The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NAAC Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-Ar4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-Ar2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NAAC Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2004-Ar3)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) the Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, such Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference, and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust FundSchedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer and submitted to for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee for review prior to executionin connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to such Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Asap1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-Asap1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") , and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans through the exercise of the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement, including the Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Guides (special servicing option), which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the power liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and authorityother charges, subject the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Servicer. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the terms hereof (i) postponement of any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to execute any Mortgagor if in the Servicer’s reasonable and deliverprudent determination such waiver, on behalf modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Servicer has obtained the prior written consent of the Certificateholders and Purchaser, the TrusteeServicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, customary consents forgive the payment of principal or waivers and other instruments and documentsinterest, reduce or increase the outstanding principal balance (iiexcept for actual payments of principal) to consent to transfers or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event of any related Mortgaged Property such modification which has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and assumptions which permits the deferral of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure interest or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 4.04, the difference between (a) the otherwise scheduled Monthly Payment and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerServicer shall continue, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgmentempowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by any applicable holder of a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if required. The Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the 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 benefit of Purchaser and its successors and assigns. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement, the CertificateholdersPurchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if the Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date the Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from the Servicer. The Servicer shall prepare accurately and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and fully report its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating borrower credit files related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Transunion and Experian in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permita timely manner.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2005-1), Seller’s Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement (MASTR Asset Securitization Trust 2006-3)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If In addition, the Servicer shall not impose a Prepayment Charge in any instance when the Mortgage Loan is waived as permitted accelerated or where the Mortgagor has made a Principal Prepayment in full in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or due to a default by meeting both the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then neither the Servicer is required nor the Master Servicer shall have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Asap4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Asap3)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or Servicer, (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iv) the Servicer has not been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment Charge. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "“Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 ninety (90) days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five-percent (5% %) of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer it any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel form of Exhibit Q hereto for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.27, and further as provided in Section 4.023.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") , and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited toadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans through the exercise of the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the power and authorityServicer may waive, subject modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the terms hereof (i) postponement of any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to execute any Mortgagor if in the Servicer’s reasonable and deliverprudent determination such waiver, on behalf modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Servicer has obtained the prior written consent of the Certificateholders and Purchaser, the TrusteeServicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, customary consents forgive the payment of principal or waivers and other instruments and documentsinterest, reduce or increase the outstanding principal balance (iiexcept for actual payments of principal) to consent to transfers or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event of any related Mortgaged Property such modification which has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and assumptions which permits the deferral of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure interest or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 4.04, the difference between (a) the otherwise scheduled Monthly Payment and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerServicer shall continue, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgmentempowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by any applicable holder of a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, if required. The Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the 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 benefit of Purchaser and its successors and assigns. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement, the CertificateholdersPurchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if the Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date the Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from the Servicer. The Servicer shall prepare accurately and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and fully report its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating borrower credit files related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Transunion and Experian in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permita timely manner.
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Sources: Seller’s Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement (CSMC Mortgage Backed Trust Series 2007-1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the related to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-He2)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer ’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If a the Servicer waives any Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of other than pursuant to the standards described standard set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethis Section 3.01, then the Servicer is required to will pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount")Charge, from its own funds without any right of reimbursement, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Collection Account within 90 ninety (90) days of the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or receipt of notice or discovery by the Servicer of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; providedbreach. Furthermore, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence this paragraph shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in the Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, the Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference, and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of any uncollected Prepayment Charge if the failure to collect such amount is the direct result of inaccurate or incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer and submitted to for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee for review prior to executionin connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Nc1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If In addition, the Servicer shall not impose a Prepayment Charge in any instance when the Mortgage Loan is waived as permitted accelerated or where the Mortgagor has made a Principal Prepayment in full in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or due to a default by meeting both the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-Asap1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. (a) The Servicer Servicer, as an independent contractor, shall diligently service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of Notes from and after the Trust Closing Date and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement, including but not limited totaking all actions that a mortgagee is permitted or required to take by the FHA or VA, with respect to FHA Loans and VA Loans, as the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof case may be.
