Purchaser the applicable reports required under Section 8.01.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if a REMIC election has been or
is to
be made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and
the
REO Properties are held, then the Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect
and
operate each REO Property in a manner that does not cause such REO Property
to
fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by such REMIC of
any “income from non-permitted assets” within the meaning of
Section 860F(a)(2)(B) or any “net income from foreclosure property” within
the meaning of Section 860G(c)(2) of the Code (or comparable provisions of
any successor or similar legislation).
The
Servicer shall deposit and hold all revenues and funds collected and received
in
connection with the operation of each REO Property in the Collection Account,
and the Servicer shall account separately for revenues and funds received or
expended with respect to each REO Property.
The
Servicer shall have full power and authority, subject only to the specific
requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement (and, in particular,
Section 5.01(3)(c)),
to do
any and all things in connection with any REO Property as are consistent with
the servicing standards set forth in Section 5.01.
In
connection therewith, the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on
a
daily basis in the Collection Account all revenues and collections received
or
collected by it with respect to each REO Property, including all proceeds of
any
REO Disposition. Subject to Section 5.15,
the
Servicer shall withdraw (without duplication) from the Collection Account,
but
solely from the revenues and collections received or collected by it with
respect to a specific REO Property, such funds necessary for the proper
operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property, including the
following:
(1) all
insurance premiums due and payable in respect of such REO Property;
(2) all
real
estate taxes and assessments in respect of such REO Property that may result
in
the imposition of a lien thereon;
(3) all
customary and reasonable costs and expenses necessary to maintain, repair,
appraise, evaluate, manage or operate such REO Property (including the customary
and reasonable costs incurred by any “managing agent” retained by the Servicer
in connection with the maintenance, management or operation of such REO
Property);
(4) all
reasonable costs and expenses of restoration improvements, deferred maintenance
and tenant improvements; and
(5) all
other
reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that the
Servicer may suffer or incur in connection with its performance of its
obligations under this Section
(other
than costs and expenses that the Servicer is expressly obligated to bear
pursuant to this Agreement).
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To
the
extent that amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient for
the purposes set forth in clauses (1) through (5) above, the Servicer shall,
subject to Section 6.04,
advance
the amount of funds required to cover the shortfall with respect thereto. The
Servicer shall promptly notify the Purchaser in writing of any failure by the
Servicer to make a Servicing Advance of the type specified in clauses (1) or
(2)
above (irrespective of whether such Servicing Advance is claimed to be
non-recoverable by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04).
Following
the consummation of an REO Disposition, the Servicer shall remit to the
Purchaser, in accordance with Section 6.01,
any
proceeds from such REO Disposition in the Collection Account following the
payment of all expenses and Servicing Advances relating to the subject REO
Property.
Section
5.14 Sale
of Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Subject
to Section
5.01
(and,
specifically, Section 5.01(3)(c))
and
Section 5.15,
the
Servicer shall offer to sell any REO Property in the manner that is in the
best
interests of the Purchaser or other owner of the REO, but no later than the
time
determined by the Servicer to be sufficient to result in the sale of such REO
Property on or prior to the time specified in Section 5.15.
In
accordance with the servicing standards set forth in Section 5.01,
the
Servicer or designated agent of the Servicer shall solicit bids and offers
from
Persons for the purchase of any Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property
and, upon receipt thereof, promptly (but in any event within 3 Business
Days) present such bids and offers to the Purchaser. The Servicer shall not
accept any bid or offer for any Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property
except in compliance with Section 5.01(3)(c).
The
Purchaser may reject any bid or offer if the Purchaser determines the rejection
of such bid or offer would be in the best interests of the Purchaser. The
Purchaser shall notify the Servicer of such determination within three (3)
Business Days of notice of any such bids from the Servicer. If the Purchaser
rejects any bid or offer, the Servicer shall, if appropriate, seek an extension
of the 3 year period referred to in Section 5.15.
Subject
to Section 5.01
(and,
specifically, Section 5.01(3)(c))
and
Section 5.15,
the
Servicer shall act on behalf of the Purchaser in negotiating and taking any
other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any
Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property, including the collection
of
all amounts payable in connection therewith. The terms of sale of any Specially
Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property shall be in the sole discretion of the
Purchaser. Any sale of a Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan or any REO Disposition
shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Purchaser
or
the Servicer, and, if consummated in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, then the Servicer shall have no liability to the Purchaser with
respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Purchaser. The proceeds
of any sale after deduction of the expenses of such sale incurred in connection
therewith shall be promptly deposited in (a) if such sale is an REO Disposition,
in the Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.13
and (b)
in any other circumstance, the Collection Account in accordance with
Section 5.04.
Section
5.15 Realization
Upon Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Subject
to Section 5.01(3)(c),
the
Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership
of
properties securing such of the Specially Serviced Mortgage Loans as come into
and continue in default and as to which (a) in the reasonable judgment of the
Servicer, no satisfactory arrangements can, in accordance with prudent lending
practices, be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to
Section 5.01
and (b)
such foreclosure or other conversion is otherwise in accordance with
Section 5.01.
The
Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any
foreclosure or towards the restoration, repair, protection or maintenance of
any
property unless it shall determine that such expenses will be recoverable to
it
as Servicing Advances either through Liquidation Proceeds or through Insurance
Proceeds (in accordance with Section 5.05)
or from
any other source relating to the Specially Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Servicer
shall be required to advance funds for all other costs and expenses incurred
by
it in any such foreclosure proceedings; provided
that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation
of
the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated by Section
5.05.
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Upon
any
Mortgaged Property becoming an REO Property, the Servicer shall promptly notify
the Purchaser thereof, specifying the date on which such Mortgaged Property
became an REO Property. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property,
the
Servicer shall, either itself or through an agent selected by it, protect and
conserve such REO Property in accordance with the servicing standards set forth
in Section
5.01
and may,
subject to Section 5.01(3)(c)
and
incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Purchaser,
rent the same, or any part thereof, for the period to the sale of such REO
Property.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Purchaser shall not, and the
Servicer shall not on the Purchaser’s behalf, acquire any real property (or
personal property incident to such real property) except in connection with
a
default or a default that is imminent on a Mortgage Loan. If the Purchaser
acquires any real property (or personal property incident to such real property)
in connection with such a default, then such property shall be disposed of
by
the Servicer in accordance with this Section and Section 5.14
as soon
as possible but in no event later than 3 years after its acquisition by the
Servicer on behalf of the Purchaser, unless the Servicer obtains, at the expense
of the Purchaser, in a timely fashion an extension from the Internal Revenue
Service for an additional specified period.
Any
recommendation of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall
be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such
foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding.
The income earned from the management of any REO Property, net of reimbursement
to the Servicer for Servicing Advances and fees for work-out compensation in
accordance with the Xxxxxxx
Mac
Servicing Guide, incurred with respect to such REO Property under Section 5.13,
shall
be applied to the payment of the costs and expenses set forth in Section 5.13(4),
with
any remaining amounts to be promptly deposited in the Collection Account in
accordance with Section 5.13.
If,
in
the exercise of its servicing obligations with respect to any Mortgaged Property
hereunder, the Servicer deems it is necessary or advisable to obtain an
Environmental Assessment, then the Servicer shall so obtain an Environmental
Assessment, it being understood that all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
by the Servicer in connection with any such Environmental Assessment (including
the cost thereof) shall be deemed to be Servicing Advances recoverable by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 5.13(4).
Such
Environmental Assessment shall (a) assess whether (1) such Mortgaged Property
is
in material violation of applicable Environmental Laws or (2) after consultation
with an environmental expert, taking the actions necessary to comply with
applicable Environmental Laws is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery
on a net present value basis than not taking such actions, and (b) identify
whether (1) any circumstances are present at such Mortgaged Property relating
to
the use, management or disposal of any hazardous materials for which
investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or re mediation could
be required under any federal, state or local law or regulation, or (2) if
such
circumstances exist, after consultation with an environmental expert, taking
such actions is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present
value basis than not taking such actions. (The conditions described in the
immediately preceding clauses (a) and (b) shall be referred to herein as
“Environmental
Conditions Precedent to Foreclosure.”)
If
any such Environmental Assessment so warrants, the Servicer is hereby authorized
to and shall perform such additional environmental testing as it deems necessary
and prudent to establish the satisfaction of the foregoing Environmental
Conditions Precedent to Foreclosure or to proceed as set forth below (such
additional testing thereafter being included in the term “Environmental
Assessment”).
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If
an
Environmental Assessment deemed necessary or advisable by the Servicer in
accordance with this Section 5.15
establishes that any of the Environmental Conditions Precedent to Foreclosure
is
not satisfied with respect to any Mortgaged Property, but the Servicer in good
faith reasonably believes that it is in the best economic interest of the
Purchaser to proceed against such Mortgaged Property and, if title thereto
is
acquired, to take such remedial, corrective or other action with respect to
the
unsatisfied condition or conditions as may be prescribed by applicable law
to
satisfy such condition or conditions, then the Servicer shall so notify the
Purchaser. If, pursuant to Section
5.01(3)(c),
the
Purchaser has notified the Servicer in writing to proceed against such Mortgaged
Property, then the Servicer shall so proceed. The cost of any remedial,
corrective or other action contemplated by the preceding sentence in respect
of
any of the Environmental Conditions Precedent to Foreclosure that is not
satisfied shall not be an expense of the Servicer and the Servicer shall not
be
required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in connection with any such action.
If
an
Environmental Assessment deemed necessary or advisable by the Servicer in
accordance with this Section 5.15
establishes that any of the Environmental Conditions Precedent to Foreclosure
is
not satisfied with respect to any Mortgaged Property and, in accordance with
Section 5.01(3)(c),
the
Purchaser elects or is deemed to have elected not to proceed against such
Mortgaged Property, then the Servicer shall, subject to Section 5.01(3)(c),
take
such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Purchaser
(other than proceeding against the Mortgaged Property or directly or indirectly
becoming the owner or operator thereof) as determined in accordance with the
servicing standard set forth in Section 5.01
and is
hereby authorized at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged
Property from the lien of the related Mortgage.
Prior
to
the Servicer taking any action with respect to the use, management or disposal
of any hazardous materials on any Mortgaged Property, the Servicer shall request
the approval of the Purchaser in accordance with Section 5.01(3)(c)
and, if
such action is approved by the Purchaser, (a) keep the Purchaser apprised of
the
progress of such action; and (b) take such action in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws.
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Section
5.16 Investment
of Funds in the Collection Account.
The
Servicer may direct any depository institution which holds the Collection
Account to invest the funds in the Collection Account in one or more Permitted
Investments bearing interest. All such Permitted Investments shall be held
to
maturity, unless payable on demand. In the event amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable
on
demand, the Servicer shall:
(a) consistent
with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon
be
made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder
in
an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and
(2)
the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and
(b) demand
payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the
Servicer or notice from the Purchaser that such Permitted Investment would
not
constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit
in
the Collection Account.
All
income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Collection
Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer and shall be subject to its
withdrawal in accordance with Section 5.05.
The
Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account the amount of any loss incurred
in respect of any Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such
loss.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the
making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs
in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Purchaser
may elect to take such action, or instruct the Servicer to take such action,
as
may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the
institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings, at the expense of the
Servicer.
