MOODY'S RATES BANC OF AMERICA'S 2003-A JUMBO MORTGAGE DEAL
Approximately $859 Million of Mortgage Backed Securities Rated.
New York, February 26, 2003 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned the rating of Aaa to the non-residual,
senior certificates, other than the Class 2-A-9 certificates,
issued in the Banc of America 2003-A securitization of jumbo mortgage
loans. Moody's assigned a Aa1 rating to the Class 2-A-9
certificates. Moody's said the transaction's underlying hybrid
adjustable-rate loans are of excellent credit quality.
According to Carlos Maymi, a Moody's analyst, the rating
assignments are based primarily on the credit enhancement provided through
subordination. Given the initial certificate amounts, this
credit enhancement equals 2.75% for the senior certificates.
The sufficiency of this credit enhancement is a reflection of the characteristics
of the loan pools serving as collateral, of the historical performance
of Bank of America's jumbo mortgage loans and of the company's proven
abilities as a servicer.
The loans supporting this transaction are 3/1, 5/1 and 7/1 hybrid
ARM loans. The interest rate of the loans remains fixed over the
loan's initial period of three, five and seven years, respectively,
and becomes adjustable annually thereafter. These loans are secured
by first liens on one- to four-family homes. In addition,
some of the 5/1 hybrid loans have no scheduled amortization through their
initial fixed-rate interest period. These interest-only
loans are included in Group 3 of the transaction.
The loans collateralizing this transaction are divided in four groups
depending on the length of their initial fixed-rate period and
whether the loans have scheduled amortization. The four groups
are of strong credit quality with weighted average credit scores ranging
from 736 for Group 3 to 743 for Group 4. The weighted average loan-to-value
(LTV) ratio for the loan pools is low ranging from 59 for Group 3 to 67
for Group 1.
The capital structure used in the Series 2003-A transaction makes
use of super senior and super senior support certificates. The
super senior support class, 2-A-9, has the same
credit enhancement support level as other senior, Aaa-rated
classes in this transaction. This implies that the super-senior
support certificate has a probability of default consistent with that
of other senior certificates in the transaction. However,
in certain scenarios, the super-senior support class would
assume losses otherwise attributable to the super senior class it supports.
In these scenarios, the loss of yield applicable to the super-senior
support certificates would exceed levels consistent with Moody's Aaa rating.
For this reason, the rating of the super senior support class is
Aa1, lower than the Aaa rating assigned to other senior certificates
with similar credit enhancement support.
The complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Banc of America Mortgage 2003-A Trust
Issue: Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-A
$112,965,000 Variable-Rate Class 1-A-1
Certificates, rated Aaa
$151,500,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-1
Certificates, rated Aaa
$50,000,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-2
Certificates, rated Aaa
$75,178,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-3
Certificates, rated Aaa
$58,377,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-4
Certificates, rated Aaa
$47,923,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-5
Certificates, rated Aaa
$41,363,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-6
Certificates, rated Aaa
$63,041,500 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-7
Certificates, rated Aaa
$75,000,000 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-8
Certificates, rated Aaa
$2,062,500 Variable-Rate Class 2-A-9
Certificates, rated Aa1
Interest Only, Class 2-A-7 Certificates, rated
Aaa
$117,264,000 Variable-Rate Class 3-A-1
Certificates, rated Aaa
$62,615,000 Variable-Rate Class 4-A-1
Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,374,196 Principal Only Class A-P Certificates,
rated Aaa
The mortgage loans underlying the transaction will be serviced by Bank
of America, N.A. (BANA). Headquartered in Charlotte,
North Carolina. BANA is a highly capable servicer of first mortgage
loans, primarily due to its state-of-the-art
technological capabilities and proven expertise in default management
and loss mitigation.
Additional research is available on http://www.moodys.com.
New York
Pramila Gupta
Managing Director
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653
New York
Carlos A. Maymi
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653