(ib) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerIssuer and the Servicer hereby agree as follows:
(i) The Servicer may waive any prepayment charge, assumption fee, late payment charge or any other charge in its own name connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Note;
(ii) The Servicer may arrange with a mortgagor a plan of relief, including a modification or in the name extension of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the TrusteeMortgage Note, when appropriate, rather than recommending liquidation; provided, however, such arrangement will be made only upon determining that the coverage of such Mortgage Note by any PMI Policy, FHA Insurance Contract or VA Loan Guaranty Certificate will not be affected and that any such modified Mortgage Note continues to be an Eligible Mortgage Note;
(iii) The Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, shall enforce "due-on-sale" clauses with respect to Mortgage Notes; provided, however, where an assumption of, or substitution of liability with respect to, a Mortgage Note is required by law, upon receipt of assurance that any PMI Policy covering such Mortgage Note will not be affected, the Servicer may permit the assumption of a Mortgage Note, pursuant to which the mortgagor shall remain liable on the Mortgage LoansNote, and or a substitution of liability with respect to such Mortgage Note, pursuant to which the related Mortgaged Properties held new Mortgagor shall be substituted for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them original Mortgagor as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer being liable on the Mortgage LoansNote. Upon receipt of such documents, Notwithstanding the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01foregoing, the Servicer shall advance not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Note that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate or cause affect the FHA Insurance Contract with respect to FHA Loans or the VA Loan Guaranty Agreement with respect to VA Loans;
(iv) The Servicer may give any consents under the terms and provisions of any Mortgage Note, including, without limitation, consents to the placing of easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions on any Mortgaged Property; and
(v) The Servicer may permit the modification of an Eligible Mortgage Note which the related Mortgagor has indicated a desire to refinance, or in connection with a prepayment, provided that any such Mortgage Note would continue to be advanced funds as necessary for Eligible Mortgage Note following such modification.
(c) In the purpose event of effecting any waiver or modification of the payment terms and provisions of taxes and assessments on any Mortgage Note pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 2.03, the Mortgaged Properties relating Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee or pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, to the Custodian, the original documentation reflecting such waiver or modification for addition to the related Servicing File.
(d) The Servicer shall establish and maintain adequate and customary books and records with respect to each Mortgage Loans in order to preserve Note and, upon request of the lien on Issuer or Trustee shall, within a reasonable time following the Mortgaged PropertyServicer's receipt of such request, which advances shall be reimbursable furnish the same (in the first instance from related collections from form of either an original document or a certified true copy of such original document) to the Mortgagors pursuant Issuer or Trustee. In the event of a request for any non-standard report, the Servicer and the Issuer shall mutually agree in writing to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred a reasonable expense reimbursement payable by the ServicerIssuer to the Servicer for such report. In servicing and administering FHA Loans and VA Loans, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes Servicer shall comply strictly with the Act and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties FHA Regulations, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, the VA Regulations and related insurance premiums shall notadministrative guidelines issued thereunder or pursuant thereto, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions and, to the Certificateholdersextent permitted hereunder, be added to promptly discharge all of the Stated Principal Balance obligations of the mortgagee thereunder and under each Mortgage, including the related Mortgage Loanspayment of any fees, notwithstanding that premiums and charges and the terms timely giving of such Mortgage Loans so permitnotices.
