New York, May 03, 2018 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has upgraded ratings of 35 tranches
from 23 US residential mortgage backed transactions (RMBS), backed
by Second lien and Prime Jumbo loans, issued by multiple issuers.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: CSFB Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2005-HF1
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Jul 21, 2016 Upgraded to B2 (sf)
Issuer: CWABS Master Trust Revolving Home Equity Loan Asset Backed
Notes, Series 2004-C
Notes, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Jun 10, 2010
Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: CWABS Master Trust, Series 2003-E
Notes, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Jun 7, 2017
Upgraded to Baa2 (sf)
Issuer: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-FFA
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Sep 28, 2015 Upgraded to B1 (sf)
Issuer: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-FFB
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Jun
7, 2017 Upgraded to A3 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on
Jul 21, 2016 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Issuer: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-FFC
Cl. B-2, Upgraded to A3 (sf); previously on Jun
7, 2017 Upgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Cl. B-3, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on
Jun 7, 2017 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Issuer: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-FFA
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to B2 (sf); previously on Oct
20, 2010 Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HE1
Cl. A-3, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
May 21, 2010 Confirmed at B3 (sf)
Underlying Rating: Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on May
21, 2010 Confirmed at B3 (sf)
Financial Guarantor: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (Insured
Rating Withdrawn Mar 25, 2009)
Issuer: GMACM Home Loan Trust 2001-HLTV2
Cl. A-I, Upgraded to A2 (sf); previously on Aug
16, 2016 Upgraded to Baa1 (sf)
Issuer: GMACM Home Loan Trust 2002-HLTV1
Cl. A-I, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Aug
16, 2016 Upgraded to Baa1 (sf)
Issuer: GMACM Home Loan Trust 2006-HLTV1
Cl. A-5, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Aug 25, 2016 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Underlying Rating: Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on Aug
25, 2016 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Financial Guarantor: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (Insured
Rating Withdrawn Mar 25, 2009)
Issuer: GreenPoint Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-4
Cl. A, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Nov 4,
2010 Downgraded to Caa3 (sf)
Issuer: GSAMP Trust 2005-S2
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to A3 (sf); previously on Aug
16, 2016 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on
Oct 8, 2008 Downgraded to C (sf)
Issuer: J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2004-A6
Cl. 1-A-1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. 1-A-2, Upgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Cl. 3-A-1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. 3-A-3, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. 4-A-1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. 5-A-1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Apr 29, 2011 Downgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. 5-A-2, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Issuer: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust 2005-SL2
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on
Oct 20, 2010 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Issuer: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2004-SL2
Cl. B-2, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on
Aug 25, 2016 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Issuer: Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Alternative Loan
Trust, Series 2005-S1
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Jun 7, 2017 Upgraded to B2 (sf)
Issuer: RFMSII Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HS1
Cl. A-II, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on
Jun 7, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Underlying Rating: Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Jun
7, 2017 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Financial Guarantor: Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (Insured
Rating Withdrawn Mar 25, 2009)
Issuer: Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-A
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Oct
27, 2015 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Issuer: Structured Asset Securities Corp Trust 2005-S6
Cl. M1, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Dec 14,
2015 Upgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-22SL
Cl. B-2, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Oct
7, 2015 Upgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-5SL
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Oct 7, 2015 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Issuer: Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2004-Z Trust
Cl. I-A-1, Upgraded to A3 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Baa2 (sf)
Cl. I-A-2, Upgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Cl. II-A-1, Upgraded to A3 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Baa1 (sf)
Cl. II-A-2, Upgraded to A3 (sf); previously
on Jun 1, 2017 Upgraded to Baa1 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
Today's rating actions reflect the recent performance of the underlying
pools and Moody's updated loss expectations on those pools. Today's
rating upgrades are primarily due to improvement of credit enhancement
available to the bonds and improvement in pool performances. Further,
the rating actions on Cl. M-1 and Cl. M-2
in GSAMP Trust 2005-S2 are driven by funds received by the transaction
pursuant to a WaMu Settlement in Feburary 2018, as a result of which
losses on Cl. M-2 were reimbursed and Cl. M-1
was paid down substantially. Cl. M-1 received in
$1.38 million in Feb 2018 while Cl. M-2 was
written up to $1.68 million (from $273k in prior
period), improving the subordination percentage on Cl. M-1
to 76.5% from 17.9% a year ago.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "US RMBS Surveillance
Methodology" published in January 2017. Please see the Rating
Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this
methodology.
Factors that would lead to an upgrade or downgrade of the ratings:
Ratings in the US RMBS sector remain exposed to the high level of macroeconomic
uncertainty, and in particular the unemployment rate. The
unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in March 2018 from 4.5%
in March 2017. Moody's forecasts an unemployment central range
of 3.5% to 4.5% for the 2018 year.
Deviations from this central scenario could lead to rating actions in
the sector. House prices are another key driver of US RMBS performance.
Moody's expects house prices to continue to rise in 2018. Lower
increases than Moody's expects or decreases could lead to negative
rating actions. Finally, performance of RMBS continues to
remain highly dependent on servicer procedures. Any change resulting
from servicing transfers or other policy or regulatory change can impact
the performance of these transactions.
A list of these actions including CUSIP identifiers and the associated
pool losses and tranche recoveries may be found at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF471073
For more information please see www.moodys.com.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For further specification of Moody's key rating assumptions and sensitivity
analysis, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and Sensitivity
to Assumptions of the disclosure form.
The analysis includes an assessment of collateral characteristics and
performance to determine the expected collateral loss or a range of expected
collateral losses or cash flows to the rated instruments. As a
second step, Moody's estimates expected collateral losses or cash
flows using a quantitative tool that takes into account credit enhancement,
loss allocation and other structural features, to derive the expected
loss for each rated instrument.
Moody's quantitative analysis entails an evaluation of scenarios
that stress factors contributing to sensitivity of ratings and take into
account the likelihood of severe collateral losses or impaired cash flows.
Moody's weights the impact on the rated instruments based on its
assumptions of the likelihood of the events in such scenarios occurring.
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series
or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the credit rating action on the support provider and in relation to
each particular credit rating action for securities that derive their
credit ratings from the support provider's credit rating.
For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory
disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and
in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to
the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction
structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive
rating in a manner that would have affected the rating. For further
information please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the
respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this credit rating action,
and whose ratings may change as a result of this credit rating action,
the associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit
rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating
review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to
the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Chloe Zhang
Associate Lead Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Deepika Kothari
Senior Vice President
Structured Finance Group
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