Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2 Inactive
Filed: 12 Oct 06, 12:00am
Prospectus Supplement dated October 10, 2006 (To Prospectus dated October 4, 2006) $946,460,000 (APPROXIMATE) [CARRINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LOGO] STANWICH ASSET ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, L.L.C. DEPOSITOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FRE2 ISSUING ENTITY CARRINGTON SECURITIES, LP SPONSOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN SERVICER CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FRE2 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES OFFERED CERTIFICATES The trust will consist primarily of a pool of one- to four-family adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, interest-only, balloon and fully-amortizing, first lien and second lien, closed-end, subprime mortgage loans. The trust will issue five classes of senior certificates, the Class A Certificates, designated Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5, and ten classes of mezzanine certificates, the Class M Certificates, designated Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9 and Class M-10. Only the Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates (other than the Class M-10 Certificates) are offered by this prospectus supplement and are more fully described in the table on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement. CREDIT ENHANCEMENT Credit enhancement for the offered certificates consists of: o excess cash flow and overcollateralization; and o subordination provided to the Class A Certificates by the Class M Certificates, and subordination provided to the Class M Certificates by each class of Class M Certificates with a lower payment priority. The trust will also enter into a swap agreement for the benefit of the Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates. Distributions on the certificates will be on the 25th of each month or, if the 25th is not a business day, on the next business day, beginning November 27, 2006. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE RISK FACTORS BEGINNING ON PAGE S-19 IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL. The certificates represent interests only in the trust, as the issuing entity, and do not represent interests in or obligations of Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C., as the depositor, Carrington Securities, LP, as the sponsor, or any of their affiliates. INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRICE TO UNDERWRITING PROCEEDS TO THE CLASS(1) PRINCIPAL BALANCE(2) PUBLIC DISCOUNT DEPOSITOR(3) - ------------- -------------------- -------- ------------ --------------- Class A-1 ... $161,706,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class A-2 ... $103,414,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class A-3 ... $124,822,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class A-4 ... $ 95,375,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class A-5 ... $280,000,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-1 ... $ 43,690,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-2 ... $ 31,909,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-3 ... $ 18,654,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-4 ... $ 17,182,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-5 ... $ 16,691,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-6 ... $ 15,709,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-7 ... $ 14,727,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-8 ... $ 12,763,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% Class M-9 ... $ 9,818,000 100.00% 0.2500% 99.7500% - ---------- (1) The pass-through rates on such classes will be based on one-month LIBOR plus the applicable margin, subject to certain caps as described in this prospectus supplement. (2) Approximate, subject to the variance in the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans described in the second paragraph of "Description of the Mortgage Pool--General" in this prospectus supplement. (3) Before deducting expenses payable by the depositor estimated to be approximately $1,483,000. BARCLAYS CAPITAL BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. (LEAD MANAGER) (Co-MANAGER) CARRINGTON INVESTMENT SERVICES, LLC (SELECTED DEALER) IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS We provide information to you about the offered certificates in two separate documents that provide progressively more detail: o the accompanying prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply to your series of certificates; and o this prospectus supplement, including Annex I attached hereto, which describes the specific terms of your series of certificates. The depositor's principal offices are located at Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 and its telephone number is (203)661-6186. This prospectus is being delivered to you solely to provide you with information about the offering of the offered certificates referred to in this prospectus and to solicit an offer to purchase the offered certificates, when, as and if issued. Any such offer to purchase made by you will not be accepted and will not constitute a contractual commitment by you to purchase any of the certificates, until we have accepted your offer to purchase the offered certificates. The certificates referred to in these materials are being sold when, as and if issued. The issuer is not obligated to issue such certificates or any similar security and the underwriters' obligation to deliver such offered certificates is subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement with the issuer and the availability of such certificates when, as and if issued by the issuer. You are advised that the terms of the certificates, and the characteristics of the mortgage loan pool backing them, may change (due, among other things, to the possibility that mortgage loans that comprise the pool may become delinquent or defaulted or may be removed or replaced and that similar or different mortgage loans may be added to the pool, and that one or more classes of certificates may be split, combined or eliminated), at any time prior to issuance or availability of a final prospectus. You are advised that certificates may not be issued that have the characteristics described in these materials. The underwriters' obligation to sell such offered certificates to you is conditioned on the mortgage loans and offered certificates having the characteristics described in these materials. If for any reason the issuer does not deliver such certificates, the underwriter will notify you, and neither the issuer nor any underwriter will have any obligation to you to deliver all or any portion of the offered certificates which you have committed to purchase, and none of the issuer nor any underwriter will be liable for any costs or damages whatsoever arising from or related to such non-delivery. S-2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ----- SUMMARY ........................................................ S-5 RISK FACTORS ................................................... S-19 Risks Associated with the Mortgage Loans..................... S-19 Limited Obligations.......................................... S-26 Liquidity Risks.............................................. S-28 Special Yield and Prepayment Considerations.................. S-29 Bankruptcy Risks............................................. S-34 ISSUING ENTITY ................................................. S-36 SPONSOR ........................................................ S-36 AFFILIATIONS AMONG TRANSACTION PARTIES.......................... S-37 DESCRIPTION OF THE MORTGAGE POOL................................ S-37 General ..................................................... S-37 The Index.................................................... S-40 Mortgage Loan Characteristics................................ S-40 Static Pool Information...................................... S-74 Delinquency Experience on the Mortgage Loans................. S-74 Credit Scores................................................ S-74 The Originator............................................... S-75 Underwriting Guidelines...................................... S-75 Risk Categories.............................................. S-79 Additional Information....................................... S-80 THE SWAP COUNTERPARTY........................................... S-81 DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES................................. S-83 General ..................................................... S-83 Glossary of Terms............................................ S-84 Distributions on the Certificates............................ S-99 Interest Distributions....................................... S-100 Determination of One-Month LIBOR............................. S-100 Principal Distributions...................................... S-101 Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization....... S-102 The Swap Agreement........................................... S-104 Allocation of Losses......................................... S-107 Advances..................................................... S-109 Residual Interests........................................... S-110 Reports to Certificateholders................................ S-110 Rights of the Holders of the Class CE Certificates........... S-111 YIELD AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS............................. S-111 General ..................................................... S-111 Prepayment Considerations.................................... S-112 Allocation of Principal Distributions........................ S-114 Realized Losses and Interest Shortfalls...................... S-115 Pass-Through Rates........................................... S-115 Purchase Price............................................... S-116 Final Scheduled Distribution Dates........................... S-117 Weighted Average Life........................................ S-117 POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT................................. S-138 General ..................................................... S-138 The Servicer................................................. S-138 Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses............... S-142 Events of Default............................................ S-143 Voting Rights................................................ S-143 Termination.................................................. S-144 The Trustee.................................................. S-145 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS............................................... S-147 MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES........................ S-147 Characterization of the Offered Certificates................. S-148 Allocation................................................... S-149 The Notional Principal Contract Component.................... S-149 Sale or Exchange of Offered Certificates..................... S-151 Status of the Offered Certificates........................... S-151 USE OF PROCEEDS................................................. S-151 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.......................................... S-151 LEGAL OPINIONS ................................................. S-153 S-3 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) PAGE ----- RATINGS ........................................................ S-153 LEGAL INVESTMENT................................................ S-154 CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS.................................... S-154 Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates............ S-155 Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates, Class A-5 Certificates and Class M Certificates .......... S-157 ANNEX I ........................................................ I-1 GLOBAL CLEARANCE, SETTLEMENT AND TAX DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES... I-1 Initial Settlement........................................... I-1 Secondary Market Trading..................................... I-2 Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Documentation Requirements... I-4 S-4 SUMMARY The following summary provides a brief description of material aspects of this offering, and does not contain all of the information that you should consider in making your investment decision. To understand the terms of the offered certificates, you should read carefully this entire document and the prospectus. Issuing entity................ Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2. Title of the offered certificates............... Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates. Depositor and Issuer.......... Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C. Sponsor....................... Carrington Securities, LP. Originator and Servicer....... Fremont Investment & Loan. Trustee....................... Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Swap Counterparty............. Swiss Re Financial Products Corporation. Responsible Party............. Fremont Investment & Loan. The responsible party makes certain representations and warranties with respect to the mortgage loans and has certain obligations with respect to the repurchase and substitution of the mortgage loans. See "Description of the Mortgage Pool--General" in this prospectus supplement. Mortgage pool................. 3,868 mortgage loans consisting of adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, interest-only, balloon and fully-amortizing, first lien and second lien, closed-end, subprime mortgage loans with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $981,804,849 as of the statistical cut-off date after application of scheduled payments due on or before the statistical cut-off date whether or not received and subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%. Statistical Cut-off date...... The close of business on September 1, 2006. Cut-off date.................. The close of business on October 1, 2006. Closing date.................. On or about October 18, 2006. Distribution dates............ On the 25th of each month or, if the 25th is not a business day, on the next business day, beginning in November 2006. Final scheduled distribution date....................... The final scheduled distribution date with respect to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and S-5 Class A-5 Certificates will be the distribution date in May 2030, March 2035, September 2036, September 2036, and March 2035, respectively. The final scheduled distribution date with respect to the Class M Certificates will be the distribution date in October 2036. The actual final distribution date with respect to any class of certificates could be substantially earlier. See "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" in this prospectus supplement. Form of offered certificates.. Book-entry. See "Description of the Certificates--Book-Entry Registration of the Offered Certificates" in this prospectus supplement. Minimum denominations......... Class A and Class M-1 Certificates: $100,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8 and Class M-9 Certificates: $250,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. ERISA Considerations.......... Subject to the considerations described in "Certain ERISA Considerations" in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus, the Class A-1 and the Class A-2 Certificates are expected to be eligible for purchase by persons investing assets of employee benefit plans, individual retirement accounts or other retirement accounts or arrangements, provided that certain conditions are met. The depositor does not intend to rely on the Exemption, as described in "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the prospectus, for the purchase and holding of the Class A-1 or the Class A-2 Certificates prior to the termination of the swap agreement in June 2010. Fiduciaries of plans subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code are encouraged to consult with their legal advisors before investing in the Class A-1 or the Class A-2 Certificates. Until the swap agreement terminates in June 2010, the Class A-3, the Class A-4, the Class A-5 and the Class M Certificates may not be purchased by or transferred to Benefit Plans (as defined in this prospectus supplement under "Certain ERISA S-6 Considerations"). Each purchaser and transferee of a Class A-3, a Class A-4, a Class A-5 or a Class M Certificate or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such certificate or any interest therein, that it is not a Benefit Plan (as defined in this prospectus supplement under "Certain ERISA Considerations"). See "Certain ERISA Considerations" in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus. Legal investment.............. The offered certificates will NOT constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, or SMMEA. See "Legal Investment" in this prospectus supplement and "Legal Investment Matters" in the prospectus. S-7 OFFERED CERTIFICATES PASS-THROUGH INITIAL CERTIFICATE INITIAL RATING FINAL SCHEDULED CLASS RATE(1) PRINCIPAL BALANCE(2) (S&P/MOODY'S) (3) DESIGNATIONS DISTRIBUTION DATE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASS A CERTIFICATES: A-1 Adjustable $161,706,000 AAA/Aaa Senior/Adjustable Rate May 25, 2030 A-2 Adjustable 103,414,000 AAA/Aaa Senior/Adjustable Rate March 25, 2035 A-3 Adjustable 124,822,000 AAA/Aaa Senior/Adjustable Rate September 25, 2036 A-4 Adjustable 95,375,000 AAA/Aaa Senior/Adjustable Rate September 25, 2036 A-5 Adjustable 280,000,000 AAA/Aaa Senior/Adjustable Rate March 25, 2035 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CLASS A CERTIFICATES: $765,317,000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASS M CERTIFICATES: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M-1 Adjustable $ 43,690,000 AA+/Aa1 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-2 Adjustable 31,909,000 AA/Aa2 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-3 Adjustable 18,654,000 AA/Aa3 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-4 Adjustable 17,182,000 AA-/A1 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-5 Adjustable 16,691,000 A+/A2 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-6 Adjustable 15,709,000 A/A3 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-7 Adjustable 14,727,000 A-/Baa1 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-8 Adjustable 12,763,000 BBB+/Baa2 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 M-9 Adjustable 9,818,000 BBB/Baa3 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL OFFERED CLASS M CERTIFICATES: $181,143,000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL OFFERED CERTIFICATES: $946,460,000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NON-OFFERED CERTIFICATES - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M-10 Adjustable $ 9,819,000 BBB-/Ba1 Mezzanine/Adjustable Rate October 25, 2036 CE N/A 25,525,749 NR Subordinate N/A P N/A 100 NR Prepayment Charges N/A R-I N/A N/A NR Residual N/A R-II N/A N/A NR Residual N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL NON-OFFERED CERTIFICATES: $ 35,344,849 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL OFFERED AND $981,804,849 NON-OFFERED CERTIFICATES: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- (1) See the description of "Pass-Through Rates" on the following page. (2) Approximate, based on the statistical cut-off date, subject to the variance in the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans described in the second paragraph of "Description of the Mortgage Pool--General" in this prospectus supplement. (3) It is a condition to the issuance of the offered certificates that they be given at least the ratings listed above. S-8 OTHER INFORMATION: Only the offered certificates are offered for sale pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the related prospectus. The non-offered certificates will not be offered hereby. PASS-THROUGH RATES: The pass-through rate on each class of Class A and Class M Certificates will be the least of: o a per annum rate equal to one-month LIBOR plus the related margin; o a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage rates on the then outstanding mortgage loans (after taking into account any net swap payments owed to the swap counterparty or swap termination payments owed to the swap counterparty not due to a swap counterparty trigger event), adjusted to a rate based on the actual number of days in a month and a 360-day year; and o 12.50% per annum. RELATED MARGIN (%) CLASS (1) (2) ----- ----- ----- A-1 0.070% 0.140% A-2 0.120% 0.240% A-3 0.160% 0.320% A-4 0.250% 0.500% A-5 0.080% 0.160% M-1 0.310% 0.465% M-2 0.320% 0.480% M-3 0.340% 0.510% M-4 0.400% 0.600% M-5 0.420% 0.630% M-6 0.480% 0.720% M-7 0.850% 1.275% M-8 1.050% 1.575% M-9 2.000% 3.000% M-10 2.000% 3.000% - ---------- (1) For the interest accrual period for each distribution date through and including the first distribution date on which the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans remaining in the mortgage pool is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. (2) For each interest accrual period thereafter. S-9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TRUST The depositor will establish a trust with respect to the Series 2006-FRE2 Certificates. On the closing date, the depositor will deposit the pool of mortgage loans described in this prospectus supplement into the trust. In addition, the trust will enter into a swap agreement for the benefit of the Class A and Class M Certificates. Each certificate will represent a partial ownership interest in the trust. THE MORTGAGE POOL The mortgage loans will consist of adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, interest-only, balloon and fully-amortizing, first lien and second lien, closed-end, subprime mortgage loans. The mortgage loans will have the following approximate characteristics as of the statistical cut-off date: WEIGHTED RANGE AVERAGE --------------------- --------- Principal balance $16,420 to $1,498,805 $253,828* Mortgage rate 5.550% to 13.750% 8.509% Remaining term to stated maturity (months) 178 to 360 359 * Principal balance is an average. The characteristics of the mortgage loans to be deposited into the trust on the closing date may vary from the characteristics of the mortgage loans described in this prospectus supplement, because, among other reasons, the mortgage loan balances acquired by the trust will, except in the case of interest-only mortgage loans, be reduced by the