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Announcement:

Moody's: No negative ratings impact on various US RMBS from transfer of servicing to Ocwen from Litton

03 Nov 2011

New York, November 03, 2011 -- Moody's Investors Service stated today that the ratings on tranches issued by 129 transactions serviced by Litton Loan Servicing, LP will not be downgraded, withdrawn or placed on review for possible downgrade, solely as a result of Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC's proposal to transfer servicing to Ocwen's own servicing platform from Litton Loan Servicing, LP's platform. On June 5, 2011, Ocwen Financial and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. entered into a Purchase Agreement in which Ocwen agreed to acquire the loans and servicing platform of Litton Loan Servicing LP. The transaction closed on September 1, 2011.

Ocwen is rated SQ2- as a primary servicer of Subprime residential mortgage loans and SQ2 as a special servicer of residential mortgage loans. Both these ratings are on review for possible downgrade. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC requested that Moody's provide its opinion to it as to whether the ratings on the Moody's-rated securities issued in the affected transactions would be downgraded, withdrawn or placed on review for possible downgrade as a result of its proposal to transfer servicing from Litton.

Moody's believed, as of the above date, that the proposed transfer of servicing to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC in and of itself would not have an adverse credit effect on the current outstanding Moody's ratings of securities issued by the below transactions. Moody's did not express an opinion as to whether this action had, or could have, other non credit-related effects that investors may or may not view positively.

In assessing the credit impact of the transfer, Moody's compared the differences in servicing practices between Litton and Ocwen, and evaluated the effect on short term cash flows to the trust as well as total pool losses.

Ocwen has acquired Litton's entire servicing platform and plans to service Litton's entire portfolio under Ocwen's servicing strategy.

The methodologies used in this rating were "Moody's Approach to Rating US Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities" published in December 2008, and "Moody's Approach to Rating Residential Mortgage Servicers" published in January 2001. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of these methodologies.

Other factors used in this rating are described in "Moody's Approach to Rating Structured Finance Securities in Default" published in November 2009, and "Updated Moody's Servicer Quality Rating Scale and Definitions" published in May 2005.

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ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-AG1

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C-Bass Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-CB3

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C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-CB1

C-BASS 2002-CB2 Trust

Salomon Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2002-CB3 C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates

C-BASS 2002-CB4 Trust

C-BASS 2002-CB5 Trust

C-BASS 2002-CB6 Trust

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2003-CB1

C-BASS 2003-CB2 Trust

C-BASS 2003-CB3 Trust

C-BASS 2003-CB4 Trust

C-BASS Series 2003-CB5, C-Bass Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates

C-BASS 2003-CB6 Trust

C-BASS 2003-RP1 Trust

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-CB1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-CB2

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C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-CB5

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C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-CB7

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C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB2

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C-BASS Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-CB4

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB5

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB6

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB7

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB8

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2005-RP1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-RP2

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB2

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB3

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB4

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB5

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB6

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB8

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-MH1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-RP1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-RP2

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-SL1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CB1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CB3

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CB4

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CB5

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CB6

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-RP1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-SL1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-SP1

C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-SP2

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Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-RES1

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Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2001-3

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2002-1

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2002-2

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2002-3

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-1

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-2

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-3

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-4

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-1

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-2

Equity One Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-3

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-4

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-5

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-1

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-2

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-3

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-4

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-5

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-6

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-A

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-B

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-C

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-D

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-A

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-B

First NLC Trust 2005-2

GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-S1

GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-S1

GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC1

GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC2

GSAMP Trust 2006-HE1

GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3

GSAMP Trust 2006-HE4

GSAMP Trust 2006-HE5

GSAMP Trust 2006-HE7

GSAMP Trust 2007-HE1

GSAMP Trust 2007-NC1

GSAMP Trust 2007-SEA1

GSAMP Trust 2005-HE5

GSAMP Trust 2006-HE8

GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2

GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-NC1

Nomura Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-FM1

Nomura Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-FM2

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2007-2

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2007-3

Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1

Ownit Mortgage Trust 2006-OT1

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-C

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-D

PPT ABS LLC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-1

Salomon Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2002-WMC1

Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-7SL

Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-10SL

Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-2SL

Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-6SL

CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-BC2

CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-BC3

GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC3

Maxim Pertsov
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653

Linda Stesney
MD - Structured Finance
Structured Finance Group
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653

Releasing Office:
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250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653

Moody's: No negative ratings impact on various US RMBS from transfer of servicing to Ocwen from Litton

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