UBS REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC. Purchaser and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Company
Exhibit
99.4
Execution
Copy
April
10, 2007
UBS
REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC.
Purchaser
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
SELLER'S
WARRANTIES AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated
as of April 1, 2007
Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loans
WFHM
2007-W11
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE
II.
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CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS;
CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
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14
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SECTION
2.01
|
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE
LOANS; POSSESSION
OF MORTGAGE
FILES; MAINTENANCE
OF SERVICING
FILES
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14
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SECTION
2.02
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BOOKS
AND RECORDS; TRANSFERS
OF MORTGAGE
LOANS
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15
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SECTION
2.03
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CUSTODIAL
AGREEMENT; DELIVERY
OF DOCUMENTS
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16
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ARTICLE
III.
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH
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18
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SECTION
3.01
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COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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18
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SECTION
3.02
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
REGARDING
INDIVIDUAL
MORTGAGE
LOANS
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22
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SECTION
3.03
|
XXXXXXXXXX
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00
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ARTICLE
IV.
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ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
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41
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SECTION
4.01
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COMPANY
TO ACT AS
SERVICER
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41
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SECTION
4.02
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LIQUIDATION
OF MORTGAGE
LOANS
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42
|
SECTION
4.03
|
COLLECTION
OF MORTGAGE
LOAN
PAYMENTS
|
43
|
SECTION
4.04
|
ESTABLISHMENT
OF AND DEPOSITS
TO CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT
|
43
|
SECTION
4.05
|
PERMITTED
WITHDRAWALS
FROM
CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT
|
45
|
SECTION
4.06
|
ESTABLISHMENT
OF AND DEPOSITS
TO ESCROW
ACCOUNT
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46
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SECTION
4.07
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PERMITTED
WITHDRAWALS
FROM
ESCROW
ACCOUNT
|
47
|
SECTION
4.08
|
PAYMENT
OF TAXES, INSURANCE
AND OTHER CHARGES
|
48
|
SECTION
4.09
|
PROTECTION
OF ACCOUNTS
|
48
|
SECTION
4.10
|
MAINTENANCE
OF HAZARD
INSURANCE
|
48
|
SECTION
4.11
|
MAINTENANCE
OF MORTGAGE
IMPAIRMENT
INSURANCE
|
50
|
SECTION
4.12
|
MAINTENANCE
OF FIDELITY
BOND
AND ERRORS
AND OMISSIONS
INSURANCE
|
50
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SECTION
4.13
|
INSPECTIONS
|
51
|
SECTION
4.14
|
RESTORATION
OF MORTGAGED
PROPERTY
|
51
|
SECTION
4.15
|
MAINTENANCE
OF PMI POLICY; CLAIMS
|
51
|
SECTION
4.16
|
TITLE, MANAGEMENT
AND DISPOSITION
OF REO PROPERTY
|
52
|
SECTION
4.17
|
REAL
ESTATE
OWNED
REPORTS
|
53
|
SECTION
4.18
|
LIQUIDATION
REPORTS
|
53
|
SECTION
4.19
|
REPORTS
OF FORECLOSURES
AND ABANDONMENTS
OF MORTGAGED
PROPERTY
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54
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SECTION
4.20
|
CONFIDENTIALITY/PROTECTION
OF CUSTOMOER
INFORMATION
|
52
|
SECTION
4.21
|
FAIR
CREDIT
REPORTING
ACT
|
53
|
SECTION
4.22
|
NOTIFICATION
OF ADJUSTMENTS
|
53
|
SECTION
4.23
|
ESTABLISHMENT
OF AND DEPOSITS OF
SUBSIDY ACCOUNT
|
54
|
SECTION
4.24
|
APPLICATION
OF SUBSIDY
FUNDS
|
53
|
SECTION
4.25
|
APPLICATION
OF BUYDOWN
FUNDS
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53
|
SECTION
4.26
|
LETTER
OF CREDIT
COMPLIANCE
|
54
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SECTION
4.27
|
LETTERS
OF CREDIT
DRAWS
|
53
|
SECTION
4.28
|
ASSIGNMENT
OF THE LETTER
OF CREDIT
|
54
|
SECTION
4.29
|
PLEDGE
HOLDER
DEFAULTS
|
53
|
SECTION
4.30
|
USE
OF SUBSERVICERS
AND SUBCONTRACTORS
|
54
|
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ARTICLE
V.
|
PAYMENTS
TO PURCHASER
|
59
|
SECTION
5.01
|
REMITTANCES
|
59
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SECTION
5.02
|
STATEMENTS
TO PURCHASER
|
60
|
SECTION
5.03
|
MONTHLY
ADVANCES
BY COMPANY
|
60
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ARTICLE
VI.
|
GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURES
|
60
|
SECTION
6.01
|
TRANSFERS
OF MORTGAGED
PROPERTY
|
60
|
SECTION
6.02
|
SATISFACTION
OF MORTGAGES
AND RELEASE
OF MORTGAGE
FILES
|
61
|
SECTION
6.03
|
SERVICING
COMPENSATION
|
61
|
SECTION
6.04
|
ANNUAL
STATEMENTS
AS TO COMPLIANCE
|
62
|
SECTION
6.05
|
ANNUAL
INDEPENDENT
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS' SERVICING
REPORT
|
62
|
SECTION
6.06
|
RIGHT
TO EXAMINE
COMPANY
RECORDS
|
65
|
SECTION
6.07
|
COMPLIANCE
WITH REMIC PROVISIONS
|
65
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ARTICLE
VII.
|
COMPANY
TO COOPERATE
|
65
|
SECTION
7.01
|
PROVISION
OF INFORMATION
|
65
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SECTION
7.02
|
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS; SERVICING
FACILITY
|
65
|
ARTICLE
VIII.
|
THE
COMPANY
|
66
|
SECTION
8.01
|
INDEMNIFICATION; THIRD
PARTY
CLAIMS
|
66
|
SECTION8.02
|
MERGER
OR CONSOLIDATION
OF THE COMPANY
|
66
|
SECTION
8.03
|
LIMITATION
ON LIABILITY
OF COMPANY
AND OTHERS
|
67
|
SECTION
8.04
|
LIMITATION
ON RESIGNATION
AND ASSIGNMENT
BY COMPANY
|
67
|
ARTICLE
IX.
|
REMOVAL
OF MORTGAGE LOANS FROM AGREEMENT
|
68
|
SECTION
9.01
|
REMOVAL
OF MORTGAGE
LOANS
FROM INCLUSION
UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT
|
68
|
ARTICLE
X.
|
DEFAULT
|
79
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SECTION
10.01
|
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
|
79
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SECTION
10.02
|
WAIVER
OF DEFAULTS
|
81
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ARTICLE
XI.
|
TERMINATION
|
81
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SECTION
11.01
|
TERMINATION
|
81
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SECTION
11.02
|
TERMINATION
WITHOUT
CAUSE
|
81
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ARTICLE
XII.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
|
81
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SECTION
12.01
|
SUCCESSOR
TO COMPANY
|
81
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SECTION
12.02
|
AMENDMENT
|
82
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SECTION
12.03
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
83
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SECTION
12.04
|
DURATION
OF AGREEMENT
|
83
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SECTION
12.05
|
NOTICES
|
83
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SECTION
12.06
|
SEVERABILITY
OF PROVISIONS
|
.84
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SECTION
12.07
|
RELATIONSHIP
OF PARTIES
|
84
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SECTION
12.08
|
EXECUTION; SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
|
84
|
SECTION
12.09
|
RECORDATION
OF ASSIGNMENTS
OF MORTGAGE
|
84
|
SECTION
12.10
|
ASSIGNMENT
BY PURCHASER
|
85
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SECTION
12.11
|
SOLICITATION
OF MORTGAGOR
|
85
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SECTION
12.12
|
FURTHER
AGREEMENTS
|
85
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SECTION
12.13
|
CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION
|
85
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
|
Mortgage
Loan Schedule
|
Exhibit
A-1
|
Data
File Fields
|
Exhibit
B
|
Contents
of Each Mortgage File
|
Exhibit
C
|
Custodial
Agreement
|
Exhibit
D
|
Form
of Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement
|
Exhibit
E
|
Form
of Annual Certification
|
Exhibit
F
|
Form
of Opinion of Counsel
|
Exhibit
G
|
Servicing
Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of
Compliance
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This
is a
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement for adjustable rate, residential,
first lien, mortgage loans, dated and effective as of April 1, 2007, and
is
executed between UBS Real Estate Securities Inc., as purchaser (the
"Purchaser"), and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as seller and servicer (the
"Company").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
the Purchaser has agreed to purchase from the Company and the Company has
agreed
to sell to the Purchaser certain Mortgage Loans (as defined herein) which
have
an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the close of business on
the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments due on or before such date whether
or
not received, as indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which is annexed
hereto as Exhibit A;
WHEREAS,
each of the Mortgage Loans is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan secured by
a
mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument creating a first lien
on a
residential dwelling located in the jurisdiction indicated on the Mortgage
Loan
Schedule; and
WHEREAS,
the Purchaser and the Company wish to prescribe the manner of purchase of
the
Mortgage Loans and the conveyance, servicing and control of the Mortgage
Loans.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth,
and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
is
hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Company agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever
used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the content otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accepted
Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, those
mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage lending institutions which
service mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located and in accordance
with applicable law.
Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which provides for the
adjustment of the Mortgage Interest Rate payable in respect
thereto.
Adjustment
Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the date on which
the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note and Mortgage.
Agency/Agencies: Xxxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxx Mac or GNMA, or any of them as applicable.
Agency
Sale: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans
by the Purchaser to an Agency which sale or transfer is not a Securitization
Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer.
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Agreement: This
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement and all exhibits hereto, amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
ALTA: The
American Land Title Association or any successor thereto.
Appraised
Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i) the
value set forth on the appraisal made in connection with the origination
of the
related Mortgage Loan as the value of the related Mortgaged Property, or
(ii)
the purchase price paid for the Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that
in
the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value shall be based solely
on the
appraisal made in connection with the origination of such Mortgage
Loan.
Assignment
of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
the
sale of the Mortgage to the Purchaser, or if the related Mortgage has been
recorded in the name of MERS or its designee, such actions as are necessary
to
cause the Purchaser to be shown as the owner of the related Mortgage on the
records of MERS for purposes of the system of recording transfers of beneficial
ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.
Assignment
of Mortgage Note and Pledge Agreement: With respect to a
Cooperative Loan, an assignment of the Mortgage Note and Pledge
Agreement.
Assignment
of Proprietary Lease: With respect to each Cooperative Loan, an
assignment of the Proprietary Lease sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Cooperative Apartment is located to reflect
the
assignment of such Proprietary Lease.
Business
Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day
on which banking and savings and loan institutions in the State of Iowa,
Minnesota, Maryland, New York, South Carolina or California are authorized
or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Buydown
Agreement: An agreement between the Company and a Mortgagor, or
an agreement among the Company, 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, the Company 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.
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Buydown
Period: The period of time when a Buydown Agreement is in effect
with respect to a related Buydown Mortgage Loan.
Closing
Date: April 11, 2007.
Code: The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time or
any
successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Commission: The
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Commitment
Letter: That certain letter agreement dated February 9, 2007,
between the Company and the Purchaser.
Company: Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., or its successor in interest or assigns, or any successor
to
the Company under this Agreement appointed as herein provided.
Company
Information: As defined in Section 9.01(e)(i)(A).
Company
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has been underwritten in
accordance with the Company Underwriting Guidelines.
Company
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of the
company, applicable to the Company Mortgage Loans, as provided to the Purchaser
by the Company.
Condemnation
Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged
Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not
required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Loan Documents.
Convertible
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that by its terms and subject to
certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note allows
the
Mortgagor to convert the adjustable Mortgage Loan Interest Rate on such Mortgage
Loan to a fixed Mortgage Loan Interest Rate.
Cooperative: The
entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable leasehold estate) to all of
the
real property that the Project comprises, including the land, separate dwelling
units and all common areas.
Cooperative
Apartment: The specific dwelling unit relating to a Cooperative
Loan.
Cooperative
Lien Search: A search for (a) federal tax liens, mechanics’
liens, lis pendens, judgments of record or otherwise against (i) the
Cooperative, (ii) the seller of the Cooperative Apartment and (iii) the Company
if the Cooperative Loan is a refinanced Mortgage Loan, (b) filings of Financing
Statements and (c) the deed of the Project into the Cooperative.
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Cooperative
Loan: A Mortgage Loan that is secured by Cooperative Shares and a
Proprietary Lease granting exclusive rights to occupy the related Cooperative
Apartment.
Cooperative
Shares: The shares of stock issued by a Cooperative, owned by the
Mortgagor, and allocated to a Cooperative Apartment.
Covered
Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as “Covered” pursuant to the
Standard & Poor’s Glossary for File Format for LEVELS® Version 5.7, Appendix
E, revised July 1, 2006.
Custodial
Account: The separate account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.04.
Custodial
Agreement: The agreement between the Purchaser and a Custodian
governing the retention of the originals of each Mortgage Note, Mortgage,
Assignment of Mortgage and other Mortgage Loan Documents, a form of which
is
annexed hereto as Exhibit C.
Custodian: The
custodian under the Custodial Agreement, or its successor in interest or
assigns, or any successor to the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement
as
provided therein.
Cut-off
Date: April 1, 2007.
Data
File: The electronic data file prepared by Company and delivered
to the Purchaser including the data fields set forth on Exhibit A-1 with
respect
to each Mortgage Loan.
Deleted
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which is repurchased by the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which is, in the
case
of a substitution pursuant to Section 3.03, 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 Business Day immediately preceding the related Remittance
Date.
Due
Date: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on
a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.
Due
Period: With respect to each Remittance Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month of the Remittance
Date and ending on the first day of the month of the Remittance
Date.
Errors
and Omissions Insurance Policy: An errors and omissions insurance
policy to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.12.
Escrow
Account: The separate account or accounts created and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.06.
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Escrow
Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts
constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents,
municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance
premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed
by
the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other related
document.
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.
Xxxxxx
Xxx: The Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.
FDIC: The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
Fidelity
Bond: A fidelity bond to be maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.12.
Financing
Statement: With respect to each Cooperative Loan, 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.
First
Remittance Date: May 18, 2007.
Flood
Zone Service Contract: A transferable contract maintained for the
Mortgaged Property with a nationally recognized flood zone service provider
for
the purpose of obtaining the current flood zone status relating to such
Mortgaged Property.
Xxxxxxx
Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successor
thereto.
Gross
Margin: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage Note which is added
to
the Index in order to determine the related Mortgage Interest Rate, as set
forth
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
High
Cost Loan: A Mortgage Loan classified as (a) a “high cost” loan
under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (b) a “high cost
home,” “threshold,” “covered,” “high risk home,” “predatory” or similar loan
under any other applicable state, federal or local law or (c) “High Cost”
pursuant to the Standard & Poor’s Glossary for File Format for LEVELS®
Version 5.7, Appendix E, revised July 1, 2006.
Home
Loan: A Mortgage Loan categorized as “Home Loan” pursuant to the
Standard & Poor’s Glossary for File Format for LEVELS® Version 5.7, Appendix
E, revised July 1, 2006.
Index: With
respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the index identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and set forth in the related Mortgage Note for the
purposes of calculating the interest thereon.
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Initial
Rate Cap: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and
the initial Adjustment Date therefor, a number of percentage points per annum
that is set forth in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount
by
which the Mortgage Interest Rate for such Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan may
increase or decrease on such Adjustment Date from the Mortgage Interest Rate
in
effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
Insur`ance
Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of
insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged
Property.
Interest
Only Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which an interest-only
payment feature is allowed during the interest-only period set forth in the
related Mortgage Note.
Letter
of Credit: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
guaranty issued to the Company by the Pledge Holder for the Pledged Value
Amount.
Liquidation
Proceeds: Cash received in connection with the liquidation of a
defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage
Loan, trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or the sale of the related
Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction
of the
Mortgage Loan.
Loan-to-Value
Ratio or LTV: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the
original loan amount of the Mortgage Loan at its origination (unless otherwise
indicated) to the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property.
LPMI
Policy: A PMI Policy for which the Company pays all premiums from its own
funds, without reimbursement.
Master
Servicer: With respect to any Securitization Transaction, the “master
servicer,” if any, identified in the related transaction documents.
Maximum
Mortgage Interest Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, a rate that is set forth on the related Mortgage Loan Schedule
and in the related Mortgage Note which is the maximum interest rate to which
the
Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage Loan may be increased on any Adjustment
Date.
MERS: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor
in interest thereto.
MERS
Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgage
or Assignment of Mortgage has been registered with MERS on the MERS
System.
MERS
System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.
MIN: The
eighteen-digit Mortgage Identification Number permanently assigned to each
Mortgage Loan by MERS.
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Minimum
Mortgage Interest Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, a rate that is set forth in the related Mortgage Note which
is
the minimum interest rate to which the Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage
Loan may be decreased on any Adjustment Date.
Monthly
Advance: The portion of each Monthly Payment that is delinquent
with respect to each Mortgage Loan at the close of business on the Determination
Date required to be advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 5.03 on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date of the related
month.
Monthly
Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest
on a Mortgage Loan or in the case of an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, payments
of
(i) interest, or (ii) principal and interest, as applicable, on a Mortgage
Loan.
Moody’s: Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgage: The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, or with respect to a Cooperative
Loan, the Pledge Agreement, securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a first
lien
on an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real property securing the Mortgage
Note.
Mortgage
File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan referred
to in Exhibit B annexed hereto, and any additional documents required to
be
added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage
Impairment Insurance Policy: A mortgage impairment or blanket
hazard insurance policy as described in Section 4.11.
Mortgage
Interest Rate: The annual rate at which interest accrues on a
Mortgage Note from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the
Mortgage Note.
Mortgage
Loan: An individual mortgage loan which is the subject of this
Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to this Agreement
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes
without limitation the Mortgage File, the Servicing File, the Monthly Payments,
Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds and all other rights, benefits, proceeds
and
obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage
Loan. The Mortgage Loans shall include the Company Mortgage Loans and
the Third-Party Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage
Loan Documents: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the original
related Mortgage Note with applicable addenda and riders, the original related
Mortgage and the originals of any required addenda and riders, the original
related Assignment of Mortgage and any original intervening related Assignments
of Mortgage, the original related title insurance policy, and evidence of
the
related PMI Policy, if any.
Mortgage
Loan Remittance Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
annual rate of interest remitted to the Purchaser, which shall be equal to
the
related Mortgage Interest Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate.
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Mortgage
Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans annexed hereto as
Exhibit A, such schedule setting forth the following information with respect
to
each Mortgage Loan: (1) the Company’s Mortgage Loan number; (2) the city, state
and zip code of the Mortgaged Property; (3) a code indicating whether the
Mortgaged Property is a single family residence, two-family residence,
three-family residence, Cooperative Apartment, four-family residence, planned
unit development or condominium; (4) the current Mortgage Interest Rate;
(5) the
current net Mortgage Interest Rate; (6) the current Monthly Payment; (7)
the
original term to maturity; (8) the scheduled maturity date; (9) the principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date after deduction of payments
of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date whether or not collected;
(10)
the Loan-to-Value Ratio; (11) a code indicating the mortgage guaranty insurance
company; (12) a code indicating a Time$aver® Mortgage Loan; (13) the Gross
Margin; (14) the next Adjustment Date immediately following the Cut-off Date;
(15) the lifetime Periodic Interest Rate Cap; (16) the Index; (17) the type
of
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan (i.e., 6 Month LIBOR, 1/1, 3/1, 5/1, etc.)
(18)
the Maximum Mortgage Interest Rate; (19) the first Adjustment Date immediately
following origination; and (20) the Servicing Fee Rate.
Mortgage
Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage, including any addendum, attachment, allonge,
amendment, supplement or modification thereto.
Mortgaged
Property: The real property securing repayment of the debt
evidenced by a Mortgage Note, or with respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
Pledge
Agreement.
Mortgagor: The
obligor on a Mortgage Note.
Officer's
Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or
the Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President or an
Assistant Vice President and certified by the Treasurer or the Secretary
or one
of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Company, and
delivered to the Purchaser as required by this Agreement.
Opinion
of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee
of the Company, reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser.
Periodic
Interest Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and
any Adjustment Date therefore, a number of percentage points per annum that
is
set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule and in the related Mortgage
Note, which is the maximum increase or decrease in the Mortgage Interest
Rate
(without regard to the Minimum Mortgage Interest Rate or the Maximum Mortgage
Interest Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the Mortgage Interest Rate in
effect
immediately prior to such Adjustment Date.
Person: Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge
Account: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, an
account that is managed by the Pledge Holder to secure a Letter of
Credit.
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Pledge
Account Maintenance Value: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
minimum percentage of the pledged amount specified in the Company Underwriting
Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines, as
applicable. If the balance on the Pledge Account falls below the
maintenance value of the pledge amount, the Pledge Holder will require that
more funds be added to the Pledge Account, or decide to make a margin
call.
Pledge
Account Set-Up Value: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
minimum percentage of the pledged amount specified in the Company Underwriting
Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines, as applicable, placed
in
the Pledge Account to allow for market fluctuations. The Pledge
Holder determines the Pledge Account Set-Up Value.
Pledge
Agreement: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the specific
agreement creating a first lien on and pledge of the Cooperative Shares and
the
appurtenant Proprietary Lease.
