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Description of FTI Consulting, Inc.

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 FTI CONSULTING, INC. 
  
 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 
  
 Administration and Participation. The Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors (the “Board”) of FTI Consulting, Inc. (“FTI” or the “Company”). Participants in the Plan will include management employees of FTI or its subsidiaries designated by the Compensation Committee at the beginning
of each year. 
  
 Target Awards. At the beginning of each year, the
Compensation Committee will establish a target incentive award for each participant, which will be expressed as a dollar amount, a percentage of salary or otherwise. The target award will be based on a number of factors, including: (i) market
competitiveness of the position, (ii) job level, (iii) base salary level, (iv) past individual performance, and (v) expected contribution to our future performance and business impact. 
  
 For each executive officer, the Compensation Committee must establish the target awards and performance goals no later than
the earlier of 90 days after the beginning of the year, or such other date as may be permitted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Compensation Committee will establish for each executive officer a maximum
award that may be paid for the year, which will remain fixed for the entire year. The maximum award that any participant may receive for 2001 is $3 million and for 2002 is $4 million. For 2003 and thereafter, the maximum award that any participant
may receive for a plan year is $5 million. 
  
 Performance Goals. At the
beginning of each year, the Compensation Committee will establish for each participant performance goals that must be met in order for an award to be payable for the year. The Compensation Committee will establish in writing (i) the performance
goals that must be met, (ii) the threshold, target and maximum amounts that may be paid if the performance goals are met, and (iii) any other conditions that the Compensation Committee deems appropriate and consistent with the Plan and, in the case
of executive officers, Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  
 The
Compensation Committee will establish objective performance goals for each participant related to the participant’s business unit or our overall performance or both. The Compensation Committee may also establish subjective performance goals for
participants; provided that, for executive officers, the subjective performance goals may only be used to reduce, and not increase, the award otherwise payable under the Plan. The objectively determinable performance goals will be based on one or
more of the following criteria: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”), stock price, earnings per share, net earnings, operating or other earnings, profits, revenues, net cash flow, financial return
ratios, return on assets, stockholder return, return on equity, growth in assets, market share or strategic business criteria consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified revenue goals, market penetration goals, geographic
business expansion goals, goals relating to acquisitions or strategic partnerships. EBITDA means our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. 

 Changes to Performance Goals and Target Awards. At any time prior to the final determination of the awards, the
Compensation Committee may adjust the performance goals and target awards for participants who are not executive officers to reflect changes in corporate capitalization, changes in corporate transactions, the occurrence of any extraordinary event,
any change in accounting rules or principles, any change in our method of accounting, any change in applicable law, or any other change of similar nature. With respect to executive officers, such adjustments may be made to the extent the
Compensation Committee deems appropriate considering the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  
 Payments under the Plan. Awards may be paid in cash, FTI’s Common Stock or a combination of both, at the discretion of our Compensation Committee. As required by Section 162(m) of the Code, before we pay
any award under the Plan for any year, our Compensation Committee must certify in writing (to the extent required by any IRS regulation) that the performance goals were satisfied. Approved minutes of our Compensation Committee will be treated as the
required written certification. All amounts payable under the Plan will be paid as soon as practicable after certification by the Compensation Committee. 
  
 Amendment and Termination. The Compensation Committee or the Board may from time to time amend or terminate the Plan provided that no amendment that requires
stockholder approval in order to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code will be effective unless the amendment is approved by our stockholders. 
  
 Benefits under the Plan. Awards made in the future under the Plan will be based upon FTI’s future performance. Actual amounts will depend upon FTI’s
actual performance and on whether the Compensation Committee elects to reduce such amounts. 
  

 2Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 EXHIBIT 4.1 
  

  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION, 
 as Company 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., 
 as Servicer and as Seller 
  
 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION 
 as Custodian 
  
 and 
  
 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
 as Trustee 
  
 POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT 
  
 Dated as of November 1, 2004 
  

  
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4 
  
 NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS	  	1
				
	 	 	Section 1.01	 	Defined Terms.	  	1
	 	 	Section 1.02	 	Accounting.	  	1
	 	 	Section 1.03	 	Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.	  	2
	 	 	Section 1.04	 	Calculation of Interest on Certificates.	  	2
		
	ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES	  	2
				
	 	 	Section 2.01	 	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Other Trust Assets.	  	2
	 	 	Section 2.02	 	Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.	  	5
	 	 	Section 2.03	 	Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller.	  	6
	 	 	Section 2.04	 	Acknowledgement of Trustee.	  	9
	 	 	Section 2.05	 	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer.	  	9
	 	 	Section 2.06	 	Representations and Warranties of the Company.	  	10
	 	 	Section 2.07	 	Issuance of Certificates.	  	11
	 	 	Section 2.08	 	Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.	  	11
	 	 	Section 2.09	 	Designation Under REMIC Provisions.	  	11
		
	ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS	  	12
				
	 	 	Section 3.01	 	Servicer to Assure Servicing.	  	12
	 	 	Section 3.02	 	Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers.	  	13
	 	 	Section 3.03	 	Successor Subservicers.	  	14
	 	 	Section 3.04	 	Liability of the Servicer.	  	14
	 	 	Section 3.05	 	Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by the Trustee.	  	15
	 	 	Section 3.06	 	Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.	  	15
	 	 	Section 3.07	 	Withdrawals from the Collection Account.	  	18
	 	 	Section 3.08	 	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.	  	19
	 	 	Section 3.09	 	Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.	  	20
	 	 	Section 3.10	 	[Reserved].	  	20
	 	 	Section 3.11	 	Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Fidelity Coverage.	  	20
	 	 	Section 3.12	 	Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.	  	22
	 	 	Section 3.13	 	Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.	  	23
	 	 	Section 3.14	 	Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.	  	24
	 	 	Section 3.15	 	Servicing Compensation.	  	25
	 	 	Section 3.16	 	Annual Statements of Compliance.	  	26
	 	 	Section 3.17	 	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report.	  	26
	 	 	Section 3.18	 	Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.	  	27
	 	 	Section 3.19	 	Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service Generally and Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.	  	27
	 	 	Section 3.20	 	[Reserved].	  	27

  

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	 	 	Section 3.21	 	[Reserved].	  	27
	 	 	Section 3.22	 	Servicing and Administration of the MI Policies.	  	27
	 	 	Section 3.23	 	Determination Date Reports.	  	29
	 	 	Section 3.24	 	Advances.	  	29
	 	 	Section 3.25	 	Compensating Interest Payments.	  	30
	 	 	Section 3.26	 	Advance Facility.	  	30
		
	ARTICLE IV FLOW OF FUNDS	  	32
				
	 	 	Section 4.01	 	Distributions.	  	32
	 	 	Section 4.02	 	Distribution Account.	  	40
	 	 	Section 4.03	 	Statements.	  	41
	 	 	Section 4.04	 	Supplemental Interest Trust; Excess Cashflow.	  	44
	 	 	Section 4.05	 	Pre-Funding Account.	  	47
	 	 	Section 4.06	 	[Reserved]	  	49
	 	 	Section 4.07	 	Allocation of Realized Losses.	  	49
		
	ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES	  	50
				
	 	 	Section 5.01	 	The Certificates.	  	50
	 	 	Section 5.02	 	Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.	  	50
	 	 	Section 5.03	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.	  	54
	 	 	Section 5.04	 	Persons Deemed Owners.	  	55
	 	 	Section 5.05	 	Appointment of Paying Agent.	  	55
		
	ARTICLE VI THE SERVICER AND THE COMPANY	  	55
				
	 	 	Section 6.01	 	Liability of the Servicer and the Company.	  	55
	 	 	Section 6.02	 	Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer or the Company.	  	56
	 	 	Section 6.03	 	Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.	  	56
	 	 	Section 6.04	 	Servicer Not to Resign.	  	57
	 	 	Section 6.05	 	Delegation of Duties.	  	57
	 	 	Section 6.06	 	Servicer to Pay Trustee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.	  	57
		
	ARTICLE VII DEFAULT	  	58
				
	 	 	Section 7.01	 	Servicing Default.	  	58
	 	 	Section 7.02	 	Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.	  	60
	 	 	Section 7.03	 	Waiver of Defaults.	  	62
	 	 	Section 7.04	 	Notification to Certificateholders.	  	62
	 	 	Section 7.05	 	Survivability of Servicer Liabilities.	  	62
		
	ARTICLE VIII THE TRUSTEE	  	62
				
	 	 	Section 8.01	 	Duties of the Trustee.	  	62
	 	 	Section 8.02	 	Rights of Trustee.	  	64
	 	 	Section 8.03	 	Individual Rights of Trustee.	  	65
	 	 	Section 8.04	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer.	  	65
	 	 	Section 8.05	 	Notice of Servicing Default.	  	65

  

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	 	 	Section 8.06	 	[Reserved].	  	66
	 	 	Section 8.07	 	Compensation and Indemnity.	  	66
	 	 	Section 8.08	 	Replacement of Trustee.	  	66
	 	 	Section 8.09	 	Successor Trustee by Merger.	  	67
	 	 	Section 8.10	 	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.	  	67
	 	 	Section 8.11	 	Eligibility; Disqualification.	  	68
	 	 	Section 8.12	 	[Reserved].	  	68
	 	 	Section 8.13	 	Representations and Warranties.	  	68
	 	 	Section 8.14	 	Directions to Trustee.	  	69
	 	 	Section 8.15	 	The Agents.	  	69
	 	 	Section 8.16	 	Reports by the Trustee; Trust Fiscal Year.	  	69
	 	 	Section 8.17	 	Execution of the Novation and Swap Agreements.	  	70
		
	ARTICLE IX [RESERVED]	  	70
		
	ARTICLE X REMIC ADMINISTRATION	  	70
				
	 	 	Section 10.01	 	REMIC Administration.	  	70
	 	 	Section 10.02	 	Prohibited Transactions and Activities.	  	72
		
	ARTICLE XI TERMINATION	  	73
				
	 	 	Section 11.01	 	Termination.	  	73
	 	 	Section 11.02	 	Additional Termination Requirements.	  	75
		
	ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  	75
				
	 	 	Section 12.01	 	Amendment.	  	75
	 	 	Section 12.02	 	Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.	  	76
	 	 	Section 12.03	 	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.	  	77
	 	 	Section 12.04	 	Governing Law; Jurisdiction.	  	78
	 	 	Section 12.05	 	Notices.	  	78
	 	 	Section 12.06	 	Severability of Provisions.	  	80
	 	 	Section 12.07	 	Article and Section References.	  	80
	 	 	Section 12.08	 	Further Assurances.	  	80
	 	 	Section 12.09	 	Benefits of Agreement.	  	80
	 	 	Section 12.10	 	Acts of Certificateholders.	  	81
	 	 	Section 12.11	 	Confidentiality.	  	81
		
	APPENDIX A	  	 
	APPENDIX B	  	 

  

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 EXHIBITS: 
  

			
	Exhibit A-1	  	Form of Class A-1A Certificates
	Exhibit A-2	  	Form of Class A-1B Certificates
	Exhibit A-3	  	Form of Class A-2A Certificates
	Exhibit A-4	  	Form of Class A-2B Certificates
	Exhibit A-5	  	Form of Class A-2C Certificates
	Exhibit A-6	  	Form of Class M-1 Certificates
	Exhibit A-7	  	Form of Class M-2 Certificates
	Exhibit A-8	  	Form of Class M-3 Certificates
	Exhibit A-9	  	Form of Class M-4 Certificates
	Exhibit A-10	  	Form of Class M-5 Certificates
	Exhibit A-11	  	Form of Class M-6 Certificates
	Exhibit A-12	  	Form of Class B-1 Certificates
	Exhibit A-13	  	Form of Class B-2 Certificates
	Exhibit A-14	  	Form of Class B-3 Certificates
	Exhibit A-15	  	Form of Class B-4 Certificates
	Exhibit A-16	  	Form of Class I Certificates
	Exhibit A-17	  	Form of Class C Certificates
	Exhibit A-18	  	Form of Class R Certificates
	Exhibit B	  	Mortgage Loan Schedule
	Exhibit C	  	Form of Addition Notice
	Exhibit D	  	Form of Subsequent Transfer Instrument
	Exhibit E	  	Request for Release
	Exhibit F-1	  	Form of Trustee’s Initial Certification
	Exhibit F-2	  	Form of Trustee’s Final Certification
	Exhibit G	  	Form of Investment Letter
	Exhibit H	  	Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit
	Exhibit I	  	Form of Transferor’s Certificate
	Exhibit J	  	Form of Notional Amount Test Event Notice
	Exhibit K	  	Form of Designation Under REMIC Provisions

  

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 This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Agreement”),
among NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION, as company (the “Company”), NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
custodian (the “Custodian”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 Section 1.01 Defined Terms. 
  
 Whenever used in
this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms and phrases used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms and phrases in the definitions attached hereto as
Appendix A, which is incorporated herein by reference. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
  
 (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it; 
  
 (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; 
  
 (c) “or” is not exclusive; 
  
 (d) “including” means including without limitation; 
  
 (e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include
the singular; 
  
 (f) 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; and 
  
 (g) references to a Person are also to such Person’s permitted successors and assigns. 
  
 Section 1.02 Accounting. 
  
 Unless otherwise specified herein, for the purpose of any definition or calculation, whenever amounts are required to be netted, subtracted or added or
any distributions are taken into account such definition or calculation and any related definitions or calculations shall be determined without duplication of such functions. 
  

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 Section 1.03 Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls. 
  
 For purposes of calculating the amount of the Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates, for any Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Shortfalls incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first to the Excess Cashflow, and second, on a pro-rata basis based on, and to the extent of, the gross Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class, among the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates and (2) the aggregate amount of any Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amounts incurred for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to the Class C Certificates to the extent of the
gross Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for that Class, after deduction of any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Shortfalls. 
  
 All Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls shall be allocated on each Distribution Date among the classes of each of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III and REMIC IV in the proportion that Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls are allocated to the related Master REMIC Regular Interests. 
  
 Section 1.04 Calculation of Interest on Certificates. 
  
 Unless otherwise specified, all calculations in respect of interest on the Class A Certificates, the Class B Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates shall be made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period on the basis of a 360-day year and all other calculations of interest described herein shall be made on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 
  
 ARTICLE II

  
 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; 
 ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES 
  
 Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Other Trust Assets. 
  
 The Company, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Company, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Company, in and to (i) each Initial Mortgage
Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date;
(ii) property which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) its interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) its interest in the MI Policies; (v)
the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement; (vi) its interest in the Swap Agreements; (vii) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund; and (viii) all proceeds of any of the foregoing. Such assignment includes all
interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the related Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  

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 In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Seller, on behalf of the Company, does hereby
deliver to, and deposit with the Custodian, as the Trustee’s designated agent, the following documents or instruments with respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan so transferred and assigned and the Seller, on behalf of the Company, shall, in
accordance with Section 2.08, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, as the Trustee’s designated agent, with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the following documents or instruments (with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a
“Mortgage File”): 
  
 (i) the
original Mortgage Note endorsed to “JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4”; 
  
 (ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been
returned from the public recording office, a copy of the original Mortgage certified by the Seller or the public recording office in which such original Mortgage has been recorded, and if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System, such
Mortgage shall include thereon a statement that it is a MOM Loan and shall include the MIN for such Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System, an original assignment (which may be included in one or more blanket
assignments if permitted by applicable law) of the Mortgage endorsed to “JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4”, and otherwise in recordable form;

  
 (iv) originals of any intervening assignments
of the Mortgage showing an unbroken chain of title from the originator thereof to the Person assigning it to the Trustee (or to MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System), and noting the presence of a MIN (if the Mortgage Loan is
registered on the MERS System), with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original of any such intervening assignment has not yet been returned from the public recording office, a copy of such original intervening assignment certified by the
Seller or the public recording office in which such original intervening assignment has been recorded; 
  
 (v) the original policy of title insurance (or a commitment for title insurance, if the policy is being held by the title insurance
company pending recordation of the Mortgage); and 
  
 (vi) a true and correct copy of each assumption, modification, consolidation or substitution agreement, if any, relating to the Mortgage Loan. 
  
 If a material defect in any Mortgage File is discovered which may materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan, or the interests
of the Trustee or the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, including if any document required to be delivered to the Custodian has not been delivered (provided that a Mortgage File will not be deemed to contain a defect for an unrecorded
assignment under clause (iii) above for 180 days following submission of the assignment if the Seller has submitted such assignment for recording pursuant 
  

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 to the terms of the following paragraph), the Seller shall cure such defect or repurchase the related Mortgage Loan at
the Repurchase Price or substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan for the related Mortgage Loan upon the same terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.01 of the Purchase Agreement as to the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans and Section 2.02(c) of the Purchase Agreement as to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans for breaches of representations and warranties. 
  
 Promptly after the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan or, in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, promptly after the Subsequent
Transfer Date (or after the date of transfer of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan), the Seller at its own expense shall complete and submit for recording in the appropriate public office for real property records each of the assignments referred
to in clause (iii) above, with such assignment completed in favor of the Trustee, excluding any Mortgage Loan that is registered on the MERS System, if MERS is identified on the Mortgage, or on a properly recorded assignment of Mortgage as the
mortgagee of record. While such assignment to be recorded is being recorded, the Custodian shall retain a photocopy of such assignment. If any assignment is lost or returned unrecorded to the Custodian because of any defect therein, the Seller is
required to prepare a substitute assignment or cure such defect, as the case may be, and the Seller shall cause such substitute assignment to be recorded in accordance with this paragraph. 
  
 In instances where an original Mortgage or any original intervening
assignment of Mortgage is not, in accordance with clause (ii) or (iv) above, delivered by the Seller to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, prior to or on the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan or, in the case of a Subsequent
Mortgage Loan, promptly after the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered the originals of such documents to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, promptly upon receipt thereof. 
  
 In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS
System, promptly after the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan or, in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, promptly after the Subsequent Transfer Date (or after the date of transfer of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan), the
Seller further agrees that it will cause, at the Seller’s own expense, the MERS System to indicate that such Mortgage Loan has been assigned by the Seller to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in its computer files (a) the applicable Trustee code in the field “Trustee” which identifies the Trustee
and (b) the code “NovaStar 2004-4” (or its equivalent) in the field “Pool Field” which identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Seller further agrees that it will not, and will
not permit the Servicer to, and the Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any such Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 Effective on the
Closing Date, the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest to the Initial Mortgage Loans and other property, existing on the Closing Date and thereafter created and conveyed to
it pursuant to this Section 2.01. 
  

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 The Trustee, as assignee or transferee of the Company, shall be entitled to all scheduled principal
payments due after the Cut-off Date, all other payments of principal due and collected after the Cut-off Date, and all payments of interest on the Initial Mortgage Loans. No scheduled payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date and
collected after the Cut-off Date shall belong to the Company pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. Any late payment charges collected in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be paid to the Servicer as provided in Section 3.15(b) hereof.

  
 The parties hereto intend that the transactions set forth
herein constitute a sale by the Company to the Trust on the Closing Date of all the Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Initial Mortgage Loans and other property as and to the extent described above. In the event the transactions
set forth herein shall be deemed not to be a sale, the Company hereby grants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date a security interest in all of the Company’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
Initial Mortgage Loans and such other property, to secure all of the Company’s obligations hereunder and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law and in such event, the parties hereto acknowledge that the
Custodian, in addition to holding the Initial Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, holds the Initial Mortgage Loans as designee of the Company. The Seller agrees to take or cause to be taken such actions
and to execute such documents, including without limitation the filing of all necessary UCC-1 financing statements in the State of Virginia (which shall have been submitted for filing as of the Closing Date and each Subsequent Transfer Date, as
applicable), any continuation statements with respect thereto and any amendments thereto required to reflect a change in the name or corporate structure of the Seller or the filing of any additional UCC-1 financing statements due to the change in
the state of incorporation of the Seller, as are necessary to perfect and protect the interests of the Trust and its assignees in each Initial Mortgage Loan and the proceeds thereof and the interests of the Trust and its assignees in each Subsequent
Mortgage Loan and the proceeds thereof. 
  
 Section 2.02
Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee. 
  
 (a) The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, acknowledges receipt of, subject to the review described below and any exceptions it notes pursuant to the procedures described below, the documents (or certified copies
thereof) referred to in Section 2.01 hereof and declares that it holds and will continue to hold those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto and all other assets of the Trust Fund in trust for the use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders. No later than 45 days after the Closing Date and each Subsequent Transfer Date (or, with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, within 5 Business Days after the receipt by the Custodian, on behalf of
the Trustee, thereof and, with respect to any documents received beyond 45 days after the Closing Date or each Subsequent Transfer Date, promptly thereafter), the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, agrees, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Seller an initial certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-1. In conducting such review, the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, will ascertain whether all required documents described in Section 2.01 hereof have been executed and received and whether those documents relate, determined on the basis of the 
  

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 Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans it has received, as identified in
Exhibit B to this Agreement, as supplemented (provided, however, that with respect to those documents described in subclause (vii) of such section, the Custodian’s obligations shall extend only to documents actually delivered pursuant to such
subclause). In performing any such review, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, may conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. If the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, finds that any document constituting part of the Mortgage File not to have been executed or received, or to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or Attachment B to Exhibit 2 of the Purchase
Agreement or to appear to be defective on its face, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly notify the Seller of such finding and the Seller’s obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage
Loan. 
  
 (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, will review, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files and will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Seller, a final certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit F-2. In conducting such review, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, will ascertain whether an original of each document described in subclauses (ii)-(iv) of Section 2.01 hereof required to be recorded has been returned from the
recording office with evidence of recording thereon or a certified copy has been obtained from the recording office. If the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, finds any document constituting part of the Mortgage File has not been received, or to
be unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or Attachment B to Exhibit 2 of the Purchase Agreement or to appear defective on its face, the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly notify the Seller and the Trustee of such finding and the Seller’s obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan. 
  
 (c) Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Collection Account and
notification of the Trustee, by a certification signed by a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that the Repurchase Price has been deposited in the Collection Account), the Trustee shall cause the Custodian
to release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and shall cause to be executed and delivered all instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse, furnished to it by the Seller as are necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights
under the related Mortgage Loan. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which certification of the deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Distribution Account was received by the Trustee. The Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, shall amend the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly notify the Servicer, and the Rating Agencies of such amendment. 
  
 Section 2.03 Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller. 
  
 (a) Upon discovery or receipt of written notice of any materially defective
document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or of the breach by the Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant under the Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects the value of
such Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders, the Custodian shall promptly notify the Seller and the 
  

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 Servicer of such defect, missing document or breach and request that the Seller deliver such missing document or cure
such defect or breach no later than 90 days from the date of the discovery or receipt of written notice of such missing document, defect or breach, and if the Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all
material respects during such period, the Custodian shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall enforce the Seller’s obligation under the Purchase Agreement and cause the Seller to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the
Repurchase Price on or prior to the Determination Date following the expiration of such 90 day period. 
  
 (b) The Repurchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written
certification from the Servicer of such deposit, shall cause the Custodian to release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the
Seller shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the Trustee and the Custodian shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File (it being understood that
the Custodian shall have no responsibility for determining the sufficiency of such assignment for its intended purpose). In lieu of repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above, the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from the
Trust Fund (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d). It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a material defect in a constituent document exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. 
  
 (c) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or receipt of notice by the Servicer of the breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant of the Servicer set forth in Section 2.05 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects. 
  
 (d) Any substitution of Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for Deleted
Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) must be effected prior to the last Business Day that is within two years after the Closing Date. As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller substitutes an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, such substitution shall be effected by the Seller delivering to the Custodian, for such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements, with
all necessary endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01, together with an Officers’ Certificate providing that each such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Adjustment
Amount (as described below), if any, in connection with such substitution. The Custodian shall acknowledge receipt for such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days thereafter, shall review such documents as specified
in Section 2.02 and deliver to the Servicer, with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within 

 

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 one year of the date of substitution, the Custodian shall deliver to the Servicer a certification substantially in the
form of Exhibit F-2 hereto with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are not
part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the collections and recoveries in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan in the Due Period preceding the month
of substitution and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall give or cause to be given written notice to the Certificateholders that such
substitution has taken place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a
copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Custodian. Upon such substitution by the Seller, such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of this
Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, including all applicable representations and warranties thereof included in the Purchase Agreement as of the date of substitution. 
  
 For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (the “Substitution Adjustment Amount”), if any, by which the aggregate Repurchase Price of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate, as to each such Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan, of the principal balance thereof as of the date of substitution, together with one month’s interest on such principal balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On the date of such substitution, the Seller will
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Substitution Adjustment Amount, if any, and the Custodian, upon receipt of the related Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and
certification by the Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage File or Files and the Custodian or the Trustee, as applicable, shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without
recourse, as the Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto. 
  
 In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution will not
cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on “prohibited transactions” under Section 860F(a)(l) of the Code or on “contributions after the startup date” under
Section 860G(d)(l) of the Code, or (b) any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding. If such Opinion of Counsel can not be delivered, then such substitution may only be effected at such time as the required
Opinion of Counsel can be given. 
  
 (e) Upon discovery by the
Seller, the Servicer, the Custodian or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two Business Days give
written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Seller or the Company, as the case may be, shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d), substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage
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 Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage Loan.
Such repurchase or substitution shall be made by the Seller. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.03(a). The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall reconvey to the Seller, the Mortgage
Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty. 
  
 Section 2.04 Acknowledgement of Trustee. 
  
 The Trustee acknowledges that in the event that any of (i) the transfer of the Initial Mortgage Loans and the MI Policies
from the Seller to the Company, or from the Company to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, is determined to constitute a financing, or (ii) the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Company or from the Company
to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, is determined to constitute a financing, then in each case the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, and the Trustee hold the Initial Mortgage Loans, the MI Policies and the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans as the designee and bailee of the Company subject, however, in each case, to a prior lien in favor of the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 Section 2.05 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer. 
  
 The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for
the benefit of each of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and to the Company that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein: 
  

(i) The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Virginia and has
the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification 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
Servicer or the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage Loans; 
  
 (ii) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies; 
  
 (iii) The Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of
any other Person or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement, except for such consent, license, approval or authorization, or registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be; 
  

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 (iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Servicer will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court applicable to the Servicer or any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or
constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer may be bound; 
  
 (v) No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the
knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or the Certificates which, to the knowledge of the Servicer, has a reasonable likelihood of resulting in a material adverse effect
on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; 
  
 (vi) The Servicer is a member of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS; and 
  
 (vii) With respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, the
Servicer will accurately and fully report its borrower credit files to the three largest credit repositories in a timely manner. 
  
 The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any termination of the Servicer hereunder. 
  
 Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties of the Company.

  
 The Company represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders as follows: 
  
 (a)
The Company 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. 
  
 (b) The Company 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 Company and the ability of the Company to perform hereunder. 
  
 (c) The Company has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Company has full power and authority to purchase the property to be purchased from the Seller and the Company has duly authorized such purchase by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery
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 have been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action. When executed and delivered, this Agreement
will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. 
  
 (d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this 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 Company, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Company 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 Company’s knowledge, any
order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties. 
  
 Section 2.07 Issuance of Certificates. 
  
 The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans
and the delivery to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee of the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all other assets included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Company executed by an officer of the Company, has executed, and authenticated and delivered to or upon the
order of the Company, the Certificates in authorized denominations. The interests evidenced by the Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund. 
  
 Section 2.08 Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Trustee, or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, shall purchase the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans as set forth in Section 2.02 of the Purchase Agreement. The Seller shall deliver a Mortgage File (as described in Section 2.01) with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loans. 
  
 Section 2.09 Designation Under REMIC Provisions. 
  
 The Trustee shall comply with the provisions set forth in Exhibit K.

  

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 ARTICLE III 
  
 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING 
 OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS 
  
 Section 3.01 Servicer to Assure Servicing. 
  
 (a) The Servicer shall supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which
generally shall conform to the standards of an institution prudently servicing mortgage loans for its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration. The Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as hereinafter set forth. Subject to Section
3.06(b), the authority of the Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer, and any Subservicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to (i) consult with and advise any Subservicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage
Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Subservicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as
shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the
institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals and any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Servicer shall include, in addition, the power on
behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee, or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related
Mortgage Notes and Mortgages (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer and any Subservicer acting on its behalf may,
and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee when the Servicer believes it is reasonably necessary in its best judgment in order to comply with its servicing duties hereunder, to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Certificateholders, the Trustee, or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the insurance policies and the
accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer. 
  
 The Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the placing of a lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. 
  
 The relationship of the Servicer (and of any successor to the Servicer as
servicer under this Agreement) to the Trust and the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent. 
  

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 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.01(a), the Servicer shall not take any action
inconsistent with the interests of the Trustee, or the Certificateholders or with the rights and interests of the Trustee, or the Certificateholders under this Agreement. 
  
 (c) The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. 

 
 (d) The Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on
behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System,
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS,
solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Servicer with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result
of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to
the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Servicer by the Trust. 
  
 Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers. 
  
 (a) The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements with Subservicers for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans and for the
performance of any and all other activities of the Servicer hereunder. Each Subservicer shall be either (i) an institution the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC or (ii) another entity that engages in the business of originating or servicing
mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable
law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall include the provision that such Agreement may be immediately terminated (i) (x)
with cause and without any termination fee by the Servicer hereunder and/or (y) without cause, in which case the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any termination fee or penalty resulting therefrom and (ii) at the option of the Trustee upon
the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder, in which case the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any termination fee or penalty resulting therefrom. In addition, each Subservicing Agreement shall provide for servicing of the
Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer and the Subservicers may enter into Subservicing Agreements and make amendments to the Subservicing Agreements or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements
providing for, among other things, the delegation by the Servicer to a Subservicer of additional duties regarding the administration of the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and
not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders, without the consent of
the Certificateholders holding at least 51% of the aggregate Voting Rights. 
  

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 (b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee, and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under the related Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements and the pursuit
of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall pay the
costs of such enforcement at its own expense, but shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement only to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage
Loan or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the party against whom such enforcement is directed. 
  
 Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers. 
  
 The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing
Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement; provided, however, that upon termination, the Servicer shall either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or enter into an appropriate contract with a successor Subservicer
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, pursuant to which such successor Subservicer will be bound by all relevant terms of the related Subservicing Agreement pertaining to the servicing of such Mortgage Loans. 
  
 Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer. 
  
 (a) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall under all circumstances remain obligated and primarily liable to the
Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement. The obligations and liability of the Servicer shall not be diminished by virtue of Subservicing
Agreements or by virtue of indemnification of the Servicer by any Subservicer, or any other Person. The obligations and liability of the Servicer shall remain of the same nature and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were
servicing and administering the related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall, however, be entitled to enter into indemnification agreements with any Subservicer or other Person and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received any payment on a Mortgage Loan on the date the Subservicer received such payment. 
  
 (b) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans
involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Custodian, the Trustee and the Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall
have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer, except as set forth in Section 3.05. 
  

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 Section 3.05 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by the Trustee. 
  
 (a) If the Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer, shall assume
the servicing obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.02 below, the Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer, to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 7.02 with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall
succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each of the Subservicing Agreements. In such event, the Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer’s rights and
obligations therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to such Subservicing Agreements to the same extent as if such Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the Trustee or its designee as a successor Servicer, except that the Trustee
or its designee as a successor Servicer shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligations or liabilities of the Servicer arising prior to such assumption or as a result of the Trustee’s or its designee’s terminating any Subservicer upon
the Trustee or its designee becoming successor Servicer and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under such Subservicing Agreements arising prior to such assumption or as a result of the Trustee’s or its
designee’s terminating any Subservicer upon the Trustee or its designee becoming successor Servicer. 
  
 (b) The Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer may terminate any Subservicer upon becoming successor Servicer. Any termination fees will be
paid by the terminated Subservicer. 
  
 (c) In the event that the
Trustee or its designee as successor Servicer assumes the servicing obligations of the Servicer under Section 7.02, upon the request of the Trustee or such designee as successor Servicer, the Servicer shall at its own expense deliver to the Trustee,
or at its written request to such designee, originals or, if originals are not available, photocopies of all documents, files and records, electronic or otherwise, relating to the Subservicing Agreements and the related Mortgage Loans or REO
Property then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it, if any, and will otherwise cooperate and use its reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements, or responsibilities
hereunder to the Trustee, or at its written request to such designee as successor Servicer. 
  
 Section 3.06 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. 
  
 (a) The Servicer will coordinate and monitor remittances by Subservicers to it with respect to the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Servicer shall make its best reasonable efforts to collect or cause to be collected all payments required under the
terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans and shall follow, and use its best reasonable efforts to cause Subservicers to follow, collection procedures comparable to the collection procedures of prudent mortgage lenders servicing mortgage loans for
their own account to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement. 
  

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 Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer or the related Subservicer may in its discretion (i) waive or permit to be
waived any late payment charge, prepayment charge, assumption fee, or any penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) suspend or reduce or permit to be suspended or reduced regular monthly payments for a period of
up to six months, or arrange or permit an arrangement with a Mortgagor for a scheduled liquidation of delinquencies; provided, however, that the Servicer or the related Subservicer may permit the foregoing only if it believes, in good faith, that
recoveries of Monthly Payments will be maximized; provided further, however, with respect to Mortgage Loans insured by an MI Policy, that the Servicer may not without the prior written consent of the MI Insurer permit any waiver, modification or
variance which would (a) reduce or eliminate the coverage provided under the MI Policy (b) change the loan rate, (c) forgive any payment of principal or interest, (d) lessen the lien priority or (e) extend the final maturity date of a Mortgage Loan
past 12 months after the original maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event the Servicer or related Subservicer shall consent to the deferment of the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall nonetheless make an
Advance or shall cause the related Subservicer to make an advance to the same extent as if such installment were due, owing and delinquent and had not been deferred through liquidation of the Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that the
obligation of the Servicer or the related Subservicer to make an Advance shall apply only to the extent that the Servicer believes, in good faith, that such advances are not Nonrecoverable Advances. The Servicer shall pay the amount of any waived
prepayment charge if such prepayment charge was waived for a reason other than that specified in this Section 3.06(b). 
  
 (c) Within five Business Days after the Servicer has determined that all amounts which it expects to recover from or on account of a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan have been recovered and that no further Liquidation Proceeds will be received in connection therewith, the Servicer shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer that such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan as
of the date of such determination. 
  
 (d) The Servicer shall
establish a segregated account (the “Collection Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Collection Account, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of
NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 2004-4, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4”, in which the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited any amounts representing payments on and any collections in respect of the Mortgage
Loans received by it after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Subsequent Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of the payments referred to in the following paragraph) within two Business Days following receipt
thereof, including the following payments and collections received or made by it (without duplication): 
  
 (i) all payments of principal or interest on the Mortgage Loans received by the Servicer directly from Mortgagors or from the respective
Subservicer; 
  
 (ii) the aggregate Repurchase
Price of the Mortgage Loans purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.18; 
  
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 (iv) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, and all Substitution Adjustment Amounts required to be deposited in connection with the substitution of an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; 
  
 (v) Insurance Proceeds, other than Net Liquidation Proceeds,
and MI Insurance Proceeds resulting from any insurance policy maintained on a Mortgaged Property; 
  
 (vi) any Advance and any Compensating Interest payments; and 
  
 (vii) any other amounts received by the Servicer, including all Foreclosure Profits, assumption fees,
prepayment penalties and any other fees that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement; 
  
 provided, however, that with respect to each Due Period, the Servicer shall be permitted to retain from payments actually collected in respect of interest on the Mortgage
Loans, the Servicing Fee for such Due Period. The foregoing requirements respecting deposits to the Collection Account are exclusive, it being understood that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer need not deposit in the
Collection Account late payment charges payable by Mortgagors, as further described in Section 3.15, or amounts received by the Subservicer for the accounts of Mortgagors for application towards the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, assessments
and similar items. In the event any amount not required to be deposited in the Collection Account is so deposited, the Servicer may at any time (prior to being terminated under this Agreement) withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall keep records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Collection Account that have been identified by it as being attributable to the Mortgage Loans and shall hold all
collections in the Collection Account for the benefit of the Trustee, and the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear. 
  
 Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Eligible Investments with a maturity date no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Servicer Remittance Date, but shall not be commingled with the Servicer’s own funds or general assets or with funds respecting payments on mortgage loans or with any other funds not related to the Certificates. All such investments shall be
made in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, provided, however, that income earned on such Eligible Investments shall be for the account of the Servicer. Such funds shall be invested at the written direction of the
Servicer or if the Servicer does not provide such written direction such funds shall be retained by the Trustee uninvested. The Servicer shall be obligated to cover losses on such Eligible Investments. 
  
 (e) The Servicer will require each Subservicer to hold all funds constituting
collections on the Mortgage Loans, pending remittance thereof to the Servicer, in one or more accounts in the name of the Trustee meeting the requirements of an Eligible Account, and such funds shall not be invested. The Subservicer shall segregate
and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and any other funds. Each Subservicer shall make remittances to the Servicer no later than one Business Day
following receipt thereof and the Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account any such remittances received from any Subservicer within one Business Day following receipt by the Servicer. 
  

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 Section 3.07 Withdrawals from the Collection Account. 
  
 (a) The Servicer shall, from time to time as provided herein, make
withdrawals from the Collection Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.06 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following purposes (without duplication): 
  
 (i) to deposit in the Distribution Account, by the Servicer
Remittance Date prior to each Distribution Date, all collections on the Mortgage Loans required to be distributed from the Distribution Account on a Distribution Date; 
  
 (ii) to the extent deposited to the Collection Account, to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for
previously unreimbursed expenses incurred in maintaining individual insurance policies pursuant to Section 3.11, or Liquidation Expenses, paid pursuant to Section 3.13, such withdrawal right being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage
Loans (other than any Repurchase Price in respect thereof) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such expenses were paid, or from related Liquidation Proceeds; 
  
 (iii) to pay to itself out of each payment received on account of interest on a Mortgage Loan as
contemplated by Section 3.15, an amount equal to the related Servicing Fee (to the extent not retained pursuant to Section 3.06); 
  
 (iv) to pay to itself or the Seller, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased by
the Seller, the Servicer or other entity, all amounts received thereon and not required to be distributed to Certificateholders as of the date on which the related Repurchase Price is determined; 
  
 (v) to reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any
unreimbursed Advance of its own funds or any unreimbursed advance of such Subservicer’s own funds, the right of the Servicer or a Subservicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (v) being limited to amounts received on a particular
Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such Mortgage Loan respecting which such Advance
or advance was made; 
  
 (vi) to reimburse the
Servicer or any Subservicer from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for amounts expended by the Servicer or such Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.13 in good faith in connection with the restoration of
the related Mortgaged Property or in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (vii) to reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advance previously made, and otherwise not
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 (viii) to withdraw any other amount deposited in the Collection Account that was not
required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.06; 
  
 (ix) to reimburse the Servicer for costs associated with the environmental report handling the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on a Mortgaged Property as set forth in Section 3.13(c); 
  
 (x) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon a
termination pursuant to Section 7.08; 
  
 (xi) to
pay to the Servicer income earned on Eligible Investments in the Collection Account; 
  
 (xii) to pay to the MI Insurer the monthly MI Premiums due under each MI Policy from payments received (or Advances made) on account of
interest due on the related Mortgage Loan; and 
  
 (xiii) to make an Advance with respect to a delinquent Mortgage Loan from funds held in the Collection Account as contemplated by Section 3.24, provided that the amount withdrawn for such an Advance is immediately deposited into the
Distribution Account. 
  
 Withdrawals made pursuant to clause (xii) shall be made
on a first priority basis. In connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi), the Servicer’s entitlement thereto is limited to collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, and the Servicer shall
keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Collection Account pursuant to such clauses. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.07, the Servicer may, but is not required to, allow the Subservicers to
deduct from amounts received by them or from the related account maintained by a Subservicer, prior to deposit in the Collection Account, any portion to which such Subservicers are entitled as reimbursement of any reimbursable Advances made by such
Subservicers. 
  
 Section 3.08 Collection of Taxes, Assessments
and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. 
  
 (a) The Servicer
shall establish and maintain or cause the related Subservicer to establish and maintain, one or more Servicing Accounts. The Servicer or a Subservicer will deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes,
assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the Mortgagors. 
  
 (b) The deposits in the Servicing Accounts shall be held in trust by the Servicer or a Subservicer (and its successors and assigns) in the name of the Trustee. Such Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts and,
if permitted by applicable law, invested in Eligible Investments held in trust by the Servicer or a Subservicer as described above and maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds 
  

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 are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment; withdrawals of amounts
from the Servicing Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items, to reimburse the Servicer or a Subservicer for any advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any
Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Accounts or to clear and terminate the Servicing Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement.
Amounts received from Mortgagors for deposit into the Servicing Accounts shall be deposited in the Servicing Accounts by the Servicer within two days of receipt. The Servicer shall advance from its own funds amounts needed to pay items payable from
the Servicing Accounts if the Servicer reasonably believes that such amounts are recoverable from the related Mortgagor. The Servicer shall comply with all laws relating to the Servicing Accounts, including laws relating to payment of interest on
the Servicing Accounts. If interest earned by the Servicer on the Servicing Accounts is not sufficient to pay required interest on the Servicing Accounts, the Servicer shall pay the difference from its own funds. The Servicing Accounts shall not be
the property of the Trust. 
  
 Section 3.09 Access to Certain
Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Servicer shall provide, and shall cause any Subservicer to provide, to the Trustee, access to the documentation regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents
and examiners of the FDIC (to which the Custodian and Trustee shall also provide) access to the documentation regarding the related Mortgage Loans required by applicable regulations, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer or the Subservicers that are designated by these entities; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, the Servicer and any Subservicer shall not be required to
provide access to such documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor; provided, further, however, that the Trustee shall coordinate its request for such access so as not to impose an unreasonable
burden on, or cause an unreasonable interruption of, the business of the Servicer or any Subservicer. The Servicer, the Subservicers, the Trustee and the Custodian shall allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the
documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers their own actual out-of-pocket costs. 
  
 Section 3.10 [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 3.11 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Fidelity Coverage. 
  
 (a) The Servicer shall maintain and keep, or cause each Subservicer to maintain and keep, with respect to each Mortgage Loan
and each REO Property, in full force and effect hazard insurance (fire insurance with extended coverage) equal to at least the lesser of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or the current replacement cost of the Mortgaged Property, and
containing a standard mortgagee clause, provided, however, that the amount of hazard insurance may not be less than the amount necessary to prevent loss due to the application of any co-insurance provision of the related policy. Unless applicable
state law requires a higher deductible, the deductible on such hazard insurance policy may be no more than $1,500 or 1% of 
  

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 the applicable amount of coverage, whichever is less. In the case of a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit
development, the required hazard insurance shall take the form of a multi-peril policy covering the entire condominium project or planned unit development, in an amount equal to at least 100% of the insurable value based on replacement cost. If the
Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy consistent with its general mortgage servicing activities insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth
in this Section 3.11(a), it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying
with this Section 3.11(a) and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Collection Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause without any right
of reimbursement. Any such deposit by the Servicer shall be made on the last Business Day of the Due Period in the month in which payments under any such policy would have been deposited in the Collection Account. In connection with its activities
as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trust, and the Trustee, claims under any such blanket policy. 
  
 (b) Any amounts collected by the Servicer or a Subservicer under any such hazard insurance policy (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or
repair of the Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s or a Subservicer’s normal servicing procedures, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage or applicable law) shall be deposited in the Collection
Account. 
  
 (c) Any cost incurred by a Servicer or a Subservicer
in maintaining any such individual hazard insurance policies shall not be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage
Loan so permit. Such costs of maintaining individual hazard insurance policies shall be recoverable by the Servicer or a Subservicer out of related late payments by the Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or by the
Servicer from the Repurchase Price, to the extent permitted by Section 3.07. 
  