Section
5.17 MERS.
In the
case of each MERS Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, as soon as practicable
after the Purchaser’s request (but in no event more than 30 days
thereafter with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was a MERS Mortgage Loan
as
of the Funding Date, or 90 days thereafter with respect to each Mortgage Loan
that was a MERS Eligible Mortgage Loan as of the Funding Date and subsequent
to
the Funding Date becomes a MERS Mortgage Loan), the Servicer shall take such
actions as are necessary to cause the Purchaser to be clearly identified as
the
owner of each MERS Mortgage Loan on the records of MERS for purposes of the
system of recording transfers of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained
by
MERS. Each of the Purchaser and the Servicer shall maintain in good standing
its
membership in MERS. In addition, each of the Purchaser and the Servicer shall
comply with all rules, policies and procedures of MERS, including the Rules
of
Membership, as amended, and the MERS Procedures Manual, as amended. With respect
to all MERS Mortgage Loans serviced hereunder, the Servicer shall promptly
notify MERS as to any transfer of beneficial ownership or release of any
security interest in such Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall cooperate with
the
Purchaser and any successor owner or successor servicer to the extent necessary
to ensure that any transfer of ownership or servicing is appropriately reflected
on the MERS system.
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Section
5.18 Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loans,
(a) Representations
of Servicer
(1) Servicer
hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that prior to its assignment to
Purchaser of the security interest in and to any Pledged Assets set forth in
Section 5.18(b)
hereof,
Servicer had a first priority perfected security interest in each Securities
Account, and/or, if necessary to perfect a first priority security interest
in
each asset contained in such Securities Account, a first priority perfected
security interest in each such asset contained in such Securities Account and
following Servicer’s assignment of the Pledged Asset Agreements and such
security interest in and to any Pledged Assets, Purchaser has a first priority
perfected security interest in each Securities Account, and/or, if necessary
to
perfect a first priority security interest in each asset contained in such
Securities Account, a perfected first priority security interest in each such
asset contained in such Securities Account. Servicer hereby represents and
warrants to Purchaser that prior to the related Pledged Asset Servicer’s
assignment to the Servicer of the security interest in and to any Pledged
Assets, the related Pledged Asset Servicer had a first priority perfected
security interest in each Securities Account, and/or, if necessary to perfect
a
first priority security interest in each asset contained in such Securities
Account, a first priority perfected security interest in each such asset
contained in such Securities Account and following such Pledged Asset Servicer’s
assignment of the Pledged Asset Agreements and such security interest in and
to
any Pledged Assets, the Servicer had a first priority perfected security
interest in each Securities Account, and/or, if necessary to perfect a first
priority security interest in each asset contained in such Securities Account,
a
perfected first priority security interest in each such asset contained in
such
Securities Account.
(2) Servicer
represents and warrants to Purchaser that each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan
is
insured under the terms and provisions of a Surety Bond subject to the
limitations set forth therein. Servicer covenants that within 2 Business Days
after the Funding Date for any purchase of Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans,
Servicer will deliver to each Surety Bond Issuer any instrument required to
be
delivered under the related Surety Bond, executed by the necessary parties,
and
that all other requirements for transferring coverage under the related Surety
Bonds in respect of such Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser shall
be
complied with. Servicer shall indemnify Purchaser and hold it harmless against
any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs,
fees
and expenses that are related to or arise from the non-payment of Required
Surety Payments with respect to the Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans purchased
by
Purchaser from applicable Seller under this Agreement. The indemnification
obligation provided in this subparagraph 2 with respect to each Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loan shall expire upon receipt by the related Surety Bond Issuer
of the necessary documentation referred to in this paragraph, signed by the
appropriate parties thereto.
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(3) Servicer
represents and warrants that the assignment of rights to Purchaser under each
Surety Bond, as described herein, will not result in Purchaser assuming any
obligations or liabilities of Servicer with respect thereto.
(4) Servicer
represents and warrants that each Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement and the
Pledge Agreements are in full force and effect as of the Funding Date and their
provisions have not been waived, amended or modified in any respect, nor has
any
notice of termination been given thereunder. Servicer represents to Purchaser
that as of the Funding Date, neither Servicer nor any Pledged Asset Servicer
is
in default under the related Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement.
(b) Assignment
of Security Interest.
(1) With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan sold to Purchaser under this
Agreement, the Servicer hereby assigns to the Purchaser its security interest
in
and to any related Pledged Assets, all of its rights in each related Pledge
Agreement, its right to receive amounts due or to become due in respect of
any
related Pledged Assets and its rights as beneficiary under the related Surety
Bond in respect of any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans.
(c) Servicing
of Pledged Assets.
(1) The
parties acknowledge that pursuant to each Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement
between Servicer and the related Pledged Asset Servicer, the Securities Accounts
and other Pledged Assets in which Purchaser shall (pursuant to the terms of
this
Agreement) have a security interest, shall continue to be maintained and
serviced by such Pledged Asset Servicer. Servicer represents and warrants that
the terms of each Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement are not inconsistent with
any of the provisions of this Agreement. Subject to subsection (c)(2) below,
the
Servicer shall service and administer the Securities Accounts and other Pledged
Assets, in accordance with (i) prudent business practices and procedures
employed in the industry to administer securities accounts and additional
collateral similar to that securing the Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans;
(ii) the terms of the related Pledge Agreements; and (iii) the terms
of this Agreement. Servicer’s obligations under this Section 5.18(c)
will be
subject to the provisions of Section 9.04
hereof.
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(2) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, except as provided below
in this subsection (c)(2), the Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to
service and administer the Pledged Assets, and the Servicer shall not be deemed
to be the Pledged Asset Servicer with respect to any Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan, unless and until the related Pledged Asset Servicer’s obligations to
administer the Pledged Asset as provided in the related Pledged Asset Servicing
Agreement have been terminated with respect to such Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loans
sold hereunder, in which case the Servicer shall be bound to service and
administer the related Pledged Assets and the related Surety Bond in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Pledge Agreements, from
the date of such termination. The Servicer shall enforce the obligations of
each
Pledged Asset Servicer to service and administer the Pledged Assets as provided
in the related Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement, and shall take appropriate
action thereunder if any Pledged Asset Servicer fails to substantially comply
with its obligations to administer the Pledged Assets. Such enforcement,
including without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination
of
the related Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement with respect to the related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans, and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies,
shall be carried out as the Servicer, in its good faith business judgment,
would
require were it the owner of the related Securities Accounts and other Pledged
Assets. Without in any way limiting any other remedies set forth herein,
Servicer shall indemnify Purchaser and hold it harmless against any and all
claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary
legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
(collectively, “Losses”)
that
arise with respect to Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans purchased by Purchaser from
Servicer hereunder, provided that (i) such Losses are caused by the related
Pledged Asset Servicer’s failure to administer the Pledged Assets as provided in
the related Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement and in a manner consistent with
the standard set forth in subsection (c)(l) above, (ii) the indemnification
contained in this subsection (c)(2) will in no event exceed the Original Pledged
Asset Requirement for the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, and
(iii) such indemnification liability shall be offset to the extent that the
Losses are covered by a Required Surety Payment.
(3) The
related Pledged Asset Servicer shall use its best reasonable efforts to realize
upon any related Pledged Assets for such of the Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans
as
come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements
can be made for collection of delinquent payments; provided that the related
Pledged Asset Servicer shall not obtain title to any such Pledged Assets as
a
result of or in lieu of the disposition thereof or otherwise; and provided
further that (i) the related Pledged Asset Servicer shall not proceed with
respect to such Pledged Assets in any manner that would impair the ability
to
recover against the related Mortgaged Property, and (ii) the Servicer shall
proceed with any acquisition of REO Property in a manner that preserves the
ability to apply the proceeds of such Pledged Assets against amounts owed under
the defaulted Mortgage Loan. Any proceeds realized from such Pledged Assets
(other than amounts to be released to the Mortgagor or the related guarantor
in
accordance with procedures that the Servicer would follow in servicing loans
held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note and to the terms and conditions of any security
agreement, guarantee agreement, mortgage or other agreement governing the
disposition of the proceeds of such Pledged Assets) shall be deposited in the
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof;
provided, that such proceeds shall not be so deposited if the Required Surety
Payment in respect of such Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan has been deposited in
the
Collection Account or otherwise paid to the Purchaser (except to the extent
of
any such proceeds taken into account in calculating the amount of the Required
Surety Payment).
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(4) Servicer’s
obligations to administer the Securities Accounts shall terminate upon
termination of the related Pledged Asset Agreement. Purchaser acknowledges
coverage under the terms and provisions of the related Surety Bond as to any
particular Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan shall terminate upon termination of
the
related Pledged Asset Agreement; provided, however, that such termination shall
not affect claims arising under this Agreement or the related Surety Bond prior
to the date of termination of the related Pledged Asset Agreement.
(5) The
Pledged Asset Servicer with respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan may,
without the consent of the Purchaser, amend or modify a Pledged Asset Agreement
in any non-material respect to reflect administrative or account changes,
provided that the same are consistent with the PHH Guide.
(d) Surety
Bonds
(1) If
a
Required Surety Payment is payable pursuant to the related Surety Bond with
respect to any Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, as determined by the Servicer,
the
related Pledged Asset Servicer shall so notify the related Surety Bond Issuer
promptly. The Servicer shall cause the prompt completion of any necessary
documentation relating to the related Surety Bond and shall cause the prompt
submission of such documentation to the related Surety Bond Issuer as a claim
for a required surety. The Purchaser shall execute such documentation if
requested by the related Pledged Asset Servicer.
(2) In
the
event that the Servicer receives a Required Surety Payment from a Surety Bond
Issuer on behalf of the Purchaser, the Servicer shall deposit such Required
Surety Payment in the Collection Account and shall distribute such Required
Surety Payment, or the proceeds thereof, in accordance with the provisions
hereof applicable to Insurance Proceeds.
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Purchaser
will cooperate with Servicer to transfer to Purchaser the coverage of each
Surety Bond in respect of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans.
Section
5.19 Establishment
of and Deposits to Buydown Account.
(a) The
Servicer shall segregate and hold all Buydown Funds collected and received
pursuant to the Buydown Loans separate and apart from any of its own funds
and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Buydown Accounts,
in
the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled “PHH Mortgage Corporation,
in trust for the Purchaser, its successors or assigns, and/or subsequent
purchasers of Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors,” in the case
of PHH Mortgage and “Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust, in trust for the
Purchaser, its successors or assigns, and/or subsequent purchasers of
Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors,” in the case of the Trust.
The Buydown Accounts shall be established with a Qualified Depository, in a
manner which shall provide maximum available insurance thereunder. Upon request
of the Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof, the Servicer shall provide
the Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such Buydown
Account. Funds deposited in the Buydown Account may be drawn on by the Servicer
in accordance with this Section 5.19.
(b) The
Servicer shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Buydown Account
for
the following purposes:
(1) on
or
prior to each Remittance Date, to deposit in the Custodial Account in the
amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 5.04(11);
(2) to
transfer funds to another Qualified Depository in accordance with Section 5.09
hereof;
(3) to
withdraw funds deposited in error; and
(4) to
clear
and terminate the Buydown Account upon the termination of this
Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Servicer may employ
the Escrow Account as the Buydown Account to the extent that the Servicer can
separately identify any Buydown Funds deposited therein.
If
the
Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan defaults on such Mortgage Loan during
the
Buydown Period and the Mortgaged Property securing such Buydown Mortgage Loan
is
sold in the liquidation thereof (either by the Servicer or the insurer under
any
related PMI Policy) the Servicer shall, on the Remittance Date following the
date upon which Liquidation Proceeds or REO Disposition proceeds are received
with respect to any such Buydown Mortgage Loan, distribute to the Purchaser
all
remaining Buydown Funds for such Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Buydown
Account. Pursuant to the terms of each Buydown Agreement, any amounts
distributed to the Purchaser in accordance with the preceding sentence will
be
applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the related Buydown
Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgagor on a Buydown Mortgage Loan prepays such Mortgage
Loan in it entirety during the related Buydown Period, the Servicer shall be
required to withdraw from the Buydown Account any Buydown Funds remaining in
the
Buydown Account with respect to such Buydown Mortgage Loan in accordance with
the related Buydown Agreement. If a principal prepayment by a Mortgagor on
a
Buydown Mortgage Loan during the related Buydown Period, together with any
Buydown Funds then remaining in the Buydown Account related to such Buydown
Mortgage Loan, would result in a principal prepayment of the entire unpaid
principal balance of the Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall distribute
to
the Purchaser on the Remittance Date occurring in the month immediately
succeeding the month in which such Principal Prepayment is received, all Buydown
Funds related to such Mortgage Loan so remaining in the Buydown Account,
together with any amounts required to be deposited into the Custodial
Account.