Pledge
Holder: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the entity that holds
the Pledge Account, manages the Pledge Account and provides the Letter of
Credit.
Pledge
Instruments: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the Stock Power,
the Assignment of the Proprietary Lease and the Assignment of Mortgage Note
and
Pledge Agreement.
Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has
pledged financial assets to a Pledge Account to secure a Letter of Credit,
as
partial collateral for the Mortgage Loan, in lieu of a cash down
payment.
Pledged
Value Amount: With respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, a
minimum of 20% of the lower of the purchase price paid for the Mortgaged
Property or appraised value of a Mortgaged Property.
PMI
Policy: A policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance evidenced
by an electronic form and certificate number issued by a Qualified Insurer,
as
required by this Agreement with respect to certain Mortgage
Loans. The premiums on a PMI Policy may be paid by the Mortgagor or
by the Company from its own funds, without reimbursement. If the
premiums are paid by the Company, the PMI Policy is an LPMI Policy.
Prime
Rate: The prime rate announced to be in effect from time to time,
as published as the average rate in The Wall Street Journal.
Principal
Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a
Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including
any prepayment penalty or premium thereon and which is not accompanied by
an
amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates
in
any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Principal
Prepayment Period: The calendar month preceding the month in
which the related Remittance Date occurs.
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Project: With
respect to a Cooperative Loan, all real property owned by the related
Cooperative including the land, separate dwelling units and all common
areas.
Proprietary
Lease: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, a lease on a
Cooperative Apartment evidencing the possessory interest of the Mortgagor
in
such Cooperative Apartment.
Purchase
Price: The purchase price for a mortgage loan pool as specified
in the Commitment Letter and as may be adjusted pursuant to the Commitment
Letter.
Purchaser: UBS
Real Estate Securities Inc., or its successor in interest or any successor
or
assignee to the Purchaser under this Agreement as herein provided.
Qualified
Correspondent: Any Person from which the Company purchased
Mortgage Loans, provided that the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such Mortgage Loans were originated pursuant to an
agreement between the Company and such Person that contemplated that such
Person
would underwrite mortgage loans from time to time, for sale to the Company,
in
accordance with underwriting guidelines designated by the Company (“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 Company within 180 days after
origination; (iii) either (x) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time
such
Mortgage Loans were originated, used by the Company in origination of mortgage
loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans for the Company’s own account or
(y) the Designated Guidelines were, at the time such Mortgage Loans were
underwritten, designated by the Company on a consistent basis for use by
lenders
in originating mortgage loans to be purchased by the Company; and (iv) the
Company employed, at the time such Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Company,
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 Company.
Qualified
Depository: A deposit account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution the deposits in which are
insured by the FDIC to the applicable limits and the short-term unsecured
debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution that is
a
subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations
of
such holding company) are rated A-1 by S&P or Prime-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc. (or a comparable rating if another rating agency is specified
by
the Purchaser by written notice to the Company) at the time any deposits
are
held on deposit therein.
Qualified
Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly authorized
and licensed where required by law to transact mortgage guaranty insurance
business and approved as an insurer by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac.
Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan eligible to be
substituted by the Company 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 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 Stated Principal Balance
of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate not
less
than, and not more than two percent (2%) greater than, the Mortgage Loan
Remittance Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a remaining term
to
maturity not greater than and not more than one year less than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) comply with each representation and warranty
set
forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02; and (v) be of the same type as the Deleted
Mortgage Loan.
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Rating
Agency: Each of Fitch Ratings, Moody’s, S&P and Dominion Bond
Rating Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
Recognition
Agreement: An agreement whereby the related Cooperative,
Mortgagor and lender with respect to a Cooperative Loan (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, Agency Sale or Whole Loan Transfer.
Reconstitution
Agreement: The agreement or agreements entered into by the
Company and the Purchaser and/or certain third parties on the Reconstitution
Date or Dates with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced
hereunder, in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sale or
Securitization Transaction.
Reconstitution
Date: The date on which any or all of the Mortgage Loans serviced
under this Agreement shall be reconstituted as part of an Agency Sale,
Securitization Transaction or Whole Loan Transfer pursuant to Section 9.01
hereof. The Reconstitution Date shall be such date which the
Purchaser and the shelf registrant shall designate.
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.
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, regulations, rulings or
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect
from
time to time.
Remittance
Date: The 18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business Day,
the first Business Day immediately following) of any month, beginning with
the
First Remittance Date.
REO
Disposition: The final sale by the Company of any REO
Property.
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REO
Disposition Proceeds: All amounts received with respect to an REO
Disposition pursuant to Section 4.16.
REO
Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Company on behalf
of the Purchaser through foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, as
described in Section 4.16.
Repurchase
Price: A price equal to (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loan as of the date on which such repurchase takes place, plus (ii) interest
on
such Stated Principal Balance at the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate from the
date
on which interest has last been paid and distributed to the Purchaser through
the last day of the month in which such repurchase takes place, less amounts
received or advanced in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are
being held in the Custodial Account for distribution in the month of
repurchase.
S&P: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
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.
Servicer: As
defined in Section 9.01(d)(iii).
Servicing
Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket"
costs and expenses other than Monthly Advances (including reasonable attorney's
fees and disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Company of its
servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the
preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (c) the management
and liquidation of any REO Property and (d) compliance with the obligations
under Sections 4.08 and 4.10 (excluding the Company’s obligation to pay the
premiums on LPMI Policies).
Servicing
Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
Servicing
Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual
fee the Purchaser shall pay to the Company, which shall, for a period of
one
full month, be equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Servicing Fee
Rate
and (b) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan. Such fee
shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis of the same principal amount
and
period respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is
received. The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is
limited to, and the Servicing Fee is payable solely from, the interest portion
(including recoveries with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds,
to the
extent permitted by Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payment collected by the
Company, or as otherwise provided under Section 4.05.
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Servicing
Fee Rate: 0.250% per annum per Mortgage Loan.
Servicing
File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the file retained by
the Company consisting of originals of all documents in the Mortgage File
which
are not delivered to the Custodian and copies of the Mortgage Loan
Documents, originals of which are delivered to the Custodian pursuant
to Section 2.03.
Servicing
Officer: Any officer of the Company involved in or responsible
for the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears
on
a list of servicing officers furnished by the Company to the Purchaser upon
request, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Stated
Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan and as of any date of
determination, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the Cut-off
Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such date,
whether or not received, minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to
the
Purchaser with respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments
or
recoveries of principal or advances in lieu thereof.
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, a certificate
evidencing ownership of the Cooperative Shares issued by the
Cooperative.
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.
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 Company or a
Subservicer.
Subservicer: Any
Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Company 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 Company under this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB.
Subsidy
Account: An account maintained by the Company specifically to
hold all Subsidy Funds to be applied to individual Subsidy Loans.
Subsidy
Funds: With respect to any Subsidy Loans, funds contributed by
the employer of a Mortgagor in order to reduce the payments required from
the
Mortgagor for a specified period in specified amounts.
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Subsidy
Loan: Any Mortgage Loan subject to a temporary interest subsidy
agreement pursuant to which the monthly interest payments made by the related
Mortgagor will be less than the scheduled monthly interest payments on such
Mortgage Loan, with the resulting difference in interest payments being provided
by the employer of the Mortgagor. Each Subsidy Loan will be
identified as such in the Data File.
Tax
Service Contract: A transferable contract maintained for the
Mortgaged Property with a tax service provider for the purpose of obtaining
current information from local taxing authorities relating to such Mortgaged
Property.
Third-Party
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan that has been underwritten in
accordance with the related Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines.
Third-Party
Originator: Each Person, other than a Qualified Correspondent,
that originated Mortgage Loans acquired by the Company.
Third-Party
Underwriting Guidelines: The underwriting guidelines of a
Third-Party Originator, as amended from time to time, applicable to the related
Third-Party Mortgage Loans, as provided to the Purchaser by the
Company.
Time$aver®
Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which has been refinanced pursuant
to a Company program that allows a rate/term refinance of an existing
Company-serviced loan with minimal documentation.
Whole
Loan Transfer: Any sale or transfer of some or all of the
Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser to a third party, which sale or transfer
is not
a Securitization Transaction or Agency Sale.
ARTICLE
II.
CONVEYANCE
OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES;
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
BOOKS AND RECORDS; CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT; DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS
Section
2.01
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Conveyance
of Mortgage Loans; Possession of Mortgage Files; Maintenance of
Servicing
Files.
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The
Company, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Purchaser, without
recourse, but subject to the terms of this Agreement, all the right, title
and
interest of the Company in and to the Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to
Section 2.03, the Company has delivered the Mortgage Loan Documents to the
Custodian.
The
contents of each Mortgage File not delivered to the Custodian are and shall
be
held in trust by the Company for the benefit of the Purchaser as the owner
thereof. The Company shall maintain a Servicing File consisting of a
copy of the contents of each Mortgage File and the originals of the documents
in
each Mortgage File not delivered to the Custodian. The possession of
each Servicing File by the Company is at the will of the Purchaser for the
sole
purpose of servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and
possession by the Company is in a custodial capacity only. Upon the
sale of the Mortgage Loans the ownership of each Mortgage Note, the related
Mortgage and the related Mortgage File and Servicing File shall vest immediately
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
Company shall vest immediately in the Purchaser and shall be retained and
maintained by the Company, in trust, at the will of the Purchaser and only
in
such custodial capacity. The Company shall release its custody of the
contents of any Servicing File only in accordance with written instructions
from
the Purchaser, unless such release is required as incidental to the Company's
servicing of the Mortgage Loans or is in connection with a repurchase of
any
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02. All such costs
associated with the release, transfer and re-delivery of any Mortgage Files
and
Servicing Files between the parties shall be the responsibility of the party
in
possession of such file or files.
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In
addition, in connection with the assignment of any MERS Mortgage Loan, the
Company agrees that it will cause the MERS System to indicate that such Mortgage
Loan has been assigned by the Company to the Purchaser in accordance with
this
Agreement by including (or deleting, in the case of a Mortgage Loan repurchased
in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files the information
required by the MERS System to identify the Purchaser as the beneficial owner
of
such Mortgage Loan.
Section
2.02
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Books
and Records; Transfers of Mortgage
Loans.
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From
and
after the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser all rights arising
out of
the Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, all funds received on
or in
connection with the Mortgage Loans, shall be received and held by the Company
in
trust for the benefit of the Purchaser as owner of the Mortgage Loans, and
the
Company shall retain record title to the related Mortgages for the sole purpose
of facilitating the servicing and the supervision of the servicing of the
Mortgage Loans.
The
sale
of each Mortgage Loan shall be reflected on the Company's balance sheet and
other financial statements as a sale of assets by the Company. The
Company shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete
set
of books and records for each Mortgage Loan which shall be marked clearly
to
reflect the ownership of each Mortgage Loan by the Purchaser. In
particular, the Company shall maintain in its possession, available for
inspection by the Purchaser, or its designee, and shall deliver to the Purchaser
upon demand, evidence of compliance with all federal, state and local laws,
rules and regulations, and requirements of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, including
but not limited to documentation as to the method used in determining the
applicability of the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
as
amended, to the Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage
and eligibility of any condominium project for approval by Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx
Mac and records of periodic inspections as required by Section
4.13. To the extent that original documents are not required for
purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, documents
maintained by the Company may be in the form of microfilm or microfiche or
such
other reliable means of recreating original documents, including but not
limited
to, optical imagery techniques so long as the Company complies with the
requirements of the Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac Selling and Servicing Guide,
as
amended from time to time.
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The
Company shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and shall make
available for inspection by any purchaser or its designee the related Servicing
File during the time the Purchaser retains ownership of a Mortgage Loan and
thereafter in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The
Company shall keep at its servicing office books and records in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall note
transfers of Mortgage Loans. No transfer of a Mortgage Loan shall be
recognized by the Company hereunder unless such transfer is in compliance
with
the terms hereof. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Company
shall be under no obligation to deal with any Person with respect to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans unless the books and records show such Person
as
the owner of the Mortgage Loan. The Purchaser may, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, sell and transfer one or more of the Mortgage
Loans. The Purchaser also shall advise the Company of the
transfer. Upon receipt of notice of the transfer, the Company shall
xxxx its books and records to reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loans
of
such assignee, and shall release the previous Purchaser from its obligations
hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold or
transferred. Such notification of a transfer shall include a final
loan schedule which shall be received by the Company no fewer than five (5)
Business Days before the last Business Day of the month. If such
notification is not received as specified above, the Company’s duties to remit
and report as required by Section 5 shall begin with the next Due
Period.
Section
2.03
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Custodial
Agreement; Delivery of
Documents.
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The
Company has delivered or shall deliver, on the Closing Date, to the Custodian
the Mortgage Loan Documents with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
The
Custodian has certified its receipt of all such Mortgage Loan Documents as
evidenced by a trust receipt. The Company shall be responsible for
recording the initial Assignments of Mortgage. The Purchaser will be
responsible for the fees and expenses of the Custodian.
The
Company shall forward to the Custodian original documents evidencing an
assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan
entered into in accordance with Section 4.01 or 6.01 within one week of their
execution, provided, however, that the Company shall provide the Custodian
with
a certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within
ten
(10) days of its execution, and shall provide the original of any document
submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the
appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original within sixty days of its submission for recordation.
In
the
event the public recording office is delayed in returning any original document,
the Company shall deliver to the Custodian within 240 days of its submission
for
recordation, a copy of such document and an Officer's Certificate, which
shall
(i) identify the recorded document; (ii) state that the recorded document
has
not been delivered to the Custodian due solely to a delay by the public
recording office, (iii) state the amount of time generally required by the
applicable recording office to record and return a document submitted for
recordation, and (iv) specify the date the applicable recorded document will
be
delivered to the Custodian. The Company will be required to deliver
the document to the Custodian by the date specified in (iv) above. An
extension of the date specified in (iv) above may be requested from the
Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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In
the
event that new, replacement, substitute or additional Stock Certificates
are
issued with respect to existing Cooperative Shares, the Company immediately
shall deliver to the Custodian the new Stock Certificates, together with
the
related Stock Powers in blank. Such new Stock Certificates shall be
subject to the related Pledge Instruments and shall be subject to all of
the
terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement.
Prior
to
Company’s receipt of the Purchase Price, the Purchaser shall cause the Custodian
to act as bailee for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company pursuant
to
the Custodial Agreement and act only in accordance with Company’s
instructions. Upon the Company’s receipt of the Purchase Price, the
Company shall provide notification to the Custodian to release the ownership
of
the Mortgage Loan Documents specified above to the Purchaser. Such
notification shall be in a form of a written notice by facsimile or other
electronic media, with a copy sent to the Purchaser. Subsequent to
such release, such Mortgage Loan Documents shall be retained by the Custodian
for the benefit of the Purchaser. All Mortgage Loan Documents related
to Mortgage Loans not purchased by the Purchaser on the Closing Date shall
be
maintained by the Custodian for the benefit of the Company and shall be returned
to the Company within two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date.
Section
2.04 Examination of
Mortgage Files.
Prior
to
the Closing Date, the Company shall (a) deliver to the Purchaser in escrow,
for
examination, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan, including a copy of
the
Assignment of Mortgage, pertaining to each Mortgage Loan, or (b) make the
Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser for examination at the Company's
offices or such other location as shall otherwise be agreed upon by the
Purchaser and the Company. Such examination may be made by the
Purchaser at any time before or after the Closing Date or by any prospective
purchaser of the Mortgage Loans from the Purchaser, at any time after the
Closing Date upon prior reasonable notice to the Company. The fact
that the Purchaser or any prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans has
conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of
the
Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser's (or any of its successor's)
rights to demand repurchase, substitution or other relief or remedy as provided
under this Agreement.
Section
2.05 Closing.
The
closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans, shall take place
on the
Closing Date. At the Purchaser's option, the Closing shall be either:
by telephone, confirmed by letter or wire as the parties shall agree; or
conducted in Person, at such place as the parties shall agree.
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The
closing shall be subject to each of the following conditions:
(a) all
of the
representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement shall
be true
and correct as of the Closing Date and no event shall have occurred which,
with
notice or the passage of time, would constitute a default under this
Agreement;
(b) the
Purchaser
shall have received, or the Purchaser's attorneys shall have received in
escrow,
all closing documents as specified in Section 2.06 of this Agreement, in
such
forms as are agreed upon and acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by
all
signatories other than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the respective
terms thereof;
(c) the
Company
shall have delivered to the Custodian all documents required pursuant to
this
Agreement; and
(d) all
other
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall have been complied
with.
Subject
to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall pay to the Company on the
Closing Date the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available
funds
to the account designated by the Company.
Section
2.06 Closing
Documents.
With
respect to the Mortgage Loans, the closing documents shall consist of fully
executed originals of the following documents:
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(a) this
Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date, in two
counterparts;
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(b) the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, one copy to be attached to each counterpart
of
this Agreement;
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(c) an
Opinion of Counsel of the Company, in the form of Exhibit F
hereto;
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(d) the
Data File; and
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(f) the
Commitment Letter.
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ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND BREACH
Section
3.01 Company
Representations and Warranties.
The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as of the Closing
Date:
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(a) |
Due
Organization and Authority.
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The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing
and
in good standing under the laws of the United States and has all licenses
necessary to carry on its business as now being conducted and is licensed,
qualified and in good standing in each state where a Mortgaged Property
is
located if the laws of such state require licensing or qualification in
order to
conduct business of the type conducted by the Company, and in any event
the
Company is in compliance with the laws of any such state to the extent
necessary
to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loan and the servicing
of
such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; the
Company
has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and to
perform in accordance herewith; the execution, delivery and performance
of this
Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant
to
this Agreement) by the Company and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized; this Agreement
evidences the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company;
and all
requisite action has been taken by the Company to make this Agreement valid
and
binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms;
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(b)
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Ordinary
Course of Business.
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The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in
the
ordinary course of business of the Company, who is in the business of selling
and servicing loans, and the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the
Mortgage
Notes and the Mortgages by the Company pursuant to this Agreement are not
subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect
in
any applicable jurisdiction;
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(c)
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No
Conflicts.
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Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the acquisition of the Mortgage
Loans by the Company, the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser or
the
transactions contemplated hereby, nor the fulfillment of or compliance
with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement will conflict with or result in
a breach
of any of the terms, articles of incorporation or by-laws or any legal
restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is now
a party
or by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in the violation
of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Company
or its
property is subject, or impair the ability of the Purchaser to realize
on the
Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans;
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(d)
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Ability
to Service.
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The
Company is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential mortgage
loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities, procedures, and
experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans
of the
same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Company is a HUD approved
mortgagee pursuant to Section 203 of the National Housing Act and is in
good
standing to sell mortgage loans to and service mortgage loans for Xxxxxx
Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac, and no event has occurred, including but not limited to a
change in
insurance coverage, which would make the Company unable to comply with
Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac eligibility requirements or which would require notification
to either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac;
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(e)
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Reasonable
Servicing Fee.
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The
Company 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 Company, for accounting and tax purposes, as
compensation for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant
to this Agreement;
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(f)
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Ability
to Perform; Solvency.
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The
Company does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe,
that
it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this
Agreement. The Company is solvent and the sale of the Mortgage Loans
will not cause the Company to become insolvent. The sale of the
Mortgage Loans is not undertaken to hinder, delay or defraud any of the
Company's creditors;
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(g)
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No
Litigation Pending.
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There
is
no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against
the
Company which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result
in any
material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Company, or in any material impairment of the
right
or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially as now
conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Company, or
which
would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage
Loans or
of any action taken or to be contemplated herein, or which would be likely
to
impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the terms
of this
Agreement;
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(h)
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No
Consent Required.
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No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental
agency or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of
or compliance by the Company with this Agreement or the sale of the Mortgage
Loans as evidenced by the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this
Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the
Closing
Date;
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(i)
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No
Untrue Information.
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Neither
this Agreement nor any statement, report or other document furnished or
to be
furnished pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of fact or omits to state
a
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading;
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(j)
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Sale
Treatment.
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The
Company has determined that the disposition of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to
this Agreement will be afforded sale treatment for accounting and tax
purposes;
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(k)
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No
Material Change.
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There
has
been no material adverse change in the business, operations, financial
condition
or assets of the Company since the date of the Company’s most recent financial
statements;
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(l)
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No
Brokers’ Fees.
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The
Company has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent or other
Person
that may be entitled to any commission or compensation in the connection
with
the sale of the Mortgage Loans;
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(m) |
MERS.
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The
Company is a member of MERS in good standing; and
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(n) Selection
Process.
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The
Mortgage Loans were selected from among the outstanding adjustable rate one-
to
four-family mortgage loans in the Company's mortgage banking portfolio at
the
Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties set forth in
Section
3.02 could be made and such selection was not made in a manner so as to affect
adversely the interests of the Purchaser.
Section
3.02 Representations
and Warranties Regarding Individual Mortgage Loans.
As
to
each Mortgage Loan, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that as of the Closing Date:
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(a) Mortgage
Loans as Described.
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The
information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit
A
and the information contained on the electronic Data File delivered to the
Purchaser is true and correct;
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(b) Payments
Current.
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All
payments required to be made up to the Cut-off Date for the Mortgage Loan
under
the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited. No
payment under any Mortgage Loan has been thirty (30) days delinquent more
than
one time within twelve months prior to the Closing Date;
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(c) No
Outstanding Charges.
