MOODY'S RATES CHASE 2003-S15 JUMBO SECURITIZATION
Approximately $497 Million of Mortgage-Backed Securities Rated.
New York, February 06, 2004 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has assigned Aaa ratings to the senior
certificates, and ratings of Aa2, A2, and Baa2 to the
mezzanine and subordinate certificates issued in Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation's (Chase) 2003-S15 jumbo mortgage securitization.
Moody's Vice President, Denise Person, explained that the
ratings are based on the quality of the underlying loans, the structure
of the transaction, and the credit support for the rated certificates
provided primarily through subordination. The ratings are also
based on Chase's experience servicing jumbo mortgage loans.
The composition of the pool is similar to that of other recent Chase jumbo
securitizations. The loans are primarily 30-year fixed-rate,
single-family, owner-occupied, residential mortgage
loans, originated by, or for, Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation in accordance with its customary underwriting policies.
The weighted average original LTV of 66.1% and the weighted
average FICO score of 725 are consistent with previous Chase transactions.
Overall geographic distribution of the pools is fair. The largest
state concentrations are California (30.3%), New York
(24.5%), New Jersey (6.4%), Florida
(5.8%), and Texas (5.4%).
THE RATING ACTIONS
The complete rating action is as follows:
Issuer: Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2003-S15
Servicer: Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
Securities: Multi-Class Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2003-S15
$30,000,0006.00%Class IA-1Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,865,0006.00%Class IA-2Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$182,732,0006.00%Class IA-3Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$3,650,0006.00%Class IA-4Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
Notional6.00%Class IA-XMulit-Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$15,000,0005.50%Class IIA-1Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$4,000,0005.75%Class IIA-2Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$4,000,0005.75%Class IIA-3Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,875,0005.50%Class IIA-4Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,875,0006.00%Class IIA-5Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,625,0005.50%Class IIA-6Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,625,0006.00%Class IIA-7Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$25,000,0005.25%Class IIA-8Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$122,598,7285.25%Class IIA-9Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$34,410,772FloatingClass IIA-10Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
NotionalFloatingClass IIA-11Mulit-Class Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, rated Aaa
$10,000,0005.50%Class IIA-12Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$13,733,5005.75%Class IIA-13Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
Notional5.75%Class IIA-14Mulit-Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$20,043,0005.75%Class IIA-15Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$2,227,0005.75%Class IIA-16Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$5,000,0005.75%Class IIA-17Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1,500,0005.00%Class IIA-18Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$3,492,010Principal OnlyClass A-PMulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
Notional5.75%Class IIA-XMulit-Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$1006.00%Class A-RMulit-Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aaa
$5,751,000VariableClass MMulit-Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, rated Aa2
$3,500,000VariableClass B-1Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, rated A2
$1,750,000VariableClass B-2Mulit-Class
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificatesrated Baa2
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation will service the mortgage loans.
Chase services one of the largest mortgage loan portfolios in the country
with a total one- to four-family residential loan servicing
portfolio of approximately $455 billion as of September 30,
2003. It is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of J.P.
Morgan Chase & Co., which has a long term senior unsecured
debt rating of A1 by Moody's.
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
Denise Person
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653