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Sources: Servicing Agreement (Main Place Real Estate Investment Trust /Md/)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Class A Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If In addition, the Servicer shall not impose a Prepayment Charge in any instance when the related Mortgage Loan is waived as permitted accelerated or where the Mortgagor has made a Principal Prepayment in full in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or due to a default by meeting both the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then neither the Servicer is required nor the Master Servicer shall have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event any Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the any Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties relating (to the extent the Servicer has been notified that such taxes or assessments have not been paid by the related Mortgagor, owner or servicer of the related First Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyLoan), which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Sponsor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Sponsor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. The Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of a First Mortgage Loan on a Mortgaged Property, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;
(ii) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing First Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the mortgage loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is not subject to negative amortization. The Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Properties related to Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer as often as deemed necessary by the Servicer in the Servicer’s sole discretion, to assure itself that the value of such Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage Loan is more than 60 days delinquent, the Servicer shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall keep a written or electronic report of each such inspection. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (SunTrust Acquisition Closed-End Seconds Trust, Series 2007-1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any prepayment charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event that the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer further is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the related to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Op1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If In addition, the Servicer shall not impose a Prepayment Charge in any instance when the Mortgage Loan is waived as permitted accelerated or where the Mortgagor has made a Principal Prepayment in full in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or due to a default by meeting both the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then neither the Servicer is required nor the Master Servicer shall have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer engaged by the Servicer, when the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-Wm2)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. (a) The Servicer Servicer, as an independent contractor, shall diligently service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of Notes from and after the Trust date hereof and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject taking all actions that a mortgagee is permitted or required to the terms hereof take.
(ib) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerOwner and the Servicer hereby agree as follows:
(i) The Servicer may waive any prepayment charge, assumption fee, late payment charge or any other charge in its own name connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Note;
(ii) The Servicer may arrange with a mortgagor a plan of relief, including a modification or in the name extension of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the TrusteeMortgage Note, when the appropriate, rather than recommending liquidation;
(iii) The Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, shall enforce "due-on-sale" clauses with respect to Mortgage Notes; provided, however, where an assumption of, or substitution of liability with respect to, a Mortgage Note is required by law the Servicer may permit the assumption of a Mortgage Note, pursuant to which the mortgagor shall remain liable on the Mortgage LoansNote, and or a substitution of liability with respect to such Mortgage Note, pursuant to which the new Mortgagor shall be substituted for the original Mortgagor as being liable on the Mortgage Note;
(iv) The Servicer may give any consents under the terms and provisions of any Mortgage Note, including, without limitation, consents to the placing of easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions on any Mortgaged Property; and
(v) The Servicer may permit the modification of an Eligible Mortgage Note which the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Mortgagor has indicated a desire to refinance provided that any such Mortgage Note would continue to be Eligible Mortgage Note following such modification;
(c) The Servicer shall prepare establish and deliver maintain adequate and customary books and records with respect to each Mortgage Note and, upon request of the Depositor and/or Owner shall, within a reasonable time following the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon Servicer's receipt of such documentsrequest, furnish the same (in the form of either an original document or a certified true copy of such original document) to the Owner. In the event of a request for any non-standard report, the Depositor and/or Servicer and the Trustee Owner shall execute such documents and deliver them mutually agree in writing to a reasonable expense reimbursement payable by the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish Owner to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permitreport.
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Sources: Servicing Agreement (Main Place Real Estate Investment Trust /Md/)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") , and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices and, including if any Mortgage Loan is held by a REMIC, the REMIC Provisions. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans through the exercise of the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Guides, which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the power liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and authorityother charges, subject the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Servicer. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers postponement of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the manner provided hereinServicer's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser (provided, however, that following the transfer of any Mortgage Loan to a REMIC any waiver or modification shall be consistent with the REMIC Provisions), (iii) to collect . In the event of any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure such modification or other conversion waiver which permits the deferral of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 4.04, the difference between (a) the otherwise scheduled Monthly Payment and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerServicer shall continue, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgmentempowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any forbearance agreement shall be approved by any applicable holder of a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if required. The Servicer is authorized and empwered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) 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 benefit of Purchaser and its successors and assigns. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement, the CertificateholdersPurchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if the Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date the Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from the Servicer. The Servicer shall prepare accurately and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and fully report its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating borrower credit files related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Transunion and Experian in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permita timely manner.
