Fitch Affirms $426.8MM & Downgrades $144.6MM from 2 Option One 2005 Subprime Deals.

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on Option One mortgage pass-through certificates. Affirmations total $426.8 million and downgrades total $144.6 million. In addition $72 million is placed on Rating Watch Negative. Break Loss percentages (BL) and Loss Coverage Ratios (LCR) for each class is included with the rating actions as follows:

Series 2005-1

--$102.6 million class A affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 63.32, LCR: 7.04);

--$52.8 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA+' (BL: 36.96, LCR: 4.11);

--$22.2 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA' (BL: 18.38, LCR: 2.04);

--$13.8 million class M-3 downgraded to 'A+' from 'AA-' (BL: 14.9, LCR: 1.66);

--$13.8 million class M-4 downgraded to 'BBB+' from 'A+' (BL: 12.29, LCR: 1.37);

--$21.6 million class M-5 downgraded to 'BB' from 'A-' (BL: 8.52, LCR: 0.95);

--$10.8 million class M-6 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB+' (BL: 6.77, LCR: 0.75);

--$8.4 million class M-7 downgraded to 'CC/DR3' from 'BBB' (BL: 5.55, LCR: 0.62);

--$4.2 million class M-8 downgraded to 'CCC/DR1' from 'BBB-' (BL: 5.52, LCR: 0.61).

Deal Summary

--Originators: Option One (100%);

--60+ day Delinquency: 24.35%;

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.52%;

--Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 9.00%;

--Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 2.47%.

Series 2005-2

--$167.6 million class A affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 55.25, LCR: 5.5);

--$61.2 million class M1 affirmed at 'AA+' (BL: 36.13, LCR: 3.6);

--$20.4 million class M2 affirmed at 'AA' (BL: 29.85, LCR: 2.97);

--$15 million class M3 downgraded to 'A' from 'AA-' (BL: 15.80, LCR: 1.57) and placed on Rating Watch Negative;

--$15 million class M4 downgraded to 'BBB+' from 'A+' (BL: 13.29, LCR: 1.32) and placed on Rating Watch Negative;

--$10.8 million class M5 downgraded to 'BBB-' from 'A' (BL: 11.59, LCR: 1.15) and placed on Rating Watch Negative;

--$7.2 million class M6 downgraded to 'BB' from 'A-' (BL: 10.40, LCR: 1.04) and placed on Rating Watch Negative;

--$15 million class M7 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB+' (BL: 8.31, LCR: 0.83) and placed on Rating Watch Negative;

--$6 million class M8 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB' (BL: 8.13, LCR: 0.81) and placed on Rating Watch Negative;

--$3 million class M9 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB-' (BL: 10.65, LCR: 1.06) and placed on Rating Watch Negative.

Deal Summary

--Originators: Option One (100%);

--60+ day Delinquency: 28.77%;

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.75%;

--Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 11.94%;

--Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 4.09%.

The rating actions are based on changes that Fitch has made to its subprime loss forecasting assumptions. The updated assumptions better capture the deteriorating performance of pools from 2007, 2006 and late 2005 with regard to continued poor loan performance and home price weakness. Additional details are available in the following research, also available at www.fitchratings.com:

--'Downgrade Criteria for Recent Vintage U.S. Subprime RMBS' (Aug. 8, 2007);

--'U.S. Subprime RMBS/HEL Upgrade/Downgrade Criteria' (June 12, 2007).

All of Fitch's ratings criteria for US subprime RMBS available at www.fitchratings.com/subprime. For a list of deals currently under analysis please visit www.fitchratings.com/smartview.

Further information regarding current delinquency, loss, and credit enhancement statistics is also available at www.fitchratings.com.

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