ABN AMRO's $201.5MM P-T Ctfs Series 2003-10 Rated by Fitch.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2003 ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation's (AMAC AMAC Adults Molested As Children AMAC Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities AMAC Aircraft Monitor And Control AMAC Approximate Message Authentication Code AMAC American Military Arms Corporation AMAC Asset Management Assistance Center ) multi-class mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2003-10, are rated by Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris. as follows: -- $198,949,651 classes A-1, A-2, A-P, A-X A-X Ajax, Ontario and R 'AAA'; -- $1,208,808 class M 'AA'; -- $402,936 class B-1 'A'; -- $302,202 class B-2 'BBB'; -- $201,468 class B-3 'BB'; -- $201,468 class B-4 'B'. The 'AAA' rating on the class A senior certificates reflects the 1.25% subordination provided by the 0.60% class M, 0.20% class B-1, 0.15% class B-2, 0.10% privately offered class B-3, 0.10% privately offered class B-4 and 0.10% privately offered class B-5. Fitch believes the amount of credit enhancement Credit Enhancement A method whereby a company attempts to improve its debt or credit worthiness. Notes: Credit enhancements take many different forms. An example of a credit enhancement would be conversion rights added on to a debt instrument in order to lower the issuing will be sufficient to cover credit losses, including limited bankruptcy, fraud and special hazard losses. The ratings also reflect the high quality of the underlying collateral originated by ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. (AAMG AAMG Ambient Air Monitoring Group (US EPA) AAMG Antiaircraft Machine Gun AAMG Asociación Amigos de Los Niños (Association of Friends of the Children, Guatemala) AAMG Associated Anesthesiologists Medical Group ), the integrity of the legal and financial structures and the servicing capabilities of AAMG (rated 'RPS2+' by Fitch). The mortgage pool consists of one group of recently originated, 15-year fixed-rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residential properties. The mortgage loans have an aggregate principal balance of $201.4 million as of Aug. 1, 2003, (the cut-off date) and a weighted average remaining term to maturity of 178 months. The weighted average original loan-to-value ratio (OLTV OLTV Original Loan-to-Value ratio OLTV on Line Television ) of the pool is approximately 58.46%; approximately 0.89% of the mortgage loans have an OLTV greater than 80%. The weighted average coupon Weighted average Coupon The weighted average of the gross interest rates of mortgages underlying a pool as of the pool issue date; the balance of each mortgage is used as the weighting factor. of the mortgage loans is 4.988%. The weighted average FICO score is 745. The states that represent the largest geographic concentration are California (38.40%) and Illinois (5.16%). All other states represent less than 5% of the outstanding balance of the pool. None of the mortgage loans are "high cost" loans as defined under any local, state or federal laws. For additional information on Fitch's rating criteria regarding predatory lending legislation, please see the press release issued May 1, 2003 entitled, "Fitch Revises Rating Criteria in Wake of Predatory Lending Legislation," available on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com. AAMG originated all of the loans. JPMorgan Chase Bank will serve as trustee. AMAC, a special purpose corporation, deposited the loans in the trust, which issued the certificates, representing undivided beneficial ownership in the trust. For federal income tax purposes, election will be made to treat the trust as a real estate mortgage investment conduit Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) A pass-through tax entity that can hold mortgages secured by any type of real property and can issue multiple classes of ownership interests to investors in the form of pass-through certificates, bonds, or other legal forms. (REMIC). |
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