 (d) No earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired with respect to a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at
any time be in force and shall require such additional insurance. When, at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan or at any subsequent time, the Mortgaged Property is located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Servicer
shall ensure that, with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such REO Property, flood insurance is acquired (to the extent available and in accordance with mortgage servicing industry practice). Such flood insurance shall cover the Mortgaged Property,
including all items taken into account in arriving at the Appraised Value on which the Mortgage Loan was based, and shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the minimum amount
required under the terms of coverage to compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, but not more than the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under either the regular or emergency programs
of the National Flood Insurance Program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such program). Unless applicable state law requires a higher deductible, the deductible on such flood insurance may not
exceed $1,500 or 1% of the applicable amount of coverage, whichever is less. 
  

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 (e) If insurance complying with Subsections 3.11 (a) and (d) has not been maintained and there shall have
been a loss which would have been covered by such insurance had it been maintained, the Servicer shall pay, or cause the related Subservicer to pay, for any necessary repairs without any right of reimbursement. 
  
 (f) The Servicer shall present, or cause the related Subservicer to present,
claims under any related hazard insurance or flood insurance policy. 
  
 (g) The Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense, and shall cause each Subservicer to obtain and maintain at its own expense, and for the duration of this Agreement, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance
policy covering the Servicer’s and such Subservicer’s officers, employees and other persons acting on its behalf in connection with its activities under this Agreement. The amount of coverage shall correspond with the FNMA/FHMLC levels
presently maintained by the Servicer. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee of any material change in the terms of such bond or policy. The Servicer shall provide annually to the Trustee a certificate of insurance that such bond and policy
are in effect. If any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall, to the extent possible, give the Trustee ten days’ notice prior to any such cessation and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a comparable
replacement bond or policy, as the case may be. Any amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans collected under such bond or policy shall be deposited in the Collection Account. 
  
 Section 3.12 Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. 
  
 (a) In any case in which the Servicer is notified by any Mortgagor or
Subservicer that a Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall enforce, or shall instruct such Subservicer to enforce, any due-on-sale clause contained in the related
Mortgage to the extent permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Note and by applicable law. The Servicer or the related Subservicer may repurchase a Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price when the Servicer requires acceleration of the
Mortgage Loan, but only if the Servicer is satisfied, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, that such Mortgage Loan is in default or default is reasonably foreseeable. If the Servicer reasonably believes that such
due-on-sale clause cannot be enforced under applicable law or if the Mortgage Loan does not contain a due-on-sale clause, the Servicer is authorized, and may authorize any Subservicer, to consent to a conveyance subject to the lien of the Mortgage,
and, with the consent of the MI Insurer, if applicable, to take or enter into an assumption agreement from or with the Person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the related
Mortgage Note and unless prohibited by applicable state law, on condition, however, that the related Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered by a hazard policy. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the related Mortgage Note
may be changed. The Servicer shall notify the Custodian and Trustee, whenever possible, before the completion of such assumption agreement, and shall forward to the Custodian the original copy of such assumption agreement, which copy shall be added
by the Custodian to the related Mortgage File and which shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. 
  

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 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer shall
not be deemed to be in default, breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any conveyance by the Mortgagor of the related Mortgaged Property or assumption of a
Mortgage Loan which the Servicer reasonably believes it may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever or if the exercise of such right would impair or threaten to impair any recovery under any applicable insurance policy.

  
 Section 3.13 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.

  
 (a) The Servicer shall, or shall direct the related
Subservicer to, foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing any Mortgage Loans that come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent
payments pursuant to Section 3.06, except that the Servicer shall not, and shall not direct the related Subservicer to, foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert a Mortgaged Property if there is evidence of toxic waste or other environmental
hazards thereon unless the Servicer follows the procedures in Subsection (c) below. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer in conjunction with the related Subservicer, if any, shall use its best reasonable efforts to
preserve REO Property and to realize upon defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as to maximize the receipt of principal and interest by the Certificateholders, taking into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure and the
considerations set forth in Subsection 3.13(b). The foregoing is subject to the proviso that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it
determines in good faith (i) that such restoration or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Certificateholders after reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to
it either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of reimbursements from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07) or through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar priority). The
Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses constituting Liquidation Expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof (as well as its normal servicing compensation)
as set forth in Section 3.07. Any income from or other funds (net of any income taxes) generated by REO Property shall be deemed for purposes of this Agreement to be Liquidation Proceeds. 
  
 Any subsequent collections with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan shall be deposited to the Collection Account. For
purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, or other unscheduled collections, the Servicer may take into account any estimated additional Liquidation Expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the
related defaulted Mortgage Loan. 
  
 In the event that title to
any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee and held by the Custodian, who shall hold the same on behalf of Trustee and the Trust in accordance
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 the Agreement. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such
Mortgaged Property shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan held as an asset of the Trust until such time as such property shall be sold. 
  
 (b) The Servicer shall not acquire any real property (or any personal
property incident to such real property) on behalf of the Trust Fund except in connection with a default or reasonably foreseeable default of a Mortgage Loan. In the event that the Servicer acquires any real property (or personal property incident
to such real property) on behalf of the Trust Fund in connection with a default or imminent default of a Mortgage Loan, such property shall be disposed of by the Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event
later than three years after its acquisition on behalf of the Trust Fund. 
  
 (c) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Servicer or a Subservicer has received notice of, or has actual knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged Property, the
Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee, and shall act in accordance with any such directions and instructions provided by the Trustee. If the Trustee has not provided directions and instructions to the Servicer in connection with any such
Mortgage Loan within 5 days of a request by the Servicer for such directions and instructions, then the Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (other than proceeding against the Mortgaged
Property) and is hereby authorized at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Servicer shall not obtain on behalf of the Trust a deed as a
result or in lieu of foreclosure, and shall not otherwise acquire possession of or title to, or commence any proceedings to acquire possession of or title to, or take any other action with respect to, any Mortgaged Property, if the Trust could
reasonably be considered to be a responsible party for any liability arising from the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged Property. 
  
 Section 3.14 Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. 
  
 (a) Upon payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will immediately notify the Custodian and the Trustee by a
certification signed by a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account have been so deposited)
and shall request delivery to the Servicer or Subservicer, as the case may be, of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly cause to be released the related Mortgage
File to the Servicer or Subservicer and the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer, without recourse, the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the
Mortgage (furnished by the Servicer), together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. 
  
 (b) From time to time as is appropriate, for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or collection under an insurance policy, the Servicer may
deliver to the Trustee and the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer on behalf of the Servicer in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E hereto. Upon receipt of the Request for Release, the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, shall deliver the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Servicer or Subservicer, as the case may be, as bailee for the Trustee. 
  

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 (c) The Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein released pursuant to Subsection
3.14(b) to be returned to the Custodian when the need therefor no longer exists, and in any event within 21 days of the Servicer’s receipt thereof, unless the Mortgage Loan has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and the Liquidation Proceeds
relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection Account or such Mortgage File is being used to pursue foreclosure or other legal proceedings. Prior to return of a Mortgage File or any document to the Custodian, the Servicer, the
related insurer or Subservicer to whom such file or document was delivered shall retain such file or document in its respective control as bailee for the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, unless the Mortgage File or such document has been
delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law, to initiate or pursue legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and the Servicer
has delivered to the Custodian and the Trustee, a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. If a
Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall deliver the Request for Release with respect thereto to the Servicer upon deposit of the related Liquidation Proceeds in the Collection Account.

  
 (d) The Trustee shall execute and deliver or cause to be
executed and delivered to the Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary (i) for the foreclosure or trustee’s sale with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) for any legal action brought to
obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage; (iii) to obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) to enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at
law or equity. Together with such documents or pleadings the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer in which it requests the Trustee to execute or cause to be executed the pleadings or documents. The certificate
shall certify and explain the reasons for which the pleadings or documents are required. It shall further certify that the Trustee’s execution and delivery of the pleadings or documents will not invalidate any insurance coverage under the
insurance policies or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale. 
  
 Section 3.15 Servicing Compensation. 
  
 (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee from full
payments of accrued interest on each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall be solely responsible for paying any and all fees with respect to a Subservicer, and the Trustee and the Trust Fund shall not bear any fees, expenses or other costs directly
associated with any Subservicer. 
  
 (b) The Servicer may retain
additional servicing compensation in the form of late payment charges, to the extent such charges are collected from the related Mortgagors and investment earnings on the Collection Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses it
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 entitled in connection with servicing activities under this Agreement to reimbursement except as provided in this
Agreement. Expenses to be paid by the Servicer without reimbursement under this Subsection 3.15(b) shall include payment of the expenses of the accountants retained pursuant to Section 3.17. 
  
 Section 3.16 Annual Statements of Compliance. 
  
 Within 90 days after December 31 of each year, the Servicer at its own
expense shall deliver to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, an Officers’ Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this
Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision, (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects for such year, or, if
there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by the Servicer to remedy such default; (iii) a review of the
activities of each Subservicer during the Subservicer’s most recently ended calendar year and its performance under its Subservicing Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision; and (iv) to the best of the Servicing
Officer’s knowledge, based on his review and the certification of an officer of the Subservicer (unless the Servicing Officer has reason to believe that reliance on such certification is not justified), either each Subservicer has performed and
fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement and its Subservicing Agreement in all material respects throughout the year, or, if there has been a default in performance or fulfillment of any such duties,
responsibilities or obligations, specifying the nature and status of each such default known to the Servicing Officer. Copies of such statements shall be provided by the Servicer to the Certificateholders upon request or by the Trustee at the
expense of the Servicer should the Servicer fail to provide such copies. 
  
 Section 3.17 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. 
  
 (a) Within 90 days after December 31 of each year, the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a firm of independent public accountants who are members of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Servicer, which will be provided to the Trustee, and the Rating Agencies, to the effect that, in connection with the firm’s examination of the Servicer’s
financial statements as of the end of such calendar year, nothing came to their attention that indicated that the Servicer was not in compliance with Sections 3.06, 3.07 and 3.08 except for (i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be immaterial
and (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement. 
  
 (b) Within 90 days after December 31 of each year, the Servicer, at its expense, shall, and shall cause each Subservicer to cause, a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Servicer or such
Subservicer, as the case may be, a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters from the management of the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, which includes an assertion that the
Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, has complied with certain minimum mortgage loan servicing standards identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of

  

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 America with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed calendar year and
(ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions
and other qualifications that may be appropriate. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Servicer shall or shall cause each Subservicer to furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies. 
  
 Section 3.18 Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.

  
 Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.02 hereof,
the Servicer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase any Mortgage Loan which becomes 90 days or more delinquent at a purchase price equal to the Repurchase Price (a) within 29 days after the date the Mortgage Loan becomes 90 days
delinquent or (b) on the date the Servicer liquidates the related Mortgaged Property. The procedure for such purchase shall be the same as for a repurchase made by the Seller under the Purchase Agreement. With respect to any Mortgage Loans being
purchased pursuant to this Section 3.18, the Servicer shall purchase the most delinquent Mortgage Loans before purchasing other less delinquent Mortgage Loans. The Servicer or the related Subservicer may purchase a Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase
Price when the Servicer requires acceleration of the Mortgage Loan, but only if the Servicer is satisfied, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, that such Mortgage Loan is in default or default is reasonably
foreseeable. 
  
 Section 3.19 Information Required by the
Internal Revenue Service Generally and Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property. 
  
 The Servicer shall prepare and deliver all federal and state information reports when and as required by all applicable state and federal income tax laws.
In particular, with respect to the requirement under Section 6050J of the Code to the effect that the Servicer or Subservicer shall make reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any mortgaged property, the Servicer or Subservicer shall file
reports relating to each instance occurring during the previous calendar year in which the Servicer (i) acquires an interest in any Mortgaged Property through foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a Mortgage
Loan, or (ii) knows or has reason to know that any Mortgaged Property has been abandoned. The reports from the Servicer or Subservicer shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Section 6050J, Section
6050H (reports relating to mortgage interest received) and Section 6050P of the Code (reports relating to cancellation of indebtedness). 
  
 Section 3.20 [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 3.21 [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 3.22 Servicing and Administration of the MI Policies. 
  
 (a) The Servicer shall take all such actions on behalf of the Trustee as are necessary to service, maintain and administer
the MI Policies and to perform the Trustee’s obligations and enforce the Trustee’s rights under the MI Policies, which actions shall conform to the standards of an institution prudently administering MI Policies for its own account.

  

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 Except as expressly set forth herein, the Servicer shall have full authority on behalf of the Trust to do anything it
reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with the servicing, maintenance and administration of the MI Policies. The Servicer shall make its best reasonable efforts to file all insured claims under the MI Policies and collect from the
MI Insurer all Insurance Proceeds due to the Trustee under the MI Policies. The Servicer shall not take, or permit any subservicer to take, any action which would result in non-coverage under any applicable MI Policy of any loss which, but for the
actions of the Servicer or Subservicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent coverage is available, the Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and effect each such MI Policy for the life of the Mortgage Loan; provided,
however, that if a MI Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer may terminate the MI Policy on any Mortgage Loan that is not then past due. The Servicer shall cooperate with the MI Insurer and shall use its best efforts
to furnish all reasonable aid, evidence and information in the possession of the Servicer or to which the Servicer has access with respect to any Mortgage Loan. 
  

(b) The Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(d)(v) hereof all MI Insurance Proceeds received from the MI Insurer
under the terms of the MI Policies. The Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and pay to the MI Insurer pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(xii) hereof, the monthly MI Premiums due to the MI Insurer in accordance with the terms of the MI
Insurance Agreements. In the event that the Trustee has actual knowledge that any MI Premiums have in fact not been paid, the Trustee shall distribute such amounts (in such amounts as specified by the MI Insurer in writing) to the MI Insurer from
the Interest Remittance Amount for the related Mortgage Loans, at the same level of priority as the Trustee Fee. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.22(a) and (b), the Servicer shall not take any action in regard to the MI Policies inconsistent with
the interests of the Trustee or the Certificateholders or with the rights and interests of the Trustee or the Certificateholders under this Agreement; provided, however, that payments of the monthly MI Premiums to the MI Insurer pursuant to
Subsection 3.22(b) above and Section 3.07(a)(xii) hereof shall be deemed not to be inconsistent with such interests. 
  
 (d) The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable
the Servicer to service and administer the MI Policies; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such powers of attorney. 
  
 (e) If at any time during the term of this Agreement, a MI Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, the
Servicer agrees to review, not less often than monthly, the financial condition of the related MI Insurer with a view towards determining whether recoveries under the MI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition of the
related MI Insurer. In such event, the Servicer may obtain an additional MI Policy or a replacement MI Policy, the MI Premiums on which would be paid by the Servicer from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(xii) hereof. 
  
 (f) The Servicer shall comply with all other terms, conditions and
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 Section 3.23 Determination Date Reports. 
  
 On the second Business Day following each Determination Date, the Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee a report, prepared as of the close of business on the Determination Date (the “Determination Date Report”), and shall forward to the Trustee in the form of computer readable electromagnetic tape or disk
a copy of such report in a format acceptable to the Trustee. The Determination Date Report and any written information supplemental thereto shall include such information with respect to the Mortgage Loans that is reasonably available to the
Servicer and that is required by the Trustee for purposes of making the calculations and providing the reports referred to in this Agreement, as set forth in written specifications or guidelines issued by the Trustee from time to time. Such
information shall include the aggregate amounts required to be withdrawn from the Collection Account and deposited into the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.07. Such information shall also include (a) the number of Mortgage Loans that
prepaid in the previous month; (b) the loan balance of each such Mortgage Loan; (c) whether a prepayment penalty was applied to such Mortgage Loan; and (d) the amount of prepayment penalty with respect to each such Mortgage Loan. The Servicer agrees
to cooperate with the Trustee in providing all information as is reasonably requested by the Trustee to prepare the reports required under the Agreement. 
  
 The determination by the Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of obvious error, be presumptively deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder
and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the same without any independent check or verification. 
  
 Section 3.24 Advances. 
  
 If any Monthly Payment (together with any advances from the Subservicers) on a Mortgage Loan that was due on the immediately preceding Due Date and
delinquent on the Determination Date is delinquent other than as a result of application of the Relief Act, the Servicer will deposit in the Collection Account not later than the Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding the related
Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency net of the related Servicing Fee for such Mortgage Loan, except to the extent the Servicer determines any such advance to be nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future
payments on such Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing and in the absence of such a determination, the Servicer shall continue to make such advances through the date that the related Mortgaged Property has, in the judgment of the Servicer, been
completely liquidated. 
  
 The Servicer may fund an Advance from
its own corporate funds, advances made by any subservicer or funds held in the Collection Account for future payment or withdrawal. 
  
 Advances made from funds held in the Collection Account may be made by the Servicer from subsequent collections of principal and interest received on
other Mortgage Loans and deposited into the Collection Account. Advances made from the Collection Account are not limited to subsequent collections of principal and interest received on the delinquent Mortgage Loan with respect to which an Advance
is made. If on the Servicer Remittance Date prior to any Distribution Date funds in the Collection Account are less than the amount required to be paid to the Certificateholders on such Distribution Date, then the Servicer shall deposit its own
funds into the Distribution Account in the amount of the lesser of (i) any unreimbursed Advances 
  

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 previously made by the Servicer with funds held in the Collection Account or (ii) the shortfall in the Collection
Account, provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer deposit into the Collection Account an amount that is less than any shortfall in the Collection Account attributable to delinquent payments on Mortgage Loans which the Servicer deems to
be recoverable and which has not been covered by an Advance from the Servicer’s own corporate funds or any subservicer’s funds. If applicable, on the Servicer Remittance Date preceding each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall present an
Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee (i) stating that the Servicer elects not to make an Advance in a stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to be nonrecoverable. 
  
 Section 3.25 Compensating Interest Payments. 
  
 The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account not later than the
Servicer Remittance Date preceding the Distribution Date an amount equal to the Compensating Interest related to the related Determination Date. The Servicer shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating Interest payment.

  
 Section 3.26 Advance Facility. 
  
 (a) The Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund, is hereby authorized to enter
into a facility (such an arrangement, an “Advance Facility”) with any Person which provides that such Person (an “Advancing Person”) may fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances under this Agreement, although no such
facility shall reduce or otherwise affect the Servicer’s obligation to fund such Advances and/or Servicing Advances. No consent of the Trustee, Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before the Servicer may enter into an
Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or the Certificateholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advancing Person to the Servicer. If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, the Servicer and the related Advancing Person
shall deliver to the Trustee at the address set forth in Section 12.05 hereof a written notice (an “Advance Facility Notice”), stating (a) the identity of the Advancing Person and (b) the identity of the Person (the
“Servicer’s Assignee”) that will, subject to Section 3.26(b) hereof, have the right to make withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances and/or Servicing
Advances (“Advance Reimbursement Amounts”). If the Servicer enters into such an Advance Facility pursuant to this Section 3.26, upon reasonable request of the Advancing Person, the Trustee shall execute a letter of acknowledgment,
as prepared by the Servicer confirming its receipt of written notice of the existence of such Advance Facility. To the extent that an Advancing Person purchases or funds any Advance or any Servicing Advance and provides the Trustee with written
notice acknowledged by the Servicer that such Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement directly from the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Advance Facility, such Advancing Person shall be entitled to receive reimbursement pursuant to this
Agreement for such amount to the extent provided in Section 3.26(b). Such notice from the Advancing Person must specify the amount of the reimbursement, the Section of this Agreement that permits the applicable Advance or Servicing Advance to be
reimbursed and the section(s) of the Advance Facility that entitle the Advancing Person to request reimbursement from the Trustee, rather than the Servicer, and include the Servicer’s acknowledgment thereto or proof of an Event of Default under
the Advance Facility. The Trustee shall have no duty or liability with respect to any calculation of any reimbursement to be paid to an Advancing Person and shall be 
  

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 entitled to rely without independent investigation on the Advancing Person’s notice provided pursuant to this
Section 3.26. An Advancing Person whose obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be required to meet the qualifications of a Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the
Servicer and/or the Servicer’s Assignee shall only be entitled to reimbursement of Advance reimbursement amounts hereunder from withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be
entitled to make withdrawals or receive amounts that shall be deposited in the Distribution Account, and (ii) none of the Trustee or the Certificateholders shall have any right to, or otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance reimbursement
amounts to which the Servicer or Servicer’s Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the joint written direction of the Servicer and the related Advancing Person.
Written notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 12.05 hereof. None of the Company or the Trustee shall, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any additional duty or
liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any Advance reimbursement amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, shall the Company or the Trustee have any additional responsibility to track or monitor the
administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of Advance reimbursement amounts to the Servicer’s Assignee. The Servicer shall indemnify the Company, the Trustee, any successor Servicer and the Trust Fund for any claim, loss, liability
or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advancing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Company, the Trustee
or any successor Servicer, as the case may be, or failure by the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement or the commission of an act or omission to act by the successor Servicer or the
Trustee, as the case may be, and the passage of any applicable cure or grace period, such that an Event of Default under this Agreement occurs or such entity is subject to termination for cause under this Agreement. The Servicer shall maintain and
provide to any successor Servicer and, upon request, the Trustee a detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The successor Servicer shall be entitled to
rely on any such information provided by the predecessor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such information. 
  
 (c) If an Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement for any particular Advance or Servicing Advance as set forth in Section 3.26(a), then the Servicer
shall not be permitted to reimburse itself therefor under Section 3.07, but instead the Servicer shall include such amounts in the applicable remittance to the Trustee made pursuant to Section 3.06(d) to the extent of amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account on the related Servicer Remittance Date. The Trustee is hereby authorized to pay to an Advancing Person reimbursements for Advances and Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the same extent the Servicer would have
been permitted to reimburse itself for such Advances and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.07, had the Servicer made such Advance or Servicing Advance. 
  
 (d) All Advances and Servicing Advances made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed made and shall be
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 In the event the Servicer’s Assignee shall have received some or all of an Advance reimbursement amount related to
Advances and/or Servicing Advances that were made by a Person other than such predecessor Servicer or its related Advancing Person in error, then such Servicer’s Assignee shall be required to remit any portion of such Advance reimbursement
amount to each Person entitled to such portion of such Advance reimbursement amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.07 for all Advances and/or Servicing
Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the related Advance reimbursement amounts have not been assigned, sold or pledged to such Advancing Person or Servicer’s Assignee. 
  
 (e) In the event the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01, the Advancing Person shall succeed to the terminated
Servicer’s right of reimbursement set forth in Section 7.02 to the extent of such Advancing Person’s financing of Advances or Servicing Advances hereunder then remaining unreimbursed. 
  
 (f) Any amendment to this Section 3.26 or to any other provision of this
Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 3.26, including amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered into by the Trustee, the
Company and the Servicer without the consent of any Certificateholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 12.01 hereof. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of each party hereto of any such amendment shall be
borne solely by the Servicer. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances and/or Servicing Advances financed by, sold and/or pledged to an Advancing Person under any Advance Facility are obligations owed to the Servicer
payable only from the cash flows and proceeds received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances and/or Servicing Advances only to the extent provided herein, and the Trustee and the Trust Fund are not, as a result of the existence of any
Advance Facility, obligated or liable to repay any Advances and/or Servicing Advances financed by the Advancing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible for remitting to the Advancing Person the applicable amounts collected by it as
reimbursement for Advances and/or Servicing Advances purchased or funded by the Advancing Person, subject to the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have any responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the
financing arrangement between the Servicer and any Advancing Person. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 FLOW OF FUNDS 
  
 Section 4.01 Distributions. 
  
 (a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee, will first distribute the
Prepayment Charges collected on the Group I Mortgage Loans and on the Group II Mortgage Loans during the prior Prepayment Period to the Holders of the Class C Certificates. After making that distribution, the Trustee, shall (based solely on the
information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof) withdraw from the Distribution Account that portion of Available Funds for such Distribution Date consisting of the Interest Remittance Amount for such Distribution
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 priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Interest Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution
Date: 
  
 (i) On each Distribution Date, the
Trustee, will distribute, pro-rata from the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the Group II Interest Remittance Amount, the Trustee Fee and the Custodian Fee which are due on that Distribution Date to the Trustee and Custodian respectively.
After making that distribution, the Trustee will then apply the remaining Interest Remittance Amount to the payment of interest then due on the certificates in the following order of priority: 
  
 (A) first, on each Distribution Date on or prior to the Class I
Termination Date, payable from the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class I Certificates, the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount; 
  
 (B) second, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 

 
 (I) payable solely from the Group I Interest Remittance
Amount for that Distribution Date or, to the extent that the Group I Interest Remittance Amount is less than the related aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-1A and Class A-1B Certificates, also from the Group II Cross
Collateralization Amount for that Distribution Date, to the Holders of the Class A-1A and Class A-1B Certificates, the unpaid portion of the aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-1A and Class A-1B Certificates, pro-rata
based on the amounts of interest each such Class is otherwise entitled to on such Distribution Date; 
  
 (II) payable solely from the Group II Interest Remittance Amount for that Distribution Date or, to the extent that the Group II Interest
Remittance Amount is less than the related aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, also from the Group I Cross Collateralization Amount for that Distribution Date, to the Holders of
the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, the unpaid portion of the aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C Certificates, pro-rata based on the amounts of interest each such Class
is otherwise entitled to on such Distribution Date; 
  
 (C)
third, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-1
Certificates; 
  
 (D) fourth, payable from the remaining
Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-2 Certificates; 
  
 (E) fifth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance
Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-3 Certificates; 
  

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 (F) sixth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group
II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-4 Certificates; 
  
 (G) seventh, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of
the Class M-5 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-5 Certificates; 
  
 (H) eighth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of
the Class M-6 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-6 Certificates; 
  
 (I) ninth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of
the Class B-1 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B-1 Certificates; 
  
 (J) tenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of
the Class B-2 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B-2 Certificates; 
  
 (K) eleventh, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders
of the Class B-3 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B-3 Certificates; 
  
 (L) twelfth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of
the Class B-4 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B-4 Certificates; 
  
 (M) thirteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders
of the Class C Certificates for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, the Excess Cashflow (net of any amounts distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(d)(i)), to be distributed pursuant to Sections 4.04 (d)(ii); and 
  
 (N) fourteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance
Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, any remainder. 
  
 (ii) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Crossover Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Trustee, shall (based
solely on the information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof) withdraw from the Distribution Account that portion of the Available Funds relating to principal plus the Extra Principal Distribution Amount (to be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.04 (d)(i)) for such Distribution Date and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below: 
  
 (A) first, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 
  
 (I) payable solely from the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount, to the Holders of the Group I Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(d)), the entire amount of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group I
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 (II) payable solely from the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of
the Group II Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(e)), the entire amount of the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has been
reduced to zero; 
  
 (B) second, 
  
 (I) if the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Group I Certificates has been reduced to zero, then to the Holders of the Group II Certificates, the amount of any remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has
been reduced to zero; or 
  
 (II) if the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has been reduced to zero, then to the Holders of the Group I Certificates, the amount of any remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Group I Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (C) third, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount
until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (D) fourth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (E) fifth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal
Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (F) sixth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution
Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced
to zero; 
  
 (G) seventh, payable from the remaining Group
I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5
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 (H) eighth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining
Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (I) ninth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution
Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates has been reduced
to zero; 
  
 (J) tenth, payable from the remaining Group I
Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2
Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (K) eleventh,
payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (L) twelfth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-4 Certificates, the entire remaining
Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (M) thirteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Trustee and the Custodian, pro-rata, any amounts owed to them under the Basic Documents remaining unpaid; 
  
 (N) fourteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Servicer, the amount of any reimbursement of indemnification owed to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof; 
  
 (O) fifteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount and any
remaining Available Funds relating to principal, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, the entire remaining Principal Remittance Amount up to the extent of the sum of the
Overcollateralization Amount and any remaining Overcollateralization Release Amount; and 
  
 (P) sixteenth, payable from the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest
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 (iii) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Crossover Date and (b) on which a
Trigger Event is not in effect, the Trustee, shall (based solely on the information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof) withdraw from the Distribution Account that portion of the Available Funds relating to
principal plus the Extra Principal Distribution Amount (to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.04 (d)(i)) for such Distribution Date and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below: 
  
 (A) first, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 

 
 (I) payable solely from the Group I Principal
Distribution Amount, to the holders of the Group I Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(d)), the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Group I Certificates has been reduced to zero; and 
  
 (II) payable solely from the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Group II Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(e)), the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount,
until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (B) second, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 
  

(I) if the Group I Principal Distribution Amount was insufficient to pay the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, then
payable from the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the holders of the Group I Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(d)), the unpaid portion of the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution
Amount based on the aggregate unpaid portion of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; or 
  
 (II) if the Group II Principal Distribution Amount was insufficient to pay the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, then
payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Group II Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(e)), the unpaid portion of the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution
Amount based on the aggregate unpaid portion of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; 
  
 (C) third, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (D) fourth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  

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 (E) fifth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining
Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (F) sixth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution
Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to
zero; 
  
 (G) seventh, payable from the remaining Group I
Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates
has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (H) eighth, payable from the
remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (I) ninth,
payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (J) tenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (K) eleventh, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (L) twelfth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class B-4 Certificates, the Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (M) thirteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal
Distribution Amount, to the Trustee and the Custodian, pro-rata, any amounts owed to them under the Basic Documents remaining unpaid; 
  
 (N) fourteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Servicer, the amount of any reimbursement of indemnification owed to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof; 
  

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 (O) fifteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining
Group II Principal Distribution Amount and any remaining Available Funds relating to principal, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, the entire remaining Principal Remittance Amount up to
the extent of the sum of the Overcollateralization Amount and any remaining Overcollateralization Release Amount; and 
  
 (P) sixteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount and any
remaining Available funds relating to principal, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, any remainder. 
  

(b) Method of Distribution. The Trustee shall make distributions in respect of a Distribution Date to each Certificateholder of record on the
related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.01 respecting the final distribution), in the case of Certificateholders of the Regular Certificates, by wire transfer, or upon written request at least five Business Days prior to the
related Distribution Date by check or money order mailed to such Certificateholder at the address appearing in the Certificate Register. Distributions among Certificateholders shall be made in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced by the
Certificates held by such Certificateholders. 
  
 (c)
Distributions on Book-Entry Certificates. Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, which shall credit the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository Participants in
accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or
“indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. All such credits and disbursements with respect to a Book-Entry
Certificate are to be made by the Depository and the Depository Participants in accordance with the provisions of the Certificates. None of the Custodian, the Trustee, the Company, the Servicer or the Seller shall have any responsibility therefor
except as otherwise provided by applicable law. 
  
 (d) All
principal amounts distributed to the Group I Certificates shall be distributed as follows: 
  
 (a) on each Distribution Date on which a Group I Trigger Event is not in effect, to the Class A-1A and Class A-1B Certificates, pro-rata, based on Certificate Principal Balance until their respective Certificate
Principal Balances have been reduced to zero. 
  
 (b) on each
Distribution Date on which a Group I Trigger Event is in effect: 
  

	 	(i)	first, to the Class A-1A Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, and 

  

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	 	(ii)	second, after the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A certificates has been reduced to zero, to the class A-1B certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has
been reduced to zero. 

  
 (e) All principal amounts
distributed to the Group II Certificates shall be distributed as follows: 
  

	 	(i)	first, to the Class A-2A Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, 

  

	 	(ii)	second, after the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates has been reduced to zero, to the Class A-2B Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has
been reduced to zero, and 

  

	 	(iii)	third, after the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-2A Certificates and the Class A-2B Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Class A-2C Certificates until its
Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero. 

  
 Section 4.02 Distribution Account. 
  
 (a) No
later than the Closing Date, the Trustee, shall establish and maintain a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Distribution Account, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered
holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 2004-4, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4” (the “Distribution Account”). The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and
retain therein the Interest Remittance Amount and the Principal Remittance Amount remitted on each Servicer Remittance Date to the Trustee by the Servicer. Funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held in trust by the Trustee for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein. 
  
 (b) The Trustee may invest funds deposited in the Distribution Account in Eligible Investments in accordance with the written direction of the Servicer with a maturity date no later than the Business Day immediately proceeding the date on
which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement. All income or other gain from such investments may be released from the Distribution Account and paid to the Servicer. The Servicer shall be obligated to
cover losses on such Eligible Investments. If the Trustee does not receive such written investment direction it shall retain the funds uninvested. 
  
 (c) Amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account shall be withdrawn by the Trustee as follows: 
  
 (i) To fund the distributions described in Section 4.01
hereof; 
  
 (ii) To withdraw any amount not
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 (iii) To clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon the termination of this
Agreement, with any amounts remaining on deposit therein being paid to the Holders of the Class R Certificates; and 
  
 (iv) To distribute any amounts of investment income to the Servicer. 
  
 (d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account (other than
investment income) established by it to Certificateholders in respect of the Certificates and to such other persons in the order of priority set forth in Section 4.01 hereof. 
  
 Section 4.03 Statements. 
  
 (a) On each Distribution Date, based solely on information provided to it by the Servicer in its Determination Date Report, the Trustee shall prepare and
make available to each Holder of the Regular Certificates, the Swap Counterparties, the Servicer and the Rating Agencies, a statement as to the distributions made on such Distribution Date: 
  
 (i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
Date to the Holders of each Class of Regular Certificates, separately identified, allocable to principal and the amount of the distribution made to the Holders of the Class C Certificates allocable to Prepayment Charges; 
  
 (ii) the amount of the distribution made on such
Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Regular Certificates allocable to interest, separately identified; 
  
  
 (iii) the Pool Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans and the
Group II Mortgage Loans at the Close of Business at the end of the related Due Period; 
  
 (iv) the number, aggregate principal balance, and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Determination
Date and the number and aggregate principal balance of all Subsequent Mortgage Loans added during the preceding Prepayment Period; 
  
 (v) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of Mortgage Loans (identified by Group) that (A) were Delinquent (exclusive of
Mortgage Loans in bankruptcy or foreclosure and REO Properties) (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days (B) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been commenced and that (i) are not Delinquent, and (ii) are Delinquent (1) 30
to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days, (C) are related to a REO Property and that (i) are not Delinquent and (ii) are Delinquent (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days and (D) are related to a Mortgagor that was
subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and that (i) are not Delinquent and (ii) are Delinquent (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days, in each case on a contractual and bankruptcy legal basis; 
  
 (vi) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made
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 (vii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment
Period and the cumulative amount of Realized Losses; 
  
 (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of each class of the Class A Certificates, each class of the Mezzanine Certificates and each class of the Class B Certificates, after giving effect to the distributions made on such Distribution
Date; 
  
 (ix) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall
Amount, if any, with respect to each class of the Class A Certificates, each class of the Mezzanine Certificates and each class of Class B Certificates for such Distribution Date; 
  
 (x) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date, to the extent not
covered by payments by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.25; 
  
 (xi) the Credit Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date; 
  
 (xii) the Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount for each class of the Class A Certificates, each class of the Mezzanine Certificates and
each class of the Class B Certificates if any, for such Distribution Date and the amount remaining unpaid after reimbursements therefor on such Distribution Date; 
  
 (xiii) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to each class of the Class A Certificates, each class of
the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates for such Distribution Date and the Pass-Through Rate applicable to each class of the Class A Certificates, each class of the Mezzanine Certificates and each class of the Class B Certificates
for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date; 
  
 (xiv) the Supplemental Interest Payment for each Class on such Distribution Date; 
  
 (xv) the difference between (x) the aggregate notional amount of the Swap Agreements and (y) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
of the Offered Certificates on such Distribution Date; 
  
 (xvi) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date; 
  
 (xvii) the Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date; 
  
 (xviii) the aggregate amount of Scheduled Principal Payments made during the related Due Period; 

 
 (xix) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made
during the related Due Period in which the related Mortgagor paid the related Mortgage Loan in full; 
  
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 (xxi) the number and the aggregate principal balance of all Liquidated Mortgage Loans for
the related Prepayment Period; and 
  
 (xxii) the
aggregate amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Prepayment Period. 
  
 (xxiii) the dollar amount of claims made, amounts paid by the MI Insurer in respect of claims made, and premiums due and paid under the MI
Policy; and 
  
 (xxiv) the amount equal to the
difference between (x) the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and (y) any amounts received by the Supplemental Interest Trust from the Swap Counterparties in respect of the Swap Agreements; provided, however, that if the resulting number
is a negative number, then the absolute value of such negative number. 
  
 In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) above, the amounts shall be expressed in a separate section of the report as a dollar amount for each Class for each $1,000 original dollar amount as of the Closing
Date. 
  
 The Trustee may, in the absence of manifest error,
conclusively rely upon the Determination Date Report of the Servicer in its preparation of the statement to Certificateholders pursuant to this Section 4.03. 
  
 (b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall, upon written request, furnish to each Person who at any
time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of a Regular Certificate, if requested in writing by such Person, such information as is reasonably necessary to provide to such Person a statement containing the information set forth in
subclauses (i) and (ii) above, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be prepared and furnished by the Trustee to Certificateholders pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are in force from time to time. 
  
 (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall forward to the Residual Certificateholders a copy of the reports forwarded
to the Regular Certificateholders in respect of such Distribution Date with such other information as the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate. 
  
 (d) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall deliver to each Person who at any time during the calendar
year was a Residual Certificateholder, if requested in writing by such Person, such information as is reasonably necessary to provide to such Person a statement containing the information provided pursuant to the previous paragraph aggregated for
such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Residual Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be
prepared and furnished to Certificateholders by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in force. 
  

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 (e) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall post on its website at www.jpmorgan.com\sfr,
which posting shall be accessible to each Certificateholder and the Swap Counterparty, the statement prepared pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03. Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Trustee’s customer
service desk at 1-877-722-1095. Such parties that are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by providing a written request of such to the Trustee at is Corporate Trust office. The Trustee
shall have the right to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties
regarding any such changes. The Trustee shall not have any responsibility to (i) verify information provided by the Servicer to be included in such statement or (ii) include any information required to be included in such statement if the Servicer
has failed to timely produce such information to the Trustee, as required pursuant hereto. 
  
 (f) No later than noon on the second Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, the Trustee will verify that no Notional Amount Test Event is scheduled to occur on the related Distribution Date. In the event a
Notional Amount Test Event would otherwise occur on the related Distribution Date, the Trustee will immediately provide notice in the form of Exhibit J to the appropriate NovaStar entity or Affiliate of such NovaStar entity and assign in $10,000,000
increments a portion of the related notional amount from the affected Swap Agreement on the day immediately preceding that Distribution Date until no Notional Amount Test Event will occur on the related Distribution Date. The Trustee shall assign
the applicable notional amount from the Swap Agreement with the earliest maturity. In the event that two or more Swap Agreements have the same maturity date, which date is the earliest maturity date of the outstanding Swap Agreements, the Trustee
shall assign the applicable notional amounts from the Swap Agreement with the lowest fixed rate. Once such notional amounts have been assigned back to the appropriate NovaStar entity, the related Swap Counterparty will have no obligation to, nor
interest in, the Trust with respect to such notional amounts. Furthermore, no distributions will be made from the Supplemental Interest Trust to the related Swap Counterparty in respect of notional amounts assigned under this Section 4.03(f).

  
 Upon the occurrence of a Failed Reassignment (as defined in
the applicable Swap Agreement) of all or a portion of the notional balance of a Swap Agreement, the affected portion of the notional balance of such Swap Agreement shall be immediately terminated and a Failed Reassignment Termination Payment shall
be calculated in accordance with the terms of the applicable Swap Agreement and shall be payable in accordance with this Article IV. Any right of a Swap Counterparty to receive a Failed Reassignment Termination Payment shall be subject to the
condition precedent that the Class C Certificates are not then serving as collateral for any outstanding NIM Notes. 
  
 In no event shall the Trustee allow a Notional Amount Test Event to occur on any Distribution Date. 
  
 Section 4.04 Supplemental Interest Trust; Excess Cashflow. 

 
 (a) (i) The parties do hereby create and establish a sub-trust of the
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 direction of the Servicer, establish and maintain, as a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall
be titled “Supplemental Interest Trust, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 2004-4, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4.” On the Closing
Date, the Trustee shall deposit an amount equal to the Initial Swap Amount (as identified on the settlement statement provided by the Seller) to the Supplemental Interest Trust. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Supplemental
Interest Trust amounts of Excess Cashflow, if any, pursuant to Section 4.01 and each distribution of the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(i)(A). Funds deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be
held in trust by the Trustee for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein. Neither the Supplemental Interest Trust nor the related Supplemental Interest Account shall be an asset of any of the REMICs created hereunder.

  
 (ii) (a) On each Distribution Date prior to
the Class I Termination Date, the funds in the Supplemental Interest Trust (as reduced from time to time in accordance with this Section 4.04) will equal the sum of (x) any amounts received under any Swap Agreement pursuant to Section 4.04(e), (y)
the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and (z) any amounts of Excess Cashflow not used to maintain the Required Overcollateralization Amount. 
  
 On each Distribution Date commencing in November 2007, the funds in the Supplemental Interest Trust (as reduced from time to time in accordance with this
Section 4.04) will equal any amounts of Excess Cashflow not used to maintain the Required Overcollateralization Amount. 
  
 (b) The Trustee will invest funds deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust as directed in writing by the Servicer in Eligible Investments with a
maturity date (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such
investment, and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment. If the Trustee does not receive such
written investment instructions it shall retain such funds uninvested. All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be credited to such Account, provided, however, that any income and gain
realized during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on November 25, 2004 will be paid to the Servicer. The Trustee will not be liable for investment losses on investments selected by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.04(b).
The Supplemental Interest Trust will not be an asset of any of the REMICs created hereunder. 
  
 (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the funds (other than funds relating to Excess Cashflow and, if such funds are insufficient, any Excess Cashflow remaining after the distributions set forth
in Section 4.04(d)(i)) held in the Supplemental Interest Trust as follows: 
  
 (i) first, on November 26, 2004, to each Swap Counterparty, its related portion of the Initial Swap Amount, and on each Distribution Date up to and including the Class I Termination Date, to each Swap
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 (ii) second, any remaining amounts to pay, pro-rata based on Certificate Principal
Balance of each class of Offered Certificates, the Supplemental Interest Payment for each class of Offered Certificates (in each only up to the amount necessary to pay any such Supplemental Interest Payment); 
  
 (iii) third, to pay each Swap Counterparty its
related Swap Termination Payment, if any; provided, however, that if such Swap Termination Payment is a Failed Reassignment Termination Payment, then such Failed Reassignment Termination Payment shall only be made if such Distribution Date is a
Failed Reassignment Termination Payment Due Date; and 
  
 (iv) fourth, any remaining amounts, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates. 
  
 (d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the funds relating to Excess Cashflow as follows: 
  
 (i) prior to any deposit to the Supplemental Interest Trust,
to the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount equal to any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, distributable to such holders in the same order of priority as the
Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount as described in Section 4.01; and 
  
 (ii) to the Supplemental Interest Trust to distribute in accordance with Section 4.04(c); 
  
 (e) On any Distribution Date on which the Swap Amount for any Swap Agreement
is a negative number, the absolute value of such negative number shall be paid by each related Swap Counterparty to the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
  
 (f) In the event that a Swap Counterparty elects to post collateral as provided in the related Swap Agreement, the Trustee shall establish and maintain an
Eligible Account with respect to the related Swap Agreement (each, a “Swap Collateral Account”) for the benefit of such Swap Counterparty and the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear, into which such collateral shall be
deposited. The Trustee may or shall (as indicated) make withdrawals from the related Swap Collateral Account for the purposes of (i) entering into a substitute swap agreement, (ii) funding the amount of any payment due to be made by such Swap
Counterparty under the related Swap Agreement following the failure by such Swap Counterparty to make that payment or (iii) as permitted pursuant to the related Swap Agreement or this Agreement. The Trustee shall make withdrawals from the related
Swap Collateral Account and transfer the collateral (i) as required of the Trustee pursuant to the related Swap Agreement or (ii) if the circumstances which required the posting of collateral no longer exist; and the Trustee is permitted to
liquidate any investments held in such Swap Collateral Account for any such purpose. In the event that additional collateral is required to be posted by a Swap Counterparty under the related Swap Agreement, the Trustee shall promptly make a demand
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 the collateral in a Swap Collateral Account, such cash shall be invested in Eligible Investments in accordance with the
related Swap Agreement. Such funds shall be invested at the written direction of the Servicer, or if the Servicer does not provide such written instructions such funds shall be retained by the Trustee uninvested. Any and all interest generated by
such investment shall be transferred to the related Swap Counterparty as provided in the related Swap Agreement, or where unspecified, on each Distribution Date. In connection with the maintenance and administration of a Swap Collateral Account, the
Trustee may request and rely on written instructions from the Servicer, which the Servicer hereby agrees to provide, with respect to the maintenance and administration of such account. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall not have any right
to apply any amounts or assets in any Swap Collateral Account except in accordance with the enforcement and realization of its security interest pursuant to the related Swap Agreement or otherwise in accordance with the related Swap Agreement.

