EXHIBIT 3.1
Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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          (a) Exhibits


                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                     COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.

          THE UNDERSIGNED, in order to form a corporation for the purposes
hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                     NAME
                                     ----

          The name of the Corporation is: Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc.
(the "Corporation").

                                  ARTICLE II

                               REGISTERED AGENT
                               ----------------

          The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State
of Delaware is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, New Castle County,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at
such registered office is The Corporation Trust Company.

 
                                  ARTICLE III

                                    PURPOSE
                                    -------

          The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as now or hereafter in force.

                                  ARTICLE IV

                                 CAPITAL STOCK
                                 -------------

          Section 1. The total number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is Thirty Million (30,000,000),
consisting of Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares of Common Stock having a par
value of $0.01 per share.

          Section 2. All persons who shall acquire stock in the Corporation
shall acquire the same subject to the provisions of this Certificate of
Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company.

          Section 3. Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the owner thereof
to vote at the rate of one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                     PROVISIONS FOR DEFINING, LIMITING AND
                       REGULATING CERTAIN POWERS OF THE
                       CORPORATION AND OF THE DIRECTORS
                               AND STOCKHOLDERS
                     -------------------------------------

          Section 1. The number of Directors shall be determined by or in the
manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from
time to time. The names and mailing addresses of the persons who shall serve as
directors until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their
successors are duly elected and qualified are:

          David S. Loeb
          Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc.
          155 North Lake Avenue
          Pasadena, California 91109

          Angelo R. Mozilo
          Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc.
          155 North Lake Avenue
          Pasadena, California 91109

          Frederick J. Napolitano
          Pembroke Enterprises, Inc.
          281 Independence Boulevard
          Suite 626
          Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462

          Harley W. Snyder
          Harley Snyder Company
          407 East Lincoln Way
          Valparaiso, Indiana 46383

          Jack Carlson
          9901 Bluegrass Road 
          Potomac, Maryland 20854

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          Robert J. Donato
          PaineWebber Incorporated
          700 South Flower Street
          Los Angeles, California 90017

The powers of the Incorporator shall terminate upon the filing of this
Certificate of Incorporation.

          Section 2. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby
empowered to authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of capital
stock, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the Board
of Directors may deem advisable, subject to such limitations as may be set forth
in this Certificate of Incorporation or in the Bylaws of the Corporation or in
the Delaware General Corporation Law.

          Section 3. No holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation
shall, as such holder, have any right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of
the capital stock of the Corporation or any other security of the Corporation
which it may issue or sell (whether out of the number of shares authorized by
this Certificate of Incorporation, or out of any shares of the capital stock of
the Corporation hereafter authorized or acquired by it after the issue thereof,
or otherwise) other than such right, if any, as the Board of Directors, in its
discretion, may determine.

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          Section 4. A Director of this Corporation shall not be personally
liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a Director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the
Directors's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director derived any
improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended
after the date hereof to permit the further elimination or limitation of the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a Director of the
Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended. Any repeal or modification
of this Section 4 of Article V by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not
adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
 
          Section 5. The Corporation shall indemnify and shall advance expenses
to each Director, officer, employee and agent of this Corporation to the fullest
extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as now or hereafter in
force. The indemnification provided by this Section shall

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not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and the
Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt bylaws and/or enter into
agreements whereby the Corporation agrees to indemnify and advance expenses to
its Directors, officers, employees and agents.
 
          Section 6. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may make, alter
or repeal from time to time any of the Bylaws of the Corporation except any
particular Bylaw which is specified in the Bylaws as not subject to alteration
or repeal by the Board of Directors.
 
          Section 7. The Board of Directors may authorize, subject to such
approval of stockholders and other conditions, if any, as may be required by any
applicable statute, bylaw, rule or regulation, the execution and performance by
the Corporation of one or more agreements with any person, corporation,
association, company, trust, partnership (limited or general) or other
organization whereby, subject to the supervision and control of the Board of
Directors, any such other person, corporation, association, company, trust,
partnership (limited or general), or other organization shall render or make
available to the Corporation managerial,
 

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investment, advisory and/or related services, office space and other services
and facilities (including the management or supervision of the investments of
the Corporation) upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in such
agreement or agreements (including the compensation payable thereunder by the
Corporation).
 