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There
are
no defaults in complying with the terms of the Mortgages, and all taxes,
governmental assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments, water,
sewer
and municipal charges, which previously became due and owing have been paid,
or
an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for
every
such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet
due
and payable. The Company has not advanced funds, or induced, or
solicited directly or indirectly, the payment of any amount required under
the
Mortgage Loan, except for interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage
Note
or date of disbursement of the Mortgage Loan proceeds, whichever is later,
to
the day which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment
of
principal and interest;
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(d) Original
Terms Unmodified.
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The
terms
of the Mortgage Note and Mortgage, and with respect to each Cooperative Loan,
the related Pledge Agreement, Proprietary Lease and Pledge Instruments, have
not
been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any 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 Custodian. The
substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved
by
the issuer of any related PMI Policy and the title insurer, to the extent
required by the policy, and its terms are reflected on the 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
PMI Policy and the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and
which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage Loan File delivered to
the
Custodian and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule;
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(e) No
Defenses.
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The
Mortgage Loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim
or defense, including without limitation the defense of usury, nor will the
operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, or the
exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation
the
defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim
or
defense has been asserted with respect thereto;
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(f) No
Satisfaction of Mortgage.
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The
Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded, in
whole
or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien
of
the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that
would effect any such satisfaction, release, cancellation, subordination
or
rescission;
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(g) Validity
of
Mortgage Documents.
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The
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and related documents are genuine, and each
is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof enforceable
in
accordance with its terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute
and
deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties;
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(h) No
Fraud.
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No
error,
omission, misrepresentation, negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with
respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Company, or
the
Mortgagor, or to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any appraiser, any
builder, or any developer, or any other party involved in the origination
of the
Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance in relation to such
Mortgage Loan;
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(i) Compliance
with Applicable Laws.
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Any
and
all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without
limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer
credit protection and privacy, equal credit opportunity, disclosure or predatory
and abusive lending laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been complied
with. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made
or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property
and,
with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including, but not limited
to, certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been
made
or obtained from the appropriate authorities. With respect to each
Cooperative Loan, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Pledge Agreement,
and
related documents are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the maker thereof enforceable in accordance with its
terms. All parties to the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Pledge
Agreement, the Proprietary Lease, the Stock Power, Recognition Agreement
and the
Assignment of Proprietary Lease had legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage
Loan and to execute and deliver such documents, and such documents have been
duly and properly executed by such parties;
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(j) Location
and
Type of Mortgaged Property.
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The
Mortgaged Property is located in the state identified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule and consists of a contiguous parcel 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 or a Cooperative Apartment,
provided, however, that any condominium project or planned unit development
shall conform with the applicable Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac requirements,
the
Company Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines,
regarding such dwellings, and no residence or dwelling is a mobile home or
a
manufactured dwelling. As of the respective appraisal date for each
Mortgaged Property, any Mortgaged Property being used for commercial purposes
conforms to the Company Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting
Guidelines, as applicable, and, to the best of Company’s knowledge, since the
date of such Appraisal, no portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used
for
commercial purposes outside of the Company Underwriting Guidelines or the
Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines;
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(k) Valid
First
Lien.
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The
Mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged
Property, including all buildings on the Mortgaged Property and all
installations and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning
systems located in or annexed to such buildings, and all additions, alterations
and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing. The
lien of the Mortgage is subject only to:
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(1) |
the
lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due
and
payable;
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(2) | covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (i) referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of the Mortgage Loan and (ii) which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property set forth in such appraisal; and |
(3) | other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property. |
Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and
delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a
valid,
subsisting, enforceable and perfected first lien and first priority security
interest on the property described therein and the Company has full right
to
sell and assign the same to the Purchaser.
With
respect to each Cooperative Loan, each Pledge Agreement creates a valid,
enforceable and subsisting first security interest in the Cooperative Shares
and
Proprietary Lease, subject only to (i) the lien of the related Cooperative
for
unpaid assessments representing the Mortgagor’s pro rata share of the
Cooperative’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 (ii) 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 Pledge Agreement;
provided, however, that the appurtenant Proprietary Lease may be subordinated
or
otherwise subject to the lien of any mortgage on the Project.;
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(l) Full
Disbursement of Proceeds.
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The
proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed, except for escrows
established or created due to seasonal weather conditions, and there is no
requirement for future advances thereunder. 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;
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(m) Consolidation
of
Future Advances.
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Any
future advances made 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
reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The lien of the Mortgage
securing the consolidated principal amount is expressly insured as having
first
lien priority by a title insurance policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring
the mortgagee’s consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac; the consolidated principal amount does not exceed
the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; the Company shall not make
future advances after the Cut-off Date;
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(n) Ownership.
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The
Company is the sole owner of record and holder of the Mortgage Loan and the
related Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not assigned or pledged, and the
Company has good and marketable title thereto and has full right and authority
to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser. The Company
is transferring the Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all encumbrances,
liens, pledges, equities, participation interests, claims, charges or security
interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan;
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(o) Origination/Doing
Business.
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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
that 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 of 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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(p) LTV,
PMI
Policy; LPMI Policy.
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Except
as
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, no Mortgage Loan has a LTV greater
than
100%. Except for Pledged Asset Mortgage Loans, if the LTV of the
Mortgage Loan was greater than 80% at the time of origination, a portion
of the
unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan is and will be insured as to
payment defaults by a PMI Policy. If the Mortgage Loan is insured by
a PMI Policy which is not an LPMI Policy, the coverage will remain in place
until (i) the LTV decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI Policy is otherwise
terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12 USC §4901, et
seq. All provisions of such PMI 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. The Qualified Insurer has a
claims paying ability acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. Any
Mortgage Loan subject to a PMI Policy other than an LPMI Policy obligates
the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the PMI Policy other than an LPMI Policy
and to
pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith;
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(q) Title
Insurance.
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The
Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title insurance policy or in
the
case of any Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property located in a
jurisdiction where such policies are generally not available, an opinion
of
counsel of the type customarily rendered in such jurisdiction in lieu of
title
insurance, or other generally acceptable form of policy of insurance acceptable
to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, issued by a title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae
or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the
Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Company, its successors and assigns,
as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan, subject only to the exceptions contained in clauses
(1),
(2) and (3) of Paragraph (k) of this Section 3.02, and against any loss by
reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of the lien resulting from the
provisions of the Mortgage providing for adjustment to the Mortgage Interest
Rate and Monthly Payment. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance
policy includes no exceptions regarding ingress, egress or encroachments
that
impact the value or the marketability of the Mortgaged Property. The
Company 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
force
and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender's title
insurance policy, and no prior holder of the Mortgage, including the Company,
has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of
such
lender's title insurance policy. The title insurance policy is free
of any exception to encroachments that would effect the value or marketability
of the Mortgage Loan.
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(r) No
Defaults.
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There
is
no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the
Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time
or
with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute
a
default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and neither the Company
nor
its predecessors have waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration;
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(s) No
Mechanics' Liens.
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There
are
no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work,
labor
or material (and no rights are outstanding that under the law could give
rise to
such liens) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be
liens
prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the related Mortgage which
are not insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph
(q) above;
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(t) Location
of
Improvements; No Encroachments.
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Except
as
insured against by the title insurance policy referenced in Paragraph (q)
above,
all improvements which were considered in determining the Appraised Value
of the
Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction
lines of the Mortgaged Property (and wholly within the project with respect
to a
condominium unit) and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon
the
Mortgaged Property. No improvement located on or being part of the
Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or
regulation;
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(u) Payment
Terms.
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Except
with respect to the Interest Only Mortgage Loans, principal payments commenced
no more than sixty (60) days after the funds were disbursed to the Mortgagor
in
connection with the Mortgage Loan. Except for Interest Only Mortgage
Loans, each Mortgage Loan is payable on the first day of each month in equal
monthly installments of principal and interest, with interest calculated
and
payable in arrears, sufficient to amortize the Mortgage Loan fully by the
stated
maturity date set forth in the Mortgage Note over an original term to maturity
of not more than thirty (30) years. As to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan on each applicable Adjustment Date, the Mortgage Interest Rate
will be adjusted to equal the sum of the Index plus the applicable Gross
Margin,
rounded, to the extent required by the related Mortgage Note, up or down
to the
nearest multiple of 0.125% indicated by the Mortgage Note; provided that
the
Mortgage Interest Rate will not increase or decrease by more than the Periodic
Interest Rate Cap on any Adjustment Date, and will in no event exceed the
maximum Mortgage Interest Rate or be lower than the minimum Mortgage Interest
Rate listed on the Mortgage Note for such Mortgage Loan. As to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan that is not an Interest Only Mortgage Loan,
each
Mortgage Note requires a monthly payment which is sufficient, during the
period
prior to the first adjustment to the Mortgage Interest Rate, to fully amortize
the outstanding principal balance as of the first day of such period over
the
then remaining term of such Mortgage Note and to pay interest at the related
Mortgage Interest Rate. As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, if
the related Mortgage Interest Rate changes on an Adjustment Date or, with
respect to an Interest Only Mortgage Loan, on an Adjustment Date following
the
related interest only period, the then outstanding principal balance will
be
reamortized over the remaining life of such Mortgage Loan. No
Mortgage Loan contains terms or provisions which would result in negative
amortization. No Mortgage Loan is a Convertible Mortgage
Loan;
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(v) Customary
Provisions.
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The
Mortgage and related Mortgage Note contain customary and enforceable provisions
such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate
for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
provided thereby, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as
a deed
of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial
foreclosure. 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;
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(w) Occupancy
of
the Mortgaged Property.
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As
of the
date of origination, the Mortgaged Property was, and to the best of Company’s
knowledge, as of the Closing Date is, lawfully occupied under applicable
law;
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(x) No
Additional Collateral.
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Except
in
the case of Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan and as indicated on the related Data
File, 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 (k) above and such collateral does not
serve
as security for any other obligation;
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(y) Deeds
of
Trust.
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In
the
event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified
under
applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently
so
serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will
become
payable by the Mortgagee to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee's sale after default by the Mortgagor;
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(z) |
Acceptable
Investment.
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The
Company has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with respect
to the
Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor's credit
standing that can reasonably be expected to cause private institutional
investors to regard the Mortgage Loan as an unacceptable investment, cause
the
Mortgage Loan to become delinquent, or adversely affect the value or
marketability of the Mortgage Loan;
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(aa)
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Transfer
of Mortgage Loans.
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If
the
Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Assignment of Mortgage,
upon the
insertion of the name of the assignee and recording information, is in
recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located;
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(bb)
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Mortgaged
Property Undamaged.
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The
Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement,
windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the
value
of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or the use
for which
the premises were intended;
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(cc)
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Collection
Practices; Escrow Deposits.
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The
origination, servicing and collection practices used with respect to the
Mortgage Loan have been in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices,
the
terms of the Mortgage Note and have been in all material respects legal
and
proper. With respect to escrow deposits and Escrow Payments, all such
payments are in the possession of the Company and there exist no deficiencies
in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof
have
not been made. All Escrow Payments have been collected in full
compliance with state and federal law. No escrow deposits or Escrow
Payments or other charges or payments due the Company have been capitalized
under the Mortgage Note;
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(dd)
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No
Condemnation.
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There
is
no proceeding pending or to the best of the Company’s knowledge threatened for
the total or partial condemnation of the related Mortgaged
Property;
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(ee)
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The
Appraisal.
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The
Mortgage File includes an appraisal of the related Mortgaged
Property. As to each Time$aver® Mortgage Loan, the appraisal may be
from the original of the existing Company-serviced loan, which was refinance
via
such Time$aver® Mortgage Loan. The appraisal was conducted by an
appraiser who had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property
or
in any loan made on the security thereof; and whose compensation is not
affected
by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan and the appraisal and
the
appraiser both satisfy the applicable requirements of Title XI of the Financial
Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan
was
originated;
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(ff)
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Insurance.
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The
Mortgaged Property (and, with respect to any Cooperative Loan, the related
Project) securing each Mortgage Loan is insured by an insurer acceptable
to
Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire and such hazards as are
covered
under a standard extended coverage endorsement and such other hazards as
are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located pursuant
to
insurance policies conforming to the requirements of Section 4.10, in an
amount
which is at least equal to the lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable value,
on a
replacement cost basis, of the improvements on the related Mortgaged Property,
or (ii) the greater of (x) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan or (y) an amount such that the proceeds of such insurance shall be
sufficient to prevent the application to the Mortgagor or the loss payee
of any
coinsurance clause under the policy. If the Mortgaged Property is a
condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded by a blanket
policy
for the project. If the improvements on the Mortgaged Property are in
an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy meeting
the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration
is in effect with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in an amount
representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the full insurable value and (C) the
maximum
amount of insurance which was available under the Flood Disaster Protection
Act
of 1973, as amended. All individual insurance policies contain a standard
mortgagee clause naming the Company and its successors and assigns as mortgagee,
and all premiums thereon have been paid. The Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain a hazard insurance policy at the Mortgagor's
cost and expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the
holder
of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at such Mortgagor's
cost
and expense, and to seek reimbursement therefor from the
Mortgagor. The hazard insurance policy is the valid and binding
obligation of the insurer, is in full force and effect, and will be in
full
force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Purchaser upon the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company has
not acted or failed to act so as to impair the coverage of any such insurance
policy or the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof;
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(gg)
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Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act.
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The
Mortgagor has not notified the Company, and the Company has no knowledge
of any
relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act, as amended;
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(hh)
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No
Balloon Payments, Graduated Payments or Contingent
Interests.
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No
Mortgage Loan is a graduated payment mortgage loan and the Mortgage Loan
does
not have a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature. No Mortgage Loan has a balloon payment feature;
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(ii)
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No
Construction Loans.
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No
Mortgage Loan was made in connection with (i) the construction or rehabilitation
of a Mortgage Property or (ii) facilitating the trade-in or exchange of
a
Mortgaged Property other than a construction-to-permanent loan which has
converted to a permanent Mortgage Loan;
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(jj)
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Underwriting.
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(i)
Each
Company Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Company
Underwriting Guidelines;
(ii)
Each
Third-Party Mortgage Loan was underwritten in accordance with the Third-Party
Underwriting Guidelines; and
(iii)
Each Mortgage Note and Mortgage are on forms acceptable to Xxxxxxx Mac
or Xxxxxx
Mae;
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(kk)
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Anti-Money
Laundering Laws.
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The
Company has complied with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and
regulations (the "Anti-Money Laundering Laws"), and has established an
anti-money laundering compliance program as required by the Anti-Money
Laundering Laws. No Mortgage Loan is subject to nullification
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (the “Executive Order”) or the regulations
promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States
Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC Regulations”) or in violation of the
Executive Order or the OFAC Regulations, and as of the origination date
of the
related Mortgage Loan, no Mortgagor was subject to the provisions of such
Executive Order or the OFAC Regulations nor listed as a “blocked person” for
purposes of the OFAC Regulations;
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(ll)
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Credit
Reporting.
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With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company has furnished complete information
(e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on the related borrower credit files
to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company, in accordance
with
the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations;
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(mm)
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Single
Premium Credit Life Insurance.
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No
Mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit insurance
policy
(e.g. life, disability, accident, unemployment or health insurance product)
or
debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the extension of
credit. No Mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium credit
insurance policy (e.g. life, disability, accident, unemployment or health
insurance product) as part of 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;
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(nn)
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Prepayment
Penalty.
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No
Mortgage Loan has a prepayment penalty feature;
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(oo)
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No
High Cost or Covered Loans.
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No
Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan;
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(pp)
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Arbitration.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, 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;
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(rr)
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NoViolation
of EnvironmentalLaws.
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To
the
best of Company’s knowledge, there is no pending action or proceeding directly
involving the Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental
law,
rule or regulation is an issue; there is no violation of any environmental
law,
rule or regulation with respect to the Mortgage Property; and nothing further
remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law,
rule or
regulation constituting a prerequisite to use and enjoyment of said
property;
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(ss)
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Due
on Sale.
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The
Mortgage contains an enforceable provision, to the extent allowed under
applicable law, for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is
sold or
transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee;
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(tt)
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Interest
Calculations.
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Interest
on each Mortgage Loan is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of
twelve 30-day months;
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(uu)
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Georgia
Loans.
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There
is
no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after October 1, 2002 and on
or prior
to March 7, 2003, which is secured by property located in the State of
Georgia;
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(vv)
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Cooperative
Loans.
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With
respect to each Cooperative Loan:
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(i)
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The
Cooperative Shares are held by a person as a tenant-stockholder
in a
Cooperative. Each original Financing Statement, continuation
statement or other governmental filing or recordation necessary
to create
or preserve the perfection and priority of the first lien and
security
interest in the Cooperative Loan 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
Purchaser or its designee establishes in Purchaser a valid
and subsisting
perfected first lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged
Property
described therein, and Purchaser has full right to sell and
assign the
same. The Proprietary Lease term expires no less than five
years after the Mortgage Loan term or such other term acceptable
in the
Company Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting
Guidelines, as applicable;
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(ii)
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A
Cooperative Lien Search has been made by a company competent
to make the
same which company is acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac
and
qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Cooperative
is
located, and such search has not revealed information which
would
materially and adversely affect the Cooperative
Loan;
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(iii)
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(a)
The term of the related Proprietary Lease is not less than
the terms of
the Cooperative Loan; (b) 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; (c) there
is no
prohibition in any Proprietary Lease against pledging the Cooperative
Shares or assigning the Proprietary Lease; (d) the Cooperative
has been
created and exists in full compliance with the requirements
for
residential cooperatives in the jurisdiction in which the Project
is
located and qualifies as a cooperative housing corporation
under Section
216 of the Code; (e) the Recognition Agreement is on a form
published by
Aztech Document Services, Inc. or includes similar provisions;
and (f) the
Cooperative has good and marketable title to the Project, and
owns the
Project either in fee simple or under a leasehold that complies
with the
requirements of the Company Underwriting Guidelines or the
Third-Party
Underwriting Guidelines, as applicable; such title is free
and clear of
any adverse liens or encumbrances, except the lien of any blanket
mortgage;
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(iv)
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The
Company has the right under the terms of the Mortgage Note,
Pledge
Agreement and Recognition Agreement to pay any maintenance
charges or
assessments owed by the Mortgagor;
and
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(v)
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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 if the Company
undertakes to
convert the ownership of the collateral securing the related
Cooperative
Loan;
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(ww)
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Leasehold
Estates.
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With
respect to each Mortgage Loan secured in whole or in part by the interest
of the
Mortgagor as a lessee under a ground lease of the related Mortgaged Property
(a
“Ground Lease”) and not be a fee interest in such Mortgaged
Property:
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(i)
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The
Mortgagor is the owner of a valid and subsisting interet as
tenant under
the Ground Lease;
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(ii)
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The
Ground Lease is in full force and
effect;
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(iii)
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The
Mortgagor is not in default under any provision of the
lease;
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(iv)
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The
lessor under the Ground Lease is not in default under any of
the terms or
provisions thereof on the part of the lessor to be observed
or
performed;
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(v)
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The
term of the Ground Lease exceeds the maturity date of the related
Mortgage
Loan by at least five (5) years;
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(vi)
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The
Mortgagee under the Mortgage Loan is given at least 30 days’ notice of any
default and an opportunity to cure any defaults under the Ground
Lease or
to take over the Mortgagor’s rights under the Ground
Lease;
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(vii)
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The
Ground Lease does not contain any default provisions that could
give rise
to forfeiture or termination of the Ground Lease except for
the
non-payment of the Ground Lease
rents;
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(viii)
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The
Ground Lease provides that the leasehold can be transferred,
mortgaged and
sublet an unlimited number of times either without restriction
or on
payment of a reasonable fee and delivery of reasonable documentation
to
the lessor;
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(ix)
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The
Ground Lease or a memorandum thereof has been recorded and
by its terms
permits the leasehold estate to be mortgaged;
and
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(x)
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The
execution, delivery and performance of the Mortgage do not
require consent
(other than those consents which have been obtained and are
in full force
and effect) under, and will not contravene any provision of
or cause a
default under, the Ground Lease;
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(xx)
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Buydown
Mortgage Loans.
|
Except
as
identified on the related Data File, no Mortgage Loan is a Buydown Mortgage
Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is a Buydown Mortgage
Loan:
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(i)
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On
or before the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan, the
Company and
the Mortgagor, or the Company, 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
Company
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. The
Buydown Mortgage Loan satisfies the requirements of the Company
Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines,
as
applicable;
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(ii)
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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
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 and, if
the Buydown
Funds were provided by the Company and if required under the
Company
Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines,
as
applicable, the terms of the Buydown Agreement were disclosed
to the
appraiser of the Mortgaged
Property;
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(iii)
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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;
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(iv)
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As
of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, the provisions
of the
related Buydown Agreement complied with the requirements of
the Company
Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines,
as
applicable regarding buydown
agreements;
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(yy)
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Pledged
Asset Mortgage Loan.