  
 The Trustee may designate an agent to maintain any Swap Collateral Account,
provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the agent’s long-term unsubordinated debt is rated at least “BBB+” by S&P and at least “Baa1” by Moody’s and (ii) the total assets of the agent shall exceed
$25,000,000. Under such circumstances, all references to the Trustee in this subsection (h) shall be to the Trustee’s agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph. 
  
 (g) Pursuant to each Swap Agreement, the related Swap Counterparty has agreed to require payment of related Failed
Reassignment Termination Payments from the Supplemental Interest Trust on any Distribution Date, only if the Class C Certificates are not then serving as collateral for any outstanding NIM Notes; provided, however, that if the Class C Certificates
are so serving as collateral and no NIM Notes are outstanding, the related Swap Counterparty shall have the right to require payment of such Failed Reassignment Termination Payment and the foregoing limitation shall not apply. Any such Distribution
Date with respect to which the related Swap Counterparty informs the Trustee and the Company in writing that (a) a Failed Reassignment Termination Payment is due and owing, (b) such Failed Reassignment Termination Payment has not otherwise so been
paid and (c) on which the Class C Certificates are not so serving as collateral is a “Failed Reassignment Termination Payment Due Date.” The Company shall give each Swap Counterparty written notice at the time the Class C
Certificates are serving as collateral for any NIM Notes, and at such time as the Class C Certificates are no longer subject to such arrangement. 
  
 Section 4.05 Pre-Funding Account. 
  
 (a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall establish and maintain, a segregated trust account that is an
Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Pre-Funding Account, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 2004-4, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2004-4” (the “Pre-Funding Account”). The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Pre-Funding Account and retain therein the Original Pre-Funded Amount remitted on the Closing Date to the Trustee by the Company.
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 (b) The Trustee will invest funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account as directed by the Servicer in
writing in Eligible Investments with a maturity date (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the Trustee
or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment, and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment. For
federal income tax purposes, the Servicer shall be the owner of the Pre-Funding Account and shall report all items of income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. If the Trustee does not receive such written investment instructions it shall
retain such funds uninvested. All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account shall be withdrawn and deposited in the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall treat the Pre-Funding Account as an outside
reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h). At no time will the Pre-Funding Account be an asset of any REMIC created hereunder. The Trustee shall not be liable for investment losses on investments selected by the
Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.05(b). 
  
 (c) Amounts on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account shall be withdrawn by the Trustee as follows: 
  
 (i) On any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to 100% of the Principal
Balances of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee for deposit in the Mortgage Pool on such Subsequent Transfer Date and pay such amount to or upon the order of the Company upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 2.08 with respect to such transfer and assignment if such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is designated for inclusion in Group I, such amount shall reduce (but not below zero) the remaining Original Pre-Funded Amount allocated to Group I and if
such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is designated for inclusion in Group II, such amount shall reduce (but not below zero) the remaining Original Pre-Funded Amount allocated to Group II; 
  
 (ii) If the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account has not been reduced to zero on the day of the
termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the Trustee shall deposit into the Distribution Account on such day any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account relating to Group I for inclusion in the Group I Principal Remittance Amount and relating to
Group II for inclusion in the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for distribution in accordance with the terms hereof; 
  
 (iii) To withdraw any amount not required to be deposited in the Pre-Funding Account or deposited therein in error; and 
  
 (iv) To clear and terminate the Pre-Funding Account upon the
earlier to occur of (A) the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period but not later than the Distribution Date in February 2005 and (B) the termination of this Agreement, with any amounts remaining on deposit therein
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 Withdrawals from the Pre-Funding Account pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) shall be treated as
contributions of cash to REMIC I on the date of withdrawal. 
  
 Section 4.06 [Reserved] 
  
 Section 4.07
Allocation of Realized Losses. 
  
 All Realized Losses on
the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to amounts of Excess Cashflow, second, to the Overcollateralization Amount, third, to the Class B-4 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class B-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Class B-2 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Class B-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Class M-6 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; ninth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; tenth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; eleventh, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; twelfth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and thirteenth, to the Class A-1B Certificates (only to
the extent the Realized Losses occurred on the Group I Mortgage Loans), until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero. All Realized Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes on
any Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the actual distributions to be made on such date as provided above. All references above to the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be to the Certificate Principal
Balance of such Class immediately prior to the relevant Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in each case to be allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date. In no event shall Realized Losses be
allocated to the Class A-1A Certificates, the Group II Certificates or the Class I Certificates. 
  
 Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class B Certificate, a Mezzanine Certificate or a Class A-1B Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be made by
reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. Any Subsequent Recoveries will be allocated to the Overcollateralization Amount, Class B Certificates, Mezzanine Certificates and Class A-1B Certificates in the reverse
order of the Realized Loss allocation set forth in the preceding paragraph, to the extent of the Realized Loss allocated to each related Certificate (or in the case of the Overcollateralization Amount, to the extent of the Realized Loss allocated to
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 ARTICLE V 
  

THE CERTIFICATES 
  
 Section 5.01 The Certificates. 
  
 Each of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class B Certificates, the Class C Certificates, the Class I Certificates and the
Residual Certificates shall be substantially in the forms annexed hereto as exhibits, and shall, on original issue, be executed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to or upon the order of the Company concurrently with the sale and assignment
to the Trust of the Trust Fund. The Offered Certificates shall be initially evidenced by one or more Certificates representing a Percentage Interest with a minimum dollar denomination of $25,000 and integral dollar multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof, except that one Certificate of each such Class of Certificates may be in a different denomination so that the sum of the denominations of all outstanding Certificates of such Class shall equal the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
on the Closing Date. The Class C Certificates, the Class I Certificates and the Residual Certificates are issuable in any Percentage Interests; provided, however, that the sum of all such percentages for each such Class totals 100% and no more than
ten Certificates of each Class may be issued. 
  
 The Certificates
shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the Trustee by a Responsible Officer. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them 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 such Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless such Certificate shall have been manually authenticated by the Trustee substantially in the form
provided for herein, and such authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication. Subject to Section 5.02(c), the Offered Certificates shall be Book-Entry Certificates. The other Classes of Certificates shall be Definitive Certificates. 
  
 Section 5.02 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. 
  
 (a) The Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office 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
Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. 
  
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar
maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. 
  

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 At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates in
authorized denominations and the same aggregate Percentage Interests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of
the Trust and authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

  
 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, the Book-Entry
Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) registration of such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall
maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Certificates; (iii) ownership and transfers of registration of such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed
by applicable rules established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as representative
of the Certificate Owners of the Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with
respect to different Certificate Owners; (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with
respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under
or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all
purposes whatsoever. 
  
 All transfers by Certificate Owners of
Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or
take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall
control. 
  
 (c) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Company advises
the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor, or (ii) after the 
  

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 occurrence of a Servicing Default, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates representing not less than 51%
of the Voting Rights advise the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, fully
registered certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Seller’s expense, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any
Paying Agent and the Company shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. 
  
 (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate shall be made unless such
disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any
such transfer, except with respect to the initial transfers of any Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificates by the Company to NCFC, unless (i) such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and an
investment letter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, is delivered by the Transferee to the Trustee) or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company is delivered to them stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to (x) the 1933 Act, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, and (y) the
Investment Company Act of 1940, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Company. The Holder of a Class I Certificate,
Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and the Trustee and the Company 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.

  
 No transfer of a Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or
Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan or to any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the
Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise (“Plan Assets”). Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such classes of Certificates shall be deemed, by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not a Plan and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. 
  
 Prior to the expiration of the Pre-Funding Period, no transfer of Class A
Certificates, Class B Certificates or Mezzanine Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets. Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such class of Certificates prior to the
expiration of such Pre-Funding Period shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. 
  

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 Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by
the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Company or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under
clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the
following provisions: 
  
 (i) Each Person holding
or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. 
  
 (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro-rata undivided interest. 
  
 (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to
registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: 
  
 (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit H hereto from the proposed transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that it is
not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed transfer as a nominee, Trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee; and 
  
 (B) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferor
to the effect that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of any tax. 
  
 (iv) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
Section shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of
such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the
date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section or for making any
distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee
shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by
the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. 
  

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 (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein,
to notify the Company to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Company or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due,
if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any
amount due under this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined
in the sole discretion of the Trustee and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. 
  
 (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee upon receipt of reasonable compensation will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information
needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. 
  
 The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the
Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the
Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC. 
  
 (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but 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. 
  
 All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its
standard procedures. 
  
 Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Certificates. 
  
 If (i) any mutilated
Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee, the Company and the
Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, 
  

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 a new Certificate of like tenor and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the
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 relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar) in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section, shall constitute complete and indefeasible 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 5.04
Persons Deemed Owners. 
  
 The Servicer, the Company, the
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of the Servicer, the Company, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent may treat the Person, including a Depository, in whose name any Certificate is registered as
the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Servicer, the Trust, the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. 
  
 Section 5.05 Appointment of Paying Agent.

  
 (a) The Paying Agent shall make distributions to
Certificateholders from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.01 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Trustee. The duties of the Paying Agent may include the obligation to distribute statements prepared by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.03 and provide information to Certificateholders as required hereunder. The Paying Agent hereunder shall at all times be an entity duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Trustee. The Trustee may appoint a successor to act as
Paying Agent, which appointment shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 
  
 (b) The Trustee shall cause the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee that such Paying Agent shall hold
all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders and shall agree that it shall comply with all
requirements of the Code regarding the withholding of payments in respect of Federal income taxes due from Certificate Owners and otherwise comply with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 THE SERVICER AND THE COMPANY 
  
 Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer and the Company. 
  
 The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of
the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by Servicer herein. The Company shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Company. 
  

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 Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer or the
Company. 
  
 Any entity into which the Servicer or Company
may be merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer or the Company shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer or the Company, shall be the
successor of the Servicer or the Company, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however,
that the successor Servicer shall satisfy all the requirements of Section 7.02 with respect to the qualifications of a successor Servicer. 
  
 Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. 
  
 Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action by the Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this
provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties of the Servicer or by reason of its
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties of the Servicer hereunder. 
  
 The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this
Agreement or the Certificates, including any amount paid to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06(b), other than any loss, liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense
shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard
of its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, and
which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement, and the rights and
duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust,
and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. The Servicer’s right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall survive any resignation or termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 or 7.01 with
respect to any losses, expenses, costs or liabilities arising prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from events that occurred prior to such resignation or termination). Any reimbursements or indemnification to the Servicer from the
Trust pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be payable in the priority set forth in Section 4.01 hereof. 
  

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 Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign. 
  
 Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, the Servicer shall not resign
from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or (ii) upon satisfaction of the following conditions: (a)
the Servicer has proposed a successor servicer to the Trustee in writing and such proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; and (b) each Rating Agency shall have delivered a letter to the Trustee prior to the appointment
of the successor servicer stating that the proposed appointment of such successor servicer as Servicer hereunder will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of then current rating of the Certificates; provided, however, that no such
resignation by the Servicer shall become effective until such successor servicer or, in the case of (i) above, the Trustee or its designee as successor Servicer shall have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder or
shall have designated a successor servicer in accordance with Section 7.02. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the
resignation or termination of the Servicer. The Servicer shall have no claim (whether by subrogation or otherwise) or other action against any Certificateholder for any amounts paid by the Servicer pursuant to any provision of this Pooling and
Agreement. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer under clause (i) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. 
  
 Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties. 
  
 In the ordinary course of business, the Servicer at any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder to any Person,
including any of its Affiliates, who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the same standards with which the Servicer complies pursuant to Section 3.01. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its liabilities and
responsibilities with respect to such duties and shall not constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04. 
  
 Section 6.06 Servicer to Pay Trustee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. 
  
 (a) The Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee and any co-trustee of the Trustee from time to time, and the
Trustee and any such co-trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation, including all indemnification payments (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) for all
services rendered by each of them in the execution of the trusts created hereunder and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties and the Servicer will pay or reimburse the Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or any co-trustee of the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its
negligence or bad faith. 
  
 (b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify
the Trustee for, and to defend and hold, the Trustee harmless against, any claim, tax, penalty, loss, liability or expense of any kind whatsoever, incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee as such and/or in
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 the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, including the reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, provided that: 
  
 (i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have
given the Servicer written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof; 
  
 (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall cooperate and consult fully with the Servicer in preparing such
defense; and 
  
 (iii) notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not be liable for settlement of any claim by the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 No termination of this Agreement and resignation and removal of the Trustee
shall affect the obligations created by this Section 6.06 of the Servicer to indemnify the Trustee under the conditions and to the extent set forth herein. This section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and resignation and removal of
the Trustee. Any amounts to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to this Subsection may not be paid from the Trust Fund except as provided in Section 6.03. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided by the Servicer in this Section 6.06 shall not pertain to any loss, liability or expense of
the Trustee including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim, incurred in connection with any actions taken by the Trustee at the direction of the Certificateholders, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

  
 (c) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund in an
amount equal to the amount of any claim made under a MI Policy for which coverage is denied by the MI Insurer because (and if the MI Insurer’s denial of coverage is contested by the Servicer, a court or arbitrator finally determines that
coverage is not available under the MI Policy because) of the Servicer’s failure to abide by the terms of the MI Policy or the MI Insurance Agreement or the Servicer’s failure to abide by the NFI Underwriting Guidelines or the NFI
Servicing Guidelines, as attached to the MI Insurance Agreement. 
  
 (d) In the event the Trustee becomes the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall not be obligated, in its individual capacity, to pay any obligation of the Servicer under clause (a), (b) or (c) above. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 DEFAULT 
  
 Section 7.01 Servicing Default. 
  
 (a) If any one of the following events (a “Servicing Default”) shall occur and be continuing: 

 
 (i) Any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the
Collection Account or Distribution Account (A) any Advances and Compensating Interest or (B) any other Deposit required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which, in the case of this clause (B), continues unremedied for a period of three
Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or

  

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 (ii) Failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement, which failure, in each case, materially and adversely affects the interests of Certificateholders or the breach of any representation or warranty of the Servicer
in this Agreement which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders, and which in either case continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure or breach, requiring the
same to be remedied, and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the
Voting Rights; or 
  
 (iii) The entry against the
Servicer of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a trustee, conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of
debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 
  
 (iv) The Servicer shall voluntarily go into liquidation,
consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or
substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court, agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment of
debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, unbonded or
unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for
the benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or 
  
 (v) The Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds (a) with respect to the first 12 Distribution Dates, 1.50%, (b) with respect to the next 12
Distribution Dates, 2.50% (c) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, 3.50%, (d) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, 4.25%, (e) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, 5.25%, (f) and with respect to all Distribution Dates
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 (vi) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans over any twelve-month period exceeds 2.25% of
the sum of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded Amount; or 
  
 (vii) The Rolling 90 Day Delinquency Percentage exceeds 20.00%. 
  
 (b) then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Servicing Default shall not have been remedied within the applicable
grace period, (x) with respect solely to clause (i)(A) above, if such Advance is not made by 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the Business Day immediately following the Servicer Remittance Date (provided the Trustee shall give the Servicer notice of
such failure to advance by 5:00 P.M. New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and the Trustee, or a successor servicer appointed in accordance
with Section 7.02, shall assume, pursuant to Section 7.02, the duties of a successor Servicer and (y) in the case of (i)(B), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) and (vii) above, the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing at least 51% of the Voters Rights, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of Certificates), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement. Any
such notice to the Servicer shall also be given to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, the Company and the Seller. On or after the receipt by the Servicer (and by the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders) of such written notice, all authority
and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee or other Successor Servicer appointed in accordance with Section 7.02.

  
 Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.

  
 (a) Within 90 days of the time the Servicer (and the Trustee
if notice is sent by the Holders) receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee (or such other successor Servicer as is approved in accordance with this Agreement) shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in
its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof
arising on and after its succession. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that the Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, immediately will assume all of the obligations of the Servicer to make Advances; provided however,
that the obligation of the Trustee to make Advances is subject to the standards set forth in Section 3.24 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee, in its capacity as successor Servicer, shall not be responsible for the lack of information
and/or documents that it cannot obtain through reasonable efforts. As compensation therefor, the Trustee (or such other successor Servicer) shall be entitled to such compensation as the Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if no such
notice of termination had been given. Notwithstanding the above, (i) if the Trustee is unwilling to act as successor Servicer or (ii) if the Trustee is legally unable so to act, the Trustee shall appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction
to appoint, any established housing and home finance institution, bank or other mortgage loan or home equity loan servicer having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any
part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder; provided, that the appointment of any such successor Servicer will not result in the qualification, reduction or 
  

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 withdrawal of the ratings assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies as evidenced by a letter to such effect
from the Rating Agencies. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, unless the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and
assumption, the successor shall be entitled to receive compensation out of payments on Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the compensation which the Servicer would otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.18 (or such other compensation as the
Trustee and such successor shall agree, not to exceed the Servicing Fee). The appointment of a successor Servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Servicer which may have arisen under this Agreement prior to its termination as
Servicer to pay any deductible under an insurance policy pursuant to Section 3.14 or to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06, nor shall any successor Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Servicer or for any
breach by such Servicer of any of its representations or warranties contained herein or in any related document or agreement. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate
any such succession. All Servicing Transfer Costs shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs, and if such predecessor Servicer defaults in its obligation to pay such costs, such costs shall
be paid by the successor Servicer or the Trustee (in which case the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the assets of the Trust). 
  
 (b) Any successor, including the Trustee, to the Servicer as servicer shall
during the term of its service as servicer continue to service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of Certificateholders, and maintain in force a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its
obligations as Servicer hereunder and a Fidelity Bond in respect of its officers, employees and agents to the same extent as the Servicer is so required pursuant to Section 3.14. 
  
 (c) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder, either (i) the successor Servicer, shall
represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, in
which case the predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in causing MERS to revise its records to reflect the transfer of servicing to the successor Servicer as necessary under MERS’ rules and regulations, or (ii) the
predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in causing MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of Mortgage in recordable form to transfer the Mortgages from MERS to the Trustee and to execute and deliver such other notices,
documents and other instruments as may be necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loans or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS System to the successor Servicer. The predecessor Servicer shall file or cause to be filed
any such assignment in the appropriate recording offices. The predecessor Servicer shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of preparing any assignments of Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any assignments of Mortgage that may be required
under this subsection (c). The successor Servicer shall cause assignment to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified by the public recording office in which such
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 Section 7.03 Waiver of Defaults. 
  
 The Majority Certificateholders may, on behalf of all Certificateholders, waive any events permitting removal of the
Servicer as servicer pursuant to this Article VII by delivering written notice to the Trustee, provided, however, that the Majority Certificateholders may not waive a default in making a required distribution on a Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist and any Servicing Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto except to the extent expressly so waived. Notice of any such waiver shall be given by the Trustee to the Rating Agencies. 
  
 Section 7.04 Notification to Certificateholders. 
  
 (a) Upon any termination or appointment of a successor the Servicer pursuant
to this Article VII, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency. 
  
 (b) No later than 60 days after the occurrence of any event which constitutes
or which, with notice or a lapse of time or both, would constitute a Servicing Default for five Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an event, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Certificateholders notice of such occurrence unless such default or Servicing Default shall have been waived or cured. 
  
 Section 7.05 Survivability of Servicer Liabilities. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon termination of the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer which accrued prior to such
termination shall survive such termination. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII

  
 THE TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee. 
  
 On the Closing Date, the Trustee will act as disbursement agent and will
distribute the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Certificates according to the closing settlement statement provided by the Seller. If a Servicing Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
  
 (a) Except during the continuance of a Servicing Default: 
  
 (i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
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 (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions delivered to it to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that: 
  
 (i) this paragraph does not limit the
effect of paragraph (9) of this Section 8.01; 
  
 (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by its Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 
  
 (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it from the Majority Certificateholders. 
  
 The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by the Trustee. 
  
 Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other trust funds except to the extent required by law or the
terms of this Agreement. 
  
 No provision of this Agreement shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
  
 Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and without limiting the generality of this Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see to
any recording, filing or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing
or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to,
assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund other than from funds available in the Distribution Account, or (D) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicer delivered to the Trustee believed by the
Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 
  
 (c) The Trustee shall act as successor to the Servicer to the extent provided in Section 7.02 hereof. 
  
 (d) For all purposes under this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Servicing Default unless a Responsible
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 working in the Trustee’s corporate trust department has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such Servicing Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Certificates generally, the Trust, or this Agreement. 
  
 The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and shall execute this Agreement
and the Purchase Agreement and shall perform their respective duties and satisfy their respective obligations thereunder. Every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee
shall apply to the Trustee’s execution of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement and the performance of their respective duties and satisfaction of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. 
  
 Section 8.02 Rights of Trustee. 
  
 The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting on any resolution, officer’s certificate, opinion of counsel, certificate of auditors or other certificate, statement, instrument, or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 
  
 Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee which Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall
not be at the expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action either of them takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
  
 The Trustee may execute any of its trusts or powers hereunder and the Trustee
may perform any of its respective duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee and the Trustee shall have no liability for any misconduct or negligence on the part of such agent, attorney or
custodian appointed by the Trustee with due care. 
  
 The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action either of them takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith. 
  
 The Trustee may consult with counsel
chosen by it with due care, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Agreement and the Certificates shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken,
omitted or suffered by either of them hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. 
  
 The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby (which in the case of the Majority Certificateholders will be deemed 
  

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 to be satisfied by a letter agreement with respect to such costs from such Majority Certificateholders); nothing
contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Servicing Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge (which has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
  
 The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do by the Majority Certificateholders; provided,
however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid
by the Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Servicer upon demand from the Servicer’s own funds. 
  
 The rights of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act. 
  
 The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted hereunder. 
  
 Section 8.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. 
  
 The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates and may otherwise deal
with the Seller or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Certificates Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Section 8.11 hereof.

  
 Section 8.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer. 
  
 The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to
the validity or adequacy of this Agreement or the Certificates, or of any Mortgage Loan or related document, or of MERS or the MERS System. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use of the proceeds from the Certificates, and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any statement of the Trust in this Agreement or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Certificates or in the Certificates other than the Trustee’s or the Certificate Registrar’s certificate of
authentication. 
  
 Section 8.05 Notice of Servicing
Default. 
  
 The Trustee shall mail to each Certificateholder
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 Default shall have been waived or cured. Except in the case of a Servicing Default in payment of principal of or interest
on any Certificate, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Certificateholders. 
  
 Section 8.06 [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 8.07 Compensation and Indemnity. 
  
 The amount of the Trustee Fee and Custodian Fee shall be paid to the Trustee and Custodian, respectively, on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(i) of this Agreement, and all amounts owing to the Trustee hereunder in excess of such amount shall be paid solely as provided in this Agreement. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of
an express trust. 
  
 Section 8.08 Replacement of Trustee.

  
 No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment
of a successor Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.08. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Majority Certificateholders may at any time
remove the Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if: 
  
 (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.11 hereof; 
  
 (b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent; 
  
 (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its respective property; or 
  
 (d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 
  
 If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of
the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. 
  

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee, the Company, the Trustee and the Servicer.
Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee or under this Agreement. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to the Certificateholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee. 
  
 If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, the
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 Section 8.09 Successor Trustee by Merger. 
  
 If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Trustee; provided, that such
corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 8.11 hereof. 
  
 If at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee, shall succeed to the trusts created by this Agreement
and any of the Certificates shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Certificates so authenticated; and if at that time
any of the Certificates shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Certificates either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force as the Certificates or this Agreement provide that such certificates of the Trustee shall have. 
  
 Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of
this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
8.11 hereof and notice to, and no consent of the Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required. 
  
 Every 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 Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the 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 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 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 Trust Fund 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 Trustee; 
  
 (b) no trustee hereunder shall be
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 (c) the 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 Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of 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 Agreement and the conditions of this
Article VIII. 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 Trustee or separately, as may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall
be filed with the Trustee. 
  
 Any separate trustee or co-trustee
may at any time constitute the Trustee, 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 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 Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of
a new or successor trustee. 
  
 Section 8.11 Eligibility;
Disqualification. 
  
 The Trustee shall be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state of the United States. The Trustee is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. The Trustee shall at all times be reasonably acceptable to the Company and
authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it or its parent shall have a long-term debt rating
of Baa3 or better by Moody’s, BBB or better by Standard & Poor’s and BBB or F-2 or better by Fitch. The Trustee shall also have a short term rating of A-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s. 
  
 Section 8.12 [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 8.13 Representations and Warranties. 
  
 (a) The Trustee hereby represents that: 
  
 (i) The Trustee is duly organized and validly existing as a
national banking association in good standing under the laws of the United States 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 Trustee has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Trustee by all necessary corporate action; 
  
 (iii) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
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 terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
articles of organization or bylaws of the Trustee or any agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee is a party or by which it is bound; and 
  
 (iv) To the Trustee’s best knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Trustee or its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Trustee of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.14 Directions to Trustee. 
  
 The Trustee is hereby directed: 
  
 (a) to accept the Mortgage Loans and hold the assets of the Trust Fund in
trust for the Certificateholders; 
  
 (b) to authenticate and
deliver the Certificates of each Class substantially in the forms prescribed by Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, A-11, A-12, A-13, A-14, A-15, A-16, A-17 and A-18 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; 
  
 (c) to execute the Swap Agreements as trustee on behalf of the Supplemental
Interest Trust; and 
  
 (d) to take all other actions as shall be
required to be taken by the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 Section
8.15 The Agents. 
  
 The provisions of this Agreement
relating to the limitations of the Trustee’s liability and to its indemnity shall inure also to the Paying Agent, and the Certificate Registrar. 
  
 Section 8.16 Reports by the Trustee; Trust Fiscal Year. 
  

The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall: 
  
 (a) file with the Commission, on behalf of the Trust, the annual reports and information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any
of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Trust may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Such filings shall be as follows: within 15
days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System, a Form 8-K with a copy of the statement to Certificateholders for such
Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to January 31, 2005, the Trustee, shall file a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March 31, 2005, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall file a
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 industry standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. The Company will prepare and execute any certifications to be filed
with the Form 10-K as required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Trust hereby grants to the Trustee, a limited power of attorney to execute and file each such document on behalf of the Trust. Such power of attorney shall continue until the
termination of the Trust Fund. The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Seller within three Business Days after filing any Form 8-K or Form 10-K pursuant to this Section 8.16 a copy of such Form 8-K or Form 10-K, as the case may be;
and 
  
 (b) file with the Commission (with copies to the Seller
and the Company) in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Trust with the conditions and covenants of this Agreement
as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations. 
  
 The fiscal year of the Trust shall end on December 31 of each year. 
  
 Section 8.17 Execution of the Novation and Swap Agreements. 
  
 The Company hereby directs the Trustee to enter into and execute the Novation Agreements and the Swap Agreements on the Closing Date on behalf of the
Trust. The Seller, the Company, the Servicer and the Certificateholders (by their acceptance of such Certificates) acknowledge that JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is entering into the Swap Agreements solely in its capacity as Trustee of
the Trust Fund and not in its individual capacity. 
  
 ARTICLE
IX 
  
 [Reserved] 
  
 ARTICLE X 
  
 REMIC ADMINISTRATION 
  
 Section 10.01 REMIC Administration. 
  
 (a) [Reserved]. 
  
 (b) November 18, 2004 is hereby designated as the “Startup Day” of
each REMIC within the meaning of section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. 
  
 (c) The Servicer shall pay any and all tax related expenses (not including taxes) of each REMIC, including but not limited to any professional fees or expenses related to audits or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to
each REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities, but only to the extent that (i) such expenses are ordinary or routine expenses, including expenses of a routine audit but not expenses of litigation (except as described
in (ii)); or (ii) such expenses or liabilities (including taxes and penalties) are attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Servicer in fulfilling its duties hereunder. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses
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 (d) The Trustee shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year
basis using the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, including the REMIC Provisions, such information as may be required to
enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, (c) prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed such Tax Returns relating to the Trust as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations
(including timely making elections to treat specified assets of the Trust as one or more REMICs for federal income tax purposes and any other such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal
statutes, rules or regulations), (d) collect or cause to be collected any required withholding tax with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders and prepare or cause to be prepared the appropriate forms relating thereto and (e)
maintain records as required by the REMIC Provisions. 
  
 (e) The
Holder of the Residual Certificate at any time holding the largest Percentage Interest thereof shall be the “tax matters person” as defined in the REMIC Provisions (the “Tax Matters Person”) with respect to each REMIC and
shall act as Tax Matters Person for each REMIC. The Trustee, as agent for the Tax Matters Person, shall perform on behalf of each REMIC all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC
Provisions, or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority. Among its other duties, if required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other such guidance, the Trustee, as agent for the Tax
Matters Person, shall provide (i) to the Treasury or other governmental authority such information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate to any Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person
and (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or REMIC Provisions. 
  
 (f) The Trustee, the Servicer and the Holders of Certificates shall take any action or cause the REMIC to take any action necessary to create or maintain
the status of each REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and shall assist each other as necessary to create or maintain such status. Neither the Trustee, the Servicer nor the Holder of any Residual Certificate shall take any action, cause any
REMIC created hereunder to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of such REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result
in the imposition of a tax upon such REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Code Section 860F(a)(2) and the tax on prohibited contributions set forth on Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such event,
an “Adverse REMIC Event”) unless the Trustee and the Servicer have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated action will not endanger such status or
result in the imposition of such a tax. In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any REMIC created hereunder or the assets therein, or causing such REMIC to take any action, which is not expressly permitted under the terms of this
Agreement, any Holder of a Residual Certificate will consult with the Trustee and the Servicer, or their respective designees, in writing, with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to any REMIC, and
no such Person shall take any such action or cause any REMIC to take any such action as to which the Trustee or the Servicer has advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. 
  

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 (g) Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall pay when due any and all taxes imposed on each REMIC
created hereunder by federal or state governmental authorities. To the extent that such Trust taxes are not paid by a Residual Certificateholder, the Trustee shall pay any remaining REMIC taxes out of current or future amounts otherwise
distributable to the Holder of the Residual Certificate in the REMICs or, if no such amounts are available, out of other amounts held in the Distribution Account, and shall reduce amounts otherwise payable to Holders of regular interests in the
related REMIC. 
  
 (h) The Trustee, as agent for the Tax Matters
Person, shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each REMIC created hereunder on a calendar year and on an accrual basis. 
  
 (i) After the Pre-Funding Period, no additional contributions of assets shall be made to any REMIC created hereunder, except
as expressly provided in this Agreement with respect to Qualified Replacement Mortgages. 
  
 (j) Neither of the Trustee nor the Servicer shall enter into any arrangement by which any REMIC created hereunder will receive a fee or other compensation for services. 
  
 (k) The Trustee will apply for an Employee Identification Number from the
Internal Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or other acceptable method for REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV and the Master REMIC. 
  
 (l) The Trustee shall treat the Supplemental Interest Trust as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h) that
is owned by the holders of the Class C and Class R Certificates and that is not an asset of any REMIC. The Trustee shall treat the rights of the holders of the Offered Certificates to receive any interest payments in excess of the REMIC Pass-Through
Rate on the Master REMIC Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates as rights in an interest rate cap contract written by the Class C Certificateholders in favor of the holders of the Offered Certificates. Thus, each Underwritten
Certificate shall be treated as representing not only ownership of a regular interest in the Master REMIC, but also ownership of an interest in an interest rate cap contract. Notwithstanding the priority and sources of payments set forth in Article
IV hereof or otherwise, the Trustee shall account for all distributions on the Certificates as set forth in this section. In no event shall any payments provided for in this section be treated as payments with respect to a “regular
interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(1). 
  
 Section 10.02 Prohibited Transactions and Activities. 
  
 None of the Company, the Servicer nor the Trustee shall sell, dispose of, or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans, if such disposition, acquisition, substitution, or acceptance would (a) affect adversely the
status of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or (b) cause any REMIC created hereunder to be subject to a tax on prohibited transactions or prohibited contributions pursuant to the REMIC Provisions. 
  

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 ARTICLE XI 
  
 TERMINATION 
  
 Section 11.01 Termination. 
  
 (a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Seller, the Servicer, the Company and the Trustee created hereby (other than the obligation of
the Trustee to make certain payments to Certificateholders after the final Distribution Date and the obligation of the Servicer to send certain notices as hereinafter set forth and the obligation of the Servicer to indemnify the Trustee in
accordance with Section 6.06) shall terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or
other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below and (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the trust
created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate this Agreement on any date on
which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO
Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average
of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, any accrued and unpaid
Available Funds Cap Shortfall Amount and Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount and any unpaid amount due the Trustee and the Custodian under this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall such price be less than the amount
necessary to pay the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the related Pass-Through Rate through the date on which the trust is terminated and (iii)
any unpaid Administrative Fees (the “Termination Price”); provided, however, that such option may only be exercised if the Termination Price is sufficient to pay all interest accrued on, as well as amounts necessary to retire the
principal balance of, each class of net interest margin notes issued pursuant to the Indenture at the time the option is exercised. 
  
 In connection with any such purchase pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account all amounts then on
deposit in the Collection Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. 
  
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 (b) In the event that the Certificate Principal Balances of all of the Class A, Mezzanine and Class B
Certificates have not been reduced to zero by the Distribution Date in March 2035, the Trustee, shall (i) sign a plan of complete liquidation of each REMIC created hereunder meeting the requirements of a “Qualified Liquidation” under
Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder, (ii) sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund for cash in a commercially reasonable manner to maximize the value thereof, pursuant to the terms of the plan of complete liquidation, (iii)
distribute the proceeds of the sale to the Certificateholders in accordance with Section 4.01 hereof, and (iv) terminate the Trust. By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby agree to appoint the Trustee as their attorney in
fact to: (i) adopt such a plan of complete liquidation (and the Certificateholders hereby appoint the Trustee as their attorney in fact to sign such a plan) as appropriate and (ii) to take such other action in connection therewith as may be
reasonably required to carry out such plan of complete liquidation in accordance with the terms thereof. 
  
 (c) Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution Date (which shall be a date that would otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon which the
Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee upon the Trustee receiving notice of such date from the Servicer, by letter to the
Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of such final distribution specifying (1) the Distribution Date upon which final distribution of the Certificates will be
made upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein designated, (2) the amount of any such final distribution and (3) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein specified. 
  
 (d) Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall cause to be distributed to the Holders of the Certificates on the Distribution
Date for such final distribution, in proportion to the Percentage Interests of their respective Class and to the extent that funds are available for such purpose, an amount equal to the amount required to be distributed to such Holders in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.01 for such Distribution Date. 
  
 (e) In the event that all Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for final payment and cancellation on or before such final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall promptly following such date cause all funds in the
Distribution Account not distributed in final distribution to Certificateholders to be withdrawn therefrom and credited to the remaining Certificateholders by depositing such funds in a separate Servicing Account for the benefit of such
Certificateholders, and the Servicer (if the Servicer has exercised its right to purchase the Mortgage Loans) or the Trustee (in any other case) shall give a second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders, to surrender their Certificates
for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within nine months after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Residual Certificateholder shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets which remain subject hereto, and the Trustee upon transfer of such funds shall be discharged of any responsibility for such funds, and the Certificateholders shall look to the Residual Certificateholder for payment.

  

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 Section 11.02 Additional Termination Requirements. 
  
 (a) In the event that the Servicer exercises its purchase option as provided
in Section 11.01 or the Trustee terminates the Trust, each REMIC shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee shall have been furnished with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the failure of
the Trust to comply with the requirements of this Section will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions” of the Trust as defined in Section 860F of the Code or (ii) cause any REMIC constituting part of the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding: 
  
 (i) Within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date, the Servicer shall adopt and the Trustee shall sign a plan of complete
liquidation of each REMIC created hereunder meeting the requirements of a “Qualified Liquidation” under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder; and 
  
 (ii) At or after the time of adoption of such a plan of complete liquidation and at or prior to the final
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to the Servicer for cash pursuant to the terms of the plan of complete liquidation. 
  
 (b) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby agree to appoint the Trustee as their attorney in fact
to: (i) adopt such a plan of complete liquidation (and the Certificateholders hereby appoint the Trustee as their attorney in fact to sign such plan) as appropriate and (ii) to take such other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably
required to carry out such plan of complete liquidation all in accordance with the terms hereof. 
  
 ARTICLE XII 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
  
 Section 12.01
Amendment. 
  
 This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the parties hereto, and without the consent of the Certificateholders or the Swap Counterparties (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions
herein or (iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that any such action listed in clause (i)
through (iii) above shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any respect the interests of (A) any Certificateholder, if evidenced by (i) written notice to the Company, the Servicer and the Trustee from the Rating Agencies that such action will not
result in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class of Certificates with respect to which it is a Rating Agency or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Servicer, the Company and the Trustee and (B) any Swap
Counterparty, if evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Servicer, the Company, the Trustee and each Swap Counterparty. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of the Swap Counterparties after the Class I
Termination Date. 
  
 In addition, this Agreement may be amended
from time to time by the parties hereto with the consent of the Majority Certificateholders for the purpose of adding any 
  

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 provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment or waiver shall (w) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments on the Certificates or distributions which are required to be made
on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (x) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in clause (w) above, without the
consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing at least a 66% Percentage Interest in such Class, (y) reduce the percentage of Voting Rights required by clause (x) above without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such
Class then outstanding or (z) have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Swap Counterparties without such Swap Counterparties’ consent. Upon approval of an amendment, a copy of such amendment shall be sent to the Rating Agencies.

  
 Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel, delivered by (and at the expense of) the Person seeking such Amendment, to the effect that such amendment will not
result in the imposition of a tax on any REMIC created hereunder constituting part of the Trust Fund pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC created hereunder constituting part of the Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that
any Certificates are outstanding and that the amendment is being made in accordance with the terms hereof. Additionally, prior to entering into any amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the party requesting such amendment an
opinion of counsel stating that such amendment is authorized any permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall furnish, at the expense of the Person that requested the amendment if such Person is
Seller or the Servicer (but in no event at the expense of the Trustee), otherwise at the expense of the Trust, a copy of such amendment and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph to the Servicer and each Rating
Agency. 
  
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment; instead it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe. 
  
 The Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section 12.01 that affects its rights, duties and immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise. 
  
 Section 12.02 Recordation of
Agreement; Counterparts. 
  
 To the extent permitted by
applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated,
and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Servicer at the expense of the Trust, but only upon direction of Certificateholders accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders. 
  

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 For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other
purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 12.03 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. 

 
 The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (i) operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust, (ii) 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 the Trust, or (iii) otherwise
affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them. 
  
 Except as expressly provided for herein, no Certificateholder shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor
shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability
to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof. 
  
 No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law
upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates entitled
to at least 25% of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 15 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of
any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not
otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section 12.03 each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 
  

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 Section 12.04 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. 
  
 This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws. With respect to any claim arising out of this Agreement, each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, and each party irrevocably waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating hereto brought in any such courts, irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum and further irrevocably
waives the right to object, with respect to such claim, suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party, provided that service of process has been made by any lawful means. 

 
 Section 12.05 Notices. 
  
 All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by reputable overnight courier service to: 
  

			
	(a)	 	in the case of the Company:
		
	 	 	            NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation
	 	 	            8140 Ward Parkway
	 	 	            Suite 300
	 	 	            Kansas City, Missouri 64114
	 	 	            Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder
		
	(b)	 	in the case of the Servicer or the Seller:
		
	 	 	            NovaStar Mortgage, Inc.
	 	 	            8140 Ward Parkway
	 	 	            Suite 300
	 	 	            Kansas City, Missouri 64114
	 	 	            Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder

  

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	(c)	 	in the case of Rating Agencies:
		
	 	 	            Moody’s Investors Service Inc.
	 	 	            99 Church Street
	 	 	            New York, New York 10007
	 	 	            Attention: Shelly Garg
		
	 	 	            Standard & Poor’s
	 	 	            26 Broadway
	 	 	            New York, New York 10004-1064
	 	 	            Attention: Scott Mason
		
	 	 	            Fitch Ratings
	 	 	            One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
	 	 	            New York, New York 10004
	 	 	            Attention: Randy Fabian
	 	 	            Tel: (212) 908-0268
		
	(d)	 	in the case of the Custodian:
		
	 	 	            Wachovia Bank, National Association
	 	 	            4527 Metropolitan Court
	 	 	            Suite C
	 	 	            Frederick, MD 21704
	 	 	            Attn: Edwin Aquino
	 	 	            Tel: (301) 874-4531
	 	 	            Fax: (301) 874-6055
	 	 	            Attention: Structured Finance Trust Services
	 	 	            (NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4)
		
	(e)	 	in the case of the Trustee:
		
	 	 	            JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
	 	 	            4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor
	 	 	            New York, NY 10004-2477
	 	 	            Attention: Institutional Trust Services/ Global Debt
	 	 	            (NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4)
		
	(f)	 	in the case of Greenwich Capital Derivatives, Inc., as Swap Counterparty:
		
	 	 	            Greenwich Capital Derivatives, Inc.
	 	 	            600 Steamboat Road
	 	 	            Greenwich, CT 08830
	 	 	            Attention: Legal Dept./Credit Dept.
	 	 	            Tel: (203) 618-2531/32
	 	 	            Fax: (203) 618-2533

  

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	(g)	 	in the case of Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Swap Counterparty:
		
	 	 	            Wachovia Bank, N.A.
	 	 	            201 South College Street, 6th Floor
	 	 	            Charlotte, NC 28288-0601
	 	 	            Attention: Collateral Management Group
	 	 	            Tel: (704) 715-7663
	 	 	            Fax: (704) 383-3394

  
 or, as to each party, at such other
address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Certificateholder
as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice. Any notice or other document
required to be delivered or mailed by the Trustee to any Rating Agency shall be given on a reasonable efforts basis and only as a matter of courtesy and accommodation and the Trustee shall have no liability for failure to deliver such notice or
document to any Rating Agency. 
  
 Section 12.06 Severability
of Provisions. 
  
 If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof. 
  
 Section 12.07 Article and Section References. 
  
 All article and section references used in this Agreement, unless otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this
Agreement. 
  
 Section 12.08 Further Assurances.

  
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall not have any obligation to consent to any amendment or modification of this Agreement unless they have been provided reasonable security or indemnity against their out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) to
be incurred in connection therewith. 
  
 Section 12.09 Benefits
of Agreement. 
  
 Nothing in this Agreement or in the
Certificates, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Certificateholders, the Swap Counterparties and the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
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 Section 12.10 Acts of Certificateholders. 
  
 (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by the Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing, and such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the “act” of the Certificateholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section 12.10. 
  
 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
the certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever such execution is by a
signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. 
  
 (c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by any Certificateholder shall bind every future Holder of such
Certificate and the Holder of every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Trust in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate. 
  
 Section 12.11 Confidentiality. 
  
 The Trustee
hereby agrees to hold and treat all Confidential Information (as defined below) provided to it in connection with the offering of the Certificates in confidence and in accordance with this Section 12.11, and will implement and maintain safeguards in
accordance with the “Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information” as required by Appendix B to 12 CFR, Chapter I, Part 30, to further assure the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Such
Confidential Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Trustee or by its subsidiaries or, affiliates, or its or their directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling persons or agents
or advisors (collectively, the “Information Recipients”) other than for the purposes of (i) structuring the securitization transaction and the facilitating the issuance of the Certificates, or (ii) in connection with the performance
of its required due diligence on the Mortgage Loans. Disclosure that is not in violation of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, as amended, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended, (the “G-L-B Act”) or other
applicable law by the Trustee of any Confidential Information at the request of its outside auditors or governmental regulatory authorities in connection with an examination of the Trustee by any such authority or for the purposes specified in above
shall not constitute a breach of its obligations under this Section 12.11, and shall not require the prior consent of the Servicer. 
  