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ARTICLE
VI
REPORTS;
REMITTANCES; ADVANCES
Section
6.01 Remittances.
(1) On
each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Purchaser (a) all amounts
credited to the Collection Account as of the close of business on the last
day
of the related Due Period and all Principal Prepayments credited to the
Collection Account as of the close of business on the last day of the related
Prepayment Period (including (1) the amount of any Payoff, together with
interest thereon at the related Remittance Rate to the end of the month in
which
prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan occurs and (2) all proceeds of any
REO Disposition net of amounts payable to the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.13),
net of
charges against or withdrawals from the Collection Account in accordance with
Section 5.05,
which
charges against or withdrawals from the Collection Account the Servicer shall
make solely on such Remittance Date, plus (b) all Monthly Advances, if any,
which the Servicer is obligated to remit pursuant to Section 6.03;
provided
that the
Servicer shall not be required to remit, until the next following Remittance
Date, (i) any amounts attributable to Monthly Payments collected but due on
a
Due Date or Dates subsequent to the related Due Period and (ii) any amounts
attributable to Buydown Funds relating to a future Due Period being held in
the
Custodial Account.
(2) All
remittances made to the Purchaser on each Remittance Date will be made to the
Purchaser by wire transfer of immediately available funds according to the
instructions that will be provided by Purchaser to the Servicer.
(3) With
respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser after the Business Day
on
which such payment was due, the Servicer shall pay to the Purchaser interest
on
any such late payment at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate (as published
in
the Wall Street Journal) plus 2 percentage points, but in no event greater
than
the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be paid
by
the Servicer to the Purchaser on the date such late payment is made and shall
cover the period commencing with the Business Day on which such payment was
due
and ending with the Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive.
Such interest shall be remitted along with such late payment. Neither the
payment by the Servicer nor the acceptance by the Purchaser of any such interest
shall be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver by the Purchaser
of
any Event of Default.
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Section
6.02 Reporting.
On or
before the 5th
business
day of each month during the term hereof, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Purchaser monthly accounting reports in the form of Exhibits 6.02(a)
through
6.02(g)
attached
hereto with respect to the most recently ended Monthly Period. Such monthly
accounting reports shall include information as to the aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans, the scheduled amortization of all
Mortgage Loans, any delinquencies as of the most recently ended Due Period
and
the amount of any Principal Prepayments as of the most recently ended Prepayment
Period.
The
Servicer shall provide the Purchaser with such information concerning the
Mortgage Loans as is necessary for the Purchaser to prepare its federal income
tax return as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to
time.
Section
6.03 Monthly
Advances by the Servicer.
(1) Not
later than the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
each
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount
equal to all Monthly Payments not previously advanced by the Servicer (with
interest adjusted to the Remittance Rate) that were due on a Mortgage Loan
and
delinquent at the close of business on the related Determination Date. The
Servicer may reduce the total amount to be deposited in the Collection Account
as required by the foregoing sentence by the amount of funds in the Collection
Account which represent Prepaid Monthly Payments; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer must meet the criteria of the Rating Agencies at the time that
the
Servicer proposes to use Prepaid Monthly Payments for the making of any Monthly
Advance required to be made by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement.
(2) The
Servicer’s obligations to make 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 Remittance Date prior to the Remittance Date
for the remittance of all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries
(including Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds) with respect to the
Mortgage Loan; provided
that
such obligation shall cease if the Servicer furnishes to the Purchaser an
Officers’ Certificate evidencing the determination by the Servicer in accordance
with Section 6.04
that an
advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan would constitute a Non-recoverable
Advance.
Section
6.04 Non-recoverable
Advances.
The
determination by the Servicer that it has made a Non-recoverable Advance or
that
any Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a
Non-recoverable Advance shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered
to the Purchaser detailing the reasons for such determination.
Section
6.05 Itemization
of Servicing Advances.
The
Servicer shall provide the Purchaser with an itemization of all Servicing
Advances incurred or made by the Servicer hereunder as the Purchaser may from
time to time reasonably request.
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Section
6.06 Officer’s
Certificate.
The
Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 9
on the
Initial Funding Date and upon Purchaser’s reasonable request
thereafter.
Section
6.07 Compliance
with REMIC Provisions.
If a
REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under which the
Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, the Servicer shall not take any
action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause
to
be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken,
as
the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of the REMIC as a REMIC or (ii)
result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC )including but not limited
to
the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860G(a)(2) of the
Code and the tax on “contributions” to a REMIC set forth in Section 860(D) of
the Code) unless the Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense
of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated
action will not endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any
tax.
ARTICLE
VII
GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURE
Section
7.01 Enforcement
of Due-on-Sale Clauses, Assumption Agreements.
(1) The
Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance or prospective
conveyance by any Mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property (whether by absolute
conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor remains
or
is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage), exercise
its
rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under any “ due-on-sale”
clause applicable thereto; provided
that the
Servicer shall not exercise any 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 Primary Insurance Policy, if any.
(2) If
the
Servicer is prohibited from enforcing such “due-on-sale” clause, then the
Servicer will enter into an assumption agreement with the Person to whom the
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant
to
which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, to the extent
permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. (For
purposes of this Section
7.01,
the
term “assumption” is deemed to also include a sale of the Mortgaged Property
subject to the Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution
of liability agreement.) If any Mortgage Loan is to be assumed, then the
Servicer shall inquire into the creditworthiness of the proposed transferee
and
shall use the same underwriting criteria for approving the credit of the
proposed transferee that are used with respect to underwriting mortgage loans
of
the same type as the Mortgage Loans. Where an assumption is allowed, the
Servicer, with the prior written consent of the primary mortgage insurer, if
any, and subject to the conditions of Section 7.01(3),
shall,
and is hereby authorized to, enter into a substitution of liability agreement
with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is proposed to be conveyed
pursuant to which the original mortgagor is released from liability and such
Person is substituted as mortgagor and becomes liable under the related Mortgage
Note. Any such substitution of liability agreement shall be in lieu of an
assumption agreement. In no event shall the Note Rate, the amount of the Monthly
Payment or the final maturity date be changed. The Servicer shall notify the
Purchaser that any such substitution of liability or assumption agreement has
been completed by forwarding to the Purchaser the original of any such
substitution of liability or assumption agreement, which document shall be
added
to the related Purchaser’s Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be
considered a part of such Purchaser’s Mortgage File to the same extent as all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. Any fee collected
by the Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability
agreement shall be retained by the Servicer as additional compensation for
servicing the Mortgage Loans.
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(3) If
the
credit of the proposed transferee does not meet such underwriting criteria,
then
the Servicer shall, to the extent permitted by the Mortgage or the Mortgage
Note
and by applicable law, accelerate the maturity of the Mortgage
Loan.
Section
7.02 Satisfaction
of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon
the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will immediately notify
the Purchaser by a certification of a Servicing Officer, which certification
shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be
received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited
in
the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.04
have
been or will be so deposited and shall request delivery to it of the Purchaser’s
Mortgage File held by the Purchaser. Upon receipt of such certification and
request, the Purchaser shall promptly release the related mortgage documents
to
the Servicer and the Servicer shall promptly prepare and process any
satisfaction or release. No expense incurred in connection with any instrument
of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection
Account.
If
the
Servicer satisfies or releases a Mortgage without having obtained payment in
full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, or should it otherwise take
such action which results in a reduction of the coverage under the Primary
Insurance Policy, if any, then the Servicer shall promptly give written notice
thereof to the Purchaser, and, within 10 Business Days following written demand
therefor from the Purchaser to the Servicer, the Servicer shall repurchase
the
related Mortgage Loan by paying to the Purchaser the Repurchase Price therefor
by wire transfer of immediately available funds directly to the Purchaser’s
Account.
From
time
to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of the Mortgage
Loan, including for this purpose collection under any Primary Insurance Policy,
the Purchaser shall, upon request of the Servicer and delivery to the Purchaser
of a servicing receipt signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Purchaser’s
Mortgage File held by the Purchaser to the Servicer. Such servicing receipt
shall obligate the Servicer to return the related mortgage documents to the
Purchaser when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the
Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to
the
Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection Account or the Purchaser’s
Mortgage File or such document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public
trustee or other public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating
or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the
Mortgaged Property either judicially or nonjudicially, and the Servicer has
delivered to the Purchaser a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying
as to
the name and address of the Person to which such Purchaser’s Mortgage File or
such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon
receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage
Loan
was liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds were deposited in the Collection
Account, the servicing receipt shall be released by the Purchaser to the
Servicer.
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Section
7.03 Servicing
Compensation.
As
compensation for its services hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to
retain from interest payments on the Mortgage Loans the amounts provided for
as
the Servicing Fee. The Servicing Fee in respect of a Mortgage Loan for a
particular month shall become payable only upon the receipt by the Servicer
from
the Mortgagor of the full Monthly Payment in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, as provided
in
Section 7.01,
late
payment charges and other servicer compensation for modifications, short sales,
and other shall be retained by the Servicer to the extent not required to be
deposited in the Collection Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay
all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder
and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically
provided for herein.
Section
7.04 Annual
Statement as to Compliance.
The
Servicer will deliver to the Purchaser on or before March 15, 2006, an Officers’
Certificate stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during
the preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been
made under such officers’ supervision, (ii) the Servicer has fully complied
with the provisions of this Agreement and (iii) to the best of such officers’
knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its
obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been
a
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default
known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
Section
7.05 Annual
Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing Report.
On or
before March 15, 2006, the Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm of
independent public accountants which is a member of the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Purchaser to the
effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to
the
servicing of mortgage loans by the Servicer generally that include a sampling
of
the Mortgage Loans, the provisions of Article
VI have
been complied with and, on the basis of such an examination conducted
substantially in accordance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers, such servicing has been conducted in compliance with this
Agreement, except for (i) such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be
immaterial, and (ii) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such
statement.
Section
7.06 Purchaser’s
Right to Examine Servicer Records.
The
Purchaser shall have the right to examine and audit, during business hours
or at
such other times as are reasonable under applicable circumstances, upon ten
days
advance notice any and all of (i) the Servicing Files and any credit and
other loan files relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgagors, (ii) any
and
all books, records, documentation or other information of the Servicer (whether
held by the Servicer or by another) relating to the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans and (iii) any and all books, records, documentation or other information
of the Servicer (whether held by the Servicer or by another) that are relevant
to the performance or observance by the Servicer of the terms, covenants or
conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be obligated to make the
foregoing information available to the Purchaser at the site where such
information is stored; provided
that the
Purchaser shall be required to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
by
the Servicer in making such information available.
Section
7.07 Annual
Certification.
In the
event that any of the Mortgage Loans purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to
the
terms of this Agreement are subject to a Securitization, the Servicer will
deliver to the Purchaser, on or before March 15 of each year commencing in
the
year immediately following such Securitization, a certification substantially
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit 12.
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ARTICLE
VIII
REPORTS
TO BE PREPARED BY THE SERVICER
Section
8.01 The
Servicer’s Reporting Requirements.
Electronic
Format.