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With
respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan:
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(i)
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The
Pledge Holder has a rating of at least “AA” (or the equivalent) or better
from at least two Rating Agencies and the Pledge Holder is
obligated to
give the beneficiary of each Letter of Credit at least sixty
(60) days
notice of any non-renewal of any Letter of
Credit;
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(ii)
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With
respect to each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Company is
the named
beneficiary and no Person has drawn any funds against such
Letter of
Credit;
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(iii)
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Each
Letter of Credit is for an amount at least equal to an LTV
of 20% of the
lower of the purchase price or the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property;
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(iv)
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As
of the Closing Date, the Company has complied with all the
requirements of
any Letter of Credit, and each Letter of Credit is a valid
and enforceable
obligation of the Pledge Holder;
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(v)
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The
Company has the right to draw on each Letter of Credit if the
related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan becomes 90 days or more delinquent
and to
apply such proceeds as a partial prepayment
thereon;
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(vi)
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The
Company has not received notice of any non-renewal of any Letter
of
Credit;
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(vii)
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Upon
a default by the Pledge Holder, the Company will have a perfected
first
priority security interest in the assets pledged to secure
the Letter of
Credit and has the right to obtain possession thereof and the
right to
liquidate such assets and apply the proceeds thereof to prepay
the related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan; and
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(viii)
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The
Letter of Credit is required to be in effect (either for its
original term
or through renewal) until such time as all amounts owed under
the related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan by the related Mortgagor are less
than 80% of
the lesser of the Purchase Price or the Appraised Value of
the related
Mortgaged Property;
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(zz)
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Regarding
the Mortgagor.
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The
Mortgagor is one or more natural Person and/or an Illinois land trust or
a
“living trust” and such “living trust” is in compliance with the Company
Underwriting Guidelines or the Third-Party Underwriting Guidelines, as
applicable, for such trusts;
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(aaa)
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Mortgage
File.
|
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company is in possession of a complete
Mortgage File in compliance with Exhibit B, except for such documents which
have
been delivered to the Custodian or for such documents where the originals
of
which have been sent for recordation.
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(bbb)
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Tax
Service Contract; Flood Certification
Contract.
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Each
Mortgage Loan shall have a Tax Service Contract and, if applicable, a Flood
Zone
Service Contract which shall have a term of the life of the Mortgage
Loan. Each such Tax Service Contract and Flood Zone Service Contract
shall be fully transferable, without penalty, premium or cost to the Purchaser
or its designee; provided, however, in the event of termination under Section
11.02 herein, the Company shall be required to reimburse the Purchaser
for all
costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser or its designee in connection
with
the assignment of any such Tax Service Contract or Flood Zone Service
Contract.
Section
3.03 Repurchase.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall survive the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser and the delivery of the Mortgage Loan Documents to the Custodian
and
shall inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, notwithstanding any restrictive
or
qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or Assignment of Mortgage or the
examination or failure to examine any Mortgage File. Upon discovery
by either the Company or the Purchaser of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties which materially and adversely affects the
value
of the Mortgage Loans or the interest of the Purchaser (or which materially
and
adversely affects the interests of Purchaser in the related Mortgage Loan
in the
case of a representation and warranty relating to a particular Mortgage Loan),
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the
other.
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Within
ninety (90) days after the earlier of either discovery by or notice to the
Company of any breach of a representation or warranty which materially and
adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall use
its
best efforts promptly to cure such breach in all material respects and, if
such
breach cannot be cured, the Company shall, at the Purchaser's option, repurchase
such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price. In the event that a
breach shall involve any representation or warranty set forth in Section
3.01,
and such breach cannot be cured within ninety (90) days of the earlier of
either
discovery by or notice to the Company of such breach, all of the Mortgage
Loans
shall, at the Purchaser's option, be repurchased by the Company at the
Repurchase Price. However, if the breach shall involve a
representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 and the Company discovers
or receives notice of any such breach within one hundred twenty (120) days
of
the Closing Date, the Company shall, if the breach cannot be cured, at the
Purchaser's option and provided that the Company has a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan, rather than repurchase the Mortgage Loan as provided above,
remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") and substitute in its
place a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, provided that any such
substitution shall be effected not later than one hundred twenty (120) days
after the Closing Date.
If
the
Company has no Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, it shall repurchase the
deficient Mortgage Loan within ninety (90) days after the written notice
of the
breach or the failure to cure, whichever is later. Any repurchase of
a Mortgage Loan or Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.03 shall be accomplished by deposit in the Custodial Account of the amount
of
the Repurchase Price for distribution to Purchaser on the Remittance Date
immediately following the Principal Prepayment Period in which such Repurchase
Price is received, after deducting therefrom any amount received in respect
of
such repurchased Mortgage Loan or Loans and being held in the Custodial Account
for future distribution.
At
the
time of repurchase or substitution, the Purchaser and the Company shall arrange
for the reassignment of the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Company and the
delivery to the Company of any documents held by the Custodian relating to
the
Deleted Mortgage Loan. If the Company repurchases a Mortgage Loan
that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Company shall cause MERS to designate on
the
MERS System the removal of the Purchaser as beneficial holder with respect
to
the Mortgage Loan. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, the
Company shall, simultaneously with such reassignment, give written notice
to the
Purchaser that such repurchase or substitution has taken place, amend the
Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the withdrawal of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan
from this Agreement, and, in the case of substitution, identify a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan and amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect
the
addition of such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan to this
Agreement. In connection with any such substitution, the Company
shall be deemed to have made as to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement except that all
such
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed
made
as of the date of such substitution. The Company shall effect such
substitution by delivering to the Custodian for such Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan the documents required by Section 2.03, with the Mortgage Note
endorsed as required by Section 2.03. No substitution will be made in
any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. The
Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account the Monthly Payment less the
Servicing Fee due on such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans in
the
month following the date of such substitution. Monthly Payments due
with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution
shall be retained by the Company. With respect to any Deleted
Mortgage Loan, distributions to Purchaser shall include the Monthly Payment
due
on any Deleted Mortgage Loan in the month of substitution, and the Company
shall
thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received by the
Company in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
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For
any
month in which the Company substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
for
a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Company shall determine the amount (if any)
by
which the aggregate principal balance of all Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans
as of the date of substitution is less than the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of all Deleted Mortgage Loans (after application of scheduled principal
payments due in the month of substitution). The amount of such
shortfall shall be distributed by the Company in the month of substitution
pursuant to Section 5.01. Accordingly, on the date of such
substitution, the Company shall deposit from its own funds into the Custodial
Account an amount equal to the amount of such shortfall.
In
addition to such repurchase or substitution obligation, the Company shall
indemnify the Purchaser and hold it harmless against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and other costs and expenses resulting from any claim,
demand,
defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from a breach
of
the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. It is
understood and agreed that the obligations of the Company set forth in this
Section 3.03 to cure, substitute for or repurchase a defective Mortgage Loan
and
to indemnify the Purchaser as provided in this Section 3.03 constitute the
sole
remedies of the Purchaser respecting a breach of the foregoing representations
and warranties.
Any
cause
of action against the Company relating to or arising out of the breach of
any
representations and warranties made in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall accrue
as to
any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by the Purchaser or notice
thereof by the Company to the Purchaser, (ii) failures by the Company to
cure
such breach or repurchase such Mortgage Loan as specified above, and (iii)
demand upon the Company by the Purchaser for compliance with this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE
IV.
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section
4.01 Company
to
Act as Servicer.
The
Company, as an independent contractor, shall service and administer the Mortgage
Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through the
utilization of a Subservicer or a Subcontractor, to do any and all things
in
connection with such servicing and administration which the Company may deem
necessary or desirable, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with
Accepted Servicing Practices. The Company shall be responsible for
any and all acts of a Subservicer and a Subcontractor, and the Company’s
utilization of a Subservicer or a Subcontractor shall in no way relieve the
liability of the Company under this Agreement.
Consistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Company may waive, modify or vary any
term
of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance
with
any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the
Company's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification,
postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser, provided,
however, the Company shall not make any future advances, other than Servicing
Advances, with respect to a Mortgage Loan. Unless the Mortgagor is in
default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment
of
the Company, imminent, the Company shall not permit any modification with
respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate,
defer
or forgive the payment of principal (except for actual payments of principal)
or
change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event
that no default exists or is imminent, the Company shall request written
consent
from the Purchaser to permit such a modification and the Purchaser shall
provide
written consent or notify the Company of its objection to such modification
within three (3) Business Days of its receipt of the Company's
request. In the event of any such modification which permits the
deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Company
shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any
month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred,
deposit
in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 5.03,
the difference between (a) such month's principal and one month's interest
at
the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such
Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Company
shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as
for
all other advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall continue, and is hereby
authorized and empowered, to execute and deliver on behalf of itself and
the
Purchaser, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial
or
full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect
to
the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If
reasonably required by the Company, the Purchaser shall furnish the Company
with
any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable
the Company to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement.
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In
servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, the Company shall employ
procedures (including collection procedures) and exercise the same care that
it
customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage
loans
for its own account, giving due consideration to Accepted Servicing Practices
where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement,
and the Purchaser's reliance on the Company.
The
Company is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when
the
Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any
Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from MERS registration
of
any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the
Purchaser, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable
instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage
in the
name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Purchaser and its successors and
assigns.
The
Company shall cause to be maintained for each Cooperative Loan a copy of
the
Financing Statements and shall file such Financing Statements and continuation
statements as necessary, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code
applicable in the jurisdiction in which the related Cooperative Apartment
is
located, to perfect and protect the security interest and lien of the
Purchaser.
Section
4.02 Liquidation
of Mortgage Loans.
In
the
event that any payment due under any Mortgage Loan and not postponed pursuant
to
Section 4.01 is not paid when the same becomes due and payable, or in the
event
the Mortgagor fails to perform any other covenant or obligation under the
Mortgage Loan and such failure continues beyond any applicable grace period,
the
Company shall take such action as (1) the Company would take under similar
circumstances with respect to a similar mortgage loan held for its own account
for investment, (2) shall be consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices,
(3)
the Company shall determine prudently to be in the best interest of Purchaser,
and (4) is consistent with any related PMI Policy. In the event that
any payment due under any Mortgage Loan is not postponed pursuant to Section
4.01 and remains delinquent for a period of 90 days or any other default
continues for a period of ninety (90) days beyond the expiration of any grace
or
cure period, the Company shall commence foreclosure proceedings and shall
notify
the Purchaser in writing when such foreclosure commenced. In the
event the Purchaser objects to such foreclosure action, the Company shall
not be
required to make Monthly Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan, pursuant
to Section 5.03, and the Company's obligation to make such Monthly Advances
shall terminate on the 90th day referred to above. In such
connection, the Company shall from its own funds make all necessary and proper
Servicing Advances, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to
expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the
restoration or preservation of any Mortgaged Property, unless it shall determine
(a) that such preservation, restoration and/or foreclosure will increase
the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Purchaser after reimbursement
to
itself for such expenses and (b) that such expenses will be recoverable by
it
either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority
for
purposes of withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05)
or
through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar
priority).
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection with a foreclosure
or
acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the Company has
reasonable cause to believe that a Mortgaged Property is contaminated by
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, or if the Purchaser otherwise requests
an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property, such an
inspection or review is to be conducted by a qualified inspector. The
cost for such inspection or review shall be borne by the
Purchaser. Upon completion of the inspection or review, the Company
shall promptly provide the Purchaser with a written report of the environmental
inspection.
After
reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Purchaser shall determine
how
the Company shall proceed with respect to the Mortgaged Property. In
the event (a) the environmental inspection report indicates that the Mortgaged
Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes and (b)
the
Purchaser directs the Company to proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of
a
deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure and any related environmental clean up costs, as applicable,
from
the related Liquidation Proceeds, or if the Liquidation Proceeds are
insufficient to fully reimburse the Company, the Company shall be entitled
to be
reimbursed from amounts in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05
hereof. In the event the Purchaser directs the Company not to proceed
with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company
shall be reimbursed for all Servicing Advances made with respect to the related
Mortgaged Property from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05
hereof.
Section
4.03 Collection
of Mortgage Loan Payments.
Continuously
from the date hereof until the principal and interest on all Mortgage Loans
are
paid in full, the Company shall proceed diligently to collect all payments
due
under each of the Mortgage Loans when the same shall become due and payable
and
shall take special care in ascertaining and estimating Escrow Payments and
all
other charges that will become due and payable with respect to the Mortgage
Loan
and the Mortgaged Property, to the end that the installments payable by the
Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become
due
and payable.
Section
4.04 Establishment
of and Deposits to Custodial Account.
The
Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to a
Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets
and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, in the form
of
time deposit or demand accounts, titled "Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in trust
for
the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers of Mortgage Loans - P &
I." The Custodial Account shall be established with a Qualified
Depository. Upon request of the Purchaser and within ten (10) days thereof,
the
Company shall provide the Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence
of such Custodial Account. The Custodial Account shall at all times
be insured to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law. Funds
deposited in the Custodial Account may be drawn on by the Company in accordance
with Section 4.05.
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The
Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days
of
Company’s receipt, and retain therein, the following collections received by the
Company and payments made by the Company after the Cut-off Date, or received
by
the Company prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent
thereto, other than payments of principal and interest due on or before the
Cut-off Date:
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(i)
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all
payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including
all
Principal Prepayments;
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(ii)
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all
payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted
to the
Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate;
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(iii)
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all
Liquidation Proceeds;
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(iv)
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all
Insurance Proceeds including amounts required to be deposited pursuant
to
Section 4.10 (other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account
and
applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
or released
to the Mortgagor in accordance with Section 4.14), Section 4.11
and
Section 4.15;
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(v)
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all
Condemnation Proceeds which are not applied to the restoration
or repair
of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with
Section 4.14;
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(vi)
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any
amount required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant
to
Section 4.01, 5.03, 6.01 or 6.02;
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(vii)
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any
amounts payable in connection with the repurchase of any Mortgage
Loan
pursuant to Section 3.03 and all amounts required to be deposited
by the
Company in connection with a shortfall in principal amount of any
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.03;
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(viii)
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with
respect to each Principal Prepayment, the Prepayment Interest Shortfall
(to be paid by the Company out of its own funds)
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;
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(ix)
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any
amounts required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section
4.11
in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard
insurance
policy;
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(x)
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with
respect to a Subsidy Loan, an amount from the Subsidy Account that
when
added to the Mortgagor’s payment will equal the full monthly amount due
under the related Mortgage Note;
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with
respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan, an amount from the Escrow
Account
that when added to the Mortgagor’s payment will equal the full monthly
amount due under the related Mortgage
Note;
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(xii)
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any
amounts received with respect to or related to any REO Property
and all
REO Disposition Proceeds pursuant to Section 4.16;
and
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(xiii)
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with
respect to a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, any amounts required
to be
deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 4.27 of this Agreement
in
connection with a Letter of Credit.
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The
foregoing requirements for deposit into the Custodial Account shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges and assumption
fees, to the extent permitted by Section 6.01, need not be deposited by the
Company into the Custodial Account. Any interest paid on funds
deposited in the Custodial Account by the depository institution shall accrue
to
the benefit of the Company and the Company shall be entitled to retain and
withdraw such interest from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section
4.05. The Company shall maintain adequate records with respect to all
deposits made pursuant to this Section 4.04. All funds required to be
deposited in the Custodial Account shall be held in trust for the Purchaser
until withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.05.
Section
4.05 Permitted
Withdrawals From Custodial Account.
The
Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Custodial Account
for
the following purposes:
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(i)
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to
make payments to the Purchaser in the amounts and in the manner
provided
for in Section 5.01;
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(ii)
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to
reimburse itself for Monthly Advances of the Company's funds
made pursuant
to Section 5.03, the Company's right to reimburse itself pursuant
to this
sub clause (ii)
being
limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan
which represent
late payments of principal and/or interest respecting which
any such
advance was made, it being understood that, in the case of
any such
reimbursement, the Company's right thereto shall be prior
to the rights of
Purchaser, except that, where the Company is required to
repurchase a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or 6.02, the Company's
right to
such reimbursement shall be subsequent to the payment to
the Purchaser of
the Repurchase Price pursuant to such sections and all other
amounts
required to be paid to the Purchaser with respect to such
Mortgage
Loan;
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(iii)
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to
reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, and
for any unpaid
Servicing Fees, the Company's right to reimburse itself pursuant
to this
sub clause (iii)
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 Company from the Mortgagor or
otherwise
relating to the Mortgage Loan, it being understood that,
in the case of
any such reimbursement, the Company's right thereto shall
be prior to the
rights of Purchaser, except that where the Company is required
to
repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.03 or
6.02, in which case
the Company's right to such reimbursement shall be subsequent
to the
payment to the Purchaser of the Repurchase Price pursuant
to such sections
and all other amounts required to be paid to the Purchaser
with respect to
such Mortgage Loan;
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(iv)
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to
pay itself interest on funds deposited in the Custodial Account
if such
interest amount was previously
credited;
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(v)
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to
reimburse itself for expenses incurred and reimbursable to it pursuant
to
Section 8.01;
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(vi)
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to
pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.16 related
to any
REO Property, it being understood that, in the case of any such
expenditure or withdrawal related to a particular REO Property,
the amount
of such expenditure or withdrawal from the Custodial Account shall
be
limited to amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account with respect
to the
related REO Property;
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(vii)
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to
reimburse itself for any Servicing Advances or REO expenses after
liquidation of the Mortgaged Property not otherwise reimbursed
above;
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(viii)
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to
remove funds inadvertently placed in the Custodial Account by the
Company;
and
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(ix)
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to
clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination
of this
Agreement.
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In
the
event that the Custodial Account is interest bearing, on each Remittance
Date,
the Company shall withdraw all funds from the Custodial Account except for
those
amounts which, pursuant to Section 5.01, the Company is not obligated to
remit
on such Remittance Date. The Company may use such withdrawn funds
only for the purposes described in this Section 4.05. The Company
shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage
Loan
basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Custodial
Account.
Section
4.06 Establishment
of and Deposits to Escrow Account.
The
Company shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant
to a
Mortgage Loan constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of
its
own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more
Escrow
Accounts, in the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled, "Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A., in trust for the Purchaser and/or subsequent purchasers of
Residential Mortgage Loans, and various Mortgagors - T & I." The
Escrow 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 Company shall provide the
Purchaser with written confirmation of the existence of such Escrow
Account. Funds deposited in the Escrow Account may be drawn on by the
Company in accordance with Section 4.07.
The
Company shall deposit in the Escrow Account or Accounts within two (2) Business
Days of Company’s receipt, and retain therein:
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(i)
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all
Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for
the
purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required
under
the terms of this Agreement;
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(ii)
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all
amounts representing Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds
which are
to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged
Property;
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(iii)
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all
payments on account of Buydown Funds or Subsidy Funds;
and
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(iv)
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all
Servicing Advances for Mortgagors whose Escrow Payments are insufficient
to cover escrow disbursements.
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The
Company shall make withdrawals from the Escrow Account only to effect such
payments as are required under this Agreement, as set forth in Section
4.07. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on
funds deposited in the Escrow Account by the depository institution, other
than
interest on escrowed funds required by law to be paid to the
Mortgagor. To the extent required by law, the Company shall pay
interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow
Account may be non-interest bearing or that interest paid thereon is
insufficient for such purposes.
Section
4.07 Permitted
Withdrawals From Escrow Account.
Withdrawals
from the Escrow Account or Accounts may be made by the Company
only:
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(i)
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to
effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water
rates,
mortgage insurance premiums, condominium charges, fire and hazard
insurance premiums or other items constituting Escrow Payments
for the
related Mortgage;
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(ii)
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to
reimburse the Company for any Servicing Advances made by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.08 or Section 4.10 with respect to a related
Mortgage Loan, but only from amounts received on the related Mortgage
Loan
which represent late collections of Escrow Payments
thereunder;
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(iii)
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to
refund to any Mortgagor any funds found to be in excess of the
amounts
required under the terms of the related Mortgage
Loan;
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(iv)
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for
transfer to the Custodial Account for application to reduce the
principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the
related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note;
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(v)
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for
application to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property
in
accordance with the procedures outlined in Section
4.14;
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(vi)
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to
pay to the Company, or any Mortgagor to the extent required by
law, any
interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow
Account;
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(viii)
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to
transfer payment on account of Buydown Funds or Subsidy Funds,
as
applicable, to the Custodial
Account;
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(vii)
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to
remove funds inadvertently placed in the Escrow Account by the
Company;
and
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(viii)
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to
clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this
Agreement.
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Section
4.08 Payment
of
Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Company shall maintain accurate records
reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer
rents, and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged
Property and the status of PMI 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, employing for such purpose deposits
of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account (excluding the payment of LPMI Policy
premiums, which are to be paid from the Company’s own funds without
reimbursement) which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the Company
in
amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under the terms of the
Mortgage. The Company assumes full responsibility for the timely
payment of all such bills and shall effect timely payment of all such charges
irrespective of each Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of same
or
the making of the Escrow Payments, and the Company shall make advances from
its
own funds to effect such payments.
Section
4.09 Protection
of Accounts.
The
Company may transfer the Custodial Account, the Subsidy Account or the Escrow
Account to a different Qualified Depository from time to time, provided that
the
Company shall give notice to the Purchaser of such transfer.
Section
4.10 Maintenance
of Hazard Insurance.
The
Company shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan hazard insurance
such that all buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by an insurer
acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac against loss by fire, hazards of
extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where
the
Mortgaged Property is located, in an amount which is at least equal to the
lesser of (i) 100% of the insurable value, on a replacement cost basis, of
the
improvements on the related Mortgaged Property, or (ii) the greater of (x)
the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or (y) an amount such
that
the proceeds of such insurance shall be sufficient to prevent the application
to
the Mortgagor or the loss payee of any coinsurance clause under the
policy. In the event a hazard insurance policy shall be in danger of
being terminated, or in the event the insurer shall cease to be acceptable
to
Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac, the Company 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 4.11
hereof.