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 As used herein, “Confidential Information” means non-public personal information (as defined in
the G-L-B Act and its enabling regulations issued by the Federal Trade Commission) regarding obligors on the Mortgage Loans that is identified as such by the Servicer. Confidential Information shall not include information which (i) is or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Trustee or any of its Information Recipients; (ii) was available to the Trustee on a non-confidential basis from a person or entity other than the Servicer; (iii) is
requested to be disclosed by a governmental authority or related governmental, administrative, or regulatory or self-regulatory agencies having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of the Trustee’s business or that of its
affiliates or is otherwise required by law or by legal or regulatory process to be disclosed; (iv) becomes available to the Trustee on a non-confidential basis from a person or entity other than the Servicer who, to the best knowledge of the
Trustee, is not otherwise bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Servicer, and is not otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to the Trustee; (v) the Servicer provides written permission to the Trustee to release, (vi) is
independently developed by employees of the Trustee who did not have access to any or all of the otherwise Confidential Information or (vii) is disclosed to the Trustee’s auditors or counsel or is required to be disclosed to its lenders or
rating agencies, to the extent required for the purpose of consummating the services it is to provide as set forth herein. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Servicer, the Seller, Custodian and the 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. 
  

			
	NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING
CORPORATION,
	as Company
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matt Kaltenrieder

	Name:	 	Matt Kaltenrieder
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC.,
	as Servicer and as Seller
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matt Kaltenrieder

	Name:	 	Matt Kaltenrieder
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as Custodian
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Edwin Aquino

	Name:	 	Edwin Aquino
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Smith

	Name:	 	Michael Smith
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
 [Pooling and
Servicing Agreement Signature Page] 
  

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	STATE OF MISSOURI	  	)
	 	  	 ) ss.:

	COUNTY OF JACKSON	  	)

  
 On the 16th day of November, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Matt Kaltenrieder known to me (or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a Vice President of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	 	 	 Myra N. Kerr

	Seal	 	Notary Public

  

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	STATE OF MISSOURI	  	)
	 	  	) ss.:
	COUNTY OF JACKSON	  	)

  
 On the 16th day of November, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Matt Kaltenrieder known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a Vice President of NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a
Virginia corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	 	 	 Myra N. Kerr

	Seal	 	Notary Public

  

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	STATE OF MARYLAND	  	)
	 	  	) ss.:
	COUNTY OF FREDRICK	  	)

  
 On the 18th day of November, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Edwin Aquino known to me (or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a Vice President of Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	 	 	 Debra S. Ousse

	Seal	 	Notary Public

  

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	STATE OF NEW YORK	  	)
	 	  	) ss.:
	COUNTY OF KINGS	  	)

  
 On the 19th day of November, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Michael A. Smith, known to me (or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be Vice President of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person
who executed it on behalf of said association, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	 	 	 Margaret M. Price

	Seal	 	Notary Public

  

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 APPENDIX A 
  
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 “1933 Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 “Account”: The Collection Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the Supplemental Interest Account, and the
Distribution Account. 
  
 “Accrual Period”: With
respect to each Distribution Date, the period commencing on the preceding Distribution Date (or in the case of the first Accrual Period, other than with respect to the Swap Amount due in November 2004, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on
the day preceding the applicable Distribution Date, or with respect to the Swap Amount due in November 2004, the period commencing on October 25, 2004 and ending on November 25, 2004. 
  
 “Addition Notice”: With respect to the transfer of Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Trust Fund pursuant to
Section 2.08, a notice of the Company’s designation of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be sold to the Trust Fund and the aggregate principal balance of such Subsequent Mortgage Loans as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Addition Notice shall
be given not later than four Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. 
  
 “Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan which provides at any period during the life of such loan for the adjustment of the
Mortgage Rate payable in respect thereto. The Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans are identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
  
 “Adjustment Date”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each adjustment date, on which the Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage
Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. 
  
 “Administrative Fee”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the sum of the MI Premium, the Servicing Fee, the Custodian Fee and the Trustee Fee with respect to such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Administrative Fee Rate”: As to each Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate, (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate, (iii) the Custodian Fee Rate and (iv) the total MI Premiums due during the related Due Period, expressed as an annual percentage rate of the Pool Balance as of the beginning of that Due
Period. 
  
 “Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan,
any advance made by the Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24. 
  
 “Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 10.01(f) hereof. 
  
 “Affiliate”: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and “controlling” and
“controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

 “Agreement”: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto. 
  
 “Allocated Realized Loss
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class A-1B Certificate, Class of Class B Certificates, Class of Mezzanine Certificates or the Overcollateralization Amount, the Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Certificates
(or, with respect to the Overcollateralization Amount, the Realized Loss allocated to the Overcollateralization Amount) on such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Applicable Regulations”: As to any Mortgage Loan, all federal and state laws, statutes, rules and regulations applicable thereto.

  
 “Appraised Value”: The appraised value of a
Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan. With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing Mortgage Loan, the appraised value of the
Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal with the lowest appraised value (as reviewed and approved by the Seller) obtained within 12 months of the time of refinancing. 
  
 “Assignment of Mortgage”: An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in
recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form
of one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if permitted by law. 
  
 “Assumed Final Maturity Date”: As to each Class of Certificates, the Distribution Date in March 2035. 
  
 “Available Funds”: As to each Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the amount on deposit in the Distribution Account, representing the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of scheduled payments on the related Mortgage Loans due on the related Due Date and received on or prior to the related Determination Date,
(ii) miscellaneous fees and collections, including prepayment penalties with respect to the Mortgage Loans (but excluding late fees), (iii) any unscheduled payments and receipts, including Mortgagor prepayments on the related Mortgage Loans,
received during the related Prepayment Period and proceeds of repurchases, and adjustments in the case of substitutions and terminations, Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and MI Insurance Proceeds, and proceeds from Subsequent
Recoveries, (iv) all Advances made and Compensating Interest paid for such Distribution Date in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, (v) on the Distribution Date following the termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the remaining amount of the
Original Pre-Funded Amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account at such time and (vi) on the Distribution Date following the termination pursuant to Section 11.01 herein, the Termination Price. 
  

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 “Available Funds Cap”: With respect to each Distribution Date and (a) the Group I
Certificates, the Group I Available Funds Cap, (b) the Group II Certificates, the Group II Available Funds Cap and (c) the Class M and Class B Certificates, the Subordinate Available Funds Cap, each for such Distribution Date. If the aggregate
Principal Balance of any Group of Mortgage Loans has been reduced to zero on a prior Distribution Date, the Available Funds Cap for the related Classes of Class A Certificates will be equal to the Available Funds Cap of the Group of Mortgage Loans
with an aggregate Principal Balance greater than zero. 
  
 “Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount”: With respect to any Class of Offered Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the positive excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate cumulative amount of Available Funds
Cap Shortfall Amounts for such Class on all prior Distribution Dates over (y) the aggregate cumulative amount of Supplemental Interest Payments actually paid to the Holders of that Class on all prior Distribution Dates pursuant to those clauses of
Section 4.04(c), which relate to payments to that Class, plus (ii) interest on the amount described in clause (i) at a rate equal to the related Formula Rate for such Class and Distribution Date. 
  
 “Available Funds Cap Shortfall Amount”: With respect to any
Distribution Date and Class of Offered Certificates the excess, if any, of (1) the interest due on such Class calculated using the Formula Rate applicable to such Class over (2) the interest due on such Class, calculated using the Pass-Through Rate
applicable to such Class. 
  
 “Balloon Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of the unamortized principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is substantially greater than the preceding monthly payment.

  
 “Balloon Payment”: A payment of the
unamortized principal balance of a Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is substantially greater than the preceding Monthly Payment. 
  
 “Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of the United States Code), as amended.

  
 “Base Prospectus”: The base Prospectus, dated
April 16, 2004 with respect to the Offered Certificates. 
  
 “Basic Documents”: This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, each Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the REMIC Interests Sale Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement, MI Policy, the Swap Agreements, the Novation Agreements and the
other documents and Certificates delivered in connection with any of the above. 
  
 “Book-Entry Certificates”: Any of the Certificates that shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the
books of a Person maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a Depository Participant, or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the Depository and as described in Section 5.02 hereof). On the Closing
Date, the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates shall be Book-Entry Certificates. 
  

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 “Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York, the State of Missouri or in the city in which the corporate trust office of the Trustee or Custodian are located, are required or authorized by law to be closed. 
  
 “Cap Contract Rights”: The rights of the Class A
Certificates, Mezzanine Certificates and Class B Certificates to receive interest payments in excess of payments at the REMIC Pass-Through Rate on the Master REMIC Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates as set forth in Exhibit
K. 
  
 “Cash Liquidation”: As to any defaulted
Mortgage Loan other than a Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the Servicer that it has received all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Servicer reasonably and in good faith
expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Certificate”: Any Regular Certificate or Class R Certificate. 
  
 “Certificateholder” or “Holder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person shall not
be a Holder of a Residual Certificate for any purpose hereof. 
  
 “Certificate Margin”: With respect to each Class and each Distribution Date prior to the Rate Step-Up Date: 
  

				
	 Class

	  	Rate

	 
	 A-1A
	  	0.340	%
	 A-1B
	  	0.400	%
	 A-2A
	  	0.190	%
	 A-2B
	  	0.340	%
	 A-2C
	  	0.500	%
	 M-1
	  	0.620	%
	 M-2
	  	0.670	%
	 M-3
	  	0.720	%
	 M-4
	  	1.100	%
	 M-5
	  	1.150	%
	 M-6
	  	1.250	%
	 B-1
	  	1.700	%
	 B-2
	  	1.800	%
	 B-3
	  	3.100	%
	 B-4
	  	3.500	%

  

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 With respect to each Class and each Distribution Date on and after the Rate Step-Up Date: 
  

				
	 Class

	  	Rate

	 
	 A-1A
	  	0.680	%
	 A-1B
	  	0.800	%
	 A-2A
	  	0.380	%
	 A-2B
	  	0.680	%
	 A-2C
	  	1.000	%
	 M-1
	  	0.930	%
	 M-2
	  	1.005	%
	 M-3
	  	1.080	%
	 M-4
	  	1.650	%
	 M-5
	  	1.725	%
	 M-6
	  	1.875	%
	 B-1
	  	2.550	%
	 B-2
	  	2.700	%
	 B-3
	  	4.650	%
	 B-4
	  	5.250	%

  
 “Certificate
Owner”: With respect to each Book-Entry Certificate, any beneficial owner thereof. 
  
 “Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to any Class of Regular Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates and the Class I Certificates) immediately prior to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the Initial Certificate Principal Balance thereof reduced by the sum of all amounts actually distributed in respect of principal of such Class and, in the case of a Mezzanine Certificate, a Class B Certificate and a Class A-1B
Certificate, Allocated Realized Loss Amounts applied with respect to that Class on all prior Distribution Dates. The Class C Certificates and the Class I Certificates will not have a Certificate Principal Balance. 
  
 “Certificate Register”: The register maintained by the
Certificate Registrar in which the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates. 
  
 “Certificate Registrar”: Initially, the Trustee, in its capacity as Certificate Registrar, or any successor to the Trustee in such
capacity. 
  
 “Class”: Collectively, Certificates
which have the same priority of payment and bear the same Class designation and the form of which is identical except for variation in the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby. 
  
 “Class A Certificate”: Any Group I Certificate or Group II Certificate. 
  
 “Class A Principal Distribution Amount”: For any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Class A-1A Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-1A Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  

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 “Class A-1B Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-1B Certificates executed, authenticated
and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantial in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class A-2A Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-2A
Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the
Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class A-2B Certificate”: Any
one of the Class A-2B Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a
regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class A-2C
Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-2C Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and
therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class B Certificate”: Any Class B-1 Certificate, Class B-2 Certificate, Class B-3 Certificate or Class B-4 Certificate. 
  
 “Class B Principal Distribution Amount”: The sum of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount. 
  
 “Class B-1 Certificate”: Any one of the Class B-1 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-12, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to the excess of
(x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class
M-6 Principal Distribution 
  

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 Amount on such Distribution Date), and (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates immediately
prior to that Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 92.00% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$12,500,000. 
  
 “Class B-2 Certificate”: Any one
of the Class B-2 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-13, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular
interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class B-2 Principal
Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates,
(after taking into account the payment of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser
of (A) the product of (i) 94.00% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class B-3 Certificate”: Any one of the Class B-3
Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-14, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the
Master REMIC. 
  

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 “Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal
to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking
into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account
the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on
such Distribution Date), (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (x) the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 96.00% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class
B-4 Certificate”: Any one of the Class B-4 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-18, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein
and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account
the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution 
  

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 Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account
the payment of the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (xi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 97.50% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class C Certificate”: Any one of the Class C Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially
in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-20, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing one or more regular interests in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class I Certificate”: Any one of the Class I Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-15, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: For any
Distribution Date, shall mean the sum of (i) the Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and (ii) the Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, each for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Class IV-Accrual Interest”: Either the Class IV-Accrual1,
Class IV-Accrual2 or Class IV-Accrual3 Interest as applicable. 
  
 “Class I Termination Date”: The Distribution Date occurring in October 2007. 
  
 “Class M Certificate”: Any Class M-1 Certificate, Class M-2 Certificate, Class M-3 Certificate, Class M-4 Certificate, Class M-5
Certificate or Class M-6 Certificate. 
  
 “Class M-1
Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and
therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  

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 “Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 76.00% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class M-2 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7, representing the
right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 80.10% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent
received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class M-3 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-3
Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the
Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after 
  

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 taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iv) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 83.60% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections
of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class M-4 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9, representing the
right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (v) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 85.40% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections
of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class M-5 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-5 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-10, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
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 (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class
M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and
(vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 88.00% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B)
the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class M-6 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-6 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-11, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  
 “Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 90.00% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments
of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $12,500,000. 
  
 “Class R Certificate”: Any one of the Class R Certificates
executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-18, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein, and evidencing the R-I Interest, the R-II Interest, the R-III
Interest, the R-IV Interest and the R-V Interest, each the sole “residual interest” in REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC IV and the Master REMIC, respectively. 
  

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 “Close of Business”: As used herein, with respect to any Business Day, 5:00 p.m. (New
York time). 
  
 “Closing Date”: November 18,
2004. 
  
 “Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of
1986 as it may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Collection Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06(d) hereof, which must be an Eligible Account. 
  
 “Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Company”: NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
  
 “Compensating Interest”: With respect to any Determination Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for the related Prepayment Period and (ii) the Servicing Fee for
the related Distribution Date. 
  
 “Corporate Trust
Office”: With respect to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Certificate Registrar, the principal corporate trust office at which at any particular time its corporation trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Agreement is located at 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10004-2477, Attention: Institutional Trust Services/Global Debt, NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4. 
  
 “Corresponding Class of Master REMIC Certificates”: As
defined in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “Corresponding
Distribution Date”: As set forth in the Swap Interest Rate Schedule. 
  
 “Corresponding Interest Rate”: As set forth in the Swap Interest Rate Schedule. 
  
 “Corresponding Maturity Date”: As set forth in the Swap Maturity Date Schedule. 
  
 “Corresponding REMIC II Regular Interest”: As defined in
Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “Credit Enhancement
Percentage”: For any Distribution Date, is equal to (i) the sum of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class B Certificates and the Overcollateralization Amount, divided by (ii) the Pool Balance,
in each case calculated prior to taking into account the distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the Holders of the Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date and prior to taking into account
distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans on such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Crossover Date”: The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates is reduced to zero; and (ii) the later to occur of
(x) the Distribution Date occurring in December 2007 and (y) the first Distribution Date on which the Credit Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only after taking into account distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans but
prior to the principal distributions to the certificates) is greater than or equal to 31.60%. 
  

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 “Cumulative Loss Percentage”: As to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of
the fraction obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to coverage provided by any MI Policy) from the Cut-off Date through such Distribution Date by (ii) the sum of the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date plus the Original Pre-Funded Amount. 
  
 “Current Interest”: For any Distribution Date and each Class of Offered Certificates the amount of interest accrued during the related
Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date, in each case, reduced by any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Shortfalls allocated
to that Class (allocated to each Certificate based on its respective entitlements to interest irrespective of any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Relief Act Shortfalls for that Distribution Date). 
  
 “Custodian”: Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, and any successor thereto. 
  
 “Custodian Fee”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the product of (i) $0.20 and (ii) the number of Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Custodian Fee Rate”: The percentage equivalent expressed as a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the product of (a) the Custodian
Fee and (b) 12 and the denominator of which is (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of the Due Period. 
  
 “Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan the later of (i) November 1, 2004 and (ii) the date of origination of such
Initial Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the later of (i) the first day of the month in which such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is acquired by the Trust and (ii) the date of origination of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

  
 “Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance”:
With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the aggregate of the Cut-off Date Principal Balances of the Initial Mortgage Loans of $1,641,751,732.18 consisting of $1,247,831,391.83 related to Group I and $393,920,340.35 related to Group II. 
  
 “Cut-off Date Principal Balance”: With respect to any
Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the applicable Cut-off Date or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as the case may be (or as of the applicable date of substitution with respect to an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan). 
  
 “Debt Service Reduction”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
a reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation. 
  

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 “Deferred Interest”: With respect to any REO Property, the current portion of interest
not currently paid by the Mortgagor that is added to the principal balance of such REO Property. 
  
 “Deficient Valuation”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent
jurisdiction in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code. 
  
 “Definitive Certificates”: The Class C, Class I and Class R Certificates, and such other Classes of
Certificates as become Definitive Certificates pursuant to Section 5.02(c) hereof. 
  
 “Deleted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “30-Day Delinquency Percentage”: As of the last day of any Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction, (i) the numerator of which equals the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 30 or more days contractually delinquent, in foreclosure or converted to REO Properties, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Pool Balance
as of the last day of such Due Period. 
  
 “60-Day
Delinquency Percentage”: As of the last day of any Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which equals the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days contractually
delinquent, in foreclosure or converted to REO Properties, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Due Period. 
  
 “90-Day Delinquency Percentage”: As of the last day of any Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of
which equals the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 90 or more days contractually delinquent, in foreclosure or converted to REO Properties and (ii) the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Due
Period. 
  
 “Delinquent”: Any Mortgage Loan, the
Monthly Payment due on a Due Date which is not made by the Close of Business on the next scheduled Due Date for such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Depository”: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, whose nominee is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a
“clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York. 
  
 “Depository Participant”: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other person for whom from time to time a Depository
effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository. 
  

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 “Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 15th day of the
calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 15th day. 
  
 “Determination Date Report”: The meaning specified in Section 3.23 hereof. 
  
 “Disqualified Organization”: “Disqualified Organization” shall have the meaning set forth from
time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code and applicable to the Trust. 
  
 “Distribution Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, which must
be an Eligible Account. 
  
 “Distribution Date”:
The 25th day of any calendar month, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day, commencing in December 2004. 
  
 “Due Date”: The first day of the month of the related Distribution Date. 
  
 “Due Period”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Due
Date, the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and ending on the related Due Date. 
  
 “Eligible Account”: An account that is either: (A) a segregated account or accounts maintained with an institution whose deposits are
insured by the FDIC, the unsecured and uncollateralized long-term debt obligations of which institution shall be rated AA or higher by Standard & Poor’s and Aa2 or higher by Moody’s and in the highest short-term rating category by each
of the Rating Agencies, and which is (i) a federal savings and loan association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, or (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company or (B) a segregated trust
account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency, having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity. 

 
 “Eligible Investments”: One or more of the following:

  
 (i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed
by, the United States of America, any of the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Banks or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America; 
  
 (ii) (A) demand and time deposits in, Certificates of deposit of, banker’s acceptances issued by or federal funds sold by any depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee or its agents acting in their respective
commercial capacities) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and 
  

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 examination by federal and/or state authorities, so long as at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment, such depository institution or trust company has a short-term unsecured debt rating in the highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies and provided that each such investment has an original
maturity of no more than 365 days, and (B) any other demand or time deposit or deposit which is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; 
  
 (iii) repurchase obligations with a term not to exceed 30 days with respect to any security described in clause (i) above and entered into with a
depository institution or trust company (acting as a principal) rated “A-1+” or higher by S&P, A2 or higher by Moody’s and “F-1+” or higher by Fitch; provided, however, that collateral transferred pursuant to such
repurchase obligation must (A) be valued daily at current market price plus accrued interest, (B) pursuant to such valuation, equal, at all times, 105% of the cash transferred in exchange for such collateral and (C) be delivered in such a manner as
to accomplish perfection of a security interest in the collateral by possession of certificated securities; 
  
 (iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof which has a long-term unsecured debt rating in the highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; 
  
 (v) commercial paper having an original maturity of less than 365 days and issued by an institution having a short-term unsecured debt rating in the
highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; 
  
 (vi) a guaranteed investment contract approved by each of the Rating Agencies and issued by an insurance company or other corporation having a long-term
unsecured debt rating in the highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; and 
  
 (vii) money market funds having ratings in the highest available long-term rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment;
any such money market funds which provide for demand withdrawals being conclusively deemed to satisfy any maturity requirement for Eligible Investments set forth in the Agreement; 
  
 provided, however, that each such instrument shall be acquired in an arm’s-length transaction and no such
instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if it represents, either (1) the right to receive only interest payments with respect to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and interest payments derived from
obligations underlying such instrument and the principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations; provided, further, however,
that each such instrument acquired shall not be acquired at a price in excess of par. The Trustee may purchase from or sell to itself or an affiliate, as principal or agent, the Eligible Investments listed above. 
  
 “Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan
substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in an 
  

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 Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding principal balance, after such deduction), not in excess
of the outstanding principal balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by the Seller in the Collection Account in the month of substitution); (ii) comply in all material respects with each representation and
warranty set forth in clauses, (ii) through (xcix) of Section 3.01(b) of the Purchase Agreement other than clauses (iii), (v)-(xiv), (xlii), (lv), (lvi)-(lviii), (lxxii), (lxxxix) and (xc); (iii) have a Mortgage Rate and, with respect to an
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, a Gross Margin no lower than and not more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Gross Margin, respectively, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the date of substitution; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio, at
the time of substitution no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of substitution; (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not
be 30 days or more delinquent; (vii) not be a negative amortization loan; (viii) have a lien priority equal to or superior to the lien priority of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (ix) be a Qualified Replacement Mortgage. 
  
 “ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended. 
  
 “Excess Cashflow”: For any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Overcollateralization Release Amount and (ii) the excess of (a) the Interest Remittance Amount over (b) the sum of (w) the Monthly Interest Distributable Amounts for the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine
Certificates and the Class B Certificates, (x) the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and (y) the Administrative Fees, each for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Extra Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is the lesser of (x) the Excess Cashflow
for such Distribution Date and (y) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of interest equal
to the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus the Administrative Fee Rate. 
  
 “Failed Reassignment Termination Payment”: A termination payment with respect to the affected portion of the notional balance of a Swap Agreement due under such Swap Agreement as a result of a failed
reassignment of such affected portion of the notional balance thereof pursuant to Section 4.03(f). 
  
 “Failed Reassignment Termination Payment Due Date”: As defined in Section 4.04(g) herein. 
  
 “Fannie Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any
successor thereto. 
  
 “FDIC”: Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto. 
  
 “Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, or its successors in interest. 
  

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 “Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan”: A first-lien or second-lien Mortgage Loan which provides for
a fixed Mortgage Rate payable with respect thereto. The Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans are identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
  
 “Foreclosure Profit”: With respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate of its Net Liquidation
Proceeds exceeds (ii) the related Principal Balance (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate from the date interest was last paid through the date of receipt of the final Liquidation Proceeds) of such Liquidated
Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the final recovery of its Liquidation Proceeds. 
  
 “Formula Rate”: For any Distribution Date and the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and Class B Certificates the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin and (ii) 11%
(13% with respect to the Class A-1A Certificates). 
  
 “Freddie Mac”: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto. 
  
 “Gross Margin”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is
added to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan. 
  

“Group”: Any of the Group I Mortgage Loans and the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Group I Allocation Percentage”: For any Distribution Date
is the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. 

 
 “Group I Available Funds Cap”: For each Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction equal to (a) an amount equal to (i) the aggregate Interest Remittance Formula Amount for the Group I Mortgage Loans, less (ii) the Administrative Fees allocable to the Group I Mortgage Loans, and less
(iii) the Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, divided by (b) the product of (i) the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period divided by 360 and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any
related amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account. 
  
 “Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date, over (ii) the Overcollateralization Release
Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group I Allocation Percentage. 
  
 “Group I Certificate”: Any Class A-1A Certificate or Class A-1B Certificate. 
  
 “Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Group I Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 68.40% and (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last

  

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 day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period,
to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $9,494,330. 
  
 “Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”
shall mean, on each Distribution Date up to and including the Distribution Date in October 2007, the following: Commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in July 2006, an amount equal to the sum of

  
 (I) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.9450% (on a
30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over
(ii) (X) $1,360,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution
Date; and 
  
 (II) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of
2.9650% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $1,285,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage
for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (III) the product of (x) the
excess, if any, of 2.7550% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account,
for such Distribution Date, over (ii)(X) $1,210,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I
Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (IV) the product of
(x) the excess, if any, of 2.7750% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding
Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $1,135,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I
Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (V) the
product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0570% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the
Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $1,085,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $50,000,000 multiplied by the
Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (VI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0850% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $935,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $150,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (VII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.7875% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$860,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (VIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8031% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any
related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $785,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b)
$75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (IX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8750% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage
Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $710,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date
and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (X) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8825% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i)
the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $680,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by
(Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $30,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8850% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$605,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and

  
 (XII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8975% (on a
30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal 
  

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 Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date,
over (ii) (X) $530,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment
Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.9975% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I
Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $455,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XIV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0075% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$415,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $40,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0925% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related
amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $325,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of
(A) $90,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XVI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.4025% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of
(i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $300,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XVII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.4390% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the
lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $275,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative
Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XVIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.1715% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for 
  

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 such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $250,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XIX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2375% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the
lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $225,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative
Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.5475% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$175,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $50,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and

  
 (XXI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.1625% (on a
30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over
(ii) (X) $150,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount
multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.1900% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I
Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $125,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2600% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of
(i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $100,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXIV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2810% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the
lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative
Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (XXV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2425% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $50,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I
Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXVI) the product
of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.3550% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding
Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the
related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXVII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.4475% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the aggregate
unpaid Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the
Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date. 
  
 For the
Distribution Date in August 2006 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (III) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in September 2006 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (VII) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in October 2006 an amount equal to the sum of the
amounts described in (XII) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the
Distribution Dates commencing in November 2006 through and including the Distribution Date in July 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XVI) through (XXVII) above 
  
 For the Distribution Date in August 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XVIII) through (XXVII)
above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in September 2007 an amount
equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XXI) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in October 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XXV) and (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in November 2007 and each Distribution Date thereafter, the Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount shall be zero.

  

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 “Group I Class I Percentage”: For each Distribution Date is as set forth below:

  

				
	 Distribution Date

	  	Group I Class I Percentage

	 
	 December 2004
	  	75.954643271	%
	 January 2005
	  	75.923986391	%
	 February 2005
	  	75.880670809	%
	 March 2005
	  	75.840011245	%
	 April 2005
	  	75.802218319	%
	 May 2005
	  	75.767499127	%
	 June 2005
	  	75.736056375	%
	 July 2005
	  	75.708087519	%
	 August 2005
	  	75.683783873	%
	 September 2005
	  	75.663258505	%
	 October 2005
	  	75.643835293	%
	 November 2005
	  	75.625571744	%
	 December 2005
	  	75.607208118	%
	 January 2006
	  	75.588744203	%
	 February 2006
	  	75.570179787	%
	 March 2006
	  	75.551514662	%
	 April 2006
	  	75.532748622	%
	 May 2006
	  	75.513881466	%
	 June 2006
	  	75.494912995	%
	 July 2006
	  	75.475843013	%
	 August 2006
	  	75.456671327	%
	 September 2006
	  	75.437397746	%
	 October 2006
	  	75.418022084	%
	 November 2006
	  	75.398544157	%
	 December 2006
	  	75.378826064	%
	 January 2007
	  	75.359006474	%
	 February 2007
	  	75.339025319	%
	 March 2007
	  	75.318942861	%
	 April 2007
	  	75.298758951	%
	 May 2007
	  	75.278473445	%
	 June 2007
	  	75.258086201	%
	 July 2007
	  	75.237597080	%
	 August 2007
	  	75.217005946	%
	 September 2007
	  	75.196312665	%
	 October 2007
	  	75.175517108	%

  
 “Group I Cross
Collateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Group I Interest Remittance Amount remaining after payment of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Group I Certificates, the Group I Class I Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount and the related proportional amount of the Administrative Fees. 
  
 “Group I Interest Remittance Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Interest Remittance Amount that was collected or advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans. 
  

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 “Group I Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans allocated to Group I which primarily
support the Group I Certificates. 
  
 “Group I Pool
Balance”: The Pool Balance relating to the Group I Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Group I Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date is the sum of (i) the Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group I Allocation Percentage. 
  
 “Group I Principal Remittance Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount that was collected or
advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans plus, following the Pre-Funding Period, any remaining Pre-Funded Amounts related to the Group I Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Group I REMIC Available Funds Cap”: The weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class IV-Accrual1, Class IV-A1A and Class
IV-A1B Interests. 
  
 “Group I REMIC III Net
WAC”: The weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class II-A1 through Class II-A20, Class II-B1 through Class II-B20, Class II-C1 through Class II-C21, Class II-D1 through Class II-D21, Class II-E1 through Class II-E21, Class
II-F1 through Class II-F21, Class II-G1 through Class II-G22, Class II-H1 through Class II-H22, Class II-K1 through Class II-K22, Class II-L1 through Class II-L22, Class II-M1 through Class II-M22, Class II-O1 through Class II-O23, Class II-Q1
through Class II-Q23, Class II-S1 through Class II-S23, Class II-T1 through Class II-T23, Class II-U1 through Class II-U32, Class II-V1 through Class II-V32, Class II-Y1 through Class II-Y33, Class II-Z1 through Class II-Z33, Class II-a1 through
Class II-a33, Class II-b1 thorough Class-b34, Class II-c1 through Class II-c34, Class II-d1 through Class II-d34, Class II-e1 through Class II-e34, Class II-f1 through Class II-f35, Class II-g1 through Class II-g35, Class II-h1 through Class II-h35
and Class II-J1 Interests. 
  
 “Group I
Schedule”: As set forth in Appendix B. 
  
 “Group
I Subordinated Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Group I Pool Balance plus any related Pre-Funded Amount over the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group I Certificates, for such Distribution Date.

  
 “Group I Trigger Event” is in effect on any
Distribution Date (x) prior to the Crossover Date if cumulative Realized Losses as a percentage of the sum of (i) the Pool Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date and (ii) the Pre-Funded Amount as of the Closing Date are greater
than 2.50% or (y) on which a Trigger Event is in effect. 
  
 “Group II Allocation Percentage”: For any Distribution Date is the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and the denominator
of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Group II Available Funds Cap”: For each Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction equal to (a) an amount equal to (i) the aggregate Interest Remittance Formula Amount for the Group
II Mortgage Loans, less (ii) the Administrative Fees allocable to the 
  

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 Group II Mortgage Loans, and less (iii) the Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, divided by (b) the
product of (i) the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period divided by 360 and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account. 
  
 “Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect
to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Overcollateralization Release Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group II Allocation Percentage.

  
 “Group II Certificate”: Any of the Class A-2A
Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates or Class A-2C Certificates. 
  
 “Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 68.40% and (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due
during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$3,005,670. 
  
 “Group II Class I Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount” shall mean, on each Distribution Date up to and including the Distribution Date in October 2007, the following: Commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in July 2006, an
amount equal to the sum of 
  
 (I) the product of (x) the excess,
if any, of 2.9450% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $1,360,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage
for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (II) the product of (x) the
excess, if any, of 2.9650% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account,
for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $1,285,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I
Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (III) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.7550% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii)(X) $1,210,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (IV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.7750% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$1,135,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and

  
 (V) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0570% (on a
30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over
(ii) (X) $1,085,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $50,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution
Date; and 
  
 (VI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of
3.0850% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such
Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $935,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $150,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage
for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (VII) the product of (x) the
excess, if any, of 2.7875% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account,
for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $860,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $75,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (VIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8031% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of
(i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $785,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (IX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8750% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $710,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (X) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8825% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$680,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $30,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8850% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any
related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $605,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b)
$75,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.8975% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II
Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $530,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 2.9975% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X)
$455,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XIV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0075% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any
related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $415,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the
product of (A) $40,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (XV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.0925% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $325,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $90,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I
Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XVI) the product
of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.4025% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the
Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $300,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the
Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XVII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.4390% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any
related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $275,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b)
$25,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XVIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.1715% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II
Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $250,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XIX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2375% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of
(i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $225,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.5475% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the
lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $175,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative
Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $50,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (XXI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.1625% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $150,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I
Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXII) the product
of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.1900% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the
Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $125,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the
Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2600% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any
related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $100,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b)
$25,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXIV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2810% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II
Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $75,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (b) $25,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  
 (XXV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.2425% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of
(i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over (ii) (X) $50,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied
by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and

  
 (XXVI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.3550% (on a
30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the excess of (i) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date, over
(ii) (X) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount multiplied by (Y) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount
multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (XXVII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of 3.4475% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) the lesser of (a) the aggregate unpaid Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amount in the Pre-Funding Account, for such Distribution Date and (b) the product of (A) $25,000,000 less the related
Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in August 2006 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (III) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in September 2006 an amount equal to the sum of the
amounts described in (VII) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the
Distribution Date in October 2006 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XII) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Dates commencing in November 2006 through and including the Distribution Date in July 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
described in (XVI) through (XXVII) above 
  
 For the Distribution
Date in August 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XVIII) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in September 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in (XXI) through (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the Distribution Date in October 2007 an amount equal to the sum of the
amounts described in (XXV) and (XXVII) above. 
  
 For the
Distribution Date in November 2007 and each Distribution Date thereafter, the Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount shall be zero. 
  
 “Group II Class I Percentage”: For each Distribution Date is as set forth below: 
  

				
	 Distribution Date

	  	Group II Class I Percentage

	 
	 December 2004
	  	24.045356729	%
	 January 2005
	  	24.076013609	%
	 February 2005
	  	24.119329191	%
	 March 2005
	  	24.159988755	%
	 April 2005
	  	24.197781681	%
	 May 2005
	  	24.232500873	%
	 June 2005
	  	24.263943625	%
	 July 2005
	  	24.291912481	%
	 August 2005
	  	24.316216127	%
	 September 2005
	  	24.336741495	%
	 October 2005
	  	24.356164707	%
	 November 2005
	  	24.374428257	%
	 December 2005
	  	24.392791882	%

  

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	 January 2006
	  	24.411255797	%
	 February 2006
	  	24.429820213	%
	 March 2006
	  	24.448485338	%
	 April 2006
	  	24.467251378	%
	 May 2006
	  	24.486118534	%
	 June 2006
	  	24.505087005	%
	 July 2006
	  	24.524156987	%
	 August 2006
	  	24.543328674	%
	 September 2006
	  	24.562602254	%
	 October 2006
	  	24.581977916	%
	 November 2006
	  	24.601455843	%
	 December 2006
	  	24.621173936	%
	 January 2007
	  	24.640993526	%
	 February 2007
	  	24.660974681	%
	 March 2007
	  	24.681057139	%
	 April 2007
	  	24.701241049	%
	 May 2007
	  	24.721526555	%
	 June 2007
	  	24.741913799	%
	 July 2007
	  	24.762402920	%
	 August 2007
	  	24.782994054	%
	 September 2007
	  	24.803687334	%
	 October 2007
	  	24.824482892	%

  
 “Group II
Cross Collateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining after payment of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amounts on the Group II Certificates, the Group II Class I
Monthly Distributable Amount and the related proportional amount of the Administrative Fees. 
  
 “Group II Interest Remittance Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Interest Remittance Amount that was collected or advanced on the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Group II Mortgage Loans:” The Mortgage Loans allocated to
Group II which primarily support the Group II Certificates. 
  
 “Group II Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date is the sum of (i) the Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group II Allocation Percentage. 
  
 “Group II Principal Remittance Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount that was collected or advanced on the Group II Mortgage Loans plus, following the
Pre-Funding Period, any remaining Pre-Funded Amounts related to the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
  

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 “Group II REMIC III Net WAC”: The weighted average of the pass-through rates on the
Class II-AA1 through Class II-AA20, Class II-BB1 through Class II-BB20, Class II-CC1 through Class II-CC21, Class II-DD1 through Class II-DD21, Class II-EE1 through Class II-EE21, Class II-FF1 through Class II-FF21, Class II-GG1 through Class
II-GG22, Class II-HH1 through Class II-HH22, Class II-KK1 through Class II-KK22, Class II-LL1 through Class II-LL22, Class II-MM1 through Class II-MM22, Class II-OO1 through Class II-OO23, Class II-QQ1 through Class II-QQ23, Class II-SS1 through
Class II-SS23, Class II-TT1 through Class II-TT23, Class II-UU1 through Class II-UU32, Class II-VV1 through Class II-VV32, Class II-YY1 through Class II-YY33, Class II-ZZ1 through Class II-ZZ33, Class II-aa1 through Class II-aa33, through Class
II-bb1 through Class II-bb34, Class II-cc1 through Class II-cc34, Class II-dd1 through Class II-dd34, Class II-ee1 through Class II-ee34, Class II-ff1 through Class II-ff35, Class II-gg1 through Class II-gg35, Class II-hh1 through Class II-hh35 and
Class II-J2 Interests. 
  
 “Group II REMIC Available Funds
Cap”: The weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class IV-Accrual2, Class IV-A2A, Class IV-A2B and Class IV-A2C Interests. 
  
 “Group II Schedule”: As set forth in Appendix B. 
  

“Group II Subordinated Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Group II Pool Balance plus any related
Pre-Funded Amount over the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates, for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Indenture”: An indenture relating to the issuance of net interest margin notes secured by the Class C Certificates. 
  
 “Independent”: When used with respect to any specified
Person, any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Company, the Servicer and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or the Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof, and (c) is not connected with the Company or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person
shall not fail to be Independent of the Company or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any Class of securities issued by the Company or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as
the case may be. 
  
 “Index”: With respect to
each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and with respect to each related Adjustment Date, the index as specified in the related Mortgage Note. 
  
 “Initial Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to any Regular Certificate (other than a Class C Certificate or Class I
Certificate), the amount designated “Initial Certificate Principal Balance” on the face thereof. 
  
 “Initial Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loans which are described (with complete statistical information included) in the Prospectus
Supplement and which are included in the Trust Fund on the Closing Date. 
  
 “Initial Swap Amount”: Shall mean a payment in the amount of $757,898.61. 
  

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 “Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any insurance policy
covering a Mortgage Loan which are required to be remitted to the Servicer, including MI Insurance Proceeds in the case of Mortgage Loans covered under a MI Policy, or amounts required to be paid by the Servicer hereunder, net of any component
thereof (i) covering any expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Servicer in connection with obtaining such proceeds, (ii) that is applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or (iii) released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures. 
  
 “Interest Determination Date”: With respect to each Accrual Period, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period. 
  
 “Interest Remittance Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, that portion of the Available Funds
for such Distribution Date allocable to interest (excluding Prepayment Charges). 
  
 “Interest Remittance Formula Amount”: As of any Distribution Date and any Group is an amount equal to (1) the product of (x) 1/12 of the Weighted Average Mortgage Rate of the related Group as of the
beginning of the prior Due Period and (y) the Pool Balance related to that Group as of the beginning of the prior Due Period minus (2) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Shortfalls and Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Group for the prior
period. 
  
 “Lender Letter”: The lender letter
#LL03-00 dated April 11, 2000 for Fannie Mae Sellers. 
  
 “LIBOR”: All references to LIBOR herein are references to LIBOR. With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the offered rates of the
Reference Banks for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that
day will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period equal to
the relevant Accrual Period (commencing on the first day of such Accrual Period). The Trustee will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided,
the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the
Trustee, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that day for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks for a period equal to the relevant Accrual Period (commencing on the first day of such Accrual Period). 
  
 The establishment of LIBOR on each Interest Determination Date by the Trustee
and the Trustee’s calculation of the rate of interest applicable to the Certificates for the related Accrual Period shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. 
  

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 “LIBOR Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York or in the city of London, England are required or authorized by law to be closed. 
  
 “Lifetime Rate Cap”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan with respect to which the related Mortgage Note provides for a
lifetime rate cap, the maximum Mortgage Rate permitted over the life of such Mortgage Loan under the terms of such Mortgage Note, as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
  
 “Liquidated Mortgage Loan”: With respect to any Distribution Date, any Mortgage Loan in respect of which
the Servicer has determined, in accordance with the servicing procedures specified in Article III hereof, as of the end of the related Prepayment Period that substantially all Liquidation Proceeds which it reasonably expects to recover with respect
to the disposition of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property have been recovered. 
  
 “Liquidation Expenses”: Out-of-pocket expenses (exclusive of overhead) which are incurred by or on behalf of the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan and not recovered
under any insurance policy, such expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, any unreimbursed amount expended respecting the related Mortgage Loan and any related and unreimbursed expenditures for real estate property taxes or
for property restoration, preservation or insurance against casualty loss or damage. 
  
 “Liquidation Proceeds”: Proceeds (including Insurance Proceeds) received in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property. 
  
 “Loan-to-Value Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as
of any date of determination, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the then current principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of the purchase price or the Appraised Value of the
related Mortgaged Property. 
  
 “Loan Year”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the one year period commencing on the day succeeding the origination of such Mortgage Loan and ending on the anniversary date of such Mortgage Loan, and each annual period thereafter. 
  
 “Majority Certificateholders”: The Holders of Certificates
evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights. 
  
 “Master
REMIC”: The REMIC established pursuant to Exhibit K hereof. The assets of the Master REMIC shall be the REMIC IV Regular Interests. 
  
 “Master REMIC Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “Maximum Collateral Amount”: The sum of the Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date of the Initial
Mortgage Loans and the Original Pre-Funded Amount. 
  
 “Maximum Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder. 
  

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 “MERS”: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto. 
  
 “MERS System”: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS. 
  
 “Mezzanine Certificate”: Any Class M-1 Certificate, Class M-2 Certificate, Class M-3 Certificate, Class M-4 Certificate, Class M-5
Certificate or Class M-6 Certificate. 
  
 “MI Insurance
Agreement”: A private mortgage insurance agreement issued by the MI Insurer pursuant to which MI Policies are issued on individual Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “MI Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid by the MI Insurer pursuant to an MI Policy. 
  
 “MI Insurer”: Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, a
Wisconsin private mortgage insurance company and their successors and assigns. 
  
 “MI Insurer Insolvency Event”: (A) The determination by the applicable regulatory or supervisory agency having jurisdiction over the MI Insurer that such MI Insurer is insolvent or unable to pay its
obligations as they mature, (B) following the failure of the MI Insurer to pay under the related MI Policy, the determination by the Servicer that such MI Insurer is insolvent or unable to pay its obligations as they become due, (C) the long-term
rating on the claims paying ability of the MI Insurer shall be lowered by Moody’s below A-2, if such MI Insurer is then rated by Moody’s, or shall be lowered by S&P below AA, if such MI Insurer is then rated by S&P. 
  
 “MI Policy”: A private mortgage insurance policy
underwritten by the MI Insurer with respect to an individual Mortgage Loan, issued pursuant to the MI Insurance Agreement. 
  
 “MI Premium”: The primary mortgage insurance premium for each MI Policy, payable annually to an MI Insurer, as specified in the MI
Insurance Agreement, and with respect to each monthly premium payment, 1/12 of the annual premium. 
  
 “MIN”: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS System. 
  
 “Minimum Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder. 
  
 “MOM Loan”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator
of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof. 
  