October 1, 2006 scheduled principal payment. The sponsor believes that the characteristics of the mortgage loans described in this prospectus supplement are representative of the mortgage loans to be deposited into the trust and that any variance between the characteristics of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date as described in this prospectus supplement and the mortgage loans to be deposited into the trust on the closing date will not vary by more than plus or minus 5%. As of the cut-off date, the mortgage pool will consist of approximately 3,880 adjustable-rate, fixed-rate, interest-only, balloon and fully amortizing, first lien and second lien, closed-end, subprime mortgage loans with an expected aggregate principal balance of approximately $985,032,504 after application of scheduled payments due on or before the cut-off date whether or not received. The properties securing the mortgage loans include attached or detached, one- to four- family dwelling units and individual condominium units. The interest rate on each adjustable-rate mortgage loan will adjust on each adjustment date to equal the sum of the related index and the related note margin on the mortgage note, subject to periodic rate caps and a maximum and minimum interest rate, as described in this prospectus supplement. The securities described on the table on page S-8 are the only securities backed by this mortgage pool that will be issued. For additional information regarding the mortgage pool, see "Description of the Mortgage Pool" in this prospectus supplement. SERVICING Fremont Investment & Loan will service the mortgage loans, as more fully described under "Pooling and Servicing Agreement" herein. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-10 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The servicing fees for each mortgage loan are payable out of the interest payments on that mortgage loan prior to payments to certificateholders. The servicing fees consist of servicing fees payable to the servicer, which are payable with respect to each mortgage loan at a rate of 0.500% per annum, and other related compensation payable to the servicer including assumption fees, late payment charges and other miscellaneous servicing fees (except for prepayment charges which, to the extent collected from mortgagors, will be distributed to the holders of the Class P Certificates). REPURCHASES OR SUBSTITUTIONS OF MORTGAGE LOANS If Fremont Investment & Loan, as responsible party, or the sponsor cannot cure a breach of any representation or warranty made by it and assigned to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders relating to a mortgage loan within 90 days of notice given to the responsible party or the sponsor, and the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the certificateholders in the mortgage loan, the responsible party or the sponsor will be obligated to purchase the mortgage loan at a price equal to its principal balance as of the date of purchase plus accrued and unpaid interest to the end of the calendar month of the repurchase, less the amount payable in respect of servicing compensation or reimbursement. Likewise, as described under "Description of the Certificates--Review of Mortgage Loan Documents" in the prospectus, if the mortgage collateral seller cannot cure certain documentary defects with respect to a mortgage loan, the mortgage collateral seller will be required to repurchase the related mortgage loan. If the conditions described under "The Trusts - Limited Right of Substitution" in the prospectus are satisfied, a substitution may be made in lieu of such repurchase obligation. See "The Trusts--Repurchases of Mortgage Collateral" in the prospectus. DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CLASS A AND CLASS M CERTIFICATES AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION. On each distribution date, the trustee will make distributions to investors. The amounts available for distribution will include: o collections of monthly payments on the mortgage loans, including prepayments and other unscheduled collections; plus o all payments of compensating interest made by the servicer with respect to the mortgage loans; plus o advances for delinquent payments on the mortgage loans that are deemed recoverable by the servicer; minus o net swap payments payable to the swap counterparty and net swap termination payments payable to the swap counterparty not due to a swap counterparty trigger event; minus o fees and expenses of the trustee and the servicer for the mortgage loans, including reimbursement for advances. In addition, certificateholders will be entitled to amounts, if any, available under the swap agreement. See "Description of the Certificates--Glossary of Terms--Available Distribution Amount" and "--Swap Agreement--Payments under the Swap Agreement" in this prospectus supplement. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS. Payments to the certificateholders will be made from the available distribution amount as follows: Priority of Distributions ---------------------------------------- Priority of | Pro rata, Class A Certificate interest | Payment |----------------------------------------| | | Sequentially, Class M Certificate | | | interest | | | ---------------------------------------| | | Sequentially or pro rata, as set forth | | | herein, Class A Certificate principal | | |----------------------------------------| | | Sequentially, Class M Certificate | | | principal | | |----------------------------------------| | | Net monthly excess cash flow from | \ / | mortgage loans as described in this | | prospectus supplement | ---------------------------------------- See "Description of the Certificates--Interest Distributions," "--Principal Distributions" and "--Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization" in this prospectus supplement. INTEREST DISTRIBUTIONS. The amount of interest owed to each class of Class A and Class M Certificates on each distribution date will equal: o the pass-through rate for that class of certificates; multiplied by o the certificate principal balance of that class of certificates as of the day immediately prior to the related distribution date; multiplied by o the actual number of days in the related interest accrual period divided by 360; minus o the share of some types of interest shortfalls allocated to that class, as described more fully in the definition of "Interest Distribution Amount" in "Description of the Certificates - Glossary of Terms" in this prospectus supplement. See "Description of the Certificates--Interest Distributions" in this prospectus supplement. ALLOCATIONS OF PRINCIPAL. Principal distributions on the certificates will be made primarily from principal payments on the mortgage loans as follows: On each distribution date (a) prior to a stepdown date or (b) on which a trigger event is in effect, principal distributions will be distributed in the following order of priority: o concurrently, on a pro rata basis (based on the certificate principal balance of the Class A-5 Certificates, on the one hand, and the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, on the other hand), as follows: o to the holders of the Class A-5 Certificates, until the certificate principal balance of the Class A-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and o sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, in that order, until the certificate principal balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-12 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-3 Certificates and