**EXHIBIT 10.1**

 

**AMENDMENT NO. 4**

**TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT**

 

Amendment No.4, dated as of October 12, 2004 (this “Amendment”), by and among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (the “Buyer”), ABETTERWAYHOME FINANCE, LLC (“Finance”) and HOMEBANC FUNDING CORP. (“Funding” andtogether with Finance, the “Seller”). 

 

RECITALS

 

The Buyer and the Seller are partiesto that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2004, Amendment No. 1 and Joinder dated as of June 7, 2004, Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 24, 2004 and Amendment No. 3, dated as of July 12, 2004 (the “Existing RepurchaseAgreement”; as amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Repurchase Agreement. 

 

The Buyer and the Seller have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions ofthis Amendment, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement. 

 

Accordingly, the Buyer and the Seller hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the ExistingRepurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 

 

SECTION 1.Temporary Amendment. For purposes of this Amendment, this Section 1 will be effective only during the period beginning on October 12, 2004 through and including the earlier of (i) November 11, 2004 and (ii) the closing date of HomeBancMortgage Trust, Series 2004-2. 

 

1.1 Definitions. Section2 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby temporarily amended by deleting the definition of “Maximum Purchase Price” in its entirety and replacing it with the following language, which amendment shall be effective solely during theIncreased Maximum Purchase Price Period: 

 

““Maximum Purchase Price” shall mean $600,000,000.” 

 

SECTION 2. Permanent Amendment; Definitions. Section 2 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subsection (j) of the definition of “Asset Value” in its entirety andreplacing it with the following language: 

 

“(j) when theAsset Value for such Purchased Mortgage Loan is added to other Purchased Mortgage Loans, the aggregate Asset Value for Purchased Mortgage Loans that are 5/6 or 3/6 Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans exceeds 50% of the Maximum Purchase Price.”

 

SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shallbecome effective on the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”) subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: 

 

3.1 Delivered Documents. On the Amendment Effective Date, the Buyer shall have received the following documents, each of which shall besatisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance: 

 

(a) this Amendment, executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Buyer, Finance and Funding; and 

 

(b) such other documents as the Buyer or counsel to the Buyer may reasonably request. 

3.2 Fees. On the Amendment Effective Date, the Seller shall have paid attorneys’ fees toBuyer or its counsel either by payment or by authorized debit in connection with this Amendment in an amount equal to $1,000. 

 

SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Finance and Funding each hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that it is in compliance with allthe terms and provisions set forth in the Existing Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and each hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warrantiescontained in Section 11 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement. 

 

SECTION 5. Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. 

 

SECTION 6. Fees. Finance and Funding agree to pay as and when billedby the Buyer all of the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel to the Buyer in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, this Amendment or any other documents prepared in connection herewith and receipt ofpayment thereof shall be a condition precedent to the Buyer entering into any Transaction pursuant hereto. 

 

SECTION 7. Confidentiality. The parties hereto acknowledge that this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement, and all drafts thereof,documents relating thereto and transactions contemplated thereby are confidential in nature and the Sellers agree that, unless otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction, they shall limit the distribution of such documents and thediscussion of such transactions to such of its officers, employees, attorneys, accountants and agents as is required in order to fulfill its obligations under such documents and with respect to such transactions. 

 

SECTION 8. **GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED INACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.**

 

SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto on separatecounterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

 

SECTION 10. Conflicts. The parties hereto agree that in the event there is any conflict between the terms of this Amendment, and the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement, the provisions of this Amendmentshall control. 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officersthereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written. 

 
**JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,****as Buyer**
By:
 
/s/ Jonathan P. Davis

Name:
 
Jonathan P. Davis

Title:
 
Vice President
**ABETTERWAYHOME FINANCE, LLC****as Seller**
By:
 
/s/ James L. Krakau

Name:
 
James L. Krakau

Title:
 
Senior Vice President
**HOMEBANC FUNDING CORP.,****as Seller**
By:
 
/s/ James L. Krakau

Name:
 
James L. Krakau

Title:
 
Senior Vice President