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BoAMSI $710.8MM Series 2003-K Rated By Fitch Ratings.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003

Fitch rates Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc.'s (BoAMSI) mortgage pass-through certificates Pass-Through Certificates (PTCs) are instruments that evidence the ownership of two or more Equipment Trust Certificates. In other words, Equipment Trust Certificates may be bundled into a pass-through structure as a means of diversifying the asset pool and/or increasing the size , series 2003-K, as follows:

-- $698,525,100 classes 1-A-1 through 1-A-3, 1-A-R, 1-A-LR, 2-A-1,

2-A-2, and 3-A-1 'AAA';

-- $10,098,000 class B-1 'AA';

-- $1,082,000 class B-4 'BB';

-- $1,082,000 class B-5 'B'.

The classes B-2, B-3 and B-6 certificates are not rated by Fitch.

The 'AAA' rating on the senior certificates reflects the 3.15% subordination provided by the 1.40% class B-1, 0.80% class B-2, 0.40% class B-3, 0.15% privately offered class B-4, 0.15% privately offered class B-5 and 0.25% privately offered class B-6. The ratings on classes B-1, B-4 and B-5 reflect the amount of its respective subordination.

The ratings also reflect the quality of the underlying mortgage collateral, the capabilities of Bank of America
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 Mortgage, Inc. as servicer (rated 'RPS1' by Fitch), and Fitch's confidence in the integrity of the legal and financial structure of the transaction.

The transaction comprises three groups of mortgage loans, secured by first liens on one- to four-family properties, with a total of 1,401 loans and an aggregate principal balance of $721,245,548. The three loan groups are cross-collateralized.

Group 1 consists of 3/1 hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)

A mortgage that features predetermined adjustments of the loan interest rate at regular intervals based on an established index. The interest rate is adjusted at each interval to a rate equivalent to the index value plus a predetermined spread, or
 loans (ARMs). After the initial fixed interest rate period of three years, the Years, The

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 interest rate will adjust annually based on the One-Year LIBOR LIBOR

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LIBOR

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 index plus a gross margin. The group has an aggregate principal balance of approximately $148,971,132 as of the cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity,  date (Nov. 1) and a weighted average remaining term to maturity (WAM WAM - Intermediate language for compiled Prolog, used by the Warren Abstract Machine. "An Abstract Prolog Instruction Set", D.H.D. Warren, TR 309, SRI 1983. ) of 358 months. The weighted average original loan-to-value ratio Loan-to-value ratio (LTV)

The ratio of money borrowed on a property to the property's fair market value.
 (OLTV OLTV Original Loan-to-Value ratio
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) for the mortgage loans is approximately 71.08%. Rate/Term and cashout refinances account for 46.77% and 13.96% of the loans in Group 1, respectively. The weighted average FICO FICO

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 credit score for the group is 730. Second home and investor-occupied properties comprise 7.04% and 2.11% of the loans in Group 1, respectively. The states that represent the largest geographic concentration are California (66.93%) and Florida (5.91%). All other states represent less than 5% of the outstanding balance of the pool.

Group 2 consists of 5/1 hybrid ARMs. After the initial fixed interest rate period of five years, the interest rate will adjust annually based on the One-Year LIBOR index plus a gross margin. Approximately 27.17% of Group 2 loans are Net 5 mortgage loans, which require interest-only payments until the month following the first adjustment date. The group has an aggregate principal balance of approximately $523,970,609 as of the cut-off date and a WAM of 358 months. The weighted average OLTV for the mortgage loans is approximately 69.03%. Rate/Term and cashout refinances account for 43.68% and 11.28% of the loans in Group 2, respectively. The weighted average FICO credit score for the group is 733. Second home and investor-occupied properties comprise 6.44% and 0.77% of the loans in Group 2, respectively. The state that represents the largest geographic concentration is California (67.43%). All other states represent less than 5% of the outstanding balance of the pool.

Group 3 consists of 7/1 hybrid ARMs. After the initial fixed interest rate period of seven years, the interest rate will adjust annually based on the One-Year LIBOR index plus a gross margin. Approximately 0.83% of Group 3 loans are Net 7 mortgage loans, which require interest-only payments until the month following the first adjustment date. The group has an aggregate principal balance of approximately $48,303,808 as of the cut-off date and a WAM of 356 months. The weighted average OLTV for the mortgage loans is approximately 67.03%. Rate/Term and cashout refinances account for 59.10% and 10.08% of the loans in Group 3, respectively. The weighted average FICO credit score for the group is 735. Second homes comprise 4.30% and there are no investor-occupied properties in Group 3, respectively. The states that represent the largest geographic concentration are California (55.75%), Florida (6.80%), Georgia (6.08%), and Maryland (5.64%). 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 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.
 web site at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. deposited the loans in the trust, which issued the certificates, representing undivided beneficial ownership in the trust. For federal income tax purposes, elections will be made to treat the trust as two separate real estate mortgage investment conduits 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.
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 Bank Minnesota, National Association will act as trustee.
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