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Sources: Seller's Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loans transferred to a Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 hereof) on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "“Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge in respect of the Group I-IV Mortgage Loans, or Class P-V Certificates, in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge in respect of the Group V Mortgage Loans, by depositing such amount into the related Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its good faith reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by within three (3) Business Days of such waiver, the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as a result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) will only be allowed if such Servicing Advance is included in a Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, and (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Fm1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment judgement of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nomura Asset Acc Corp ALT LN TR Ser 2004-Ap2)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust FundSchedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer further is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating (to the extent the Servicer has been notified that such taxes or assessments have not been paid by the related Mortgagor, owner or servicer of the related First Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyLoan), which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. The Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of a First Mortgage Loan on a Mortgaged Property, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;
(ii) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing First Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the mortgage loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is not subject to negative amortization. The Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Properties related to Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer as often as deemed necessary by the Servicer in the Servicer’s sole discretion, to assure itself that the value of such Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage Loan is more than 60 days delinquent, the Servicer shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall keep a written or electronic report of each such inspection. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Servicer may make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and no Servicer shall permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Sl3)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. (a) The Servicer Servicer, as an independent contractor, shall diligently service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of from and after the Trust Closing Date and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement, including but not limited totaking all actions that a mortgagee is permitted or required to take by the FHA or VA, with respect to FHA Loans and VA Loans, as the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof case may be.
(ib) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerIssuer and the Servicer hereby agree as follows:
(i) The Servicer may waive any prepayment charge, assumption fee, late payment charge or any other charge in its own name connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan;
(ii) The Servicer may arrange with a mortgagor a plan of relief, including a modification or in the name extension of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the TrusteeMortgage Loan, when appropriate, rather than recommending liquidation; provided, however, such arrangement will be made only upon determining that the coverage of such Mortgage Loan by any PMI Policy, FHA Insurance Contract or VA Loan Guaranty Certificate will not be affected and that any such modified Mortgage Loan continues to be an Eligible Mortgage Loan;
(iii) The Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, shall enforce "due-on-sale" clauses with respect to Mortgage Loans; provided, however, where an assumption of, or substitution of liability with respect to, a Mortgage Loan is required by law, upon receipt of assurance that any PMI Policy covering such Mortgage Loan will not be affected, the Servicer may permit the assumption of a Mortgage Loan, pursuant to which the Mortgagor shall remain liable on the Mortgage LoansLoan, and or a substitution of liability with respect to such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to which the related Mortgaged Properties held new Mortgagor shall be substituted for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them original Mortgagor as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer being liable on the Mortgage LoansLoan. Upon receipt of such documents, Notwithstanding the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01foregoing, the Servicer shall advance not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate or cause affect the FHA Insurance Contract with respect to FHA Loans or the VA Loan Guaranty Agreement with respect to VA Loans;
(iv) The Servicer may give any consents under the terms and provisions of any Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, consents to the placing of easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions on any Mortgaged Property; and
(v) The Servicer may permit the modification of an Eligible Mortgage Loan which the related Mortgagor has indicated a desire to refinance, or in connection with a prepayment, provided that any such Mortgage Loan would continue to be advanced funds as necessary for Eligible Mortgage Loan following such modification.
(c) In the purpose event of effecting any waiver or modification of the payment terms and provisions of taxes and assessments on any Mortgage Loan pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 2.03, the Mortgaged Properties relating Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee or pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, to the Custodian, the original documentation reflecting such waiver or modification for addition to the related Servicing File.