If
requested by the Purchaser, the Servicer shall supply any and all information
regarding the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties, including all reports
required to be delivered pursuant to Section
5.03,
Section
6.02
and this
Section
8.01,
to the
Purchaser in electronic format reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, unless
otherwise limited by the servicing system utilized by the Servicer.
Additional
Reports; Further Assurances.
On or
before the 3rd
Business
Day preceding each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Purchaser (i) a report, acceptable to the Purchaser, describing in reasonable
detail all Mortgage Loans that are 90 days or more delinquent and the Servicer’s
activities in connection with such delinquencies and (ii) a report
(substantially in the form of Exhibit
8.01
attached
hereto) with respect to delinquent Mortgage Loans. Utilizing resources
reasonably available to the Servicer without incurring any cost except the
Servicer’s overhead and employees’ salaries, the Servicer shall furnish to the
Purchaser during the term of this Agreement such periodic, special or other
reports, information or documentation, whether or not provided for herein,
as
shall be reasonably requested by the Purchaser with respect to Mortgage Loans
or
REO Properties (provided the Purchaser shall have given the Servicer reasonable
notice and opportunity to prepare such reports, information or documentation),
including any reports, information or documentation reasonably required to
comply with any regulations of any governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Purchaser, all such reports or information to be as
provided by and in accordance with such applicable instructions and directions
as the Purchaser may reasonably request. If any of such reports are not
customarily prepared by the Servicer or require that the Servicer program data
processing systems to create the reports, then the Purchaser shall pay to the
Servicer a fee mutually agreed to by the Purchaser and the Servicer taking
into
account the Servicer’s actual time and cost in preparing such reports. The
Servicer agrees to execute and deliver all such instruments and take all such
action as the Purchaser, from time to time, may reasonably request in order
to
effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this
Agreement.
Section
8.02 Financial
Statements.
The
Servicer understands that, in connection with marketing the Mortgage Loans,
the
Purchaser may make available to any prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans
the Servicer’s audited financial statements for its fiscal year 2005 and its
audited financial statements for fiscal year 2006, together with any additional
statements provided pursuant to the next sentence. During the term hereof,
the
Servicer will deliver to the Purchaser audited financial statements for each
of
its fiscal years following the Funding Date and all other financial statements
prepared following the Funding Date to the extent any such statements are
available upon request to the public at large.
The
Servicer also agrees to make available upon reasonable notice and during normal
business hours to any prospective purchasers of the Mortgage Loans a
knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering
questions respecting recent developments affecting the Servicer or the financial
statements of the Servicer which may affect, in any material respect, the
Servicer’s ability to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, and to
permit any prospective purchasers upon reasonable notice and during normal
business hours to inspect the Servicer’s servicing facilities for the purpose of
satisfying such prospective purchasers that the Servicer has the ability to
service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
IX
THE
SELLERS
Section
9.01 Indemnification;
Third Party Claims.
Each
Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, its directors, officers,
agents, employees, and assignees (each, an “Indemnified
Party”)
from
and against any costs, damages, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs, irrespective of whether or not incurred in connection with the
defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding, or claim), fines,
forfeitures, injuries, liabilities or losses (“Losses”)
suffered or sustained in any way by any such Person, no matter how or when
arising (including Losses incurred or sustained in connection with any judgment,
award, or settlement), in connection with or relating to (i) a breach by such
Seller of any of its representations and warranties contained in Article
III
or (ii)
a breach by such Seller of any of its covenants and other obligations contained
herein including any failure to service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance
with the terms hereof and in accordance with the standard of care in
Section 9.03.
The
applicable Seller shall immediately (i) notify the Purchaser if a claim is
made
by a third party with respect to this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan and/or any
REO Property (ii) assume (with the prior written consent of the Purchaser)
the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including attorneys’ fees, and (iii) promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any
judgment, award, or decree that may be entered against it or the Purchaser
in
respect of such claim. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Purchaser,
at
its expense, from retaining its own counsel to assist in any such proceedings
or
to observe such proceedings; provided
that
neither Seller shall be obligated to pay or comply with any settlement to which
it has not consented. The Servicer shall be reimbursed from amounts on deposit
in the Collection Account for all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the second
preceding sentence except when the claim in any way relates to the Servicer’s
indemnification pursuant to this Section
9.01.
Section
9.02 Merger
or Consolidation of the Seller.
Each
Seller will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation or a Delaware business trust, as applicable, under the laws of
the
state of its organization and will obtain and preserve its qualification to
do
business as a foreign entity 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.
Any
Person into which a Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation (including by means
of
the sale of all or substantially all of such Seller’s assets to such Person) to
which the Seller shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business
of
the Seller (whether or not related to loan servicing), shall be the successor
of
the Seller 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 Seller shall not, without the prior written approval of the Purchaser,
be a
party to any such merger, conversion or consolidation, or sell or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its business or assets if, (i) as a
result of such merger, conversion or consolidation, sale or other disposition,
an Event of Default under Section 10.01
hereof
would exist with respect to such successor Seller or (ii) such successor (a)
is
a servicer that is not in good standing with Xxxxxx
Xxx
or
Xxxxxxx
Mac
or (b)
has a net worth of less than $25,000,000.
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Section
9.03 Limitation
on Liability of the Sellers and Others.
Neither
the Sellers nor any of the officers, employees or agents of the Sellers shall
be
under any liability to the Purchaser for any action taken or for refraining
from
the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant
to
the express written instructions of the Purchaser, or for errors in judgment
made in good faith; provided
that
this provision shall not protect the Sellers or any such Person against any
breach of warranties or representations made herein, or failure to perform
its
obligations in strict compliance with any standard of care set forth in this
Agreement, or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or any breach in the performance
of
the obligations and duties hereunder. The Sellers and any officer, employee
or
agent of the Sellers may rely in good faith on any document of any kind
reasonably believed by the Sellers or such Person to be genuine and prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder.
The
Sellers shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any
legal action that is not incidental to their duties hereunder and which in
their
opinion may involve them in any expense or liability; provided
that the
Sellers may in their discretion undertake any such action that it may deem
necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties
of
the parties hereto. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action
and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities
for which the Sellers shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the
Collection Account. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
Section
9.04 Servicer
Not to Resign.
With
respect to the retention by PHH Mortgage of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans
and the REO Properties hereunder, PHH Mortgage acknowledges that the Purchaser
has acted in reliance upon PHH Mortgage’s Independent status, the adequacy of
its servicing facilities, plan, personnel, records and procedures, its
integrity, reputation and financial standing and the continuance thereof.
Consequently, PHH Mortgage shall not assign the servicing rights retained by
it
hereunder to any third party nor resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except (i) with the approval of the Purchaser, such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld, or (ii) 3 Business Days following any
determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by PHH Mortgage. Any
determination permitting the transfer of the servicing rights or the resignation
of PHH Mortgage under Subsection (ii)
hereof
shall be evidenced by an opinion of counsel to such effect delivered to the
Purchaser, which opinion of counsel shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Purchaser.
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ARTICLE
X
DEFAULT
Section
10.01 Events
of Default.
In case
one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(1) any
failure by the Servicer to remit to the Purchaser any payment required to be
made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period
of two (2) Business Days unless such failure to remit is due to a cause
beyond the Servicer’s control, including an act of God, act of civil, military
or governmental authority, fire, epidemic, flood, blizzard, earthquake, riot,
war, or sabotage, provided
that the
Servicer gives the Purchaser notice of such cause promptly and uses its
reasonable efforts to correct such failure to remit and does so remit within
2
Business Days following the end of the duration of the cause of such failure
to
remit;
(2) any
failure on the part of a Seller/Servicer duly to observe or perform in any
material respect any of the covenants or agreements on the part of such
Seller/Servicer set forth in this Agreement which continues unremedied for
a
period of 15 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the applicable
Seller/Servicer by the Purchaser; provided
that
such 15-day period shall not begin with respect to any failure to cure,
repurchase or substitute in accordance with Sections 2.04
and/or
3.04 until the expiration of the cure periods provided for in Sections 2.04
and/or
3.04,
as
applicable;
(3) any
filing of an Insolvency Proceeding by or on behalf of a Seller/Servicer, any
consent by or on behalf of a Seller/Servicer to the filing of an Insolvency
Proceeding against a Seller/Servicer, or any admission by or on behalf of a
Seller/Servicer of its inability to pay its debts generally as the same become
due;
(4) any
filing of an Insolvency Proceeding against a Seller/Servicer that remains
undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days after the filing
thereof;
(5) any
issuance of any attachment or execution against, or any appointment of a
conservator, receiver or liquidator with respect to, all or substantially all
of
the assets of a Seller/Servicer;
(6) any
failure or inability of PHH Mortgage to be eligible to service Mortgage Loans
for Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac;
(7) any
sale,
transfer, assignment, or other disposition by a Seller/Servicer of all or
substantially all of its property or assets to a Person who does not meet the
qualifications enumerated or incorporated by reference into Section 9.02,
any
assignment by a Seller/Servicer of this Agreement or any of a
Seller’s/Servicer’s rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with
Section 9.04,
or any
action taken or omitted to be taken by a Seller/Servicer in contemplation or
in
furtherance of any of the foregoing, without the consent of the Purchaser;
or
(8) any
failure by the Seller to be in compliance with applicable “doing business” or
licensing laws of any jurisdiction where Mortgaged Property is
located;
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then,
and
in each and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have
been
remedied, the Purchaser, by notice in writing to the Sellers may, in addition
to
whatever rights the Purchaser may have at law or in equity to damages, including
injunctive relief and specific performance, terminate all the rights and
obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage
Loans
and the proceeds thereof subject to Section 12.01,
without
the Purchaser’s incurring any penalty or fee of any kind whatsoever in
connection therewith; provided
that,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Subsection (3),
(4)
or
(5)
of this
Section 10.01,
this
Agreement and all authority and power of the Sellers hereunder (whether with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, the REO Properties or otherwise) shall
automatically cease. On or after the receipt by the Sellers of such written
notice, all authority and power of the Sellers under this Agreement (whether
with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise) shall cease. Notwithstanding
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Sellers or the Servicer, as
applicable, shall be entitled to all amounts due to such party and remaining
unpaid on such date of termination.
If
any of
the Mortgage Loans are MERS Mortgage Loans, in connection with the termination
or resignation (as described in Section
9.04)
of the
Servicer hereunder, either (i) the successor servicer shall represent and
warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply
in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection
with the servicing of the MERS Mortgage Loans, or (ii) the predecessor servicer
shall cooperate with the successor servicer either (x) in causing MERS to
execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer
the
Mortgage from MERS to the Purchaser and to execute and deliver such other
notices, documents and other instruments as may be necessary to effect a
transfer of such Mortgage Loan or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS
system to the successor servicer or (y) in causing MERS to designate on the
MERS
system the successor servicer as the servicer of such Mortgage
Loan.
ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
Section
11.01 Term
and Termination.
(1) The
servicing obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement may be terminated
as
provided in Section
10.01
hereof.
(2) The
Purchaser may, at its option and with the prior consent of the Servicer,
terminate this Agreement, and any rights of the Servicer hereunder, without
cause. Any such notice of termination shall be in writing and delivered to
the
Sellers and any Rating Agency by registered mail as provided in Section 12.03
hereof.
Upon such termination, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as such
liquidated damages, an amount equal to 2.5% of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the termination date paid by the
Purchaser to the Servicer with respect to all of the Mortgage
Loans.
(3) In
any
case other than as provided under Subsection (1)
or
(2)
hereof,
the respective obligations and responsibilities of the Sellers hereunder shall
terminate upon: (a) the later of the final payment or other liquidation (or
any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan or the disposition
of all REO Property and the remittance of all funds due hereunder; or (b) the
mutual written consent of the Sellers and the Purchaser.
