RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC.

                                  as Depositor



                                       and



                            WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

                                as Owner Trustee


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                      AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of June 28, 2000

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                         Home Loan-Backed Certificates,
                                 Series 2000-HI3



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                                       Table of Contents

        Section                                                                           Page

                                          ARTICLE I

                                         Definitions

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        1.01.      Definitions...............................................................1
        1.02.      Other Definitional Provisions.............................................1

                                          ARTICLE II

                                         Organization

        2.01.      Name......................................................................3
        2.02.      Office....................................................................3
        2.03.      Purposes and Powers.......................................................3
        2.04.      Appointment of Owner Trustee..............................................4
        2.05.      Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate........................4
        2.06.      Declaration of Trust......................................................4
        2.07.      Liability of the Holders of the Certificates..............................4
        2.08.      Title to Trust Property...................................................4
        2.09.      Situs of Trust............................................................4
        2.10.      Representations and Warranties of the Depositor...........................5
        2.11.      Payment of Trust Fees.....................................................5

                                         ARTICLE III

                                Conveyance of the Home Loans;
                                         Certificates

        3.01.      Conveyance of the Home Loans..............................................6
        3.02.      Initial Ownership.........................................................6
        3.03.      The Certificates..........................................................6
        3.04.      Authentication of Certificates............................................6
        3.05.      Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates..7
        3.06.      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.........................9
        3.07.      Persons Deemed Certificateholders........................................10
        3.08.      Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses................10
        3.09.      Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................10
        3.10.      Certificate Paying Agent.................................................10
        3.11.      Cooperation..............................................................11



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Section                                                                                   Page


                                          ARTICLE IV

                            Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee

        4.01.      General Authority........................................................12
        4.02.      General Duties...........................................................12
        4.03.      Action upon Instruction..................................................12
        4.04.      No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or in Instructions
                    ........................................................................13
        4.05.      Restrictions.............................................................13
        4.06.      Prior Notice to Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer with Respect to
                   Certain Matters..........................................................13
        4.07.      Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.............14
        4.08.      Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy..................14
        4.09.      Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power................................14
        4.10.      Majority Control.........................................................14
        4.11.      Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions....................................15

                                          ARTICLE V

                                  Application of Trust Funds

        5.01.      Distributions............................................................16
        5.02.      Method of Payment........................................................16
        5.03.      Signature on Returns.....................................................16
        5.04.      Statements to Certificateholders.........................................17
        5.05.      Tax Reporting............................................................17

                                          ARTICLE VI

                                 Concerning the Owner Trustee

        6.01.      Acceptance of Trusts and Duties..........................................18
        6.02.      Furnishing of Documents..................................................19
        6.03.      Representations and Warranties...........................................19
        6.04.      Reliance; Advice of Counsel..............................................20
        6.05.      Not Acting in Individual Capacity........................................20
        6.06.      Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Related Documents...........20
        6.07.      Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes.............................21



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                                         ARTICLE VII

                                Compensation of Owner Trustee

        7.01.      Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses........................................22
        7.02.      Indemnification..........................................................22

                                         ARTICLE VIII

                                Termination of Trust Agreement

        8.01.      Termination of Trust Agreement...........................................24

                                          ARTICLE IX

                    Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees

        9.01.      Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee...............................26
        9.02.      Replacement of Owner Trustee.............................................26
        9.03.      Successor Owner Trustee..................................................27
        9.04.      Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.................................27
        9.05.      Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................27

                                          ARTICLE X

                                        Miscellaneous

        10.01.     Amendments...............................................................29
        10.02.     No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate.....................................30
        10.03.     Limitations on Rights of Others..........................................30
        10.04.     Notices..................................................................30
        10.05.     Severability.............................................................31
        10.06.     Separate Counterparts....................................................31
        10.07.     Successors and Assigns...................................................31
        10.08.     No Petition..............................................................31
        10.09.     No Recourse..............................................................31
        10.10.     Headings.................................................................32
        10.11.     GOVERNING LAW............................................................32
        10.12.     Integration..............................................................32
        10.13.     Rights of Credit Enhancer to Exercise Rights of Certificateholders.......32

Signatures .................................................................................40



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EXHIBIT

Exhibit A - Form of Certificate............................................................A-1
Exhibit B - Certificate of Trust of Residential Home
                        Loan Trust 2000-HI3 ...............................................B-1
Exhibit C - Form of 144A Investment Representation.........................................C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Investor Representation Letter.........................................D-1
Exhibit E - Form of Transferor Representation Letter.......................................E-1
Exhibit F - Form of Certificate of Non-Foreign Status......................................F-1
Exhibit G - Form of ERISA Representation Letter............................................G-1
Exhibit H - Form of Representation Letter..................................................H-1


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        This Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2000 (as
amended from time to time, this "Trust Agreement"),  between RESIDENTIAL FUNDING
MORTGAGE  SECURITIES  II,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation,  as  depositor  (the
"Depositor") and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,  a Delaware banking  corporation,  as
owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"),


                                       WITNESSETH THAT:

        WHEREAS,  the  Depositor  and the  Owner  Trustee  entered  into a trust
agreement  dated as of June 16,  2000,  in  connection  with the  formation of a
Delaware business trust (the "Original Trust Agreement");

     WHEREAS,  the Depositor and the Owner Trustee wish to amend and restate the
Original Trust Agreement;

        NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  mutual  agreements  herein
contained, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee agree as follows:


                                           ARTICLE I

                                          Definitions

        Section  1.01.  Definitions.  For all purposes of this Trust  Agreement,
except as otherwise  expressly  provided herein or unless the context  otherwise
requires, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in Appendix A to the  Indenture  dated June 28, 2000 (the
"Indenture"),  between  Home  Loan  Trust  2000-HI3,  as  issuer,  and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as indenture  trustee.  All other  capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings specified herein.

        Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.

        (a) All terms  defined in this Trust  Agreement  shall have the  defined
meanings  when  used in any  certificate  or other  document  made or  delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

        (b) As used in this  Trust  Agreement  and in any  certificate  or other
document  made or delivered  pursuant  hereto or thereto,  accounting  terms not
defined in this Trust  Agreement or in any such  certificate or other  document,
and  accounting  terms  partly  defined in this Trust  Agreement  or in any such
certificate  or  other  document  to the  extent  not  defined,  shall  have the
respective   meanings  given  to  them  under  generally   accepted   accounting
principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Trust
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the
meanings of such terms  under  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,  the
definitions  contained  in this Trust  Agreement or in any such  certificate  or
other document shall control.



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        (c) The words  "hereof,"  "herein,"  "hereunder"  and  words of  similar
import when used in this Trust  Agreement shall refer to this Trust Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular  provision of this Trust  Agreement;  Article,
Section and Exhibit references  contained in this Trust Agreement are references
to  Articles,  Sections  and  Exhibits  in or to  this  Trust  Agreement  unless
otherwise  specified;  and the term  "including"  shall mean "including  without
limitation".

        (d) The definitions  contained in this Trust Agreement are applicable to
the singular as well as the plural  forms of such terms and to the  masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.

        (e) Any agreement,  instrument or statute  defined or referred to herein
or in any instrument or certificate  delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement,  instrument  or statute  as from time to time  amended,  modified  or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments)  references
to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a
Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.


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                                   ARTICLE II

                                  Organization

        Section  2.01.  Name.  The trust created  hereby (the "Trust")  shall be
known as "Home Loan Trust 2000-HI3," in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct
the business of the Trust,  make and execute  contracts and other instruments on
behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.

        Section  2.02.  Office.  The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware
as the Owner Trustee may designate by written  notice to the  Certificateholders
and the Depositor.

     Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is to engage in
the following activities:

               (i) to  issue  the  Notes  pursuant  to  the  Indenture  and  the
          Certificates  pursuant to this Trust  Agreement  and to sell the Notes
          and the Certificates;

               (ii) to  purchase  the Home Loans and to pay the  organizational,
          start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust;

               (iii) to  assign,  grant,  transfer,  pledge  and convey the Home
        Loans  pursuant to the Indenture and to hold,  manage and  distribute to
        the Certificateholders  pursuant to Section 5.01 any portion of the Home
        Loans  released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to,
        the Indenture;

               (iv) to enter into and  perform its  obligations  under the Basic
          Documents to which it is to be a party;

               (v) to  engage  in  those  activities,  including  entering  into
        agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the
        foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected  therewith,  including,
        without  limitation,  to accept additional  contributions of equity that
        are not subject to the Lien of the Indenture; and

               (vi) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in
        such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation
        of the  Owner  Trust  Estate  and the  making  of  distributions  to the
        Certificateholders and the Noteholders.

The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities.  The Trust
shall not engage in any activity other than in connection  with the foregoing or
other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Trust Agreement or the
Basic Documents while any Note is outstanding without the consent of the Holders
of a majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates and the
Indenture Trustee.



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        Section  2.04.  Appointment  of  Owner  Trustee.  The  Depositor  hereby
appoints  the Owner  Trustee as trustee  of the Trust  effective  as of the date
hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.

        Section 2.05.  Initial Capital  Contribution of Owner Trust Estate.  The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers,  conveys and sets over to the Trust,
as of the date  hereof,  the sum of $1. The Owner  Trustee  hereby  acknowledges
receipt in trust from the  Depositor,  as of the date hereof,  of the  foregoing
contribution,  which shall  constitute the initial corpus of the Trust and shall
be deposited in the  Certificate  Distribution  Account.  The Owner Trustee also
acknowledges on behalf of the Issuer, the receipt in trust of the Home Loans and
a Credit Enhancement  Instrument assigned to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.01,
which shall constitute the Owner Trust Estate.

        Section 2.06.  Declaration of Trust.  The Owner Trustee hereby  declares
that it shall  hold the Owner  Trust  Estate in trust  upon and  subject  to the
conditions  set forth herein for the use and benefit of the  Certificateholders,
subject to the  obligations  of the Trust under the Basic  Documents.  It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business trust under
the  Business  Trust  Statute  and that  this  Trust  Agreement  constitute  the
governing  instrument of such business  trust.  Effective as of the date hereof,
the Owner Trustee shall have all rights,  powers and duties set forth herein and
in the Business Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing  the purposes of the
Trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for federal, state
and local income and franchise  tax  purposes,  the Trust shall be treated as an
entity wholly owned by the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, with the assets of
the entity  being the Trust  Estate,  and the Notes being debt of the entity and
the  provisions of this Trust  Agreement  shall be  interpreted  to further this
intention.  If more than one person owns the Certificates for federal income tax
purposes,  then it is the  intention  of the  parties  hereto,  that  solely for
federal,  state and local income and  franchise  tax purposes the Trust shall be
treated as a  partnership,  with the assets of the  partnership  being the Trust
Estate,  the partners of the partnership  being the  Certificateholders  and the
Notes being debt of the  partnership  and the provisions of this Trust Agreement
shall be interpreted to further this intention.  The parties agree that,  unless
otherwise  required by appropriate tax authorities,  the Owner Trustee will file
or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns,  reports and other forms
consistent  with the  characterization  of the Owner  Trust as an entity  wholly
owned by the Depositor or an affiliate  thereof,  or, if two or more persons own
the Certificates, as a partnership for such tax purposes.

        Section 2.07. Liability of the Holders of the Certificates.  The Holders
of the  Certificates  shall be liable for any entity level taxes  imposed on the
Owner Trust.

        Section 2.08.  Title to Trust  Property.  Legal title to the Owner Trust
Estate  shall be vested at all times in the  Trust as a  separate  legal  entity
except where  applicable law in any  jurisdiction  requires title to any part of
the Owner  Trust  Estate to be vested in a trustee  or  trustees,  in which case
title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee,  a co-trustee  and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.

        Section 2.09. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered
in the State of Delaware.  All bank accounts  maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust  shall be located in the State of  Delaware  or the State of
New  York.  The Trust  shall not have any  employees  in any  state  other  than
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Owner Trustee from having  employees  within or without the State of Delaware or
taking  actions  outside the State of  Delaware in order to comply with  Section
2.03.  Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or New York,  and
payments  will be made by the Trust  only from  Delaware  or New York.  The only
office of the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office in Delaware.

        Section  2.10.  Representations  and  Warranties of the  Depositor.  The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:

                 (i) The Depositor is duly  organized and validly  existing as a
        corporation  in good  standing  under the laws of the State of Delaware,
        with  power and  authority  to own its  properties  and to  conduct  its
        business as such  properties  are  currently  owned and such business is
        presently conducted.

                (ii) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
        corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and
        approvals in all  jurisdictions  in which the  ownership or lease of its
        property   or  the  conduct  of  its   business   shall   require   such
        qualifications  and in which the  failure  to so  qualify  would  have a
        material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition
        (financial  or other) of the  Depositor and the ability of the Depositor
        to perform under this Trust Agreement.

               (iii) The  Depositor  has the power and  authority to execute and
        deliver this Trust  Agreement and to carry out its terms;  the Depositor
        has full power and  authority to sell and assign the property to be sold
        and  assigned to and  deposited  with the Trust as part of the Trust and
        the Depositor has duly  authorized  such sale and assignment and deposit
        to the  Trust by all  necessary  corporate  action;  and the  execution,
        delivery  and  performance  of  this  Trust  Agreement  have  been  duly
        authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.

                (iv) The consummation of the  transactions  contemplated by this
        Trust  Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict
        with,  result in any  breach of any of the terms and  provisions  of, or
        constitute  (with or without  notice or lapse of time) a default  under,
        the  articles  of  incorporation  or  bylaws  of the  Depositor,  or any
        indenture,  agreement or other  instrument  to which the  Depositor is a
        party or by which it is bound;  nor result in the creation or imposition
        of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
        indenture,  agreement or other  instrument  (other than  pursuant to the
        Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor's
        knowledge,  any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of
        any court or of any  federal or state  regulatory  body,  administrative
        agency or other governmental  instrumentality  having  jurisdiction over
        the Depositor or its properties.

        Section  2.11.  Payment of Trust Fees.  The Owner  Trustee shall pay the
Trust's  fees and  expenses  incurred  with  respect to the  performance  of the
Trust's duties under the Indenture.



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                                   ARTICLE III

                          Conveyance of the Home Loans;
                                  Certificates

        Section 3.01. Conveyance of the Home Loans. The Depositor,  concurrently
with the execution and delivery hereof,  does hereby transfer,  convey, sell and
assign to the Trust, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes and the  Certificates
and the Credit Enhancer,  without recourse, all its right, title and interest in
and to the Home Loans. The Depositor will also provide the Trust with the Credit
Enhancement Instrument.