(d) The Servicer shall establish and maintain adequate and customary books and records with respect to each Mortgage Loans in order to preserve Loan and, upon request of the lien on Issuer or Trustee shall, within a reasonable time following the Mortgaged PropertyServicer's receipt of such request, which advances shall be reimbursable furnish the same (in the first instance from related collections from form of either an original document or a certified true copy of such original document) to the Mortgagors pursuant Issuer or Trustee. In the event of a request for any non-standard report, the Servicer and the Issuer shall mutually agree in writing to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred a reasonable expense reimbursement payable by the ServicerIssuer to the Servicer for such report. In servicing and administering FHA Loans and VA Loans, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes Servicer shall comply strictly with the Act and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties FHA Regulations, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, the VA Regulations and related insurance premiums shall notadministrative guidelines issued thereunder or pursuant thereto, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions and, to the Certificateholdersextent permitted hereunder, be added to promptly discharge all of the Stated Principal Balance obligations of the mortgagee thereunder and under each Mortgage, including the related Mortgage Loanspayment of any fees, notwithstanding that premiums and charges and the terms timely giving of such Mortgage Loans so permitnotices.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The From and after the Closing Date to the Servicing Transfer Date, the GreenPoint Mortgage Loans will be serviced and administered by GreenPoint, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the GreenPoint Servicing Agreement. On and after the Servicing Transfer Date with respect to the GreenPoint Mortgage Loans, and on and after the Closing Date with respect to all other Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust FundSchedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer further is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating (to the extent the Servicer has been notified that such taxes or assessments have not been paid by the related Mortgagor, owner or servicer of the related First Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyLoan), which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. The Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of a First Mortgage Loan on a Mortgaged Property, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;
(ii) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing First Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the mortgage loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is not subject to negative amortization. The Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Properties related to Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer as often as deemed necessary by the Servicer in the Servicer’s sole discretion, to assure itself that the value of such Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage Loan is more than 60 days delinquent, the Servicer shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall keep a written or electronic report of each such inspection. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Servicer may make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and no Servicer shall permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Sl4)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "“Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 ninety (90) days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five percent (5% %) of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp Home Equity Trust 2005-He3)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust FundSchedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Fm2)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account and of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or Servicer, (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iv) the Servicer has not been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment Charge. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "“Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 ninety (90) days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than five-percent (5% %) of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer it any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable in the form of Exhibit Q hereto applicable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county all locations in which a the Mortgaged Property is Properties are located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee shall in no way be liable or responsible for the willful malfeasance of the Servicer, or for the wrongful or negligent actions taken by the Servicer, while the Servicer is acting pursuant to the powers granted to it in this paragraph. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.27, and further as provided in Section 4.023.32. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference, and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust FundSchedule. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer further is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating (to the extent the Servicer has been notified that such taxes or assessments have not been paid by the related Mortgagor, owner or servicer of the related First Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyLoan), which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. The Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of a First Mortgage Loan on a Mortgaged Property, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;
(ii) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing First Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the mortgage loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is not subject to negative amortization. The Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Properties related to Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer as often as deemed necessary by the Servicer in the Servicer’s sole discretion, to assure itself that the value of such Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage Loan is more than 60 days delinquent, the Servicer shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall keep a written or electronic report of each such inspection. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Servicer may make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and no Servicer shall permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. (a) The Servicer Servicer, as an independent contractor, shall diligently service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of Notes from and after the Trust date hereof and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable, consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices where such practices do not conflict with the requirements of this Agreement, including but not limited totaking all actions that a mortgagee is permitted or required to take by the FHA or VA, with respect to FHA Loans and VA Loans, as the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof case may be.