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(4) Upon
any
termination of this Agreement or the servicing obligations of the Servicer
hereunder, then the Servicer shall prepare, execute and deliver all agreements,
documents and instruments, including all Servicer Mortgage Files, and do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect such
termination, all at the Servicer’s sole expense. In any such event, the Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Purchaser in effecting the termination of the
Servicer’s servicing responsibilities hereunder, including the transfer to the
Purchaser or its designee for administration by it of all cash amounts which
shall at the time be contained in, or credited by the Servicer to, the
Collection Account and/or the Escrow Account or thereafter received with respect
to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property.
Section
11.02 Survival.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations
and warranties of the parties contained herein and in any certificate or other
instrument delivered pursuant hereto, as well as the other covenants hereof
(including those set forth in Section 9.01)
that,
by their terms, require performance after the termination by this Agreement,
shall survive the delivery and payment for the Mortgage Loans on each Funding
Date as well as the termination of this Agreement and shall inure to the benefit
of the parties, their successors and assigns. Sellers further agree that the
representations, warranties and covenants made by Sellers herein and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed to
be
relied upon by Purchaser notwithstanding any investigation heretofore made
by
Purchaser or on Purchaser’s behalf.
ARTICLE
XII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section
12.01 Successor
to the Servicer.
Upon
the termination of the Servicer’s servicing responsibilities and duties under
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.04,
10.01,
or
11.01,
the
Purchaser shall (i) succeed to and assume all of the Servicer’s
responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement or (ii)
appoint a successor servicer which shall succeed to all rights and assume all
of
the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Servicer under this
Agreement prior to the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities, duties
and liabilities under this Agreement. If the Servicer’s duties, responsibilities
and liabilities under this Agreement should be terminated pursuant to the
aforementioned sections, then the Servicer shall continue to discharge such
duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it acquires
knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof (if applicable)
all on the terms and conditions contained herein and shall take no action
whatsoever that might impair or prejudice the rights or financial condition
of
its successor. The termination of the Servicer’s servicing responsibilities
pursuant to any of the aforementioned Sections shall not, among other things,
relieve the Servicer of its obligations pursuant to Section
2.04
and/or
7.02,
the
representations and warranties or other obligations set forth in Sections
2.04, 3.01, 3.02
and
3.03
and the
remedies available to the Purchaser under the various provisions of this
Agreement. In addition, such termination shall not affect any claims that the
Purchaser may have against the Servicer arising prior to any such
termination.
The
Servicer shall promptly deliver to the successor the funds in the Custodial
Account and the Escrow Account and the Mortgage Files and related documents
and
statements held by it hereunder and the Servicer shall account for all funds.
The Servicer shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things
all as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitely vest and confirm
in the successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations
and liability of the Servicer. The successor shall make such arrangements as
it
may deem appropriate to reimburse the Servicer for unrecovered Servicing
Advances which the successor retains hereunder and which could otherwise have
been recovered by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement but for the
appointment of the successor Servicer.
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Section
12.02 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement is to be governed by, and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of New York without giving effect to principals of conflicts
of laws. The obligations, rights, and remedies of the parties hereunder shall
be
determined in accordance with such laws.
Section
12.03 Notices.
Any
notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed conclusively to have been given if personally
delivered, sent by courier with delivery against signature therefor, mailed
by
registered mail, postage prepaid, and return receipt requested or transmitted
by
telex, telegraph or telecopier and confirmed by a similar writing mailed or
sent
by courier as provided above, to (i) in the case of the Purchaser, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Mortgage Company, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, (ii) in the case of the PHH Mortgage, PHH Mortgage
Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Vice
President of Servicing and (iii) in the case of the Trust, c/o PHH Mortgage
Corporation, as Administrator, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Xxxxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President of Servicing, or such other address
as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser in writing by the applicable
Seller.
Section
12.04 Severability
of Provisions.
If any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, the invalidity of any such
covenant, agreement, provision or term of this Agreement shall in no way affect
the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement.
Section
12.05 Schedules
and Exhibits.
The
schedules and exhibits that are attached to this Agreement are hereby
incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference.
Section
12.06 General
Interpretive Principles.
For
purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(1) 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;
(2) any
reference in this Agreement to this Agreement or any other agreement, document,
or instrument shall be a reference to this Agreement or any other such
agreement, document, or instrument as the same has been amended, modified,
or
supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as
applicable);
(3) accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(4) 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,
unless the context shall otherwise require;
(5) 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;
(6) a
reference to a “day” shall be a reference to a calendar day;
(7) 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
(8) the
terms
“include” and “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration
.
Section
12.07 Waivers
and Amendments, Noncontractual Remedies; Preservation of
Remedies.
This
Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended and the
terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by authorized
representatives of the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by an authorized
representative of the party waiving compliance. No such written instrument
shall
be effective unless it expressly recites that it is intended to amend,
supersede, cancel, renew or extend this Agreement or to waive compliance with
one or more of the terms hereof, as the case may be. No delay on the part of
any
party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as
a
waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right,
power or privilege, or any single or partial exercise of any such right, power
or privilege, preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other
such right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that any party may
otherwise have at law or in equity.
Section
12.08 Captions.
All
section titles or captions contained in this Agreement or in any schedule or
exhibit annexed hereto or referred to herein, and the table of contents to
this
Agreement, are for convenience only, shall not be deemed a part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
Section
12.09 Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This
Agreement shall become effective as of the date first set forth herein upon
the
due execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties
hereto.
Section
12.10 Entire
Agreement; Amendment.
This
Agreement (including the schedules and exhibits annexed hereto or referred
to
herein), together with the PHH Guide, contains the entire agreement between
the
parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and
supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. No
amendment, modification or alteration of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding unless the same shall be in writing and duly executed
by the authorized representatives of the parties hereto.
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Section
12.11 Further
Assurances.
Each
party hereto shall take such additional action as may be reasonably necessary
to
effectuate this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Sellers
will promptly and duly execute and deliver to the Purchaser such documents
and
assurances and take such further action as the Purchaser may from time to time
reasonably request in order to carry out more effectively the intent and purpose
of this Agreement and to establish and protect the rights and remedies created
or intended to be created in favor of the Purchaser.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, in connection with any Securitization
the
Servicer shall (i) agree to such modifications and enter into such amendments
to
this Agreement as may be reasonably necessary, in the reasonable judgment of
the
Purchaser and its counsel, to comply with any rules promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
and
any interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission (collectively,
“SEC
Rules”);
provided,
however,
that
the Servicer is provided the opportunity to negotiate such modifications and
amendments and (ii) promptly upon request provide to the Purchaser for inclusion
in any prospectus or periodic report such written information regarding the
Servicer, its business, experience, financial condition, loan portfolio,
servicing policies and procedures, other securitizations to which the Servicer
was a party, information regarding material litigation or governmental actions
or proceedings involving the Servicer or its Affiliates, and such other matters,
including as applicable statistical data to be necessary to comply with any
SEC
Rules and in accordance with the best business practices of the servicing
industry, and to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and each controlling
person, Affiliate, officer, director, employee or agent of the Purchaser for
any
and all liabilities, losses and expenses arising under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, in connection with any material misstatement contained in
such
written information or any omission of a material fact the inclusion of which
was necessary to make such written information not misleading, as shall be
more
fully provided in an indemnification agreement to be negotiated by the Purchaser
and Servicer.
Section
12.12 Intention
of the Seller.
Each
Seller intends that the conveyance of such Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser shall constitute a sale and not
a
pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge
of
security for a loan, however, the applicable Seller intends that the rights
and
obligations of the parties to such loan shall be established pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement. Each Seller also intends and agrees that, in such
event, (i) the applicable Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the
Purchaser and its assigns a first priority security interest in such Seller’s
entire right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans, all principal
and
interest received or receivable with respect to the Mortgage Loans, all amounts
held from time to time in the accounts mentioned pursuant to this Agreement
and
all reinvestment earnings on such amounts, together with all of the applicable
Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the proceeds of any title, hazard
or other insurance policies related to such Mortgage Loans and (ii) this
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. All rights
and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement are distinct from, and
cumulative with, any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or afforded
by law or equity and all such rights and remedies may be exercised concurrently,
independently or successively.
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ARTICLE
XIII
COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION AB
Section
13.01 Intent
of the Parties; Reasonableness.
The
Purchaser, each Seller and the Servicer acknowledges and agrees that the purpose
of Article XIII of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Purchaser
and any Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and
regulations of the Commission. Although Regulation AB is applicable by its
terms
only to offerings of asset-backed securities that are registered under the
Securities Act, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges that investors in
privately offered securities may require that the Purchaser or any Depositor
provide comparable disclosure in unregistered offerings. References in this
Agreement to compliance with Regulation AB include provision of comparable
disclosure in private offerings.
Neither
the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall exercise its right to request delivery
of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good
faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (or
the
provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that required under
the Securities Act). Each Seller and the Servicer acknowledges that
interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time,
whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff,
consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice
of
counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Purchaser
or any Depositor in good faith for delivery of information under these
provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In
connection with any Securitization Transaction, the Sellers and the Servicer
shall cooperate fully with the Purchaser to deliver to the Purchaser (including
any of its assignees or designees) and any Depositor, any and all statements,
reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the
good
faith determination of the Purchaser or any Depositor to permit the Purchaser
or
such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with
such disclosures relating to the Sellers, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any
Third-Party Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans, reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any Depositor to be necessary
in
order to effect such compliance.
The
Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees) shall cooperate with
the
Seller and the Servicer by providing timely notice of requests for information
under these provisions and by reasonably limiting such requests to information
required, in the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, to comply with Regulation
AB.
Section
13.02 Additional
Representations and Warranties of the Sellers and the Servicer.
(a) Each
Seller and/or the Servicer, as applicable, as to itself, shall be deemed to
represent to the Purchaser and to any Depositor, as of the date on which
information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under Section
13.03 that, except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser or such Depositor
prior to such date: (i) the Servicer is not aware and has not received notice
that any default, early amortization or other performance triggering event
has
occurred as to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of
the
Servicer; (ii) the Servicer has not been terminated as servicer in a residential
mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to
application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no material
noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other
securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the Servicer as servicer
has been disclosed or reported by such Servicer; (iv) no material changes to
the
Servicer’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will
perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreement for mortgage
loans
of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year
period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction; (v) there
are no aspects of the Servicer’s financial condition that could have a material
adverse effect on the performance by such Servicer of its servicing obligations
under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (vi) there are no material
legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against
the Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator; and
(vii) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to
any
Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator with respect
to any Securitization Transaction and any party thereto identified by the
related Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation
AB.
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(b) If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor on any date following the date
on
which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under
Section 13.03, each Seller and the Servicer shall, within five Business Days
following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations
and warranties set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section or, if any such
representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request,
provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing,
to
the requesting party.
Section
13.03 Information
to Be Provided by each Seller or the Servicer.
In
connection with any Securitization Transaction, the Sellers or the Servicer
shall (i) within five Business Days following request by the Purchaser or any
Depositor, provide to the Purchaser and such Depositor (or, as applicable,
cause
each Third-Party Originator and each Subservicer to provide), in writing and
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor,
the information and materials specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f)
of
this Section, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or
discovery by any Seller or the Servicer, provide to the Purchaser and any
Depositor (in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the
Purchaser and such Depositor) the information specified in paragraph (d) of
this
Section.