        The parties  hereto  intend that the  transaction  set forth herein be a
sale by the  Depositor  to the Trust of all of its right,  title and interest in
and to the Home Loans. In the event that the transaction set forth herein is not
deemed  to be a sale,  the  Depositor  hereby  grants  to the  Trust a  security
interest  in all of its  right,  title and  interest  in, to and under the Owner
Trust Estate, all distributions thereon and all proceeds thereof; and this Trust
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.

        Section 3.02. Initial Ownership.  Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Depositor  pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the conveyance
of the Home Loans pursuant to Section 3.01 and the issuance of the Certificates,
the Depositor shall be the sole Certificateholder.

     Section 3.03. The Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations  of a  Certificate  Percentage  Interest of 10.0000%  and integral
multiples of 0.0001% in excess thereof.

        The  Certificates  shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or
facsimile   signature  of  an  authorized  officer  of  the  Owner  Trustee  and
authenticated in the manner provided in Section 3.04.  Certificates  bearing the
manual or facsimile  signatures of  individuals  who were, at the time when such
signatures  shall have been affixed,  authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust,
shall be validly  issued and  entitled to the  benefit of this Trust  Agreement,
notwithstanding  that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the  authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did
not  hold  such  offices  at the date of  authentication  and  delivery  of such
Certificates. A Person shall become a Certificateholder and shall be entitled to
the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder  hereunder upon
such Person's acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in such Person's name,
pursuant to Section 3.05.

        A transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder and shall
be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a  Certificateholder
hereunder upon such transferee's  acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in
such  transferee's  name pursuant to and upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 3.05.

        Section 3.04.  Authentication  of  Certificates.  Concurrently  with the
acquisition of the Home Loans by the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Paying Agent shall cause the Certificates in an initial  Certificate  Percentage
Interest  of 100.00% to be executed  on behalf of the Trust,  authenticated  and
delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor,  signed by its chairman
of the board,  its president or any vice president,  without  further  corporate
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authorized denominations. No Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit
under this Trust Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless there shall appear
on such  Certificate a certificate of  authentication  substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate  Paying
Agent, by manual  signature;  such  authentication  shall constitute  conclusive
evidence that such Certificate shall have been duly  authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.

     Section 3.05.  Registration  of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.


     (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office
or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate  Register in which,
subject to such  reasonable  regulations  as it may prescribe,  the  Certificate
Registrar shall provide for the  registration  of Certificates  and of transfers
and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Indenture Trustee shall be
the initial Certificate  Registrar.  If the Certificate  Registrar resigns or is
removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar.

        Subject  to  satisfaction  of  the  conditions  set  forth  below,  upon
surrender  for  registration  of  transfer of any  Certificate  at the office or
agency  maintained  pursuant to Section 3.09,  the Owner Trustee shall  execute,
authenticate  and  deliver  (or shall  cause the  Certificate  Registrar  as its
authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated
transferee  or  transferees,   one  or  more  new   Certificates  in  authorized
denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the
Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Certificateholder,
Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations
of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09.

        Every Certificate  presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange  shall be  accompanied  by a written  instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder
or  such   Certificateholder's   attorney  duly  authorized  in  writing.   Each
Certificate  surrendered  for  registration  of transfer  or  exchange  shall be
cancelled  and  subsequently   disposed  of  by  the  Certificate  Registrar  in
accordance with its customary practice.

        No service  charge  shall be made for any  registration  of  transfer or
exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.

        Except as described below,  each  Certificateholder  shall establish its
non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9
and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit F hereto.

        A  Certificate  may be  transferred  to a  Certificateholder  unable  to
establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if
such Certificateholder  provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an  expense  of the  Trust,  the  Owner  Trustee,  the  Certificate
Registrar  or the  Depositor,  satisfactory  to the  Depositor  and  the  Credit
Enhancer,  that such  transfer  (1) will not  affect the tax status of the Owner
Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any  Certificateholder,
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as a result of the imposition of any United States federal  withholding taxes on
the Trust  (except to the extent  that such  withholding  taxes would be payable
solely  from  amounts   otherwise   distributable  to  the  Certificate  of  the
prospective   transferee).   If  such   transfer   occurs   and   such   foreign
Certificateholder  becomes  subject to such United  States  federal  withholding
taxes,  any  such  taxes  will  be  withheld  by  the  Indenture  Trustee.  Each
Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the
Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8
every three years.

        (b)(i) No transfer,  sale,  pledge or other disposition of a Certificate
shall be made unless such transfer,  sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt
from the  registration  requirements  of the  Securities  Act and any applicable
state  securities  laws or is made in accordance  with said Act and laws. In the
event of any such transfer,  the  Certificate  Registrar or the Depositor  shall
prior to such  transfer  require  the  transferee  to execute  (A) either (i) an
investment  letter in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (or in
such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and
the Depositor)  which  investment  letters shall not be an expense of the Trust,
the Owner  Trustee,  the  Certificate  Registrar,  the  Master  Servicer  or the
Depositor  and which  investment  letter states that,  among other things,  such
transferee (a) is a "qualified  institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A,
acting for its own  account or the  accounts of other  "qualified  institutional
buyers"  as  defined  under  Rule  144A,  and (b) is  aware  that  the  proposed
transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under
the  Securities  Act,  provided  by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written  Opinion  of
Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance  satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar  and the  Depositor  that such  transfer  may be made  pursuant  to an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said
Act and laws or is being made  pursuant to said Act and laws,  which  Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar,  the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes
a representation letter,  substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the
transferor  executes  a  representation  letter,  substantially  in the  form of
Exhibit E hereto,  each acceptable to and in form and substance  satisfactory to
the  Certificate  Registrar and the Depositor  certifying the facts  surrounding
such  transfer,  which  representation  letters  shall not be an  expense of the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,  the Master Servicer or the
Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign  Status (in  substantially  the
form  attached  hereto as Exhibit  F)  acceptable  to and in form and  substance
reasonably  satisfactory to the Certificate  Registrar and the Depositor,  which
certificate  shall  not be an  expense  of the  Trust,  the Owner  Trustee,  the
Certificate  Registrar or the Depositor.  If the  Certificateholder is unable to
provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder  must provide
an  Opinion  of  Counsel  as  described   in  the   preceding   paragraph.   The
Certificateholder  desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree
to,  indemnify the Trust,  the Owner Trustee,  the  Certificate  Registrar,  the
Master  Servicer and the Depositor  against any liability that may result if the
transfer  is not so exempt or is not made in  accordance  with such  federal and
state laws.

        (ii) No transfer of Certificates  or any interest  therein shall be made
to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar
and  the  Master  Servicer  are  provided  with  an  Opinion  of  Counsel  which
establishes  to the  satisfaction  of the  Depositor,  the  Owner  Trustee,  the
Certificate  Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase of Certificates
is  permissible  under  applicable  law,  will not  constitute  or result in any
prohibited  transaction  under  ERISA or  Section  4975 of the Code and will not
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the Master  Servicer to any  obligation or liability  (including  obligations or
liabilities  under  ERISA or  Section  4975 of the  Code) in  addition  to those
undertaken in this  Agreement,  which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee,  the  Certificate  Registrar or the Master
Servicer.  In  lieu  of  such  Opinion  of  Counsel,  a  Person  acquiring  such
Certificates  may  provide  a  certification  in the form of  Exhibit  G to this
Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master  Servicer may rely upon  without  further  inquiry or  investigation.
Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection
with  the  initial  transfer  of any such  Certificate  by the  Depositor  to an
affiliate  of the  Depositor  (in which case,  the  Depositor  or any  affiliate
thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or
a Person  investing  Plan  Assets of any Plan)  and the Owner  Trustee  shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation  (which, upon the request of
the Owner Trustee, shall be a written  representation) from the Depositor of the
status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.

        (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted,  and
no  such  transfer  shall  be  registered  by the  Certificate  Registrar  or be
effective  hereunder,   unless  evidenced  by  an  Opinion  of  Counsel,   which
establishes  that such transfer or the  registration  of such transfer would not
cause the Trust to be classified  as a publicly  traded  partnership,  by having
more than 100  Certificateholders  at any time  during the  taxable  year of the
Trust,  an  association  taxable as a  corporation,  a corporation  or a taxable
mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes,  which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate  Registrar and shall be an
expense of the  proposed  transferee.  No Opinion of Counsel will be required if
such  transfer  is made to a  nominee  of an  existing  beneficial  holder  of a
Certificate.

        (iv) In  addition,  no  transfer,  sale,  assignment,  pledge  or  other
disposition  of a  Certificate  shall be made  unless  the  proposed  transferee
executes  a  representation  letter  substantially  in the form of Exhibit D, or
substantially  in the form of  Exhibit  H  hereto,  that (1) the  transferee  is
acquiring  the  Certificate  for its own  behalf  and is not  acting as agent or
custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and
(2) if the  transferee is a  partnership,  grantor  trust or S  corporation  for
federal  income  tax  purposes,  the  Certificates  are not more than 50% of the
assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

        Section 3.06. Mutilated,  Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a)
any mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar,  or
if the Certificate  Registrar shall receive  evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction,  loss or theft of any  Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered
to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as
may be required  by them to save each of them and the Issuer from harm,  then in
the absence of notice to the  Certificate  Registrar  or the Owner  Trustee that
such  Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,  the Owner Trustee
shall  execute on behalf of the Trust and the Owner  Trustee or the  Certificate
Paying  Agent,  as the Trust's  authenticating  agent,  shall  authenticate  and
deliver,  in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,  destroyed,  lost or
stolen  Certificate,  a new  Certificate  of like  tenor  and  denomination.  In
connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.06, the
Owner  Trustee or the  Certificate  Registrar  may  require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental  charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.  Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
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evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued,  whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

        Section  3.07.   Persons   Deemed   Certificateholders.   Prior  to  due
presentation of a Certificate for  registration of transfer,  the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate  Registrar or any Certificate  Paying Agent may treat the Person
in whose name any Certificate is registered in the  Certificate  Register as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Section 5.02 and for all other purposes  whatsoever,  and none of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee,  the Certificate  Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be bound by
any notice to the contrary.

        Section 3.08. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
The  Certificate  Registrar  shall  furnish  or  cause  to be  furnished  to the
Depositor or the Owner Trustee,  within 15 days after receipt by the Certificate
Registrar of a written request therefor from the Depositor or the Owner Trustee,
a list, in such form as the Depositor or the Owner Trustee,  as the case may be,
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the  Certificateholders as
of the most  recent  Record  Date.  Each  Holder,  by  receiving  and  holding a
Certificate,  shall be deemed to have  agreed not to hold any of the Trust,  the
Depositor,  the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason
of the  disclosure of its name and address,  regardless of the source from which
such information was derived.

        Section 3.09.  Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Owner  Trustee,  on
behalf of the Trust, shall maintain in the City of New York an office or offices
or agency or agencies where  Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where  notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee
in respect of the Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served.  The Owner
Trustee initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee
as its office for such  purposes.  The Owner Trustee  shall give prompt  written
notice to the Depositor and the Certificateholders of any change in the location
of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

        Section 3.10.  Certificate  Paying Age(a) The  Certificate  Paying Agent
shall make distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution
Account  on  behalf  of the  Trust  in  accordance  with the  provisions  of the
Certificates  and Section 5.01 hereof from payments  remitted to the Certificate
Paying Agent by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture.
The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as Certificate  Paying Agent and
the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it
will  be  bound  by the  provisions  of this  Trust  Agreement  relating  to the
Certificate Paying Agent and shall:

                    (i hold all sums held by it for the  payment of amounts  due
        with respect to the Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Persons
        entitled  thereto  until  such  sums  shall be paid to such  Persons  or
        otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

                   (ii give the Owner Trustee notice of any default by the Trust
        of which it has actual  knowledge in the making of any payment  required
        to be made with respect to the Certificates;



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                  (iii at any time during the  continuance  of any such default,
        upon the  written  request of the Owner  Trustee,  forthwith  pay to the
        Owner  Trustee  on behalf of the Trust all sums so held in Trust by such
        Certificate Paying Agent;

                   (iv  immediately  resign  as  Certificate  Paying  Agent  and
        forthwith  pay to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust all sums held
        by it in trust for the payment of  Certificates if at any time it ceases
        to meet the standards required to be met by the Certificate Paying Agent
        at the time of its appointment;

                    (v comply with all  requirements of the Code with respect to
        the withholding  from any payments made by it on any Certificates of any
        applicable  withholding  taxes  imposed  thereon and with respect to any
        applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith; and

                   (vi  deliver  to the Owner  Trustee  a copy of the  report to
        Certificateholders  prepared  with  respect to each  Payment Date by the
        Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

        (b) The Trust may revoke  such power and remove the  Certificate  Paying
Agent  if  the  Owner  Trustee  determines  in  its  sole  discretion  that  the
Certificate Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this
Trust  Agreement  in any  material  respect.  The  Indenture  Trustee  shall  be
permitted to resign as Certificate  Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to
the Owner  Trustee;  provided the Indenture  Trustee is also resigning as Paying
Agent under the Indenture at such time. In the event that the Indenture  Trustee
shall no longer be the  Certificate  Paying Agent under this Trust Agreement and
Paying Agent under the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to
act as  Certificate  Paying Agent  (which shall be a bank or trust  company) and
which shall also be the successor  Paying Agent under the  Indenture.  The Owner
Trustee shall cause such  successor  Certificate  Paying Agent or any additional
Certificate  Paying Agent  appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver
to the Owner  Trustee an instrument to the effect set forth in this Section 3.10
as it relates to the  Certificate  Paying Agent.  The  Certificate  Paying Agent
shall return all unclaimed  funds to the Trust and upon removal of a Certificate
Paying  Agent such  Certificate  Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its
possession to the Trust.  The provisions of Sections 6.01,  6.03,  6.04 and 7.01
shall  apply to the  Certificate  Paying  Agent to the  extent  applicable.  Any
reference in this  Agreement to the  Certificate  Paying Agent shall include any
co- paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

        (c) The  Certificate  Paying Agent shall  establish  and  maintain  with
itself the  Certificate  Distribution  Account in which the  Certificate  Paying
Agent  shall  deposit,  on the same  day as it is  received  from the  Indenture
Trustee,  each remittance  received by the Certificate Paying Agent with respect
to payments made pursuant to the Indenture.  The Certificate  Paying Agent shall
make all distributions of Certificate  Distribution Amounts on the Certificates,
from moneys on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account.