If
the
related Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Flood
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood
insurance has been made available) the Company shall cause to be maintained
a
flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines
of the
Federal Insurance Administration is in effect with a generally acceptable
insurance carrier acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac in an amount
representing coverage equal to the lesser of (i) the minimum amount required,
under the terms of coverage, to compensate for any damage or loss on a
replacement cost basis (or the unpaid balance of the mortgage if replacement
cost coverage is not available for the type of building insured) and (ii)
the
maximum amount of insurance which is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended. If at any time during the term of
the Mortgage Loan, the Company determines, in accordance with applicable
law,
that a Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area and is
not
covered by flood insurance or is covered in an amount less than the amount
required by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, the Company
shall notify the related Mortgagor that the Mortgagor must obtain such flood
insurance coverage, and if said Mortgagor fails to obtain the required flood
insurance coverage within forty-five (45) days after such notification, the
Company shall immediately force place the required flood insurance on the
Mortgagor’s behalf.
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If
a
Mortgage is secured by a unit in a condominium project, the Company shall
verify
that the coverage required of the owner's association, including hazard,
flood,
liability, and fidelity coverage, is being maintained in accordance with
then
current Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac requirements, and secure from the owner's
association its agreement to notify the Company promptly of any change in
the
insurance coverage or of any condemnation or casualty loss that may have
a
material effect on the value of the Mortgaged Property as security.
In
the
event that any Purchaser or the Company shall determine that the Mortgaged
Property should be insured against loss or damage by hazards and risks not
covered by the insurance required to be maintained by the Mortgagor pursuant
to
the terms of the Mortgage, the Company shall communicate and consult with
the
Mortgagor with respect to the need for such insurance and bring to the
Mortgagor's attention the required amount of coverage for the Mortgaged Property
and if the Mortgagor does not obtain such coverage, the Company shall
immediately force place the required coverage on the Mortgagor’s
behalf.
All
policies required hereunder shall name the Company as loss payee and shall
be
endorsed with standard or union mortgagee clauses, without contribution,
which
shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any
cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage.
The
Company shall not interfere with the Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting
either his insurance carrier or agent, provided, however, that the Company
shall
not accept any such insurance policies from insurance companies unless such
companies are acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac and are licensed to
do
business in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
located. The Company shall determine that such policies provide
sufficient risk coverage and amounts, that they insure the property owner,
and
that they properly describe the property address.
Pursuant
to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company under any such policies
(other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account and applied to
the
restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property, or property acquired
in
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan, or to be released to the Mortgagor, in
accordance with the Company's normal servicing procedures as specified in
Section 4.14) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 4.05.
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Section
4.11 Maintenance
of Mortgage Impairment Insurance.
In
the
event that the Company shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring
against losses arising from fire and hazards covered under extended coverage
on
all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides coverage
in
an amount equal to the amount required pursuant to Section 4.10 and otherwise
complies with all other requirements of Section 4.10, it shall conclusively
be
deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section
4.10. The Company shall prepare and make any claims on the blanket
policy as deemed necessary by the Company in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices. Any amounts collected by the Company under any such policy
relating to a Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Custodial Account subject
to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05. Such policy may contain a
deductible clause, in which case, in the event that there shall not have
been
maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with Section
4.10, and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such
policy, the Company shall deposit in the Custodial Account at the time of
such
loss the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of
such
deductible clause, such amount to be deposited from the Company's funds,
without
reimbursement therefor. Upon request of the Purchaser, the Company
shall cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance
and a
statement from the insurer thereunder that such policy shall in no event
be
terminated or materially modified without thirty (30) days' prior written
notice
to such Purchaser.
Section
4.12 Maintenance
of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance.
The
Company shall maintain with responsible companies, at its own expense, a
blanket
Fidelity Bond and an Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy, with broad coverage
on all officers, employees or other Persons acting in any capacity requiring
such Persons to handle funds, money, documents or papers relating to the
Mortgage Loans ("Company Employees"). Any such Fidelity Bond and
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be in the form of the Mortgage
Banker's Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the Company against losses,
including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and
negligent acts of such Company Employees. Such Fidelity Bond and
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy also shall protect and insure the Company
against losses in connection with the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage
Loan
without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured
thereby. No provision of this Section 4.12 requiring such Fidelity
Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall diminish or relieve
the
Company from its duties and obligations as set forth in this
Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such Fidelity Bond and
Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy shall be acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or
Xxxxxxx Mac. Upon the request of any Purchaser, the Company shall
cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of insurance for such
Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy and a statement from
the
surety and the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions
Insurance Policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without
30 days' prior written notice to the Purchaser.
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Section
4.13 Inspections.
The
Company or its agent shall inspect the Mortgaged Property as often as deemed
necessary in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices or as may be required
by the primary mortgage guaranty insurer, to assure that the value of the
Mortgaged Property is being preserved. The Company shall keep a
record of each such inspection and, upon request, shall provide the Purchaser
with an electronic report of each such inspection.
Section
4.14 Restoration
of Mortgaged Property.
The
Company need not obtain the approval of the Purchaser prior to releasing
any
Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be applied
to
the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property if such release is in
accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. For claims greater than
$15,000, at a minimum the Company shall comply with the following conditions
in
connection with any such release of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation
Proceeds:
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(i)
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the
Company shall receive satisfactory independent verification of
completion
of repairs and issuance of any required approvals with respect
thereto;
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(ii)
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the
Company shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority
of the
lien of the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring waivers
with
respect to mechanics' and materialmen's
liens;
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(iii)
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the
Company shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default;
and
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(iv)
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pending
repairs or restoration, the Company shall place the Insurance Proceeds
or
Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow
Account.
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If
the
Purchaser is named as an additional loss payee, the Company is hereby empowered
to endorse any loss draft issued in respect of such a claim in the name of
the
Purchaser.
Section
4.15 Maintenance
of PMI Policy; Claims.
Except
in
the case of a Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Company shall, without any
cost
to the Purchaser maintain or cause the Mortgagor to maintain in full force
and
effect a PMI Policy insuring a portion of the unpaid principal balance of
the
Mortgage Loan as to payment defaults. If the Mortgage Loan is covered
by an LPMI Policy, the Company shall pay all premiums from its own funds,
without reimbursement. If the Mortgage Loan is insured by a PMI
Policy for which the Mortgagor pays all premiums, the coverage will remain
in
place until (i) the LTV decreases to 78% or (ii) the PMI Policy is otherwise
terminated pursuant to the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998, 12 USC §4901, et
seq. In the event that such PMI Policy shall be terminated other than
as required by law, the Company shall obtain from another Qualified Insurer
a
comparable replacement policy, with a total coverage equal to the remaining
coverage of such terminated PMI Policy. If the insurer shall cease to
be a Qualified Insurer, the Company shall determine whether recoveries under
the
PMI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition
of
such insurer, it being understood that the Company shall in no event have
any
responsibility or liability for any failure to recover under the PMI Policy
for
such reason. If the Company determines that recoveries are so
jeopardized, it shall notify the Purchaser and the Mortgagor, if required,
and
obtain from another Qualified Insurer a replacement insurance
policy. The Company shall not take any action which would result in
noncoverage under any applicable PMI Policy of any loss which, but for the
actions of the Company would have been covered thereunder. In
connection with any assumption or substitution agreement entered into or
to be
entered into pursuant to Section 6.01, the Company shall promptly notify
the
insurer under the related PMI Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution
of liability in accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy and shall take
all
actions which may be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation
of coverage under such PMI Policy. If such PMI Policy is terminated
as a result of such assumption or substitution of liability, the Company
shall
obtain a replacement PMI Policy as provided above.
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In
connection with its activities as servicer, the Company agrees to prepare
and
present, on behalf of itself and the Purchaser, claims to the insurer under
any
PMI Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such PMI Policy
and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be necessary to permit
recovery under any PMI Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage
Loan. Pursuant to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Company
under any PMI Policy shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject
to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05.
Section
4.16 Title,
Management and Disposition of REO Property.
In
the
event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or
by deed
in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in
the
name of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's designee, or in the event the Purchaser
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 Company from any attorney
duly licensed to practice law in the state where the REO Property is
located. The Person or Persons holding such title other than the
Purchaser shall acknowledge in writing that such title is being held as nominee
for the Purchaser.
The
Company shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property for
the
Purchaser solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and
sale. The Company, either itself or through an agent selected by the
Company, shall manage, conserve, protect and operate the REO Property in
the
same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed
property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property
in
the same locality as the REO Property is managed. The Company shall
attempt to sell the same (and may temporarily rent the same for a period
not
greater than one year, except as otherwise provided below) on such terms
and
conditions as the Company deems to be in the best interest of the
Purchaser.
The
Company shall use its best efforts to dispose of the REO Property as soon
as
possible and shall sell such REO Property in any event prior to the close
of the
third calendar year beginning after the year in which title has been taken
to
such REO Property, unless (i) a REMIC election has not been made with respect
to
the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and the REO Property are held,
and (ii) the Company determines that a longer period is necessary for the
orderly liquidation of such REO Property. If a period longer than one
year is permitted under the foregoing sentence and is necessary to sell any
REO
Property, (i) the Company shall report monthly to the Purchaser as to the
progress being made in selling such REO Property and (ii) if no REMIC election
has been made and if a purchase money mortgage is taken in connection with
such
sale, such purchase money mortgage shall name the Company as mortgagee, and
such
purchase money mortgage shall not be held pursuant to this
Agreement.
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The
Company shall also maintain on each REO Property fire and hazard insurance
with
extended coverage in amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable
value of the improvements which are a part of such property, liability insurance
and, to the extent required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection
Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in the amount required
above.
The
disposition of REO Property shall be carried out by the Company at such price,
and upon such terms and conditions, as the Company deems to be in the best
interests of the Purchaser. The proceeds of sale of the REO Property
shall be promptly deposited in the Custodial Account. As soon as
practical thereafter the expenses of such sale shall be paid and the Company
shall reimburse itself for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances, unpaid
Servicing Fees and unreimbursed advances made pursuant to Section
5.03. On the Remittance Date immediately following the receipt of
such sale proceeds, the net cash proceeds of such sale remaining in the
Custodial Account shall be distributed to the Purchaser.
The
Company shall withdraw from the Custodial Account funds necessary for the
proper
operation management and maintenance of the REO Property, including the cost
of
maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Section 4.10 and the fees of
any
managing agent of the Company, or the Company itself. The Company
shall make monthly distributions on each Remittance Date to the Purchaser
of the
net cash flow from the REO Property (which shall equal the revenues from
such
REO Property net of the expenses described in this Section 4.16 and of any
reserves reasonably required from time to time to be maintained to satisfy
anticipated liabilities for such expenses).
Section
4.17 Real
Estate
Owned Reports.
Together
with the statement furnished pursuant to Section 5.02, the Company shall
furnish
to the Purchaser on or before the Remittance Date each month a statement
with
respect to any REO Property covering the operation of such REO Property for
the
previous month and the Company's efforts in connection with the sale of such
REO
Property and any rental of such REO Property incidental to the sale thereof
for
the previous month. That statement shall be accompanied by such other
information available to the Company as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request.
Section
4.18 Liquidation
Reports.
Upon
the
foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by
the
Purchaser pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall submit
to
the Purchaser a liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged
Property.
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Section
4.19 Reports
of
Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.
Following
the foreclosure sale or abandonment of any Mortgaged Property, the Company
shall
report such foreclosure or abandonment as required pursuant to Section 6050J
of
the Code. The Company shall file information reports with respect to
the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business and information
returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any
Mortgaged Property as required by the Code. Such reports shall be in
form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed
by the
Code.
Section
4.20
Confidentiality/Protection
of Customer Information.
The
Company shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without
the
Purchaser's prior written consent, the price paid by the Purchaser for the
Mortgage Loans, except to the extent that it is reasonable and necessary
for the
Company to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities
or
other governmental agencies. Each party agrees that it shall comply with
all
applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy or security of Customer
Information and shall maintain appropriate administrative, technical and
physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity
of
Customer Information, including maintaining security measures designed to
meet
the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for
Safeguarding Customer Information, 66 Fed. Reg. 8616 (the “Interagency
Guidelines”). For purposes of this Section, the term “Customer
Information” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Interagency
Guidelines.
Section
4.21
Fair Credit Reporting
Act
The
Company, in its capacity as servicer for each Mortgage Loan, agrees to fully
furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing
regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable)
on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit
Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly
basis.
Section
4.22
Notification of Adjustments.
With
respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Company shall adjust the
Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Adjustment Date in compliance with
the
requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note. The Company shall execute and deliver any and all necessary
notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage
Note
and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments. Upon
the discovery by the Company or the receipt of notice from the Purchaser
that
the Company has failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate or Monthly Payment
in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, the Company shall
immediately deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, without
the
right to reimbursement therefore, the amount of any interest loss or deferral
caused the Purchaser thereby.
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Section
4.23
Establishment of
and Deposits to Subsidy Account.
(a)
The
Company shall segregate and hold all Subsidy Funds collected and received
pursuant to the Subsidy Loans separate and apart from any of its own funds
and
general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Subsidy Accounts,
in
the form of time deposit or demand accounts, titled “Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., in
trust for UBS Real Estate Securities Inc., its successors or assigns, and/or
subsequent purchasers of Residential Mortgage Loans, and various
Mortgagors.” The Subsidy Account shall be established with a
Qualified Depository.
(b)
The
Company shall, from time to time, withdraw funds from the Subsidy Account
for
the following purposes:
(i) to
deposit in the Custodial Account in the amounts and in the manner provided
for
in Section 4.04(x);
(ii) to
transfer funds to another eligible institution in accordance with Section
4.09
hereof;
(iii) to
withdraw funds deposited in error; and
(iv) to
clear and terminate the Subsidy Account upon the termination of this
Agreement.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the
Company may employ the Escrow Account as the Subsidy Account to the extent
that
the Company can separately identify any Subsidy Funds deposited
therein.
Section
4.24
Application of Subsidy
Funds.
With
respect to each Subsidy Loan, the Company shall have deposited into the
Custodial Account, no later than the last day of the month, Subsidy 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
all Due
Dates in accordance with the terms of the Subsidy Agreement, is equal to
the
full scheduled Monthly Payments which are required to be paid by the Mortgagor
under the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
If
the
Mortgagor on a Subsidy Loan defaults on such Mortgage Loan during the Subsidy
Period and the Mortgaged Property securing such Subsidy Loan is sold in the
liquidation thereof (either by the Company or the insurer under any related
Primary Insurance Policy) the Company shall, on the Remittance Date following
the date upon which Liquidation Proceeds or REO Disposition Proceeds are
received with respect to any such Subsidy Loan, distribute to the Purchaser
all
remaining Subsidy Funds for such Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Subsidy
Account or Custodial Account. Any amounts distributed to the
Purchaser in accordance with the preceding sentence will be applied to reduce
the outstanding principal balance of the related Subsidy Loan. If a
principal prepayment by a Mortgagor on a Subsidy Loan, together with any
Subsidy
Funds then remaining in the Subsidy Account and Custodial Account related
to
such Subsidy Loan, would result in a principal prepayment of the entire unpaid
principal balance of the Subsidy Loan, the Company 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 Subsidy Funds
related to such Mortgage Loan so remaining in the Subsidy Account and Custodial
Account, together with any amounts required to be deposited into the Custodial
Account.
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Section
4.25
Application of Buydown
Funds.
With
respect to each Buydown Mortgage Loan, the Company shall have deposited into
the
Escrow Account, no later than the last day of the month, 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 all Due Dates in accordance with the terms of the Buydown Agreement, is
equal
to the full scheduled Monthly Payments which are required to be paid by the
Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Note (without regard to
the
related Buydown Agreement as if the Mortgage Loan were not subject to the
terms
of the Buydown Agreement). With respect to each Buydown Mortgage
Loan, the Company will distribute to the Purchaser on each Remittance Date
an
amount of Buydown Funds equal to the amount that, when added to the amount
required to be paid on such date by the related Mortgagor, pursuant to and
in
accordance with the related Buydown Agreement, equals the full Monthly Payment
that would otherwise be required to be paid on such Mortgage Loan by the
related
Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Note (as if the Mortgage
Loan
were not a Buydown Mortgage Loan and without regard to the related Buydown
Agreement).
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 Company or the insurer under
any
related Primary Insurance Policy) the Company 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 Escrow 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 its entirety during the related Buydown
Period, the Company shall be required to withdraw from the Escrow Account
any
Buydown Funds remaining in the Escrow 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
Escrow 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 Company 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 Escrow Account, together with any amounts required
to
be deposited into the Custodial Account.
Section
4.26
Letter of Credit
Compliance.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall comply with all
the
requirements of any Letter of Credit so as to assure the full benefit of
such
Letter of Credit to the Purchaser.
Section
4.27 Letter of Credit
Draws.
The
Company shall take all steps necessary to make draws under any Letter of
Credit
in accordance with the provisions thereof and shall draw on each Letter of
Credit all amounts payable thereunder within the time frame required by the
Letter of Credit or such shorter time within which the Company can effect
such
draw (not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days) of (i) the date the related
Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan becomes ninety (90) days or more delinquent and
(ii)
the receipt of notice of non-renewal from the Pledge Holder at any time prior
to
the date that all amounts owed under the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan
are
less than or equal to 80% of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged
Property. The Company shall notify the Purchaser promptly in writing
upon receipt of notice from the Pledge Holder of non-renewal of any Letter
of
Credit. Upon receipt of any amounts as a result of a draw on a Letter
of Credit because of the non-renewal of such Letter of Credit or as a result
of
the Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan continuing in default for ninety (90) or
more
days, the Company shall deposit such amounts in the Custodial Account and
such
amount shall be treated as a payment of principal.
Section
4.28
Assignment of the
Letter of Credit.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including, without limitation,
the
termination or transfer of the servicing rights and/or obligations of the
Company pursuant to Articles X and XI hereof), the Company, as beneficiary
under
any Non-Assigned Letters of Credit, shall transfer and assign, at no cost
to the
Purchaser, each Non-Assigned Letter of Credit to the Purchaser in accordance
with the provisions thereof within ten (10) days of such termination or
transfer. In addition, the Company shall forward within one (1)
Business Day of receipt any notice received of non-renewal of any Letter
of
Credit. Any funds received by the Company from draws on the
Non-Assigned Letters of Credit after the Company is no longer the servicer
hereunder shall be remitted by the Company to the successor servicer for
deposit
into the Custodial Account.
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Section
4.29 Pledge Holder
Defaults.
Upon
a
default under the Letter of Credit by the Pledge Holder, the Company shall
take
possession of the assets securing the Letter of Credit and shall deposit
such
assets or the proceeds thereof in the Custodial Account and apply them as
a
prepayment of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan. If such
default described in the prior sentence occurs at any time that the Company
is
no longer the servicer of the related Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan, the Company
shall, upon knowledge of such default or notice from the successor servicer
of
such default with respect to any Non-Assigned Letter of Credit forward such
proceeds to the successor servicer for deposit into the Custodial
Account.
Section
4.30 Use of
Subservicers and Subcontractors.
The
Company shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer
to
fulfill any of the obligations of the Company as servicer under this Agreement
or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions
of paragraph (i) of this Section 4.30. The Company 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 Company as servicer under this Agreement
or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Company complies with the provisions
of paragraph (ii) of this Section 4.30.
(i)
It
shall not be necessary for the Company to seek the consent of the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or any Depositor to the utilization of any
Subservicer. The Company shall cause any Subservicer used by the
Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.30 and with Sections
6.04, 6.06, 9.01(d)(iii). 9.01(d)(v). 9.01(d)(vi), 9.01(d)(vii), 9.01(d)(viii)
and 9.01(e) of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were
the
Company, and to provide the information required with respect to such
Subservicer under Section 9.01(d)(iv) of this Agreement. The Company
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 6.04, any assessment of compliance
and attestation required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section
6.06
and any certification required to be delivered to the Person that will be
responsible for signing the Sarbanes Certification under Section 6.06
as and when required to be delivered.
(ii)
It
shall not be necessary for the Company to seek the consent of the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or any Depositor to the utilization of any
Subcontractor. The Company shall promptly upon request provide to the
Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor (or any designee of the
Depositor, such as an administrator) a written description (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, such Master Servicer and such
Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the
Company 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 Company shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the
Company (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Purchaser and any
Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 6.06 and 9.01(e) of this
Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the
Company. The Company shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subcontractor and delivering to the Purchaser and any Depositor any assessment
of compliance and attestation and other certifications required to be delivered
by such Subcontractor under Section 6.06, in each case as and when required
to
be delivered.
ARTICLE
V
PAYMENTS
TO PURCHASER
Section
5.01
Remittances.
On
each
Remittance Date the Company shall remit by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Purchaser (a) all amounts deposited in the Custodial
Account as of the close of business on the Determination Date (net of charges
against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05),
plus (b) all amounts, if any, which the Company is obligated to distribute
pursuant to Section 5.03, minus (c) any amounts attributable to Principal
Prepayments received after the applicable Principal Prepayment Period which
amounts shall be remitted on the following Remittance Date, together with
any
additional interest required to be deposited in the Custodial Account in
connection with such Principal Prepayment in accordance with Section 4.04(viii);
minus (d) any amounts attributable to Monthly Payments collected but due
on a
Due Date or Dates subsequent to the first day of the month of the Remittance
Date, and minus (e) any amounts attributable to Buydown Funds being held
in the
Custodial Account, which amounts shall be remitted on the Remittance Date
next
succeeding the Due Period for such amounts.
