Fitch Rates $961.5MM RASC HE Mortgage Asset-Backed P-T Ctfs, Series 2007-KS2.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 rates Residential Asset Securities Corporation (RASC RASC Royal Astronomical Society of Canada RASC Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing RASC Royal Army Service Corps (British) RASC Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (UK) ) series 2007-KS2 as follows: --$316.0 million class A-I-1 'AAA'; --$104.1 million class A-I-2 'AAA'; --$106.3 million class A-I-3 'AAA'; --$65.2 million class A-I-4 'AAA'; --$164.4 million class A-II A-II Adults and Adolescents (Catholic movie rating) 'AAA'; --$42.0 million class M-1 'AA+'; --$43.0 million class M-2 'AA'; --$20.0 million class M-3 'AA' --$18.0 million class M-4 'AA-'; --$17.5 million class M-5 'A+'; --$15.5 million class M-6 'A'; --$15 million class M-7 'A-'; --$13 million class M-8 'BBB+'; --$10.5 million class M-9 'BBB'; --$11 million class M-10 'BBB-'. The 'AAA' rating on the senior certificates reflects the 24.40% initial 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 provided by 4.20% class M-1, the 4.30% class M-2, the 2.00% class M-3, the 1.80% class M-4, the 1.75% class M-5, the 1.55% class M-6, the 1.50% class M-7, the 1.30% class M-8, the 1.05% class M-9, the 1.10% class M-10, along with overcollateralization. The initial and target overcollateralization is 3.85%. In addition, the ratings reflect the strength of the transaction's legal and financial structures and the attributes of the mortgage collateral. The ratings also reflect the strength of the servicing capabilities represented by Homecomings Financial Network, Inc., rated 'RPS1' by Fitch, and Residential Funding Corporation (RFC (Request For Comments) A document that describes the specifications for a recommended technology. Although the word "request" is in the title, if the specification is ratified, it becomes a standards document. ) as master servicer. The collateral pool consists of 6,199 fixed-rate and adjustable-rate first lien and junior lien mortgage loans and totals $1,055,128,424 as of the cut-off date. The final mortgage pool is expected to have an aggregate principal balance of approximately $1,000,000,044 and this variance may affect the characteristics of the final mortgage pool. The weighted average OLTV OLTV Original Loan-to-Value ratio OLTV on Line Television is 82.53%. The average outstanding principal balance is $170,209 the weighted average coupon Weighted average Coupon The weighted average of the gross interest rates of mortgages underlying a pool as of the pool issue date; the balance of each mortgage is used as the weighting factor. is 8.5043% and the weighted average remaining term is 354 months. 70.26% of the loans have prepayment penalties. The loans are geographically concentrated in California (16.94%) and Florida (10.13%). The loans were sold by RFC to RASC, the depositor. Prior to assignment to the depositor, RFC reviewed the underwriting standards for the mortgage loans and purchased all the mortgage loans from mortgage collateral sellers who participated in or whose loans were in substantial conformity with the standards set forth in RFC's AlterNet program. The AlterNet program was established primarily for the purchase of mortgage loans made to borrowers that may have imperfect credit histories, higher debt to income ratios or mortgage loans that present certain other risks to investors. The depositor, a special purpose corporation, deposited the loans in the trust, which then issued the certificates. For federal income tax purposes, an election will be made to treat the trust as one or more real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). 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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