        Section 3.11.  Cooperation.  The Owner  Trustee  shall  cooperate in all
respects  with any  reasonable  request  by the  Credit  Enhancer  for action to
preserve or enforce the Credit  Enhancer's  rights or interest  under this Trust
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Agreement and without limiting the rights of the Certificateholders as otherwise
expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement.

                                          ARTICLE IV

                             Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee

        Section 4.01.  General  Authority.  The Owner Trustee is authorized  and
directed to execute and deliver the Basic  Documents to which the Trust is to be
a party and each  certificate  or other  document  attached  as an exhibit to or
contemplated  by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any
amendment or other agreement or instrument  described  herein,  in each case, in
such form as the Owner Trustee shall approve,  as evidenced  conclusively by the
Owner  Trustee's  execution  thereof.  In addition to the  foregoing,  the Owner
Trustee is obligated to take all actions  required of the Trust  pursuant to the
Basic Documents.

        Section 4.02.  General Duties. The Owner Trustee shall be responsible to
administer the Trust pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Basic
Documents   to  which  the  Trust  is  a  party  and  in  the  interest  of  the
Certificateholders,  subject to the Basic  Documents and in accordance  with the
provisions of this Trust Agreement.

        Section 4.03.  Action upon  Instruction.  (a) Subject to this Article IV
and in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents,  the Certificateholders
may by written  instruction  direct the Owner  Trustee in the  management of the
Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Certificateholders pursuant to this Article IV.

        (b)  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  Owner  Trustee  shall not be
required to take any action  hereunder or under any Basic  Document if the Owner
Trustee shall have reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel,
that such  action is  likely  to  result in  liability  on the part of the Owner
Trustee  or is  contrary  to the terms  hereof or of any  Basic  Document  or is
otherwise contrary to law.

        (c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide  between  alternative
courses of action  permitted or required by the terms of this Trust Agreement or
under any Basic Document, or in the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to
the  application of any provision of this Trust  Agreement or any Basic Document
or any such provision is ambiguous as to its  application,  or is, or appears to
be, in conflict with any other applicable  provision,  or in the event that this
Trust Agreement  permits any  determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or
is  incomplete  as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly
give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate  under the  circumstances)  to
the  Certificateholders   (with  a  copy  to  the  Credit  Enhancer)  requesting
instruction  as to the  course of action to be  adopted,  and to the  extent the
Owner  Trustee acts in good faith in  accordance  with any written  instructions
received from Holders of Certificates representing a majority of the Certificate
Percentage Interest thereof, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of
such  action  to any  Person.  If the  Owner  Trustee  shall  not have  received
appropriate  instruction  within 10 days of such notice (or within such  shorter
period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary
under the  circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain
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taking  such  action not  inconsistent  with this Trust  Agreement  or the Basic
Documents,   as  it   shall   deem  to  be  in  the   best   interests   of  the
Certificateholders,  and the Owner Trustee shall have no liability to any Person
for such action or inaction.

        Section 4.04. No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or
in  Instructions.  The Owner  Trustee  shall not have any duty or  obligation to
manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby
to which the Owner  Trustee  is a party,  except as  expressly  provided  (i) in
accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner
Trustee  pursuant to this Trust  Agreement,  (ii) in  accordance  with the Basic
Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction  delivered to
the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document  against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing
or  continuation  statement  in any  public  office at any time or to  otherwise
perfect or maintain the  perfection of any security  interest or lien granted to
it hereunder or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing
for the Trust or to record this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document. The Owner
Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense,  promptly
take all action as may be necessary  to  discharge  any liens on any part of the
Owner Trust  Estate that result from  actions by, or claims  against,  the Owner
Trustee that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner
Trust Estate.

        Section  4.05.  Restrictions.  (a) The Owner  Trustee shall not take any
action  (x) that is  inconsistent  with the  purposes  of the Trust set forth in
Section 2.03 or (y) that, to the actual  knowledge of the Owner  Trustee,  would
result in the Trust  becoming  taxable as a corporation  for federal  income tax
purposes.  The  Certificateholders  shall not direct  the Owner  Trustee to take
action that would violate the provisions of this Section 4.05.

        (b) The Owner  Trustee  shall not convey or transfer  any of the Trust's
properties  or assets,  including  those  included in the Trust  Estate,  to any
person  unless  (a) it shall have  received  an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such  transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the
Trust or any  Certificateholder  and (b) such  conveyance or transfer  shall not
violate the provisions of Section 3.16(b) of the Indenture.

        Section 4.06. Prior Notice to Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer
with Respect to Certain  Matters.  With respect to the  following  matters,  the
Owner Trustee shall not take action  unless,  at least 30 days before the taking
of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders and
the  Credit   Enhancer  in  writing  of  the  proposed  action  and  Holders  of
Certificates  representing  a majority of the  Certificate  Percentage  Interest
thereof and the Credit  Enhancer  shall not have  notified the Owner  Trustee in
writing   prior  to  the  30th  day  after  such   notice  is  given  that  such
Certificateholders  and the Credit  Enhancer have  withheld  consent or provided
alternative direction:

        (a) the  initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except  claims
or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of cash  distributions due
and owing  under the Home  Loans) and the  compromise  of any  action,  claim or
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          to the  aforementioned  claims  or  lawsuits  for  collection  of cash
          distributions due and owing under the Home Loans);

        (b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust  (unless such  amendment is required to be filed under the Business  Trust
Statute);

     (c)  the  amendment  of  the  Indenture  by  a  supplemental  indenture  in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;

        (d) the  amendment  of the  Indenture  by a  supplemental  indenture  in
circumstances  where the  consent of any  Noteholder  is not  required  and such
amendment materially  adversely affects the interest of the  Certificateholders;
and

        (e) the  appointment  pursuant  to the  Indenture  of a  successor  Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Trust Agreement
of a successor  Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent or the consent
to the  assignment  by the Note  Registrar,  Paying  Agent,  Indenture  Trustee,
Certificate  Registrar or Certificate  Paying Agent of its obligations under the
Indenture or this Trust Agreement, as applicable.

        Section  4.07.  Action by  Certificateholders  with  Respect  to Certain
Matters.  The Owner Trustee shall not have the power,  except upon the direction
of  Certificateholders  evidencing  not less than a majority of the  outstanding
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates, and with the consent of the
Credit Enhancer, to (a) remove the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement
pursuant  to Section  7.01  thereof or (b) except as  expressly  provided in the
Basic Documents, sell the Home Loans after the termination of the Indenture. The
Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding  sentence only
upon written instructions signed by Certificateholders  evidencing not less than
a  majority  of  the  outstanding   Certificate   Percentage   Interest  of  the
Certificates and with the consent of the Credit Enhancer.

        Section 4.08. Action by  Certificateholders  with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy  relating to the Trust  without the unanimous  prior  approval of all
Certificateholders  and with the consent of the Credit Enhancer and the delivery
to the Owner Trustee by each such  Certificateholder of a certificate certifying
that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.

        Section   4.09.   Restrictions   on   Certificateholders'   Power.   The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation
of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents or would be contrary to Section  2.03,  nor shall the Owner Trustee be
obligated to follow any such direction, if given.

        Section 4.10. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the  Certificateholders  under this Trust  Agreement
may be taken by the  Certificateholders  evidencing  not less than a majority of
the outstanding  Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates.  Except as
expressly  provided  herein,  any  written  notice  of  the   Certificateholders
delivered  pursuant  to this Trust  Agreement  shall be  effective  if signed by
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evidencing not less than a majority of the  outstanding  Certificate  Percentage
Interest of the Certificates at the time of the delivery of such notice.

        Section 4.11.  Doing  Business in Other  Jurisdictions.  Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary,  neither Wilmington Trust Company nor
the Owner Trustee shall be required to take any action in any jurisdiction other
than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will,  even after the
appointment of a co-trustee or separate  trustee in accordance with Section 9.05
hereof,  (i) require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the
giving of notice to, or the registration  with or the taking of any other action
in  respect  of,  any  state or other  governmental  authority  or agency of any
jurisdiction  other than the State of  Delaware;  (ii) result in any fee, tax or
other  governmental  charge  under  the laws of the State of  Delaware  becoming
payable by Wilmington Trust Company,  or (iii) subject  Wilmington Trust Company
to personal  jurisdiction in any  jurisdiction  other than the State of Delaware
for causes of action  arising  from acts  unrelated to the  consummation  of the
transactions by Wilmington  Trust Company or the Owner Trustee,  as the case may
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                                          ARTICLE V

                                  Application of Trust Funds

        Section 5.01.  Distributions.  (a) On each Payment Date, the Certificate
Paying Agent shall distribute to the  Certificateholders all funds on deposit in
the  Certificate  Distribution  Account and  available  therefor (as provided in
Section 3.05 of the Indenture),  as the Certificate Distribution Amount for such
Payment  Date.  All  distributions  made  pursuant  to  this  Section  shall  be
distributed  to  the  Certificateholders  on a  pro  rata  basis  based  on  the
Certificate Percentage Interests thereof.

        (b)  In  the  event  that  any   withholding   tax  is  imposed  on  the
distributions (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder,  such tax shall
reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance
with this Section 5.01. The  Certificate  Paying Agent is hereby  authorized and
directed to retain or cause to be retained from amounts otherwise  distributable
to the  Certificateholders  sufficient  funds for the payment of any tax that is
legally  owed by the Trust (but such  authorization  shall not prevent the Owner
Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding
payment  of  such  tax,  if  permitted  by  law,  pending  the  outcome  of such
proceedings).  The  amount of any  withholding  tax  imposed  with  respect to a
Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder
at the time it is withheld by the  Certificate  Paying Agent and remitted to the
appropriate taxing authority.  If there is a possibility that withholding tax is
payable with respect to a  distribution  (such as a  distribution  to a non-U.S.
Certificateholder),  the  Certificate  Paying  Agent may in its sole  discretion
withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (b).

     (c)  Distributions  to  Certificateholders  shall  be  subordinated  to the
creditors of the Trust, including the Noteholders.

        (d) Allocations of profits and losses,  as determined for federal income
tax purposes,  shall be made to the Certificateholders on a pro rata basis based
on the Certificate Percentage Interests thereof.

        Section   5.02.   Method  of  Payment.   Subject  to  Section   8.01(c),
distributions  required to be made to  Certificateholders on any Payment Date as
provided in Section  5.01 shall be made to each  Certificateholder  of record on
the preceding Record Date either by, in the case of any Certificateholder owning
Certificates  having  denominations  aggregating at least  10.0000%  Certificate
Percentage  Interest and integral  multiples of 0.0001% in excess thereof,  wire
transfer,  in immediately  available  funds,  to the account of such Holder at a
bank  or  other  entity  having  appropriate   facilities   therefor,   if  such
Certificateholder  shall have provided to the Certificate  Registrar appropriate
written  instructions at least five Business Days prior to such Payment Date or,
if not, by check mailed to such  Certificateholder at the address of such Holder
appearing in the Certificate Register.

     Section 5.03.  Signature on Returns. The Owner Trustee shall sign on behalf
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        Section 5.04.  Statements to  Certificateholders.  On each Payment Date,
the Certificate Paying Agent shall send to each  Certificateholder the statement
or statements  provided to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Paying Agent by
the Master  Servicer  pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing  Agreement  with
respect to such Payment Date.

        Section 5.05. Tax  Reporting.  So long as the Depositor or any affiliate
of   the   Depositor   owns   100%   of   the   Certificates    (the   "Original
Certificateholder"),  then no separate  federal and state income tax returns and
information  returns or statements  will be filed with respect to the Trust.  If
the Original  Certificateholder is no longer the sole  Certificateholder and the
Certificates  are held by more than one person for federal  income tax purposes,
the subsequent holders of the Certificates by their acceptance hereof,  agree to
appoint  the  Original  Certificateholder  as their  agent  for the tax  matters
partner and the Original Certificateholder, as agent for such holders, agrees to
perform all duties necessary to comply with federal and state income tax laws.




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                                          ARTICLE VI

                                 Concerning the Owner Trustee

        Section 6.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
the  trusts  hereby  created  and agrees to perform  its duties  hereunder  with
respect  to such  trusts but only upon the terms of this  Trust  Agreement.  The
Owner Trustee and the Certificate Paying Agent also agree to disburse all moneys
actually  received by it  constituting  part of the Owner Trust  Estate upon the
terms of the Basic Documents and this Trust  Agreement.  The Owner Trustee shall
not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any Basic Document under any
circumstances,  except (i) for its own  willful  misconduct,  negligence  or bad
faith or negligent  failure to act or (ii) in the case of the  inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 6.03 expressly made by the Owner
Trustee.  In  particular,  but  not by way of  limitation  (and  subject  to the
exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):

        (a) No provision of this Trust  Agreement  or any Basic  Document  shall
require  the  Owner  Trustee  to  expend or risk  funds or  otherwise  incur any
financial  liability in the  performance of any of its rights,  duties or powers
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

        (b)  Under no  circumstances  shall  the Owner  Trustee  be  liable  for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including
the principal of and interest on the Notes;

        (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible  for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the due execution  hereof
by the Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness,  sufficiency, value or
validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate,  or for or in respect of the validity
or sufficiency of the Basic Documents,  the Notes, the Certificates,  other than
the certificate of authentication on the Certificates,  if executed by the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Trustee  shall in no event assume or incur any  liability,
duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Certificateholder, other than as
expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the Basic Documents;

        (d) The execution,  delivery,  authentication  and  performance by it of
this Trust Agreement will not require the authorization, consent or approval of,
the giving of notice to, the filing or  registration  with, or the taking of any
other action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency;

        (e) The Owner  Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct
of the Depositor,  the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer under any of the
Basic  Documents or otherwise  and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or
liability to perform the  obligations of the Trust under this Trust Agreement or
the Basic  Documents that are required to be performed by the Indenture  Trustee
under the Indenture or the Seller under the Home Loan Purchase Agreement; and

        (f) The Owner  Trustee  shall be under no  obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it or duties imposed by this Trust Agreement,  or
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litigation  under this Trust Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Trust
Agreement or any Basic  Document,  at the request,  order or direction of any of
the Certificateholders, unless such Certificateholders have offered to the Owner
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities  that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee  therein or thereby.  The
right of the Owner Trustee to perform any  discretionary  act enumerated in this
Trust  Agreement or in any Basic  Document shall not be construed as a duty, and
the Owner  Trustee shall not be answerable  for other than its  negligence,  bad
faith or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act.