With
respect to any remittance received by the Purchaser after the second Business
Day following the Business Day on which such payment was due, the Company
shall
pay to the Purchaser interest on any such late payment at an annual rate
equal
to the Prime Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change, plus three percentage
points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by applicable
law. Such interest shall be deposited in the Custodial Account by the
Company on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period
commencing with the day following such second Business Day and ending with
the
Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such
interest shall be remitted along with the distribution payable on the next
succeeding Remittance Date. The payment by the Company of any such
interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver
of any
Event of Default by the Company.
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Section
5.02 Statements to
Purchaser.
No
later
than the 12th
calendar day of the month, the Company shall furnish to the Purchaser a monthly
remittance advice, with a trial balance report attached thereto, as to the
preceding remittance period ending on the last day of the preceding
month.
Section
5.03
Monthly Advances
by Company.
On
the
Business Day immediately preceding each Remittance Date, the Company shall
deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds or from amounts held
for
future distribution an amount equal to all Monthly Payments (with interest
adjusted to the Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate) which were due on the Mortgage
Loans during the applicable Due Period and which were delinquent at the close
of
business on the immediately preceding Determination Date or which were deferred
pursuant to Section 4.01. Any amounts held for future distribution
and so used shall be replaced by the Company by deposit in the Custodial
Account
on or before any future Remittance Date if funds in the Custodial Account
on
such Remittance Date shall be less than payments to the Purchaser required
to be
made on such Remittance Date. The Company's obligation to make such
Monthly Advances as to any Mortgage Loan will continue through the last Monthly
Payment due prior to the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan, or through
the
last Remittance Date prior to the Remittance Date for the distribution of
all
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries (including REO Disposition
Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) with respect to the
Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that such obligation shall cease if the
Company determines, in its sole reasonable opinion, that advances with respect
to such Mortgage Loan are non-recoverable by the Company from Liquidation
Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds,
or otherwise with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan. In the event
that the Company determines that any such advances are non-recoverable, the
Company shall provide the Purchaser with a certificate signed by two officers
of
the Company evidencing such determination. The Company shall not have
an obligation to make such Monthly Advances as to any Mortgage Loan with
respect
to shortfalls relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar
state
and local laws.
ARTICLE
VI
GENERAL
SERVICING PROCEDURES
Section
6.01 Transfers of Mortgaged Property.
The
Company shall use its best efforts to enforce any "due-on-sale" provision
contained in any Mortgage or Mortgage Note and to deny assumption by the
Person
to whom the Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be sold whether by
absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor
remains liable on the Mortgage and the Mortgage Note. When the
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Company shall,
to the
extent it has knowledge of such conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate
the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause applicable
thereto, provided, however, that the Company shall not exercise such rights
if
prohibited by law from doing so or if the exercise of such rights would impair
or threaten to impair any recovery under the related PMI Policy, if
any.
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If
the
Company reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce
such
"due-on-sale" clause, the Company shall enter into (i) an assumption and
modification agreement with the Person to whom such property has been conveyed,
pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and
the
original Mortgagor remains liable thereon or (ii) in the event the Company
is
unable under applicable law to require that the original Mortgagor remain
liable
under the Mortgage Note and the Company has the prior consent of the primary
mortgage guaranty insurer, a substitution of liability agreement with the
purchaser of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is
released from liability and the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property is
substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note. If an assumption fee is collected by the Company for entering
into an assumption agreement the fee will be retained by the Company as
additional servicing compensation. In connection with any such
assumption, neither the Mortgage Interest Rate borne by the related Mortgage
Note, the term of the Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal amount of
the
Mortgage Loan nor any other material terms shall be changed without Purchaser’s
consent.
To
the
extent that any Mortgage Loan is assumable, the Company shall inquire diligently
into the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee, and shall use the
underwriting criteria for approving the credit of the proposed transferee
which
are used with respect to underwriting mortgage loans of the same type as
the
Mortgage Loan. If the credit worthiness of the proposed transferee
does not meet such underwriting criteria, the Company diligently shall, to
the
extent permitted by the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and by applicable law,
accelerate the maturity of the Mortgage Loan.
Section
6.02 Satisfaction of
Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon
the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Company of a
notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary
for
such purposes, the Company shall notify the Purchaser in the monthly remittance
advice as provided in Section 5.02, and may request the release of any Mortgage
Loan Documents.
If
the
Company satisfies or releases the lien of a Mortgage without first having
obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage (other
than
as a result of a liquidation of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement) or should the Company otherwise prejudice any rights the
Purchaser may have under the mortgage instruments, upon written demand of
the
Purchaser, the Company shall repurchase the related Mortgage Loan at the
Repurchase Price by deposit thereof in the Custodial Account within two (2)
Business Days of receipt of such demand by the Purchaser. The Company
shall maintain the Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy
as
provided for in Section 4.12 insuring the Company against any loss it may
sustain with respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied in accordance with
the
procedures set forth herein.
Section
6.03 Servicing
Compensation.
As
compensation for its services hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to
withdraw from the Custodial Account the amount of its Servicing
Fee. The Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly and shall be received
on the basis of the same outstanding principal balance and for the period
respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is
received. The obligation of the Purchaser to pay the Servicing Fee is
limited to, and payable solely from, the interest portion (including recoveries
with respect to interest from Liquidation Proceeds, to the extent permitted
by
Section 4.05) of such Monthly Payments.
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Additional
servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, to the extent provided
in
Section 6.01, and late payment charges shall be retained by the Company to
the
extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account. The
Company shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with
its servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
thereof except as specifically provided for herein.
Section
6.04 Annual Statement
as to Compliance.
On
or
before March 1st of each
calendar
year, commencing in 2008, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser, any
Master
Servicer and any Depositor a statement of compliance addressed to the Purchaser,
such Master Servicer and such Depositor and signed by an authorized officer
of
the Company, to the effect that (i) a review of the Company’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 Company 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
6.05 [RESERVED]
Section
6.06 Report on
Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
On
or
before March 1st of each
calendar
year, commencing in 2008, the Company shall (whether or not the Mortgage
Loans
are then subject to a Securitization Transaction):
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(i)
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deliver
to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor a report
(in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, such Master
Servicer and such Depositor) regarding the Company’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, such Master Servicer and such Depositor
and
signed by an authorized officer of the Company, and shall address
each of
the “Applicable Servicing Criteria” specified on Exhibit G hereto (or
those Servicing Criteria otherwise mutually agreed to by the Purchaser,
the Company and any Person that will be responsible for signing
any
Sarbanes Certification with respect to a Securitization Transaction
in
response to evolving interpretations of Regulation
AB);
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(ii)
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deliver
to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor a report
of a
registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the
Purchaser,
such Master Servicer and such Depositor that attests to, and reports
on,
the assessment of compliance made by the Company 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;
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cause
each Subservicer, and each Subcontractor “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to
the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and any Depositor an assessment
of
compliance and accountants’ attestation as and when provided in paragraphs
(i) and (ii) of this Section 6.06;
and
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(iv)
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deliver,
and cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor described in
clause
(iii) to deliver, to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer, 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, signed by the appropriate officer
of the
Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
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The
Company acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iv) above may
rely
on the certification provided by the Company 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 (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.
Each
assessment of compliance provided by a Subservicer pursuant to Section 6.06(i)
shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified substantially in the
form
of Exhibit G 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 6.06(iii) need
not
address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified
by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.30.
Section
6.07 Remedies.
(i)
Any
failure by the Company, 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 Article IX, Section 4.30,
Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, or any breach by the Company of a representation
or warranty set forth in Section 9.01(d)(vi)(A) or in a writing furnished
pursuant to Section 9.01(d)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the closing
date of the related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach
is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(d)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing
date,
shall, except as provided in clause (ii) of this Section, immediately and
automatically, without notice or grace period, constitute an Event of Default
with respect to the Company 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 Company as servicer under this Agreement and/or any applicable
Reconstitution Agreement without payment (notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement to the contrary) of
any
compensation to the Company (and, if the Company is servicing any of the
Mortgage Loans in a Securitization Transaction, appoint a successor servicer
reasonably acceptable to any Master Servicer for such Securitization
Transaction); 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 Company
as servicer, such provision shall be given effect.
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(ii)
Any
failure by the Company, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any
information, report, certification or accountants’ letter when and as required
under Section 6.04 or Section 6.06, including (except as provided below)
any
failure by the Company to identify pursuant to Section 4.30(ii) 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 Company under this Agreement and any applicable Reconstitution
Agreement, and shall entitle the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any
Depositor, as applicable, in its sole discretion to terminate the rights
and
obligations of the Company 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 Company; 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 Company 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 Company pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) if a failure
of
the Company 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
Company
shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser (or any designee of the Purchaser),
any
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 Company 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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Section
6.08 Right to Examine
Company Records.
The
Purchaser, or its designee, shall have the right to examine and audit any
and
all of the books, records, or other information of the Company, whether held
by
the Company or by another on its behalf, with respect to or concerning this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, during business hours or at such other times
as
may be reasonable under applicable circumstances, upon reasonable advance
notice. The Purchaser shall pay its own expenses associated with such
examination.
Section
6.09
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 Company shall not take any action,
cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take 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 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on
“contributions” to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the
Company has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking
to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated action will not
endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any such
tax.
ARTICLE
VII
COMPANY
TO COOPERATE
Section
7.01
Provision of Information.
During
the term of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Purchaser such
periodic, special, or other reports or information, and copies or originals
of
any documents contained in the Servicing File for each Mortgage Loan provided
for herein. All other special reports or information not provided for
herein as shall be necessary, reasonable, or appropriate with respect to
the
Purchaser or any regulatory agency will be provided at the Purchaser’s
expense. All such reports, documents or information shall be provided
by and in accordance with all reasonable instructions and directions which
the
Purchaser may give.
The
Company shall execute and deliver all such instruments and take all such
action
as the Purchaser may reasonably request from time to time, in order to
effectuate the purposes and to carry out the terms of this
Agreement.
Section
7.02 Financial
Statements; Servicing Facility.
In
connection with marketing the Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser may make available
to a prospective purchaser a Consolidated Statement of Operations of the
Company
for the most recently completed two (2) fiscal years for which such a statement
is available, as well as a Consolidated Statement of Condition at the end
of the
last two (2) fiscal years covered by such Consolidated Statement of
Operations. The Company, upon request, also shall make available any
comparable interim statements to the extent any such statements have been
prepared by or on behalf of the Company (and are available upon request to
members or stockholders of the Company or to the public at large).
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The
Company also shall make available to Purchaser or prospective purchasers
a
knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering
questions respecting recent developments affecting the Company or the financial
statements of the Company, and to permit any prospective purchaser to inspect
the Company's servicing facilities for the purpose of satisfying such
prospective purchaser that the Company has the ability to service the Mortgage
Loans as provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VIII
THE
COMPANY
Section
8.01 Indemnification;
Third Party Claims.
The
Company shall indemnify the 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 the Purchaser may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Company
to perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance
with
the terms of this Agreement. The Company immediately shall notify the
Purchaser if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement
or
the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the Purchaser)
the
defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment
or
decree which may be entered against it or the Purchaser in respect of such
claim. The Company shall follow any written instructions received
from the Purchaser in connection with such claim. The Purchaser
promptly shall reimburse the Company for all amounts advanced by it pursuant
to
the preceding sentence except when the claim is in any way related to the
Company's indemnification pursuant to Section 3.03, or the failure of the
Company to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance
with
the terms of this Agreement.
Section
8.02 Merger or
Consolidation of the Company.
The
Company shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises and
shall
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business 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 the Company may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Company
shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Company,
shall
be the successor of the Company hereunder, without the execution or filing
of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, provided, however, that the successor
or
surviving Person shall be an institution (i) having a GAAP net worth of not
less
than $15,000,000 and (ii) which is a Xxxxxx Xxx/Xxxxxxx Mac-approved
seller/servicer in good standing. Furthermore, in the event the
Company transfers or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its
assets to an affiliate of the Company, such affiliate shall satisfy the
condition above, and shall also be fully liable to the Purchaser for all
of the
Company's obligations and liabilities hereunder.
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Section
8.03 Limitation on
Liability of Company and Others.
Neither
the Company nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Company 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 for errors in judgment, provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Company 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 other liability which would otherwise be imposed under this
Agreement. The Company and any director, officer, employee or agent
of the Company may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Company shall not be under any obligation to appear
in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties
to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and which
in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability, provided, however, that
the
Company may, with the consent of the Purchaser, undertake any such action
which
it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights
and duties of the parties hereto. In such event, the Company shall be
entitled to reimbursement from the Purchaser of the reasonable legal expenses
and costs of such action.
Section
8.04 Limitation on
Resignation and Assignment by Company.
The
Purchaser has entered into this Agreement with the Company and subsequent
purchasers will purchase the Mortgage Loans in reliance upon the independent
status of the Company, and the representations as to the adequacy of its
servicing facilities, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity,
reputation and financial standing, and the continuance
thereof. Therefore, the Company shall neither assign this Agreement
or the servicing rights hereunder or sell or otherwise dispose of all of
its
property or assets without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The
Company shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on
it
except by mutual consent of the Company and the Purchaser or upon the
determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the
Company. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the
Company 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 acceptable
to the Purchaser. No such resignation shall become effective until a
successor shall have assumed the Company's responsibilities and obligations
hereunder in the manner provided in Section 12.01.
Without
in any way limiting the generality of this Section 8.04, in the event that
the
Company either shall assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities
hereunder or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
property or assets, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, then
the
Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon notice given
as
set forth in Section 10.01, without any payment of any penalty or damages
and
without any liability whatsoever to the Purchaser or any third
party.
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ARTICLE
IX
REMOVAL
OF MORTGAGE LOANS FROM AGREEMENT
Section
9.01 Removal of
Mortgage Loans from Inclusion Under this Agreement.
The
Purchaser and the Company agree that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage
Loans, the Purchaser, at its sole option, may effect Whole Loan Transfers,
Agency Sales or Securitization Transactions, retaining the Company as the
servicer thereof or subservicer if a master servicer is employed, or as
applicable the "seller/servicer." In the event that any Mortgage Loan
transferred pursuant to this Section 9.01 is rejected by the transferee,
the
Company shall continue to service such rejected Mortgage Loan on behalf of
the
Purchaser in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
The
Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser in connection with each Whole
Loan
Transfer, Agency Sale or Securitization Transaction in accordance with this
Section 9.01 and provided that no such Whole Loan Transfer, Agency Sale or
Securitization Transaction shall create a greater obligation or cost on the
part
of the Company than otherwise set forth in this Agreement. In
connection therewith:
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(a)
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the
Company shall make all representations and warranties with respect
to the
Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and with respect to the Company
itself as of the closing date of each Whole Loan Transfer, Agency
Sale or
Securitization Transaction;
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(b)
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the
Company shall negotiate in good faith and execute any seller/servicer
agreements required to effectuate the foregoing
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(c)
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the
Company shall provide such additional representations, warranties,
covenants, opinions of counsel and officers’ certificates of the Company
as are reasonably believed necessary by the trustee, any rating
agency or
the Purchaser, as the case may be, in connection with such Whole
Loan
Transfers, Agency Sales or Securitization Transactions. The
Purchaser shall pay all third party costs associated with the preparation
of such information. The Company shall not be responsible for
the fees and expenses on behalf of any Agency to whom Mortgage
Loans are
transferred pursuant to an Agency Sale. Under this Agreement,
the Company shall retain a Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan
at the
Servicing Fee Rate;
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in
connection with any Securitization Transaction the Company shall
(1)
within five (5) 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
(i), (ii), (iii) and (vii) of this subsection (d), and (2) as promptly
as
practicable following notice to or discovery by the Company, 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 (iv) of this subsection
(d).
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(i)
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If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
such information regarding (1) the Company, as originator of the
Mortgage
Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from a Qualified
Correspondent), or (2) each Third-Party Originator, and (3) 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)
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the
originator’s form of
organization;
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(B)
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a
description of the originator’s origination program and how long the
originator has been engaged in originating residential mortgage
loans,
which description shall include a discussion of the originator’s
experience in originating mortgage loans of a similar type as the
Mortgage
Loans; information regarding the size and composition of the originator’s
origination portfolio; and information that may be material, in
the good
faith judgment of the Purchaser or any Depositor, to an analysis
of the
performance of the Mortgage Loans, including the originators’
credit-granting or underwriting criteria for mortgage loans of
similar
type(s) as the Mortgage Loans and such other information as the
Purchaser
or any Depositor may reasonably request for the purpose of compliance
with
Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB;
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(C)
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a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or
known to be contemplated) against the Company, each Third-Party
Originator
and each Subservicer; and
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(D)
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a
description of any affiliation or relationship (of a type described
in
Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Company, each Third-Party
Originator, each Subservicer and any of the following parties to
a
Securitization Transaction, as such parties are identified to the
Company
by the Purchaser or any Depositor in writing in advance of such
Securitization Transaction:
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(1)
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the
sponsor;
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(2)
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the
depositor;
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(3)
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the
issuing entity;
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(4)
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any
servicer;
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(5)
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any
trustee;
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(6)
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any
originator;
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(7)
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any
significant obligor;
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(8)
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any
enhancement or support provider;
and
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(9)
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any
other material transaction party.
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(ii)
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If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company 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 (1) the Company, if the Company is an originator
of
Mortgage Loans (including as an acquirer of Mortgage Loans from
a
Qualified Correspondent), and/or (2) each Third-Party
Originator. Such Static Pool Information shall be prepared by
the Company (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 Company (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 Company, 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 Company 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
Company.
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If
so
requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall provide (or,
as
applicable, cause each Third-Party Originator to provide), at the expense
of the
requesting party (to the extent of any additional incremental expense associated
with delivery pursuant to this Agreement), such agreed-upon procedures letters
of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser or
Depositor, as applicable, pertaining to Static Pool Information relating
to
prior securitized pools for securitizations closed on or after January 1,
2006
or, in the case of Static Pool Information with respect to the Company’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.
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If
so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor, the Company shall
provide
such information regarding the Company, as servicer of the Mortgage
Loans,
and each Subservicer (each of the Company and each Subservicer,
for
purposes of this paragraph, a “Servicer”), as is requested for the purpose
of compliance with Item 1108, 1117 and 1119 of Regulation
AB. Such information shall include, at a
minimum:
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(A)
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the
Servicer’s form of organization;
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(B)
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a
description of how long the Servicer has been servicing residential
mortgage loans; a general discussion of the Servicer’s experience in
servicing assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion
of the
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 Servicer’s
portfolio of residential mortgage loans of a type similar to the
Mortgage
Loans and information on factors related to the 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)
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whether
any prior securitizations of mortgage loans of a type similar to
the
Mortgage Loans involving the Servicer have defaulted or experienced
an
early amortization or other performance triggering event because
of
servicing during the three-year period immediately preceding the
related
Securitization Transaction;
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(2)
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the
extent of outsourcing the Servicer
utilizes;
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(3)
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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 Servicer as a servicer
during the
three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization
Transaction;
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(4)
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whether
the 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
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(5)
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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;
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(C)
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a
description of any material changes during the three-year period
immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction to
the
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;
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(D)
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information
regarding the Servicer’s financial condition, to the extent that there is
a material risk that an adverse financial event or circumstance
involving
the Servicer could have a material adverse effect on the performance
by
the Company of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or
any
Reconstitution Agreement;
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(E)
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information
regarding advances made by the Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and
the
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 Servicer to the effect that the 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)
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a
description of the Servicer’s processes and procedures designed to address
any special or unique factors involved in servicing loans of a
similar
type as the Mortgage Loans;
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(G)
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a
description of the Servicer’s processes for handling delinquencies,
losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as through liquidation
of
mortgaged properties, sale of defaulted mortgage loans or
workouts;
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(H)
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information
as to how the 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;
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(I)
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a
description of any material legal or governmental proceedings pending
(or
known to be contemplated) against the Servicer;
and
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(J)
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a
description of any affiliation or relationship between the Servicer
and
any of the following parties to a Securitization Transaction, as
such
parties are identified to the Servicer by the Purchaser or any
Depositor
in writing in advance of such Securitization
Transaction:
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(1)
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the
sponsor;
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(2)
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the
depositor;
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(3)
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the
issuing entity;
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(4)
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any
servicer;
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(5)
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any
trustee;
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(6)
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any
originator;
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(7)
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any
significant obligor;
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(8)
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any
enhancement or support provider;
and
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(9)
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any
other material transaction party.
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(iv)
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For
the purpose of satisfying the reporting obligation under the Exchange
Act
with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Company
shall
(or shall cause each Subservicer and Third-Party Originator to)
(1)
provide prompt notice to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and
any
Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental
proceedings involving the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator, (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop
following
the closing date of a Securitization Transaction between the Company,
any
Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator and any of the parties
specified
in Section 9.01(d)(i)(D) (and any other parties identified in writing
by
the requesting party) with respect to such Securitization Transaction,
(C)
any Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or any
Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any merger, consolidation or sale
of
substantially all of the assets of the Company, and (E) the Company’s
entry into an agreement with a Subservicer to perform or assist
in the
performance of any of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement or
any Reconstitution Agreement and (2) provide to the Purchaser and
any
Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations or
relationships.