 “Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: For any Distribution Date and any Class of Offered Certificates, the sum of (1) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for that Class and Distribution Date and
(2) the Current Interest for that Class and Distribution Date. In the event of a shortfall in the full amount necessary to pay both the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount and the Current Interest for a Class, the money will first be applied to the
Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount and then to the Current Interest. 
  

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 “Monthly Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) and
any Due Date, the payment of principal and interest due thereon in accordance with the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment, if any, for partial Principal Prepayments and for Deficient Valuations occurring prior to
such Due Date but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than a Deficient Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period). 
  
 “Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its
successor in interest. 
  
 “Mortgage”: The
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first lien on an estate or fee simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note. 
  
 “Mortgage File”: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents
required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 “Mortgage Loan Schedule”: With respect to any date, the schedule of Mortgage Loans subject to this Agreement on such date. The schedule of Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date is the schedule set forth in Exhibit B
hereto and the schedule or schedules of Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if any, as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date, which schedules set forth as to each Mortgage Loan: 
  
 (i) the loan number and name of the Mortgagor; 
  
 (ii) the street address, city, state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property; 
  
 (iii) the Mortgage Rate at origination; 
  
 (iv) with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum Rate and
the Minimum Rate; 
  
 (v) the maturity date; 
  
 (vi) the original Principal Balance; 
  
 (vii) the first due date; 
  
 (viii) the type of Mortgaged Property; 
  
 (ix) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date (with respect to an
Initial Mortgage Loan) or Subsequent Cut-off Date (with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan); 
  
 (x) the Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date (with respect to an Initial Mortgage Loan) or Subsequent Cut-off Date (with respect to a Subsequent
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 (xi) with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Index, the Gross Margin; the Lifetime Rate Cap
and the Periodic Rate Cap; 
  
 (xii) with respect to an Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, the first Adjustment Date and next Adjustment Date, if any; 
  
 (xiii) with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Adjustment Date frequency and Distribution Date frequency; 
  
 (xiv) the occupancy status; 
  
 (xv) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (xvi) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; 
  
 (xvii) the original term to maturity; 
  
 (xviii) the paid-through date of the Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (xix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio; 
  
 (xx) whether the Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan or a Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (xxi) whether or not the Mortgage Loan was underwritten pursuant to a limited
documentation program; 
  
 (xxii) whether the Mortgage Loan is
covered by an MI Policy; 
  
 (xxiii) if the Mortgage Loan is
registered with MERS on the MERS System, the MIN; and 
  
 (xxiv)
whether the Mortgage Loan is in Group I or Group II. 
  
 The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the total of the amounts described under (x) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 “Mortgage Loans”: At any time, collectively, all Mortgage Loans that have been transferred and conveyed to the Trust, in each case
together with the Related Documents, and that remain subject to the terms of the Agreement. As applicable, Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to refer to the related REO Property and both Initial Mortgage Loans and Subsequent Mortgage Loans. 

 
 “Mortgage Note”: The original executed note or other
evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan. 
  

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 “Mortgage Pool”: The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on Exhibit B from time to time,
and any REO Properties acquired in respect thereof and as supplemented by any Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on each schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans attached to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument. 
  
 “Mortgaged Property”: The underlying property, including
real property and improvements thereon, securing a Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Mortgagor”: The obligor on a Mortgage Note. 
  
 “Net Liquidation Proceeds”: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of Liquidation Expenses. 
  
 “Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any day, the related Mortgage Rate less the Administrative Fee Rate.

  
 “Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: On any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any of (i) any Prepayment Interest Shortfall and (ii) any payments of Compensating Interest made by the Servicer. 
  
 “Net WAC”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the Mortgage Loans (weighted by the
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans). 
  
 “NCFC”: NovaStar Certificates Financing Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
  
 “NFI”: NovaStar Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
  
 “NIM Note”: Any of the notes (i) issued pursuant to a
structured net interest margin transaction sponsored by NovaStar Financial, Inc. or its Affiliates and (ii) evidencing debt of the trust formed pursuant to such transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any subordinate equity interests (or
subordinate certificates issued evidencing an equity interest) in such trust shall not be considered NIM Notes. 
  
 “Non-REMIC Accounts”: The Pre-Funding Account and the Supplemental Interest Account held by the Supplemental Interest Trust. 

 
 “Nonrecoverable Advance”: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan, any Advance (i) which was previously made or is proposed to be made by the Servicer; and (ii) which, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the
Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds, Repurchase Price or future payments on such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Notional Amount Test Event”: Occurs when the Trustee determines, pursuant to Section 4.03(f), that the related scheduled notional amount that would be used to calculate the Group I Class I Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount or Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount exceeds the portion of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Offered Certificates on such Distribution Date related to such Group or Groups.

  

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 “Novation Agreements”: The Novation Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2004, among
NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., the Supplemental Interest Trust and Wachovia Bank, N.A. and the Novation Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2004 among Greenwich Capital Derivatives, Inc., the Supplemental Interest Trust and NovaStar Financial, Inc.

  
 “Offered Certificates”: Collectively, the
Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates. 
  
 “Officers’ Certificate”: A Certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or any vice president (however denominated), and by the Treasurer, the
Secretary, or any assistant treasurer or assistant secretary of the applicable Person. 
  
 “Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be a salaried counsel for the Company or the Servicer, acceptable to the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel
relating to (a) the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions which must be an opinion of Independent counsel. 
  
 “Optional Termination Date”: The first Distribution Date on which the Servicer may opt to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to Section
11.01. 
  
 “Original Pre-Funded Amount”: The
amount deposited by the Company in the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date, which amount is $858,248,267.82 ($651,034,689.97 related to the Group I Mortgage Loans and $207,213,577.85 related to the Group II Mortgage Loans). 
  
 “Original Value”: Except in the case of a refinanced
Mortgage Loan, the lesser of the Appraised Value or sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the time a Mortgage Loan is closed, and for a refinanced Mortgage Loan, the Original Value is the value of such property set forth in an appraisal
acceptable to the Servicer. 
  
 “Ownership
Interest”: As to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as
owner or as pledgee. 
  
 “Overcollateralization
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Pool Balance, after giving effect to distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans, and (ii) any outstanding Pre-Funded Amount, minus (b) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Offered Certificates, after giving effect to principal distributions to be made on the Offered Certificates on such Distribution Date. 
  

“Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date equals the amount, if any, by which the Required
Overcollateralization Amount exceeds the Overcollateralization Amount on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions in respect of the Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount
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 “Overcollateralization Release Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (x) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal
payment on such Distribution Date) over (ii) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Pass-Through Rate”: For any Distribution Date and any of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, the lesser of (1) the Formula
Rate for such Class for such Distribution Date and (2) the related Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Paying Agent”: Any paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.05. 
  
 “Percentage Interest”: With respect to any Offered Certificate, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Initial Certificate Principal Balance represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of the related Class. With respect to a Class I Certificate, Class C
Certificate or Residual Certificate, the portion of the Class evidenced thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated on the face of such Certificate; provided, however, that the sum of all such percentages for each such Class totals 100%.

  
 “Periodic Rate Cap”: With respect to each
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and any Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to
the Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date. 
  
 “Permitted Transferee”: Any transferee of a Residual Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or a non-U.S. Person. 

 
 “Person”: Any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  
 “Plan”: Either (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the
provisions of Title I of ERISA or (ii) a plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code. 
  
 “Plan Assets”: As defined in Section 5.02(d) hereof. 
  
 “Pool Balance”: As of any date of determination, the aggregate Principal Balance of the related Mortgage
Loans as of such date. 
  
 “Pre-Funded Amount”:
With respect to any date of determination, the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account. 
  
 “Pre-Funding Account”: The account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.05, as defined herein, and which must be an Eligible Account. 
  

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 “Pre-Funding Cumulative Adjustment Amount”: For each clause (other than clause XXVII) of
the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount or Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, as applicable, the sum of all Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amounts applied for all other clauses with clause numbers
greater than such clause number. 
  
 “Pre-Funding
Period”: The period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the date upon which (a) the date on which the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account is less than $10,000 and (b) February 15, 2005.

  
 “Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount”: For the
Distribution Dates commencing in March 2005 through and including the Distribution Date in October 2007, an amount determined using the following rule: For every $1 in the Pre-Funding Account as of the last day of the Pre-Funding Period, the related
Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount will increase by $.565104549 in the following order of priority with respect to certain clauses in the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount or Group II Class I Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount, as applicable: clause XXV, XII, XXVI, XIII, XXVII, XV, XIV, XXI, VII, X until such related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount equals the numerical value set forth in sub clause (b) of such clause at which point any remaining
amounts will be allocated as Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amounts to the subsequent clause in the order of priority. For all other Distribution Dates, the related Pre-Funding Swap Adjustment Amount shall be equal to zero. 
  
 “Prepayment Assumption”: As defined in the Prospectus
Supplement. 
  
 “Prepayment Charge”: With respect
to any Mortgage Loan, the charges or premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or partial Principal Prepayment of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms thereof. 
  
 “Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage
Loan relating to an REO Property) that was the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in full during the related Prepayment Period, but in the prior calendar month an amount equal to the excess of interest accrued during the prior calendar month at
the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee) on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan over the amount of interest (adjusted to the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee)) paid by the Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the date of such
Principal Prepayment in full or (b) a partial Principal Prepayment during the prior calendar month, an amount equal to interest accrued during the related prior calendar month at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee) on the amount of such
partial Principal Prepayment. 
  
 “Prepayment
Period”: For any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the day after the Determination Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date falls (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date)
and ending on the Determination Date of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date falls. 
  
 “Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at any given time, (i) the Principal Balance of the
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 Cut-off Date, as applicable, minus (ii) the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due with respect to
such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending prior to the most recent Distribution Date which were received or with respect to which an Advance was made, and (b) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO
Property, and all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds, to the extent applied by the Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.13 hereof with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and (c) the
principal portion of any Realized Loss with respect thereto for any previous Distribution Date. 
  
 “Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled
Due Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. 
  
 “Principal Remittance Amount”: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) each scheduled payment of principal collected or advanced on the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer that were due during the related Due Period, (ii) the principal portion of all partial and full Principal Prepayments
of the Mortgage Loans applied by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iii) the principal portion of all related Net Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received during such Prepayment Period, (iv) that portion of the
Repurchase Price, representing principal of any repurchased Mortgage Loan, deposited to the Collection Account during such Prepayment Period, (v) the principal portion of any related Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited in the Collection
Account during such Prepayment Period, (vi) in the case of the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, any remaining amounts of the Original Pre-Funded Amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, and (vii) on the
Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is to be terminated pursuant to Section 11.01, that portion of the Termination Price, in respect of principal. 
  
 “Prospectus”: The Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus attached thereto with respect to the Offered Certificates.

  
 “Prospectus Supplement”: That certain
Prospectus Supplement dated November 12, 2004 relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates. 
  
 “Purchase Agreement”: The agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004, between the Seller, the Company, the Trustee and the Custodian,
regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to or at the direction of the Company. 
  
 “Qualified Liquidation”: The meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and
applicable to the Trust. 
  
 “Qualified
Mortgage”: The meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and applicable to the Trust. 
  
 “Qualified Replacement Mortgage”: A Mortgage Loan substituted for another pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Purchase Agreement and that
satisfies all of the criteria set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code and applicable to the Trust, all as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate of the Seller delivered to the Trustee prior to any
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 “Rate Step-up Date”: The first Distribution Date to occur after the Optional Termination
Date has occurred. 
  
 “Rating Agency”: Any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or its successor, that rated the Offered Certificates at the request of the Company at the time of the initial issuance of the Offered Certificates. Initially such rating agencies shall consist
of Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. If such organization or a successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Company, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References herein to the highest short-term unsecured rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean A-1 or better in the case of Standard & Poor’s, P-1 or
better in the case of Moody’s, F-1 or better in the case of Fitch and in the case of any other Rating Agency shall mean such equivalent rating. References herein to the highest long-term rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean
“AAA” in the case of Standard & Poor’s and “Aaa” in the case of Moody’s and in the case of any other Rating Agency, such equivalent rating. 
  
 “Realized Loss”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as to which a Cash Liquidation or REO
Disposition has occurred, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii) interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the
Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced to Certificateholders up to the last day of the month in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or
REO Property) outstanding during each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) Net Liquidation Proceeds (after giving effect to coverage provided by any MI policy), if any, received with respect to such Cash Liquidation
(or REO Disposition), minus the portion thereof reimbursable to the Servicer or any Subservicer with respect to related Advances or expenses as to which the Servicer or Subservicer is entitled to reimbursement thereunder but which have not been
previously reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the object of a Debt Service Reduction, the amount of such Debt Service Reduction. 
  
 “Record Date”: For as long as there are no definitive notes,
with respect to each Distribution Date, the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. If definitive notes have been issued, the Record Date is the last business day of the month prior to the related
Distribution Date. 
  
 “Reference Banks”:
Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank PLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, LTD. and National Westminster Bank PLC and their successors in interest; provided that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading
banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the 
  

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 international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the
control of or under common control with the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, (iii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and (iv) which have been designated as such by the Trustee.

  
 “Regular Certificate”: Any of the Class A
Certificates, Mezzanine Certificates, Class B Certificates, Class I Certificates or Class C Certificates. 
  
 “Related Documents”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the documents specified in Section 2.01 hereof and any documents required to be
added to such documents pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Instrument. 
  
 “Relief Act”: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 
  
 “Relief Act Shortfall”: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan
relating to an REO Property), any shortfalls relating to the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations. 
  
 “REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code. 
  
 “REMIC Group I Swap Termination Amount”: An amount equal to
the product of (i) the amount of the Original Pre-Funded Amount relating to Group I not used to purchase Subsequent Mortgage Loans during the Pre-Funding Period, (ii) .565104549 and (iii) (A) if the Pre-Funding Period ends on or prior to the
Distribution Date in December 2004, .75954643271; (B) if the Pre-Funding Period ends on or prior to the Distribution Date in January 2005, .75923986391; and (C) if the Pre-Funding Period ends prior to the Distribution Date in February 2005,
..75880670809. 
  
 “REMIC Group I Swap Adjustment
Amount”: An amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of the Original Pre-Funded Amount relating to Group II not used to purchase Subsequent Mortgage Loans during the Pre-Funding Period, (ii) .565104549 and (iii) (A) if the Pre-Funding
Period ends on or prior to the Distribution Date in December 2004, .75954643271; (B) if the Pre-Funding Period ends on or prior to the Distribution Date in January 2005, .75923986391; and (C) if the Pre-Funding Period ends prior to the Distribution
Date in February 2005, .75880670809. 
  
 “REMIC Group II
Swap Termination Amount”: An amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of the Original Pre-Funded Amount relating to Group II not used to purchase Subsequent Mortgage Loans during the Pre-Funding Period, (ii) .565104549 and (iii)
..24824482892. 
  
 “REMIC Group II Swap Adjustment
Amount”: An amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of the Original Pre-Funded Amount relating to Group I not used to purchase Subsequent Mortgage Loans during the Pre-Funding Period, (ii) .565104549 and (iii) .24824482892.

  
 “REMIC Interests Sale Agreement”: The REMIC
Interests Sale Agreement, dated as November 1, 2004, between the Company and NCFC. 
  
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 “REMIC I Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC I Regular Interests, the
applicable “REMIC I Pass-Through Rate” set forth in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC II Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC II Regular Interests, the applicable “REMIC II Pass-Through Rate” set forth in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC III Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective
REMIC III Regular Interests, the applicable “REMIC III Pass-Through Rate” set forth in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC IV Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC IV Regular Interests, the applicable “REMIC IV Pass-Through Rate
set forth in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC
Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits which appear at Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations and
rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time. 
  
 “REMIC Regular Interests”: The REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests, the REMIC III Regular Interests, the REMIC IV Regular Interests and the Master REMIC Regular Interests.

  
 “REMIC I Regular Interests”: As defined in
Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC II Regular
Interests”: As defined in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC III Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REMIC IV Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit K hereof. 
  
 “REO Acquisition”: The acquisition by the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO Property
pursuant to Section 3.13 hereof. 
  
 “REO
Disposition”: As to any REO Property, a determination by the Servicer that it has received substantially all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale) which
the Servicer expects to be finally recoverable from the sale or other disposition of the REO Property. 
  
 “REO Imputed Interest”: As to any REO Property, for any period, an amount equivalent to interest (at the Net Mortgage Rate that would
have been applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding net, with respect to a negative amortization loan, of amounts that would have been Deferred Interest, if any) on the unpaid Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
date of acquisition thereof for such period as such balance is reduced pursuant to Section 3.13 hereof by any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of principal and with respect to a negative amortization loan, as such balance is
increased by the addition of Deferred Interest. 
  
 “REO
Proceeds”: Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related Mortgaged Property), which proceeds are required to be deposited into the Collection
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 “REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property that is acquired by the Trust by foreclosure or by
deed in lieu of foreclosure. 
  
 “Repurchase
Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, either (i) a discovery that, as of the Closing Date the related Mortgage was not a valid lien on the related Mortgaged Property subject only to (A) the lien of real property taxes and assessments
not yet due and payable, (B) covenants, conditions, and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage and such other permissible title exceptions as are permitted and (C) other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially adversely affect the value, use, enjoyment or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property or (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Seller delivers an
affidavit certifying that the original Mortgage Note has been lost or destroyed, a subsequent default on such Mortgage Loan if the enforcement thereof or of the related Mortgage is materially and adversely affected by the absence of such original
Mortgage Note. 
  
 “Repurchase Price”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan (i) required to be repurchased on any date by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or (ii) permitted to be purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Article III hereof, an amount equal to the sum, without
duplication, of (i) 100% of the Principal Balance thereof (without reduction for any amounts charged off) and (ii) unpaid accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate on the outstanding principal balance thereof from the Due Date to which interest was last
paid by the Mortgagor (or with respect to which an Advance was last made by the Servicer) to the first day of the month following the month of purchase plus (iii) the amount of any unreimbursed Servicing Advances or unreimbursed Advances made with
respect to such Mortgage Loan plus (iv) any other amounts owed to the Servicer or the Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof and not included in clause (iii) of this definition plus (v) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund in
connection with any violation by any Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law or breach of representations and warranties regarding licensing or any predatory or abusive lending law. 
  
 “Request for Release”: A request for release in
substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto. 
  
 “Required
Overcollateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date is equal to: 
  
 (i) prior to the Crossover Date, 1.25% of the sum of (i) the Pool Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date, and (ii) the Original Pre-Funded Amount. 
  
 (ii) on or after the Crossover Date, the greater of: 
  
 a. 0.50% of the sum of (x) the Pool Balance of the Initial
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date and (y) the Original Pre-Funded Amount; and 
  

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 b. the lesser of: 
  
 (1) 1.25% of the sum of (x) the Pool Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-Off Date
and (y) the Original Pre-Funded Amount; and 
  
 (2) 2.50% of the current Pool Balance (after giving effect to distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans) as of the end of the related Due Period. 
  
 On any Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Required Overcollateralization Amount will be equal to
the Required Overcollateralization Amount as of the preceding Distribution Date. 
  
 “Residual Certificate”: The Class R Certificates representing beneficial ownership of the Class R-I, Class R-II, Class R-III, Class R-IV and Class R-V Interests. 
  
 “Residual Interest”: The sole Class of “residual
interests” in a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code. 
  
 “Responsible Officer”: With respect to the Trustee, any officer working in the Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 
  
 “Retained Certificates”: The Class I Certificates, the Class R Certificates and the Class C Certificates. 
  
 “Rolling 60-Day Delinquency Percentage”: For any
Distribution Date, the average of the 60-Day Delinquency Percentages for the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of each of the three (or 1 and 2 in the case of the first two Distribution Dates, as applicable) most recently ended Due Periods.

  
 “Rolling 90-Day Delinquency Percentage”: For
any Distribution Date, the average of the 90-Day Delinquency Percentages for the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of each of the three (or 1 and 2 in the case of the first two Distribution Dates, as applicable) most recently ended Due Periods.

  
 “Scheduled Principal Payment”: Any scheduled
payment of principal made on a scheduled Due Date. 
  
 “Seller”: NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
  
 “Servicer”: NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
  
 “Servicer Remittance Date”: The third Business Day prior to
each Distribution Date. 
  
 “Servicing Account”:
The separate trust account created and maintained by the Servicer or each Subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans or REO Property, which shall be an Eligible Account, for collection of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums and comparable
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 “Servicing Advances”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket”
costs and expenses incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, without duplication, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation,
restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO Property, (iv) compliance with the obligations under Section 3.13 hereof, and
(v) expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS System. 
  
 “Servicing Default”: The meaning assigned in Section 7.01 hereof. 
  
 “Servicing Fee”: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the
Servicing Fee Rate divided by 12 and (ii) the Pool Balance as of the first day of the related Due Period. 
  
 “Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, 0.50% per annum. 
  
 “Servicing Officer”: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and
servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer or a Subservicer, as such list may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Servicing Transfer Costs”: Reasonable and necessary costs
and expenses incurred, by or on behalf of the Trustee or successor Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing in the event of termination of the Servicer as servicer hereunder and the resulting transfer to the successor Servicer.

  
 “Standard & Poor’s” or
“S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest. 
  
 “Startup Day”: As defined in Section 10.01(a) hereof. 
  
 “Subordinate Available Funds Cap”: For each Distribution Date, a rate equal to the weighted average of (1)
the Group I Available Funds Cap and (2) the Group II Available Funds Cap, weighted on the basis of the related Subordinated Amount, all for such Distribution Date. 
  
 “Subordinate REMIC Available Funds Cap”: The weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class IV-M1,
Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-B1, Class IV-B2, Class IV-B3, Class IV-B4 and Class IV-C Interests. 
  
 “Subordinated Amount”: For each Distribution Date, either (i) the Group I Subordinated Amount or (ii) the Group II Subordinated Amount.

  
 “Subordinated Amount Ratio”: The ratio of the
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 “Subsequent Cut-off Date”: With respect to those Subsequent Mortgage Loans which are
sold to the Trust pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the later of (i) the first day of the month in which such Subsequent Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Trust and (ii) the date of origination of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

  
 “Subsequent Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan
sold by the Company to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.08, such Mortgage Loan being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument. 
  
 “Subsequent Recovery”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that had previously been the subject of a realized
loss, any principal amount subsequently received in connection with such Mortgage Loan. 
  
 “Subsequent Transfer Date”: With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the date on which the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans are sold to the Trust Fund. 
  
 “Subsequent Transfer Instrument”: Each Subsequent Transfer
Instrument, dated as of a Subsequent Transfer Date, executed by the Trustee and the Company substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, by which Subsequent Mortgage Loans are transferred to the Trust Fund. 
  
 “Subservicer”: Any Person with which the Servicer has
entered into a Subservicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. 
  
 “Subservicing Account”: An account established by a Subservicer which meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.06(e) and is
otherwise acceptable to the Servicer. 
  
 “Subservicing
Agreement”: The written contract between the Servicer and a Subservicer relating to servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02 hereof. 
  
 “Subservicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the portion of the
Servicing Fee paid to a Subservicer. 
  
 “Substitution
Adjustment Amount”: As defined in Section 2.03 hereof. 
  
 “Supplemental Interest Account”: An account established by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04 and is otherwise acceptable to the Servicer. 
  
 “Supplemental Interest Amount Due”: With respect to any of the Offered Certificates and any Distribution
Date, the sum of (x) the Available Funds Cap Shortfall Amount for such Group or Class of Certificates and such Distribution Date and (y) the Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount for such Group or Class and Distribution Date. 
  
 “Supplemental Interest Payment”: With respect to any
Distribution Date: 
  
 (i) for the Class A-1A Certificates, the
lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-1A Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-1A Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date;

  

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 (ii) for the Class A-1B Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the
Class A-1B Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-1B Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (iii) for the Class A-2A Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-2A
Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-2A Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (iv) for the Class A-2B Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-2B Certificates
and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-2B Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (v) for the Class A-2C Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-2C Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit
and available for distribution to the Class A-2C Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (vi) for the Class M-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-1 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit
and available for distribution to the Class M-1 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (vii) for the Class M-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-2 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit
and available for distribution to the Class M-2 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (viii) for the Class M-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-3 Certificates and (y) the amounts on
deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-3 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (ix) for the Class M-4 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-4 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit
and available for distribution to the Class M-4 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (x) for the Class M-5 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-5 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit
and available for distribution to the Class M-5 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (xi) for the Class M-6 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-6 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit
and available for distribution to the Class M-6 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  

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 (xii) for the Class B-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the
Class B-1 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class B-1 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (xiii) for the Class B-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Due for the Class B-2
Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class B-2 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  
 (xiv) for the Class B-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Payment Amount due for the Class B-3
Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class B-3 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; and 
  
 (xv) for the Class B-4 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Due for the Class B-4
Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class B-4 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date. 
  
 “Supplemental Interest Trust”: The supplemental interest trust established and maintained pursuant to
Section 4.04 and designated as such. 
  
 “Swap
Agreement”: Any of the twenty-seven interest rate Swap Agreements between the Trust and a Swap Counterparty which are deemed to be assets of the Supplemental Interest Trust and not an asset of any one of the REMICs created hereunder.

  
 “Swap Amount”: The calculation of the Swap
Amount is subject to the verification and confirmation of the Swap Counterparties who are calculation agents for the Swap Agreements. Swap Amount shall mean, on each Distribution Date on or prior to the Class I Termination Date, the excess of (x)
the product of (i) the related fixed rate of interest, (ii) 30 divided by 360 and (iii) the related notional amount over (y) the product of (i) LIBOR, (ii) the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period divided by 360 and (iii) the
related notional amount (so long as such calculation results in a positive number) which after the occurrence of a Notional Amount Test Event, shall be calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(f). 
  
 “Swap Counterparty”: Greenwich Capital Derivatives, Inc. or
Wachovia Bank, N.A., as applicable. 
  
 “Swap Interest
Rate Schedule”: As set forth in Appendix B. 
  
 “Swap Maturity Date Schedule”: As set forth in Appendix B. 
  
 “Swap Termination Payment”: The termination payment pursuant to a Swap Agreement, which would be payable out of the Supplemental Interest Trust (x) if the Supplemental Interest Trust fails to pay the
related Swap Amount on a prior Distribution Date or (y) if such amount is a Failed Reassignment Termination Payment and the conditions set forth in Section 4.04(g) are satisfied. 
  

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 “Tax Matters Person”: The tax matters person appointed pursuant to Section 10.01(e)
hereof. 
  
 “Tax Returns”: The federal income tax
return on Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any
successor forms, to be filed by the Trustee, on behalf of each REMIC, together with any and all other information reports, forms or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or
any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state or local tax laws. 
  
 “Telerate Page 3750”: The display page currently so designated on the Moneyline Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that
page on that service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices). 
  
 “Termination Payment Due Date”: As defined in Section 4.04(g). 
  
 “Termination Price”: As defined in Section 11.01(a) hereof. 
  
 “Treasury Regulations”: Regulations, including proposed or temporary Regulations, promulgated under the
Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations. 
  
 “Trigger Event”: A Trigger Event is in effect with respect
to any Distribution Date, on or after the Crossover Date, if either (i) the Rolling 60-Day Delinquency Percentage (calculated on a contractual basis) exceeds 17% of the Pool Balance at the end of the related Due Period, or (ii) the Cumulative Loss
Percentage for such Distribution Date is greater than the applicable percentage set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date: 
  

				
	 Distribution Date Occurring In:

	  	Percentage

	 
	 December 2007
	  	2.50	%
	 January 2008
	  	2.61	%
	 February 2008
	  	2.72	%
	 March 2008
	  	2.83	%
	 April 2008
	  	2.93	%
	 May 2008
	  	3.04	%
	 June 2008
	  	3.15	%
	 July 2008
	  	3.26	%
	 August 2008
	  	3.37	%
	 September 2008
	  	3.48	%
	 October 2008
	  	3.58	%
	 November 2008
	  	3.69	%
	 December 2008
	  	3.80	%
	 January 2009
	  	3.87	%

  

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	 February 2009
	  	3.94	%
	 March 2009
	  	4.01	%
	 April 2009
	  	4.08	%
	 May 2009
	  	4.15	%
	 June 2009
	  	4.23	%
	 July 2009
	  	4.30	%
	 August 2009
	  	4.37	%
	 September 2009
	  	4.44	%
	 October 2009
	  	4.51	%
	 November 2009
	  	4.58	%
	 December 2009
	  	4.65	%
	 January 2010
	  	4.67	%
	 February 2010
	  	4.69	%
	 March 2010
	  	4.71	%
	 April 2010
	  	4.73	%
	 May 2010
	  	4.75	%
	 June 2010
	  	4.78	%
	 July 2010
	  	4.80	%
	 August 2010
	  	4.82	%
	 September 2010
	  	4.84	%
	 October 2010
	  	4.86	%
	 November 2010
	  	4.88	%
	 December 2010 and thereafter
	  	4.90	%

  
 “Trust”: NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 2004-4, the trust created hereunder. 
  
 “Trust Fund”: All of the assets of the Trust, which is the trust created hereunder consisting of the REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC
IV, the Master REMIC, the Pre-Funding Account and the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
  
 “Trustee”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, and its successors and assigns or any successor Agreement trustee
appointed pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. 
  
 “Trustee Fee”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate divided by 12 and (ii) the sum of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Pre-Funded Amount as of the first day of
the related Due Period. 
  
 “Trustee Fee Rate”:
0.0035% per annum. 
  
 “Underwriters”: Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and their successors and assigns. 
  
 “Underwriting Agreement”: The Underwriting Agreement dated November 12, 2004 among the Underwriters, the Company and the Seller with
respect to the offer and sale of the Offered Certificates, as the same may be amended from time to time. 
  

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 “Underwriting Guidelines”: The underwriting guidelines set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement under the heading “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Underwriting Standards for Mortgage Loans”. 
  
 “United States Person” or “U.S. Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes (other than a partnership that is not treated as a U.S. Person pursuant to any applicable Treasury regulations) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate the income of which from sources without the United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct
of a trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust. 
  
 “Unpaid Interest
Shortfall Amount”: With respect to each Class of Offered Certificates and (i) the first Distribution Date, zero, and (ii) any Distribution Date after the first Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for that
Class as of the prior Distribution Date, (b) the excess of the amount of the Current Interest due with respect to that Class on the prior Distribution Date over the amount actually distributed to the Holders of that Class on account of the Current
Interest on the prior Distribution Date and (c) interest on the sum of (a) and (b) to the extent permitted by law, at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class for the related Accrual Period. 
  
 “Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any
Certificate. At all times the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B Certificates shall have 97% of the Voting Rights (allocated among the Holders of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class B
Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their respective Certificates), the Class C Certificates shall have 1% of the Voting Rights, the Class I Certificates shall have 1% of the Voting Rights and the
Class R Certificates shall have 1% of the Voting Rights. The Voting Rights allocated to any Class of Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates, Class I Certificates and the Class R Certificates) shall be allocated among all Holders of each
such Class in proportion to the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificates and the Voting Rights allocated to the Class C Certificates, Class I Certificates and the Class R Certificates shall be allocated among all Holders of
each such Class in proportion to such Holders’ respective Percentage Interest; provided, however that when none of the Regular Certificates are outstanding, 100% of the Voting Rights shall be allocated among Holders of the Class R Certificates
in accordance with such Holders’ respective Percentage Interests in the Certificates of such Class. 
  
 “Weighted Average Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans
(weighted by the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans). 
  

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 APPENDIX B 
  

Group I Schedule 
  

			
	 Corresponding
Number

	  	 Group I %

	 1
	  	0.030656880
	 2
	  	0.043315582
	 3
	  	0.040659564
	 4
	  	0.037792926
	 5
	  	0.034719192
	 6
	  	0.031442751
	 7
	  	0.027968857
	 8
	  	0.024303646
	 9
	  	0.020525368
	 10
	  	0.019423212
	 11
	  	0.018263549
	 12
	  	0.018363626
	 13
	  	0.018463915
	 14
	  	0.018564416
	 15
	  	0.018665125
	 16
	  	0.018766040
	 17
	  	0.018867156
	 18
	  	0.018968471
	 19
	  	0.019069982
	 20
	  	 0.019171686
 (except 75.475843013 for the A and B Interests)

	 21
	  	 0.019273581
 (except 75.456671327 for the C, D, E and F Interests)

	 22
	  	 0.019375662
 (except 75.437397746 for the G, H, K, L and M interests)

	 23
	  	 0.019477927
 (except 75.418022084 for the O, Q, S and T interests)

	 24
	  	0.019718094
	 25
	  	0.019819590
	 26
	  	0.019981155
	 27
	  	0.020082458
	 28
	  	0.020183910
	 29
	  	0.020285506
	 30
	  	0.020387244
	 31
	  	0.020489121
	 32
	  	 0.020591134
 (except 75.237597080 for the U and V Interests)

	 33
	  	 0.020693281
 (except 75.217005946 for the Y, Z, and a Interests)

	 34
	  	 0.020795557
 (except 75.196312665 for the b, c, d and e Interests)

	 35
	  	75.175517108

 Group II Schedule 
  

			
	 Corresponding
 Number

	  	 Group II %

	 1
	  	24.045356729
	 2
	  	0.030656880
	 3
	  	0.043315582
	 4
	  	0.040659565
	 5
	  	0.037792926
	 6
	  	0.034719192
	 7
	  	0.031442751
	 8
	  	0.027968856
	 9
	  	0.024303646
	 10
	  	0.020525368
	 11
	  	0.019423212
	 12
	  	0.018263549
	 13
	  	0.018363625
	 14
	  	0.018463915
	 15
	  	0.018564416
	 16
	  	0.018665125
	 17
	  	0.018766040
	 18
	  	0.018867156
	 19
	  	0.018968471
	 20
	  	0.019069982
	 21
	  	0.019171687
	 22
	  	0.019273580
	 23
	  	0.019375662
	 24
	  	0.019477927
	 25
	  	0.019718094
	 26
	  	0.019819590
	 27
	  	0.019981155
	 28
	  	0.020082458
	 29
	  	0.020183910
	 30
	  	0.020285506
	 31
	  	0.020387244
	 32
	  	0.020489121
	 33
	  	0.020591134
	 34
	  	0.020693280
	 35
	  	0.020795558

  

 2 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule 
  

									
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	 	Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.9450%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.9650%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.7550%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.7750%

	December 2004	 	All A1 and AA1 Interests	 	All B1 and BB1 Interests	 	All C1 and CC1 Interests	 	All D1 and DD1 Interests
					
	January 2005	 	All A2 and AA2 Interests	 	All B2 and BB2 Interests	 	All C2 and CC2 Interests	 	All D2 and DD2 Interests
					
	February 2005	 	All A3 and AA3 Interests	 	All B3 and BB3 Interests	 	All C3 and CC3 Interests	 	All D3 and DD3 Interests
					
	March 2005	 	All A4 and AA4 Interests	 	All B4 and BB4 Interests	 	All C4 and CC4 Interests	 	All D4 and DD4 Interests
					
	April 2005	 	All A5 and AA5 Interests	 	All B5 and BB5 Interests	 	All C5 and CC5 Interests	 	All D5 and DD5 Interests
					
	May 2005	 	All A6 and AA6 Interests	 	All B6 and BB6 Interests	 	All C6 and CC6 Interests	 	All D6 and DD6 Interests
					
	June 2005	 	All A7 and AA7 Interests	 	All B7 and BB7 Interests	 	All C7 and CC7 Interests	 	All D7 and DD7 Interests
					
	July 2005	 	All A8 and AA8 Interests	 	All B8 and BB8 Interests	 	All C8 and CC8 Interests	 	All D8 and DD8 Interests
					
	August 2005	 	All A9 and AA9 Interests	 	All B9 and BB9 Interests	 	All C9 and CC9 Interests	 	All D9 and DD9 Interests
					
	September 2005	 	All A10 and AA10 Interests	 	All B10 and BB10 Interests	 	All C10 and CC10 Interests	 	All D10 and DD10 Interests
					
	October 2005	 	All A11 and AA11 Interests	 	All B11 and BB11 Interests	 	All C11 and CC11 Interests	 	All D11 and DD11 Interests
					
	November 2005	 	All A12 and AA12 Interests	 	All B12 and BB12 Interests	 	All C12 and CC12 Interests	 	All D12 and DD12 Interests
					
	December 2005	 	All A13 and AA13 Interests	 	All B13 and BB13 Interests	 	All C13 and CC13 Interests	 	All D13 and DD13 Interests
					
	January 2006	 	All A14 and AA14 Interests	 	All B14 and BB14 Interests	 	All C14 and CC14 Interests	 	All D14 and DD14 Interests
					
	February 2006	 	All A15 and AA15 Interests	 	All B15 and BB15 Interests	 	All C15 and CC15 Interests	 	All D15 and DD15 Interests
					
	March 2006	 	All A16 and AA16 Interests	 	All B16 and BB16 Interests	 	All C16 and CC16 Interests	 	All D16 and DD16 Interests
					
	April 2006	 	All A17 and AA17 Interests	 	All B17 and BB17 Interests	 	All C17 and CC17 Interests	 	All D17 and DD17 Interests
					
	May 2006	 	All A18 and AA18 Interests	 	All B18 and BB18 Interests	 	All C18 and CC18 Interests	 	All D18 and DD18 Interests
					
	June 2006	 	All A19 and AA19 Interests	 	All B19 and BB19 Interests	 	All C19 and CC19 Interests	 	All D19 and DD19 Interests
					
	July 2006	 	All A20 and AA20 Interests	 	All B20 and BB20 Interests	 	All C20 and CC20 Interests	 	All D20 and DD20 Interests
					
	August 2006	 	 	 	 	 	All C21 and CC21 Interests	 	All D21 and DD21 Interests

  

 3 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule - Continued 
  

									
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	 	Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.0570%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.0850%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.7875%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.8031%

	December 2004	 	All E1 and EE1 Interests	 	All F1 and FF1 Interests	 	All G1 and GG1 Interests	 	All H1 and HH1 Interests
					
	January 2005	 	All E2 and EE2 Interests	 	All F2 and FF2 Interests	 	All G2 and GG2 Interests	 	All H2 and HH2 Interests
					
	February 2005	 	All E3 and EE3 Interests	 	All F3 and FF3 Interests	 	All G3 and GG3 Interests	 	All H3 and HH3 Interests
					
	March 2005	 	All E4 and EE4 Interests	 	All F4 and FF4 Interests	 	All G4 and GG4 Interests	 	All H4 and HH4 Interests
					
	April 2005	 	All E5 and EE5 Interests	 	All F5 and FF5 Interests	 	All G5 and GG5 Interests	 	All H5 and HH5 Interests
					
	May 2005	 	All E6 and EE6 Interests	 	All F6 and FF6 Interests	 	All G6 and GG6 Interests	 	All H6 and HH6 Interests
					
	June 2005	 	All E7 and EE7 Interests	 	All F7 and FF7 Interests	 	All G7 and GG7 Interests	 	All H7 and HH7 Interests
					
	July 2005	 	All E8 and EE8 Interests	 	All F8 and FF8 Interests	 	All G8 and GG8 Interests	 	All H8 and HH8 Interests
					
	August 2005	 	All E9 and EE9 Interests	 	All F9 and FF9 Interests	 	All G9 and GG9 Interests	 	All H9 and HH9 Interests
					
	September 2005	 	All E10 and EE10 Interests	 	All F10 and FF10 Interests	 	All G10 and GG10 Interests	 	All H10 and HH10 Interests
					
	October 2005	 	All E11 and EE11 Interests	 	All F11 and FF11 Interests	 	All G11 and GG11 Interests	 	All H11 and HH11 Interests
					
	November 2005	 	All E12 and EE12 Interests	 	All F12 and FF12 Interests	 	All G12 and GG12 Interests	 	All H12 and HH12 Interests
					
	December 2005	 	All E13 and EE13 Interests	 	All F13 and FF13 Interests	 	All G13 and GG13 Interests	 	All H13 and HH13 Interests
					
	January 2006	 	All E14 and EE14 Interests	 	All F14 and FF14 Interests	 	All G14 and GG14 Interests	 	All H14 and HH14 Interests
					
	February 2006	 	All E15 and EE15 Interests	 	All F15 and FF15 Interests	 	All G15 and GG15 Interests	 	All H15 and HH15 Interests
					
	March 2006	 	All E16 and EE16 Interests	 	All F16 and FF16 Interests	 	All G16 and GG16 Interests	 	All H16 and HH16 Interests
					
	April 2006	 	All E17 and EE17 Interests	 	All F17 and FF17 Interests	 	All G17 and GG17 Interests	 	All H17 and HH17 Interests
					
	May 2006	 	All E18 and EE18 Interests	 	All F18 and FF18 Interests	 	All G18 and GG18 Interests	 	All H18 and HH18 Interests
					
	June 2006	 	All E19 and EE19 Interests	 	All F19 and FF19 Interests	 	All G19 and GG19 Interests	 	All H19 and HH19 Interests
					
	July 2006	 	All E20 and EE20 Interests	 	All F20 and FF20 Interests	 	All G20 and GG20 Interests	 	All H20 and HH20 Interests
					
	August 2006	 	All E21 and EE21 Interests	 	All F21 and FF21 Interests	 	All G21 and GG21 Interests	 	All H21 and HH21 Interests
					
	September 2006	 	 	 	 	 	All G22 and GG22 Interests	 	All H22 and HH22 Interests

  

 4 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule - Continued 
  

							
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	 	Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.8750%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.8825%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.8850%

	December 2004	 	All K1 and KK1 Interests	 	All L1 and LL1 Interests	 	All M1 and MM1 Interests
				
	January 2005	 	All K2 and KK2 Interests	 	All L2 and LL2 Interests	 	All M2 and MM2 Interests
				
	February 2005	 	All K3 and KK3 Interests	 	All L3 and LL3 Interests	 	All M3 and MM3 Interests
				
	March 2005	 	All K4 and KK4 Interests	 	All L4 and LL4 Interests	 	All M4 and MM4 Interests
				
	April 2005	 	All K5 and KK5 Interests	 	All L5 and LL5 Interests	 	All M5 and MM5 Interests
				
	May 2005	 	All K6 and KK6 Interests	 	All L6 and LL6 Interests	 	All M6 and MM6 Interests
				
	June 2005	 	All K7 and KK7 Interests	 	All L7 and LL7 Interests	 	All M7 and MM7 Interests
				
	July 2005	 	All K8 and KK8 Interests	 	All L8 and LL8 Interests	 	All M8 and MM8 Interests
				
	August 2005	 	All K9 and KK9 Interests	 	All L9 and LL9 Interests	 	All M9 and MM9 Interests
				
	September 2005	 	All K10 and KK10 Interests	 	All L10 and LL10 Interests	 	All M10 and MM10 Interests
				
	October 2005	 	All K11 and KK11 Interests	 	All L11 and LL11 Interests	 	All M11 and MM11 Interests
				
	November 2005	 	All K12 and KK12 Interests	 	All L12 and LL12 Interests	 	All M12 and MM12 Interests
				
	December 2005	 	All K13 and KK13 Interests	 	All L13 and LL13 Interests	 	All M13 and MM13 Interests
				
	January 2006	 	All K14 and KK14 Interests	 	All L14 and LL14 Interests	 	All M14 and MM14 Interests
				
	February 2006	 	All K15 and KK15 Interests	 	All L15 and LL15 Interests	 	All M15 and MM15 Interests
				
	March 2006	 	All K16 and KK16 Interests	 	All L16 and LL16 Interests	 	All M16 and MM16 Interests
				
	April 2006	 	All K17 and KK17 Interests	 	All L17 and LL17 Interests	 	All M17 and MM17 Interests
				
	May 2006	 	All K18 and KK18 Interests	 	All L18 and LL18 Interests	 	All M18 and MM18 Interests
				
	June 2006	 	All K19 and KK19 Interests	 	All L19 and LL19 Interests	 	All M19 and MM19 Interests
				
	July 2006	 	All K20 and KK20 Interests	 	All L20 and LL20 Interests	 	All M20 and MM20 Interests
				
	August 2006	 	All K21 and KK21 Interests	 	All L21 and LL21 Interests	 	All M21 and MM21 Interests
				
