AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PRICING SIDE LETTER

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

AND

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PRICING SIDE LETTER

Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase Agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement Amendment”) and Amendment No. 1 to Pricing Side Letter (the “Pricing Letter Amendment”, and together with the Repurchase Agreement Amendment, this “Amendment”), dated as of January 9, 2014, among CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC (the “Buyer”), EXCEL MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC. (the “Seller”), INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE SERVICE CORP. and IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC. (the “Guarantors”).

RECITALS

The Buyer, the Seller and the Guarantors are parties to that certain (a) Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2013 (the “Existing Repurchase Agreement”; as amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”) and (b) Pricing Side Letter, dated as of September 18, 2013 (the “Existing Pricing Side Letter”; as amended by this Amendment, the “Pricing Side Letter”).  The Existing Repurchase Agreement and Existing Pricing Side Letter shall be known herein as the “Existing Agreements”.  The Guarantors are parties to that certain Guaranty (the “Guaranty”), dated as of September 18, 2013, as the same may be further amended from time to time.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Agreements.

The Buyer, the Seller and the Guarantors have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Agreements be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Agreements.  As a condition precedent to amending the Existing Agreements, the Buyer has required the Guarantors to ratify and affirm the Guaranty on the date hereof.

Accordingly, the Buyer, the Seller and the Guarantors hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Agreements are hereby amended as follows:

SECTION 1.                            Definitions.  Section 1 of the Existing Pricing Side Letter is hereby amended by

1.1                               deleting subsection (x) of the definition “Asset Value” and replacing it with the following:

(x)                                 when the Purchase Price for such Purchased Mortgage Loan is added to other Purchased Mortgage Loans, the aggregate Purchase Price of all Purchased Mortgage Loans of any type of Mortgage Loan set forth below exceeds the applicable percentage listed opposite such type of Mortgage Loan as set forth below:

1.2                               deleting subsection (a) of the definition “Pricing Rate” and replacing it with the following:

“Pricing Rate” means (a) CSCOF plus the applicable percentage listed opposite the type of Mortgage Loan as set forth below:

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1.3                               deleting subsection (a) of the definition “Purchase Price Percentage” and replacing it with the following:

“Purchase Price Percentage” means, (a) the applicable percentage listed opposite the type of Mortgage Loan as set forth below:

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SECTION 2.                            Definitions.  Section 2 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by:

2.1                               adding the following definitions in their proper alphabetical order:

“Manufactured Home Loan” means a Conforming Mortgage Loan, FHA Loan or VA Loan secured by a manufactured home (as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development) provided that (a) such manufactured home is attached to a permanent foundation and is no longer transportable and (b) such Conforming Mortgage Loan, FHA Loan or VA Loan is eligible for securitization by an Agency pursuant to the terms of the applicable Agency guide.

“USDA Loan” means a first lien Mortgage Loan originated in accordance with the criteria established by and guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

2.2                               deleting the definition of “Mortgage Loan” in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“Mortgage Loan” means any first lien closed Conforming Mortgage Loan, Conforming High LTV Loan, USDA Loan, FHA Loan, Manufactured Home Loan, Jumbo Mortgage Loan or VA Loan which is a fixed or floating-rate, one-to-four-family residential mortgage or home equity loan evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a first lien mortgage, which satisfies the requirements set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines and Section 13.b hereof; provided, however, that, except with respect to Conforming High LTV Loans and as expressly approved in writing by Buyer, Mortgage Loans shall not include any “high-LTV” loans (i.e., a mortgage loan having a loan-to-value ratio in excess of (a)  with respect to FHA Loans or VA Loans, 97%, (b) with respect to Conforming Mortgage Loans (other than Conforming High LTV Loans), up to but not including 97% (provided that Conforming Mortgage Loans with an LTV of 80% or higher must be covered by primary mortgage insurance) or (c) such lower percentage set forth in the Underwriting Guidelines) or any High Cost Mortgage Loans and; provided, further, that the related Purchase Date is no more than thirty (30) days following the origination date.

SECTION 3.                            Schedule 1.  Schedule 1 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following subsection at the end of Part 1 thereof:

(eee)  Qualified Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, on and after January 10, 2014 (or such later date as set forth in the relevant regulations), (i) prior to the origination of each Mortgage Loan, the originator made a reasonable and good faith determination that the Mortgagor had a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms, in accordance with, at a minimum, the eight underwriting factors set forth in 12 CFR 1026.43(c) and (ii) each Mortgage Loan is a “Qualified Mortgage” as defined in 12 CFR 1026.43(e).

SECTION 4.                            Conditions Precedent.  Section 3 of this Amendment shall become effective as of January 10, 2014 and the remainder of this Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

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4.1                               Delivered Documents.  On the date hereof, the Buyer shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance:

(a)                                 this Amendment, executed and delivered by the Guarantors, the Buyer and the Seller; and

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

SECTION 5.                            Representations and Warranties.  The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Master Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 13 of the Master Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 6.                            Limited Effect.  Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Agreements shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and the execution of this Amendment.

SECTION 7.                            Severability. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.

SECTION 8.                            Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 9.                            GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.

SECTION 10.                     Reaffirmation of Guaranty.  The Guarantors hereby ratify and affirm all of the terms, covenants, conditions and obligations of the Guaranty and acknowledge and agree that the term “Obligations” as used in the Guaranty shall apply to all of the Obligations of Seller to Buyer under the Master Repurchase Agreement and Pricing Side Letter, as amended hereby.

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

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Pricing Side Letter