Fitch Affirms $707.4MM from 1 HSBC 2007 Subprime Deal.

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms $707.4 million from HSBC Home Equity Loan trust (HELT) 2007-2 mortgage pass-through certificate. Break Loss percentages (BL) and Loss Coverage Ratios (LCR) for each class are included with the rating actions as follows:

HELT 2007-2

--$61.2 million class A-1F affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 73.54, LCR: 9.59);

--$102.1 million class A-1V affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 73.54, LCR: 9.59);

--$52.9 million class A-2F affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 57.90, LCR: 7.55);

--$44.2 million class A-2V affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 57.90, LCR: 7.55);

--$34.7 million class A-3F affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 49.67, LCR: 6.48);

--$26 million class A-3V affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 49.67, LCR: 6.48);

--$90.6 million class A-4 affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 39.13, LCR: 5.1);

--$44.5 million class A-M affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 39.13, LCR: 5.1);

--$178.3 million class A-S affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 39.13, LCR: 5.1);

--$39.5 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA+' (BL: 34.95, LCR: 4.56);

--$33.2 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA' (BL: 31.98, LCR: 4.17).

Deal Summary

--Originators: 100% HSBC;

--60+ day Delinquency: 1.27%;

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.06%;

--Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 7.67%;

--Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 7.11%.

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.

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