Fitch Affirms $670MM & Downgrades $195MM from 10 GS 2003 & 2004 Subprime Transactions

2008-05-01 23:52:09 -

- Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on Goldman Sachs (GS) mortgage pass-through certificates. Unless stated otherwise, any bonds that were previously placed on Rating Watch Negative are removed. Affirmations total $669.5 million and downgrades total $195.2 million.

GSAMP Trust 2003-AHL Total

--$9.0 million class A-1 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$11.0 million class A-2B affirmed at 'AAA';

--$9.2 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA';

--$3.5 million class M-2 downgraded to 'BBB+' from 'A';

--$2.3 million class B-1 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB';

--$1.1 million class B-2 downgraded to 'CC/DR3' from 'BBB-';

Deal Summary

--Originators: Accredited

--60+ day Delinquency: 17.72%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 1.43%

GSAMP Trust 2003-FM1 Total

--$17.1 million class M-1 downgraded to 'A+' from 'AA+';

--$2.3 million class M-2 downgraded to 'BBB' from 'A+';

--$0.7 million class B-1 downgraded to 'BB+' from 'A-';

--$0.3 million class B-2 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB';

Deal Summary

--Originators: Fremont

--60+ day Delinquency: 30.94%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.82%

GSAMP Trust 2003-HE1 Total

--$21.9 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA';

--$15.6 million class M-2 downgraded to 'A' from 'A+';

--$1.6 million class M-3 downgraded to 'BBB+' from 'A-';

--$2.3 million class B-1 downgraded to 'BB-' from 'BB+';

--$1.8 million class B-2 downgraded to 'C/DR5' from 'B+';

Deal Summary

--Originators: New Century (60%) and Finance America (40%)

--60+ day Delinquency: 23.03%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 2.06%

GSAMP Trust 2003-HE2 Total

--$6.3 million class A-1A affirmed at 'AAA';

--$0.6 million class A-1B affirmed at 'AAA';

--$24.0 million class A-2 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$4.4 million class A-3A affirmed at 'AAA';

--$12.0 million class A-3C affirmed at 'AAA';

--$25.0 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA';

--$4.6 million class M-2 affirmed at 'A+';

--$2.1 million class M-3 downgraded to 'A' from 'A+';

--$3.6 million class M-4 downgraded to 'BBB' from 'A-';

--$1.8 million class B-1 downgraded to 'BB+' from 'BBB';

--$1.2 million class B-2 downgraded to 'BB' from 'BB+';

Deal Summary

--Originators: Option One (75%) and Accredited (25%)

--60+ day Delinquency: 17.58%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.93%

GSAMP Trust 2003-NC1 Total

--$11.4 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$3.4 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA-';

--$0.1 million class M-3 affirmed at 'A+';

--$1.5 million class B-1 downgraded to 'BB+' from 'BBB+';

--$0.4 million class B-2 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB';

Deal Summary

--Originators: New Century

--60+ day Delinquency: 19.53%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 0.83%

GSAMP Trust 2004-AR1 Total

--$0.9 million class A-1A affirmed at 'AAA';

--$0.0 million class A-1B affirmed at 'AAA';

--$16.8 million class A-2B affirmed at 'AAA';

--$3.8 million class A-2C affirmed at 'AAA';

--$52.2 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA+';

--$31.4 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA';

--$21.4 million class M-3 affirmed at 'AA-';

--$15.7 million class M-4 affirmed at 'A+';

--$15.7 million class M-5 affirmed at 'A';

--$25.1 million class M-6 affirmed at 'A-';

--$16.3 million class B-1 affirmed at 'BBB+';

--$14.3 million class B-2 affirmed at 'BBB';

--$5.3 million class B-3 downgraded to 'BB+' from 'BBB-';

--$7.7 million class B-4 downgraded to 'B' from 'BB+';

--$5.4 million class B-5 downgraded to 'C/DR5' from 'BB';

Deal Summary

--Originators: Ameriquest

--60+ day Delinquency: 19.34%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 1.67%

GSAMP Trust 2004-AR2 Total

--$44.0 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA+';

--$31.7 million class M-2 affirmed at 'AA';

--$18.1 million class M-3 affirmed at 'AA-';

--$14.0 million class M-4 affirmed at 'A+';

--$5.6 million class M-5 downgraded to 'A-' from 'A';

--$5.1 million class M-6 downgraded to 'BB+' from 'BBB+';

--$5.5 million class B-1 downgraded to 'B' from 'BBB-';

--$4.1 million class B-2 downgraded to 'C/DR5' from 'BB';

--$3.4 million class B-3 downgraded to 'C/DR5' from 'BB-';

--$5.3 million class B-4 downgraded to 'C/DR6' from 'B';

Deal Summary

--Originators: Ameriquest

--60+ day Delinquency: 29.98%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 2.25%

GSAMP Trust 2004-NC2 Total

--$16.1 million class A-1A affirmed at 'AAA';

--$1.8 million class A-1B affirmed at 'AAA';

--$6.9 million class A-2C affirmed at 'AAA';

--$38.0 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA';

--$13.5 million class M-2 affirmed at 'A';

--$7.8 million class M-3 downgraded to 'BBB+' from 'A-';

--$4.4 million class B-1 downgraded to 'BBB' from 'BBB+';

--$5.2 million class B-2 downgraded to 'BBB-' from 'BBB';

--$3.3 million class B-3 downgraded to 'BB' from 'BBB-';

Deal Summary

--Originators: New Century

--60+ day Delinquency: 18.55%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 1.05%

GSAMP Trust 2004-OPT

--$2.5 million class A-1 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$1.6 million class A-4 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$43.4 million class M1 affirmed at 'AA';

--$34.3 million class M2 downgraded to 'BBB+' from 'A';

--$9.8 million class M3 downgraded to 'BBB' from 'BBB+';

--$7.0 million class B1 downgraded to 'BB' from 'BBB';

--$7.0 million class B2 downgraded to 'B' from 'BB+';

--$6.3 million class B3 downgraded to 'CC/DR4' from 'BB';

--$3.6 million class B4 downgraded to 'C/DR5' from 'BB-';

Deal Summary

--Originators: Option One

--60+ day Delinquency: 21.97%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 1.23%

GSAA Trust 2004-NC1 Total

--$0.1 million class AF-3 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$20.9 million class AF-4 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$23.0 million class AF-5 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$15.9 million class AF-6 affirmed at 'AAA';

--$8.7 million class M-1 affirmed at 'AA';

--$6.4 million class M-2 affirmed at 'A';

--$4.7 million class B-1 affirmed at 'BBB';

--$1.7 million class B-2 affirmed at 'BBB-';

Deal Summary

--Originators: New Century

--60+ day Delinquency: 4.60%

--Realized Losses to date (% of Original Balance): 1.09%

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);

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