Class A-4 Certificates, in that order, until the certificate principal balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; and o sequentially, to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, until the certificate principal balance of each such class has been reduced to zero. On each distribution date (a) on or after the stepdown date and (b) on which a trigger event is not in effect, the principal distributions will be distributed in the following order of priority: o to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates and Class A-5 Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class A principal distribution amount, in the following order of priority: o concurrently, on a pro rata basis (based on the certificate principal balance of the Class A-5 Certificates, on the one hand, and the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, on the other hand), as follows: o to the holders of the Class A-5 Certificates, until the certificate principal balance of the Class A-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and o sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, in that order, until the certificate principal balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; o sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-3 Certificates and Class A-4 Certificates, in that order, until the certificate principal balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; and o sequentially, to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, up to an amount equal to the related Class M principal distribution amount until the certificate principal balance of each such class has been reduced to zero. On or after the occurrence of the first distribution date on which the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class M and Class CE Certificates has been reduced to zero, all priorities relating to distributions as described in this section of the Summary entitled "Allocations of Principal" in respect of principal among the Class A Certificates will be disregarded, and principal distributions will be distributed to the remaining Class A Certificates on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective outstanding certificate principal balances. See "Description of the Certificates--Glossary of Terms--Trigger Event" in this prospectus supplement. ALLOCATIONS OF NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASH FLOW. In addition, the Class A and Class M - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-13 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certificates will receive distributions of principal and interest to reimburse allocated realized losses and net WAC rate carryover amounts to the extent of any net monthly excess cash flow from the mortgage loans available to cover specified amounts, as and to the extent described in this prospectus supplement. Net monthly excess cash flow, if any, will be applied on any distribution date as follows: o distribution of additional principal in order to maintain the required level of overcollateralization; o distribution sequentially to the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, in each case up to the related interest carry forward amount related to these certificates for the related distribution date; o distribution first pro rata to the Class A Certificates, then sequentially to the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, in each case up to the related allocated realized loss amount for these classes for the related distribution date; o to the Class A and Class M Certificates, any related unpaid net WAC rate carryover amount, distributed to the Class A Certificates on a pro rata basis based on the remaining net WAC rate carryover amount for each such class and then to the Class M Certificates in their order of payment priority; o to the swap counterparty, payment in respect of any swap termination payment triggered by a swap counterparty trigger event; o to the holders of the Class CE Certificates as provided in the pooling and servicing agreement; and o to the holders of the Class R Certificates, any remaining amounts; provided that if the related distribution date is the distribution date immediately following the expiration of the latest prepayment charge term or any distribution date thereafter, then any of these remaining amounts will be distributed first to the Class P Certificates, until the certificate principal balance thereof has been reduced to zero, and second to the holders of the Class R Certificates. See "Description of the Certificates--Principal Distributions" and "--Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization" in this prospectus supplement. ALLOCATION OF LOSSES. Realized losses will be allocated or covered in full for each distribution date: o first, to any excess cash flow for such distribution date; o second, by any amounts available from the swap agreement for the related distribution date; o third, to the first listed class in the following order with a certificate principal balance greater than zero; Class CE Certificates, Class M-10 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-14 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates and Class M-1 Certificates; and o fourth, concurrently to the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates and Class A-5 Certificates on a pro rata basis based on the certificate principal balance of each such class with a certificate principal balance greater than zero. CREDIT ENHANCEMENT The credit enhancement for the benefit of the Class A and Class M Certificates consists of: EXCESS CASH FLOW. Because more interest with respect to the mortgage loans is payable by the mortgagors than is expected to be necessary to distribute interest on the Class A and Class M Certificates each month and related expenses, there may be excess cash flow with respect to the mortgage loans. Some of this excess cash flow will be used, if necessary, to protect the Class A and Class M Certificates against some realized losses by making an additional payment of principal up to the amount of the realized losses. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION. The aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date will exceed the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class A, Class M and Class P Certificates on the closing date by approximately $25,610,504, which is equal to the initial certificate principal balance of the Class CE Certificates. This amount represents approximately 2.60% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date, and is approximately equal to the initial amount of overcollateralization required to be provided by the mortgage pool under the pooling and servicing agreement. See "Description of the Certificates--Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization" in this prospectus supplement. SUBORDINATION. The rights of the holders of the Class M Certificates and the Class CE Certificates to receive distributions will be subordinated, to the extent described in this prospectus supplement, to the rights of the holders of the Class A Certificates. In addition, the rights of the holders of the Class M Certificates with higher numerical class designations to receive distributions will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Class M Certificates with lower numerical class designations, to the extent described under "Description of the Certificates--Allocation of Losses" in this prospectus supplement. Subordination is intended to enhance the likelihood of regular distributions on the more senior