(a) If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Sellers shall provide such
information regarding (i) each Seller, as originator of the Mortgage Loans
(including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent),
or
(ii) each Third-Party Originator, and (iii) as applicable, each Subservicer,
as
is requested for the purpose of compliance with Items 1103(a)(1), 1105, 1110,
1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB. Such information shall include, at a
minimum:
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(A) the
originator’s form of organization;
(B) a
description of the originator’s origination program and how long the originator
has been engaged in originating residential mortgage loans, which description
shall include a discussion of the originator’s experience in originating
mortgage loans of a similar type as the Mortgage Loans; information regarding
the size and composition of the originator’s origination portfolio; and
information that may be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser
or
any Depositor, to an analysis of the performance of the Mortgage Loans,
including the originators’ credit-granting or underwriting criteria for mortgage
loans of similar type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as
the
Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance
with Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known
to be contemplated) against each Seller, each Third-Party Originator and each
Subservicer; and
(D) a
description of any affiliation or relationship between each Seller, each
Third-Party Originator, each Subservicer and any of the following parties to
a
Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified to the Sellers,
by
the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in advance of such Securitization
Transaction:
(1) the
sponsor;
(2) the
depositor;
(3) the
issuing entity;
(4) any
servicer;
(5) any
trustee;
(6) any
originator;
(7) any
significant obligor;
(8) any
enhancement or support provider; and
(9) any
other
material transaction party.
(b) If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Sellers shall provide (or,
as
applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide) Static Pool
Information with respect to the mortgage loans (of a similar type as the
Mortgage Loans, as reasonably identified by the Purchaser as provided below)
originated by (i) the Sellers, if any Seller is an originator of Mortgage Loans
(including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified Correspondent),
and/or (ii) each Third-Party Originator. Such Static Pool Information shall
be
prepared by each Seller (or Third-Party Originator) on the basis of its
reasonable, good faith interpretation of the requirements of Item 1105(a)(1)-(3)
of Regulation AB. To the extent that there is reasonably available to the
Sellers (or Third-Party Originator) Static Pool Information with respect to
more
than one mortgage loan type, the Purchaser or any Depositor shall be entitled
to
specify whether some or all of such information shall be provided pursuant
to
this paragraph. The content of such Static Pool Information may be in the form
customarily provided by the Sellers, and need not be customized for the
Purchaser or any Depositor. Such Static Pool Information for each vintage
origination year or prior securitized pool, as applicable, shall be presented
in
increments no less frequently than quarterly over the life of the mortgage
loans
included in the vintage origination year or prior securitized pool. The most
recent periodic increment must be as of a date no later than 135 days prior
to
the date of the prospectus or other offering document in which the Static Pool
Information is to be included or incorporated by reference. The Static Pool
Information shall be provided in an electronic format that provides a permanent
record of the information provided, such as a portable document format (pdf)
file, or other such electronic format reasonably required by the Purchaser
or
the Depositor, as applicable.
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Promptly
following notice or discovery of a material error in Static Pool Information
provided pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph (including an omission
to include therein information required to be provided pursuant to such
paragraph), the Seller shall provide corrected Static Pool Information to the
Purchaser or any Depositor, as applicable, in the same format in which Static
Pool Information was previously provided to such party by the
Seller.
If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, each Seller shall provide (or,
as
applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide), at the expense of
the
requesting party (to the extent of any additional incremental expense associated
with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon procedures letters
of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser or
Depositor, as applicable, pertaining to Static Pool Information relating to
prior securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after January 1, 2006
or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect to such Seller’s or
Third-Party Originator’s originations or purchases, to calendar months
commencing January 1, 2006, as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall reasonably
request. Such letters shall be addressed to and be for the benefit of such
parties as the Purchaser or such Depositor shall designate, which may include,
by way of example, any Sponsor, any Depositor and any broker dealer acting
as
underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser with respect to a
Securitization Transaction. Any such statement or letter may take the form
of a
standard, generally applicable document accompanied by a reliance letter
authorizing reliance by the addressees designated by the Purchaser or such
Depositor.
(c) If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Servicer shall provide such
information regarding the Servicer, as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, and
each
Subservicer (the Servicer and each Subservicer, for purposes of this paragraph,
a “Transaction
Servicer”),
as is
requested for the purpose of compliance with Item 1108 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the
Transaction Servicer’s form of organization;
(B) a
description of how long the Transaction Servicer has been servicing residential
mortgage loans; a general discussion of the Transaction Servicer’s experience in
servicing assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion of the
Transaction Servicer’s experience in, and procedures for, the servicing function
it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements;
information regarding the size, composition and growth of the Transaction
Servicer’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans of a type similar to the
Mortgage Loans and information on factors related to the Transaction Servicer
that may be material, in the good faith judgment of the Purchaser or any
Depositor, to any analysis of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans or the related
asset-backed securities, as applicable, including, without
limitation:
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(1) whether
any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage
Loans involving the Transaction Servicer have defaulted or experienced an early
amortization or other performance triggering event because of servicing during
the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
(2) the
extent of outsourcing the Transaction Servicer utilizes;
(3) whether
there has been previous disclosure of material noncompliance with the applicable
servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage
loans involving the Transaction Servicer as a servicer during the three-year
period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
(4) whether
the Transaction Servicer has been terminated as servicer in a residential
mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to
application of a servicing performance test or trigger; and
(5) such
other information as the Purchaser or any Depositor may reasonably request
for
the purpose of compliance with Item 1108(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
(C) a
description of any material changes during the three-year period immediately
preceding the related Securitization Transaction to the Transaction Servicer’s
policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform
under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements for mortgage loans of
a
type similar to the Mortgage Loans;
(D) information
regarding the Transaction Servicer’s financial condition, to the extent that
there is a material risk that an adverse financial event or circumstance
involving the Transaction Servicer could have a material adverse effect on
the
performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations under this Agreement
or
any Reconstitution Agreement;
(E) information
regarding advances made by the Transaction Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and
the Transaction Servicer’s overall servicing portfolio of residential mortgage
loans for the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction, which may be limited to a statement by an authorized officer of
the
Transaction Servicer to the effect that the Transaction Servicer has made all
advances required to be made on residential mortgage loans serviced by it during
such period, or, if such statement would not be accurate, information regarding
the percentage and type of advances not made as required, and the reasons for
such failure to advance;
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(F) a
description of the Transaction Servicer’s processes and procedures designed to
address any special or unique factors involved in servicing loans of a similar
type as the Mortgage Loans;
(G) a
description of the Transaction Servicer’s processes for handling delinquencies,
losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as through liquidation of mortgaged
properties, sale of defaulted mortgage loans or workouts; and
(H) information
as to how the Transaction Servicer defines or determines delinquencies and
charge-offs, including the effect of any grace period, re-aging, restructuring,
partial payments considered current or other practices with respect to
delinquency and loss experience.
(d) If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its
reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of
asset-backed securities, each Seller and the Servicer shall (or shall cause
each
Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to) (i) notify the Purchaser and any
Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings
pending against such Seller or the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator and (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop following
the
closing date of a Securitization Transaction between such Seller or the
Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and any of the parties
specified in clause (D) of paragraph (a) of this Section (and any other parties
identified in writing by the requesting party) with respect to such
Securitization Transaction, and (ii) provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor
a description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
(e) As
a
condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer
or
subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person
(i) into which the Servicer or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated,
or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer or any
Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor,
at
least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or
appointment, (x) written notice to the Purchaser and any Depositor of such
succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor, all information
reasonably requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor in order to comply with
its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class
of asset-backed securities.
(f) In
addition to such information as the Servicer, as servicer, is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by
the
Purchaser or any Depositor, the Servicer shall provide such information
regarding the performance or servicing of the Mortgage Loans as is reasonably
required by the Purchaser or any Depositor to facilitate preparation of
distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall be provided concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise
required to be delivered by the Servicer under this Agreement in connection
with
the applicable Securitization Transaction.
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Section
13.04 Servicer
Compliance Statement.
On or
before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Servicer shall
deliver to the Purchaser and any Depositor a statement of compliance addressed
to the Purchaser and such Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of
the
Servicer, to the effect that (i) a review of the Servicer’s activities during
the immediately preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and
of
its performance under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement
during such period has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) to
the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement and any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement in all material respects throughout such calendar
year
(or applicable portion thereof) or, if there has been a failure to fulfill
any
such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each such
failure known to such officer and the nature and the status
thereof.
Section
13.05 Report
on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation(1) .
(a) On
or before March 1 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Servicer
shall:
(i) deliver
to the Purchaser and any Depositor a report (in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor) regarding the Servicer’s
assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately
preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the
Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be addressed
to
the Purchaser and such Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the
Servicer, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit 13 hereto delivered to the
Purchaser concurrently with the execution of this Agreement;
(ii) deliver
to the Purchaser and any Depositor a report of a registered public accounting
firm reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and such Depositor that attests
to,
and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Servicer and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance
with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
and
the Exchange Act;
(iii) cause
each Subservicer, and each Subcontractor determined by the Servicer pursuant
to
Section 13.06(b) to be “participating in the servicing function” within the
meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Purchaser and any
Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountants’ attestation as and when
provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section; and
(iv) if
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor not later than February 1 of the
calendar year in which such certification is to be delivered, deliver to the
Purchaser, any Depositor and any other Person that will be responsible for
signing the certification (a “Sarbanes
Certification”)
required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant
to
Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002) on behalf of an asset-backed
issuer with respect to a Securitization Transaction a certification in the
form
attached hereto as Exhibit 12.
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Each
Seller acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (a)(iv) above may
rely
on the certification provided by the Servicer pursuant to such clause in signing
a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission. Neither the
Purchaser nor any Depositor will request delivery of a certification under
clause (a)(iv) above, unless a Depositor is required under the Exchange Act
to
file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to an issuing entity whose
asset
pool includes Mortgage Loans.
(b) Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section
13.05(a)(i) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit 13 hereto delivered to the
Purchaser concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case
of a
Subservicer subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such
appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant
to
Section 13.05(a)(iii) need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria
other than those specified by the Servicer pursuant to Section
13.06.
Section
13.06 Use
of
Subservicers and Subcontractors.
The
Servicer shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer
to
fulfill any of the obligations of the Servicer as servicers under this Agreement
or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Servicer complies with the provisions
of paragraph (a) of this Section. The Servicer shall not hire or otherwise
utilize the services of any Subcontractor, and shall not permit any Subservicer
to hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, to fulfill
any
of the obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of
paragraph (b) of this Section.
(a) It
shall
not be necessary for the Servicer to seek the consent of the Purchaser or any
Depositor to the utilization of any Subservicer. The Servicer shall cause any
Subservicer used by the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of
the
Purchaser and any Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Section and
with Sections 13.02, 13.03(c) and (e), 13.04, 13.05 and 13.07 of this Agreement
to the same extent as if such Subservicer were the Servicer, and to provide
the
information required with respect to such Subservicer under Section 13.03(d)
of
this Agreement. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subservicer and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any servicer
compliance statement required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
13.04, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered
by
such Subservicer under Section 13.05 and any certification required to be
delivered to the Person that will be responsible for signing the Sarbanes
Certification under Section 13.05 as and when required to be
delivered.
(b) It
shall
not be necessary for the Servicer to seek the consent of the Purchaser or any
Depositor to the utilization of any Subcontractor. The Servicer shall promptly
upon request provide to the Purchaser and any Depositor (or any designee of
the
Depositor, such as a master servicer or administrator) a written description
(in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and such Depositor)
of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer or
any
Subservicer, specifying (i) the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which
(if any) of such Subcontractors are “participating in the servicing function”
within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements
of
the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided
by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this
paragraph.
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As
a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be
“participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 13.05 and 13.07 of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Servicer. The
Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and
delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any assessment of compliance
and
attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 13.05,
in each case as and when required to be delivered.
Section
13.07 Indemnification;
Remedies.
