New York, November 18, 2016 -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the ratings of 24 tranches from
8 transactions backed by Subprime RMBS loans.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: ABSC Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2003-HE3
Cl. M2, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on Jan 13,
2016 Upgraded to Caa3 (sf)
Issuer: Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Series
2004-R7
Cl. A-1, Upgraded to Aaa (sf); previously on
Jan 13, 2016 Upgraded to Aa2 (sf)
Underlying Rating: Upgraded to Aaa (sf); previously on Jan
13, 2016 Upgraded to Aa2 (sf)
Financial Guarantor: Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp (Affirmed at
A2, Outlook Stable on August 8, 2016)
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Jan 13, 2016 Upgraded to B3 (sf)
Cl. M-5, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Jan 13, 2016 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Cl. M-6, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Mar
29, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. M-7, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on
Mar 29, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Issuer: Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-CB3,
C-Bass Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates
Cl. B-1, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on
Mar 7, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. B-2, Upgraded to B2 (sf); previously on Mar
7, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. B-3, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on
Mar 7, 2011 Downgraded to C (sf)
Cl. B-4, Upgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on
Mar 7, 2011 Downgraded to C (sf)
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Jan 21, 2016 Upgraded to Ba3 (sf)
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Jan 21, 2016 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Issuer: CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-BC2
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Feb 1, 2016 Upgraded to B3 (sf)
Issuer: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-FF7
Cl. M1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Jan 26,
2016 Upgraded to Baa3 (sf)
Issuer: GSAMP Trust 2004-HE2
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Mar 17, 2011 Downgraded to B3 (sf)
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to B1 (sf); previously on Mar
17, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. M-4, Upgraded to Caa1 (sf); previously on
Mar 17, 2011 Downgraded to Ca (sf)
Issuer: Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC Trust 2004-OP2
Cl. B-1, Upgraded to Ca (sf); previously on Mar
3, 2014 Downgraded to C (sf)
Cl. M-1, Upgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on
Jan 20, 2016 Upgraded to B1 (sf)
Cl. M-2, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on
Jan 20, 2016 Upgraded to Ca (sf)
Cl. M-3, Upgraded to B3 (sf); previously on Mar
3, 2014 Downgraded to C (sf)
Issuer: Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust 2004-8
Cl. M1, Upgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Apr 25,
2014 Upgraded to Ba1 (sf)
Cl. M2, Upgraded to Ba2 (sf); previously on Apr 25,
2014 Upgraded to B2 (sf)
Cl. M3, Upgraded to B2 (sf); previously on Apr 25,
2014 Upgraded to Caa2 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings upgraded are primarily due to the total credit enhancement
available to the bonds. The rating 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 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 4.9% in October 2016 from 5.0%
in October 2015. Moody's forecasts an unemployment central range
of 4.5% to 5.5% for the 2016 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 2016. 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_SF442859
A list of updated estimated transaction pool losses are being posted on
an ongoing basis for the duration of this review period and may be found
at:
Excel: http://www.moodys.com/researchdocumentcontentpage.aspx?docid=PBS_SF198689
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.
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.
Xinyang Tian
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
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Structured Finance Group
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