        Section 6.02.  Furnishing of Documents.  The Owner Trustee shall furnish
to the  Securityholders  promptly upon receipt of a written  reasonable  request
therefor,  duplicates  or copies of all  reports,  notices,  requests,  demands,
certificates,  financial  statements and any other instruments  furnished to the
Trust under the Basic Documents.

     Section 6.03.  Representations  and  Warranties.  The Owner Trustee  hereby
represents   and   warrants   to  the   Depositor,   for  the   benefit  of  the
Certificateholders, that:

        (a) It is a banking  corporation  duly organized and validly existing in
good  standing  under the laws of the State of  Delaware.  It has all  requisite
corporate  power and authority to execute,  deliver and perform its  obligations
under this Trust Agreement;

        (b) It has  taken  all  corporate  action  necessary  to  authorize  the
execution and delivery by it of this Trust  Agreement,  and this Trust Agreement
will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly  authorized to
execute and deliver this Trust Agreement on its behalf;

        (c)  Neither  the  execution  nor  the  delivery  by  it of  this  Trust
Agreement,  nor the consummation by it of the transactions  contemplated  hereby
nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions  hereof will contravene
any federal or Delaware  law,  governmental  rule or  regulation  governing  the
banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on
it, or  constitute  any  default  under its charter  documents  or bylaws or any
indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by which any of its properties may be bound;

        (d) This Trust  Agreement,  assuming due  authorization,  execution  and
delivery by the Owner Trustee and the Depositor,  constitutes a valid, legal and
binding  obligation of the Owner Trustee,  enforceable  against it in accordance
with  the  terms   hereof   subject  to   applicable   bankruptcy,   insolvency,
reorganization,   moratorium  and  other  laws  affecting  the   enforcement  of
creditors' rights generally and to general  principles of equity,  regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

        (e) The Owner  Trustee  is not in default  with  respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order,  regulation  or demand of any federal,  state,
municipal or governmental  agency,  which default might have  consequences  that
would  materially  and adversely  affect the  condition  (financial or other) or
operations  of the Owner Trustee or its  properties  or might have  consequences
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        (f) No  litigation  is  pending  or, to the best of the Owner  Trustee's
knowledge,  threatened  against  the Owner  Trustee  which  would  prohibit  its
entering into this Trust  Agreement or  performing  its  obligations  under this
Trust Agreement.

        Section 6.04.  Reliance;  Advice of Counsel. (a) The Owner Trustee shall
incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature,  instrument,  notice,
resolution,  request,  consent,  order,  certificate,  report, opinion, bond, or
other  document or paper  believed by it to be genuine and  believed by it to be
signed by the proper party or parties.  The Owner Trustee may accept a certified
copy of a resolution  of the board of directors or other  governing  body of any
corporate  party as  conclusive  evidence  that  such  resolution  has been duly
adopted  by such body and that the same is in full force and  effect.  As to any
fact or  matter  the  method  of  determination  of  which  is not  specifically
prescribed  herein,  the Owner  Trustee  may for all  purposes  hereof rely on a
certificate,  signed by the president or any vice  president or by the treasurer
or other  authorized  officers of the relevant  party, as to such fact or matter
and such  certificate  shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

        (b) In the exercise or  administration of the Trust hereunder and in the
performance  of its duties and  obligations  under this Trust  Agreement  or the
Basic  Documents,  the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents,
attorneys,  custodians or nominees  (including  persons  acting under a power of
attorney)  pursuant to agreements  entered into with any of them,  and the Owner
Trustee  shall not be liable  for the  conduct  or  misconduct  of such  agents,
attorneys,  custodians or nominees  (including  persons  acting under a power of
attorney)  if  such  persons  have  been  selected  by the  Owner  Trustee  with
reasonable  care,  and (ii) may  consult  with  counsel,  accountants  and other
skilled  persons to be selected with  reasonable  care and employed by it at the
expense of the Trust.  The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything  done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice
of any such counsel,  accountants or other such Persons and not contrary to this
Trust Agreement or any Basic Document.

        Section 6.05. Not Acting in Individual  Capacity.  Except as provided in
this Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created Wilmington Trust Company
acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual  capacity,  and
all  Persons  having  any  claim  against  the  Owner  Trustee  by reason of the
transactions  contemplated  by this Trust  Agreement or any Basic Document shall
look only to the Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

        Section  6.06.  Owner  Trustee  Not Liable for  Certificates  or Related
Documents. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the
signatures  of the  Owner  Trustee  on the  Certificates)  shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for
the correctness  thereof.  The Owner Trustee makes no  representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, of any Basic Document or of the
Certificates   (other  than  the   signatures   of  the  Owner  Trustee  on  the
Certificates) or the Notes, or of any Related Documents. The Owner Trustee shall
at no time have any  responsibility or liability with respect to the sufficiency
of the  Owner  Trust  Estate or its  ability  to  generate  the  payments  to be
distributed to Certificateholders  under this Trust Agreement or the Noteholders
under the  Indenture,  including,  the compliance by the Depositor or the Seller
with any  warranty  or  representation  made under any Basic  Document or in any
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action  of the  Certificate  Paying  Agent,  the  Certificate  Registrar  or the
Indenture Trustee taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.

        Section 6.07.  Owner Trustee May Own  Certificates  and Notes. The Owner
Trustee in its  individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of  Certificates  or Notes  and may deal with the  Depositor,  the  Seller,  the
Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Indenture Trustee in
transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.


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                                          ARTICLE VII

                                 Compensation of Owner Trustee

        Section 7.01. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee shall
receive  as  compensation  for its  services  hereunder  such  fees as have been
separately  agreed upon before the date hereof,  and the Owner  Trustee shall be
reimbursed for its reasonable  expenses hereunder and under the Basic Documents,
including  the  reasonable  compensation,  expenses  and  disbursements  of such
agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may reasonably
employ in  connection  with the exercise and  performance  of its rights and its
duties  hereunder  and under the Basic  Documents  which shall be payable by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Servicing Agreement.

        Section  7.02.  Indemnification.  The  holder  of  the  majority  of the
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates shall indemnify,  defend and
hold harmless the Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns, agents and servants
(collectively,  the  "Indemnified  Parties")  from  and  against,  any  and  all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits, and
any and all reasonable costs,  expenses and disbursements  (including reasonable
legal  fees  and  expenses)  of any kind and  nature  whatsoever  (collectively,
"Expenses")  which may at any time be  imposed  on,  incurred  by,  or  asserted
against the Owner  Trustee or any  Indemnified  Party in any way  relating to or
arising  out of this  Trust  Agreement,  the Basic  Documents,  the Owner  Trust
Estate,  the  administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction
of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided, that:

                    (i the holder of the majority of the Certificate  Percentage
        Interest  of the  Certificates  shall not be liable for or  required  to
        indemnify  an  Indemnified  Party from and against  Expenses  arising or
        resulting from the Owner Trustee's willful misconduct, negligence or bad
        faith or as a result of any inaccuracy of a  representation  or warranty
        contained in Section 6.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee;

                   (ii with  respect to any such claim,  the  Indemnified  Party
        shall  have  given  the  holder  of  the  majority  of  the  Certificate
        Percentage Interest of the Certificates  written notice thereof promptly
        after the Indemnified Party shall have actual knowledge thereof;

                  (iii  while  maintaining  control  over its own  defense,  the
        holder of the  majority of the  Certificate  Percentage  Interest of the
        Certificates  shall consult with the Indemnified Party in preparing such
        defense; and

                   (iv  notwithstanding   anything  in  this  Agreement  to  the
        contrary,  the  holder of the  majority  of the  Certificate  Percentage
        Interest of the  Certificates  shall not be liable for settlement of any
        claim by an Indemnified  Party entered into without the prior consent of
        the holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the
        Certificates which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

        The indemnities  contained in this Section shall survive the resignation
or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Trust  Agreement.
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proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section 7.02, the
Owner  Trustee's  choice  of legal  counsel,  if other  than the  legal  counsel
retained by the Owner Trustee in  connection  with the execution and delivery of
this Trust  Agreement,  shall be subject  to the  approval  of the holder of the
majority  of the  Certificate  Percentage  Interest of the  Certificates,  which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In addition, upon written notice to
the Owner  Trustee and with the consent of the Owner Trustee which consent shall
not be  unreasonably  withheld,  the holder of the  majority of the  Certificate
Percentage  Interest of the  Certificates has the right to assume the defense of
any claim, action or proceeding against the Owner Trustee.


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                                         ARTICLE VIII

                                Termination of Trust Agreement

        Section 8.01.  Termination of Trust Agreement.  (a) This Trust Agreement
(other  than  this  Article  VIII) and the Trust  shall  terminate  and be of no
further force or effect upon the earliest of (i) the final  distribution  of all
moneys or other  property or proceeds  of the Owner Trust  Estate in  accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and this Trust Agreement,  (ii) the Payment Date
in June 2025,  or (iii) the  purchase  by the Master  Servicer of all Home Loans
pursuant  to  Section  8.08(a)  of  the  Servicing  Agreement.  The  bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
(x) operate to terminate  this Trust  Agreement or the Trust or (y) entitle such
Certificateholder's  legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or  proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all
or any part of the Trust or the Owner Trust Estate or (z)  otherwise  affect the
rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.

        (b) Except as provided in Section 8.01(a), neither the Depositor nor any
Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.

        (c) Notice of any termination of the Trust,  specifying the Payment Date
upon  which   Certificateholders  shall  surrender  their  Certificates  to  the
Certificate Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation,
shall be given by the Certificate  Paying Agent by letter to  Certificateholders
and the Credit Enhancer mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of
such  termination  from the Owner Trustee,  stating (i) the Payment Date upon or
with  respect  to which  final  payment of the  Certificates  shall be made upon
presentation  and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Certificate
Paying Agent therein  designated,  (ii) the amount of any such final payment and
(iii) that the Record Date  otherwise  applicable  to such  Payment  Date is not
applicable,  payments  being made only upon  presentation  and  surrender of the
Certificates at the office of the Certificate  Payment Agent therein  specified.
The Certificate Paying Agent shall give such notice to the Owner Trustee and the
Certificate  Registrar  at the time such notice is given to  Certificateholders.
Upon  presentation  and surrender of the  Certificates,  the Certificate  Paying
Agent shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders  amounts distributable
on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.01.

        In the event  that all of the  Certificateholders  shall  not  surrender
their  Certificates for cancellation  within six months after the date specified
in the above mentioned written notice, the Certificate Paying Agent shall give a
second written  notice to the remaining  Certificateholders  to surrender  their
Certificates for cancellation  and receive the final  distribution  with respect
thereto.  Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, if within
one year  following the Payment Date on which final payment of the  Certificates
was to have been made pursuant to Section 3.10, all the  Certificates  shall not
have been surrendered for  cancellation,  the Certificate  Paying Agent may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact
the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and
the cost  thereof  shall be paid out of the funds and other  assets  that  shall
remain subject to this Trust  Agreement.  Any funds remaining in the Certificate
Distribution  Account after  exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by
the  Certificate  Paying Agent to the holder of the majority of the  Certificate
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        (d) Upon the  winding  up of the  Trust and its  termination,  the Owner
Trustee  shall  cause  the  Certificate  of Trust to be  cancelled  by  filing a
certificate of  cancellation  with the Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3810(c) of the Business Trust Statute.


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                                          ARTICLE IX

                    Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees

        Section 9.01.  Eligibility  Requirements  for Owner  Trustee.  The Owner
Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Business Trust Statute;  authorized to exercise  corporate  trust
powers;  having a  combined  capital  and  surplus of at least  $50,000,000  and
subject to  supervision  or  examination  by federal or state  authorities;  and
having (or having a parent that has) long-term debt obligations with a rating of
at least A by  Moody's  and/or  Standard  & Poor's.  If such  corporation  shall
publish  reports  of  condition  at  least  annually  pursuant  to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid  supervising or examining authority,  then for the
purpose of this Section,  the combined  capital and surplus of such  corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined  capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so  published.  In case at any time the Owner Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in  accordance  with the  provisions  of this Section
9.01,  the Owner  Trustee  shall resign  immediately  in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 9.02.

        Section 9.02. Replacement of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee may at any
time resign and be discharged  from the trusts hereby created by giving 30 days'
prior written  notice  thereof to the Credit  Enhancer and the  Depositor.  Upon
receiving  such notice of  resignation,  the Indenture  Trustee  shall  promptly
appoint a successor  Owner Trustee with the consent of the Credit Enhancer which
will not be unreasonably withheld, by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy
of which  instrument  shall be delivered to the resigning  Owner Trustee and one
copy to the successor  Owner Trustee.  If no successor  Owner Trustee shall have
been so appointed and have accepted  appointment within 30 days after the giving
of such notice of  resignation,  the  resigning  Owner  Trustee may petition any
court  of  competent  jurisdiction  for the  appointment  of a  successor  Owner
Trustee.

        If at  any  time  the  Owner  Trustee  shall  cease  to be  eligible  in
accordance  with the  provisions  of Section 9.01 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Indenture  Trustee,  or if at any time the Owner
Trustee  shall be  legally  unable  to act,  or shall be  adjudged  bankrupt  or
insolvent,  or a  receiver  of the Owner  Trustee  or of its  property  shall be
appointed,  or any  public  officer  shall  take  charge or control of the Owner
Trustee  or of its  property  or  affairs  for the  purpose  of  rehabilitation,
conservation  or  liquidation,  then the Indenture  Trustee may and shall at the
direction of the Credit  Enhancer  remove the Owner  Trustee.  If the  Indenture
Trustee shall remove the Owner  Trustee  under the authority of the  immediately
preceding  sentence,  the Indenture  Trustee shall promptly  appoint a successor
Owner  Trustee  acceptable  to the Credit  Enhancer  by written  instrument,  in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor  Owner  Trustee,  and shall pay
all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.

