Fitch Affirms 3 and Downgrades 2 RMBS Classes from Asset Backed Funding Corp. Series 2002-SB1.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- 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. has taken rating actions on the following classes of Asset Backed Funding Corporation (ABFC ABFC Alaska Boreal Forest Council ABFC Advanced Base Functional Component ABFC Aviation Boatswain's Mate Fuels, Chief Petty Officer (US Navy Rating) ABFC The Addison Brodrick Fan Club ) series 2002-SB1: --Classes A-II-1 affirmed at 'AAA'; --Class M-1 affirmed at 'AA'; --Class M-2 affirmed at 'A'; --Class M-3 downgraded to 'BB' from 'BBB'; --Class B downgraded to 'C/DR4' from 'CC/DR3'. The affirmations reflect satisfactory credit enhancement Credit Enhancement A method whereby a company attempts to improve its debt or credit worthiness. Notes: Credit enhancements take many different forms. An example of a credit enhancement would be conversion rights added on to a debt instrument in order to lower the issuing (CE) relationships to future loss expectations and affect approximately $39 million of outstanding certificates as of the Nov. 27, 2006 distribution date. The negative rating actions, affecting approximately $5.6 million of outstanding certificates, reflect the deterioration of CE relative to expected future losses. As of the November 2006 distribution, series 2002-SB1 has suffered a cumulative loss of 4.99% of its original balance. The overcollateralization (OC) has been beneath its target for the past 15 months and is currently only providing 1.24% ($565,531) CE for class B. Class M-3 is currently only benefiting from 6.71% ($3,061,803) CE as protection. The average monthly excess spread for the past three months has been approximately $104,965 and the average monthly losses for the same period have been $188,425. This has led to an average monthly reduction in credit enhancement of $83,460 for the past three months. The 60+ delinquencies represent 24.54% of the current collateral balance and this includes foreclosures 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 (REO reo Noun NZ a language [Maori] ) of 5.52% and 5.34%, respectively. Fitch expects the protection provided by the OC in this transaction to continue to deteriorate. The underlying collateral in this transaction consists of conventional fixed-rate and 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 extended to subprime borrowers. Substantially all of the loans in this trust were originated or acquired by Superior Federal Bank, FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus (the originator). Banc of America Mortgage Capital Corporation, an affiliate of the depositor ABFC, acquired these loans from the originator. These loans were sold to ABFC on the closing date. The loans in this transaction are serviced by Litton Loan Servicing LP, which is rated 'RPS1' by Fitch for subprime transactions. This transaction is 55 months seasoned and the pool factor (i.e., current mortgage loans outstanding as a percentage of initial pool) is 14.45%. As of the Nov. 27, 2006 distribution, the OC was $565,531 with a target of $1,578,734. 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