	September 2006	 	All K22 and KK22 Interests	 	All L22 and LL22 Interests	 	All M22 and MM22 Interests

  

 5 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule - Continued 
  

									
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	 	Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.8975%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 2.9975%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.0075%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.0925%

	December 2004	 	All O1 and OO1 Interests	 	All Q1 and QQ1 Interests	 	All S1 and SS1 Interests	 	All T1 and TT1 Interests
					
	January 2005	 	All O2 and OO2 Interests	 	All Q2 and QQ2 Interests	 	All S2 and SS2 Interests	 	All T2 and TT2 Interests
					
	February 2005	 	All O3 and OO3 Interests	 	All Q3 and QQ3 Interests	 	All S3 and SS3 Interests	 	All T3 and TT3 Interests
					
	March 2005	 	All O4 and OO4 Interests	 	All Q4 and QQ4 Interests	 	All S4 and SS4 Interests	 	All T4 and TT4 Interests
					
	April 2005	 	All O5 and OO5 Interests	 	All Q5 and QQ5 Interests	 	All S5 and SS5 Interests	 	All T5 and TT5 Interests
					
	May 2005	 	All O6 and OO6 Interests	 	All Q6 and QQ6 Interests	 	All S6 and SS6 Interests	 	All T6 and TT6 Interests
					
	June 2005	 	All O7 and OO7 Interests	 	All Q7 and QQ7 Interests	 	All S7 and SS7 Interests	 	All T7 and TT7 Interests
					
	July 2005	 	All O8 and OO8 Interests	 	All Q8 and QQ8 Interests	 	All S8 and SS8 Interests	 	All T8 and TT8 Interests
					
	August 2005	 	All O9 and OO9 Interests	 	All Q9 and QQ9 Interests	 	All S9 and SS9 Interests	 	All T9 and TT9 Interests
					
	September 2005	 	All O10 and OO10 Interests	 	All Q10 and QQ10 Interests	 	All S10 and SS10 Interests	 	All T10 and TT10 Interests
					
	October 2005	 	All O11 and OO11 Interests	 	All Q11 and QQ11 Interests	 	All S11 and SS11 Interests	 	All T11 and TT11 Interests
					
	November 2005	 	All O12 and OO12 Interests	 	All Q12 and QQ12 Interests	 	All S12 and SS12 Interests	 	All T12 and TT12 Interests
					
	December 2005	 	All O13 and OO13 Interests	 	All Q13 and QQ13 Interests	 	All S13 and SS13 Interests	 	All T13 and TT13 Interests
					
	January 2006	 	All O14 and OO14 Interests	 	All Q14 and QQ14 Interests	 	All S14 and SS14 Interests	 	All T14 and TT14 Interests
					
	February 2006	 	All O15 and OO15 Interests	 	All Q15 and QQ15 Interests	 	All S15 and SS15 Interests	 	All T15 and TT15 Interests
					
	March 2006	 	All O16 and OO16 Interests	 	All Q16 and QQ16 Interests	 	All S16 and SS16 Interests	 	All T16 and TT16 Interests
					
	April 2006	 	All O17 and OO17 Interests	 	All Q17 and QQ17 Interests	 	All S17 and SS17 Interests	 	All T17 and TT17 Interests
					
	May 2006	 	All O18 and OO18 Interests	 	All Q18 and QQ18 Interests	 	All S18 and SS18 Interests	 	All T18 and TT18 Interests
					
	June 2006	 	All O19 and OO19 Interests	 	All Q19 and QQ19 Interests	 	All S19 and SS19 Interests	 	All T19 and TT19 Interests
					
	July 2006	 	All O20 and OO20 Interests	 	All Q20 and QQ20 Interests	 	All S20 and SS20 Interests	 	All T20 and TT20 Interests
					
	August 2006	 	All O21 and OO21 Interests	 	All Q21 and QQ21 Interests	 	All S21 and SS21 Interests	 	All T21 and TT21 Interests
					
	September 2006	 	All O22 and OO22 Interests	 	All Q22 and QQ22 Interests	 	All S22 and SS22 Interests	 	All T22 and TT22 Interests
					
	October 2006	 	All O23 and OO23 Interests	 	All Q23 and QQ23 Interests	 	All S23 and SS23 Interests	 	All T23 and TT23 Interests

  

 6 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule - Continued 
  

							
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	  	 Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	  	 Corresponding
 Interest Rate
 3.4025%

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.4390%

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.1715%

	 December 2004
	  	All U1 and UU1 Interests	  	All V1 and VV1 Interests	  	All Y1 and YY1 Interests
	 January 2005
	  	All U2 and UU2 Interests	  	All V2 and VV2 Interests	  	All Y2 and YY2 Interests
	 February 2005
	  	All U3 and UU3 Interests	  	All V3 and VV3 Interests	  	All Y3 and YY3 Interests
	 March 2005
	  	All U4 and UU4 Interests	  	All V4 and VV4 Interests	  	All Y4 and YY4 Interests
	 April 2005
	  	All U5 and UU5 Interests	  	All V5 and VV5 Interests	  	All Y5 and YY5 Interests
	 May 2005
	  	All U6 and UU6 Interests	  	All V6 and VV6 Interests	  	All Y6 and YY6 Interests
	 June 2005
	  	All U7 and UU7 Interests	  	All V7 and VV7 Interests	  	All Y7 and YY7 Interests
	 July 2005
	  	All U8 and UU8 Interests	  	All V8 and VV8 Interests	  	All Y8 and YY8 Interests
	 August 2005
	  	All U9 and UU9 Interests	  	All V9 and VV9 Interests	  	All Y9 and YY9 Interests
	 September 2005
	  	All U10 and UU10 Interests	  	All V10 and VV10 Interests	  	All Y10 and YY10 Interests
	 October 2005
	  	All U11 and UU11 Interests	  	All V11 and VV11 Interests	  	All Y11 and YY11 Interests
	 November 2005
	  	All U12 and UU12 Interests	  	All V12 and VV12 Interests	  	All Y12 and YY12 Interests
	 December 2005
	  	All U13 and UU13 Interests	  	All V13 and VV13 Interests	  	All Y13 and YY13 Interests
	 January 2006
	  	All U14 and UU14 Interests	  	All V14 and VV14 Interests	  	All Y14 and YY14 Interests
	 February 2006
	  	All U15 and UU15 Interests	  	All V15 and VV15 Interests	  	All Y15 and YY15 Interests
	 March 2006
	  	All U16 and UU16 Interests	  	All V16 and VV16 Interests	  	All Y16 and YY16 Interests
	 April 2006
	  	All U17 and UU17 Interests	  	All V17 and VV17 Interests	  	All Y17 and YY17 Interests
	 May 2006
	  	All U18 and UU18 Interests	  	All V18 and VV18 Interests	  	All Y18 and YY18 Interests
	 June 2006
	  	All U19 and UU19 Interests	  	All V19 and VV19 Interests	  	All Y19 and YY19 Interests
	 July 2006
	  	All U20 and UU20 Interests	  	All V20 and VV20 Interests	  	All Y20 and YY20 Interests
	 August 2006
	  	All U21 and UU21 Interests	  	All V21 and VV21 Interests	  	All Y21 and YY21 Interests
	 September 2006
	  	All U22 and UU22 Interests	  	All V22 and VV22 Interests	  	All Y22 and YY22 Interests
	 October 2006
	  	All U23 and UU23 Interests	  	All V23 and VV23 Interests	  	All Y23 and YY23 Interests
	 November 2006
	  	All U24 and UU24 Interests	  	All V24 and VV24 Interests	  	All Y24 and YY24 Interests
	 December 2006
	  	All U25 and UU25 Interests	  	All V25 and VV25 Interests	  	All Y25 and YY25 Interests
	 January 2007
	  	All U26 and UU26 Interests	  	All V26 and VV26 Interests	  	All Y26 and YY26 Interests
	 February 2007
	  	All U27 and UU27 Interests	  	All V27 and VV27 Interests	  	All Y27 and YY27 Interests
	 March 2007
	  	All U28 and UU28 Interests	  	All V28 and VV28 Interests	  	All Y28 and YY28 Interests
	 April 2007
	  	All U29 and UU29 Interests	  	All V29 and VV29 Interests	  	All Y29 and YY29 Interests
	 May 2007
	  	All U30 and UU30 Interests	  	All V30 and VV30 Interests	  	All Y30 and YY30 Interests
	 June 2007
	  	All U31 and UU31 Interests	  	All V31 and VV31 Interests	  	All Y31 and YY31 Interests
	 July 2007
	  	All U32 and UU32 Interests	  	All V32 and VV32 Interests	  	All Y32 and YY32 Interests
	 August 2007
	  	 	  	 	  	All Y33 and YY33 Interests

  

 7 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule - Continued 
  

							
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	  	 Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.2375%

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.5475%

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.1625%

	 December 2004
	  	All Z1 and ZZ1 Interests	  	All a1 and aa1 Interests	  	All b1 and bb1 Interests
	 January 2005
	  	All Z2 and ZZ2 Interests	  	All a2 and aa2 Interests	  	All b2 and bb2 Interests
	 February 2005
	  	All Z3 and ZZ3 Interests	  	All a3 and aa3 Interests	  	All b3 and bb3 Interests
	 March 2005
	  	All Z4 and ZZ4 Interests	  	All a4 and aa4 Interests	  	All b4 and bb4 Interests
	 April 2005
	  	All Z5 and ZZ5 Interests	  	All a5 and aa5 Interests	  	All b5 and bb5 Interests
	 May 2005
	  	All Z6 and ZZ6 Interests	  	All a6 and aa6 Interests	  	All b6 and bb6 Interests
	 June 2005
	  	All Z7 and ZZ7 Interests	  	All a7 and aa7 Interests	  	All b7 and bb7 Interests
	 July 2005
	  	All Z8 and ZZ8 Interests	  	All a8 and aa8 Interests	  	All b8 and bb8 Interests
	 August 2005
	  	All Z9 and ZZ9 Interests	  	All a9 and aa9 Interests	  	All b9 and bb9 Interests
	 September 2005
	  	All Z10 and ZZ10 Interests	  	All a10 and aa10 Interests	  	All b10 and bb10 Interests
	 October 2005
	  	All Z11 and ZZ11 Interests	  	All a11 and aa11 Interests	  	All b11 and bb11 Interests
	 November 2005
	  	All Z12 and ZZ12 Interests	  	All a12 and aa12 Interests	  	All b12 and bb12 Interests
	 December 2005
	  	All Z13 and ZZ13 Interests	  	All a13 and aa13 Interests	  	All b13 and bb13 Interests
	 January 2006
	  	All Z14 and ZZ14 Interests	  	All a14 and aa14 Interests	  	All b14 and bb14 Interests
	 February 2006
	  	All Z15 and ZZ15 Interests	  	All a15 and aa15 Interests	  	All b15 and bb15 Interests
	 March 2006
	  	All Z16 and ZZ16 Interests	  	All a16 and aa16 Interests	  	All b16 and bb16 Interests
	 April 2006
	  	All Z17 and ZZ17 Interests	  	All a17 and aa17 Interests	  	All b17 and bb17 Interests
	 May 2006
	  	All Z18 and ZZ18 Interests	  	All a18 and aa18 Interests	  	All b18 and bb18 Interests
	 June 2006
	  	All Z19 and ZZ19 Interests	  	All a19 and aa19 Interests	  	All b19 and bb19 Interests
	 July 2006
	  	All Z20 and ZZ20 Interests	  	All a20 and aa20 Interests	  	All b20 and bb20 Interests
	 August 2006
	  	All Z21 and ZZ21 Interests	  	All a21 and aa21 Interests	  	All b21 and bb21 Interests
	 September 2006
	  	All Z22 and ZZ22 Interests	  	All a22 and aa22 Interests	  	All b22 and bb22 Interests
	 October 2006
	  	All Z23 and ZZ23 Interests	  	All a23 and aa23 Interests	  	All b23 and bb23 Interests
	 November 2006
	  	All Z24 and ZZ24 Interests	  	All a24 and aa24 Interests	  	All b24 and bb24 Interests
	 December 2006
	  	All Z25 and ZZ25 Interests	  	All a25 and aa25 Interests	  	All b25 and bb25 Interests
	 January 2007
	  	All Z26 and ZZ26 Interests	  	All a26 and aa26 Interests	  	All b26 and bb26 Interests
	 February 2007
	  	All Z27 and ZZ27 Interests	  	All a27 and aa27 Interests	  	All b27 and bb27 Interests
	 March 2007
	  	All Z28 and ZZ28 Interests	  	All a28 and aa28 Interests	  	All b28 and bb28 Interests
	 April 2007
	  	All Z29 and ZZ29 Interests	  	All a29 and aa29 Interests	  	All b29 and bb29 Interests
	 May 2007
	  	All Z30 and ZZ30 Interests	  	All a30 and aa30 Interests	  	All b30 and bb30 Interests
	 June 2007
	  	All Z31 and ZZ31 Interests	  	All a31 and aa31 Interests	  	All b31 and bb31 Interests
	 July 2007
	  	All Z32 and ZZ32 Interests	  	All a32 and aa32 Interests	  	All b32 and bb32 Interests
	 August 2007
	  	All Z33 and ZZ33 Interests	  	All a33 and aa33 Interests	  	All b33 and bb33 Interests
	 September 2007
	  	 	  	 	  	All b34 and bb34 Interests

  

 8 

 Swap Interest Rate Schedule - Continued 
  

							
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	 	 Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.1900%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.2600%

	 	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.2810%

	 December 2004
	 	All c1 and cc1 Interests	 	All d1 and dd1 Interests	 	All e1 and ee1 Interests
	 January 2005
	 	All c2 and cc2 Interests	 	All d2 and dd2 Interests	 	All e2 and ee2 Interests
	 February 2005
	 	All c3 and cc3 Interests	 	All d3 and dd3 Interests	 	All e3 and ee3 Interests
	 March 2005
	 	All c4 and cc4 Interests	 	All d4 and dd4 Interests	 	All e4 and ee4 Interests
	 April 2005
	 	All c5 and cc5 Interests	 	All d5 and dd5 Interests	 	All e5 and ee5 Interests
	 May 2005
	 	All c6 and cc6 Interests	 	All d6 and dd6 Interests	 	All e6 and ee6 Interests
	 June 2005
	 	All c7 and cc7 Interests	 	All d7 and dd7 Interests	 	All e7 and ee7 Interests
	 July 2005
	 	All c8 and cc8 Interests	 	All d8 and dd8 Interests	 	All e8 and ee8 Interests
	 August 2005
	 	All c9 and cc9 Interests	 	All d9 and dd9 Interests	 	All e9 and ee9 Interests
	 September 2005
	 	All c10 and cc10 Interests	 	All d10 and dd10 Interests	 	All e10 and ee10 Interests
	 October 2005
	 	All c11 and cc11 Interests	 	All d11 and dd11 Interests	 	All e11 and ee11 Interests
	 November 2005
	 	All c12 and cc12 Interests	 	All d12 and dd12 Interests	 	All e12 and ee12 Interests
	 December 2005
	 	All c13 and cc13 Interests	 	All d13 and dd13 Interests	 	All e13 and ee13 Interests
	 January 2006
	 	All c14 and cc14 Interests	 	All d14 and dd14 Interests	 	All e14 and ee14 Interests
	 February 2006
	 	All c15 and cc15 Interests	 	All d15 and dd15 Interests	 	All e15 and ee15 Interests
	 March 2006
	 	All c16 and cc16 Interests	 	All d16 and dd16 Interests	 	All e16 and ee16 Interests
	 April 2006
	 	All c17 and cc17 Interests	 	All d17 and dd17 Interests	 	All e17 and ee17 Interests
	 May 2006
	 	All c18 and cc18 Interests	 	All d18 and dd18 Interests	 	All e18 and ee18 Interests
	 June 2006
	 	All c19 and cc19 Interests	 	All d19 and dd19 Interests	 	All e19 and ee19 Interests
	 July 2006
	 	All c20 and cc20 Interests	 	All d20 and dd20 Interests	 	All e20 and ee20 Interests
	 August 2006
	 	All c21 and cc21 Interests	 	All d21 and dd21 Interests	 	All e21 and ee21 Interests
	 September 2006
	 	All c22 and cc22 Interests	 	All d22 and dd22 Interests	 	All e22 and ee22 Interests
	 October 2006
	 	All c23 and cc23 Interests	 	All d23 and dd23 Interests	 	All e23 and ee23 Interests
	 November 2006
	 	All c24 and cc24 Interests	 	All d24 and dd24 Interests	 	All e24 and ee24 Interests
	 December 2006
	 	All c25 and cc25 Interests	 	All d25 and dd25 Interests	 	All e25 and ee25 Interests
	 January 2007
	 	All c26 and cc26 Interests	 	All d26 and dd26 Interests	 	All e26 and ee26 Interests
	 February 2007
	 	All c27 and cc27 Interests	 	All d27 and dd27 Interests	 	All e27 and ee27 Interests
	 March 2007
	 	All c28 and cc28 Interests	 	All d28 and dd28 Interests	 	All e28 and ee28 Interests
	 April 2007
	 	All c29 and cc29 Interests	 	All d29 and dd29 Interests	 	All e29 and ee29 Interests
	 May 2007
	 	All c30 and cc30 Interests	 	All d30 and dd30 Interests	 	All e30 and ee30 Interests
	 June 2007
	 	All c31 and cc31 Interests	 	All d31 and dd31 Interests	 	All e31 and ee31 Interests
	 July 2007
	 	All c32 and cc32 Interests	 	All d32 and dd32 Interests	 	All e32 and ee32 Interests
	 August 2007
	 	All c33 and cc33 Interests	 	All d33 and dd33 Interests	 	All e33 and ee33 Interests
	 September 2007
	 	All c34 and cc34 Interests	 	All d34 and dd34 Interests	 	All e34 and ee34 Interests

  

 9 

							
	 Corresponding
 Distribution
 Date

	  	 Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interest

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.2425%

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.3550%

	  	 Corresponding Interest
 Rate
 3.4475%

	 December 2004
	  	All f1 and ff1 Interests	  	All g1 and gg1 Interests	  	All h1 and hh1 Interests
	 January 2005
	  	All f2 and ff2 Interests	  	All g2 and gg2 Interests	  	All h2 and hh2 Interests
	 February 2005
	  	All f3 and ff3 Interests	  	All g3 and gg3 Interests	  	All h3 and hh3 Interests
	 March 2005
	  	All f4 and ff4 Interests	  	All g4 and gg4 Interests	  	All h4 and hh4 Interests
	 April 2005
	  	All f5 and ff5 Interests	  	All g5 and gg5 Interests	  	All h5 and hh5 Interests
	 May 2005
	  	All f6 and ff6 Interests	  	All g6 and gg6 Interests	  	All h6 and hh6 Interests
	 June 2005
	  	All f7 and ff7 Interests	  	All g7 and gg7 Interests	  	All h7 and hh7 Interests
	 July 2005
	  	All f8 and ff8 Interests	  	All g8 and gg8 Interests	  	All h8 and hh8 Interests
	 August 2005
	  	All f9 and ff9 Interests	  	All g9 and gg9 Interests	  	All h9 and hh9 Interests
	 September 2005
	  	All f10 and ff10 Interests	  	All g10 and gg10 Interests	  	All h10 and hh10 Interests
	 October 2005
	  	All f11 and ff11 Interests	  	All g11 and gg11 Interests	  	All h11 and hh11 Interests
	 November 2005
	  	All f12 and ff12 Interests	  	All g12 and gg12 Interests	  	All h12 and hh12 Interests
	 December 2005
	  	All f13 and ff13 Interests	  	All g13 and gg13 Interests	  	All h13 and hh13 Interests
	 January 2006
	  	All f14 and ff14 Interests	  	All g14 and gg14 Interests	  	All h14 and hh14 Interests
	 February 2006
	  	All f15 and ff15 Interests	  	All g15 and gg15 Interests	  	All h15 and hh15 Interests
	 March 2006
	  	All f16 and ff16 Interests	  	All g16 and gg16 Interests	  	All h16 and hh16 Interests
	 April 2006
	  	All f17 and ff17 Interests	  	All g17 and gg17 Interests	  	All h17 and hh17 Interests
	 May 2006
	  	All f18 and ff18 Interests	  	All g18 and gg18 Interests	  	All h18 and hh18 Interests
	 June 2006
	  	All f19 and ff19 Interests	  	All g19 and gg19 Interests	  	All h19 and hh19 Interests
	 July 2006
	  	All f20 and ff20 Interests	  	All g20 and gg20 Interests	  	All h20 and hh20 Interests
	 August 2006
	  	All f21 and ff21 Interests	  	All g21 and gg21 Interests	  	All h21 and hh21 Interests
	 September 2006
	  	All f22 and ff22 Interests	  	All g22 and gg22 Interests	  	All h22 and hh22 Interests
	 October 2006
	  	All f23 and ff23 Interests	  	All g23 and gg23 Interests	  	All h23 and hh23 Interests
	 November 2006
	  	All f24 and ff24 Interests	  	All g24 and gg24 Interests	  	All h24 and hh24 Interests
	 December 2006
	  	All f25 and ff25 Interests	  	All g25 and gg25 Interests	  	All h25 and hh25 Interests
	 January 2007
	  	All f26 and ff26 Interests	  	All g26 and gg26 Interests	  	All h26 and hh26 Interests
	 February 2007
	  	All f27 and ff27 Interests	  	All g27 and gg27 Interests	  	All h27 and hh27 Interests
	 March 2007
	  	All f28 and ff28 Interests	  	All g28 and gg28 Interests	  	All h28 and hh28 Interests
	 April 2007
	  	All f29 and ff29 Interests	  	All g29 and gg29 Interests	  	All h29 and hh29 Interests
	 May 2007
	  	All f30 and ff30 Interests	  	All g30 and gg30 Interests	  	All h30 and hh30 Interests
	 June 2007
	  	All f31 and ff31 Interests	  	All g31 and gg31 Interests	  	All h31 and hh31 Interests
	 July 2007
	  	All f32 and ff32 Interests	  	All g32 and gg32 Interests	  	All h32 and hh32 Interests
	 August 2007
	  	All f33 and ff33 Interests	  	All g33 and gg33 Interests	  	All h33 and hh33 Interests
	 September 2007
	  	All f34 and ff34 Interests	  	All g34 and gg34 Interests	  	All h34 and hh34 Interests
	 October 2007
	  	All f35 and ff35 Interests	  	All g35 and gg35 Interests	  	All h35 and hh35 Interests

  

 10 

 Swap Maturity Date Schedule 
  

			
	 Corresponding
 REMIC III
 Regular Interest

	  	 Corresponding
 Maturity Date

	 All A Interests
	  	July 2006
	 All B Interests
	  	July 2006
	 All C Interests
	  	August 2006
	 All D Interests
	  	August 2006
	 All E Interests
	  	August 2006
	 All F Interests
	  	August 2006
	 All G Interests
	  	September 2006
	 All T Interests
	  	September 2006
	 All K Interests
	  	September 2006
	 All L Interests
	  	September 2006
	 All M Interests
	  	September 2006
	 All O Interests
	  	October 2006
	 All Q Interests
	  	October 2006
	 All S Interests
	  	October 2006
	 All T Interests
	  	October 2006
	 All U Interests
	  	July 2007
	 All V Interests
	  	July 2007
	 All Y Interests
	  	August 2007
	 All Z Interests
	  	August 2007
	 All a Interests
	  	August 2007
	 All b Interests
	  	September 2007
	 All c Interests
	  	September 2007
	 All d Interests
	  	September 2007

  

 11 

			
	 All e Interests
	  	September 2007
	 All f Interests
	  	October 2007
	 All g Interests
	  	October 2007
	 All h Interests
	  	October 2007

  

 12 

 Exhibit A-1 
  
 Form of Class A-1A Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS A-1A CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	No.: A-1A	  	Date: November 18, 2004	  	CUSIP: 66987W BN 6
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $1,279,000,000
	  	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	  	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	  	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.340%
	  	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group I Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date 

 and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each
such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of
the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the
Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above
is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class A-1A Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $1,279,000,000. The owner hereof
is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class A-1A Certificates. Therefore,
the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class A-1A Certificates (the “Class A-1A Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class 
  

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 C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the
“Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day
being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class A-1A Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be
entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class A-1A Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date to the owners of the Class A-1A Certificates. The
Percentage Interest of each Class A-1A Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such Class A-1A Certificate by $1,279,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect
to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all
purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage
Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as
Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc., NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the
Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

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 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class A-1A Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class A-1A
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-1A Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-1-4 

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

 A-1-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-1-6 

 Exhibit A-2 
  
 Form of Class A-1B Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS A-1B CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	No.: A-1B	  	Date: November 18, 2004	  	CUSIP: 66987W BP 1
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $319,800,000
	  	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	  	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	  	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.400%
	  	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group I Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date 

 and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each
such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of
the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the
Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above
is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class A-1B Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $319,800,000. The owner hereof is
entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class A-1B Certificates. Therefore, the
actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class A-1B Certificates (the “Class A-1B Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class 
  

 A-2-2 

 C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the
“Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day
being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class A-1B Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be
entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class A-1B Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date to the owners of the Class A-1B Certificates. The
Percentage Interest of each Class A-1B Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such Class A-1B Certificate by $319,800,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect
to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all
purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage
Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as
Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc., NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the
Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

 A-2-3 

 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class A-1B Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class A-1B
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-1B Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-2-4 

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

 A-2-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-2-6 

 Exhibit A-3 
  
 Form of Class A-2A Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS A-2A CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	No.: A-2A	  	Date: November 18, 2004	  	CUSIP: 66987W BQ 9
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $268,000,000
	  	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	  	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	  	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.190%
	  	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group II Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property 

 which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii)
the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in
the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this
Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class A-2A Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $268,000,000. The owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully
amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class A-2A Certificates. Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date
subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class A-2A Certificates (the “Class A-2A Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

 A-3-2 

 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business
Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class A-2A Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record
Date”) will be entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class A-2A Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class A-2A Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class A-2A Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on
such Class A-2A Certificate by $268,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is
required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered
as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any
other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  

 A-3-3 

 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i)
the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early
retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due
Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount.

  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class A-2A Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of
$1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class A-2A Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-2A Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount. 
  

 A-3-4 

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

 A-3-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

 A-3-6 

 Exhibit A-4 
  
 Form of Class A-2B Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS A-2B CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: A-2B
	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W BR 7
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $131,100,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.340%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group II Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property 

 which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii)
the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in
the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this
Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class A-2B Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $131,100,000. The owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully
amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class A-2B Certificates. Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date
subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class A-2B Certificates (the “Class A-2B Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2C
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

 A-4-2 

 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business
Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class A-2B Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record
Date”) will be entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class A-2B Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class A-2B Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class A-2B Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on
such Class A-2B Certificate by $131,100,000. 
  
 The Trustee is
required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered
as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any
other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  

 A-4-3 

 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i)
the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early
retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due
Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount.

  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class A-2B Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of
$1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class A-2B Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-2B Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount. 
  

 A-4-4 

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

 A-4-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

 A-4-6 

 Exhibit A-5 
  
 Form of Class A-2C Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS A-2C CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: A-2C
	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W BS 5
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $107,100,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.500%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group III Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property 

 which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii)
the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in
the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this
Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class A-2C Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $107,100,000. The owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully
amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class A-2C Certificates. Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date
subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class A-2C Certificates (the “Class A-2C Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

 A-5-2 

 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business
Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class A-2C Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record
Date”) will be entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class A-2C Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class A-2C Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class A-2C Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on
such Class A-2C Certificate by $107,100,000. 
  
 The Trustee is
required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered
as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any
other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  

 A-5-3 

 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i)
the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early
retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due
Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount.

  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class A-2C Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of
$1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class A-2C Certificates are exchangeable for new Class A-2C Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount. 
  

 A-5-4 

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

 A-5-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

 A-5-6 

 Exhibit A-6 
  
 Form of Class M-1 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: M-1
	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W BT 3
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $95,000,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.620%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company, (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class M-1 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $95,000,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class M-1 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class M-1 Certificates (the “Class M-1 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, 
  

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 Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is
not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class M-1 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately
preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class M-1 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class M-1 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class M-1 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class M-1 Certificate by $95,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

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 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class M-1 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class M-1
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class M-1 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-6-4 

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

 A-6-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity, but solely in its
 capacity as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

 A-6-6 

 Exhibit A-7 
  
 Form of Class M-2 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: M-2
	 	 Date: November 18, 2004
	 	 CUSIP: 66987W BU 0

			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $51,250,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25, 2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.670%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (I) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class M-2 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $51,250,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class M-2 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class M-2 Certificates (the “Class M-2 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, 
  

 A-7-2 

 Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is
not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class M-2 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately
preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class M-2 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class M-2 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class M-2 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class M-2 Certificate by $51,250,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

 A-7-3 

 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class M-2 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class M-2
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class M-2 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-7-4 

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

 A-7-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-7-6 

 Exhibit A-8 
  
 Form of Class M-3 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: M-3
	 	 Date: November 18, 2004
	 	 CUSIP: 66987W BV 8

			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $43,750,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25, 2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 0.720%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class M-3 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $43,750,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class M-3 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class M-3 Certificates (the “Class M-3 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, 
  

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 Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is
not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class M-3 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately
preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class M-3 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class M-3 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class M-3 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class M-3 Certificate by $43,750,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

 A-8-3 

 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class M-3 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class M-3
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class M-3 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-8-4 

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

 A-8-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-8-6 

 Exhibit A-9 
  
 Form of Class M-4 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: M-4
	 	 Date: November 18, 2004
	 	 CUSIP: 66987W BW 6

			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $22,500,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25, 2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 1.100%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class M-4 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $22,500,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class M-4 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class M-4 Certificates (the “Class M-4 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, 
  

 A-9-2 

 Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. 
  
 Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class M-4 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such
owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class M-4 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class M-4 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class M-4 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class M-4 Certificate by $22,500,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

 A-9-3 

 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class M-4 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class M-4
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class M-4 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-9-4 

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

 A-9-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-9-6 

 Exhibit A-10 
  
 Form of Class M-5 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: M-5
	 	 Date: November 18, 2004
	 	 CUSIP: 66987W BX 4

			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $32,500,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25, 2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 1.150%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class M-5 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $32,500,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class M-5 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class M-5 Certificates (the “Class M-5 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, 
  

 A-10-2 

 Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. 
  
 Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class M-5 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such
owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class M-5 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class M-5 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class M-3 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class M-5 Certificate by $32,500,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

 A-10-3 

 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class M-5 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class M-5
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class M-5 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-10-4 

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

 A-10-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-10-6 

 Exhibit A-11 
  
 Form of Class M-6 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS M-6 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: M-6
	 	 Date: November 18, 2004
	 	 CUSIP: 66987W BY 2

			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $25,000,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25, 2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 1.250%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group III Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property 

 which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii)
the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in
the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this
Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class M-6 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $25,000,000. The owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully
amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class M-6 Certificates. Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date
subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class M-6 Certificates (the “Class M-6 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates,Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

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 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business
Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class M-6 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record
Date”) will be entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class M-6 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class M-6 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class M-6 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class M-6 Certificate by $25,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any
other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  

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 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i)
the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early
retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due
Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount.

  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class M-6 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of
$1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class M-6 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class M-6 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount. 
  

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

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-11-6 

 Exhibit A-12 
  
 Form of Class B-1 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	No.: B-1	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W BZ 9
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $25,000,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 1.700%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut- 

 off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of
interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect
of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal
due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class B-1 Certificates on
November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $25,000,000. The owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date
of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class B-1 Certificates. Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less
than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order
to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate,
this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS
(SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS
A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class
B-1 Certificates (the “Class B-1 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents,
and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates,

  

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 Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates,
Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution
Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class B-1 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the
distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the
person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class B-1 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date to the owners of the Class B-1 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of
each Class B-1 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such Class B-1 Certificate by $25,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect
to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all
purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage
Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as
Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc., NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the
Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

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 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class B-1 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class B-1
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class B-1 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

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

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-12-6 

 Exhibit A-13 
  
 Form of Class B-2 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS B-2 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	 No.: B-2
	 	 Date: November 18, 2004
	 	 CUSIP: 66987W CA 3

			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $25,000,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25, 2035

			
	 Percentage Interest: 100%
	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 1.800%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class B-2 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $25,000,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class B-2 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class B-2 Certificates (the “Class B-2 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, 
  

 A-13-2 

 Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. 
  
 Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class B-2 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such
owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class B-2 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class B-2 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class B-2 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class B-2 Certificate by $25,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

 A-13-3 

 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class B-2 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class B-2
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class B-2 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-13-4 

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

 A-13-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-13-6 

 Exhibit A-14 
  
 Form of Class B-3 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co.,
has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent
an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and
affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is
payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	No.: B-3	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W CB 1
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $25,000,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 3.100%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the
custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the
Cut-off Date and all 

 collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such
Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the
Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal
to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class B-3 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $25,000,000. The owner hereof is entitled to
principal payments on each Distribution Date, as hereinafter described, which will fully amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class B-3 Certificates.
Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is
required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS
REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class B-3 Certificates (the “Class B-3 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, 
  

 A-14-2 

 Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and
Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is
not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class B-3 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately
preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately
available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class B-3 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class B-3 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class B-3 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class B-3 Certificate by $25,000,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  

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 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class B-3 Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class B-3
Certificates are exchangeable for new Class B-3 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  

 A-14-4 

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

 A-14-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
     individual capacity, but solely in its
     capacity as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	Trustee Authentication
	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
     individual capacity, but solely in its
     capacity as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

 A-14-6 

 Exhibit A-15 
  
 Form of Class B-4 Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS B-4 CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  

					
	No.: B-4	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W CC 9
			
	 Original Principal Balance:
 $18,750,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 CEDE & CO.
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	 	 Pass-Through Rate:
 LIBOR + 3.500%
	 	 

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Group III Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon
on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property 

 which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii)
the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of such Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in
the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 The Original Principal Amount set forth above is equal to the product of (i) the Percentage Interest represented by this
Certificate and (ii) the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Class B-4 Certificates on November 18, 2004 which aggregate amount was $18,750,000. The owner hereof is entitled to principal payments on each Distribution Date, which will fully
amortize such Original Principal Amount over the period from the date of initial delivery hereof to the final Distribution Date of the Class B-4 Certificates. Therefore, the actual outstanding principal amount of this Certificate, on any date
subsequent to December 27, 2004 (the first Distribution Date) will be less than the Original Principal Amount set forth above. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated
as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class B-4 Certificates (the “Class B-4 Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B
Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3
Certificates, Class I Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

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 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business
Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class B-4 Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record
Date”) will be entitled to the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class B-4 Certificate will be entitled to receive such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such
Distribution Date to the owners of the Class B-4 Certificates. The Percentage Interest of each Class B-4 Certificate as of any date of determination will be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Original Principal Amount set forth on such
Class B-4 Certificate by $18,750,000. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having
been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any
other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  

 A-15-3 

 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i)
the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer
of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early
retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due
Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount.

  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required
to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Class B-4 Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates in denominations of $25,000 Original Principal Amount and integral multiples of
$1,000. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class B-4 Certificates are exchangeable for new Class B-4 Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
principal amount. 
  

 A-15-4 

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

 A-15-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
     individual capacity, but solely in its
     capacity as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

			
	Trustee Authentication
	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
     individual capacity, but solely in its
     capacity as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 

  

 A-15-6 

 Exhibit A-16 
  
 Form of Class I Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS I CERTIFICATE 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association, in its capacity as trustee of the NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4, has an interest herein. 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR
QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A
TRANSACTION WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. 
  
 NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE MADE TO (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(E)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)) THAT IS
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (III) ANY PERSON ACTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON BEHALF OF ANY PLAN 

 DESCRIBED IN (I) OR (II) OR ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITH THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN.

  

					
	No.: I-1	  	Date: November 18, 2004	  	CUSIP: 66987W CD 7
			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	  	 Registered Owner:
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for the NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4
	  	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

  
 The registered owner
named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and
Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as the company (the “Company”), the Trustee, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as
servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal
due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans;
(iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or
the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on
this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN INTEREST IN A CLASS OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS
(SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS
A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  

 A-16-2 

 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS AN INTEREST ONLY CERTIFICATE. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS OF PRINCIPAL WITH RESPECT
TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class
of duly-authorized Certificates designated as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class I Certificates (the “Class I Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A
Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class C Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. 
  
 Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class I Certificates as of the
close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such
Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class I Certificate will be entitled to receive
such owner’s Percentage Interest in the amounts distributed on such Distribution Date to the owners of the Class I Certificates. 
  
 The Trustee is required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage
Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

 A-16-3 

 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the
underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc., NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts
on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the
right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall
not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling
and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC
and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or
REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  

 A-16-4 

 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth
and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register,
and thereupon one or more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class I Certificates are exchangeable for new Class I Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  
 The Trustee and any agent thereof may treat the person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  

 A-16-5 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-16-6 

 Exhibit A-17 
  
 Form of Class C Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS C CERTIFICATES 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans and other assets held in the
Trust Fund.) 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR
QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR THE DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. 
  
 NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE MADE TO (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”))
THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(E)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (III) ANY PERSON ACTING,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON BEHALF OF ANY PLAN DESCRIBED IN (I) OR (II) OR ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITH THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN. 
  

					
	No.: C-[1-1, 1-2]	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	CUSIP: 66987W CE 5
			
	 Notional Amount:
 $2,500,000,000
	 	 Registered Owner:
 [Greenwich Capital
Financial
 Products, Inc./Wachovia
 Capital Investments,
Inc.]
	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: [50%]	 	 	 	 

 The registered owner named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage
Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as
the company (the “Company”), the Trustee, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”),
including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such Mortgage
Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company
under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

  
 Each owner of record of a Class C Certificate will be entitled
to certain distributions, as described under Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee. The Pooling and Servicing
Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN
INTEREST IN ONE OR MORE CLASSES OF “REGULAR INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” (“REMIC”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986,
AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE MADE TO THE OWNER HEREOF FOLLOWING THE PRIOR FUNDING OF AMOUNTS OWED TO CERTAIN SWAP COUNTERPARTIES, AND
FOLLOWING THE FUNDING OF SUPPLEMENTAL INTEREST PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  

 A-17-2 

 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  

 A-17-3 

 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated as NovaStar Home Equity
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class C Certificates (the “Class C Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which the owner of this
Certificate, by virtue of acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C
Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4
Certificates, Class I Certificates, and Class R Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. 
  
 Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class C Certificates as of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date
(the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive payments in respect of interest, principal, if any, and the Prepayment Charges relating to such Distribution Date, all as described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 The Trustee is required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect
to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all
purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage
Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as
Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any Sub-Servicer shall release the Servicer from any of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an
interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc., NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the
Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  

 A-17-4 

 No owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to
zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv) the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a
Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or
any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trust hereby continue beyond
the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and
any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on the face hereof, the transfer
of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or more new certificates of like
class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  

 A-17-5 

 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Class C Certificates are exchangeable for new Class C Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  
 The Trustee and any agent thereof may treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  

 A-17-6 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity, but solely
in its capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity, but solely
in its capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 A-17-7 

 Exhibit A-18 
  
 Form of Class R Certificate 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4 
 HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE 
 CLASS R CERTIFICATES 
  
 Comprised of a Certificate Representing 
 Certain Interests Relating to a Pool of 
 Mortgage Loans 
 The Mortgage Loans are Serviced by 
  
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as Servicer 
  
 (This certificate does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar
Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Financial, Inc., NovaStar Capital, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates. This certificate is comprised of a Certificate representing a fractional ownership interest in
distributions in certain Accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain other rights relating thereto and is payable only from amounts received by the Trustee relating to the Mortgage Loans held in the Trust Fund.)

  
 THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION WHICH
DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. 
  
 NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE MADE TO (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975(E)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)) THAT IS
SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR (III) ANY PERSON ACTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON BEHALF OF ANY PLAN DESCRIBED IN (I) OR (II) OR ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITH THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN. 
  

					
	No.: R	 	Date: November 18, 2004	 	 Final Scheduled Distribution
 Date: March 25,
2035

			
	Percentage Interest: 100%	 	 Registered Owner:
 NovaStar REMIC Financing
 Corporation
	 	 

 The registered owner named above is the registered owner of a fractional interest in (i) each Mortgage
Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as Exhibit B to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) by and among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation as
the company (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the custodian (the “Custodian”), and NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (the
“Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”), including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the
Cut-off Date; (ii) property which secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) the Company’s interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) all
proceeds of any of the foregoing; (v) the rights of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and (vi) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Company or the
Servicer after the Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  
 Each owner of record of a Class R Certificate will be entitled to certain distributions as described in Exhibit K of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 In order to receive the final distribution hereon, the owner hereof is required to present this Certificate to the Trustee.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that, in any event, upon the making of the final distribution due on this Certificate, this Certificate shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 SOLELY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS
“RESIDUAL INTERESTS” IN FIVE “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” (“REMICs”) AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”), ASSUMING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REMIC PROVISIONS (SECTIONS 860A THROUGH 860G) OF THE CODE. 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS A PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE ONLY AND, NOTWITHSTANDING REFERENCES HEREIN TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, NO DEBT OF ANY PERSON IS REPRESENTED
HEREBY (OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). 
  
 TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO A “DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(5) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”). SUCH TERM INCLUDES THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING (OTHER THAN CERTAIN TAXABLE INSTRUMENTALITIES), ANY COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION FURNISHING ELECTRIC ENERGY OR PROVIDING THEREOF SERVICE TO PERSONS IN RURAL AREAS, OR ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE) THAT IS EXEMPT
FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE 
  

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 TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE WILL BE REGISTERED BY THE TRUSTEE UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE HAS DELIVERED AN AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS NOT ACQUIRING THE CLASS R CERTIFICATE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION. A COPY OF THE
FORM OF AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF EACH PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS ON FILE AND AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUSTEE. 
  
 A TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS MAY GIVE RISE TO A SUBSTANTIAL TAX UPON THE TRANSFEROR OR, IN CERTAIN CASES, UPON AN AGENT ACTING
FOR THE TRANSFEREE. A PASS-THRU ENTITY THAT HOLDS THIS CLASS R CERTIFICATE AND THAT HAS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AS A RECORD OWNER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR GENERALLY WILL BE SUBJECT TO A TAX FOR EACH SUCH YEAR EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF
EXCESS INCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PORTION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OWNED THROUGH SUCH PASS-THRU ENTITY BY SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) THE HIGHEST MARGINAL FEDERAL TAX RATE ON CORPORATIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, THE TERM
“PASS-THRU” ENTITY INCLUDES REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, COMMON TRUST FUNDS, PARTNERSHIPS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, COOPERATIVES TO WHICH PART I OF SUBCHAPTER T, CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE APPLIES AND, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS, NOMINEES. 
  
 NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  
 This Certificate is one of a Class of duly-authorized Certificates designated as NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2004-4 Class R Certificates (the “Class R Certificates”) and issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which the owner of this Certificate, by virtue of
acceptance hereof assents, and is bound. Also issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are the Class A-1A Certificates, Class A-1B Certificates, Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates, Class M-1
Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class I
Certificates, and Class C Certificates, and all such Certificates are collectively referred to as the “Certificates”. 
  
 Terms capitalized herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 

 
 On the 25th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, then
the next succeeding Business Day (each such day being a “Distribution Date”) commencing December 27, 2004, the owners of the Class R Certificates as of the close of business on the 
  

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 business day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the
distribution described in Article IV of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Distribution Date. Distributions will be made in immediately available funds to such owners, by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the
person entitled thereto as it appears on the Certificate Register. 
  
 The Trustee is required to duly and punctually pay distributions with respect to this Certificate in accordance with the terms hereof and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or applicable to any
owner shall be considered as having been paid by the Trustee to such owner for all purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement permits the
Servicer to enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with certain institutions eligible for appointment as Sub-Servicers for the servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans. No appointment of any SubServicer shall release the Servicer from any
of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 This Certificate does not represent a deposit or other obligation of, or an interest in, nor are the underlying Mortgage Loans insured or guaranteed by, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, NovaStar Capital, Inc.,
NovaStar Financial Inc., or any of their subsidiaries and affiliates and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Government National Mortgage Association, or any other governmental agency. This Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries relating to the Mortgage Loans and amounts on deposit in the Accounts (except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 No
owner shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except
in compliance with the terms thereof. 
  
