Fitch Affirms $974.93MM from 2 Nomura Subprime Transactions.

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on two Nomura mortgage pass-through certificates. Affirmations total $974.93 million. Break Loss percentages (BL) and Loss Coverage Ratios (LCR) for each class are included with the rating actions as follows:

Nomura 2006-HE1

--$312.1 million class A affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 54.81, LCR: 3.84);

--$43.1 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA+' (BL: 47.36, LCR: 3.31);

--$39.2 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA' (BL: 40.58, LCR: 2.84);

--$24.5 million class M-3 affirmed at 'AA-' (BL: 32.36, LCR: 2.26);

--$22 million class M-4 affirmed at 'A+' (BL: 30.78, LCR: 2.15);

--$21 million class M-5 affirmed at 'A' (BL: 28.40, LCR: 1.99);

--$19.1 million class M-6 affirmed at 'A-' (BL: 25.30, LCR: 1.77);

--$17.1 million class M-7 affirmed at 'BBB+' (BL: 22.32, LCR: 1.56);

--$14.7 million class M-8 affirmed at 'BBB' (BL: 19.77, LCR: 1.38);

--$11.7 million class M-9 affirmed at 'BBB-' (BL: 17.78, LCR: 1.24);

--$12.7 million class B-1 affirmed at 'BB+' (BL: 15.62, LCR: 1.09);

--$10.7 million class B-2 affirmed at 'BB' (BL: 13.96, LCR: 0.98); removed from Rating Watch Negative.

Deal Summary

--Originators: Various;

--60+ day Delinquency: 22.95%;

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.69%;

--Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 14.29%;

--Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 9.06%.

Nomura 2006-WF1

--$314.4 million class A affirmed at 'AAA' (BL: 36.51, LCR: 5.05);

--$21.1 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA+' (BL: 30.51, LCR: 4.22);

--$19.6 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA+' (BL: 26.77, LCR: 3.7);

--$11.5 million class M-3 affirmed at 'AA' (BL: 24.13, LCR: 3.34);

--$10.2 million class M-4 affirmed at 'AA-' (BL: 21.79, LCR: 3.01);

--$9.3 million class M-5 affirmed at 'A+' (BL: 19.66, LCR: 2.72);

--$9 million class M-6 affirmed at 'A' (BL: 17.58, LCR: 2.43);

--$8.7 million class M-7 affirmed at 'A-' (BL: 15.52, LCR: 2.15);

--$7.1 million class M-8 affirmed at 'BBB+' (BL: 13.84, LCR: 1.91);

--$4.6 million class M-9 affirmed at 'BBB' (BL: 12.58, LCR: 1.74);

--$4.9 million class B-1 affirmed at 'BBB-' (BL: 8.95, LCR: 1.24);

--$5.6 million class B-2 affirmed at 'BB+' (BL: 8.13, LCR: 1.12).

Deal Summary

--Originators: 100% Wells Fargo;

--60+ day Delinquency: 7.55%;

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.04%;

--Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 7.23%;

--Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 5.15%.

These transactions were placed on 'Under Analysis' on Aug. 21, 2007. 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 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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