GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
REMIC MULTI-CLASS PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 1998-23
TERMS AGREEMENT
(to Underwriting Agreement
dated May 22, 1996,
between the Company and the Underwriter)
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. New York, New York
Three Executive Campus November 23, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. (the "Underwriter") agrees,
subject to the terms and provisions herein and of the captioned
Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), to
purchase the Classes of Series 1998-23 Certificates specified in
Section 2(a) hereof (the "Offered Certificates"). This Terms
Agreement supplements and modifies the Underwriting Agreement
solely as it relates to the purchase and sale of the Offered
Certificates described below. The Series 1998-23 Certificates are
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means
of an effective Registration Statement (No. 333-51151).
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings
given them in the Underwriting Agreement.
Section 1. The Mortgage Pool: The Series 1998-23
Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in a mortgage pool (the "Mortgage Pool") of
conventional, fixed rate, fully amortizing, first lien one- to
four-family residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
having the following characteristics as of November 1, 1998 (the
"Cut-off Date"):
(a) Aggregate Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool:
$521,577,060 aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off
Date, subject to a permitted variance such that the
aggregate original Certificate Principal Balance will be
not less than $495,498,200 or greater than $547,655,900.
(b) Original Terms to Maturity: The original term to
maturity of substantially all of the Mortgage Loans
included in the Mortgage Pool shall be between 20 and 30
years.
Section 2. The Certificates: The Offered Certificates shall
be issued as follows:
(a) Classes: The Offered Certificates shall be issued
with the following Class designations, interest rates and
principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the
variance referred to in Section 1(a):
Class
Principal Interest Purchase Price
Class Balance Rate Percentage
----- ------- ---- ----------
Class M $9,649,000 6.00% 91.343750%
Class B1 $4,172,000 6.00% 89.437500%
Class B2 $2,347,000 6.00% 83.750000%
(b) The Offered Certificates shall have such other
characteristics as described in the related Prospectus.
Section 3. Purchase Price: The Purchase Price for each
Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class Purchase
Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a) above) of
the initial Class Certificate Principal Balance thereof plus
accrued interest at the initial interest rate per annum from and
including the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, November 30,
1998 (the "Closing Date").
Section 4. Required Ratings: The Class M, Class B1 and
Class B2 Certificates shall have received Required Ratings of
"AA," "A" and "BBB," respectively, from Fitch IBCA Inc.
Section 5. Tax Treatment: One or more elections will be
made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Underwriter and the Company.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date hereof.
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