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(v)
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As
a condition to the succession to the Company or any Subservicer
as
servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution
Agreement by any Person (1) into which the Company or such Subservicer
may
be merged or consolidated, or (2) which may be appointed as a successor
to
the Company or any Subservicer, the Company shall provide to the
Purchaser
and any Depositor, at least fifteen (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.
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(vi)
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(A)
The Company shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser, to any
Master
Servicer and to any Depositor, as of the date on which information
is
first provided to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer or any Depositor
under Section 9.01(d) that, except as disclosed in writing to the
Purchaser, such Master Servicer or such Depositor prior to such
date: (1) the Company 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 Company; (2) the Company 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;
(3)
no material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria
with
respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans
involving
the Company as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Company;
(4)
no material changes to the Company’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; (5) there are
no aspects
of the Company’s financial condition that could have a material adverse
effect on the performance by the Company of its servicing obligations
under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (6) there
are no
material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to
be
contemplated) against the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party
Originator; and (7) there are no affiliations, relationships or
transactions relating to the Company, 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, any Master Servicer or any Depositor on any date
following the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser,
any
Master Servicer or any Depositor under Section 9.01(d), the Company shall,
within five (5) Business Days following such request, confirm in writing
the
accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in sub-clause (A)
above
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.
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(vii)
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In
addition to such information as the Company, as servicer, is obligated
to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, not later
than ten
(10) days prior to the deadline for the filing of any distribution
report
on Form 10-D in respect of any Securitization Transaction that
includes
any of the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Company or any Subservicer,
the
Company or such Subservicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent
the
Company or such Subservicer has knowledge, provide to the party
responsible for filing such report (including, if applicable, the
Master
Servicer) notice of the occurrence of any of the following events
along
with all information, data, and materials related thereto as may
be
required to be included in the related distribution report on Form
10-D
(as specified in the provisions of Regulation AB referenced
below):
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(i)
any
material modifications, extensions or waivers of pool asset terms, fees,
penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have cumulatively
become material over time (Item 1121(a)(11) of Regulation AB);
(ii)
material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction
covenants (Item 1121(a)(12) of Regulation AB); and
(iii)
information regarding new asset-backed securities issuances backed by the
same
pool assets, any pool asset changes (such as, additions, substitutions or
repurchases), and any material changes in origination, underwriting or other
criteria for acquisition or selection of pool assets (Item 1121(a)(14) of
Regulation AB).
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(viii)
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The
Company shall provide to the Purchaser, any Master Servicer and
any
Depositor, evidence of the authorization of the person signing
any
certification or statement, copies or other evidence of Fidelity
Bond
Insurance and Errors and Omission Insurance policy, financial information
and reports, and such other information related to the Company
or any
Subservicer or the Company or such Subservicer’s performance
hereunder.
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(e)
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The
Company shall indemnify the Purchaser, each affiliate of the Purchaser,
and each of the following parties participating in a Securitization
Transaction: each sponsor and issuing entity; each Person
(including, but not limited to, any Master Servicer if applicable)
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, agents and affiliates
of each of the foregoing and of the Depositor (each, an “Indemnified
Party”), and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any claims,
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:
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(i)
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(A)
any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to
be
contained in any information, report, certification, data, accountants’
letter or other material provided in written or electronic form
under
Sections 4.30, 6.04, 6.06, 9.01(c) and (d) by or on behalf of the
Company,
or provided under Sections 4.30, 6.04, 6.06, 9.01(c) and (d) by
or on
behalf of any Subservicer, Subcontractor or Third-Party Originator
(collectively, the “Company Information”), or (B) the omission or alleged
omission to state in the Company Information a material fact required
to
be stated in the Company 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
Company Information and not to any other information communicated
in
connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard
to
whether the Company Information or any portion thereof is presented
together with or separately from such other
information;
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(ii)
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any
breach by the Company of its obligations under this Article IX,
including
particularly any failure by the Company, 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 Sections 4.30, 6.04, 6.06, 9.01(c) and (d), including
any
failure by the Company to identify pursuant to Sections 4.30, 6.04,
6.06,
9.01(c) and (d) any Subcontractor “participating in the servicing
function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation
AB;
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(iii)
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any
breach by the Company of a representation or warranty set forth
in Section
9.01(d)(vi)(A) or in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(d)(vi)(B) and made as of a date prior to the closing date
of the
related Securitization Transaction, to the extent that such breach
is not
cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Company of a
representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to Section
9.01(d)(vi)(B) to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such
closing
date; or
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(iv)
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The
negligence bad faith or willful misconduct of the Company in connection
with its performance under this Article
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If
the
indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an Indemnified Party, then the Company agrees that it shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of any
claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Party
in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such
Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Company on the other.
In
the
case of any failure of performance described in sub-clause (ii) of this Section
9.01(e), the Company shall promptly reimburse the Purchaser, any Depositor,
as
applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation, execution or
filing
of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to such
Securitization Transaction, or for execution of a certification pursuant
to Rule
13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to such
Securitization Transaction, for all costs reasonably incurred by each such
party
in order to obtain the information, report, certification, accountants’ letter
or other material not delivered as required by the Company, any Subservicer,
any
Subcontractor or any Third-Party Originator.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
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(f)
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the
Purchaser and a credit-worthy parent of the Purchaser, reasonably
acceptable to the Company, shall indemnify the Company, each affiliate
of
the Company, each Person who controls any of such parties or the
Company
(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
Company, 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:
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(i)
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any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be
contained
in any offering materials related to a Securitization Transaction,
including without limitation the registration statement, prospectus,
prospectus supplement, any private placement memorandum, any freewriting
prospectuses, any ABS informational and computational material,
and any
amendments or supplements to the foregoing (collectively, the
“Securitization Materials”) or
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(ii)
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the
omission or alleged omission to state in the Securitization Materials
a
material fact required to be stated in the Securitization Materials
or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading,
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but
only
to the extent that (a) such offering materials included Company Information
and
(b) such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission is other than a statement or omission arising out of, resulting
from,
or based upon the Company Information.
This
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
termination of any party to this Agreement.
The
Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Section
9.01(d) 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 Company 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). The Company 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, any
Master
Servicer 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 Company
shall cooperate fully with the Purchaser and any Master Servicer to deliver
to
the Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees), any Master Servicer
and any Depositor, any and all statements, reports, certifications, records
and
any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the
Purchaser, the Master Servicer or any Depositor to permit the Purchaser,
such
Master Servicer or such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation
AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Company, any Subservicer,
any
Third-Party Originator and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans, reasonably believed by the Purchaser or any Depositor to be necessary
in
order to effect such compliance.
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The
Purchaser (including any of its assignees or designees) shall cooperate with
the
Company 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.
In
the
event the Purchaser has elected to have the Company hold record title to
the
Mortgages prior to the Reconstitution Date, the Company shall prepare an
Assignment of Mortgage in blank or to the trustee from the Company acceptable
to
the trustee for each Mortgage Loan that is part of the Whole Loan Transfers,
Agency Sales or Securitization Transactions. The Purchaser shall pay
all preparation and recording costs associated therewith if the Assignments
of
Mortgage have been previously prepared and recorded in the name of the Purchaser
or its designee. The Company shall execute each Assignment of
Mortgage, track such Assignments of Mortgage to ensure they have been recorded
and deliver them as required by the trustee upon the Company's receipt
thereof. Additionally, the Company shall prepare and execute, at the
direction of the Purchaser, any note endorsements in connection with any
and all
seller/servicer agreements.
All
Mortgage Loans (i) not sold or transferred pursuant to Whole Loan Transfers,
Agency Sale or Securitization Transactions or (ii) that are subject to a
Securitization Transaction for which the related trust is terminated for
any
reason, shall remain subject to this Agreement and shall continue to be serviced
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE
X
DEFAULT
Section
10.01
Events of Default.
Each
of
the following shall constitute an Event of Default on the part of the
Company:
(i)
any
failure by the Company to remit to the Purchaser any payment required to
be made
under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period
of
three (3) Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Company
by the Purchaser; or
(ii)
failure by the Company duly to observe or perform in any material respect
any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company set forth
in
this Agreement or in the Custodial Agreement which continues unremedied for
a
period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such
failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Company
by the Purchaser or by the Custodian; or
(iii)
failure by the Company to maintain its license to do business in any
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located if such license is
required; or
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(iv)
a
decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator
in
any insolvency, readjustment of debt, including bankruptcy, marshaling of
assets
and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation
of
its affairs, shall have been entered against the Company and such decree
or
order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period
of
sixty (60) days; or
(v)
the
Company shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets
and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Company or of or
relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(vi)
the
Company shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as
they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit
of its
creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or cease its normal
business operations for three (3) Business Days; or
(vii)
the
Company ceases to meet the qualifications of a Xxxxxx Xxx/Xxxxxxx Mac servicer;
or
(viii)
the Company attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation hereunder
or
to assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder in
violation of Section 8.04; or
(ix)
an
Event of Default as defined in Section 6.07.
If
the
Company obtains knowledge of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly
notify the Purchaser. In each and every such case, so long as an
Event of Default shall not have been remedied, in addition to whatever rights
the Purchaser may have at law or equity to damages, including injunctive
relief
and specific performance, the Purchaser, by notice in writing to the Company,
may terminate all the rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement
and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof.
Upon
receipt by the Company of such written notice, all authority and power of
the
Company under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans
or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the successor appointed pursuant
to
Section 12.01. Upon written request from any Purchaser, the Company
shall prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity designated by
the
Purchaser any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successor's
possession all Mortgage Files, and do or cause to be done all other acts
or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, including but not limited to the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, at the Company's
sole
expense. The Company shall cooperate with the Purchaser and such
successor in effecting the termination of the Company's responsibilities
and
rights hereunder, including without limitation, the transfer to such successor
for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited
by the Company to the Custodial Account, Subsidy Account or Escrow Account
or
thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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Section
10.02
Waiver of Defaults.
By
a
written notice, the Purchaser may waive any default by the Company in the
performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon
any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every
purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except
to the
extent expressly so waived.
ARTICLE
XI
TERMINATION
Section
11.01 Termination.
This
Agreement shall terminate upon either: (i) the later of the final
payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the
last
Mortgage Loan or the disposition of any REO Property with respect to the
last
Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due hereunder; or (ii) mutual
consent of the Company and the Purchaser in writing.
Section
11.02 Termination
Without Cause.
The
Purchaser may terminate, at its sole option, any rights the Company may have
hereunder, without cause as provided in this Section 11.02. Any such
notice of termination shall be in writing and delivered to the Company by
registered mail as provided in Section 12.05.
The
Company shall be entitled to receive, as such liquidated damages, upon the
transfer of the servicing rights, an amount equal to: (i) 2.75% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the termination
date
paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect to all of the Mortgage
Loans
for which a servicing fee rate of .25% is paid per annum, (ii) 3.25% of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loans as of the
termination date paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect to all
of the
Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .375% is paid per annum,
and
(iii) 3.75% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage
Loans
as of the termination date paid by the Purchaser to the Company with respect
to
all of the Mortgage Loans for which a servicing fee rate of .44% or greater
is
paid per annum.
ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
12.01 Successor to
Company.
Prior
to
termination of the Company's responsibilities and duties under this Agreement
pursuant to Sections 8.04, 10.01, 11.01 (ii) or Section 11.02 the Purchaser
shall, (I) succeed to and assume all of the Company's responsibilities, rights,
duties and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) appoint a successor
having
the characteristics set forth in Section 8.02 and which shall succeed to
all
rights and assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of
the
Company under this Agreement prior to the termination of Company's
responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this Agreement. In
connection with such appointment and assumption, the Purchaser may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage
Loans as it and such successor shall agree. In the event that the
Company's duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement should
be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned sections, the Company shall
discharge such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date
it
acquires knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with
the
same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under
this Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or
prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor. The
resignation or removal of the Company pursuant to the aforementioned sections
shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant
to this
Section 12.01 and shall in no event relieve the Company of the representations
and warranties made pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and the remedies
available to the Purchaser under Section 3.03, it being understood and agreed
that the provisions of such Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 and 8.01 shall be
applicable to the Company notwithstanding any such sale, assignment, resignation
or termination of the Company, or the termination of this
Agreement.
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Any
successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to
the Company and to the Purchaser an instrument accepting such appointment,
wherein the successor shall make the representations and warranties set forth
in
Section 3.01, except for subsections (h) with respect to the sale of the
Mortgage Loans and subsections (i) and (k) thereof, whereupon such successor
shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations and liabilities of the Company, with like effect as if originally
named as a party to this Agreement. Any termination or resignation of
the Company or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.04, 10.01,
11.01 or 11.02 shall not affect any claims that any Purchaser may have against
the Company arising out of the Company's actions or failure to act prior
to any
such termination or resignation.
The
Company shall deliver promptly to the successor servicer the funds in the
Custodial Account, Subsidy Account and Escrow Account and all Mortgage Files
and
related documents and statements held by it hereunder and the Company shall
account for all funds and shall execute and deliver such instruments and
do such
other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitively
vest
in the successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations
and liabilities of the Company.
Upon
a
successor's acceptance of appointment as such, the Company shall notify by
mail
the Purchaser of such appointment in accordance with the procedures set forth
in
Section 12.05.
Section
12.02 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by written agreement signed by
the
Company and the Purchaser.
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Section
12.03
Governing Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New
York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall
be
determined in accordance with such laws.
Each
of
the Company and the Purchaser hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally
waives any and all rights it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any
litigation based on, or arising out of, under, or in connection with, this
Agreement, or any other documents and instruments executed in connection
herewith, or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements (whether
oral
or written), or actions of the Company or the Purchaser. This
provision is a material inducement for the Purchaser to enter into this
Agreement.
Section
12.04
Duration of Agreement.
This
Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as herein
provided. This Agreement shall continue notwithstanding transfers of
the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser.
Section
12.05
Notices.
All
demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
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(i)
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if
to the Company with respect to servicing
issues:
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Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home
CampusDes Moines, IA 50328-0001Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx,
MAC X2302-033Fax: 515/324-3118
if
to the
Company with respect to all other issues:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Structured
Finance Manager, MAC X3906-012
Fax: 301/000-0000
In
each
instance, with a copy to:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
1
Home
Campus
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
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Attention: General
Counsel MAC X2401-06T
or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Purchaser in
writing by the Company;
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(ii)
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if
to Purchaser:
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UBS
Real
Estate Securities Inc.
1285
Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
or
such
other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Company in writing by
the
Purchaser;
Section
12.06 Severability of
Provisions.
If
any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in
no way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement.
Section
12.07 Relationship of
Parties.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership or
joint
venture between the parties hereto and the services of the Company shall
be
rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for the
Purchaser.
Section
12.08
Execution; Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed,
shall
be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute
one
and the same agreement. Subject to Section 8.04, this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Purchaser
and
their respective successors and assigns. The parties agree that this
Agreement and signature pages thereof may be transmitted between them by
facsimile and that faxed signatures may constitute original signatures and
that
a faxed signature page containing the signature (faxed or original) is binding
on the parties.
Section
12.09 Recordation of
Assignments of Mortgage.
To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Assignments of Mortgage is
subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property
records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any
or
all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other appropriate
public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected at
the
Company's expense in the event recordation is either necessary under applicable
law or requested by the Purchaser at its sole option.
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Section
12.10
Assignment by Purchaser.
The
Purchaser shall have the right, without the consent of the Company to assign,
in
whole or in part, its interest under this Agreement with respect to some
or all
of the Mortgage Loans, and designate any Person to exercise any rights of
the
Purchaser hereunder, by executing an Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D, and the assignee
or
designee shall accede to the rights and obligations hereunder of the Purchaser
with respect to such Mortgage Loans. All references to the Purchaser
in this Agreement shall be deemed to include its assignee or
designee.
Section
12.11
Solicitation of Mortgagor.
Neither
party shall, after the Closing Date, take any action to solicit the refinancing
of any Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed that neither (i)
promotions undertaken by the either party or any affiliate of either party
which
are directed to the general public at large, including, without limitation,
mass
mailings based upon commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio,
television advertisements nor (ii) serving the refinancing needs of a Mortgagor
who, without solicitation, contacts either party in connection with the
refinance of such Mortgage or Mortgage Loan, shall constitute solicitation
under
this Section.
Section
12.12
Further Agreements.
The
Purchaser and the Company each agree to execute and deliver to the other
such
additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
Section
12.13
Confidential Information.
The
Company shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without
the
Purchaser’s prior written consent, the price paid by the Purchaser for the
Mortgage Loans, except to the extent that it is reasonable and necessary
for the
Company to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities
or
other governmental agencies.
Section
12.17
Third-Party Beneficiary.
Each
Master Servicer shall be considered a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement,
entitled to all the rights and benefits hereof as if it were a direct party
to
this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Purchaser have caused their names to
be
signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the
day and year first above written.
UBS
REAL ESTATE
SECURITIES
INC.
Purchaser
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:_____________________________
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.
Company
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:_____________________________
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UBS
REAL ESTATE
SECURITIES
INC.
Purchaser
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:_____________________________
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EXHIBIT
A
MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE
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EXHIBIT
A-1
DATA
FILE
FIELDS
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(1)
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the
Company’s Mortgage Loan identifying
number;
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(2)
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the
street address of the Mortgaged Property including the city, state,
county
and zip code;
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(3)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a single family
residence, a 2-4 family dwelling, a PUD, a cooperative, a townhouse,
manufactured housing or a unit in a condominium
project;
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(4)
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the
Mortgage Interest Rate as of the Cut-off
Date;
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(5)
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the
current Monthly Payment;
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(6)
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loan
term, in number of months;
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(7)
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the
stated maturity date;
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(8)
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the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of
business
on the Cut-off Date, after deduction of payments of principal due
on or
before the Cut-off Date;
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(9)
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the
Loan-to-Value Ratio;
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(10)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Interest Only Mortgage
Loan (Y or N);
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(11)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a temporary buydown
(Y or
N);
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(12)
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the
Servicing Fee Rate;
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(13)
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a
code indicating the mortgage insurance provider and percent of
coverage,
if applicable;
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(14)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by lender-paid
mortgage insurance (Y or N);
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(15)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Time$aver® Mortgage Loan (Y
or N);
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(16)
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the
Mortgagor's first and last name;
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(17)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
owner-occupied;
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(18)
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the
remaining months to maturity from the Cut-off Date, based on the
original
amortization schedule;
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(19)
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the
date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
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(20)
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the
last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually applied to
the
actual principal balance;
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(21)
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the
original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan;
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(22)
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a
code indicating the purpose of the loan (i.e., purchase, financing,
rate/term refinancing, cash-out
refinancing);
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(23)
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the
Mortgage Interest Rate at
origination;
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(24)
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the
amount on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the Mortgage
Loan;
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(25)
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a
code indicating the documentation style (i.e., full (providing
two years
employment verification - 2 years W-2’s and current pay stub or 2 years
1040’s for self employed borrowers), alternative or
reduced);
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(26)
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a
code indicating if the Mortgage Loan is subject to a PMI
Policy;
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(27)
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the
Appraised Value of the Mortgage
Property;
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(28)
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the
sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if
applicable;
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(29)
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the
Mortgagor’s Underwriting FICO
Score;
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(30)
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updated
FICO Score;
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(31)
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term
of prepayment penalty in years;
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(32)
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a
code indicating the product type;
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(33)
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a
code indicating the credit grade of the Mortgage
Loan;
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(34)
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the
unpaid balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business
on the
Cut-off Date, after deduction of all payments of
principal;
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(35)
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the
Note date of the Mortgage Loan;
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(36)
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the
mortgage insurance certificate number and percentage of coverage,
if
applicable;
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(37)
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a
code indicating a Co-Mortgagor (Y or
N);
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(38)
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the
Co- Mortgagor’s first and last name, if
applicable;
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(39)
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the
Mortgagor’s and Co-Mortgagor’s date of birth, if
applicable;
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(40)
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the
MIN, if applicable;
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(41)
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employer
name;
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(42)
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subsidy
program code;
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(43)
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servicer
name;
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(44)
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the
combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination;
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(45)
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the
total Loan-to-Value Ratio;
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(46)
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whether
the Mortgage Loan is convertible (Y or
N);
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2
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(47)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a relocation loan
(Y or
N);
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(48)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a leasehold loan (Y
or
N);
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(49)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an Alt A loan (Y or
N);
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(50)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a no ratio loan (Y
or
N);
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(51)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loan
(Y or N);
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(52)
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effective
LTV percentage for Pledged Asset Mortgage
Loans;
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(53)
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citizenship
type code;
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(54)
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a
code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a conforming or
non-conforming loan, based on the original loan
balance;
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(55)
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the
name of the client for which the Mortgage Loan was
originated;
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(56)
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the
program code;
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(57)
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the
loan sub doc code;
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(58)
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a
code indicating amortization type (1 = Full or 2 =
IO);
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(59)
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interest
only note payment;
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(60)
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first
full amortization payment date;
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(61)
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interest
only term, number of months;
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(62)
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remaining
interest only term, in number of
months;
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(63)
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a
code indicating borrower VOA or lender VOA (L or
B);
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(64)
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combined
current loan balance;
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(65)
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the
current monthly principal and interest
payment
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(66)
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the
current monthly tax and insurance
payment
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(67)
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a
code indicating whether the loan was originated through the correspondent,
retail or wholesale channel
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(68)
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front
end debt-to-income ratio
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(69)
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back
end debt-to income ratio;
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(70)
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the
initial rate cap for Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans;
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(71)
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the
first adjustment cap for Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans
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3
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(72)
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a
date when first full payment is due after interest-only period
is over for
Interest Only Mortgage Loans
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(73)
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a
code indicating age of Mortgage Loan in
months;
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(74)
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a
code indicating delinquency status for last twelve (12) months
(rolling);
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(75)
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minimum
interest rate allowed per Mortgage Note for Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans;
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(76)
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look-back
period for Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans (to determine loan
index);
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(77)
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minimum
rate first adjustment period percent for Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loans;
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(78)
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Mortgage
Loan maximum rate first adjustment period percent for Adjustable
Rate
Mortgage Loans;
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(79)
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a
code indicating if borrower is self-employed (Y or
N);
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(80)
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the
policy number or certificate number of the physical document evidencing
mortgage insurance;
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(81)
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the
borrower’s prior rent or mortgage payment history (not associated with
subject Mortgage Loan);
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(82)
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the
appraisal form used to document the Appraisal Value of the Mortgaged
Property;
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(83)
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documentation
type translated to Xxxxx’x
definitions;
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(84)
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type
of asset verification utilized for decisioning the loan, translated
to
Xxxxx’x definitions;
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(85)
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documentation
type translated to Standard & Poor’s
definitions;
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(86)
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type
of asset verification utilized for decisioning the loan, translated
to
Standard & Poor’s definitions;
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(87)
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documentation
type translated to Fitch’s
definition;
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The
Company shall provide the following
For
the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA):
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(88)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
ethnicity;
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(89)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
race;
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(90)
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lien
status;
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(91)
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for
cash-out refinance loans, the cash
purpose;
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(92)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable)
gender;
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(93)
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the
Mortgagor’s and co-Mortgagor’s (if applicable) social security
numbers;
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(94)
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the
number of units for the property;
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4
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(95)
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the
year in which the property was
built;
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(96)
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the
qualifying monthly income of the
Mortgagor;
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(97)
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the
number of bedrooms contained in the Mortgaged
Property;
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(98)
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a
code indicating first time buyer (Y or
N);
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(99)
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the
total rental income, if any;
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The
Company shall provide the following
for
the adjustable rate Mortgage Loans (if applicable):
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(100)
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the
maximum Mortgage Interest Rate under the terms of the Mortgage
Note;
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(101)
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the
Periodic Interest Rate Cap;
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(102)
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the
Index;
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(103)
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the
next interest rate and payment Adjustment
Date;
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(104)
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the
Gross Margin; and
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(105)
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the
lifetime interest rate cap.