(ib) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerOwner and the Servicer hereby agree as follows:
(i) The Servicer may waive any prepayment charge, assumption fee, late payment charge or any other charge in its own name connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Note;
(ii) The Servicer may arrange with a mortgagor a plan of relief, including a modification or in the name extension of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the TrusteeMortgage Note, when appropriate, rather than recommending liquidation; provided, however, such arrangement will be made only upon determining that the coverage of such Mortgage Note by any PMI Policy, FHA Insurance Contract or VA Loan Guaranty Certificate will not be affected and that any such modified Mortgage Note continues to be an Eligible Mortgage Note;
(iii) The Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, shall enforce "due-on-sale" clauses with respect to Mortgage Notes; provided, however, where an assumption of, or substitution of liability with respect to, a Mortgage Note is required by law, upon receipt of assurance that the PMI Policy covering such Mortgage Note will not be affected, the Servicer may permit the assumption of a Mortgage Note, pursuant to which the mortgagor shall remain liable on the Mortgage LoansNote, and or a substitution of liability with respect to such Mortgage Note, pursuant to which the related Mortgaged Properties held new Mortgagor shall be substituted for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them original Mortgagor as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer being liable on the Mortgage LoansNote. Upon receipt of such documents, Notwithstanding the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01foregoing, the Servicer shall advance not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Note that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate or cause affect the FHA Insurance Contract with respect to FHA Loans or the VA Loan Guaranty Agreement with respect to VA Loans;
(iv) The Servicer may give any consents under the terms and provisions of any Mortgage Note, including, without limitation, consents to the placing of easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions on any Mortgaged Property; and
(v) The Servicer may permit the modification of an Eligible Mortgage Note which the related Mortgagor has indicated a desire to refinance provided that any such Mortgage Note would continue to be advanced funds as necessary for Eligible Mortgage Note following such modification;
(c) The Servicer shall establish and maintain adequate and customary books and records with respect to each Mortgage Note and, upon request of the purpose Owner shall, within a reasonable time following the Servicer's receipt of effecting such request, furnish the payment same (in the form of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating either an original document or a certified true copy of such original document) to the Mortgage Loans Owner. In the event of a request for any non-standard report, the Servicer and the Owner shall mutually agree in order writing to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred a reasonable expense reimbursement payable by the ServicerOwner to the Servicer for such report. In servicing and administering FHA Loans and VA Loans, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes Servicer shall comply strictly with the Act and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties FHA Regulations, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, the VA Regulations and related insurance premiums shall notadministrative guidelines issued thereunder or pursuant thereto, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions and, to the Certificateholdersextent permitted hereunder, be added to promptly discharge all of the Stated Principal Balance obligations of the mortgagee thereunder and under each Mortgage, including the related Mortgage Loanspayment of any fees, notwithstanding that premiums and charges and the terms timely giving of such Mortgage Loans so permitnotices.
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Sources: Servicing Agreement (Main Place Real Estate Investment Trust /Md/)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "“Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"”), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") , and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices and, including but if any Mortgage Loan is held by a REMIC, the REMIC Provisions. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans through the exercise of the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Fannie Mae Guides, which include, ▇▇▇ a▇▇ not limited to, provisions regarding the power liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and authorityother charges, subject the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of the Fannie Mae Guides, the provision▇ ▇▇ ▇his Agreement shall control and be binding upon the Purchaser and the Servicer. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers postponement of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the manner provided hereinServicer's reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser (provided, however, that following the transfer of any Mortgage Loan to a REMIC any waiver or modification shall be consistent with the REMIC Provisions), (iii) to collect . In the event of any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure such modification or other conversion waiver which permits the deferral of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 4.04, the difference between (a) the otherwise scheduled Monthly Payment and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerServicer shall continue, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgmentempowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any forbearance agreement shall be approved by any applicable holder of a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if required. The Servicer is authorized and empwered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) 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 benefit of Purchaser and its successors and assigns. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement, the CertificateholdersPurchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if the Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date the Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from the Servicer. The Servicer shall prepare accurately and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and fully report its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating borrower credit files related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Transunion & Experian in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permita timely manner.