          Section 8. The Board of Directors may authorize any agreement of the
character described in Section 7 of this Article V or other contract or
transaction with any one or more Directors or officers or between the
Corporation and any other corporation, partnership (limited or general),
association, trust, company or other organization in which one or more of the
Corporation's Directors or officers are directors or officers, or similar
parties, or otherwise have a financial interest, and no such agreement, contract
or transaction shall be void or voidable solely by reason of the existence of
any such relationship or solely because the Director or officer so interested is
present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee
thereof which authorizes the agreement, contract or transaction, or solely
because such Director's votes are counted for such purpose if: (i) the material
facts as to the Director's or officer's relationship or interest and as to the
agreement or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or

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such committee and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes,
approves or ratifies the agreement, contract or transaction by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the disinterested Directors, even though the disinterested
Directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to such
Director's or officer's relationship or interest and as to the agreement or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote
thereon, and the agreement, contract or transaction is authorized, approved or
ratified in good faith by a majority of votes cast by the stockholders entitled
to vote other than the votes of shares owned of record or beneficially by the
interested Director or officer; or (iii) the agreement, contract or transaction
is fair to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified
by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Any Director
of the Corporation who is also a director, officer, stockholder or member of
such other entity may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes any such
agreement, contract or transaction. If such a Director votes at a meeting to
approve or disapprove a transaction as described in this Section, such vote
shall not affect the validity of such a transaction provided the provisions of
this Section are otherwise satisfied.

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          Section 9. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the
stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual meeting
or at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. No action may be
taken by the written consent of the stockholders. Action need not be by written
ballot unless the chairman of the meeting shall so direct.

          Section 10. The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the
Board of Directors included in the foregoing shall in no way be limited or
restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of
this or any other Article of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, or construed as or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner
to exclude or limit the powers conferred upon the Board of Directors under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as now or hereafter in force.

                                   ARTICLE VI

               RESTRICTION ON ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF SHARES
               -------------------------------------------------

          Section 1. Whenever it is deemed by the Board of Directors to be
prudent in protecting the status of the Corporation as a "real estate
investment trust" under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), the

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Board of Directors may require to be filed with the Corporation as a condition
to permitting any proposed transfer, and/or the registration of any transfer, of
shares of the Corporation a statement or affidavit from any proposed transferee
setting forth the number of shares already owned after application of the
attribution rules (the "Attribution Rules") of Section 544 of the Code by the
transferee and any related person(s) specified in the form prescribed by the
Board of Directors for that purpose. All contracts for the sale or other
transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be subject to this provision.

          Section 2. As a condition to the transfer and/or registration of
transfer of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation which would result in
any stockholder owning, directly or indirectly, shares in excess of 9% of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the transferee of such
shares shall file with the Corporation an affidavit setting forth the number of
shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned directly and indirectly by the
person filing the affidavit. For purposes of this Section, shares of capital
stock not owned directly shall be deemed to be owned indirectly by a person if
that person or a group of which he is a member would be the beneficial owner of
such shares for purposes of Rule 13d-3, or any successor rule

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thereto, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and/or would be considered
to own such shares by reason of the Attribution Rules. The affidavit to be filed
with the Corporation shall set forth all information required to be reported in
returns filed by stockholders under Regulation 1.857-9 issued by the Internal
Revenue Service, or similar provisions of any successor regulation, and in
reports to be filed under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. The affidavit, or
an amendment thereto, must be filed with the Corporation within 10 days after
demand therefor and in any event at least 15 days prior to any transfer,
registration of transfer or transaction which, if consummated, would cause the
filing person to hold shares in excess of 9% of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Corporation. No transfer nor any registration of any
purported transfer in violation of the notice provisions of this Section shall
be valid or be given effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, compliance with the
requirements of this Section 2 shall not validate any purported transfer which
would result in any stockholder owning, directly or indirectly, shares in excess
of the "Limit" as defined in Section 4 of this Article VI.
 
          Section 3. Any acquisition of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation that would result in any stockholder owning, directly or indirectly,
shares in excess of the
 
 

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"Limit" as defined in Section 4 of this Article VI shall be void ab initio to
the fullest extent permitted under applicable law and the intended transferee of
"Excess Shares," as defined in Section 4 of this Article VI, shall be deemed
never to have had an interest therein. If the foregoing provision is determined
to be void, voidable or invalid by virtue of any legal decision, statute, rule
or regulation, then the transferee of such shares shall be deemed to have acted
as agent on behalf of the Corporation in acquiring such shares and to hold such
shares on behalf of the Corporation.
 
          Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provision herecf to the contrary,
and subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Article VI, no person, or
persons acting as a group, shall at any time directly or indirectly acquire
ownership in the aggregate of more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Corporation (the "Limit"). Shares which would, but for this
Section 4, be owned by a person or a group of persons in excess of the Limit at
any time shall be deemed "Excess Shares." For the purposes of determining and
dealing with Excess Shares, the term "ownership" shall be defined to include
shares of capital stock constructively owned by a person under the Attribution
Rules and shall also include shares of capital stock beneficially owned by a
person for purposes of Rule 13d-3, or any successor rule thereto, promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange

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Commission under the Exchange Act and the term "group" shall have the same
meaning as that term has for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of such Act. All
shares of the Corporation which any person has the right to acquire upon
exercise of outstanding rights, options and warrants, and upon conversion of any
securities convertible into shares, if any, shall be considered outstanding for
purposes of the Limit if such inclusion will cause such person to own more than
the Limit. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Corporation shall
refuse to transfer or register the transfer of, and shall instruct the transfer
agent of the Corporation to refuse to transfer or register the transfer of,
shares to the extent that, as a result of such transfer or registration of
transfer, any person would hold Excess Shares.

          Section 5. The Limit set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Article VI
and the filing requirements of Section 2 of this Article VI shall not apply to
the acquisition of shares of the Corporation by the Corporation, by an
underwriter in connection with a public offering of shares of the Corporation,
or in any transaction involving the issuance of shares by the Corporation, in
which the Board of Directors determines that the underwriter or other person or
party initially acquiring such shares will timely distribute such shares to or
among others such that, following such distribution, none of such shares will be
Excess Shares. The Board

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of Directors in its discretion may exempt from the Limit under Sections 3 and 4
of this Article VI and from the filing requirements of Section 2 of this Article
VI ownership or transfers of certain designated shares while owned by or
transferred to any subsidiary of this Corporation or to any other person in
connection with a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, liquidation or
similar transaction approved by the Board of Directors, provided that such
person has given the Board of Directors evidence and assurances acceptable to
the Board of Directors that the qualification of the Corporation as a "real
estate investment trust" under the Code would not be jeopardized thereby.
 
          Section 6. Notwithstanding Sections 3 and 4 of this Article VI, if at
any time more than 9.8% of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation has
become concentrated in the hands of a "beneficial owner" (as such term is
defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3, or any successor rule thereto promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Exchange Act), such beneficial
owner and each of his "affiliates" (as such term is defined on December 1, 1986
in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) owning any shares of capital stock of the
Corporation shall be deemed to have offered to sell to the Corporation or its
designee, on a date fixed by the Corporation, as specified in the Corporation's
notice of its or its designee's acceptance of such offer of

 

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sale, such a number of shares of capital stock sufficient, in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, to maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership of
shares of capital stock of the Corporation of such beneficial owner to no more
than the Limit. The price at which the Corporation or its designee may purchase
the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation pursuant to the
preceding sentence of this Section (the "Purchase Price") shall be equal to the
closing sales price for the shares, if then listed on a national securities
exchange, or the average of the closing sales prices for the shares if then
listed on more than one national securities exchange, or if the shares are not
then listed on a national securities exchange, the latest bid quotation for the
shares if then traded over-the-counter, on the last business day immediately
preceding the day on which the Corporation's notice of its acceptance of the
beneficial owner's and/or his affiliates' offer of sale is sent, or, if no such
closing sales prices or quotations are available, then the Purchase Price shall
be equal to the net asset value of such stock (determined on the basis of the
fair market value of the assets of the Corporation) as determined by the Board
of Directors in accordance with the provisions of applicable law. The Purchase
Price of any shares acquired by the Corporation or its designee shall be paid,
at the option of the Corporation, in cash or in the form of an unsecured,
subordinated promissory note of the

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Corporation or its designee bearing interest and having a term to maturity (to
be not less than five nor more than twenty years) as shall be determined by the
Board of Directors. Payment of the Purchase Price shall be made at such time and
in such manner as may be determined by the Board of Directors and specified in
the notice of acceptance sent to the beneficial owner and/or his affiliates.
From and after the date fixed for purchase by the Board of Directors and the
tender by the Corporation of the Purchase Price therefor, each as specified in
the Corporation's notice of its acceptance of the offer of sale, the holder of
any shares to be so purchased shall cease to be entitled to any rights as a
holder of such shares, excepting only the right to payment of the Purchase Price
fixed as aforesaid.
 
