New York, July 08, 2011 -- Moody's Investors Service has placed 5 tranches from three subprime RMBS
transactions on review for possible downgrade. These tranches may
be affected by cash flow disruptions in the coming months post a servicing
transfer to Ocwen Financial Corp from Litton Loan Servicing LP.
In addition, Moody's has downgraded one tranche from GSAMP
2007-H1. This tranche is being placed on review for further
downgrade due to the servicing transfer. The collateral backing
these deals primarily consists of first-lien adjustable-rate
subprime residential mortgages
RATINGS RATIONALE
Three tranches affected by today's actions are short cash flow tranches
where full receipt of principal is dependent on the timing of losses and
principal payments in the related transactions. The short cash
flow tranches currently are first in line to receive all principal allocation
from their related collateral groups. However, once their
supporting mezzanine tranches are fully written down due to collateral
losses, the short cash flow tranches will pay pro rata with other
outstanding senior tranches in their respective deals. Therefore,
if the short cash flow tranches are not paid off by the time of mezzanine
write down, they will likely experience principal losses.
The purchase could temporarily disrupt RMBS cash flows because Ocwen may
pursue both more loan modifications and tighter advances on delinquent
loans than Litton has. A tighter advancing policy in this case
means that Ocwen may deem as non-recoverable the advances made
in the past by Litton and will seek to reimburse itself with funds from
the top of the transaction waterfall. Any collections that go toward
reimbursing advances delay payments to bondholders.
An increase in modifications, in addition to delaying the collection
of liquidation proceeds to a later date, would itself increase the
reimbursement of advances because the servicer will begin to recoup advances
upon modification. Ocwen over the past several years has pursued
modifications more rapidly than Litton has, indicating that a decrease
in liquidations of Litton's loans would follow the acquisition.
Three other tranches issued by Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-4
and currently rated Aaa(sf) are being placed on review due to potential
interest shortfalls if cash flows are disrupted.
The primary source of assumption uncertainty is the rate of realized losses
reducing the balance of the mezzanine certificates, and the cash
flow disruptions affecting the amount of principal that would normally
be used to pay off the principal balance of these short cash flow tranches.
The principal methodology used in these ratings is described in the Monitoring
and Performance Review section in "Moody's Approach to Rating US Residential
Mortgage-Backed Securities" published in December 2008.
Other factors used in these ratings are described in "Moody's Approach
to Rating Structured Finance Securities in Default" published in
November 2009. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of these methodologies.
Complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Fremont Home Loan Trust 2006-2
Cl. II-A-2, A2 (sf) Placed Under Review for
Possible Downgrade; previously on Apr 29, 2010 Confirmed at
A2 (sf)
Issuer: GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3
Cl. A-2B, Aa2 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible
Downgrade; previously on Jun 21, 2010 Confirmed at Aa2 (sf)
Issuer: GSAMP Trust 2007-H1
Cl. A-1A, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf) and Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Sep 17, 2010 Confirmed
at A2 (sf)
Issuer: Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-4
Cl. A-1, Aaa (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible
Downgrade; previously on Aug 5, 2010 Confirmed at Aaa (sf)
Cl. A-2A2, Aaa (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible
Downgrade; previously on Aug 5, 2010 Confirmed at Aaa (sf)
Cl. A-2B, Aaa (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible
Downgrade; previously on Aug 5, 2010 Confirmed at Aaa (sf)
A list of these actions including CUSIP identifiers may be found at:
Excel:http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF254614
For more information please see www.moodys.com.
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this announcement provides relevant 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
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Qiuzi Huang
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Moodys's places six subprime RMBS on review for possible downgrade due to Ocwen's Acquisition of Litton Loan Servicing