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The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and to the extent consistent with such terms and in accordance with and exercising the same care in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account (including, compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws). To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge (the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Custodial Account within 90 days of notice or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above and the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "Accepted Servicing Practices") , and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administrationadministration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans through the exercise of the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. Except as set forth in this Agreement, including the Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the servicing provisions of the Fannie Mae Guides (special servicing option), which include, but not limited are no▇ ▇▇▇▇t▇▇ to, provisions regarding the power liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and authorityother charges, subject the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of mortgage impairment insurance, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, the title, management of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Files, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of the Fannie Mae Guides, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and b▇ ▇▇▇▇ing upon the Purchaser and the Servicer. Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the terms hereof (i) postponement of any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to execute any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's reasonable and deliverprudent determination such waiver, on behalf modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Purchaser, provided, however, that unless the Servicer has obtained the prior written consent of the Certificateholders and Purchaser, the TrusteeServicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, customary consents forgive the payment of principal or waivers and other instruments and documentsinterest, reduce or increase the outstanding principal balance (iiexcept for actual payments of principal) to consent to transfers or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event of any related Mortgaged Property such modification which has been agreed to in writing by the Purchaser and assumptions which permits the deferral of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure interest or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 4.04, the difference between (a) the otherwise scheduled Monthly Payment and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the ServicerServicer shall continue, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgmentempowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer may not enter into a forbearance agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Mortgage Loan which runs more than 180 days after the first delinquent Due Date. Any such agreement shall be approved by any applicable holder of a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if required. The Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Purchaser, in its own name, when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) 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 benefit of Purchaser and its successors and assigns. Unless a different time period is stated in this Agreement, the CertificateholdersPurchaser shall be deemed to have given consent in connection with a particular matter if the Purchaser does not affirmatively grant or deny consent within five (5) Business Days from the date the Purchaser receives a second written request for consent for such matter from the Servicer. The Servicer shall prepare accurately and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Servicer. In addition, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney agreeable to the Trustee and fully report its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for review prior to execution. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating borrower credit files related to the Mortgage Loans to Equifax, Transunion and Experian in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged Property, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.04, and further as provided in Section 4.02. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the payments of such taxes and assessments on the related Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permita timely manner.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (SunTrust Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-1f)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If In addition, the Servicer shall not impose a Prepayment Charge in any instance when the Mortgage Loan is waived as permitted accelerated or where the Mortgagor has made a Principal Prepayment in full in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or due to a default by meeting both the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then neither the Servicer is required nor the Master Servicer shall have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event that the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating (to the extent the Servicer has been notified that such taxes or assessments have not been paid by the related Mortgagor, owner or servicer of the related First Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyLoan), which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. The Servicer, in such capacity, may consent to the refinancing of a First Mortgage Loan on a Mortgaged Property, provided that the following requirements are met:
(i) the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing;
(ii) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing the existing First Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and
(iii) the mortgage loan evidencing the refinanced First Mortgage Loan is not subject to negative amortization. The Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Properties related to Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer as often as deemed necessary by the Servicer in the Servicer’s sole discretion, to assure itself that the value of such Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage Loan is more than 60 days delinquent, the Servicer shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. The Servicer shall keep a written or electronic report of each such inspection. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. From and after the Closing Date, the Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-Asl1)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the related Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws). the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder; To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable law. If a law or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by meeting both any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, provided and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
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Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-He3)
The Servicer to Act as Servicer. The On and after the Closing Date, the Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interest interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and all applicable law and regulations and, to the extent consistent with such terms and terms, in accordance with and exercising the same care manner in performing those practices that the Servicer customarily employs which it services and exercises in servicing and administering administers similar mortgage loans for its own account portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:
(including, compliance i) any relationship that the Servicer or any of its Affiliates may have with all applicable federal, state and local laws)the related Mortgagor;
(ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) the Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or