          Section 7. Nothing contained in this Article VI or in any other
provision hereof shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take
such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation
and the interests of its stockholders by preservation of the Corporation's
status as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code.
 
          Section 8. For purposes of this Article VI only, the term "person"
shall include individuals, corporations, limited partnerships, general
partnerships, joint stock

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companies or associations, joint ventures, associations, consortia, companies,
trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, common law trusts, business trusts
and other entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions
thereof; provided, however, that such term shall not include this Corporation or
any of its subsidiaries.

          Section 9. If any provision of this Article VI or any application of
any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court
having jurisdiction over the issues, the validity of the remaining provisions
shall not be affected and other applications of such provision shall be affected
only to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                                  AMENDMENTS
                                  ----------

          The Corporation reserves the right to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter,
restate or amend in any respect any provision contained in this Certificate of
Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by applicable law, and
all rights conferred on stockholders herein are granted subject to this
reservation.

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                                 ARTICLE VIII

                                 INCORPORATOR
                                 ------------
 
          The name of the incorporator is Andrea J. Melville. The Incorporator's
mailing address is 400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071-2899.
 
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporator of Countrywide
Mortgage Investments, Inc. hereby executes the foregoing Certificate of
Incorporation and acknowledges the same to be her act and further acknowledges
that, to the best of her knowledge, the matters and facts set forth therein are
true in all material respects under the penalties of perjury.

Dated this  19th  day of  January, 1987.
            ----          -------

/s/ ANDREA MELVILLE
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                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                     COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.

Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
hereby certifies as follows:

     1. That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Countrywide Mortgage
Investments, Inc., (the "Corporation") resolutions were duly adopted setting
forth a proposed amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of said
corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling for the
proposal to be presented to the shareholders of the Corporation at a Special
Meeting of the Shareholders. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment
is as follows:

     RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be
     amended by revising Article IV, Section 1 thereof so that, as amended,
     Article IV, Section 1 shall read as follows:

                                 "CAPITAL STOCK
                                 --------------

          Section 1. The total number of shares of capital stock which the
     Corporation shall have authority to issue is Sixty Million (60,000,000),
     consisting of Sixty Million (60,000,000) shares of Common Stock having a
     par value of $0.01 per share."

     2. That thereafter, the Special Meeting of the Stockholders, held on
December 9, 1993, of said corporation was duly called and held, upon notice in
accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statue
were voted in favor of the amendment.

     3. That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions
of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc. has caused
this certificate to be signed by Angelo R. Mozilo, its President, and Sandor E.
Samuels, its Secretary, this 11 th day of December, 1993.

                                        BY:  /s/ Angelo R. Mozilo
                                             --------------------------------
                                             Angelo R. Mozilo
                                             President

ATTEST:

/s/ Sandor E. Samuels
- - -------------------------------
Sandor E. Samuels
Secretary


 
                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                     COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.

Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
hereby certifies as follows:

     1. That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Countrywide Mortgage
Investments, Inc., (the "Corporation") resolutions were duly adopted setting
forth proposed amendments of the Certificate of Incorporation of said
Corporation, declaring said amendments to be advisable and calling for the
proposal to be presented to the stockholders of the Corporation at the Annual
Meeting of the Stockholders. The resolutions setting forth the proposed
amendments are as follows:

     RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be
     amended by revising ARTICLE I so that, as amended, ARTICLE I shall read as
     follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                    "NAME"
                                    ------

               The name of the Corporation is: CWM Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (the
          "Corporation").

     RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
     be further amended by adding a new ARTICLE VII to read as follows and by
     renumbering the existing ARTICLES VII and VIII as ARTICLES VIII and IX,
     respectively:

                                  ARTICLE VII

                ACQUISITION OF SHARES BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS
                ----------------------------------------------

          Section 1. Whenever it is deemed by the Board of Directors to be
     prudent in avoiding

          (a) the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the
     Corporation (including the imposition of an entity-level tax on one or more
     real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") or one or more taxable
     mortgage pools in which the Corporation has acquired or plans to acquire an
     interest) or


 
          (b) the endangerment of the tax status of one or more REMICs or one or
     more taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation has acquired or plans
     to acquire an interest, the Board of Directors may require to be filed with
     the Corporation a statement or affidavit from any holder or proposed
     transferee of capital stock of the Corporation stating whether the holder
     or proposed transferee is

               (i) the United States, any state or political subdivision
          thereof, any possession of the United States, any foreign government,
          any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
          the foregoing, or any other organization that is exempt from federal
          income taxation (including taxation under the unrelated business
          taxable income provisions of the Code) (a "Disqualified Organization")
          or

               (ii) a partnership, trust, real estate investment trust,
          regulated investment company, or other pass-through entity in which a
          Disqualified Organization holds or is permitted to hold a direct or
          indirect beneficial interest (a "Pass-Through Entity").

     Any contract for the sale or other transfer of shares of capital stock of
     the Corporation shall be subject to this provision. Furthermore, the Board
     of Directors shall have the right, but shall not be required, to refuse to
     transfer any shares of capital stock of the Corporation purportedly
     transferred, if either

          (a) a statement or affidavit requested pursuant to this Section 1 has
     not been received, or

          (b) the proposed transferee is a Disqualified Organization or 
     Pass-Through Entity.

          Section 2. Any acquisition of shares of capital stock of the
     Corporation that could or would

          (a) result in the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on
     the Corporation (including the imposition of an entity-level tax on one or
     more REMICs or one or more taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation
     has acquired or plans to acquire an interest) or

          (b) endanger the tax status of one or more REMICs or one or more
     taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation has acquired or plans to
     acquire an interest shall be void ab initio to the fullest extent permitted
     under applicable law and the intended transferee of the subject shares
     shall be deemed never to have had an interest therein.


 
          If the foregoing provision is determined to be void or invalid by
     virtue of any legal decision, statute, rule or regulation, then the
     transferee of those shares shall be deemed, at the option of the
     Corporation, to have acted as agent on behalf of the Corporation in
     acquiring those shares and to hold those shares on behalf of the
     Corporation.

          Section 3. Whenever it is deemed by the Board of Directors to be
     prudent in avoiding

          (a) the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the
     Corporation (including the imposition of an entity-level tax on one or more
     REMICs or one or more taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation has
     acquired or plans to acquire an interest) or

          (b) the endangerment of the tax status of one or more REMICs or one or
     more taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation has acquired or plans
     to acquire an interest, the Corporation may redeem shares of its capital
     stock.

          Any such redemption shall be conducted in accordance with the
     procedures set forth in Section 6 of Article VI.

          Section 4. Nothing contained in this Article or in any other provision
     hereof shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take any and
     all other action as it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable
     to protect the Corporation or the interests of its stockholders by avoiding

          (a) the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the
     Corporation (including the imposition of an entity-level tax on one or more
     REMICs or one or more taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation has
     acquired or plans to acquire an interest) or

          (b) the endangerment of the tax status of one or more REMICs or one or
     more taxable mortgage pools in which the Corporation has acquired or plans
     to acquire an interest.

          Section 5. If any provision of this Article or any application of any
     such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court
     having jurisdiction over the issue, the validity of the remaining
     provisions shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with
     the determination of that court.

     2. That thereafter, the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Corporation was duly called and held on May 17, 1994, upon notice in accordance
with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at
which meeting the


 
necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the
amendments.

     3. That said amendments were duly adopted in accordance with the provisions
of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Countrywide Mortgage Investments, Inc. has caused
this certificate to be signed by Sterling Blair Albernathy, its Senior Vice
President, and Richard H. Wohl, its Secretary, this 20th day of May, 1994.

                                      BY:  /s/ Sterling Blair Abernathy
                                          ------------------------------------
                                           Sterling Blair Abernathy
                                           Senior Vice President

ATTEST:

/s/ Richard H. Wohl
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Richard H. Wohl
Secretary