        Any  resignation  or removal of the Owner Trustee and  appointment  of a
successor Owner Trustee  pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become  effective  until  acceptance of appointment  by the successor  Owner
Trustee  pursuant to Section 9.03 and payment of all fees and  expenses  owed to
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        Section 9.03.  Successor  Owner  Trustee.  Any  successor  Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 9.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Indenture Trustee and to its predecessor  Owner Trustee an instrument  accepting
such appointment  under this Trust  Agreement,  and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the  predecessor  Owner  Trustee  shall  become  effective,  and such
successor  Owner  Trustee,  without any further act, deed or  conveyance,  shall
become fully vested with all the rights,  powers,  duties and obligations of its
predecessor under this Trust Agreement,  with like effect as if originally named
as Owner Trustee.  The predecessor  Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees
and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements
and monies  held by it under this Trust  Agreement;  and the  predecessor  Owner
Trustee shall execute and deliver such  instruments  and do such other things as
may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the
successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

        No successor Owner Trustee shall accept  appointment as provided in this
Section 9.03 unless at the time of such  acceptance such successor Owner Trustee
shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.01.

        Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee  pursuant to
this  Section  9.03,  the  Indenture  Trustee  shall mail notice  thereof to all
Certificateholders,  the  Indenture  Trustee,  the  Noteholders  and the  Rating
Agencies. If the Indenture Trustee shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days
after  acceptance  of such  appointment  by the  successor  Owner  Trustee,  the
successor  Owner  Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
the Indenture Trustee.

        Section 9.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.  Any Person into
which the Owner  Trustee  may be merged  or  converted  or with  which it may be
consolidated,   or  any  Person   resulting  from  any  merger,   conversion  or
consolidation  to which  the  Owner  Trustee  shall be a  party,  or any  Person
succeeding to all or  substantially  all of the corporate  trust business of the
Owner Trustee,  shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee  hereunder,  without
the execution or filing of any  instrument or any further act on the part of any
of  the  parties  hereto,  anything  herein  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding;
provided,  that such  Person  shall be eligible  pursuant  to Section  9.01 and,
provided,  further,  that the Owner  Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or
consolidation to the Rating Agencies.

        Section  9.05.   Appointment   of   Co-Trustee   or  Separate   Trustee.
Notwithstanding  any other provisions of this Trust Agreement,  at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal  requirements of any  jurisdiction in which any
part of the Owner  Trust  Estate may at the time be located,  the Owner  Trustee
shall have the power and shall  execute and deliver all  instruments  to appoint
one or more Persons to act as co-trustee,  jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as
separate trustee or trustees,  of all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate, and
to vest in such Person,  in such  capacity,  such title to the Trust or any part
thereof  and,  subject to the other  provisions  of this  Section,  such powers,
duties,  obligations,  rights  and  trusts as the  Owner  Trustee  may  consider
necessary  or  desirable.  No co- trustee or separate  trustee  under this Trust
Agreement  shall be  required  to meet the terms of  eligibility  as a successor
Owner Trustee  pursuant to Section 9.01 and no notice of the  appointment of any
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        Each separate  trustee and co-trustee  shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

        (a) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Owner  Trustee  shall be  conferred  upon and  exercised or performed by the
Owner  Trustee  and such  separate  trustee  or  co-trustee  jointly  (it  being
understood  that such separate  trustee or  co-trustee is not  authorized to act
separately  without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent
that under any law of any  jurisdiction  in which any particular act or acts are
to be performed,  the Owner  Trustee  shall be  incompetent  or  unqualified  to
perform  such act or acts,  in which  event  such  rights,  powers,  duties  and
obligations  (including  the holding of title to the Owner  Trust  Estate or any
portion  thereof in any such  jurisdiction)  shall be  exercised  and  performed
singly by such separate  trustee or  co-trustee,  but solely at the direction of
the Owner Trustee;

        (b) No trustee under this Trust Agreement shall be personally  liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee  under this Trust  Agreement;
and

        (c) The Owner  Trustee  may at any time  accept  the  resignation  of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

        Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as  effectively  as if given to each of them.  Every  instrument  appointing any
separate  trustee or  co-trustee  shall  refer to this Trust  Agreement  and the
conditions  of this  Article.  Each separate  trustee and  co-trustee,  upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified  in its  instrument  of  appointment,  either  jointly  with the Owner
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Trust  Agreement,  specifically  including every provision of this Trust
Agreement  relating to the conduct of,  affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Owner Trustee.  Each such instrument  shall be filed with the
Owner Trustee.

        Any  separate  trustee or  co-trustee  may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact  with full power and authority,  to the
extent not  prohibited  by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Trust  Agreement  on its  behalf  and in its name.  If any  separate  trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting,  resign or be removed,  all of
its  estates,  properties,  rights,  remedies  and  trusts  shall vest in and be
exercised by the Owner  Trustee,  to the extent  permitted  by law,  without the
appointment of a new or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.


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                                           ARTICLE X

                                         Miscellaneous

        Section  10.01.Amendments.  (a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from
time to time by the parties hereto as specified in this Section 10.01,  provided
that any amendment, except as provided in subparagraph (e) below, be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel, to the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment
(i)  complies  with the  provisions  of this Section and (ii) will not cause the
Trust to be subject to an entity level tax.

        (b) If the purpose of the amendment (as detailed  therein) is to correct
any mistake,  eliminate any  inconsistency,  cure any ambiguity or deal with any
matter not covered (i.e., to give effect to the intent of the parties), it shall
not be  necessary to obtain the consent of any  Holders,  but the Owner  Trustee
shall be furnished with (A) a letter from the Rating Agencies that the amendment
will not result in the  downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to
any Security if determined without regard to the Credit  Enhancement  Instrument
and (B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action will not  adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Holders,  and the consent of
the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained.

        (c) If the purpose of the amendment is to prevent the  imposition of any
federal  or state  taxes at any time that any  Security  is  outstanding  (i.e.,
technical  in nature),  it shall not be  necessary  to obtain the consent of any
Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel that
such  amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the  imposition of such taxes
and is not  materially  adverse  to any  Holder  and the  consent  of the Credit
Enhancer shall be obtained.

        (d) If the purpose of the amendment is to add or eliminate or change any
provision  of the Trust  Agreement  other  than as  contemplated  in (b) and (c)
above, the amendment shall require (A) the consent of the Credit Enhancer and an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action will not  adversely  affect in
any  material  respect the  interests of any Holders and (B) either (a) a letter
from the Rating Agency that the amendment will not result in the  downgrading or
withdrawal  of the rating then  assigned to any security if  determined  without
regard to the Credit  Enhancement  Instrument  or (b) the  consent of Holders of
Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the
Certificates  and  the  Indenture  Trustee;  provided,  however,  that  no  such
amendment  shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
payments received that are required to be distributed on any Certificate without
the consent of the related  Certificateholder  and the Credit Enhancer,  or (ii)
reduce  the  aforesaid  percentage  of  Certificates  the  Holders  of which are
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of
all such Certificates then outstanding.

        (e) If the purpose of the amendment is to provide for the holding of any
of the  Certificates in book-entry form, it shall require the consent of Holders
of all such Certificates then outstanding; provided, that the Opinion of Counsel
specified in subparagraph (a) above shall not be required.

        (f) If the purpose of the  amendment  is to provide for the  issuance of
additional  certificates  representing an interest in the Trust, it shall not be
necessary to obtain the consent of any


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Holder,  but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with (A) an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such action will not adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of any Holders and (B) a letter from the Rating  Agencies that the
amendment  will not result in the  downgrading  or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to any Security, if determined without regard to the Credit Enhancement
Instrument and the consent of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained.

        (g) Promptly after the execution of any such  amendment or consent,  the
Owner  Trustee  shall  furnish  written  notification  of the  substance of such
amendment  or consent to each  Certificateholder,  the  Indenture  Trustee,  the
Credit Enhancer and each of the Rating  Agencies.  It shall not be necessary for
the consent of  Certificateholders  or the  Indenture  Trustee  pursuant to this
Section  10.01 to approve  the  particular  form of any  proposed  amendment  or
consent,  but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof.  The manner of  obtaining  such  consents  (and any other  consents  of
Certificateholders  provided  for in this Trust  Agreement or in any other Basic
Document)  and of  evidencing  the  authorization  of the  execution  thereof by
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner
Trustee may prescribe.

        (h) In  connection  with the execution of any amendment to any agreement
to which  the  Trust is a party,  other  than this  Trust  Agreement,  the Owner
Trustee  shall be entitled to receive and  conclusively  rely upon an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such  amendment  is  authorized  or  permitted by the
documents  subject to such  amendment and that all  conditions  precedent in the
Basic Documents for the execution and delivery thereof by the Trust or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, have been satisfied.

        Promptly  after the  execution of any  amendment to the  Certificate  of
Trust,  the Owner  Trustee  shall  cause the filing of such  amendment  with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

        Section   10.02.No   Legal   Title   to   Owner   Trust   Estate.    The
Certificateholders  shall not have  legal  title to any part of the Owner  Trust
Estate. The  Certificateholders  shall be entitled to receive distributions with
respect to their undivided  beneficial  interest therein only in accordance with
Articles V and VIII.  No  transfer,  by operation  of law or  otherwise,  of any
right,  title or interest of the  Certificateholders  to and in their  ownership
interest  in the Owner  Trust  Estate  shall  operate  to  terminate  this Trust
Agreement or the trusts  hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or
to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate

        Section  10.03.Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.07,
the  provisions of this Trust  Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders,  the Credit Enhancer and, to the
extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and
nothing in this Trust  Agreement  (other than Section 2.07),  whether express or
implied,  shall be  construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable
right,  remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this
Trust Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

        Section  10.04.Notices.  (a) Unless  otherwise  expressly  specified  or
permitted  by the terms  hereof,  all  notices  shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given upon  receipt,  if to the Owner  Trustee,  addressed to  Wilmington
Trust Company, Corporate Trust Administration, Rodney Square


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North,  1100  North  Market  Street,  Wilmington,   Delaware  19890,  Attention:
Corporate Trust  Administration;  if to the Depositor,  addressed to Residential
Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc., 8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard, Suite 700,
Minneapolis,  Minnesota  55437;  if to the Credit  Enhancer,  addressed to Ambac
Assurance  Corporation,  One State Street Plaza,  19th Floor, New York, New York
10004,  Attention:  Consumer  Asset-Backed  Securities  Group;  if to the Rating
Agencies,  addressed to Moody's Investors  Service,  Inc., 99 Church Street, 4th
Floor,  New York,  New York 10001 and Standard & Poor's,  55 Water Street - 41st
Floor, New York, New York 10041, Attention:  Structured Finance Department - MBS
or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party
in a written notice to each other party.

        (b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a  Certificateholder
shall be given by  first-class  mail,  postage  prepaid,  at the address of such
Holder as shown in the  Certificate  Register.  Any notice so mailed  within the
time prescribed in this Trust  Agreement shall be conclusively  presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

        (c) A copy of any  notice  delivered  to the Owner  Trustee or the Trust
shall also be delivered to the Depositor.

        Section  10.05.Severability.  Any provision of this Trust Agreement that
is  prohibited  or  unenforceable   in  any  jurisdiction   shall,  as  to  such
jurisdiction,   be   ineffective   to  the   extent  of  such   prohibition   or
unenforceability  without  invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

        Section  10.06.Separate  Counterparts.   This  Trust  Agreement  may  be
executed by the parties hereto in separate  counterparts,  each of which when so
executed and delivered  shall be an original,  but all such  counterparts  shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.

        Section  10.07.Successors and Assigns. All representations,  warranties,
covenants and  agreements  contained  herein shall be binding upon, and inure to
the benefit of, each of the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee and its successors and
each  Certificateholder  and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein
provided and the Credit  Enhancer.  Any  request,  notice,  direction,  consent,
waiver  or other  instrument  or action by a  Certificateholder  shall  bind the
successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.

        Section  10.08.No  Petition.  The Owner  Trustee,  by entering into this
Trust Agreement and each Certificateholder,  by accepting a Certificate,  hereby
covenant  and  agree  that  they  will not at any  time  institute  against  the
Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution  against the Depositor or the
Trust of, any  bankruptcy  proceedings  under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations with respect to the
Certificates, the Notes, this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.

        Section  10.09.No  Recourse.   Each  Certificateholder  by  accepting  a
Certificate  acknowledges that such  Certificateholder's  Certificates represent
beneficial  interests  in the Trust only and do not  represent  interests  in or
obligations  of the  Depositor,  the Seller,  the Owner  Trustee,  the Indenture
Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties
or their assets,


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except as may be expressly set forth or  contemplated  in this Trust  Agreement,
the Certificates or the Basic Documents.

        Section  10.10.Headings.  The  headings  of  the  various  Articles  and
Sections  herein are for  convenience  of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

        Section  10.11.GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF  DELAWARE,  WITHOUT  REFERENCE  TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW  PROVISIONS,  AND THE  OBLIGATIONS,  RIGHTS AND  REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

        Section  10.12.Integration.  This Trust Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement  among the parties hereto  pertaining to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements and understanding pertaining thereto.

        Section   10.13.Rights   of  Credit   Enhancer  to  Exercise  Rights  of
Certificateholders.  By accepting its Certificate, each Certificateholder agrees
that unless a Credit Enhancer Default exists, the Credit Enhancer shall have the
right to  exercise  all rights of the  Certificateholders  under this  Agreement
without any further consent of the Certificateholders.  Nothing in this Section,
however,  shall alter or modify in any way,  the  fiduciary  obligations  of the
Owner Trustee to the  Certificateholders  pursuant to this Agreement,  or create
any fiduciary obligation of the Owner Trustee to the Credit Enhancer.


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        IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Depositor  and the Owner  Trustee have caused
their names to be signed  hereto by their  respective  officers  thereunto  duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

                                    RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE
                                    SECURITIES II, INC.


                              By: /s/ Lisa Lundsten
                                    Name:   Lisa Lundsten
                                    Title:  Vice President


                                    WILMINGTON   TRUST   COMPANY,   not  in  its
                                    individual  capacity  but  solely  as  Owner
                                    Trustee,   except   with   respect   to  the
                                    representations and warranties  contained in
                                    Section 6.03 hereof,


                                      By: /s/ James P. Lawler
                                    Name: James P. Lawler
                                   Title: Vice President

Acknowledged and Agreed:

The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Indenture Trustee, Certificate
Registrar and Certificate
Paying Agent



By:     /s/ Mark McDermott
Name:   Mark McDermott
Title:  Trust Officer


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        IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Depositor  and the Owner  Trustee have caused
their names to be signed  hereto by their  respective  officers  thereunto  duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

                                    RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE
                                    SECURITIES II, INC.


