Fitch Downgrades $511MM From 2 C-BASS Second Lien Transactions.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 various rating actions on the following Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization (C-BASS C-BASS Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization ) mortgage pass-through certificates. Downgrades total $511.0 million. In addition, $359.9 million is placed or remains on Rating Watch Negative. Break Loss percentages (BL) and Loss Coverage Ratios (LCR See least cost routing. ) for each class, rated 'B' or higher, are included with the rating actions as follows: C-BASS, 2006-SL1 --$135.5 million class A-1 rated 'AAA,' placed on Rating Watch Negative (BL: 76.98, LCR: 1.51); --$85.2 million class A-2 downgraded to 'BB' from 'A-' (BL: 61.28, LCR: 1.2); --$21.3 million class A-3 downgraded to 'BB' from 'A-' (BL: 58.89, LCR: 1.16); --$31.5 million class M-1 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB' (BL: 51.86, LCR: 1.02); --$30.1 million class M-2 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'BBB-'; --$19.4 million class M-3 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'BB+'; --$17 million class M-4 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'BB'; --$18.1 million class M-5 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'B+'; --$17.7 million class M-6 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'B'; --$19.7 million class B-1 revised to 'C/DR6' from 'C/DR5'; --$16 million class B-2 remains at 'C/DR6'; --$13.7 million class B-3 remains at 'C/DR6'; --$15 million class B-4 remains at 'C/DR6'. Deal Summary --Originators: Countrywide (73.25%) and OwnIt (19.42%); --60+ day Delinquency: 16.3%; --Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 11.65%; --Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 50.88%; --Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 45.23%. C-BASS, 2007-SL1 --$94.2 million class A1 downgraded to 'A' from 'AAA,' remains on Rating Watch Negative (BL: 38.37, LCR: 0.79); --$130 million class A2 downgraded to 'A' from 'AAA,' remains on Rating Watch Negative (BL: 37.72, LCR: 0.77); --$9.9 million class M1 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'BB+'; --$7.6 million class M2 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'BB'; --$8.4 million class B1 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'BB-'; --$7.1 million class B2 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'B+'; --$6.4 million class B3 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'B'; --$6.4 million class B4 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'B'. Deal Summary --Originators: Countrywide (71.21%) and OwnIt (10.69%), MLN MLN Million MLN Modern Language Notes (literary journal) MLN Management & Leadership Network (Northern Ireland) MLN Missouri League for Nursing MLN Main Listed Number (10.61%); --60+ day Delinquency: 11.2%; --Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 3.98%; --Expected Remaining Losses (% of Current Balance): 48.70%; --Cumulative Expected Losses (% of Original Balance): 45.53%. The rating actions are based on deterioration in the 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 and expected losses and reflect continued poor loan performance and home price weakness. Minimum LCR's specifically for subprime second lien transactions are as follows: AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. : 2.00; AA: 1.75; A: 1.50; BBB BBB A medium grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency to indicate an adequate ability to pay interest and repay principal. However, adverse developments are more likely to impair this ability than would be the case for bonds rated A and above. : 1.30; BB 1.10; B: 1.00. Additional details are available in the following research, 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 U.S. subprime RMBS RMBS Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities RMBS Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) RMBS Russian Mortgage-Backed Securities 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. 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. 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