New York, November 09, 2011 -- Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the ratings of four tranches
from the CSFB Mortgage Backed Pass Through Certificates, 2001-26
transaction.
RATINGS RATIONALE
The collateral backing this deal primarily consists of first-lien,
fixed rate Alt-A residential mortgages.
This rating action is a result of missed interest payments and cumulative
interest shortfalls on these bonds. The trust owes a total of $1.3
million to Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS) for a litigation settlement.
The Trustee is paying the settlement amount from the monthly collections
received. To date, the Trust has paid $885,928.
As a result, Cl. V-A-1, Cl. V-A-2,
Cl. D-B-1, Cl. D-B-2,
and Cl. D-B-3 have experienced interest shortfalls.
In today's rating action, Cl. V-A-1,
Cl. V-A-2, Cl. D-B-1were
downgraded. The current credit enhancement and delinquency pipeline
seem to suggest stronger performance, however, the predominant
factor guiding ratings on these tranches is the persistence of shortfalls.
We will continue to monitor the cashflow for these tranches and assess
when the shortfall is cured and interest payments resume.
The principal methodology used in this rating was "Moody's Approach to
Rating US Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities" published in
December 2008. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
Other factors used in this rating are described in "Moody's
Approach to Rating Structured Finance Securities in Default" published
in November 2009.
The expected losses on this group (Pools II, III and V) is 0.9%
of original balance. If the expected losses were to increase by
10%, there would be no change in the ratings listed below.
The primary source of assumption uncertainty is the current macroeconomic
environment, in which unemployment levels remain high, and
weakness persists in the housing market. Moody's now projects house
price index to reach a bottom in the first quarter of 2012, with
a 2% remaining decline between the first quarter of 2011 and 2012,
and unemployment rate to start declining by fourth quarter of 2011.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: CSFB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2001-26
Cl. V-A-1, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Jan 4, 2002 Assigned Aaa (sf)
Cl. V-A-2, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Jan 4, 2002 Assigned Aaa (sf)
Cl. III-X, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously
on Jan 4, 2002 Assigned Aaa (sf)
Cl. D-B-1, Downgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously
on Mar 18, 2011 Downgraded to A1 (sf)
A list of these actions including CUSIP identifiers may be found at:
http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF266611
For more information please see www.moodys.com.
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