                                    By:
                                    Name:   Lisa Lundsten
                                    Title:  Vice President


                                    WILMINGTON   TRUST   COMPANY,   not  in  its
                                    individual  capacity  but  solely  as  Owner
                                    Trustee,   except   with   respect   to  the
                                    representations and warranties  contained in
                                    Section 6.03 hereof,


                                    By:
                                    Name:
                                    Title:


Acknowledged and Agreed:

The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Indenture Trustee, Certificate
Registrar and Certificate
Paying Agent



By:
Name:
Title:


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                                           EXHIBIT A

                             FORM OF HOME LOAN-BACKED CERTIFICATE


               THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE NOTES
AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).

               THIS  CERTIFICATE  HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED  UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,  OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND
MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR  TRANSFERRED  UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED  PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT
AND  LAWS OR IS SOLD OR  TRANSFERRED  IN  TRANSACTIONS  WHICH  ARE  EXEMPT  FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.05 OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST
AGREEMENT ("THE AGREEMENT").

               NO  TRANSFER  OF  THIS  CERTIFICATE  SHALL  BE  MADE  UNLESS  THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (i) A CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM
OF EXHIBIT G TO THE AGREEMENT  FROM THE  TRANSFEREE OF THIS  CERTIFICATE  TO THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH  TRANSFEREE  IS NOT AN  EMPLOYEE  BENEFIT  PLAN  SUBJECT TO THE
PROHIBITED   TRANSACTION   RESTRICTIONS   AND   THE   FIDUCIARY   RESPONSIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS OF THE EMPLOYEE  RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
("ERISA"),  OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL  REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE  "CODE"),
ANY PERSON  ACTING,  DIRECTLY OR  INDIRECTLY,  ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ANY
PERSON  USING  "PLAN  ASSETS,"  WITHIN THE  MEANING OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF LABOR
REGULATION AT 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101, TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE (COLLECTIVELY
A "PLAN INVESTOR"), OR (ii) IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED FOR REGISTRATION IN
THE NAME OF A PLAN  INVESTOR,  AN OPINION  OF  COUNSEL,  TO THE EFFECT  THAT THE
PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS  CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE  UNDER  APPLICABLE  LAW,
WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED  TRANSACTION  UNDER SECTION 406 OF
ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR  COMPARABLE  PROVISIONS OF ANY  SUBSEQUENT
ENACTMENTS)  AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE  COMPANY,  THE OWNER  TRUSTEE,  THE MASTER
SERVICER OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION
TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT.

               THE  TRANSFEREE  OF THIS  CERTIFICATE  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO UNITED
STATES  FEDERAL  WITHHOLDING  TAX UNLESS THE  CERTIFICATE  REGISTRAR  SHALL HAVE
RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN  STATUS  CERTIFYING AS TO THE TRANSFEREE'S
STATUS AS A U.S. PERSON AS DEFINED BY U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAW.



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<PAGE>



               THIS  CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION
OF THE SELLER, THE COMPANY,  THE MASTER SERVICER,  THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR THE
OWNER  TRUSTEE  OR ANY OF  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  AFFILIATES,  EXCEPT  AS  EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT OR THE BASIC DOCUMENTS.


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Certificate No. ____                        Assumed Final Payment Date:
                                            June 25, 2025
Cut-off Date:
June 1, 2000                                Certificate Percentage Interest of
                                            this Certificate:  ____%
Date of Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement:
June 28, 2000

First Payment Date:
July 25, 2000


                                 HOME LOAN-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                        Series 2000-HI3


        evidencing a fractional  undivided  interest in the Owner Trust  Estate,
the  property  of  which  consists  primarily  of the  Home  Loans,  created  by
RESIDENTIAL  FUNDING  MORTGAGE  SECURITIES  II,  INC.  (hereinafter  called  the
"Company," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred
to below).

               This  Certificate  is payable solely from the assets of the Owner
Trust  Estate,  and does not  represent  an  obligation  of or  interest  in the
Company,  the Seller,  the Master  Servicer,  the Indenture  Trustee,  the Owner
Trustee  or  GMAC  Mortgage  Group,  Inc.  or  any  of  their  affiliates.  This
Certificate  is  not  guaranteed  or  insured  by  any  governmental  agency  or
instrumentality  or by  the  Company,  the  Seller,  the  Master  Servicer,  the
Indenture  Trustee,  the Owner  Trustee or GMAC Mortgage  Group,  Inc. or any of
their  affiliates.  None of the Company,  the Seller,  the Master Servicer,  the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee,  GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their
affiliates  will have any  obligation  with respect to any  certificate or other
obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

               This certifies  that [name of Holder] is the registered  owner of
the Certificate  Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (as set forth
on the face  hereof) in certain  distributions  with  respect to the Owner Trust
Estate,  consisting  primarily of the Home Loans, created by Residential Funding
Mortgage  Securities II, Inc. The Trust (as defined herein) was created pursuant
to a Trust  Agreement,  dated as of June 16,  2000 and an Amended  and  Restated
Trust Agreement, dated as specified above (as amended and supplemented from time
to time, the "Agreement")  between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company,  as
owner trustee (the "Owner  Trustee,"  which term  includes any successor  entity
under the Agreement),  a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which
is set forth hereafter.  To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms
used herein have the meanings  assigned in the  Agreement.  This  Certificate is
issued  under and is subject  to the terms,  provisions  and  conditions  of the
Agreement,  to which  Agreement the Holder of this  Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.



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               Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement,  a  distribution  will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a  Business  Day,
the Business Day immediately  following (the "Payment Date"),  commencing on the
first Payment Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate
is  registered  at the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is
not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the
month immediately  preceding the month of such distribution (the "Record Date"),
in an amount equal to the pro rata portion evidenced by this Certificate  (based
on the  Certificate  Percentage  Interest  stated  on the  face  hereon)  of the
Certificate  Distribution  Amount, if any, required to be distributed to Holders
of Certificates on such Payment Date.  Distributions on this Certificate will be
made as  provided  in the  Agreement  by the  Certificate  Paying  Agent by wire
transfer or check mailed to the  Certificateholder  of record in the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation hereon.

               Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding
the above,  the final  distribution on this  Certificate  will be made after due
notice by the Certificate  Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
maintained by the  Certificate  Registrar for that purpose in the City and State
of New York. The initial Certificate  Percentage Interest of this Certificate is
set forth above. The Certificate  Percentage  Interest hereof will be reduced to
the extent of the distributions allocable to principal.

               No transfer of this Certificate will be made unless such transfer
is exempt from the  registration  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with
said Act and laws.  In the event  that such a  transfer  is to be made,  (i) the
Certificate  Registrar  or  the  Company  may  require  an  opinion  of  counsel
acceptable  to  and in  form  and  substance  satisfactory  to  the  Certificate
Registrar  and  the  Company  that  such  transfer  is  exempt  (describing  the
applicable  exemption and the basis  therefor) from or is being made pursuant to
the registration  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and of
any  applicable  statute of any state and (ii) the  transferee  shall execute an
investment  letter  in  the  form  described  in the  Agreement  and  (iii)  the
Certificate  Registrar  shall  require the  transferee  to execute an investment
letter and a  Certificate  of  Non-Foreign  Status in the form  described by the
Agreement (or if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not provided, an Opinion
of  Counsel  as  described  in  the  Agreement),  which  investment  letter  and
certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Trust,  the
Owner  Trustee,  the  Certificate  Registrar or the Company.  The Holder  hereof
desiring to effect such transfer shall,  and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trust, the Owner Trustee,  the Company,  the Master Servicer and the Certificate
Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt
or is not made in  accordance  with such federal and state laws.  In  connection
with any such transfer,  the Certificate Registrar (unless otherwise directed by
the Company) will also require either (i) a representation  letter,  in the form
as described by the  Agreement,  stating that the  transferee is not an employee
benefit or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction  restrictions or the
fiduciary  responsibility  requirements  of  ERISA or  Section  4975 of the Code
("Plan"), any person acting, directly or indirectly,  on behalf of any such plan
or any person using the "plan  assets,"  within the meaning of the Department of
Labor  regulations  at 29  C.F.R.  ss.2510.3-101,  to  effect  such  acquisition
(collectively, a "Plan Investor") or (ii) if such transferee is a Plan Investor,
an opinion of counsel  acceptable to and in form and substance  satisfactory  to
the  Company,  the  Owner  Trustee,  the  Master  Servicer  and the  Certificate
Registrar,


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or a certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement, to the effect that
the purchase or holding of the Certificate is permissible  under applicable law,
will not constitute or result in a prohibited  transaction  under Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or  comparable  provisions of any  subsequent
enactments)  and will not subject the  Company,  the Owner  Trustee,  the Master
Servicer or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability in addition
to those undertaken in the Agreement.

               This   Certificate  is  one  of  a  duly   authorized   issue  of
Certificates designated as Home Loan-Backed Certificates of the Series specified
hereon (herein collectively called the  "Certificates").  All terms used in this
Certificate  which are defined in the Agreement shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Agreement.

               The  Certificateholder,  by its  acceptance of this  Certificate,
agrees  that it will  look  solely to the funds on  deposit  in the  Certificate
Distribution  Account that have been released from the Lien of the Indenture for
payment hereunder and that neither the Owner Trustee in its individual  capacity
nor the Company is personally  liable to the  Certificateholders  for any amount
payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided
in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

               The Holder of this  Certificate  acknowledges and agrees that its
rights to receive  distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated
to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, dated as of June
28, 2000 between Home Loan Trust 2000-HI3 (the "Trust") and The Chase  Manhattan
Bank, as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture").

               Each  Certificateholder,  by  its  acceptance  of a  Certificate,
covenants and agrees that such  Certificateholder will not at any time institute
against the Company, or join in any institution against the Company or the Trust
of, any  bankruptcy,  reorganization,  arrangement,  insolvency  or  liquidation
proceedings,  or other  proceedings  under any  United  States  federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in  connection  with any  obligations  relating to the
Certificates, the Notes, the Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.

               The Agreement  permits the amendment  thereof as specified below,
provided that any amendment be accompanied by the consent of the Credit Enhancer
and an Opinion of Counsel to the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment
complies with the provisions of the Agreement and will not cause the Trust to be
subject to an entity  level tax. If the purpose of the  amendment  is to correct
any mistake,  eliminate any  inconsistency,  cure any ambiguity or deal with any
matter not  covered,  it shall not be  necessary  to obtain  the  consent of any
Holder,  but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished  with a letter from the Rating
Agencies that the amendment will not result in the  downgrading or withdrawal of
the rating then  assigned to any Security if  determined  without  regard to the
Credit  Enhancement  Instrument and the counsel of the Credit  Enhancer shall be
obtained.  If the purpose of the  amendment is to prevent the  imposition of any
federal or state taxes at any time that any  Security is  outstanding,  it shall
not be  necessary  to obtain the  consent of any Holder,  but the Owner  Trustee
shall be furnished  with an Opinion of Counsel that such  amendment is necessary
or helpful to prevent the imposition of such taxes and is not materially adverse
to any Holder and the consent of the Credit  Enhancer shall be obtained.  If the
purpose of the  amendment is to add or eliminate or change any  provision of the
Agreement, other than as specified in the preceding two


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sentences,  the  amendment  shall  require  either (a) a letter  from the Rating
Agencies that the amendment will not result in the  downgrading or withdrawal of
the rating then assigned to any Security,  if determined  without  regard to the
Credit Enhancement Instrument or (b) the consent of Holders of a majority of the
Certificate  Percentage  Interests  of  the  Controlling  Certificates  and  the
Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in
any  manner  the amount  of, or delay the time of,  payments  received  that are
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the related
Certificateholder  and  the  Credit  Enhancer,  or  (ii)  reduce  the  aforesaid
percentage of  Certificates  the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment  without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.

               As provided in the Agreement  and subject to certain  limitations
therein set forth,  the  transfer of this  Certificate  is  registerable  in the
Certificate  Register upon surrender of this  Certificate  for  registration  of
transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate  Registrar  maintained in
the City and State of New York,  accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form  satisfactory to the  Certificate  Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or such Holder's  attorney duly authorized in writing,  and thereupon one
or more new Certificates of authorized  denominations  evidencing the same Class
and aggregate  Certificate  Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated
transferee.  The initial Certificate  Registrar appointed under the Agreement is
the Owner Trustee.

               Except  as  provided  in  the  Agreement,  the  Certificates  are
issuable  only in minimum  denominations  of a 10.0000%  Certificate  Percentage
Interest and in integral multiples of a 0.0001% Certificate  Percentage Interest
in  excess  thereof.  As  provided  in the  Agreement  and  subject  to  certain
limitations  therein  set  forth,  the  Certificates  are  exchangeable  for new
Certificates   of   authorized   denominations,   as  requested  by  the  Holder
surrendering the same. This Certificate is issued in the Certificate  Percentage
Interest above.

               No  service  charge  will be made  for any such  registration  of
transfer or exchange,  but the Owner  Trustee or the  Certificate  Registrar may
require  payment of a sum  sufficient  to cover any tax or  governmental  charge
payable in connection therewith.

               The Owner Trustee,  the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee,  the Certificate  Paying Agent, or
the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,  and none of the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate  Registrar or any such agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.

               This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware.

               The  obligations  created  by the  Agreement  in  respect  of the
Certificates  and the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the earliest of
(i) the final  distribution  of all moneys or other  property or proceeds of the
Owner  Trust  Estate  in  accordance  with the  terms of the  Indenture  and the
Agreement,  (ii) the  Payment  Date in June  2025 or (iii) the  purchase  by the
Master  Servicer of all Home Loans pursuant to Section  8.08(a) of the Servicing
Agreement.


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               Unless the certificate of  authentication  hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized  officer of the Owner  Trustee,  or an  authenticating
agent by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.


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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and
not in its individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.


                       HOME LOAN TRUST 2000-HI3

                        by  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in
                            its individual capacity but solely as Owner
                            Trustee



Dated:
                     -------------------------------------------------------
                            Authorized Signatory


                                 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Agreement.


WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee


By:______________________________
          Authorized Signatory



or __________________________________,
        as Authenticating Agent of the Trust


By:______________________________
          Authorized Signatory


                                             A-8

<PAGE>



                                          ASSIGNMENT


     FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE




(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)



the  within   Certificate,   and  all  rights  thereunder,   hereby  irrevocably
constituting and appointing



to transfer said  Certificate on the books of the  Certificate  Registrar,  with
full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated:

                      ___________________________________________*/
                                                                 -
                                  Signature Guaranteed:


                              ____________________________*/
                                                          -


-----------------

*/ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within  Certificate  in every  particular,  without
alteration,   enlargement  or  any  change  whatever.  Such  signature  must  be
guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial  bank
or trust company.




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<PAGE>




                                   DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS


        The assignee  should  include the following for the  information  of the
Certificate Paying Agent:

     Distribution shall be made by wire transfer in immediately  available funds
to      ____________________________________      for     the     account     of
________________________________________,  account number ______________, or, if
mailed by check, to ______________.

        Applicable statements should be mailed to__________________.


                                ------------------------------
                                Signature of assignee or agent
                                (for authorization of wire
                                 transfer only)


                                             A-10

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                                           EXHIBIT B
                                    TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT

                                     CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

                                              OF

                                   HOME LOAN TRUST 2000-HI3



     THIS  Certificate  of Trust of Home Loan Trust  2000-HI3  (the  "Trust") is
being  duly  executed  and filed on behalf of the Trust by the  undersigned,  as
trustee, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del.
C.ss.3801 et seq.) (the "Act").

     1. Name. The name of the business trust formed by this Certificate of Trust
is Home Loan Trust 2000-HI3.

     2. Delaware  Trustee.  The name and business  address of the trustee of the
Trust  in  the  State  of  Delaware  are  ________________,  __________________,
______________, Delaware

     3.  Effective  Date.  This  Certificate  of Trust shall be  effective  upon
filing.

        IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate
of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

                                       [NAME OF OWNER TRUSTEE],

                                       not in its individual capacity but solely
                                       as Trustee


                                       By:
                                       Name:
                                       Title:



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                                    EXHIBIT C

                  [FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION]


             Description of Rule 144A Securities, including numbers:
                 ===============================================
                 ===============================================


               The  undersigned  seller,  as registered  holder (the  "Seller"),
intends to transfer the Rule 144A Securities  described above to the undersigned
buyer (the "Buyer").

               1. In connection  with such  transfer and in accordance  with the
agreements  pursuant to which the Rule 144A Securities  were issued,  the Seller
hereby  certifies the following  facts:  Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on
its behalf has offered, transferred,  pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Rule 144A  Securities,  any  interest in the Rule 144A  Securities  or any other
similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer,  pledge
or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities,  any interest in the Rule 144A
Securities  or any other  similar  security  from,  or otherwise  approached  or
negotiated  with respect to the Rule 144A  Securities,  any interest in the Rule
144A Securities or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or
made any general  solicitation  by means of general  advertising or in any other
manner,  or taken any other action,  that would constitute a distribution of the
Rule 144A  Securities  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"),  or that  would  render the  disposition  of the Rule 144A  Securities  a
violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto,
and that the Seller has not offered the Rule 144A Securities to any person other
than the Buyer or  another  "qualified  institutional  buyer" as defined in Rule
144A under the 1933 Act.

               2. The Buyer warrants and represents to, and covenants  with, the
Owner Trustee and the  Depositor  (as defined in the Amended and Restated  Trust
Agreement  (the  "Agreement"),  dated as of June 28,  2000  between  Residential
Funding Mortgage  Securities II, Inc., as Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company
as Owner  Trustee  pursuant  to  Section  3.05 of the  Agreement  and The  Chase
Manhattan Bank as indenture trustee, as follows:

                      a. The Buyer  understands  that the Rule  144A  Securities
        have not been  registered  under the 1933 Act or the securities  laws of
        any state.

                      b. The Buyer considers itself a substantial, sophisticated
        institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial
        and  business  matters that it is capable of  evaluating  the merits and
        risks of investment in the Rule 144A Securities.

                      c. The  Buyer  has  been  furnished  with all  information
        regarding  the  Rule  144A  Securities  that it has  requested  from the
        Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Master Servicer.


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                      d.  Neither the Buyer nor anyone  acting on its behalf has
        offered,  transferred,  pledged,  sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule
        144A  Securities,  any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
        similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer,
        pledge or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in
        the  Rule  144A  Securities  or any  other  similar  security  from,  or
        otherwise  approached  or  negotiated  with  respect  to the  Rule  144A
        Securities,  any  interest  in the Rule  144A  Securities  or any  other
        similar  security  with,  any person in any manner,  or made any general
        solicitation by means of general  advertising or in any other manner, or
        taken any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Rule
        144A Securities  under the 1933 Act or that would render the disposition
        of the Rule 144A  Securities a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or
        require  registration  pursuant  thereto,  nor  will it act,  nor has it
        authorized  or will it authorize  any person to act, in such manner with
        respect to the Rule 144A Securities.

                      e. The Buyer is a "qualified  institutional buyer" as that
        term is defined in Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and has completed either
        of the forms of  certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1
        or  Annex 2. The  Buyer  is aware  that the sale to it is being  made in
        reliance on Rule 144A.  The Buyer is acquiring the Rule 144A  Securities
        for its own  account or the  accounts of other  qualified  institutional
        buyers,  understands  that  such  Rule 144A  Securities  may be  resold,
        pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably  believed to be a
        qualified  institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for
        the account of a qualified  institutional  buyer to whom notice is given
        that the  resale,  pledge or  transfer is being made in reliance on Rule
        144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration  under the
        1933 Act.

               3.  The Buyer represents that:

        (i)    either (a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:

                      ____ a. The Buyer is not any employee benefit plan subject
        to the  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  as amended
        ("ERISA"),  or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"),  a Person
        acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan or any Person
        acquiring  such  Certificates  with "plan  assets" of a Plan  within the
        meaning of the Department of Labor  regulation  promulgated at 29 C.F.R.
        ss.2510.3-101  and will provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G
        to the Trust Agreement to that effect; or

                      ____ b. The Buyer will  provide the  Depositor,  the Owner
        Trustee,  the  Certificate  Registrar  and the Master  Servicer  with an
        opinion of counsel,  satisfactory  to the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee,
        the Certificate  Registrar and the Master  Servicer,  to the effect that
        the purchase and holding of a  Certificate  by or on behalf of the Buyer
        is permissible  under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a
        prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
        Code (or comparable  provisions of any subsequent  enactments)  and will
        not subject the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar
        or  the  Master  Servicer  to any  obligation  or  liability  (including
        liabilities  under  ERISA or Section  4975 of the Code) in  addition  to
        those


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        undertaken in the Trust Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be
        an  expense  of  the  Depositor,  the  Owner  Trustee,  the  Certificate
        Registrar or the Master Servicer; and

        (ii) the Buyer is familiar with the prohibited transaction  restrictions
        and  fiduciary  responsibility  requirements  of Sections 406 and 407 of
        ERISA  and  Section  4975 of the Code and  understands  that each of the
        parties to which this certification is made is relying and will continue
        to rely on the statements made in this paragraph 3.

               4. This document may be executed in one or more  counterparts and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts,  together, shall
constitute one and the same document.

               IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each  of the  parties  has  executed  this
document as of the date set forth below.


Print Name of Seller                               Print Name of Buyer

By:                                                By:
   ---------------------------------
    Name:                                          Name:
    Title:                                            Title:

Taxpayer Identification:                    Taxpayer Identification:

No.                                                No.
   ---------------------------------

Date:                                              Date:
     -------------------------------


                                             C-3

<PAGE>



                              ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT C


            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

             [For Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]

       The undersigned  hereby  certifies as follows in connection with the Rule
144A Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:

           1. As  indicated  below,  the  undersigned  is the  President,  Chief
Financial  Officer,  Senior Vice  President  or other  executive  officer of the
Buyer.

           2.  In  connection  with  purchases  by the  Buyer,  the  Buyer  is a
"qualified  institutional  buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis  $______________________1 in securities (except for the
excluded  securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.

    ___    Corporation,  etc.  The Buyer is a  corporation  (other  than a bank,
           savings and loan association or similar  institution),  Massachusetts
           or similar business trust,  partnership,  or charitable  organization
           described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

    ___    Bank.  The  Buyer  (a) is a  national  bank  or  banking  institution
           organized  under the laws of any State,  territory or the District of
           Columbia,  the business of which is substantially confined to banking
           and is supervised by the State or territorial  banking  commission or
           similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution,  and
           (b) has an audited net worth of at least  $25,000,000 as demonstrated
           in its  latest  annual  financial  statements,  a copy  of  which  is
           attached hereto.
--------
1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in
securities  unless Buyer is a dealer,  and, in that case,  Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.



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    ___    Savings and Loan.  The Buyer (a) is a savings  and loan  association,
           building   and  loan   association,   cooperative   bank,   homestead
           association or similar institution,  which is supervised and examined
           by a State or  Federal  authority  having  supervision  over any such
           institutions  or  is  a  foreign  savings  and  loan  association  or
           equivalent  institution  and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
           $25,000,000   as   demonstrated   in  its  latest  annual   financial
           statements.

          ___  Broker-Dealer.  The  Buyer is a  dealer  registered  pursuant  to
               Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    ___    Insurance  Company.  The Buyer is an insurance  company whose primary
           and predominant  business activity is the writing of insurance or the
           reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance  companies and which is
           subject to  supervision  by the insurance  commissioner  or a similar
           official  or  agency  of a State  or  territory  or the  District  of
           Columbia.

    ___    State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan  established  and maintained
           by  a  State,   its   political   subdivisions,   or  any  agency  or
           instrumentality of the State or its political  subdivisions,  for the
           benefit of its employees.

    ___    ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee  benefit plan within the meaning
           of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

___  Investment Adviser. The Buyer is an investment adviser registered under the
     Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

___  SBIC. The Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S.
     Small  Business  Administration  under  Section  301(c) or (d) of the Small
     Business Investment Act of 1958.

___  Business  Development  Company. The Buyer is a business development company
     as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

___  Trust  Fund.  The Buyer is a trust  fund  whose  trustee is a bank or trust
     company and whose  participants  are exclusively (a) plans  established and
     maintained  by a  State,  its  political  subdivisions,  or any  agency  or
     instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit
     of its employees, or (b) employee benefit plans within the meaning of Title
     I of the Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  but is not a
     trust fund that includes as participants  individual retirement accounts or
     H.R. 10 plans.

           3.  The  term  "securities"  as used  herein  does  not  include  (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated  with the Buyer,  (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer,  (iii) bank  deposit  notes and  certificates  of  deposit,  (iv) loan
participations,  (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to
a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.



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           4. For purposes of  determining  the  aggregate  amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary  basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such  securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the  securities
referred to in the preceding  paragraph.  Further, in determining such aggregate
amount,  the Buyer may have included  securities  owned by  subsidiaries  of the
Buyer,  but only if such  subsidiaries  are  consolidated  with the Buyer in its
financial  statements  prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles  and if the  investments of such  subsidiaries  are managed under the
Buyer's direction.  However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned,  consolidated  subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

           5. The  Buyer  acknowledges  that it is  familiar  with Rule 144A and
understands  that the  seller to it and other  parties  related to the Rule 144A
Securities are relying and will continue to rely on the  statements  made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

  ___       ___       Will the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A
  Yes       No Securities only for the Buyer's own account?

           6. If the answer to the foregoing  question is "no", the Buyer agrees
that,  in connection  with any purchase of securities  sold to the Buyer for the
account of a third party  (including  any separate  account) in reliance on Rule
144A,  the Buyer will only purchase for the account of a third party that at the
time is a "qualified  institutional  buyer"  within the meaning of Rule 144A. In
addition,  the Buyer  agrees that the Buyer will not purchase  securities  for a
third party unless the Buyer has obtained a current  representation  letter from
such third party or taken other appropriate  steps  contemplated by Rule 144A to
conclude that such third party  independently meets the definition of "qualified
institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.

           7.  The  Buyer  will  notify  each  of  the  parties  to  which  this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions  herein.
Until such notice is given,  the Buyer's  purchase of Rule 144A  Securities will
constitute  a  reaffirmation  of  this  certification  as of the  date  of  such
purchase.


                                    Print Name of Buyer

                                    By:
                                            Name:
                                            Title:
                                    Date:


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                              ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT C


            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

              [For Buyers That Are Registered Investment Companies]


               The  undersigned  hereby  certifies as follows in connection with
the Rule 144A Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:

                1. As indicated below,  the undersigned is the President,  Chief
Financial  Officer or Senior Vice  President  of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified  institutional  buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities  Act of 1933  ("Rule  144A")  because  Buyer is part of a  Family  of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.

               2.  In  connection  with  purchases  by  Buyer,  the  Buyer  is a
"qualified  institutional  buyer" as  defined in SEC Rule 144A  because  (i) the
Buyer is an investment  company  registered under the Investment  Company Act of
1940,  and (ii) as marked  below,  the Buyer  alone,  or the  Buyer's  Family of
Investment Companies,  owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded  securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining  the amount of securities  owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used.

____ The Buyer owned $___________________ in securities (other than the excluded
     securities  referred  to below) as of the end of the  Buyer's  most  recent
     fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).

____ The Buyer is part of a Family of  Investment  Companies  which owned in the
     aggregate $______________ in securities (other than the excluded securities
     referred  to below) as of the end of the Buyer's  most  recent  fiscal year
     (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).

               3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more  registered  investment  companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned  subsidiaries  of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

               4. The term  "securities"  as used  herein  does not  include (i)
securities  of  issuers  that are  affiliated  with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates
of  deposit,  (iii)  loan  participations,   (iv)  repurchase  agreements,   (v)
securities  owned but  subject  to a  repurchase  agreement  and (vi)  currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.

     5. The Buyer is familiar  with Rule 144A and  understands  that each of the
parties to which this  certification  is made are relying  and will  continue to
rely on the statements made herein


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because  one or more sales to the Buyer  will be in  reliance  on Rule 144A.  In
addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.

               6. The undersigned  will notify each of the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions  herein.
Until such notice,  the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute
a reaffirmation of this  certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.