 Notwithstanding any
other provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the owner of any Certificate shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive distributions to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such owner. 
  
 The Pooling and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon notice to the Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below, (iv)
the Distribution Date in March 2035 and (v) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of the Master REMIC and REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV is effected pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, under certain
circumstances relating to the qualification of either the Master REMIC or any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code, the Mortgage Loans may be 
  

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 sold, thereby affecting the early retirement of the Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
Trust hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. 
  
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date,
all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans
and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount. 
  
 The Trustee shall give written notice of termination of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each owner in the manner set forth therein. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth and referred to on
the face hereof, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office designated as the location of the Certificate Register, and thereupon one or
more new certificates of like class, tenor and Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 The Trustee is required to furnish certain information on each Distribution Date to the owner of this Certificate, as more fully described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 As provided in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Class R Certificates are exchangeable for new Class R Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate principal amount. 
  
 The Trustee and any agent thereof may treat the person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on behalf of the Trust.

  

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

			
	 Trustee Authentication

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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 Exhibit B 
  
 Mortgage Loan Schedule 
  
 [on file with Dewey Ballantine LLP] 

 Exhibit C 
  
 Form of Addition Notice 
  
                     , 2004 
  
 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS 
  
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 
 4
New York Plaza, 6th Floor 
 New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Institutional Trust Services/Global Debt - NovaStar Series 2004-4 
  

	 	Re:	Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. (the “Seller”), NovaStar Mortgage
Funding Corporation (the “Company”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Custodian (the “Custodian”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to NovaStar Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4 

  
 Ladies and Gentlemen:

  
 Pursuant to Section 2.02(b)(i) of the above-captioned
Purchase Agreement, the Seller has designated the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (see subsequent mortgage loan schedule attached hereto) to be sold to the Company, and then sold by the Company to the Trust, on
                    , with an aggregate principal balance of
$                    . Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 
  
 Please acknowledge your receipt of this notice by countersigning the enclosed
copy in the space indicated below and returning it to the attention of the undersigned. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Matt Kaltenrieder

	 	 	 Vice President

  

			
	 Acknowledged and agreed:

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

 Exhibit D 
  
 Form of Subsequent Transfer Instrument 
  
 [See Exhibits 2(A) and 2(B) to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement] 

 Exhibit E 
  
 Request for Release 
  
 [date]                 
  

	To:	Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Custodian and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee 

  

	 	Re:	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004 NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4 

  
 In connection with the administration of the pool of Mortgage Loans held by
you as Custodian, we request the release, and acknowledge receipt, of the (Mortgage File/[specify document]) for the Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated. 
  
 Mortgagor’s Name, Address & Zip Code: 
  
 Mortgage Loan Number: 
  
 Reason for Requesting Documents (check one) 
  

			
	  ̈ 1.
	  	Mortgage Loan Paid in Full (Servicer hereby certifies that all amounts received in connection therewith have been credited to the Collection Account and remitted to the Trustee for deposit
into the Distribution Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
		
	  ̈ 2.
	  	Mortgage Loan Liquidated (Servicer hereby certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance or other liquidation have been finally received and credited to the Collection Account and
remitted to the Trustee for deposit into the Distribution Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.)
		
	  ̈ 3.
	  	Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure
		
	  ̈ 4.
	  	Mortgage Loan Purchased Pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
		
	  ̈ 5.
	  	Mortgage Loan Repurchased or Substituted pursuant to Article II or III of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Seller hereby certifies that the repurchase price or Substitution Adjustment has
been credited to the Collection Account and that the substituted mortgage loan is a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.)
		
	  ̈ 6.
	  	Other (explain)
                                        
                                        
                        

 If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was previously released to us,
please release to us our previous receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to the above specified Mortgage Loan. 
  
 If box 3, 4, 5 or 6 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above documents to you as Custodian, please acknowledge
your receipt by signing in the space indicated below, and returning this form. 
  

			
	 NovaStar Mortgage, Inc.,

	 as [Servicer][Seller]

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  
 Documents returned to Custodian:

  

			
	 Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Custodian

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 Date:
	 	  

  

			
	 Remittance returned to Trustee:

	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its
capacity as
Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
		
	 Date:
	 	  

  

 E-2 

 Exhibit F-1 
  
 Form of Initial Certification 
  

			
	 	 	[Date]

  
 NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. 
 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Chris Miller, Senior Vice President 
  
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation 
 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300

 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Chris Miller, Senior
Vice President 
  
 Wachovia Bank, National Association 
 401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor 
 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

 Attn: NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4 
  
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 
 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor 
 New York, New York 10004

 Attn: Institutional Trust Services/Global Debt - NovaStar Series 2004-4 
  

	 	Re:	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Agreement”), among NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, Wachovia Bank,
National Association (the “Custodian”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), relating to the NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4 Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates

  
 Gentlemen: 
  
 In accordance with Section 2.03 of the above-captioned Agreement, and
Section 2.01(c) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Purchase Agreement” and, together with the Agreement, the “Agreements”), among NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding
Corporation, the Custodian, the Trustee and Wachovia Bank, National Association, the undersigned, as Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage
Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto) it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that: (i) all documents required to be included in the Mortgage File are in its possession; (ii) such documents
have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; and (iii) based on examination by it, and only as to such documents, the information set forth in items (i) - (vii) and (xiv) of the definition or
description of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct. 

 The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, has made no independent examination of any documents contained
in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the above-referenced Agreements. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, makes no representation that any documents specified in clause (vi) of Section 2.01(c) of the Purchase
Agreement should be included in any Mortgage File. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, makes no representations as to and shall not be responsible to verify: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, due authorization,
recordability or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan, or (iii) the existence of any assumption, modification, written assurance or substitution agreement with respect to any Mortgage File if no such documents appear in the Mortgage File delivered to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.

  
 Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Agreement. 
  

			
	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION, not in its
 individual capacity but solely as Custodian

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 F-2 

 Exhibit F-2 
  
 Form of Final Certification 
  

			
	 	 	[Date]

  
 NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. 
 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Chris Miller, Senior Vice President 
  
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation 
 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300

 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Chris Miller, Senior
Vice President 
  
 Wachovia Bank, National Association 
 401 South Tryon Street, 12th Floor 
 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

 Attn: NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4 
  
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 
 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor 
 New York, New York 10004

 Attn: Institutional Trust Services/Global Debt - NovaStar Series 2004-4 
  

	 	Re:	Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Agreement”), among NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, Wachovia Bank,
National Association (the “Custodian”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”) relating to the NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4 Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates 

  
 Gentlemen: 
  
 In accordance with Section 2.03 of the above-captioned Agreement, and
Section 2.01(c) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004 (the “Purchase Agreement” and, together with the Agreement, the “Agreements”), among NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., NovaStar Mortgage Funding
Corporation, the Custodian and the Trustee, the undersigned, as Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the
attachment hereto) it has received the documents set forth in Section 2.01(c) of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. 
  
 The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, has made no independent examination of any documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review
specifically required in the Agreements. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, makes no representation that any documents specified in clause (vi) of Section 2.01(c) should be included in any Mortgage File. The Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, makes no representations as to and shall not be 

 responsible to verify: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability, due authorization, recordability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan or (iii) the
existence of any assumption, modification, written assurance or substitution agreement with respect to any Mortgage File if no such documents appear in the Mortgage File delivered to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee. 
  
 Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the above-captioned Agreement. 
  

			
	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION, not in
its
 individual capacity but solely as Custodian

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

 F-2-2 

 Exhibit G 
  
 Form of Investment Letter 
  
 NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. 
 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Chris Miller, Senior Vice President

  
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 
 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor

 New York, New York 10004 
 Attn: Institutional Trust
Services/Global Debt - NovaStar Series 2004-4 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen:

  
 The undersigned (the “Transferee”) has agreed to
purchase from              (the “Transferor”) the following certificates: 
  

							
	 Class

	    	 	    	 	    	 Number

	—	    	 	    	 	    	 
	—	    	 	    	 	    	 
	—	    	 	    	 	    	 
	—	    	 	    	 	    	 
	—	    	 	    	 	    	 

  
 I. The Transferee is
(check one): 
  

			
	—	  	(i) An insurance company, as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (ii) an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), (iii) a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Securities Act, (iv) 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, as amended, (v) a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, (vi) a business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended, (vii) an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, corporation (other than a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act or a savings and loan association or other institution referenced in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act or a foreign bank or savings and loan association or
equivalent institution), partnership, or Massachusetts or similar business trust; or

			
	 	  	(viii) an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended, which, for each of (i) through (viii), owns and invests on a discretionary basis at least $100
million in securities other than securities of issuers affiliated with the Transferee, securities issued or guaranteed by the United States or a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the United
States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States, bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, loan participations, repurchase agreements, securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement, and currency, interest
rate and commodity swaps (collectively, “Excluded Securities”);
		
	 —
	  	a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis at
least $10 million of securities other than Excluded Securities and securities constituting the whole or part of an unsold allotment to, or subscription by, Transferee as a participant in a public offering;
		
	 —
	  	an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act that is part of a family of investment companies (as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities and Exchange Commission) which own
in the aggregate at least $100 million in securities other than Excluded Securities and securities of issuers that are part of such family of investment companies;
		
	 —
	  	an entity, all of the equity owners of which are entities described in this Paragraph A(I);
		
	 —
	  	a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, any savings and loan association or other institution as referenced in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, or any foreign bank
or savings and loan association or equivalent institution that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis at least $100 million in securities other than Excluded Securities and has an audited net worth of at least $25 million as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, as of a date not more than 16 months preceding the date of transfer of the Certificates to the Transferee in the case of a U.S. Bank or savings and loan association, and not more than 18 months
preceding such date in the case of a foreign bank or savings association or equivalent institution.

  
 II. The Transferee is
acquiring such Certificates solely for its own account, for the account of one or more others, all of which are “Qualified Institutional Buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A, or in its capacity as a dealer registered pursuant to Section
15 of the Exchange Act acting in a riskless principal transaction on behalf of a “Qualified Institutional 
  

 G-2 

 Buyer”. The Transferee is not acquiring such Certificates with a view to or for the resale, distribution,
subdivision or fractionalization thereof which would require registration of the Certificates under the Securities Act. 
  
 III. The Transferee represents that it is not (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, or (ii) a plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) that is subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a plan described in (i) or (ii) or acquiring the Certificates with assets of any such plan. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Title:
	 	  

  
 Dated:
                         
  

 G-3 

 Exhibit H 
  
 Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit 
  
 AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 860E OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED 
  
 [NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says: 
  
 1. That he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Investor] (the “Investor”), a [savings institution] [corporation]
duly organized and existing under the laws of [the State of             ] [the United States], on behalf of which he makes this affidavit and agreement. 
  
 2. That the Investor (i) is not and will not be a “disqualified
organization” as of [date of transfer] within the meaning of Section 860E(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), (ii) will endeavor to remain other than a disqualified organization for so long as it retains its
ownership interest in the Class R Certificates, and (iii) is acquiring the Class R Certificates for its own account or for the account of another investor from which it has received an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as this
affidavit and agreement. For this purpose, a “disqualified organization” means the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of the
activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international organization or any
agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization (other than certain farmers’ cooperatives) that generally is exempt from federal income tax unless such
organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business taxable income. 
  
 3. That the Investor has historically paid its debts as they came due and will continue to pay its debts as they come due in the future. 
  
 4. That the Investor has no present knowledge or expectation that it will be unable to pay any United States taxes owed by
it or that it will become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as any of the Class R Certificates remain outstanding. 
  
 5. That the Investor has been advised of, and understands that as the holder of a noneconomic residual interest it may incur tax liabilities in excess of
any cash flows generated by the interest. That the Investor intends to pay such taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificates as they become due. 

 6. That the Investor will not cause income from the Class R Certificates to be attributable to a foreign
permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Investor or another U.S. taxpayer. 
  
 7. 1[A. Formula Test]
That the Investor agrees that the present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificates does not exceed the sum of the present value of any consideration given to the Investor to acquire the Class R
Certificates, the present value of the expected future distributions on the Class R Certificates, and the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding the interest as the REMIC generates losses. That the Investor agrees that
it complied with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(8) in making such representation. 
  
 That the Investor agrees that it is not a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the
Transferor or another U.S. taxpayer. 
  
 [B. Asset Test] That the
Investor, at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Investor’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, had gross assets for financial reporting purposes in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million
(excluding any obligation of a person related to the Investor within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii) or any other asset if a principle purpose for holding or acquiring the other asset was to permit the Investor to
satisfy the above stated minimum asset requirements). 
  
 That
the Investor is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i). That the Investor agrees, in connection with any subsequent transfer of its ownership interest in the Class R Certificates, to
transfer its ownership interest only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), and to honor the restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Class R Certificates by transferring
its ownership interest only in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) (iii) and U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5). 
  
 That the Investor determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the
Class R Certificates in good faith and based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific
to the Investor). 
  
 8. That the Investor is a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust whose income from sources without the United
States is includable in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States. 
  

	1	Insert either section 7A or 7B. 

  

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 9. That the Investor’s Taxpayer Identification Number is
                    . 
  
 10. That the Investor has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the face of the Class R Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement under which the Class R Certificates were issued, which authorize the Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Investor and negotiate a mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event that the Investor holds such
Certificates in violation of Section 5.02(d). That the Investor expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with all the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the restrictions on the face of the Class R
Certificates. 
  
 11. That the Investor will, in connection with
any transfer that it makes of the Class R Certificates, deliver to the Trustee a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, that is in substantially the same form as Exhibit I attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
that contains the same representations set forth therein. 
  
 12.
That the Investor will not transfer any of its interest in the Class R Certificates unless (i) it has received from any subsequent transferee an affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit containing the same representations set forth
herein, and (ii) as of the time of the transfer, it does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false. That the Investor will cause such affidavit to be delivered to the Trustee upon receipt. That the Investor is aware that the Trustee
will not register the transfer of any Class R Certificates unless and until such affidavit is received. 
  
 13. That the Investor consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a
reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificates will only be owned, directly or indirectly, by an investor that is not a disqualified organization. 
  
 14. That the Investor understands and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall render the
transfer to the Investor contemplated hereby null and void. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf, pursuant to the
authority of its Board of Directors, by its [Title of Officer] and its corporate seal to be hereunto attached, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this      day of
                    . 
  

			
	[NAME OF INVESTOR]
		
	By:	 	  

	 	 	[Name of Officer]
	 	 	[Title of Officer]

  

			
	 	 	 [Corporate Seal]

		
	 	 	 ATTEST:

	 	 	  
  

	 	 	 [Assistant] Secretary

  
 Personally appeared
before me the above named [Name of Officer], known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the [Title of Officer] of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and
deed and the free act and deed of the Investor. 
  

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 Exhibit I 
  
 Transferor’s Certificate 
  
 To: [Trustee] 
  

	 	Re:	The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2004, among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as Company, NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., as Servicer and as Seller,
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Custodian, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee  

  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. (the “Seller”) to
                     (the “Purchaser”) of a         % Percentage Interest of NovaStar
Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4, NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Class R (the “Certificates”), pursuant to Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”), dated as of November 1, 2004 among NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as Company (the “Company”), NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., as Servicer and Seller (the “Servicer and Seller”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Custodian (the “Custodian”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company and the Trustee that: 
  
 1. No purpose of the Seller relating to the transfer of the Certificates by the Seller to the Purchaser is or will be to impede the assessment or
collection of any tax. 
  
 2. The Seller has conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser and, as a result of such investigation, has concluded that the Purchaser has historically paid its debts as they came due and will continue to pay its debts as they come due in the
future. 
  
 3. The Seller has received, and understands that the
Purchaser has delivered to the Trustee and the Company, a Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit H. The Seller does not know or believe that any representation contained therein
is false. 
  
 4. The Seller does not know or have reason to know
that the Purchaser (i) will be unwilling or unable to pay taxes due on its share of the Certificates or (ii) will not honor the restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Certificates set forth in section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and in the Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit. 

 5. The Seller has no actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not both a United States Person and
a Permitted Transferee. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	

	 (Seller)
	 	 
		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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 Exhibit J 
  
 Form of Notional Amount Test Event Notice 
  
 [on file with Dewey Ballantine LLP] 

 Exhibit K 
  
 Designation Under REMIC Provisions 
  
 (a) The Trustee shall elect that each of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC IV and the Master REMIC be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code.
Any inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of such REMIC elections. 
  
 (b) The designation of REMIC interests shall be as follows: 
  
 (i) REMIC I will consist of all of the assets of the Trust (other than the Pre-Funding Account, the
Supplemental Interest Accounts the Initial Swap Amount, the Swap Agreement, the Novation Agreements and the Supplemental Interest Trust), including the Mortgage Loans, the Accounts, any REO Property and any proceeds of the foregoing. REMIC I will be
evidenced by the “REMIC I Regular Interests” as set forth in (c) below, which will be uncertificated and will represent the “regular interests” in REMIC I. The Class R-I Interest will represent the sole class of residual interest
in REMIC I; 
  
 (ii) REMIC II will consist of the
REMIC I Regular Interests and will be evidenced by the “REMIC II Regular Interests” as set forth in (d) below, which will be uncertificated and will represent the “regular interests” in REMIC II. The Class R-II Interest will
represent the sole class of residual interest in REMIC II; 
  
 (iii) REMIC III will consist of the REMIC II Regular Interests and will be evidenced by the “REMIC III Regular Interests” as set forth in (e) below, which will be uncertificated and will represent the
“regular interests” in REMIC III. The Class R-III Interest will represent the sole class of residual interest in REMIC III; 
  
 (iv) REMIC IV will consist of the REMIC III Regular Interests and will be evidenced by the “REMIC IV Regular Interests” as set
forth in (f) below, which will be uncertificated and will represent the “regular interests” in REMIC IV. The Class R-IV Interest will represent the sole class of residual interest in REMIC IV; and 
  
 (v) The Master REMIC will consist of the REMIC IV Regular
Interests and will be evidenced, as set forth in (g) below, by (i) the following Certificates, in each case, other than its respective Cap Contract Rights: the Class A-1A, the Class A-1B, the Class A-2A, the Class A-2B, the Class A-2C, the Class
M-1, the Class M-2, the Class M-3, the Class M-4, the Class M-5, the Class M-6, the Class B-1, the Class B-2, the Class B-3 and the Class B-4 Certificates and (ii) the following Certificates: the Class I and the Class C Certificates which, in the
case of each Class referenced in (i) and (ii), will represent one or more “regular interests” in the Master REMIC. The Class R-V Interest will represent the sole class of residual interest in the Master REMIC. 

 (vi) The Class R Certificates will represent the beneficial ownership of the Class R-I,
Class R-II, Class R-III, Class R-IV and Class R-V Interests. The Class R Certificates will not have a principal balance and will not bear interest. 
  
 (vii) The Trustee will hold the REMIC I Regular Interests, REMIC II Regular Interests, REMIC III Regular Interests and REMIC IV Regular
Interests. 
  
 (c) The REMIC I Regular Interests shall have the
following principal balances and REMIC I Pass-Through Rates as set forth in the table below: 
  

								
	 REMIC I Interest

	  	 Initial
 Principal Balance

	 	 	REMIC I Pass-Through Rate

	 
	 I-J1
	  	$	1,247,831,391.83	 	 	(1	)
	 I-J2
	  	$	393,920,340.35	 	 	(2	)
	 I-N
	  	 	(3	)	 	(4	)
	 I-PO1
	  	$	651,034,689.97	 	 	(5	)
	 I-PO2
	  	$	207,213,477.85	 	 	(6	)
	 I-P
	  	$	100	 	 	(8	)

	(1)	The pass-through rate for the Class I-J1 Interest will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in March 2005, Net
WAC, computed solely with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans relating to Group I and (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, Net WAC of the Group I Mortgage Loans. 

	(2)	The pass-through rate for the Class I-J2 Interest will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in March 2005, Net
WAC, computed solely with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans relating to Group II and (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, Net WAC of the Group II Mortgage Loans. 

	(3)	The Class I-N Interest will have a notional principal balance equal to $858,248,267.82. 

	(4)	The pass-through rate for the Class I-N Interest for each Distribution Date will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution
Date in March 2005, all interest on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date divided by $858,248,267.82 and (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, 0.00%. 

	(5)	The pass-through rate for the Class I-PO1 Interest will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in March 2005, 0.00%
and (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, Net WAC of the Group I Mortgage Loans. 

  

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	(6)	The pass-through rate for the Class I-PO2 Interest will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in March 2005, 0.00%
and (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, Net WAC of the Group II Mortgage Loans. 

	(7)	The Class I-P Interest shall bear interest at the same rate as the Class I-J2 Interest. In addition, the Class I-P Interest is entitled to distributions of all Prepayment Charges.

  
 Commencing on the first Distribution Date
through and including the Distribution Date in March 2005, all Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans relating to Group I shall be allocated to the Class I-J1 Interest.
All Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans relating to Group II shall be allocated pro rata to the Class I-J2 and Class I-P Interests. All Realized Losses, prepayments
and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans relating to Group I and any related amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated to the Class I-PO1 Interest. All Realized
Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans relating to Group II and any related amounts transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated to the Class I-PO2
Interest. 
  
 On each Distribution Date occurring after the
Distribution Date in March 2005, all Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans shall be allocated pro rata, to the Class I-J1 and I-PO1 Interests, until such classes are
paid in full or eliminated by such losses. All Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans shall be allocated pro rata, to the Class I-J2, I-PO2 and I-P Interests, until such
classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses. 
  
 (d) The
REMIC II Regular Interests shall have the following principal balances and REMIC II Pass-Through Rates set forth in the table below: 
  

					
	 REMIC II Interests (1)

	 	 Initial
 Principal Balances

	 	 REMIC II
 Pass-Through Rates

	 II-A1 through II-A20
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-B1 through II-B20
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-C1 through II-C21
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-D1 through II-D21
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-E1 through II-E21
	 	(4)	 	(3)
	 II-F1 through II-F21
	 	(5)	 	(3)
	 II-G1 through II-G22
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-H1 through II-H22
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-K1 through II-K22
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-L1 through II-L22
	 	(6)	 	(3)
	 II-M1 through II-M22
	 	(2)	 	(3)

  

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	 REMIC II Interests (1)

	 	 Initial
 Principal Balances

	 	 REMIC II
 Pass-Through Rates

	 II-O1 through II-O23
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-Q1 through II-Q23
	 	(2)	 	(3)
	 II-S1 through II-S23
	 	(7)	 	(3)
	 II-T1 through II-T23
	 	(8)	 	(3)
	 II-U1 through II-U32
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-V1 through II-V32
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-Y1 through II-Y33
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-Z1 through II-Z33
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-a1 through II-a33
	 	(4)	 	(3)
	 II-b1 through II-b34
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-c1 through II-c34
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-d1 through II-d34
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-e1 through II-e34
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-f1 through II-f35
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-g1 through II-g35
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-h1 through II-h35
	 	(9)	 	(3)
	 II-AA1 through II-AA20
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-BB1 through II-BB20
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-CC1 through II-CC21
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-DD1 through II-DD21
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-EE1 through II-EE21
	 	(12)	 	(11)
	 II-FF1 through II-FF21
	 	(13)	 	(11)
	 II-GG1 through II-GG22
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-HH1 through II-HH22
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-KK1 through II-KK22
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-LL1 through II-LL22
	 	(14)	 	(11)
	 II-MM1 through II-MM22
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-OO1 through II-OO23
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-QQ1 through II-QQ23
	 	(10)	 	(11)
	 II-SS1 through II-SS23
	 	(15)	 	(11)
	 II-TT1 through II-TT23
	 	(16)	 	(11)
	 II-UU1 through II-UU32
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-VV1 through II-VV32
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-YY1 through II-YY33
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-ZZ1 through II-ZZ33
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-aa1 through II-aa33
	 	(12)	 	(11)
	 II-bb1 through II-bb34
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-cc1 through II-cc34
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-dd1 through II-dd34
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-ee1 through II-ee34
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-ff1 through II-ff35
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-gg1 through II-gg35
	 	(17)	 	(11)
	 II-hh1 through II-hh35
	 	(17)	 	(11)

  

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	 REMIC II Interests (1)

	  	 Initial
 Principal Balances

	 	 	 REMIC II
 Pass-Through Rates

	 
	 II-J1
	  	$	808,916,950.86	 	 	(3	)
	 II-J2
	  	$	244,902,488.70	 	 	(11	)
	 II-N
	  	 	(18	)	 	(19	)
	 II-P
	  	$	100	 	 	(20	)

	(1)	The first 54 rows each encompass anywhere from 20 through 35 regular interests in REMIC II. 

	(2)	The Class II-A1 through Class II-A20 Interests, the Class II-B1 through Class II-B20 Interests, the Class II-C1 through Class II-C21 Interests, the Class II-D1 through Class II-D21
Interests, the Class II-G1 through Class II-G22 Interests, the Class II-H1 through Class II-H22 Interests, the Class II-K1 through Class II-K22 Interests, the Class II-M1 through Class II-M22 Interests, the Class II-O1 through Class II-O23 Interests
and the Class II-Q1 through Class II-Q23 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $75,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group I Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter A, B,
C, D, G, H, K, M, O or Q as applicable. 

	(3)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC II Regular Interests will be the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class I-J1 and Class I-PO1 Interests.

	(4)	The Class II-E1 through Class II-E21 Interests and the Class II-a1 through Class II-a33 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $50,000,000 and
(ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group I Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter E or a as applicable. 

	(5)	The Class II-F1 through Class II-F21 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $150,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group
I Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter F. 

	(6)	The Class II-L1 through Class II-L22 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group I
Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter L. 

	(7)	The Class II-S1 through Class II-S23 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group I
Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter S. 

	(8)	The Class II-T1 through Class II-T23 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $90,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group I
Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter T. 

  

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	(9)	The Class II-U1 through Class II-U32 Interests, the Class II-V1 through Class II-V32 Interests, the Class II-Y1 through Class II-Y33 Interests, the Class II-Z1 through Class II-Z33
Interests, the Class II-b1 through Class II-b34 Interests, the Class II-c1 through Class II-c34 Interests, the Class II-d1 through Class II-d34 Interests, the Class II-e1 through Class II-e34 Interests, the Class II-f1 through Class II-f35
Interests, the Class II-g1 through Class II-g35 Interests, and the Class II-h1 through Class II-h35 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group I
Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter U, V, Y, Z, b, c, d, e, f, g or h as applicable. 

	(10)	The Class II-AA1 through Class II-AA20 Interests, the Class II-BB1 through Class II-BB20 Interests, the Class II-CC1 through Class II-CC21 Interests, the Class II-DD1 through Class
II-DD21 Interests, the Class II-GG1 through Class II-GG22 Interests, the Class II-HH1 through Class II-HH22 Interests, the Class II-KK1 through Class II-KK22 Interests, the Class II-MM1 through Class II-MM22 Interests, the Class II-OO1 through Class
II-OO23 Interests and the Class II-QQ1 through Class II-QQ23 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $75,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group II Schedule corresponding to the number
following the letter AA, BB, CC, DD, GG, HH, KK, MM, OO or QQ as applicable. 

	(11)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC II Regular Interests will be the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class I-J2 and Class I-PO2 Interests.

	(12)	The Class II-EE1 through Class II-EE21 Interests and the Class II-aa1 through Class II-aa33 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $50,000,000
and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group II Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter EE or aa as applicable. 

	(13)	The Class II-FF1 through Class II-FF21 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $150,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the
Group II Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter FF. 

	(14)	The Class II-LL1 through Class II-LL22 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group
II Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter LL. 

	(15)	The Class II-SS1 through Class II-SS23 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group
II Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter SS. 

	(16)	The Class II-TT1 through Class II-TT23 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $90,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the Group
II Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter TT. 

  

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	(17)	The Class II-UU1 through Class II-UU32 Interests, the Class II-VV1 through Class II-VV32 Interests, the Class II-YY1 through Class II-YY33 Interests, the Class II-ZZ1 through Class
II-ZZ33 Interests, the Class II-bb1 through Class II-bb34 Interests, the Class II-cc1 through Class II-cc34 Interests, the Class II-dd1 through Class II-dd34 Interests, the Class II-ee1 through Class II-ee34 Interests, the Class II-ff1 through Class
II-ff35 Interests, the Class II-gg1 through Class II-gg35 Interests, and the Class II-hh1 through Class II-hh35 Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) the applicable percentage shown on the
Group II Schedule corresponding to the number following the letter UU, VV, YY, ZZ, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg or hh as applicable. 

	(18)	The Class II-N Interest will have a notional principal balance equal to the notional principal balance of the Class I-N Interest. 

	(19)	The Class II-N Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class I-N Interest. 

	(20)	The Class II-P Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class I-P Interest. 

  
 Any amounts relating to Group I transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated in the following
manner: The sum of the REMIC Group I Swap Termination Amount and the REMIC Group I Swap Adjustment Amount will be allocated in the following order: (i) first, pro rata to the Class II-f1 through Class II-f35 Interests until such classes are paid in
full; (ii) second, pro rata to the Class II-O1 through Class II-O23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iii) third, pro rata to the Class II-g1 through Class II-g35 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iv) fourth, pro rata to
the Class II-Q1 through Class II-Q23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (v) fifth, pro rata to the Class II-h1 through Class II-h35 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vi) sixth, pro rata to the Class II-T1 through Class
II-T23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vii) seventh, pro rata to the Class II-S1 through Class II-S23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (viii) eighth, pro rata to the Class II-b1 through Class II-b34 Interests until such
classes are paid in full; (ix) ninth, pro rata to the Class II-G1 through Class II-G22 Interests until such classes are paid in full; and (x) tenth, pro rata to the Class II-L1 through Class II-L22 Interests until such classes are paid in full;. The
remaining amounts relating to Group I transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated to the Class II-J1 Interest until such class is paid in full. 
  
 On each Distribution Date, all Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to
the Group I Mortgage Loans shall be allocated in the following order: (i) first, in the order as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the previous paragraph, to the classes set forth in clauses (i) through (x) in the previous paragraph, an amount
equal to the REMIC Group I Swap Adjustment Amount but only to the extent that any portion of such amount has not been previously 
  

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 paid pursuant to this clause (i) or pursuant to the previous paragraph; (ii) second, pro rata, to the Class II-J1
Interest and all Class II-A, Class II-B, Class II-C, Class II-D, Class II-E, Class II-F, Class II-G, Class II-H, Class II-K, Class II-L, Class II-M, Class II-O, Class II-Q, Class II-S, Class II-T, Class II-U, Class II-V, Class II-Y, Class II-Z,
Class II-a, Class II-b, Class II-c, Class II-d, Class II-e, Class II-f, Class II-g and Class II-h Interests whose Corresponding REMIC III Regular Interests have a Corresponding Distribution Date from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule on or prior to
such current Distribution Date until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (iii) third, to the Class II-A1 through Class II-A20 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (iv)
fourth, to the Class II-B1 through Class II-B20 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (v) fifth, to the Class II-C1 through Class II-C21 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in
full or eliminated by such losses; (vi) sixth, to the Class II-D1 through Class II-D21 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (vii) seventh, to the Class II-E1 through Class II-E21 Interests,
sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (viii) eighth, to the Class II-F1 through Class II-F21 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (ix) ninth, to the
Class II-G1 through Class II-G22 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (x) tenth, to the Class II-H1 through Class II-H22 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated
by such losses; (xi) eleventh, to the Class II-K1 through Class II-K22 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xii) twelfth, to the Class II-L1 through Class II-L22 Interests, sequentially, until
such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiii) thirteenth, to the Class II-M1 through Class II-M22 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiv) fourteenth, to the Class II-O1
through Class II-O23 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xv) fifteenth, to the Class II-Q1 through Class II-Q23 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by
such losses; (xvi) sixteenth, to the Class II-S1 through Class II-S23 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xvii) seventeenth, to the Class II-T1 through Class II-T23 Interests, sequentially,
until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses (xviii) eighteenth, to the Class II-U1 through Class II-U32 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xix) nineteenth, to the Class
II-V1 through Class II-V32 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xx) twentieth to the Class II-Y1 through Class II-Y33 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated
by such losses; (xxi) twenty-first, to the Class II-Z1 through Class II-Z33 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxii) twenty-second, to the Class II-a1 through Class II-a33 Interests,
sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiii) twenty-third, to the Class II-b1 through Class II-b34 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiv)
twenty-fourth to the Class II-c1 through Class II-c34 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxv) twenty-fifth, to the Class II-d1 through Class II-d34 Interests, sequentially, until such classes
are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvi) twenty-sixth, to the Class II-e1 through Class II-e34 
  

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 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvii) twenty-seventh, to the
Class II-f1 through Class II-f35 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxviii) twenty-eighth, to the Class II-g1 through Class II-g35 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full
or eliminated by such losses; and (xxix) twenty-ninth, to the Class II-h1 through Class II-h35 Interests, sequentially, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses. 
  
 Any amounts relating to Group II transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated in the following
manner: The sum of the REMIC Group II Swap Termination Amount and the REMIC Group II Swap Adjustment Amount will be allocated in the following order: (i) first, pro rata to the Class II-ff1 through Class II-ff35 Interests until such classes are paid
in full; (ii) second, pro rata to the Class II-OO1 through Class II-OO23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iii) third, pro rata to the Class II-gg1 through Class II-gg35 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iv) fourth, pro
rata to the Class II-QQ1 through Class II-QQ23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (v) fifth, pro rata to the Class II-hh1 through Class II-hh35 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vi) sixth, pro rata to the Class II-TT1
through Class II-TT23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vii) seventh, pro rata to the Class II-SS1 through Class II-SS23 Interests until such classes are paid in full; (viii) eighth, pro rata to the Class II-bb1 through Class II-bb34
Interests until such classes are paid in full; (ix) ninth, pro rata to the Class II-GG1 through Class II-GG22 Interests until such classes are paid in full; and (x) tenth, pro rata to the Class II-LL1 through Class II-LL22 Interests until such
classes are paid in full;. The remaining amounts relating to Group II transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated to the Class II-J2 and Class II-P Interest until such classes are paid in full. 
  
 On each Distribution Date, all Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of
scheduled principal generated with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans shall be allocated in the following order: (i) first, in the order as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the previous paragraph, to the classes set forth in clauses (i)
through (x) in the previous paragraph, an amount equal to the REMIC Group II Swap Adjustment Amount but only to the extent that any portion of such amount has not been previously paid pursuant to this clause (i) or pursuant to the previous
paragraph; (ii) second, to the Class II-J2 Interest until such class is paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (iii) third, to the Class II-AA1 through Class II-AA20 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or
eliminated by such losses; (iv) fourth, to the Class II-BB1 through Class II-BB20 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (v) fifth, to the Class II-CC1 through Class II-CC21
Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (vi) sixth, to the Class II-DD1 through Class II-DD21 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated
by such losses; (vii) seventh, to the Class II-EE1 through Class II-EE21 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (viii) eighth, to the Class II-FF1 through Class II-FF21 Interests, in
reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (ix) ninth, to the Class II-GG1 through Class II-GG22 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses;
(x) tenth, to the Class II-HH1 through Class II-HH22 Interests, 
  

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 in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xi) eleventh, to the Class
II-KK1 through Class II-KK22 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xii) twelfth, to the Class II-LL1 through Class II-LL22 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes
are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiii) thirteenth, to the Class II-MM1 through Class II-MM22 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiv) fourteenth, to the Class
II-OO1 through Class II-OO23 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xv) fifteenth, to the Class II-QQ1 through Class II-QQ23 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes
are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xvi) sixteenth, to the Class II-SS1 through Class II-SS23 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xvii) seventeenth, to the Class
II-TT1 through Class II-TT23 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xviii) eighteenth, to the Class II-UU1 through Class II-UU32 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such
classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xix) nineteenth, to the Class II-VV1 through Class II-VV32 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xx) twentieth, to the Class
II-YY1 through Class II-YY33 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxi) twenty-first, to the Class II-ZZ1 through Class II-ZZ33 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such
classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxii) twenty-second, to the Class II-aa1 through Class II-aa33 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiii) twenty-third, to
the Class II-bb1 through Class II-bb34 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiv) twenty-fourth to the Class II-cc1 through Class II-cc34 Interests, in reverse numerical order,
until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxv) twenty-fifth, to the Class II-dd1 through Class II-dd34 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvi)
twenty-sixth, to the Class II-ee1 through Class II-ee34 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvii) twenty-seventh, to the Class II-ff1 through Class II-ff35 Interests, in reverse
numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxviii) twenty-eighth, to the Class II-gg1 through Class II-gg35 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such
losses; (xxix) twenty-ninth, to the Class II-hh1 through Class II-hh35 Interests, in reverse numerical order, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; and (xxx) thirtieth, to the Class II-P Interest until such class is paid
in full or eliminated by such losses. 
  
 (e) The REMIC III
Regular Interests shall have the following principal balances and REMIC III Pass-Through Rates set forth in the table below: 
  

							
	 REMIC III Interests(1)

	  	 Corresponding REMIC II
 Regular Interest (respectively)

	  	Initial
Principal
Balances

	 	REMIC III
Pass-Through
Rates

	 III-A1a through III-A20a
	  	II-A1 through II-A20	  	(2)	 	(3)

  

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	 REMIC III Interests(1)

	  	 Corresponding REMIC II
 Regular Interest (respectively)

	  	Initial
Principal
Balances

	 	REMIC III
Pass-Through
Rates

	 III-A1b through III-A20b
	  	II-A1 through II-A20	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-A1c through III-A20c
	  	II-A1 through II-A20	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-B1a through III-B20a
	  	II-B1 through II-B20	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-B1b through III-B20b
	  	II-B1 through II-B20	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-B1c through III-B20c
	  	II-B1 through II-B20	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-C1a through III-C21a
	  	II-C1 through II-C21	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-C1b through III-C21b
	  	II-C1 through II-C21	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-C1c through III-C21c
	  	II-C1 through II-C21	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-D1a through III-D21a
	  	II-D1 through II-D21	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-D1b through III-D21b
	  	II-D1 through II-D21	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-D1c through III-D21c
	  	II-D1 through II-D21	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-E1a through III-E21a
	  	II-E1 through II-E21	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-E1b through III-E21b
	  	II-E1 through II-E21	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-E1c through III-E21c
	  	II-E1 through II-E21	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-F1a through III-F21a
	  	II-F1 through II-F21	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-F1b through III-F21b
	  	II-F1 through II-F21	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-F1c through III-F21c
	  	II-F1 through II-F21	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-G1a through III-G22a
	  	II-G1 through II-G22	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-G1b through III-G22b
	  	II-G1 through II-G22	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-G1c through III-G22c
	  	II-G1 through II-G22	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-H1a through III-H22a
	  	II-H1 through II-H22	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-H1b through III-H22b
	  	II-H1 through II-H22	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-H1c through III-H22c
	  	II-H1 through II-H22	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-K1a through III-K22a
	  	II-K1 through II-K22	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-K1b through III-K22b
	  	II-K1 through II-K22	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-K1c through III-K22c
	  	II-K1 through II-K22	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-L1a through III-L22a
	  	II-L1 through II-L22	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-L1b through III-L22b
	  	II-L1 through II-L22	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-L1c through III-L22c
	  	II-L1 through II-L22	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-M1a through III-M22a
	  	II-M1 through II-M22	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-M1b through III-M22b
	  	II-M1 through II-M22	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-M1c through III-M22c
	  	II-M1 through II-M22	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-O1a through III-O23a
	  	II-O1 through II-O23	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-O1b through III-O23b
	  	II-O1 through II-O23	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-O1c through III-O23c
	  	II-O1 through II-O23	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-Q1a through III-Q23a
	  	II-Q1 through II-Q23	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-Q1b through III-Q23b
	  	II-Q1 through II-Q23	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-Q1c through III-Q23c
	  	II-Q1 through II-Q23	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-S1a through III-S23a
	  	II-S1 through II-S23	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-S1b through III-S23b
	  	II-S1 through II-S23	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-S1c through III-S23c
	  	II-S1 through II-S23	  	(6)	 	(7)

  

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	 REMIC III Interests(1)

	  	 Corresponding REMIC II
 Regular Interest (respectively)

	  	Initial
Principal
Balances

	 	REMIC III
Pass-Through
Rates

	 III-T1a through III-T23a
	  	II-T1 through II-T23	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-T1b through III-T23b
	  	II-T1 through II-T23	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-T1c through III-T23c
	  	II-T1 through II-T23	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-U1a through III-U32a
	  	II-U1 through II-U32	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-U1b through III-U32b
	  	II-U1 through II-U32	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-U1c through III-U32c
	  	II-U1 through II-U32	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-V1a through III-V32a
	  	II-V1 through II-V32	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-V1b through III-V32b
	  	II-V1 through II-V32	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-V1c through III-V32c
	  	II-V1 through II-V32	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-Y1a through III-Y33a
	  	II-Y1 through II-Y33	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-Y1b through III-Y33b
	  	II-Y1 through II-Y33	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-Y1c through III-Y33c
	  	II-Y1 through II-Y33	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-Z1a through III-Z33c
	  	II-Z1 through II-Z33	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-Z1b through III-Z33b
	  	II-Z1 through II-Z33	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-Z1c through III-Z33c
	  	II-Z1 through II-Z33	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-a1a through III-a33c
	  	II-a1 through II-a33	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-a1b through III-a33b
	  	II-a1 through II-a33	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-a1c through III-a33c
	  	II-a1 through II-a33	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-b1a through III-b34c
	  	II-b1 through II-b34	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-b1b through III-b34b
	  	II-b1 through II-b34	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-b1c through III-b34c
	  	II-b1 through II-b34	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-c1a through III-c34c
	  	II-c1 through II-c34	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-c1b through III-c34b
	  	II-c1 through II-c34	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-c1c through III-c34c
	  	II-c1 through II-c34	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-d1a through III-d34c
	  	II-d1 through II-d34	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-d1b through III-d34b
	  	II-d1 through II-d34	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-d1c through III-d34c
	  	II-d1 through II-d34	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-e1a through III-e34c
	  	II-e1 through II-e34	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-e1b through III-e34b
	  	II-e1 through II-e34	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-e1c through III-e34c
	  	II-e1 through II-e34	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-f1a through III-f35a
	  	II-f1 through II-f35	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-f1b through III-f35b
	  	II-f1 through II-f35	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-f1c through III-f35c
	  	II-f1 through II-f35	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-g1a through III-g35a
	  	II-g1 through II-g35	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-g1b through III-g35b
	  	II-g1 through II-g35	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-g1c through III-g35c
	  	II-g1 through II-g35	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-h1a through III-h35a
	  	II-h1 through II-h35	  	(2)	 	(3)
	 III-h1b through III-h35b
	  	II-h1 through II-h35	  	(4)	 	(5)
	 III-h1c through III-h35c
	  	II-h1 through II-h35	  	(6)	 	(7)
	 III-AA1a through III-AA20a
	  	II-AA1 through II-AA20	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-AA1b through III-AA20b
	  	II-AA1 through II-AA20	  	(4)	 	(9)

  

 K-12 

							
	 REMIC III Interests(1)

	  	 Corresponding REMIC II
 Regular Interest (respectively)

	  	Initial
Principal
Balances

	 	REMIC III
Pass-Through
Rates

	 III-AA1c through III-AA20c
	  	II-AA1 through II-AA20	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-BB1a through III-BB20a
	  	II-BB1 through II-BB20	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-BB1b through III-BB20b
	  	II-BB1 through II-BB20	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-BB1c through III-BB20c
	  	II-BB1 through II-BB20	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-CC1a through III-CC21a
	  	II-CC1 through II-CC21	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-CC1b through III-CC21b
	  	II-CC1 through II-CC21	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-CC1c through III-CC21c
	  	II-CC1 through II-CC21	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-DD1a through III-DD21a
	  	II-DD1 through II-DD21	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-DD1b through III-DD21b
	  	II-DD1 through II-DD21	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-DD1c through III-DD21c
	  	II-DD1 through II-DD21	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-EE1a through III-EE21a
	  	II-EE1 through II-EE21	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-EE1b through III-EE21b
	  	II-EE1 through II-EE21	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-EE1c through III-EE21c
	  	II-EE1 through II-EE21	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-FF1a through III-FF21a
	  	II-FF1 through II-FF21	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-FF1b through III-FF21b
	  	II-FF1 through II-FF21	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-FF1c through III-FF21c
	  	II-FF1 through II-FF21	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-GG1a through III-GG22a
	  	II-GG1 through II-GG22	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-GG1b through III-GG22b
	  	II-GG1 through II-GG22	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-GG1c through III-GG22c
	  	II-GG1 through II-GG22	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-HH1a through III-HH22a
	  	II-HH1 through II-HH22	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-HH1b through III-HH22b
	  	II-HH1 through II-HH22	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-HH1c through III-HH22c
	  	II-HH1 through II-HH22	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-KK1a through III-KK22a
	  	II-KK1 through II-KK22	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-KK1b through III-KK22b
	  	II-KK1 through II-KK22	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-KK1c through III-KK22c
	  	II-KK1 through II-KK22	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-LL1a through III-LL22a
	  	II-LL1 through II-LL22	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-LL1b through III-LL22b
	  	II-LL1 through II-LL22	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-LL1c through III-LL22c
	  	II-LL1 through II-LL22	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-MM1a through III-MM22a
	  	II-MM1 through II-MM22	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-MM1b through III-MM22b
	  	II-MM1 through II-MM22	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-MM1c through III-MM22c
	  	II-MM1 through II-MM22	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-OO1a through III-OO23a
	  	II-OO1 through II-OO23	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-OO1b through III-OO23b
	  	II-OO1 through II-OO23	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-OO1c through III-OO23c
	  	II-OO1 through II-OO23	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-QQ1a through III-QQ23a
	  	II-QQ1 through II-QQ23	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-QQ1b through III-QQ23b
	  	II-QQ1 through II-QQ23	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-QQ1c through III-QQ23c
	  	II-QQ1 through II-QQ23	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-SS1a through III-SS23a
	  	II-SS1 through II-SS23	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-SS1b through III-SS23b
	  	II-SS1 through II-SS23	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-SS1c through III-SS23c
	  	II-SS1 through II-SS23	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-TT1a through III-TT23a
	  	II-TT1 through II-TT23	  	(2)	 	(8)

  

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	 REMIC III Interests(1)

	  	 Corresponding REMIC II
 Regular Interest (respectively)

	  	Initial
Principal
Balances

	 	REMIC III
Pass-Through
Rates

	 III-TT1b through III-TT23b
	  	II-TT1 through II-TT23	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-TT1c through III-TT23c
	  	II-TT1 through II-TT23	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-UU1a through III-UU32a
	  	II-UU1 through II-UU32	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-UU1b through III-UU32b
	  	II-UU1 through II-UU32	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-UU1c through III-UU32c
	  	II-UU1 through II-UU32	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-VV1a through III-VV32a
	  	II-VV1 through II-VV32	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-VV1b through III-VV32b
	  	II-VV1 through II-VV32	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-VV1c through III-VV32c
	  	II-VV1 through II-VV32	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-YY1a through III-YY33a
	  	II-YY1 through II-YY33	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-YY1b through III-YY33b
	  	II-YY1 through II-YY33	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-YY1c through III-YY33c
	  	II-YY1 through II-YY33	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-ZZ1a through III-ZZ33c
	  	II-ZZ1 through II-ZZ33	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-ZZ1b through III-ZZ33b
	  	II-ZZ1 through II-ZZ33	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-ZZ1c through III-ZZ33c
	  	II-ZZ1 through II-ZZ33	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-aa1a through III-aa33c
	  	II-aa1 through II-aa33	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-aa1b through III-aa33b
	  	II-aa1 through II-aa33	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-aa1c through III-aa33c
	  	II-aa1 through II-aa33	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-bb1a through III-bb34c
	  	II-bb1 through II-bb34	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-bb1b through III-bb34b
	  	II-bb1 through II-bb34	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-bb1c through III-bb34c
	  	II-bb1 through II-bb34	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-cc1a through III-cc34c
	  	II-cc1 through II-cc34	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-cc1b through III-cc34b
	  	II-cc1 through II-cc34	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-cc1c through III-cc34c
	  	II-cc1 through II-cc34	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-dd1a through III-dd34c
	  	II-dd1 through II-dd34	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-dd1b through III-dd34b
	  	II-dd1 through II-dd34	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-dd1c through III-dd34c
	  	II-dd1 through II-dd34	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-ee1a through III-ee34c
	  	II-ee1 through II-ee34	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-ee1b through III-ee34b
	  	II-ee1 through II-ee34	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-ee1c through III-ee34c
	  	II-ee1 through II-ee34	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-ff1a through III-ff35a
	  	II-ff1 through II-ff35	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-ff1b through III-ff35b
	  	II-ff1 through II-ff35	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-ff1c through III-ff35c
	  	II-ff1 through II-ff35	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-gg1a through III-gg35a
	  	II-gg1 through II-gg35	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-gg1b through III-gg35b
	  	II-gg1 through II-gg35	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-gg1c through III-gg35c
	  	II-gg1 through II-gg35	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-hh1a through III-hh35a
	  	II-hh1 through II-hh35	  	(2)	 	(8)
	 III-hh1b through III-hh35b
	  	II-hh1 through II-hh35	  	(4)	 	(9)
	 III-hh1c through III-hh35c
	  	II-hh1 through II-hh35	  	(6)	 	(10)
	 III-J1
	  	II-J1	  	(11)	 	(12)
	 III-J2
	  	II-J2	  	(11)	 	(13)
	 III-S1
	  	II-J1	  	(14)	 	(12)(16)

  

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	 REMIC III Interests(1)

	  	 Corresponding REMIC II
 Regular Interest (respectively)

	  	Initial
Principal
Balances

	 	REMIC III
Pass-Through
Rates

	 III-S2
	  	II-J2	  	(15)	 	(13)(16)
	 III-N
	  	II-N	  	(17)	 	(18)
	 III-P
	  	II-P	  	$100	 	(19)

	(21)	The first 162 rows each encompass anywhere from 20 to 35 regular interests in REMIC III. 

