New York, October 01, 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the ratings of 26 tranches from
11 RMBS transactions backed by Subprime mortgage loans.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Aames Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-1
Cl. M6, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Apr 1,
2013 Affirmed Caa1 (sf)
Issuer: Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust 2002-BC8
Cl. A3, Upgraded to A1 (sf); previously on Mar 18,
2011 Downgraded to A3 (sf)
Cl. M1, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Mar 18,
2011 Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust 2004-1
Cl. M1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Jan 24,
2014 Upgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Cl. M2, Upgraded to Baa3 (sf); previously on Jan 24,
2014 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. M4, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on May 4,
2012 Confirmed at B2 (sf)
Cl. M5, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Jan 24,
2014 Upgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Cl. M6, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on Mar 18,
2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. M7, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on Mar 18,
2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. M8, Upgraded to Caa3 (sf); previously on Mar 18,
2011 Downgraded to C (sf)
Issuer: Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust, Series 2002-BC6
Cl. M1, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Mar 18,
2011 Downgraded to Caa3 (sf)
Cl. M2, Upgraded to Ca (sf); previously on May 31,
2012 Downgraded to C (sf)
Issuer: CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-BC6
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Jan 8, 2014 Downgraded to Ba2 (sf)
Issuer: CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2004-ECC2
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Apr
1, 2013 Affirmed B2 (sf)
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on
Apr 1, 2013 Affirmed Caa3 (sf)
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on
Apr 1, 2013 Affirmed C (sf)
Issuer: Fieldstone Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-5
Cl. M3, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Apr 1,
2013 Affirmed Caa1 (sf)
Issuer: Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Nov 18, 2014 Upgraded to B1 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to B2 (sf); previously on Nov
18, 2014 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Cl. M-6, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Nov
18, 2014 Upgraded to Caa3 (sf)
Cl. M-7, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on
Mar 8, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Issuer: MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2003-OPT1
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Apr
1, 2013 Affirmed Caa2 (sf)
Issuer: MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC1
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Nov
7, 2014 Upgraded to B3 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on
Mar 11, 2011 Downgraded to C (sf)
Cl. M-6, Upgraded to Ca (sf); previously on Mar
11, 2011 Downgraded to C (sf)
Issuer: MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC3
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Nov
7, 2014 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The upgrades are a result of improving performance of the related pools
and/or build-up in credit enhancement of the tranches. The
actions reflect the recent performance of the underlying pools and Moody's
updated loss expectations on the pools.
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 5.1% in August 2015 from 6.1%
in August 2014. Moody's forecasts an unemployment central range
of 5% to 6% for the 2015 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 2015. 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_SF418737
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_SF345728
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 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.
Minxi Qiu
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Mark Branton
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's upgrades $131 Million of Subprime RMBS issued from 2002 to 2004