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5
EXHIBIT
B
CONTENTS
OF EACH MORTGAGE FILE
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of the
following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser
prior
to or after the Closing Date and any prospective purchaser after the Closing
Date, and which shall be retained by the Company in the Servicing File or
delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached (the
"Agreement"):
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1)
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The
original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed
"Pay
to the order of without recourse" and signed in the name of the
Company by an authorized officer (in the event that the Mortgage
Loan was
acquired by the Company in a merger, the signature must be in the
following form: "[Company], successor by merger to [name of
predecessor]"; and in the event that the Mortgage Loan was acquired
or
originated by the Company while doing business under another name,
the
signature must be in the following form: "[Company], formerly
known as [previous name]").
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2)
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The
original of any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage
Note.
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3)
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Except
with respect to MERS Mortgage Loans, the original Mortgage, with
evidence
of recording thereon or a certified true and correct copy of the
Mortgage
sent for recordation. If in connection with any Mortgage Loan,
the Company 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 Company 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 Company 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 Company; 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 or by the
title
insurance company that issued the title policy to be a true and
complete
copy of the original recorded
Mortgage.
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4)
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The
originals or certified true copies of any document sent for recordation
of
all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements,
with
evidence of recording thereon.
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5)
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For
any Mortgage Loan not recorded in the name of MERS, the original
Assignment of Mortgage for each Mortgage Loan, in form and substance
acceptable for recording (except for the insertion of the name
of the
assignee and recording information). The Assignment of Mortgage
must be duly recorded only if recordation is either necessary under
applicable law or commonly required by private institutional mortgage
investors in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located or
on
direction of the Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is to
be recorded, the Mortgage shall be assigned to the
Purchaser. If the Assignment of Mortgage is not to be recorded,
the Assignment of Mortgage shall be delivered in blank. If the
Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Company in a merger, the Assignment
of
Mortgage must be made by “[Company], successor by merger to [name of
predecessor].” If the Mortgage Loan was acquired or originated
by the Company while doing business under another name, the Assignment
of
Mortgage must be by “[Company], formerly know as [previous
name].” Originals or certified true copies of documents sent
for recordation of all intervening assignments of the Mortgage
with
evidence of recording thereon, or if any such intervening assignment
has
not been returned from the applicable recording office or has been
lost or
if such public recording office retains the original recorded assignments
of mortgage, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the
Custodian, a photocopy of such intervening assignment, together
with (i)
in the case of a delay caused by the public recording office, an
Officer's
Certificate of the Company stating that such intervening assignment
of
mortgage has been dispatched to the appropriate public recording
office
for recordation and that such original recorded intervening assignment
of
mortgage or a copy of such intervening assignment of mortgage certified
by
the appropriate public recording office or by the title insurance
company
that issued the title policy to be a true and complete copy of
the
original recorded intervening assignment of mortgage will be promptly
delivered to the Custodian upon receipt thereof by the Company;
or (ii) in
the case of an intervening assignment where a public recording
office
retains the original recorded intervening assignment or in the
case where
an intervening assignment is lost after recordation in a public
recording
office, a copy of such intervening assignment certified by such
public
recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original
recorded
intervening assignment.
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6)
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The
original mortgagee certificate of title insurance or other evidence
of
title such as a copy of the title commitment or copy of the preliminary
title commitment.
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7)
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Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent executed in
connection
with the Mortgage.
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8)
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The
original Letter of Credit for each Pledged Asset Mortgage Loan
and an
assignment, in blank, from the Company to the Purchaser, of such
Letter of
Credit.
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9)
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For
each Cooperative Loan, the original or a copy of the
following:
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2
Pledge
Agreement entered into by the Mortgagor with respect to such Cooperative
Loan;
UCC-3
assignment in blank (or equivalent instrument), sufficient under the laws
of the
jurisdiction where the related Cooperative Apartment is located to reflect
of
record the sale and assignment of the Cooperative Loan to the
Purchaser;
Assignment
of Pledge Agreement in blank showing a complete chain of assignment from
the
originator of the related Cooperative Loan to the Company;
Form
UCC-1 and any continuation statements with evidence of filing thereon with
respect to such Cooperative Loan;
Cooperative
Shares with a Stock Certificate in blank attached;
Proprietary
Lease;
Assignment
of Proprietary Lease, in blank, and all intervening assignments
thereof;
Recognition
agreement of the interests of the mortgagee with respect to the Cooperative
Loan
by the Cooperative, the stock of which was pledged by the related Mortgagor
to
the originator of such Cooperative Loan; and
Any
assumption, consolidation or modification agreements relating to any of the
items specified above.
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicing File shall include each of the
following items to the extent in the possession of the Company or in the
possession of the Company’s agent(s):
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10)
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The
original hazard insurance policy and, if required by law, flood
insurance
policy, in accordance with Section 4.10 of the
Agreement.
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11)
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Residential
loan application.
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12)
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Mortgage
Loan closing statement.
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13)
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Verification
of employment and income, unless originated under the Company's
Limited
Documentation program, Xxxxxx Xxx Timesaver
Plus.
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14)
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Verification
of acceptable evidence of source and amount of down
payment.
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15)
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Credit
report on the Mortgagor.
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16)
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Residential
appraisal report.
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17)
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Photograph
of the Mortgaged Property.
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18)
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Survey
of the Mortgaged Property, if required by the title company or
applicable
law.
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3
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19)
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Copy
of each instrument necessary to complete identification of any
exception
set forth in the exception schedule in the title policy, i.e. map
or plat,
restrictions, easements, sewer agreements, home association declarations,
etc.
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20)
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All
required disclosure statements.
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21)
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If
available, termite report, structural engineer's report, water
potability
and septic certification.
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22)
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Sales
contract, if applicable.
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23)
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Evidence
of payment of taxes and insurance premiums, insurance claim files,
correspondence, current and historical computerized data files,
and all
other processing, underwriting and closing papers and records which
are
customarily contained in a mortgage loan file and which are required
to
document the Mortgage Loan or to service the Mortgage
Loan.
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24)
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Amortization
schedule, if available.
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25)
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Payment
history for any Mortgage Loan that has been closed for more than
90
days.
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26)
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Original
or certified copy of a power of attorney, if
applicable.
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In
the
event an Officer's Certificate of the Company is delivered to the Custodian
because of a delay caused by the public recording office in returning any
recorded document, the Company shall deliver to the Custodian, within 240
days
of the Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate which shall (i) identify the
recorded document, (ii) state that the recorded document has not been delivered
to the Custodian due solely to a delay caused by the public recording office,
(iii) state the amount of time generally required by the applicable recording
office to record and return a document submitted for recordation, and (iv)
specify the date the applicable recorded document will be delivered to the
Custodian. The Company shall be required to deliver to the Custodian
the applicable recorded document by the date specified in (iv)
above. An extension of the date specified in (iv) above may be
requested from the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
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EXHIBIT
C
Custodial
Agreement
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EXHIBIT
D
ASSIGNMENT,
ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT
____________,
20__
ASSIGNMENT,
ASSUMPTION AND RECOGNITION AGREEMENT, dated ___________________, 20__ between
_________________, a _________________ corporation having an office at
_________________ ("Assignor") and _________________, having an office at
_________________ ("Assignee"):
For
and
in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1.00) and other valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
and
of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree
as
follows:
1. The
Assignor hereby grants, transfers and assigns to Assignee all of the right,
title and interest of Assignor, as Purchaser, in, to and under that certain
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, (the "Seller's Warranties and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of _________________, by and between
_________________ (the "Purchaser"), and _________________ (the "Company"),
and
the Mortgage Loans delivered thereunder by the Company to the Assignor, and
that
certain Custodial Agreement, (the "Custodial Agreement"), dated as of
_________________, by and among the Company, the Purchaser and _________________
(the "Custodian").
2. The
Assignor warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the Assignee
that:
a. The
Assignor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the full right to
transfer the Mortgage Loans free from any and all claims and encumbrances
whatsoever;
b. The
Assignor has not received notice of, and has no knowledge of, any offsets,
counterclaims or other defenses available to the Company with respect to
the
Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loans;
c. The
Assignor has not waived or agreed to any waiver under, or agreed to any
amendment or other modification of, the Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, including without
limitation the transfer of the servicing obligations under the Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement. The Assignor has no knowledge of,
and has not received notice of, any waivers under or amendments or other
modifications of, or assignments of rights or obligations under, the Seller's
Warranties and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loans; and
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d. Neither
the Assignor nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or
accept
a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any interest
in
the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached
or negotiated with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made
any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner,
or
taken any other action which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage
Loans under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act") or which would render
the
disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section 5 of the 33 Act
or
require registration pursuant thereto.
3.
That
Assignee warrants and represent to, and covenants with, the Assignor and
the
Company pursuant to Section 12.10 of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement that:
a. The
Assignee agrees to be bound, as Purchaser, by all of the terms, covenants
and
conditions of the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage
Loans and the Custodial Agreement, and from and after the date hereof, the
Assignee assumes for the benefit of each of the Company and the Assignor
all of
the Assignor's obligations as purchaser thereunder;
b. The
Assignee understands that the Mortgage Loans have not been registered under
the
33 Act or the securities laws of any state;
c. The
purchase price being paid by the Assignee for the Mortgage Loans are in excess
of $250,000.00 and will be paid by cash remittance of the full purchase price
within 60 days of the sale;
d. The
Assignee is acquiring the Mortgage Loans for investment for its own account
only
and not for any other person. In this connection, neither the
Assignee nor any person authorized to act therefor has offered to sell the
Mortgage Loans by means of any general advertising or general solicitation
within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of US Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulation D, promulgated under the 1933 Act;
e. The
Assignee considers itself a substantial sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Mortgage
Loans;
f. The
Assignee has been furnished with all information regarding the Mortgage Loans
that it has requested from the Assignor or the Company;
g. Neither
the Assignee nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Mortgage Loans, any interest in the Mortgage
Loans or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or
accepted a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in the Mortgage Loans or any other similar security from, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with respect to the Mortgage Loans, any interest
in the
Mortgage Loans or any other similar security with, any person in any manner
which would constitute a distribution of the Mortgage Loans under the 33
Act or
which would render the disposition of the Mortgage Loans a violation of Section
5 of the 33 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such manner
with
respect to the Mortgage Loans; and
h. Either
(1) the Assignee is not an employee benefit plan ("Plan") within the meaning
of
section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA") or a plan (also "Plan") within the meaning of section 4975(e)(1)
of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Code"), and the Assignee is not directly
or
indirectly purchasing the Mortgage Loans on behalf of, investment manager
of, as
named fiduciary of, as Trustee of, or with assets of, a Plan; or (2) the
Assignee's purchase of the Mortgage Loans will not result in a prohibited
transaction under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.
i. The
Assignee's address for purposes of all notices and correspondence related
to the
Mortgage Loans and the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreements
is:
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
Attention:____________________
The
Assignee's wire transfer instructions for purposes of all remittances and
payments related to the Mortgage Loans and the Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement is:
______________________________
4.
From
and after the date hereof, the Company shall note the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans to the Assignee in its books and records, the Company shall recognize
the
Assignee as the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the Company shall service
the
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Assignee pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. It is
the
intention of the Assignor, the Company and the Assignee that the Servicing
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and
the
Assignee and their respective successors and assigns.
[Signatures
Follow]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Assignment and Assumption to
be
executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.
_________________________________
Assignor
By:______________________________
Name:___________________________
Its:______________________________
Taxpayer
ID:______________________
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_________________________________
Assignee
By:______________________________
Name:___________________________
Its:______________________________
Taxpayer
ID:______________________
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EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: The
[ ] agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] (the “Agreement”),
among [IDENTIFY PARTIES]
I,
________________________________, the _______________________ of [NAME OF
COMPANY], certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the [Master Servicer]
[Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers, with the knowledge
and
intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(1)
I
have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Company provided in
accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the
report on assessment of the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria set
forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act
and
Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and all servicing
reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans by the Company during 200[ ] that were delivered by
the
Company to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator]
[Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the “Company Servicing
Information”);
(2)
Based
on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances
under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
of
time covered by the Company Servicing Information;
(3)
Based
on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be
provided by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the [Depositor]
[Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee];
(4)
I am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Company as servicer
under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review
conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in
the
Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report,
the
Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material
respects; and
(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.
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Date:
_________________________
By:
Name:
________________________________
Title: ________________________________
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
OPINION OF COUNSEL
@
@
@
@
Re:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
Mortgage
Loan Series @
Dear
Sir/Madam:
I
am @ of
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and have acted as counsel to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
(the
“Company”), with respect to certain matters in connection with the sale by the
Company of the mortgage loans designated as Mortgage Loan Series @ (the
“Mortgage Loans”) pursuant to that certain Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement by and between the Company and @ (the “Purchaser”), dated as of @,
20__, (the “Agreements”), which sale is in the form of whole Mortgage
Loans. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Seller’s Warranties and Servicing
Agreement.
I
have
examined the following documents:
1. the
Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement;
2. the
form of endorsement of the Mortgage Notes; and
3. such
other documents, records and papers as I have deemed necessary and relevant
as a
basis for this opinion.
To
the
extent I have deemed necessary and proper, I have relied upon the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the
Agreements. I have assumed the authenticity of all documents
submitted to me as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal
capacity of natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all
documents.
Based
upon the foregoing, it is my opinion that;
1.
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The
Company is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United
States.
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2.
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The
Company has the power to engage in the transactions contemplated
by the
Agreements, the Custodial Agreement and all requisite power, authority
and
legal right to execute and deliver the Agreements, the Custodial
Agreement
and the Mortgage Loans, and to perform and observe the terms and
conditions of such instruments.
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3.
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Each
person who, as an officer or attorney-in-fact of the Company,
signed (a) the Agreements, by and between the
Company and the Purchaser, and (b) any other document delivered
prior hereto or on the date hereof in connection with the sale
and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Agreements
was, at
the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is, as of
the date
hereof, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such
officer or
attorney-in-fact, and the signatures of such persons appearing
on such
documents are their genuine
signatures.
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4.
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Each
of the Agreements, the Custodial Agreement, and the Mortgage Loans,
has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
is a
legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with
its
terms, subject to the effect of insolvency, liquidation, conservatorship
and other similar laws administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation affecting the enforcement of contract obligations of
insured
banks and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including
those respecting the availability of specific performance, none
of which
will materially interfere with the realization of the benefits
provided
thereunder or with the Purchaser’s ownership of the Mortgage
Loans.
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5.
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The
Company has been duly authorized to allow any of its officers to
execute
any and all documents by original or facsimile signature in order
to
complete the transactions contemplated by the Agreements and the
Custodial
Agreement and in order to execute the endorsements to the Mortgage
Notes
and the assignments of the Mortgages, and the original or facsimile
signature of the officer at the Company executing the Agreements,
the
Custodial Agreement, the endorsements to the Mortgage Notes and
the
assignments of the Mortgages represents the legal and valid signature
of
said officer of the Company.
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6.
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Either
(i) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Company of or compliance by the Company with
the
Agreements, the Custodial Agreement or the sale and delivery of
the
Mortgage Loans or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the
Agreements and the Custodial Agreement; or (ii) any required consent,
approval, authorization or order has been obtained by the
Company.
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7.
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Neither
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, nor the fulfillment
of the terms of the Agreements and the Custodial Agreement, will
conflict
with or results in or will result in a breach of or constitutes
or will
constitute a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company,
the
terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which
the
Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject,
or
violates any statute or order, rule, regulations, writ, injunction
or
decree of any court, governmental authority or regulatory body
to which
the Company is subject or by which it is
bound.
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8.
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There
is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the best of
my knowledge, threatened against the Company which, in my opinion,
either
in any one instance or in the aggregate, may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Company or in any material impairment
of the
right or ability of the Company to carry on its business substantially
as
now conducted or in any material liability on the part of the Company
or
which would draw into question the validity of the Agreements,
and the
Custodial Agreement, or of any action taken or to be taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated thereby, or which would be likely
to
impair materially the ability of the Company to perform under the
terms of
the Agreements and the Custodial
Agreement.
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9.
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For
purposes of the foregoing, I have not regarded any legal or governmental
actions, investigations or proceedings to be "threatened" unless
the
potential litigant or governmental authority has manifested to
the legal
department of the Company or an employee of the Company responsible
for
the receipt of process a present intention to initiate such proceedings;
nor have I regarded any legal or governmental actions, investigations
or
proceedings as including those that are conducted by state or federal
authorities in connection with their routine regulatory
activities. The sale of each Mortgage Note and Mortgage as and
in the manner contemplated by the Agreements is sufficient fully
to
transfer all right, title and interest of the Company thereto as
noteholder and mortgagee, apart from the rights to service the
Mortgage
Loans pursuant to the Agreements.
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10.
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The
form of endorsement that is to be used with respect to the Mortgage
Loans
is legally valid and sufficient to duly endorse the Mortgage Notes
to the
Purchaser. Upon the completion of the endorsement of the
Mortgage Notes and the completion of the assignments of the Mortgages,
and
the recording thereof, the endorsement of the Mortgage Notes, the
delivery
to the Custodian of the completed assignments of the Mortgages,
and the
delivery of the original endorsed Mortgage Notes to the Custodian
would be
sufficient to permit the entity to which such Mortgage Note is
initially
endorsed at the Purchaser’s direction, and to whom such assignment of
Mortgages is initially assigned at the Purchaser’s direction, to avail
itself of all protection available under applicable law against
the claims
of any present or future creditors of the Company, and would be
sufficient
to prevent any other sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation
of the Mortgages and the Mortgage Notes by the Company from being
enforceable.
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This
opinion is given to you for your sole benefit, and no other person or entity
is
entitled to rely hereon except that the purchaser or purchasers to which
you
initially and directly resell the Mortgage Loans may rely on this opinion
as if
it were addressed to them as of its date.
Sincerely,
@
@
@/@
EXHIBIT
G
SERVICING
CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by [the Company][Name of Subservicer]
shall address, as a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable
Servicing Criteria”
Reg
AB Reference
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Servicing
Criteria
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Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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Inapplicable
Servicing 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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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Reg
AB Reference
|
Servicing
Criteria con’t
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Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
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Cash
Collection and Administration con’t
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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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X
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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Pool
Asset Administration
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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Reg
AB Reference
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Servicing
Criteria con’t
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Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
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Pool
Asset Administration con’t
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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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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X
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Reg
AB Reference
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Servicing
Criteria con’t
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Applicable
Servicing Criteria
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Inapplicable
Servicing Criteria
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Pool
Asset Administration con’t
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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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X
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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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X
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