	(22)	These REMIC III Regular Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the product of (i) the initial principal balance of the Corresponding REMIC II Regular Interest and
(ii) two divided by three. 

	(23)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Corresponding Distribution
Date from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule, 1.5 multiplied by (Group I REMIC III Net WAC minus the Corresponding Interest Rate from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule); (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, Group I REMIC III Net WAC.

	(24)	These REMIC III Regular Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the Corresponding REMIC II Regular Interest divided by three.

	(25)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Corresponding Distribution
Date from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule, 3 multiplied by 1-month LIBOR, subject to a cap of 3 multiplied by the Corresponding Interest Rate from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, Group I REMIC III Net WAC.

	(26)	These REMIC III Regular Interests will have a notional principal balance equal to the principal balance of the Corresponding REMIC II Regular Interest. 

	(27)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be as follows: (i) commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Corresponding Distribution
Date from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule, the Corresponding Interest Rate from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule minus 1-Month LIBOR, subject to a floor of zero; (ii) for all Distribution Dates thereafter, zero. 

	(28)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be as follows: (i) for all Distribution Dates commencing on the Corresponding Distribution Date from the Swap
Interest Rate Schedule through and including the Corresponding Maturity Date from the Swap Maturity Date Schedule, 1.5 multiplied by (Group 

  

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 III REMIC III Net WAC minus the Corresponding Interest Rate from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule); (ii)
for all other Distribution Dates, Group II REMIC III Net WAC. 

	(29)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be as follows: (i) for all Distribution Dates commencing on the Corresponding Distribution Date from the Swap
Interest Rate Schedule through and including the Corresponding Maturity Date from the Swap Maturity Date Schedule, 3 multiplied by 1-month LIBOR, subject to a cap of 3 multiplied by the Corresponding Interest Rate from the Swap Interest Rate
Schedule (ii) for all other Distribution Dates, Group II REMIC III Net WAC. 

	(30)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be as follows: (i) for all Distribution Dates commencing on the Corresponding Distribution Date from the Swap
Interest Rate Schedule through and including the Corresponding Maturity Date from the Swap Maturity Date Schedule, the Corresponding Interest Rate from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule minus 1-Month LIBOR, subject to a floor of zero; (ii) for all
other Distribution Dates, zero. 

	(31)	These REMIC III Regular Interests will have an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal balance of the Corresponding REMIC II Regular Interest minus .01% of the
Group I Subordinated Amount, in the case of the Class III-J1 Interest and .01% of the Group II Subordinated Amount, in the case of the Class III-J2 Interest. 

	(32)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be equal to the Group I REMIC III Net WAC. 

	(33)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC III Regular Interests will be equal to the Group II REMIC III Net WAC. 

	(34)	The Class III-S1 Interest will have an initial principal balance equal to .01% of the Group I Subordinated Amount. 

	(35)	The Class III-S2 Interest will have an initial principal balance equal to .01% of the Group II Subordinated Amount. 

	(36)	Interest on these REMIC III Regular Interests will accrue as principal to the extent needed to increase the principal balance for each of these classes to an amount equal to .01% of
the Group I Subordinated Amount or Group II Subordinated Amount as applicable. 

	(37)	The Class III-N Interest will have a notional principal balance equal to the notional principal balance of the Class II-N Interest. 

	(38)	The Class III-N Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class II-N Interest. 

	(39)	The Class III-P Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class II-P Interest. 

  

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 Any amounts relating to Group I transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated in
the following manner: The sum of the REMIC Group I Swap Termination Amount and the REMIC Group I Swap Adjustment Amount will be allocated in the following order: (i) first, pro rata to the Class III-f1a through Class III-f35a Interests Class III-f1b
through Class III-f35b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (ii) second, pro rata to the Class III-O1a through Class III-O23a Interests and Class III-O1b through Class III-O23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iii) third,
pro rata to the Class III-g1a through Class III-g35a Interests and Class III-g1b through Class III-g35b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iv) fourth, pro rata to the Class III-Q1a through Class III-Q23a Interests and Class III-Q1b
through Class III-Q23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (v) fifth, pro rata to the Class III-h1a through Class III-h35a Interests and Class III-h1b through Class III-h35b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vi) sixth, pro
rata to the Class III-T1a through Class III-T23a Interests and Class III-T1b through Class III-T23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vii) seventh, pro rata to the Class III-S1a through Class III-S23a Interests and Class III-S1b
through Class III-S23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (viii) eighth, pro rata to the Class III-b1a through Class III-b34a Interests and Class III-b1b through Class III-b34b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (ix) ninth,
pro rata to the Class III-G1a through Class III-G22a Interests and Class III-G1b through Class III-G22b Interests until such classes are paid in full; and (x) tenth, pro rata to the Class III-L1a through Class III-L22a Interests and Class III-L1b
through Class III-L22b Interests until such classes are paid in full. The remaining amounts relating to Group I transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated in the following order: (i) first, if necessary, to the Class
III-S1 as described in clause (i) of the following paragraph and (ii) second, to the Class II-J1 Interest until such class is paid in full. 
  
 On each Distribution Date, all Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans shall
be allocated in the following order: (i) first, (A) to the Class III-S1 Interest until the principal balance of such Class is reduced to .01% of the Group I Subordinated Amount and (B) if necessary, to the Class III-S1 Interest until the ratio of
the principal balance of the Class III-S1 Interest to the principal balance of the Class III-S2 Interest equals the Subordinated Amount Ratio; (ii) second, in the order as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the previous paragraph, to the
classes set forth in clauses (i) through (x) in the previous paragraph, an amount equal to the REMIC Group I Swap Adjustment Amount but only to the extent that any portion of such amount has not been previously paid pursuant to this clause (ii) or
pursuant to the previous paragraph; (iii) third, pro rata, to the Class III-J1 Interest and all Class III-A, Class III-B, Class III-C, Class III-D, Class III-E, Class III-F, Class III-G, Class III-H, Class III-K, Class III-L, Class III-M, Class
III-O, Class III-Q, Class III-S, Class III-T, Class III-U, Class III-V, Class III-Y, Class III-Z, Class III-a, Class III-b, Class III-c, Class III-d, Class III-e, Class III-f, Class III-g and Class III-h Interests that have a Corresponding
Distribution Date from the Swap Interest Rate Schedule on or prior to such current Distribution Date until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (iv) fourth, to the Class III-A1a through Class III-A20a Interests and Class
III-A1b through Class III-A20b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (v) fifth, to the
Class III-B1a through 
  

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 Class III-B20a Interests and Class III-B1b through Class III-B20b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets
of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (vi) sixth, to the Class III-C1a through Class III-C21a Interests and Class III-C1b through Class
III-C21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (vii) seventh, to the Class III-D1a
through Class III-D21a Interests and Class III-D1b through Class III-D21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or
eliminated by such losses; (viii) eighth, to the Class III-E1a through Class III-E21a Interests and Class III-E1b through Class III-E21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the
subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (ix) ninth, to the Class III-F1a through Class III-F21a Interests and Class III-F1b through Class III-F21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets
of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (x) tenth, to the Class III-G1a through Class III-G22a Interests and Class III-G1b through Class III-G22b
Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xi) eleventh, to the Class III-H1a through Class
III-H22 Interests and Class III-H1b through Class III-H22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such
losses; (xii) twelfth, to the Class III-K1a through Class III-K22a Interests and Class III-K1b through Class III-K22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of
Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiii) thirteenth, to the Class III-L1a through Class III-L22a Interests and Class III-L1b through Class III-L22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of
Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiv) fourteenth, to the Class III-M1a through Class III-M22a Interests and Class III-M1b through Class
III-M22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xv) fifteenth, to the Class III-O1a
through Class III-O23a Interests and Class III-O1b through Class III-O23b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or
eliminated by such losses; (xvi) sixteenth, to the Class III-Q1a through Class III-Q23a Interests and Class III-Q1b through Class III-Q23b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the
subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xvii) seventeenth, to the Class III-S1a through Class III-S23a Interests and Class III-S1b through Class III-S23b Interests, first, pro rata between the
two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xviii) eighteenth, to the Class III-T1a through Class III-T23a Interests and Class III-T1b
through Class III-T23b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xix) nineteenth, to the
Class III-U1a 
  

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 through Class III-U32a Interests and Class III-U1b through Class III-U32b Interests, first, pro rata between the
two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xx) twentieth, to the Class III-V1a through Class III-V32a Interests and Class III-V1b through
Class III-V32b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxi) twenty-first, to the Class
III-Y1a through Class III-Y33a Interests and Class III-Y1b through Class III-Y33b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in
full or eliminated by such losses; (xxii) twenty-second, to the Class III-Z1a through Class III-Z33a Interests and Class III-Z1b through Class III-Z33b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second,
sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiii) twenty-third, to the Class III-a1a through Class III-a34a Interests and Class III-a1b through Class III-a33b Interests,
first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiv) twenty-fourth, to the Class III-b1a through Class
III-b34a Interests and Class III-b1b through Class III-b34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by
such losses; (xxv) twenty-fifth, to the Class III-c1a through Class III-c34a Interests and Class III-c1b through Class III-c34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of
Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvi) twenty-sixth, to the Class III-d1a through Class III-d34a Interests and Class III-d1b through Class III-d34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets
of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvii) twenty-seventh, to the Class III-e1a through Class III-e34a Interests and Class III-e1b through
Class III-e34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxviii) twenty-eighth, to the
Class III-f1a through Class III-f35a Interests and Class III-f1b through Class III-f35b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid
in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxix) twenty-ninth, to the Class III-g1a through Class III-g35a Interests and Class III-g1b through Class III-g35b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second,
sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; and (xxx) thirtieth, to the Class III-h1a through Class III-h35a Interests and Class III-h1b through Class III-h35b Interests,
first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, sequentially among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses. 
  
 Any amounts relating to Group II transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated in the following
manner: The sum of the REMIC Group II Swap Termination Amount and the REMIC Group II Swap Adjustment Amount will be allocated in the following order: (i) first, pro rata to the Class III-ff1a through Class III-ff35a Interests Class III-ff1b through
Class III-ff35b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (ii) second, pro rata to the Class III-OO1a through Class III-OO23a 
  

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 Interests and Class III-OO1b through Class III-OO23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iii) third, pro rata
to the Class III-gg1a through Class III-gg35a Interests and Class III-gg1b through Class III-gg35b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (iv) fourth, pro rata to the Class III-QQ1a through Class III-QQ23a Interests and Class III-QQ1b
through Class III-QQ23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (v) fifth, pro rata to the Class III-hh1a through Class III-hh35a Interests and Class III-hh1b through Class III-hh35b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vi) sixth,
pro rata to the Class III-TT1a through Class III-TT23a Interests and Class III-TT1b through Class III-TT23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (vii) seventh, pro rata to the Class III-SS1a through Class III-SS23a Interests and Class
III-SS1b through Class III-SS23b Interests until such classes are paid in full; (viii) eighth, pro rata to the Class III-bb1a through Class III-bb34a Interests and Class III-bb1b through Class III-bb34b Interests until such classes are paid in full;
(ix) ninth, pro rata to the Class III-GG1a through Class III-GG22a Interests and Class III-GG1b through Class III-GG22b Interests until such classes are paid in full; and (x) tenth, pro rata to the Class III-LL1a through Class III-LL22a Interests
and Class III-LL1b through Class III-LL22b Interests until such classes are paid in full. The remaining amounts relating to Group II transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated in the following order: (i) first, if
necessary, to the Class III-S2 as described in clause (i) of the following paragraph and (ii) second, to the Class II-J2 Interest until such class is paid in full. 
  
 On each Distribution Date, all Realized Losses, prepayments and payments of scheduled principal generated with respect to
the Group II Mortgage Loans shall be allocated in the following order: (i) first, (A) to the Class III-S2 Interest until the principal balance of such Class is reduced to .01% of the Group II Subordinated Amount and (B) if necessary, to the Class
III-S2 Interest until the ratio of the principal balance of the Class III-S1 Interest to the principal balance of the Class III-S2 Interest equals the Subordinated Amount Ratio; (ii) second, in the order as described in clauses (i) through (x) of
the previous paragraph, to the classes set forth in clauses (i) through (x) in the previous paragraph, an amount equal to the REMIC Group II Swap Adjustment Amount but only to the extent that any portion of such amount has not been previously paid
pursuant to this clause (ii) or pursuant to the previous paragraph; (iii) third, to the Class III-J2 Interest, until such class is paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (iv) fourth, to the Class III-AA1a through Class III-AA20a Interests and
Class III-AA1b through Class III-AA20b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such
losses; (v) fifth, to the Class III-BB1a through Class III-BB20a Interests and Class III-BB1b through Class III-BB20b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the
subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (vi) sixth, to the Class III-CC1a through Class III-CC21a Interests and Class III-CC1b through Class III-CC21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two
sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (vii) seventh, to the Class III-DD1a through Class III-DD21a Interests and Class
III-DD1b through Class III-DD21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses;
(viii) eighth, to 
  

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 the Class III-EE1a through Class III-EE20a Interests and Class III-EE1b through Class III-EE21b Interests, first,
pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (ix) ninth, to the Class III-FF1a through Class III-FF21a
Interests and Class III-FF1b through Class III-FF21b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated
by such losses; (x) tenth, to the Class III-GG1a through Class III-GG22a Interests and Class III-GG1b through Class III-GG22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among
the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xi) eleventh, to the Class III-HH1a through Class III-HH22a Interests and Class III-HH1b through Class III-HH22b Interests, first, pro rata between
the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xii) twelfth, to the Class III-KK1a through Class III-KK22a Interests and
Class III-KK1b through Class III-KK22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such
losses; (xiii) thirteenth, to the Class III-LL1a through Class III-LL22a Interests and Class III-LL1b through Class III-LL22b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among
the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xiv) fourteenth, to the Class III-MM1a through Class III-MM22a Interests and Class III-MM1b through Class III-MM22b Interests, first, pro rata
between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xv) fifteenth, to the Class III-OO1a through Class III-OO23a
Interests and Class III-OO1b through Class III-OO23b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated
by such losses; (xvi) sixteenth, to the Class III-QQ1a through Class III-QQ23a Interests and Class III-QQ1b through Class III-QQ23b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order
among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xvii) seventeenth, to the Class III-SS1a through Class III-SS23a Interests and Class III-SS1b through Class III-SS23b Interests, first, pro
rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xviii) eighteenth, to the Class III-TT21a through Class
III-TT23a Interests and Class III-TT1b through Class III-TT231b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or
eliminated by such losses; (xix) nineteenth, to the Class III-UU1a through Class III-UU32a Interests and Class III-UU1b through Class III-UU32b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse
numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xx) twentieth, to the Class III-VV1a through Class III-VV32a Interests and Class III-VV1b through Class III-VV32b Interests,
first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxi) twenty-first, 
  

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 to the Class III-YY1a through Class III-YY33a Interests and Class III-YY1b through Class III-YY33b Interests,
first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxii) twenty-second, to the Class III-ZZ1a
through Class III-ZZ33a Interests and Class III-ZZ1b through Class III-ZZ33b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are
paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiii) twenty-third, to the Class III-aa1a through Class III-aa33a Interests and Class III-aa1b through Class III-aa33b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and
second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxiv) twenty-fourth, to the Class III-bb1a through Class III-bb34a Interests and Class III-bb1b through
Class III-bb34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxv) twenty-fifth,
to the Class III-cc1a through Class III-cc34a Interests and Class III-cc1b through Class III-cc34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests,
until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvi) twenty-sixth, to the Class III-dd1a through Class III-dd34a Interests and Class III-dd1b through Class III-dd34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of
Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxvii) twenty-seventh, to the Class III-ee1a through Class III-ee34a Interests and Class
III-ee1b through Class III-ee34b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses;
(xxviii) twenty-eighth, to the Class III-ff1a through Class III-ff35a Interests and Class III-ff1b through Class III-ff35b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the
subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxix) twenty-ninth, to the Class III-gg1a through Class III-gg35a Interests and Class III-gg1b through Class III-gg35b Interests, first, pro rata between
the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such losses; (xxx) thirtieth, to the Class III-hh1a through Class III-hh35a Interests and
Class III-hh1b through Class III-hh35b Interests, first, pro rata between the two sets of Interests, and second, in reverse numerical order among the subsets of Interests, until such classes are paid in full or eliminated by such
losses and (xxxi) thirty-first, to the Class III-P Interest until such class is paid in full or eliminated by such losses. 
  

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 (f) The REMIC IV Regular Interests shall have the following principal balances, REMIC IV Pass-Through
Rates and Corresponding Classes of Master REMIC Certificates, as set forth in the table below: 
  

							
	 REMIC IV
 Interest

	  	 Initial Principal
 Balance

	  	 REMIC IV Pass-
 Through Rate

	 	 Corresponding Class of
Master REMIC Certificates

	 IV-Accrual1
	  	50% of the sum of the Group I Pool Balance and related Pre-Funded Amount	  	(1)	 	N/A
	 IV-Accrual2
	  	50% of the sum of the Group II Pool Balance and related Pre-Funded Amount	  	(2)	 	N/A
	 IV-A1A
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(1)	 	A-1A
	 IV-A1B
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(1)	 	A-1B
	 IV-A2A
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(2)	 	A-2A
	 IV-A2B
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(2)	 	A-2B
	 IV-A2C
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(2)	 	A-2C
	 IV-M1
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	M-1
	 IV-M2
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	M-2
	 IV-M3
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	M-3
	 IV-M4
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	M-4
	 IV-M5
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	M-5
	 IV-M6
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	M-6
	 IV-B1
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	B-1

  

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	 IV-B2
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	B-2
	 IV-B3
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	B-3
	 IV-B4
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	B-4
	 IV-C
	  	50% of the Corresponding Class Balance	  	(3)	 	C/ Overcollateralization Amount
	 IV-N
	  	(4)	  	(5)	 	N/A
	 IV-P
	  	$100	  	(6)	 	C
	 IV-I
	  	(7)	  	(7)	 	I

	(40)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC IV Regular Interests will be the weighted average of the pass-through rates of the Class III-A1a through Class III-A20a, Class III-A1b through
Class III-A20b, Class III-B1a through Class III-B20a, Class III-B1b through Class III-B20b, Class III-C1a through Class III-C21a, Class III-C1b through Class III-C21b, Class III-D1a through Class III-D21a, Class III-D1b through Class III-D21b, Class
III-E1a through Class III-E21a, Class III-E1b through Class III-E21b, Class III-F1a through Class III-F21a, Class III-F1b through Class III-F21b, Class III-G1a through Class III-G22a, Class III-G1b through Class III-G22b, Class III-H1a through Class
III-H22a, Class III-H1b through Class III-H22b, Class III-K1a through Class III-K22a, Class III-K1b through Class III-K22b, Class III-L1a through Class III-L22a, Class III-L1b through Class III-L22b, Class III-M1a through Class III-M22a, Class
III-M1b through Class III-M22b, Class III-O1a through Class III-O23a, Class III-O1b through Class III-O23b, Class III-Q1a through Class III-Q23a, Class III-Q1b through Class III-Q23b, Class III-S1a through Class III-S23a, Class III-S1b through Class
III-S23b, Class III-T1a through Class III-T23a, Class III-T1b through Class III-T23b, Class III-U1a through Class III-U32a, Class III-U1b through Class III-U32b, Class III-V1a through Class III-V32a, Class III-V1b through Class III-V32b, Class
III-Y1a through Class III-Y33a, Class III-Y1b through Class III-Y33b, Class III-Z1a through Class III-Z33a, Class III-Z1b through Class III-Z33b, Class III-a1a through Class III-a33a, Class III-a1b through Class III-a33b, Class III-b1a through Class
III-b34a, Class III-b1b through Class III-b34b, Class III-c1a through Class III-c34a, Class III-c1b through Class III-c34b, Class III-d1a through Class III-d34a, Class III-d1b through Class III-d34b, Class III-e1a through Class III-e34a, Class
III-e1b through Class III-e34b, Class III-f1a through Class III-f35a, Class III-f1b through Class III-f35b, Class III-g1a through Class III-g35a, Class III-g1b through Class III-g35b, Class III-h1a through Class III-h35a, Class III-h1b through Class
III-h35b, Class III-J1 and Class III-S1 Interests. 

  

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	(41)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC IV Regular Interests will be the weighted average of the pass-through rates of the Class III-AA1a through Class III-AA20a, Class III-AA1b
through Class III-AA20b, Class III-BB1a through Class III-BB20a, Class III-BB1b through Class III-BB20b, Class III-CC1a through Class III-CC21a, Class III-CC1b through Class III-CC21b, Class III-DD1a through Class III-DD21a, Class III-DD1b through
Class III-DD21b, Class III-EE1a through Class III-EE21a, Class III-EE1b through Class III-EE21b, Class III-FF1a through Class III-FF21a, Class III-FF1b through Class III-FF21b, Class III-GG1a through Class III-GG22a, Class III-GG1b through Class
III-GG22b, Class III-HH1a through Class III-HH22a, Class III-HH1b through Class III-HH22b, Class III-KK1a through Class III-KK22a, Class III-KK1b through Class III-KK22b, Class III-LL1a through Class III-LL22a, Class III-LL1b through Class
III-LL22b, Class III-MM1a through Class III-MM22a, Class III-MM1b through Class III-MM22b, Class III-OO1a through Class III-OO23a, Class III-OO1b through Class III-OO23b, Class III-QQ1a through Class III-QQ23a, Class III-QQ1b through Class
III-QQ23b, Class III-SS1a through Class III-SS23a, Class III-SS1b through Class III-SS23b, Class III-TT1a through Class III-TT23a, Class III-TT1b through Class III-TT23b, Class III-UU1a through Class III-UU32a, Class III-UU1b through Class
III-UU32b, Class III-VV1a through Class III-VV32a, Class III-VV1b through Class III-VV32b, Class III-YY1a through Class III-YY33a, Class III-YY1b through Class III-YY33b, Class III-ZZ1a through Class III-ZZ33a, Class III-ZZ1b through Class
III-ZZ33b, Class III-aa1a through Class III-aa33a, Class III-aa1b through Class III-aa33b, Class III-bb1a through Class III-bb34a, Class III-bb1b through Class III-bb34b, Class III-cc1a through Class III-cc34a, Class III-cc1b through Class
III-cc34b, Class III-dd1a through Class III-dd34a, Class III-dd1b through Class III-dd34b, Class III-ee1a through Class III-ee34a, Class III-ee1b through Class III-ee34b, Class III-ff1a through Class III-ff35a, Class III-ff1b through Class
III-ff35b, Class III-gg1a through Class III-gg35a, Class III-gg1b through Class III-gg35b, Class III-hh1a through Class III-hh35a, Class III-hh1b through Class III-hh35b, Class III-J2 and Class III-S2 Interests. 

	(42)	The pass-through rate for these REMIC IV Regular Interests will be the weighted average of the pass-through rates of (i) a fraction of the Class III-A1a through Class III-A20a,
Class III-A1b through Class III-A20b, Class III-B1a through Class III-B20a, Class III-B1b through Class III-B20b, Class III-C1a through Class III-C21a, Class III-C1b through Class III-C21b, Class III-D1a through Class III-D21a, Class III-D1b through
Class III-D21b, Class III-E1a through Class III-E21a, Class III-E1b through Class III-E21b, Class III-F1a through Class III-F21a, Class III-F1b through Class III-F21b, Class III-G1a through Class III-G22a, Class III-G1b through Class III-G22b, Class
III-H1a through Class III-H22a, Class III-H1b through Class III-H22b, Class III-K1a through Class III-K22a, Class III-K1b through Class III-K22b, Class III-L1a through Class III-L22a, Class III-L1b through Class III-L22b, Class III-M1a through Class
III-M22a, Class III-M1b through Class III-M22b, Class III-O1a through Class III-O23a, Class III-O1b through Class III-O23b, Class III-Q1a through Class III-Q23a, Class III-Q1b through Class III-Q23b, Class III-S1a through Class III-S23a, Class
III-S1b through Class III-S23b, Class III-T1a through Class III-T23a, Class III-T1b 

  

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 through Class III-T23b, Class III-U1a through Class III-U32a, Class III-U1b through Class III-U32b, Class
III-V1a through Class III-V32a, Class III-V1b through Class III-V32b, Class III-Y1a through Class III-Y33a, Class III-Y1b through Class III-Y33b, Class III-Z1a through Class III-Z33a, Class III-Z1b through Class III-Z33b, Class III-a1a through Class
III-a33a, Class III-a1b through Class III-a33b, Class III-b1a through Class III-b34a, Class III-b1b through Class III-b34b, Class III-c1a through Class III-c34a, Class III-c1b through Class III-c34b, Class III-d1a through Class III-d34a, Class
III-d1b through Class III-d34b, Class III-e1a through Class III-e34a, Class III-e1b through Class III-e34b, Class III-f1a through Class III-f35a, Class III-f1b through Class III-f35b, Class III-g1a through Class III-g35a, Class III-g1b through Class
III-g35b, Class III-h1a through Class III-h35a, Class III-h1b through Class III-h35b, Class III-J1 and Class III-S1 Interests, the numerator of which is the Group I Subordinated Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the Group I Pool
Balance and any amount remaining the Pre-Funding Account related to Group I and (ii) a fraction of the Class III-AA1a through Class III-AA20a, Class III-AA1b through Class III-AA20b, Class III-BB1a through Class III-BB20a, Class III-BB1b through
Class III-BB20b, Class III-CC1a through Class III-CC21a, Class III-CC1b through Class III-CC21b, Class III-DD1a through Class III-DD21a, Class III-DD1b through Class III-DD21b, Class III-EE1a through Class III-EE21a, Class III-EE1b through Class
III-EE21b, Class III-FF1a through Class III-FF21a, Class III-FF1b through Class III-FF21b, Class III-GG1a through Class III-GG22a, Class III-GG1b through Class III-GG22b, Class III-HH1a through Class III-HH22a, Class III-HH1b through Class
III-HH22b, Class III-KK1a through Class III-KK22a, Class III-KK1b through Class III-KK22b, Class III-LL1a through Class III-LL22a, Class III-LL1b through Class III-LL22b, Class III-MM1a through Class III-MM22a, Class III-MM1b through Class
III-MM22b, Class III-OO1a through Class III-OO23a, Class III-OO1b through Class III-OO23b, Class III-QQ1a through Class III-QQ23a, Class III-QQ1b through Class III-QQ23b, Class III-SS1a through Class III-SS23a, Class III-SS1b through Class
III-SS23b, Class III-TT1a through Class III-TT23a, Class III-TT1b through Class III-TT23b, Class III-UU1a through Class III-UU32a, Class III-UU1b through Class III-UU32b, Class III-VV1a through Class III-VV32a, Class III-VV1b through Class
III-VV32b, Class III-YY1a through Class III-YY33a, Class III-YY1b through Class III-YY33b, Class III-ZZ1a through Class III-ZZ33a, Class III-ZZ1b through Class III-ZZ33b, Class III-aa1a through Class III-aa33a, Class III-aa1b through Class
III-aa33b, Class III-bb1a through Class III-bb34a, Class III-bb1b through Class III-bb34b, Class III-cc1a through Class III-cc34a, Class III-cc1b through Class III-cc34b, Class III-dd1a through Class III-dd34a, Class III-dd1b through Class
III-dd34b, Class III-ee1a through Class III-ee34a, Class III-ee1b through Class III-ee34b, Class III-ff1a through Class III-ff35a, Class III-ff1b through Class III-ff35b, Class III-gg1a through Class III-gg35a, Class III-gg1b through Class
III-gg35b, Class III-hh1a through Class III-hh35a, Class III-hh1b through Class III-hh35b, Class III-J2 and Class III-S2 Interests, the numerator of which is the Group II Subordinated Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the Group II
Pool Balance and any amount remaining the Pre-Funding Account related to Group II. 
  

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	(43)	The Class IV-N Interest will have a notional principal balance equal to the notional principal balance of the Class III-N Interest. 

	(44)	The Class IV-N Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class III-N Interest. 

	(45)	The Class IV-P Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class III-P Interest. 

	(46)	The Class IV-I Interest will be an interest only regular interest and will be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the sum of the amounts distributable on the Class III-A1c
through Class III-A20c, Class III-B1c through Class III-B20c, Class III-C1c through Class III-C21c, Class III-D1c through Class III-D21c, Class III-E1c through Class III-E21c, Class III-F1c through Class III-F21c, Class III-G1c through Class
III-G22c, Class III-H1c through Class III-H22c, Class III-K1c through Class III-K22c, Class III-L1c through Class III-L22c, Class III-M1c through Class III-M22c, Class III-O1c through Class III-O23c, Class III-Q1c through Class III-Q23c, Class
III-S1c through Class III-S23c, Class III-T1c through Class III-T23c, Class III-U1c through Class III-U32c, Class III-V1c through Class III-V32c, Class III-Y1c through Class III-Y33c, Class III-Z1c through Class III-Z33c, Class III-a1c through Class
III-a33c, Class III-b1c through Class III-b34c, Class III-c1c through Class III-c34c, Class III-d1c through Class III-d34c, Class III-e1c through Class III-e34c, Class III-f1c through Class III-f35c, Class III-g1c through Class III-g35c, Class
III-h1c through Class III-h35c, Class III-AA1c through Class III-AA20c, Class III-BB1c through Class III-BB20c, Class III-CC1c through Class III-CC21c, Class III-DD1c through Class III-DD21c, Class III-EE1c through Class III-EE21c, Class III-FF1c
through Class III-FF21c, Class III-GG1c through Class III-GG22c, Class III-HH1c through Class III-HH22c, Class III-KK1c through Class III-KK22c, Class III-LL1c through Class III-LL21c, Class III-MM1c through Class III-MM22c, Class III-OO1c through
Class III-OO23c, Class III-QQ1c through Class III-QQ23c, Class III-SS1c through Class III-SS23c, Class III-TT1c through Class III-TT23c, Class III-UU1c through Class III-UU32c, Class III-VV1c through Class III-VV32c, Class III-YY1c through Class
III-YY33c, Class III-ZZ1c through Class III-ZZ33c, Class III-aa1c through Class III-aa33c, Class III-bb1c through Class III-bb34c, Class III-cc1c through Class III-cc34c, Class III-dd1c through Class III-dd34c, Class III-ee1c through Class
III-ee34c, Class III-ff1c through Class III-ff35c, Class III-gg1c through Class III-gg35c and Class III-hh1c through Class III-hh35c Interests on such Distribution Date.] 

  
 On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the Over-collateralization Amount will be payable as a reduction of the
principal balances of the Class IV-A1A, Class IV-A1B, Class IV-A2A, Class IV -A2B, Class IV-A2C, Class IV-M1, Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-B1, Class IV-B2, Class IV-B3, Class IV-B4 and Class IV-C
Interests (in the order and relative amount of such reduction to the principal balance of each class’s Corresponding 
  

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 Class of Master REMIC Certificates) and will be accrued and added to the principal balances of the Class IV-Accrual1 and
Class IV-Accrual2 Interests (in the relative amount that such increase in the Overcollateralization Amount relates to the Group I Mortgage Loans and Group II Mortgage Loans, respectively). On each Distribution Date, the increase in the principal
balance of the Class IV-Accrual1 and Class IV-Accrual2 Interests may not exceed interest accruals for such Distribution Date for the respective Class IV-Accrual Interests. In the event that (i) 50% of the increase in the related
Overcollateralization Amount exceeds (ii) interest accruals on the related Class IV-Accrual Interest for such Distribution Date, the excess for such Distribution Date (accumulated with all such excesses for all prior Distribution Dates) will be
added to any increase in the Overcollateralization Amount for purposes of determining the amount of interest accrual on the related Class IV-Accrual Interest payable as principal on the related Class IV-Accrual Interest on the next Distribution Date
pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph. 
  
 All payments
of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans and any amounts related to Group I transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated 50% to the Class IV-Accrual1 Interest and 50% to
the Class IV-A1A, Class IV-A1B, Class IV-M1, Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-B1, Class IV-B2, Class IV-B3, Class IV-B4 and Class IV-C Interests (to each such Class in an amount equal to 1/2 of the principal
paid in reduction of the principal balance of the Corresponding Class of Master REMIC Certificates) until paid in full. Notwithstanding the above, principal payments allocated to the Class C Certificates that result in the reduction of the
Overcollateralization Amount shall be allocated 50% to the Class IV-Accrual1 Interest and 50% to the Class IV-C Interest until such classes are paid in full. Realized Losses shall be applied so that after all distributions have been made on each
Distribution Date the principal balances of the Class IV-A1A, Class IV-A1B, Class IV-M1, Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-B1, Class IV-B2, Class IV-B3 and Class IV-B4 Interests are each equal to 50% of the
principal balance of its Corresponding Class of Master REMIC Certificates and the Class IV-Accrual1 Interest is equal to 50% of the sum of the Group I Pool Balance and the related Pre-Funded Amount. 
  
 All payments of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal with respect
to the Group II Mortgage Loans and any amounts related to Group II transferred from the Pre-Funding Account to REMIC I shall be allocated 50% to the Class IV-Accrual1 Interest and 50% to the Class IV-A2A, Class IV-A2B, Class IV-A2C, Class IV-M1,
Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-B1, Class IV-B2, Class IV-B3, Class IV-B4 and Class IV-C Interests (to each such Class in an amount equal to 1/2 of the principal paid in reduction of the principal balance of
the Corresponding Class of Master REMIC Certificates) until paid in full. Notwithstanding the above, principal payments allocated to the Class C Certificates that result in the reduction of the Overcollateralization Amount shall be allocated 50% to
the Class IV-Accrual2 Interest and 50% to the Class IV-C Interest until such classes are paid in full. Realized Losses shall be applied so that after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date the principal balances of the Class
IV-A2A, Class IV-A2B, Class IV-A2C, 
  

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 Class IV-M1, Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-B1, Class IV-B2, Class IV-B3 and
Class IV-B4 Interests are each equal to 50% of the principal balance of its Corresponding Class of Master REMIC Certificates and the Class IV-Accrual2 Interest is equal to 50% of the sum of the Group II Pool Balance and the related Pre-Funded
Amount. 
  
 (g) The following table sets forth characteristics of
the Certificates, each of which (other than the Class R Certificates and, with respect to the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates, other than its Cap Contract Rights) is hereby designated as a “regular
interest” in the Master REMIC: 
  

							
	 Class of Certificates

	  	 Initial Certificate
Principal
 Balance

	 	 	 REMIC
 Pass-Through
 Rate

	 Class A-1A
	  	$	1,279,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 13% and (ii) LIBOR + Certificate Margin (1)
	 Class A-1B
	  	$	319,800,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (1)
	 Class A-2A
	  	$	268,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (2)
	 Class A-2B
	  	$	131,100,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (2)
	 Class A-2C
	  	$	107,100,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (2)
	 Class M-1
	  	$	95,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class M-2
	  	$	51,250,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class M-3
	  	$	43,750,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class M-4
	  	$	22,500,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class M-5
	  	$	32,500,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class M-6
	  	$	25,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class B-1
	  	$	25,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class B-2
	  	$	25,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class B-3
	  	$	25,000,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class B-4
	  	$	18,750,000	 	 	the lesser of (i) 11% and (ii)LIBOR + Certificate Margin (3)
	 Class C-1 (4)
	  	 	(5	)	 	(5)
	 Class C-2 (4)
	  	 	(6	)	 	(7)
	 Class C-3 (4)
	  	$	100	 	 	(8)
	 Class I
	  	 	(9	)	 	(10)
	 Class R
	  	 	(11	)	 	(11)

	(47)	Subject to the Group I REMIC Available Funds Cap. 

	(48)	Subject to the Group II REMIC Available Funds Cap. 

	(49)	Subject to the Subordinate REMIC Available Funds Cap. 

	(50)	The Class C Certificates will represent three regular interests in the Master REMIC, the Class C-1, Class C-2 and Class C-3 Interest. 

	(51)	The Class C-1 Interest will have a principal balance equal to $31,249,900 but will not bear interest on this principal balance. Instead the Class C-1 Interest will bear

  

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 interest on its notional principal balance. The Class C-1 Interest will have a notional principal balance
equal to the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans plus any outstanding Pre-Funded Amount. The REMIC Pass-Through Rate for the Class C-1 Interest will be the excess of: (I) the weighted average of the pass-through rates on the REMIC IV
Regular Interests (other than the Class IV-I and Class IV-N Interests) over (II) the product of: (A) two and (B) the weighted average pass-through rate of the REMIC IV Regular Interests (other than the Class IV-I and Class IV-N Interests) where the
Class IV-Accrual Interests and the Class IV-C Interest are subject to a cap equal to zero, and the remaining classes are subject to a cap equal to the REMIC Pass-Through Rates on their respective Corresponding Classes of Master REMIC Regular
Interests. 

	(52)	The Class C-2 Interest will have a notional principal balance equal to the notional principal balance of the Class IV-N Interest. 

	(53)	The Class C-2 Interest is entitled to all distributions on the Class IV-N Interest. 

	(54)	The Class C-3 Interest are entitled to all distributions on the Class IV-P Interest. 

	(55)	The Class I Certificates will have a notional principal balance equal to the Class IV-I notional principal balance. 

	(56)	The REMIC Pass-Through Rate for the Class I Certificate shall be 100% of the pass-through rate on the Class IV-I Interest. 

	(57)	The Class R Certificates will represent the beneficial ownership of the R-I, R-II, R-III, R-IV and R-V Interests. On each Distribution Date, available funds, if any, remaining in
any of the REMICs after payments of interest and principal, as designated above, will be distributed to the Class R Certificate. It is expected that there shall not be any distributions on the Class R Certificate. 

  
 (h) For federal income tax purposes, the “latest possible maturity
date” for each of the REMIC I Regular Interests, REMIC II Regular Interests, REMIC III Regular Interests, REMIC IV Regular Interests and Master REMIC Regular Interests is hereby set to be the Distribution Date of March 2035. 
  

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