New York, June 06, 2014 -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the ratings of eight tranches issued
by three RMBS transactions. The collateral backing these deals
primarily consists of first lien, fixed and adjustable rate "scratch
and dent" residential mortgages.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Bayview Financial Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-C
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on
Jul 20, 2012 Upgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Jul 20, 2012 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Issuer: C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2006-SC1
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on
Jul 18, 2011 Downgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Jul 18, 2011 Downgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Aug 22, 2012 Confirmed at B2 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Aug
22, 2012 Confirmed at Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2007-SP1
Cl. A-4, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on
Apr 24, 2009 Downgraded to Ba2 (sf)
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Jul
11, 2012 Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating actions are a result of the recent performance of the underlying
pools and reflect Moody's updated loss expectations on the pools.
The ratings upgraded are primarily due to the build-up in credit
enhancement due to sequential pay structure, non-amortizing
subordinate bonds, overcollateralization, and availability
of excess spread. Performance has remained generally stable from
our last review.
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "US RMBS Surveillance
Methodology" published in November 2013. Please see the Credit
Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
Factors that would lead to an upgrade or downgrade of the rating:
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 6.3% in April 2014 from 7.5%
in April 2013. Moody's forecasts an unemployment central range
of 6.5% to 7.5% for the 2014 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 2014. 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 may be found at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF370328
A list of updated estimated pool losses is being posted on an ongoing
basis for the duration of this review period and may be found at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF247004
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.
Moody's received and took into account one or more third party assessments
on the due diligence performed regarding the underlying assets or financial
instruments in these transactions and the assessments had a neutral impact
on the rating.
The analysis relies on an assessment of collateral characteristics to
determine the collateral loss distribution, that is, the function
that correlates to an assumption about the likelihood of occurrence to
each level of possible losses in the collateral. As a second step,
Moody's evaluates each possible collateral loss scenario using a
model that replicates the relevant structural features to derive payments
and therefore the ultimate potential losses for each rated instrument.
The loss a rated instrument incurs in each collateral loss scenario,
weighted by assumptions about the likelihood of events in that scenario
occurring, results in the expected loss of the rated instrument.
As the section on loss and cash flow analysis describes, 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 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.
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
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Deepika Kothari
VP - Sr Credit Officer/Manager
Structured Finance Group
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653
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Moody's takes action on $61.7 million of US Scratch and Dent RMBS issued by various issuers from 2005 to 2007