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Fitch Affirms $170.1MM from GS Mortgage Securities GSAA Alt-A Transaction.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
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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.
 affirms GSAA GSAA Gwathmey Siegel Associates Architects  2005-5 mortgage pass-through certificates as follows:

GSAA 2005-5

--Class A at 'AAA';

--Class M-1 at 'AA+';

--Class M-2 at 'AA';

--Class M-3 at 'A';

--Class M-4 at 'A-';

--Class B-1 at 'BBB+';

--Class B-2 at 'BBB';

--Class B-3 at 'BBB-'.

The affirmations reflect a satisfactory relationship between credit enhancement (CE) and future loss expectations and affect approximately $170.1 million of outstanding as certificates as of the August 2007 distribution date.

The mortgage loans consist of adjustable rate mortgages secured by first liens. This transaction is 28 months seasoned and the pool factor (current mortgage loan principal outstanding as a percentage of the initial pool) is approximately 25%. The 60+ delinquencies are 12.41% of current collateral balance. This includes foreclosures of 2.68% and real estate owned Real Estate Owned

Property owned by a lender - usually a bank - after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. This is common because most of the properties up for sale at these auctions are worth less than the total amount owed to the bank: the minimum bid in most
 of 4.37%, respectively. The overcollateralization (OC) is at its target of $3,142,458. The cumulative loss on this transaction is 0.30% of original collateral balance.

Further information regarding current delinquency, loss, and credit enhancement statistics is available on the Fitch Ratings website at www.fitchratings.com.

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