certificates in respect of interest and principal and to afford the more senior certificates protection against realized losses, as described under "Description of the Certificates--Allocation of Losses" in this prospectus supplement. SWAP AGREEMENT The holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates will benefit from a swap agreement. On the business day prior to each distribution date, the trust will be obligated to make fixed payments, and the swap counterparty will be obligated to make floating payments, in each case as set forth - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-15 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in the swap agreement and as described in this prospectus supplement. To the extent that the fixed payment exceeds the floating payment on the business day prior to any distribution date, amounts otherwise available to certificateholders will be applied to make a net payment to the swap counterparty. To the extent that the floating payment exceeds the fixed payment on the business day prior to any distribution date, the swap counterparty will make a net swap payment to the trust which may be used to cover certain interest shortfalls, realized losses and any net WAC rate carryover amounts as described in this prospectus supplement, in each case to the extent not covered by net monthly excess cash flow. Upon early termination of the swap agreement, the trust or the swap counterparty may be liable to make a swap termination payment to the other party (regardless of which party has caused the termination). The swap termination payment will be computed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the swap agreement. In the event that the trust is required to make a swap termination payment to the swap counterparty, that amount will be paid by the trust on the related distribution date and on any subsequent distribution dates until paid in full, prior to any distribution to the Class A and Class M Certificates, except for certain swap termination payments resulting from an event of default by or certain termination events with respect to the swap counterparty as described in this prospectus supplement for which payments by the trust to the swap counterparty will be subordinated to all distributions to the Class A and Class M Certificates. The swap agreement will terminate after the distribution date in June 2010. Except as described in the second preceding sentence, amounts payable by the trust to the swap counterparty will be deducted from the amounts available for distribution to certificateholders before distribution to certificateholders. See "The Swap Counterparty" and "Description of the Certificates--The Swap Agreement" in this prospectus supplement. ADVANCES With respect to any month, if the servicer does not receive the full scheduled payment on a mortgage loan, the servicer will advance its own funds to cover that shortfall. However, the servicer will make an advance only if it determines that the advance will be recoverable from future payments or collections on that mortgage loan. See "Description of the Certificates--Advances" in this prospectus supplement. OPTIONAL TERMINATION At its option, the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates may purchase all of the mortgage loans, together with any properties in respect of such mortgage loans acquired on behalf of the trust, and thereby effect termination and early retirement of the certificates, after the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans remaining in the trust at the time of purchase, and properties acquired in respect of such mortgage loans remaining in the trust at the time of purchase, has been reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. See "Pooling and Servicing Agreement--Termination" in this prospectus supplement and "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement--Termination; Retirement of Certificates" in the prospectus. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-16 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RATINGS When issued, the offered certificates will receive the ratings listed on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a security and may be changed or withdrawn at any time by the assigning rating agency. The ratings also do not address the rate of principal prepayments on the mortgage loans or the payment of net WAC rate carryover amounts, if any. The rate of prepayments, if different than originally anticipated, could adversely affect the yield realized by holders of the offered certificates. In addition, the ratings do not address the likelihood of the receipt of any amounts in respect of prepayment interest shortfalls, relief act shortfalls or basis risk shortfalls. See "Ratings" in this prospectus supplement. LEGAL INVESTMENT The Class A and Class M Certificates will NOT constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984. You are encouraged to consult your legal advisors in determining whether and to what extent the Class A and Class M Certificates constitute legal investments for you. See "Legal Investment" in this prospectus supplement for important information concerning possible restrictions on ownership of the Class A and Class M Certificates by regulated institutions. ERISA CONSIDERATIONS Subject to the considerations described in "Certain ERISA Considerations" in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus, the Class A-1 and the Class A-2 Certificates are expected to be eligible for purchase by persons investing assets of employee benefit plans, individual retirement accounts or other retirement accounts or arrangements, provided that certain conditions are met. The depositor does not intend to rely on the Exemption, as described in "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the prospectus, for the purchase and holding of the Class A-1 or the Class A-2 Certificates prior to the termination of the swap agreement in June 2010. Fiduciaries of plans subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code are encouraged to consult with their legal advisors before investing in the Class A-1 or the Class A-2 Certificates. Until the swap agreement terminates in June 2010, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates and the Class M Certificates may not be purchased by or transferred to Benefit Plans (as defined in this prospectus supplement under "Certain ERISA Considerations"). Each purchaser and transferee of a Class A-3 Certificate, a Class A-4 Certificate, a Class A-5 Certificate or a Class M Certificate or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such certificate or any interest therein, that it is not a Benefit Plan (as defined in this prospectus supplement under "Certain ERISA Considerations"). See "Certain ERISA Considerations" in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus. TAX STATUS For federal income tax purposes, the depositor will elect to treat certain segregated assets comprising the trust, exclusive of the swap account and the swap agreement, as two REMICs. The Class A and Class M Certificates each will represent - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-17 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ownership of a regular interest in a REMIC, which generally will be treated as debt instruments for federal income tax purposes, coupled with the right to receive payments in certain instances in respect of net WAC rate carryover amounts. Holders of Class A and Class M Certificates will be required to include in income all interest and original issue discount, if any, on their