(a) Each
Seller and the Servicer shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the
Purchaser, the Depositor and each of the following parties participating in
a
Securitization Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; each Person
responsible for the preparation, execution or filing of any report required
to
be filed with the Commission with respect to such Securitization Transaction,
or
for execution of a certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d)
under the Exchange Act with respect to such Securitization Transaction; each
broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser,
each
Person who controls any of such parties or the Depositor (within the meaning
of
Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act); and the
respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of
each
of the foregoing and of the Depositor, and shall hold each of them harmless
from
and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees
and
expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses
that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon:
(i) (A) any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in
any
information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material
provided in written or electronic form under this Article XIII by or on behalf
of any Seller or the Servicer, or provided under this Article XIII by or on
behalf of any Subservicer, Subcontractor or Third-Party Originator
(collectively, the “Seller
Information”),
or
(B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Seller Information a
material fact required to be stated in the Seller Information or necessary
in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that
clause (B) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the
Seller Information and not to any other information communicated in connection
with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Seller
Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately
from
such other information;
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(ii) any
failure by any Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or
any
Third-Party Originator to deliver any information, report, certification,
accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under this Article
XIII, including (except as provided below) any failure by the Servicer to
identify pursuant to Section 13.06(b) any Subcontractor “participating in the
servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB;
or
(iii) any
breach by any Seller or the Servicer of a representation or warranty set forth
in Section 13.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Section 13.02(b)
and
made as of a date prior to the closing date of the related Securitization
Transaction, to the extent that such breach is not cured by such closing date,
or any breach by any Seller or the Servicer of a representation or warranty
in a
writing furnished pursuant to Section 13.02(b) to the extent made as of a date
subsequent to such closing date.
In
the
case of any failure of performance described in clause (a)(ii) of this Section,
the Sellers and the Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser, any
Depositor, as applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation,
execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission
with
respect to such Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect
to such Securitization Transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by each
such party in order to obtain the information, report, certification,
accountants’ letter or other material not delivered as required by any Seller,
the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or any Third-Party
Originator.
(b) (i) Any
failure by any Seller, the Servicer, any Subservicer, any Subcontractor or
any
Third-Party Originator to deliver any information, report, certification,
accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under this Article
XIII, or any breach by any Seller or the Servicer of a representation or
warranty set forth in Section 13.02(a) or in a writing furnished pursuant to
Section 13.02(b) and made as of a date prior to the closing date of the related
Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach is not cured by
such
closing date, or any breach by any Seller or the Servicer of a representation
or
warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section 13.02(b) to the extent
made
as of a date subsequent to such closing date, shall, except as provided in
clause (ii) of this paragraph, immediately and automatically, without notice
or
grace period, constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Sellers and
the
Servicer under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement,
and
shall entitle the Purchaser or Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion
to terminate the rights and obligations of the Sellers and the Servicer under
this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement without payment
(notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any applicable Reconstitution
Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation to the Sellers or the Servicer;
provided that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement and/or any
applicable Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the survival of
certain rights or obligations following termination of the Servicer as servicer,
such provision shall be given effect.
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(ii) Any
failure by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any
information, report, certification or accountants’ letter when and as required
under Section 13.04 or 13.05, including any failure by the Servicer to identify
pursuant to Section 13.06(b) any Subcontractor “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which continues
unremedied for ten calendar days after the date on which such information,
report, certification or accountants’ letter was required to be delivered shall
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Servicer under this Agreement
and any applicable Reconstitution Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser
or
Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights and
obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement and/or any
applicable Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything
in
this Agreement to the contrary) of any compensation to the Servicer; provided
that to the extent that any provision of this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement expressly provides for the survival of certain rights
or obligations following termination of the Servicer as servicer, such provision
shall be given effect.
Neither
the Purchaser nor any Depositor shall be entitled to terminate the rights and
obligations of the Servicer pursuant to this subparagraph (b)(ii) if a failure
of the Servicer to identify a Subcontractor “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB was attributable
solely to the role or functions of such Subcontractor with respect to mortgage
loans other than the Mortgage Loans.
(iii) The
Sellers and the Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or any designee
of the Purchaser, such as a master servicer) and any Depositor, as applicable,
for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Purchaser (or such designee) or
such
Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the
Servicer as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to
a
successor servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit whatever
rights the Purchaser or any Depositor may have under other provisions of this
Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement or otherwise, whether
in equity or at law, such as an action for damages, specific performance or
injunctive relief.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sellers and the Purchaser have caused their names
to be signed hereto by their respective officers as of the date first written
above.
XXXXXXX
XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY, a New York limited partnership
By:
|
XXXXXXX
SACHS REAL ESTATE FUNDING CORP., a New York corporation, as General
Partner
|
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION (formerly known as CENDANT MORTGAGE
CORPORATION)
By: ______________________________
Name: Crissy Judge
Title: Assistant Vice President
Name: Crissy Judge
Title: Assistant Vice President
XXXXXX’X
GATE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE
TRUST (formerly known as CENDANT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE
TRUST)
By:
|
PHH
Mortgage Corporation, as
Administrator
|
By:
_____________________________
Name: Crissy Judge
Title: Assistant Vice President
Name: Crissy Judge
Title: Assistant Vice President
Schedule
B-1
CONTENTS
OF PURCHASER’S MORTGAGE FILE
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Purchaser’s Mortgage File shall include each
of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the
Purchaser, and which shall be retained by the applicable Seller or delivered
to
the Purchaser pursuant to the provisions of the Sellers’ Warranties and
Servicing Agreement.
To
be
Delivered 5 days prior to Closing Date:
1. The
original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed, at the
direction of the Purchaser either (1) “Pay to the order of “-------”, without
recourse,” or (2) in blank and signed in the name of the applicable Seller by an
authorized officer. To the extent that there is no space on the face of the
Mortgage Notes for endorsements, the endorsement may be contained on an allonge,
if state law so allows and the Purchaser is so advised by the Seller that state
law so allows
2. If
the
Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original Assignment of Mortgage
for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance acceptable for recording. The
Mortgage shall be assigned, at the direction of the Purchaser either (1) to
“---------” or (2) with assignee’s name left blank. The Assignment of Mortgage
must be duly recorded only on the direction of the Purchaser. If the Mortgage
Loan was acquired by the applicable Seller in a merger, the Assignment of
Mortgage must be made by “PHH Mortgage Corporation, successor by merger to [name
of predecessor].” If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated by the Company
while doing business under another name or under an assumed name, the Assignment
must be by “PHH Mortgage Corporation formerly known as [previous name] or [PHH
Mortgage Corporation dba ______________, ] respectively.
3. With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a copy of the related Control
Agreement and Pledged Asset Agreement.
4. With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a copy of the UCC-1, to the extent
the Pledged Asset Servicer was required to deliver such UCC-1 to Servicer,
and
an original form UCC-3, if applicable, to the extent the Pledged Asset Servicer
was required to deliver such UCC-3 to Servicer, together with any instrument
required to be delivered under the related Surety Bond for transferring coverage
under such Surety Bond.
5. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the original Stock Certificate and related
Stock Power, in blank, executed by the Mortgagor with such signature guaranteed
and original Stock Power, in blank executed by the Seller provided, that if
the
Seller delivers a certified copy, the Seller shall deliver the original Stock
Certificate and Stock Powers to the Custodian on or prior to the date which
is
180 days after the related Closing Date.
Sch.
B-1-1
6. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the original Acceptance of Assignment and
Assumption of Lease Agreement for each Mortgage Loan, from such Seller signed
by
original or by facsimile signature to __________________, which assignment
shall
be in form and substance acceptable for recording (except for the recording
information);
To
be delivered within 180 days after the related Closing
Date:
1. the
original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon. If in connection with
any
Mortgage Loan, the applicable Seller cannot deliver or cause to be delivered
the
original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon on or prior to the Closing
Date because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such
Mortgage has been delivered for recordation or because such Mortgage has been
lost or because such public recording office retains the original recorded
Mortgage, the applicable Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Custodian, a photocopy of such Mortgage, together with (i) in the case of a
delay caused by the public recording office, an Officer’s Certificate of the
applicable Seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent, or closing
attorney) stating that such Mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate
public recording office for recordation and that the original recorded Mortgage
or a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be
a
true and complete copy of the original recorded Mortgage will be promptly
delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the applicable Seller; or
(ii) in the case of a Mortgage where a public recording office retains the
original recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after
recordation in a public recording office, a copy of such Mortgage certified
by
such public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded Mortgage;
2. To
the
extent applicable, the original of each power of attorney, surety agreement
or
guaranty agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan;
3. Originals
of any executed intervening assignments of the Mortgage, with evidence of
recording thereon or, if the original intervening assignment has not yet been
returned from the recording office, a copy of such assignment certified by
the
applicable Seller to be a true copy of the original of the assignment which
has
been sent for recording in the appropriate jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located.
4. Originals
of all assumption, modification and substitution agreements, if any, or, if
the
originals of any such assumption, modification and substitution agreements
have
not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such instruments
certified by the applicable Seller to be a true copy of the original of such
instruments which have been sent for recording in the appropriate jurisdictions
in which the Mortgaged Properties are located.
5. The
original mortgagee policy of title insurance or, in the event such original
title policy is unavailable, a certified true copy of the related policy binder
or commitment for title certified to be true and complete by the title insurance
company, in each case, including an Environmental Protection Agency Endorsement
and an adjustable-rate endorsement.
Sch.
B-1-2
6. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the original Recognition Agreement and the
original Assignment of Recognition Agreement;
7. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, an Estoppel Letter and/or
Consent;
8. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the Cooperative Lien Search;
9. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the guaranty of the Mortgage Note and
Cooperative Loan, if any;
10. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the original Cooperative Pledge
Agreement;
11. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the original Proprietary Lease and the
Assignment of Proprietary Lease executed by the Mortgagor in blank or if the
Proprietary Lease has been assigned by the Mortgagor to the Seller, then the
Seller must execute an assignment of the Assignment of Proprietary Lease in
blank;
12. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the recorded state and county Financing
Statements and Financing Statement Changes; and
13. With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, the original of any security agreement or
similar document executed in connection with the Cooperative Loan.
From
time
to time, the Sellers shall forward to the Custodian additional original
documents pursuant to the Agreement or additional documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Mortgage Loan approved
by the Sellers, in accordance with the Agreement. All such mortgage documents
held by the Custodian as to each Mortgage Loan shall constitute the
“Custodial
File”.
Sch.
B-1-3
PHH
Mortgage Corporation
Mortgage
File Cover Sheet: Credit Documents
(Schedule
B-2)
Prepared
by:_________________________
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Phone:
_____________
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Location:
PHH
Mortgage
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Corporation
Fax: _______________
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Borrower
Name:___________________
Loan
Number:_____________________
General:
_______
1. Mortgage
File Cover Sheet Checklist - Inside File
_______
2. Borrower’s
Authorization to Obtain Information (Original)
_______
3. Xxxxxx
Xxx 1008 (original) or Underwriter’s Worksheet (CUW2)
Applications:
_______
4. Final Signed Typed Loan Application (Form 1003 or personal
profile)
_______
5. Initial Signed Loan Application (personal profile, handwritten or
typed)
Credit
Documentation:
_______
6 Credit
Report(s), Merged In-file or RMCR) (original or photocopy)
_______
7. Borrower’s
explanations (credit, employment, etc., if applicable)
_______
8. VOM(s)
or
other form of verification(s) on all mortgages (not required on Aus scored
loans)
_______
9. Separation
agreement, divorce decree (if applicable)
_______
10. Miscellaneous
Credit Documents (if applicable)
Employment/Income
Documentation:
_______
11. Copy
or
Original initial VOE(s); OR
Sch.