                                            Print Name of Buyer


                                            By:
                                          Name:
                                         Title:

                                            IF AN ADVISER:


                                            Print Name of Buyer


                                            Date:


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                                           EXHIBIT D

                            FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER


                                               , 20
                                    -----------


Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 600
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55437

The Chase Manhattan Bank
450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY  10001

Attention:  Capital Markets Fiduciary Services

               Re:    Home Loan-Backed Certificates
                      Series 2000-HI3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

               (the "Purchaser")  intends to purchase from (the "Seller") a ___%
Certificate   Percentage  Interest  of  Certificates  of  Series  2000-HI3  (the
"Certificates"),  issued  pursuant to the Amended and Restated  Trust  Agreement
(the "Trust Agreement"),  dated as of June 28, 2000, between Residential Funding
Mortgage  Securities II, Inc. as depositor (the "Company") and Wilmington  Trust
Company,  as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"),  as acknowledged and agreed by
The Chase Manhattan Bank as Certificate Registrar. All terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.  The
Purchaser hereby certifies,  represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the
Company and the Certificate Registrar that:

                      1. The  Purchaser  understands  that (a) the  Certificates
               have not been and will not be registered  or qualified  under the
               Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended  (the  "Act")  or any state
               securities law, (b) the Company is not required to so register or
               qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates may be resold only
               if registered and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the Act
               or  any  state  securities  law,  or if an  exemption  from  such
               registration  and  qualification  is  available,  (d)  the  Trust
               Agreement  contains  restrictions  regarding  the transfer of the
               Certificates and (e) the  Certificates  will bear a legend to the
               foregoing effect.



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<PAGE>



                      2. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for its own
               account for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in
               connection with any distribution thereof in any manner that would
               violate the Act or any applicable state securities laws.

                      3.  The  Purchaser  is  (a) a  substantial,  sophisticated
               institutional  investor  having such  knowledge and experience in
               financial  and  business  matters,  and, in  particular,  in such
               matters related to securities  similar to the Certificates,  such
               that  it is  capable  of  evaluating  the  merits  and  risks  of
               investment  in the  Certificates,  (b) able to bear the  economic
               risks  of such an  investment  and (c) an  "accredited  investor"
               within the  meaning of Rule  501(a)  promulgated  pursuant to the
               Act.

                      4. The Purchaser has been  furnished  with, and has had an
               opportunity  to  review  (a) [a  copy  of the  Private  Placement
               Memorandum, dated , 20 , relating to the Certificates (b)] a copy
               of the  Trust  Agreement  and  [b]  [c]  such  other  information
               concerning  the  Certificates,  the Home Loans and the Company as
               has been  requested  by the  Purchaser  from the  Company  or the
               Seller and is  relevant to the  Purchaser's  decision to purchase
               the  Certificates.  The Purchaser  has had any questions  arising
               from such  review  answered  by the  Company or the Seller to the
               satisfaction of the Purchaser. [If the Purchaser did not purchase
               the  Certificates  from the Seller in connection with the initial
               distribution of the  Certificates and was provided with a copy of
               the Private Placement  Memorandum (the "Memorandum")  relating to
               the original sale (the "Original  Sale") of the  Certificates  by
               the Company, the Purchaser  acknowledges that such Memorandum was
               provided to it by the Seller, that the Memorandum was prepared by
               the Company  solely for use in connection  with the Original Sale
               and the Company did not  participate  in or facilitate in any way
               the  purchase  of the  Certificates  by the  Purchaser  from  the
               Seller,  and the Purchaser agrees that it will look solely to the
               Seller  and  not to  the  Company  with  respect  to any  damage,
               liability,  claim or expense arising out of, resulting from or in
               connection  with  (a)  error or  omission,  or  alleged  error or
               omission,  contained in the Memorandum,  or (b) any  information,
               development or event arising after the date of the Memorandum.]

                      5.  The  Purchaser  has  not  and  will  not  nor  has  it
               authorized or will it authorize any person to (a) offer,  pledge,
               sell,  dispose of or  otherwise  transfer  any  Certificate,  any
               interest in any Certificate or any other similar  security to any
               person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to accept a
               pledge,  disposition  of other transfer of any  Certificate,  any
               interest in any  Certificate  or any other similar  security from
               any person in any manner,  (c)  otherwise  approach or  negotiate
               with respect to any Certificate,  any interest in any Certificate
               or any other similar security with any person in any manner,  (d)
               make any general  solicitation by means of general advertising or
               in any other manner or (e) take any other action, that (as to any
               of (a) through (e) above) would  constitute a distribution of any
               Certificate  under the Act, that would render the  disposition of
               any  Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state
               securities   law,   or  that  would   require   registration   or
               qualification pursuant


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               thereto. The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of
               the Certificates, except in compliance with the provisions of the
               Trust Agreement.

                      6.  The Purchaser represents:

        (i) that either (a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:

                      ____ a. The  Purchaser  is not any  employee  benefit plan
        subject to the  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  as
        amended ("ERISA"),  or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), a
        Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan or any
        Person acquiring such  Certificates  with "plan assets" of a Plan within
        the meaning of the  Department  of Labor  regulation  promulgated  at 29
        C.F.R.  ss.2510.3-101  and will provide a  certification  in the form of
        Exhibit G to the Trust Agreement to that effect; or

                      ____ b. The  Purchaser  will  provide the  Depositor,  the
        Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer with an
        opinion of counsel,  satisfactory  to the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee,
        the Certificate  Registrar and the Master  Servicer,  to the effect that
        the  purchase  and  holding  of a  Certificate  by or on  behalf  of the
        Purchaser is permissible  under  applicable  law, will not constitute or
        result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
        4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments)
        and will not subject the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee,  the Certificate
        Registrar  or  the  Master  Servicer  to  any  obligation  or  liability
        (including  liabilities  under  ERISA or  Section  4975 of the  Code) in
        addition to those  undertaken in the Trust  Agreement,  which opinion of
        counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
        Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer; and

        (ii)  the  Purchaser  is  familiar  with  the   prohibited   transaction
        restrictions and fiduciary  responsibility  requirements of Sections 406
        and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and understands  that each
        of the parties to which this  certification  is made is relying and will
        continue to rely on the statements made in this paragraph 6.

               7. The Purchaser is acquiring the  Certificate for its own behalf
          and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity
          in connection with such acquisition;

               8. The  Purchaser is not a non-United  States  person for federal
          income tax purposes.

                                    Very truly yours,



                                    By:
                                    Name:
                                    Title:


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                                           EXHIBIT E

                           FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER




                                             , 20
                                    ---------


Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 600
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55437

The Chase Manhattan Bank
450 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY  10001

Attention:  Capital Markets Fiduciary Services

               Re:    Home  Loan-Backed Certificates
                      Series 2000-HI3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

               (the "Purchaser")  intends to purchase from (the "Seller") a ___%
Certificate   Percentage  Interest  of  Certificates  of  Series  2000-HI3  (the
"Certificates"),  issued  pursuant to the Amended and Restated  Trust  Agreement
(the "Trust  Agreement"),  dated as of June 28, 2000 between Residential Funding
Mortgage  Securities II, Inc. as depositor (the "Company") and Wilmington  Trust
Company,  as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"),  as acknowledged and agreed by
The Chase Manhattan Bank as Certificate Registrar. All terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.  The
Seller hereby  certifies,  represents  and warrants to, and covenants  with, the
Company and the Certificate Registrar that:

               Neither  the  Seller  nor  anyone  acting on its  behalf  has (a)
offered,  pledged,  sold, disposed of or otherwise  transferred any Certificate,
any interest in any  Certificate or any other similar  security to any person in
any  manner,  (b)  has  solicited  any  offer  to buy  or to  accept  a  pledge,
disposition  or  other  transfer  of  any  Certificate,   any  interest  in  any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in any Certificate or any other similar  security with any person in any manner,
(d) has made any general  solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other manner, or (e) has taken any other action,  that (as to any of (a) through
(e)  above)  would  constitute  a  distribution  of the  Certificates  under the
Securities  Act of 1933 (the "Act"),  that would render the  disposition  of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state  securities law, or
that would require  registration or qualification  pursuant thereto.  The Seller
will not act, in any manner


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set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate.  The Seller
has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates,  except
in compliance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.

                                                   Very truly yours,


                                                          (Seller)



                                                   By:
                                                   Name:
                                                   Title:




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                                           EXHIBIT F

                               CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS

        This  Certificate of  Non-Foreign  Status  ("certificate")  is delivered
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Amended and Restated Trust  Agreement,  dated as
of June 28, 2000 (the "Trust  Agreement"),  between Residential Funding Mortgage
Securities  II, Inc.,  as  depositor  and  Wilmington  Trust  Company,  as Owner
Trustee, in connection with the acquisition of, transfer to or possession by the
undersigned, whether as beneficial owner (the "Beneficial Owner"), or nominee on
behalf of the Beneficial Owner of the Residential Home Loan-Backed Certificates,
Series 2000-HI3 (the  "Certificate").  Capitalized terms used but not defined in
this certificate have the respective meanings given them in the Trust Agreement.

        Each holder must  complete Part I, Part II (if the holder is a nominee),
and in all cases sign and otherwise complete Part III.

        In addition,  each holder shall submit with the  Certificate an IRS Form
W-9 relating to such holder.

        To confirm to the Trust that the provisions of Sections 871, 881 or 1446
of  the  Internal   Revenue  Code  (relating  to  withholding   tax  on  foreign
shareholders  and partners) do not apply in respect of the  Certificate  held by
the undersigned, the undersigned hereby certifies:

Part I -       Complete Either A or B

               A.     Individual as Beneficial Owner

                    1. I am (The Beneficial Owner is ) not a non-resident  alien
               for purposes of U.S. income taxation;

                    2. My (The Beneficial Owner's) name and home address are:


                                      ; and

                    3.   My   (The    Beneficial    Owner's)    U.S.    taxpayer
                         identification   number  (Social  Security  Number)  is
                         __________________.

               B.     Corporate, Partnership or Other Entity as BOwnercial

                    1.   _____________________ (Name of the Beneficial Owner) is
                         not a foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign
                         trust or foreign  estate (as those terms are defined in
                         the Code and Treasury Regulations;

                    2.   The  Beneficial  Owner's  office  address  and place of
                         incorporation (if applicable) is


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                                      ; and

                    3.   The  Beneficial  Owner's U.S.  employer  identification
                         number is _____________________.


Part II -      Nominees

        If  the  undersigned  is the  nominee  for  the  Beneficial  Owner,  the
undersigned  certifies  that this  certificate  has been made in  reliance  upon
information contained in:

                      an IRS Form W-9
               ------

                      a form such as this or substantially similar
               ------

provided to the  undersigned  by an appropriate  person and (i) the  undersigned
agrees to notify the Trust at least  thirty (30) days prior to the date that the
form  relied  upon  becomes  obsolete,  and (ii) in  connection  with  change in
Beneficial  Owners,  the  undersigned  agrees  to  submit a new  Certificate  of
Non-Foreign Status to the Trust promptly after such change.

Part III -     Declaration

        The undersigned, as the Beneficial Owner or a nominee thereof, agrees to
notify the Trust  within sixty (60) days of the date that the  Beneficial  Owner
becomes a foreign person. The undersigned  understands that this certificate may
be  disclosed  to the  Internal  Revenue  Service  by the  Trust  and any  false
statement contained therein could be punishable by fines, imprisonment or both.


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        Under  penalties  of  perjury,  I  declare  that  I have  examined  this
certificate  and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true,  correct and
complete and will further  declare that I will inform the Trust of any change in
the  information  provided above,  and, if applicable,  I further declare that I
have the authority* to sign this document.



              Name


      Title (if applicable)


     Signature and Date




*NOTE:  If signed  pursuant to a power of attorney,  the power of attorney  must
accompany this certificate.



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                                           EXHIBIT G

                              FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER

                                                   _____________, 20__

Residential Funding Mortgage
 Securities II, Inc.
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 600
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55437

Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware  19890

Residential Funding Corporation
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 600
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55437

[CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

                      Re:    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
                 Home Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-HI3

Dear Sirs:

               __________________________________  (the "Transferee") intends to
acquire  from   _____________________  (the  "Transferor")  a  ___%  Certificate
Percentage Interest of Residential Mortgage Securities II, Inc. Home Loan-Backed
Certificates,  Series  2000-HI3  (the  "Certificates"),  issued  pursuant  to an
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") dated June 28, 2000
among  Residential  Funding  Mortgage  Securities  II, Inc.,  as depositor  (the
"Depositor")  and Wilmington  Trust Company,  as trustee (the "Owner  Trustee").
Capitalized  terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.

               The Transferee hereby certifies,  represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer that:

               (1) The  Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not
        be  transferred  to, any  employee  benefit  plan  within the meaning of
        section 3(3) of the Employee  Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
        amended ("ERISA") or other retirement arrangement,  including individual
        retirement  accounts  and  annuities,  Keogh  plans and bank  collective
        investment funds and insurance  company general or separate  accounts in
        which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject
        to Section 406 of ERISA or Section


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        4975 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986  (the  "Code")  (any of the
        foregoing,  a "Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired with "plan assets" of
        a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation,
        29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101,  and (iii) will not be transferred to any Plan
        or any entity that is deemed to be investing  in plan assets  within the
        meaning of the DOL regulation, 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101; and

               (2) The  Transferee is familiar with the  prohibited  transaction
        restrictions and fiduciary  responsibility  requirements of Sections 406
        and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and understands  that each
        of the parties to which this  certification  is made is relying and will
        continue to rely on the statements made herein.

                                Very truly yours,



                                            By:
                                            Name:
                                            Title:



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                                    EXHIBIT H

                          FORM OF REPRESENTATION LETTER


                               _____________, 20__

Residential Funding Mortgage
 Securities II, Inc.
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 600
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55437

Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware  19890

Residential Funding Corporation
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 600
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55437

[CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]

                      Re:    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
                 Home Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-HI3

Dear Sirs:

               __________________________________  (the "Transferee") intends to
acquire  from   _____________________  (the  "Transferor")  a  ___%  Certificate
Percentage Interest of Residential Mortgage Securities II, Inc. Home Loan-Backed
Certificates, Series 2000-HI3 (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust  Agreement")  dated June 28, 2000 among
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor")
and Wilmington  Trust  Company,  as trustee (the "Owner  Trustee").  Capitalized
terms used herein and not  otherwise  defined  shall have the meanings  assigned
thereto in the Trust Agreement.

               The Transferee hereby certifies,  represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor,  the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer that the Transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own
behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in
connection with such acquisition.






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                                Very truly yours,



                                            By:
                                            Name:
                                            Title:



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