New York, September 18, 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the ratings of 28 tranches from
14 transactions, backed by manufactured housing loans, and
issued between 1995 and 2005.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Conseco Finance Securitization Corp. Series 2002-2
Class A-2, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Aug 31,
2004 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
Class M-1, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Dec 14,
2010 Downgraded to B3 (sf)
Issuer: CountryPlace Manufactured Housing Contract 2005-1
Cl. A-3, Upgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously on
Nov 22, 2011 Downgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Financial Guarantor: Ambac Assurance Corporation (Segregated Account
- Unrated)
Issuer: CSFB Manufactured Housing Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2002-MH3
Cl. A, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 14,
2010 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Dec
14, 2010 Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1995-06
M-1, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Aug 2,
2006 Confirmed at Baa2 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1995-09
M-1, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 29,
2003 Downgraded to A2 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1996-04
A-6, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A2 (sf)
A-7, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A2 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1997-04
A-5, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
A-6, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
A-7, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1997-05
A-5, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A2 (sf)
A-6, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A2 (sf)
A-7, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to A2 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1998-01
A-4, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to Baa2 (sf)
A-5, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to Baa2 (sf)
A-6, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Dec 13,
2004 Downgraded to Baa2 (sf)
Issuer: Green Tree Financial Corporation MH 1998-02
A-5, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Mar 30,
2009 Downgraded to Ba1 (sf)
A-6, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Aug 2,
2006 Downgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Issuer: Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract Trust 2002-A
Cl. B-2, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Dec 6, 2004 Downgraded to B2 (sf)
Issuer: Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series
1999-A
A-2, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Sep 23,
2009 Confirmed at Ba1 (sf)
A-3, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Sep 23,
2009 Confirmed at Ba1 (sf)
A-4, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Sep 23,
2009 Confirmed at Ba1 (sf)
A-5, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Sep 23,
2009 Confirmed at Ba1 (sf)
Issuer: Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Senior/Subordinate
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-A
Cl. A-6, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Mar 30, 2009 Downgraded to B2 (sf)
Cl. A-7, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Mar 30, 2009 Downgraded to B1 (sf)
Issuer: UCFC Funding Corporation 1997-3
A-4, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Dec 16,
2011 Upgraded to A3 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The actions are a result of the recent performance of manufactured housing
loans backed pools and reflect Moody's updated loss expectations on the
pools.
Today's rating action consists of 28 upgrades. The upgrades are
primarily due to the build-up in credit enhancement due to sequential
pay structures and non-amortizing subordinate bonds. Performance
has remained generally stable from our last review.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "US RMBS Surveillance
Methodology" published in June 2013. Please see the Credit
Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
The primary source of assumption uncertainty is the uncertainty in our
central macroeconomic forecast and performance volatility due to servicer-related
issues. The unemployment rate fell from 8.1% in August
2012 to 7.3% in August 2013. Moody's forecasts an
unemployment central range of 7.0% to 8.0%
for the 2013 year. Moody's expects house prices to continue to
rise in 2013. 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, updated estimated
pool losses, and sensitivity analysis may be found at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF342107
For more information please see www.moodys.com.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
Moody's did not receive or take into account a third party assessment
on the due diligence performed regarding the underlying assets or financial
instruments related to the monitoring of these transactions in the past
six months.
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 rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular
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 rating action, and
whose ratings may change as a result of this 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.
Max Erick Sauray
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Bruce D. Fabrikant
Senior Vice President
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's takes action on $273.9 million of manufactured housing securities issued between 1995 and 2005