certificates in accordance with the accrual method of accounting regardless of the certificateholder's usual method of accounting. For federal income tax purposes, the residual certificates will represent the sole residual interest in each REMIC. For further information regarding the federal income tax consequences of investing in the Class A and Class M Certificates, see "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences" in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S-18 RISK FACTORS The Class A and Class M Certificates are not suitable investments for all investors. In particular, you should not purchase the Class A and Class M Certificates unless you understand the prepayment, credit, liquidity and market risks associated with the Class A and Class M Certificates. The Class A and Class M Certificates are complex securities. You should possess, either alone or together with an investment advisor, the expertise necessary to evaluate the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in the context of your financial situation and tolerance for risk. You should carefully consider, among other things, the following factors in connection with the purchase of the Class A and Class M Certificates: RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORTGAGE LOANS SOME OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS As of the statistical cut-off date, HAVE AN INITIAL INTEREST ONLY approximately 0.42% and 11.02% of the mortgage PERIOD, WHICH MAY INCREASE THE loans (by aggregate principal balance of the RISK OF LOSS AND DELINQUENCY mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off ON THESE MORTGAGE LOANS. date) require the related borrowers to make monthly payments of accrued interest, but not principal, for the first three years and five years, respectively, following origination. After such interest-only period, the borrower's monthly payment will be recalculated to cover both interest and principal so that the mortgage loan will amortize fully on its final payment date. The interest-only feature may reduce the likelihood of prepayment for such mortgage loans during the interest-only period due to the smaller monthly payments relative to a fully-amortizing mortgage loan. Because the monthly payment increases following the interest-only period, there is a greater likelihood that the related borrower may not be able to pay the increased amount and may default or may refinance the related mortgage loan to avoid the higher payment. In addition, because it is expected that no principal payments will be made on such mortgage loans for an extended period following origination, certificateholders will receive smaller principal distributions during such period than they would have received if the related borrowers were required to make monthly payments of interest and principal for the entire lives of such mortgage loans. This slower rate of principal distributions may reduce the return on an investment in the Class A and Class M Certificates that are purchased at a discount. S-19 THE RETURN ON YOUR Losses on the mortgage loans may occur due to a CERTIFICATES MAY BE AFFECTED wide variety of causes, including the increase BY REALIZED LOSSES ON THE in the monthly payment amount described above MORTGAGE LOANS, WHICH COULD or a decline in real estate values and adverse OCCUR DUE TO A VARIETY OF changes in the borrower's financial condition. CAUSES. A decline in real estate values or economic conditions nationally or in the regions where the mortgaged properties are located may increase the risk of realized losses on the mortgage loans. THE MORTGAGE LOANS WERE The originator's underwriting standards are UNDERWRITTEN TO STANDARDS intended to assess the value of the mortgaged WHICH DO NOT CONFORM TO THE property and to evaluate the adequacy of the CREDIT STANDARDS OF FANNIE MAE property as collateral for the mortgage loan OR FREDDIE MAC WHICH MAY and consider, among other things, a mortgagor's RESULT IN LOSSES ON THE credit history, repayment ability and debt MORTGAGE LOANS. service-to-income ratio, as well as the type and use of the mortgaged property. The originator provides loans primarily to borrowers who do not qualify for loans conforming to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac credit guidelines. The originator's underwriting standards do not prohibit a mortgagor from obtaining, at the time of origination of the originator's first lien, additional financing which is subordinate to that first lien, which subordinate financing would reduce the equity the mortgagor would otherwise have in the related mortgaged property as indicated in the originator's loan-to-value ratio determination for the originator's first lien. The mortgage loans include loans that: o were made to mortgagors having imperfect credit histories; o are secured by non-owner occupied properties and second-homes, which constitute approximately 6.94% of the mortgage pool by principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date, and may present a greater risk that the mortgagor will stop making monthly payments if the mortgagor's financial condition deteriorates; o were made to mortgagors who have debt-to-income ratios greater than 50% (i.e., the amount of debt the mortgagor owes represents a large portion of his or her income), which constitute approximately 4.39% of the mortgage pool by principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date, and a deterioration of any mortgagor's financial condition could make it difficult for that mortgagor to continue to make mortgage payments; S-20 o were made to mortgagors whose income is not required to be verified, which constitute approximately 43.36% of the mortgage pool by principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date, and may increase the risk that the mortgagor's income is less than that represented; and o were not originated pursuant to any particular secondary mortgage market program; as a result many of the mortgage loans have exceptions such as high loan-to-value ratios at origination or no primary mortgage insurance policy. The foregoing characteristics of the mortgage loans may adversely affect the performance of the mortgage pool and the value of the Class A and Class M Certificates as compared to other mortgage pools and other series of mortgage pass-through certificates issued by Carrington Securities, LP and its affiliates. Investors should note that approximately 38.35% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) were made to borrowers that have credit scores of less than 600. These mortgage loans and mortgage loans with higher loan-to-value ratios may present a greater risk of loss. As a result of the originator's underwriting standards, the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool are likely to experience rates of delinquency, foreclosure and bankruptcy that are higher, and that may be substantially higher, than those experienced by mortgage loans underwritten in a more traditional manner. Furthermore, changes in the values of mortgaged properties may have a greater effect on the delinquency, foreclosure, bankruptcy and loss experience of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool than on mortgage loans originated in a more traditional manner. No assurance can be given that the values of the related mortgaged properties have remained or will remain at the levels in effect on the dates of origination of the related mortgage loans. See "Description of the Mortgage Pool--The Originator--Underwriting Guidelines" in this prospectus supplement. S-21 MORTGAGE LOANS WITH HIGH