B-2-1
_______
12. Paystubs
dated with 30 days of closing; OR
_______
13. IRS
Form
W-2’s Original or Copy (for wage earner); OR
_______
14. IRS
Form
1040’s, 1120’s, 1065’s, etc.,(2 years)for self-employed);
_______
15. Leases
(if applicable)
________
16. All
documentation required to support Borrower’s cash flow for loans
Originated.
Asset
Documentation:
_______
17. Copy
or
Original VOD(s) or source of funds to close (if applicable)
_______
18. Gift
Letter (if applicable) (original)
_______
19. Verification
of original purchase price, real estate sales contract, or HUD-1 on first
mortgage (if applicable)
Property
Documentation:
_______
20. Appraisal,
including original photos of subject and comps. (original)
_______
21. Review
Appraisal or second full Appraisal (if required) (original)
_______
22. 442
Final
Inspection
_______
23. Copy
or
Original Contract of Sale
_______
24. Miscellaneous
Sch.
B-2-2
EXHIBIT
2.05
FORM
OF
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
THIS
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT (this “Assignment”),
dated
of ___________, is entered into among [________________] (the “Assignee”),
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Company (the “Assignor”),
PHH
Mortgage Corporation, Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust (collectively,
the “Seller”),
with
PHH Mortgage Corporation, as the servicer (the “Servicer”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS
the Assignor, the Seller and the Servicer have entered into a certain Second
Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale & Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 (as amended or modified to the date hereof,
the “Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Assignor has acquired certain Mortgage Loans pursuant
to
the terms of the Agreement and Servicer has agreed to service such Mortgage
Loans; and
WHEREAS
the Assignee has agreed, on the terms and conditions contained herein, to
purchase from the Assignor [certain] [all] of the Mortgage Loans (the
“Specified
Mortgage Loans”)
which
are subject to the provisions of the Agreement and are listed on the mortgage
loan schedule attached as Exhibit
I
hereto
(the “Specified
Mortgage Loan Schedule”);
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged), the parties agree as follows:
1. Assignment
and Assumption
(a) On
and of
the date hereof, the Assignor hereby sells, assigns and transfers to the
Assignee all of its right, title and interest in the Specified Mortgage Loans
and all rights related thereto as provided under the Agreement to the extent
relating to the Specified Mortgage Loans (other than the rights of the Assignor
to indemnification under the Agreement), the Assignee hereby accepts such
assignment from the Assignor and hereby agrees to the release of the Assignor
from any obligations under the Agreement, to the extent of the Specified
Mortgage Loans, from and after the date hereof, and each of the Seller and
the
Servicer hereby acknowledges such assignment, assumption and
release.
(b) On
and as
of the date hereof, the Assignor represents and warrants to the Assignee that
the Assignor has not taken any action that would serve to impair or encumber
the
Assignee’s ownership interests in the Specified Mortgage Loans since the date of
the Assignor’s acquisition of the Specified Mortgage Loans.
(c) Assignor,
Seller and Servicer shall have the right to amend, modify or terminate the
Agreement without joinder of the Assignee with respect to mortgage loans not
conveyed to Assignee hereunder; provided,
however,
that
such amendment, modification or termination shall not affect or be binding
on
the Assignee.
Exh.
2.05-1
2. Accuracy
of Agreement
Each
of
the Seller, the Servicer and the Assignor represent and warrant to Assignee
that
(i) attached hereto as Exhibit II is a true, accurate and complete copy of
the Agreement, (ii) the Agreement is in full force and effect as of the
date hereof, (iii) the Agreement has not been amended or modified in any respect
and (iv) no notice of termination has been given to the Servicer
thereunder.
3. Recognition
of Purchaser
From
and
after the date hereof, each of the Assignee, the Seller and the Servicer shall
note the transfer of the Specified Mortgage Loans to the Assignee in their
respective books and records and shall recognize the Assignee as the owner
of
the Specified Mortgage Loans, and Servicer shall service the Specified Mortgage
Loans for the benefit of the Assignee pursuant to the Agreement, the terms
of
which are incorporated herein by reference. It is the intention of the Seller,
the Servicer, the Assignee and the Assignor that the Assignment shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Assignee and the Assignor and their
successors and assigns.
4. Representations
and Warranties of Assignee.
The
Assignee hereby represents and warrants to the Seller, the Servicer and the
Assignor as follows:
(a) The
Assignee is a sophisticated investor able to evaluate the risks and merits
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, and that it has not relied in connection
therewith upon any statements or representations of the Seller or the Assignor
other than those contained in the Agreement or this Assignment.
(b) The
Assignee is duly and legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and to
perform its obligations hereunder and under the Agreement.
(c) This
Assignment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by each of the other parties
hereto) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
5. Representations
and Warranties of Assignor.
The
Assignor hereby represents and warrants to the Assignee, Seller and Servicer
as
follows:
(a) The
Assignor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization with full power and authority
(corporate and other) to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Assignment.
(b) This
Assignment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Assignor
and
(assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by each of the
other
parties hereto) constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered
in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
Exh.
2.05-2
(c) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Assignor of this Assignment and
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent
or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking
of
any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental
authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken
prior to the date hereof.
(d) The
execution and delivery of this Assignment have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Assignor; neither the execution
and delivery of this Assignor, nor the consummation of the transactions therein
contemplated, nor compliance by the Assignor with the provisions thereof, will
conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any
of
the provisions of the governing documents of the Assignor or any law,
governmental rule or regulation or any material judgment, decree or order
binding on the Assignor or any of its properties, or any of the provisions
of
any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract or other instrument
to
which Assignor is a party or by which it is bound.
(e) There
is
no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best of the
Assignor’s knowledge, threatened, against the Assignor, which, either in any one
instance or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Assignor would
adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this
Assignment.
(f) Except
for the sale to the Assignee, the Assignor has not assigned or pledged any
Mortgage Note or the related Mortgage or any interest or participation
therein.
6. Representations
and Warranties of Seller and Servicer.
Each of
the Seller and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Assignee
and
the Assignor as follows:
(a) Each
of
the Seller and the Servicer is duly and legally authorized to enter into this
Assignment and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and under the
Agreement.
(b) This
Assignment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the
Seller and the Servicer and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by each of the other parties hereto) constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against each such party in accordance with
its
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether
such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Seller and the Servicer set forth in
Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of the Agreement are true and correct as of the date
hereof.
7. Continuing
Effect.
Except
as
contemplated hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms.
Exh.
2.05-3
8. Governing
Law.
This
Assignment and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York.
9. Notices.
Any
notices or other communications permitted or required under the Agreement to
be
made to the Assignee shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
and shall be sent to the Assignee as follows: [_____________________], or to
such other address as may hereafter be furnished by the Assignee to the parties
in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.
10. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
11. Definitions.
Any
capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement has the same meaning
as
in the Agreement.
[Assignment
continues with signature page]
Exh.
2.05-4
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assignment the day and
year first above written.
ASSIGNOR:
XXXXXXX
XXXXX MORTGAGE COMPANY
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
SELLER:
[PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION] [XXXXXX’X GATE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST]
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNEE:
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
SERVICER:
PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
Exh.
2.05-5
EXHIBIT
10
FORM
OF
WARRANTY XXXX OF SALE
On
this
______ day of ______, _____, PHH Mortgage Corporation (formerly known as Cendant
Mortgage Corporation) (“PHH Mortgage”) and Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage
Trust (together with PHH Mortgage, the “Sellers”
and
individually, each a “Seller””)
as
the Sellers under that certain Second Amended and Restated Mortgage Loan Flow
Purchase, Sale & Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006 (the
“Agreement”), do hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Mortgage Company as Purchaser under the Agreement, without recourse,
but
subject to the terms of the Agreement, all rights, title and interest of the
Sellers in and to the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedules
attached hereto, together with the related Mortgage Files and all rights and
obligations arising under the documents contained therein. Pursuant to
Section
2.01 of
the Agreement, the Sellers have delivered to the Purchaser or its custodian
the
Legal Documents for each Mortgage Loan to be purchased as set forth in the
Agreement. The contents of each related Servicing File required to be maintained
and retained by PHH Mortgage, in its capacity as servicer (the “Servicer”) to
service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Agreement and thus not delivered
to
the Purchaser are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer for the benefit
of
the Purchaser as the owner thereof. The Servicer's possession of any portion
of
each such Servicing File is at the will of the Purchaser for the sole purpose
of
facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Agreement,
and such retention and possession by the Servicer shall be in a custodial
capacity only. The ownership of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage, and the contents
of the Mortgage File and Servicing File is vested in the Purchaser and the
ownership of all records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan
prepared by or which come into the possession of the Servicer shall immediately
vest in the Purchaser and shall be retained and maintained, in trust, by the
Servicer at the will of the Purchaser in such custodial capacity
only.
The
Sellers confirm to the Purchaser that the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections
3.01,
3.02 and 3.03 of the Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof,
and
that all statements made in the Sellers Officer's Certificate and all
attachments thereto remain complete, true and correct in all respects as of
the
date hereof.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth
in
the Agreement.
[Signature
page follows]
Exh.
10-1
[PHH
MORTGAGE CORPORATION]
(Seller)
By:
_____________________________
Name:
___________________________
Title:
____________________________
[XXXXXX’X
GATE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE
TRUST]
(Seller)
By:
PHH
Mortgage Corporation, as Administrator
By:
_____________________________
Name:
___________________________
Title:
____________________________
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XXXXXXXX
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EXHIBIT
12
FORM
OF
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re:
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The
[ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the “Agreement”),
among
PHH Mortgage Corporation, Xxxxxx’x Gate Residential Mortgage Trust and
Xxxxxxx Sachs Mortgage
Company.
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I,
________________________________, the _______________________ of PHH Mortgage
Corporation (the “Company”),
certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the [Master Servicer]
[Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers, with the knowledge
and
intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
1. I
have
reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Company provided in accordance
with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance
Statement”),
the
report on assessment of the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria set
forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Criteria”),
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)
and
Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Assessment”),
the
registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance
with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of
Regulation AB (the “Attestation
Report”),
and
all servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to
the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Company during 200[ ] that were
delivered by the Company to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities
Administrator] [Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the
“Company
Servicing Information”);
2. Based
on
my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time
covered by the Company Servicing Information;
3. Based
on
my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be provided
by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the [Depositor] [Master
Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee];
4. I
am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Company as servicer
under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review
conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in
the
Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the
Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material
respects; and
5. The
Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to the
Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to
be
provided by the Company and by any Subservicer or Subcontractor pursuant to
the
Agreement, have been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material
instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed to
the
[Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instance of noncompliance with
the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Xxx.
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Date:
____________________________________
By:
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
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XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Company] [Name of Subservicer]
shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable
Servicing Criteria”:
Servicing
Criteria
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Applicable
Servicing
Criteria
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Reference
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Criteria
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General
Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other
triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
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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.
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer
for the mortgage loans are maintained.
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
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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.
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
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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.
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made
only by authorized personnel.
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1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
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Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Applicable
Servicing
Criteria
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Reference
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Criteria
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
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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.
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1122(d)(2)(v)
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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.
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1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
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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.
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1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission,
are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared
in
accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with
the
terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the
Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with
investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the
Servicer.
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1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with
timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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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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1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
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1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral
or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the
transaction
agreements or related mortgage loan documents.
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Mortgage
loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction
agreements
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1122(d)(4)(iii)
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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.
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
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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.
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s
records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved
by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements
and
related pool asset documents.
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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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.
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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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).
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable
rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan
documents.
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1122(d)(4)(x)
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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.
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1122(d)(4)(xi)
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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.
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made
on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the
obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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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.
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded
in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
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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.
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[NAME
OF
COMPANY] [NAME OF SUBSERVICER]
Date:
_______________________________
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
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