(iv) the Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans and shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar mortgage loans Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver is related to a default or reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or default, (Bii) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such Mortgagor to refinance with the Servicer or (iii) the Servicer reasonably believes such Prepayment Charge is unenforceable in accordance with applicable law or the collection of such related Prepayment Charge would otherwise violate applicable lawlaw or (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered “predatory” pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. If In addition, the Servicer shall not impose a Prepayment Charge in any instance when the Mortgage Loan is waived as permitted accelerated or where the Mortgagor has made a Principal Prepayment in full in connection with the workout of a delinquent Mortgage Loan or due to a default by meeting both the Mortgagor. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Prepayment Charge payable under the terms of the standards described Mortgage Note is less than the amount of the Prepayment Charge set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) abovethe Prepayment Charge Schedule or other information provided to the Servicer, then the Servicer is required and the Master Servicer shall not have any liability or obligation with respect to such difference (including any obligation to recalculate any Prepayment Charges), and in addition shall not have any liability or obligation to pay the amount of such waived any uncollected Prepayment Charge (if the "Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing failure to collect such amount into is the Custodial Account within 90 days direct result of notice inaccurate or discovery of such waiver meeting the standard set forth in both clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not waive more than 5% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth incomplete information on the Prepayment Charge Schedule Schedule. In the event the Servicer waives a Prepayment Charge in accordance connection with clauses (iii) and or (ii)(Biii) above. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreementthe preceding paragraph, any payments made by the Servicer in respect shall provide a written explanation of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant the Servicer’s determination to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above the Master Servicer, and the preceding sentence Master Servicer shall be deemed provide a copy of such writing to be paid outside of the Trust FundSponsor and the Depositor. Subject only to the above-described applicable servicing standards (the "“Accepted Servicing Practices"”) and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective related Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf goal of maximizing proceeds of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, Servicer in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, Trustee when the Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable best judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the DepositorTrust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge or subordination, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, Loans and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall execute such documents and deliver them provide to the ServicerMortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. In additionThe Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.14, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Servicer, and furnish to the Servicer any special or limited powers a power of attorney agreeable to in the Trustee and its counsel for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located form of Exhibit D hereto and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunderhereunder and furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer, provided and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such limited powers of attorney or other documents and shall be prepared indemnified by the Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with the Servicer’s use or misuse of any such power of attorney. The Servicer is hereby authorized and submitted empowered in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer engaged by the Servicer, when the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, 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 Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable by the Trust Fund to the Trustee for review prior to executionServicer. In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01Accepted Servicing Practices, the Servicer shall advance make or cause to be advanced funds made Servicing Advances as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the Mortgage Loans in order to preserve the lien on the Mortgaged PropertyProperties, which advances Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the related Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.043.07 of this Agreement, and further as provided in Section 4.023.09 of this Agreement; provided, however, the Servicer shall only make such Servicing Advance if the related Mortgagor has not made such payment and if the failure to make such Servicing Advance would result in the loss of the related Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or foreclosure as result of a tax lien; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be required to make such Servicing Advances only to the extent that such Servicing Advances, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will be recoverable by the Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan. All costs Any cost incurred by the Servicer, if any, Servicer in effecting the payments payment of such taxes and assessments on the related a Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums Property shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that Servicing Advances shall be reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement, and agree that no Servicing Advance shall be rejected or disallowed by any party unless it has been shown that such Servicing Advance was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (1) the Master Servicer shall not approve the reimbursement of any Servicing Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date (each, a “Pre-Cut-off Date Advance”) unless and until it has received a Servicing Advance Schedule listing the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances made in respect of such Mortgage Loan from (a) the Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer prior to the Cut-off Date and/or (b) the Depositor with respect to any Mortgage Loans that were transferred to the Servicer after the Cut-off Date, as applicable, (2) the aggregate Pre-Cut-off Date Advances reimbursable hereunder with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not exceed the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule delivered to the Master Servicer, (3) the Depositor shall be deemed to have agreed with and approved the Pre-Cut-off Date Advances shown on any Servicing Advance Schedule furnished to the Master Servicer, and (4) the Master Servicer will have no liability to the Depositor, the Servicer or any other Person, including any Certificateholder, for approving reimbursement of related Pre-Cut-off Date Advances so long as the aggregate amount of such advances reimbursed hereunder does not exceed of the amount of Pre-Cut-off Date Advances for such Mortgage Loan shown on the Servicing Advance Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan and shall not permit any modification with respect to any related Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such related Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) or any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any related Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause any Trust REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions after the startup date” under the REMIC Provisions. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to a Mortgage Loan contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to arbitrate disputes (at the option of the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust), the Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to waive the Trustee’s right or option to arbitrate disputes and to send written notice of such waiver to the Mortgagor, although the Mortgagor may still require arbitration at its option. The Servicer will 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 or their successors on a monthly basis.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-He5)