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Fitch Affirms 47 Classes from 4 Finance America Mortgage Loan Trust Issues.


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 has affirmed af·firm  
v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms

v.tr.
1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true.

2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm.

v.intr.
 the following Finance America Mortgage Loan Trust issues:

Series 2003-1

--Class I-A1 at 'AAA';

--Class II-A2 at 'AAA';

--Class M-1 at 'AA';

--Class M-2 at 'A';

--Class M-3 at 'A-';

--Class M-4 at 'BBB+';

--Class M-5 at 'BBB';

--Class M-6 at 'BBB-'.

Series 2004-1

--Class I-A1 at 'AAA';

--Class I-A2 at 'AAA';

--Class II-A1 at 'AAA';

--Class II-A2 at 'AAA';

--Class A-SIO at 'AAA';

--Class M-1 at 'AAA';

--Class M-2 at 'AA';

--Class M-3 at 'AA';

--Class M-4 at 'AA-';

--Class M-5 at 'A';

--Class M-6 at 'A-';

--Class M-7 at 'BBB+';

--Class M-8 at 'BBB'.

Series 2004-2

--Class I-A1 at 'AAA';

--Class II-A2 at 'AAA';

--Class II-A3 at 'AAA';

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

--Class M-2 at 'AA+';

--Class M-3 at 'AA';

--Class M-4 at 'AA-';

--Class M-5 at 'A';

--Class M-6 at 'A-';

--Class M-7 at 'BBB+';

--Class M-8 at 'BBB';

--Class M-9 at 'BBB-'.

Series 2004-3

--Class I-A1 at 'AAA';

--Class I-A2 at 'AAA';

--Class II-A1 at 'AAA';

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

--Class M-2 at 'AA+';

--Class M-3 at 'AA';

--Class M-4 at 'AA';

--Class M-5 at 'A+';

--Class M-6 at 'A-';

--Class M-7 at 'A-';

--Class M-8 at 'BBB+';

--Class M-9 at 'BBB';

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

--Class B-2 at 'BB'.

All of the mortgage loans in the aforementioned transactions were either originated or acquired by Finance America, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
. The mortgage loans consist of fixed- and adjustable-rate, fully-amortizing and balloon payment mortgage A balloon payment mortgage is a mortgage which does not fully amortize over the term of the note, thus leaving a balance due at maturity.[1] The final payment is called a balloon payment because of its large size.  loans and are secured by first and second liens A Second lien financing is a form of financing secured on a second ranking basis by (more or less) the same security, which secures the first ranking financing. The first lien lenders and the second lien lenders agree that, in the event of a security enforcement or bankruptcy, the , primarily on one- to four-family residential properties.

The affirmations reflect a satisfactory relationship between 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) and future loss expectations and affect approximately $1.09 billion of outstanding certificates. As of the February 2006 distribution date, the transactions are seasoned from a range of 15 to 27 months, and the pool factors (current mortgage loan principal outstanding as a percentage of the initial pool) range from approximately 23% (series 2003-1) to 59% (series 2004-3). To date, cumulative losses range from 0.14% (series 2004-3) to 0.77% (series 2003-1).

Aurora Loan Services LLC, rated 'RMS1-' for master servicing by Fitch, is Master Servicer for the series 2004-1 transaction. Litton Loan Servicing Loan servicing is the process by which a mortgage bank or subservicing firm collects the timely payment of interest and principal from borrowers. The level of service varies depending on the type loan and the terms negotiated between the firm and the investor seeking their services.  LP, rated 'RPS1' for subprime products, is the Servicer for series 2003-1, 2004-1 and 2004-3 transactions. HomeEq Servicing Corporation, rated 'RPS1' for subprime products, is the Servicer for series 2004-2 transaction.

Fitch will continue to closely monitor these transactions. Further information regarding current delinquency, loss, and CE statistics is available on the 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.
 website at www.fitchratings.com.

Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used.

In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide.
 of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental  are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.
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