Freddie Mac Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide 5103.5 — Living Trust

This section contains information related to: ■ Special underwriting requirement ■ Trust requirements ■ Property type, occupancy and ownership requirements ■ Title and title insurance requirements ■ Required signatures; forms of signature ■ Seller review ■ The Mortgage file ■ Delivery requirements ■ Additional information The Seller warrants and represents that the Living Trust meets Freddie Mac’s revocability and all other eligibility requirements as of the Delivery Date and the Funding Date. A Living Trust is an eligible Borrower for a Home Mortgage if it meets all of the requirements in this section:

(a) Special underwriting requirement The Mortgage applicants must include an Underwritten Settlor (or at least one Underwritten Settlor if there is more than one Settlor).

(b) Trust requirements The Trust must meet the following requirements: ■ The Settlor (or each Settlor, if there is more than one) is the primary beneficiary of the trust ■ The trustee(s) must be the Settlor (or at least one Settlor if there is more than one) or a Settlor and one or more co-trustees. A financial institution customarily engaged in trust functions in the applicable jurisdiction may serve as a co-trustee. ■ The trustee(s) must be specifically authorized to: ❑ Borrow money for the benefit of an Underwritten Settlor ❑ Purchase, construct or encumber realty to secure a loan to an Underwritten Settlor

(c) Property type, occupancy and ownership requirements The Mortgage must be secured by one of the following: ■ 1- to 4-unit Primary Residence occupied by an Underwritten Settlor ■ Second home occupied for some portion of the year by an Underwritten Settlor, or ■ 1- to 4-unit Investment Property If a Living Trust is a Borrower, then: ■ The occupancy of the property/Mortgaged Premises by an Underwritten Settlor of that Living Trust will be considered to be occupancy by the Borrower of the property/Mortgaged Premises ■ The Underwritten Settlor is an individual who is deemed to be the owner of the property/Mortgaged Premises

(d) Title and title insurance requirements (i) Title The title to the property must be vested in the trustee(s) on behalf of the trust (or in such other manner as is customary in the jurisdiction for Living Trusts). (ii) The title insurance policy The title insurance policy must: ■ State that title to the Mortgaged Premises is vested in the trustee(s) on behalf of the Living Trust (or in such other manner as is customary in the jurisdiction for Living Trusts) ■ Not list any exceptions arising from the trust ownership of the property (iii) Seller verification The Seller must verify that: ■ Title vested in the trustee(s) on behalf of the trust (or in such other manner as is customary in the jurisdiction for Living Trusts) does not lessen in any way Freddie Mac’s interest in the Mortgage, such as Freddie Mac’s ability to obtain clear and marketable title to the Mortgaged Premises in the event of a foreclosure of the Mortgage ■ The title insurance policy provides full title insurance protection to Freddie Mac

(e) Required signatures; forms of signature The required forms of signatures (Note) and required forms of signatures and acknowledgment (Security Instrument) are listed in the tables below. If the Seller elects to use the Note with signature addendum to the Note (“Signature Addendum”) alternative: ■ The form of Signature Addendum, and its use, must comply with all applicable laws ■ The use of the Signature Addendum must result in a properly signed and legally enforceable Note ■ The Signature Addendum must not impair Freddie Mac’s status as a “holder in due course” or any of Freddie Mac’s rights under the Purchase Documents ■ The Seller indemnifies Freddie Mac from any loss or damage Freddie Mac may incur as a result of the use of the Signature Addendum Living Trusts: Note signature Loan documents Required forms of signatures (See Exhibit 9A, Note Signature Forms for Living Trusts) Note ■ Each Underwritten Settlor individually; and ■ One or more trustees on behalf of the trust, indicating the complete legal name of the trust, using the form prescribed in Exhibit 9A. An Underwritten Settlor executing the Note both individually and as a trustee must use one of the methods prescribed in Exhibit 9A. Note with Signature Addendum alternative ■ May be used if there is not enough space on the Note for the signatures of the trustee(s). The Note must clearly reference the existence of the Signature Addendum. ■ Each Underwritten Settlor (regardless of whether the Underwritten Settlor also is signing as a trustee) must sign individually in the Borrower’s signature lines on the Note itself; only the signature(s) of the trustee(s) may be included on the Signature Addendum Signature Addendum requirements The Signature Addendum must: ■ Be permanently affixed to the Note ■ Clearly identify the Note by referencing the following: ❑ Name(s) of the Borrower(s) ❑ Note Date ❑ Property address ❑ Original principal balance of the Note Living Trust: Security Instrument Loan documents Required forms of signatures and acknowledgment (See Exhibit 9B, Security Instrument Signature and Acknowledgement Forms for Living Trusts) Security Instrument ■ Executed by the trustee(s) on behalf of the trust, indicating the complete legal name of the trust, using the form prescribed in Exhibit 9B ■ Acknowledged by each Underwritten Settlor on the Security Instrument in the form prescribed by Exhibit 9B Security Instrument with rider as alternative form of Underwritten Settlor acknowledgment ■ The Security Instrument is executed by the trustee(s) on behalf of the trust, indicating the complete legal name of the trust ■ The Seller may use a rider to the Security Instrument that meets all of the requirements in Exhibit 9B, including that the rider is: ❑ Signed by the trustee(s) of the Living Trust; and ❑ Acknowledged by each Underwritten Settlor of the Living Trust Note: The Seller may exclude any institutional trustee and any individual trustee who is not an Underwritten Settlor from personal liability under the Note and the Security Instrument, provided that: ■ The Seller verifies that such exclusion applies specifically to that trustee, and the Seller excludes only that trustee from liability; and ■ Such exclusion does not impair the exercise of any rights and remedies under the Note and/or the Security Instrument

(f) Seller review The Seller must review: ■ Either (a) the trust agreement for the Living Trust or (b) an abstract, certification or other summary of the trust agreement if and to the extent the laws of the applicable jurisdiction require or permit a third party dealing with a trustee to rely on such abstract, certification or other summary. Based on such review, the Seller must determine that: ❑ The Settlor (or each Settlor, if there is more than one) has retained the power to revoke or amend the trust ❑ There is specific authorization for the trustee(s) to borrow money and to purchase, construct or encumber realty as more fully described in Section 5103.5(b) above ❑ There is no unusual risk or impairment of lenders’ rights (such as distributions required to be made in specified amounts from other than net income) ❑ The beneficiary need not grant written consent for the trust to borrow money or, if such consent is required, it has been granted in writing for purposes of the Mortgage ❑ If the trust agreement requires more than one trustee to borrow money or to purchase, construct or encumber realty, that the requisite number of trustees have signed the loan documents ■ The deed conveying the Mortgaged Premises to the trustee or trust to verify that title is vested in the trustee(s) on behalf of the Living Trust (or is vested in such other manner as is customary in the jurisdiction for Living Trusts)

(g) The Mortgage file In addition to other requirements in the Purchase Documents, when the Borrower is a Living Trust, the Mortgage file also must contain either: ■ A complete copy of the trust agreement, or ■ An abstract, certification or other summary of the trust agreement if and to the extent the laws of the applicable jurisdiction require or permit a third party dealing with a trustee to rely on such abstract, certification or other summary

(h) Delivery requirements See Section 6302.9 for special delivery requirements when the Borrower is a Living Trust.

(i) Additional information For additional information related to this section, see Document Custodian Procedures Handbook, Chapter 3, Document Delivery and Processing Procedures, Borrower’s Signature.