Mortgage loans with a loan-to-value ratio (or LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIOS LEAVE THE combined loan-to-value ratio in the case of a RELATED BORROWER WITH LITTLE second lien mortgage loan) of greater than OR NO EQUITY IN THE RELATED 80.00% may present a greater risk of loss than MORTGAGED PROPERTY, WHICH MAY mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios of RESULT IN LOSSES WITH RESPECT 80.00% or below. Approximately 28.26% of the TO THESE MORTGAGE LOANS. mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) had a loan-to-value ratio at origination in excess of 80.00% and are not covered by any primary mortgage insurance. No mortgage loan (to be included in the mortgage pool as of the closing date) had a loan-to-value ratio (or combined loan-to-value ratio in the case of a second lien mortgage loan) at origination exceeding 100.00%. In addition, the originator's underwriting standards do not prohibit the borrower from obtaining a second lien mortgage either at the time of origination of the originator's loan or any time thereafter, which would decrease the borrower's equity in the related mortgaged property. An overall decline in the residential real estate market, a rise in interest rates over a period of time and the condition of a mortgaged property, as well as other factors, may have the effect of reducing the value of the mortgaged property from the appraised value at the time the mortgage loan was originated and, therefore, increasing the loan-to-value ratio (or combined loan-to-value ratio in the case of a second lien mortgage loan) of the related mortgage loan. An increase of this kind may reduce the likelihood of liquidation or other proceeds being sufficient to satisfy the mortgage loan, and any losses to the extent not covered by the credit enhancement may affect the yield to maturity of your certificates. There can be no assurance that the value of a mortgaged property estimated in any appraisal or review is equal to the actual value of that mortgaged property at the time of that appraisal or review. Investors should note that the values of the mortgaged properties may be insufficient to cover the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans. There can be no assurance that the loan-to-value ratio (or combined loan-to-value ratio in the case of a second lien mortgage loan) of any mortgage loan determined at any time after origination is less than or equal to its loan-to-value ratio (or combined loan-to-value ratio in the case of a second lien mortgage loan) at origination. RISING INTEREST RATES MAY Approximately 89.15% of the mortgage loans (by ADVERSELY AFFECT THE VALUE OF aggregate principal balance of the mortgage YOUR CERTIFICATES. loans as of the statistical cut-off date) are adjustable-rate mortgage loans whose interest rates increase as the applicable index increases. If market interest rates increase significantly, the likelihood that borrowers may not be able to pay their increased interest payments would increase, resulting in greater defaults on the mortgage loans. In addition, rising interest rates may adversely affect housing prices and the economy S-22 generally, thereby increasing the likelihood of defaults and losses on the mortgage loans. THE RETURN ON YOUR The rate of delinquency and default of second CERTIFICATES MAY BE REDUCED BY lien mortgage loans and the severity of loss LOSSES, WHICH ARE MORE LIKELY may be greater than that of mortgage loans BECAUSE SOME OF THE MORTGAGE secured by first liens on comparable LOANS ARE SECOND LIENS. properties. Approximately 1.47% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) included in the mortgage loan pool are secured by second liens. Proceeds from liquidation of the property will be available to satisfy the mortgage loans only if the claims of any senior liens (including mortgages or deeds of trust) have been satisfied in full. When it is uneconomical to foreclose on the mortgaged property or engage in other loss mitigation procedures, the servicer may write off the entire outstanding balance of the mortgage loan as a bad debt. The foregoing risks are particularly applicable to mortgage loans secured by second liens that have high combined loan-to-value ratios because it is comparatively more likely that the servicer would determine foreclosure to be uneconomical if the servicer believes that there is little, if any, equity available in the mortgaged property. THE RETURN ON THE CLASS A AND One risk associated with investing in CLASS M CERTIFICATES MAY BE mortgage-backed securities is created by any PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO concentration of the related properties in one CHANGES IN REAL ESTATE MARKETS or more specific geographic regions. IN SPECIFIC REGIONS. Approximately 24.07%, 14.17% 13.30%, 7.87% and 7.68% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) are located in California, Florida, New York, Maryland and New Jersey, respectively. If the regional economy or housing market weakens in California, Florida or New York or in any other region having a significant concentration of properties underlying the mortgage loans, the mortgage loans in that region may experience high rates of loss and delinquency resulting in realized losses to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates. A region's economic condition and housing market may be adversely affected by a variety of events, including natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and eruptions, civil disturbances such as riots, disruptions such as ongoing power outages, or hostilities such as terrorist actions or acts of war. The economic impact of any of those events may also be felt in areas beyond the region immediately affected by the disaster or disturbance. The properties underlying the mortgage loans may be concentrated in these regions. This concentration may result in greater losses to certificateholders than those generally present for similar mortgage-backed securities without that concentration. S-23 VIOLATION OF CONSUMER Applicable state laws generally regulate PROTECTION LAWS MAY RESULT IN interest rates and other charges, require LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS certain disclosure, and require licensing of AND YOUR CERTIFICATES. the originator. In addition, other state laws, public policy and general principles of equity relating to the protection of consumers, unfair and deceptive practices and debt collection practices may apply to the origination, servicing and collection of the mortgage loans. The mortgage loans are also subject to federal laws, including: o the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act and Regulation Z promulgated thereunder, which require certain disclosures to the mortgagors regarding the terms of the mortgage loans; o the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B promulgated thereunder, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, sex, religion, marital status, national origin, receipt of public assistance or the exercise of any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act, in the extension of credit; and o the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which regulates the use and reporting of information related to the borrower's credit experience. Violations of certain provisions of these federal laws may limit the ability of the servicer to collect all or part of the principal of or interest on the mortgage loans and in addition could subject the trust to damages and administrative enforcement and could result in the borrowers rescinding such mortgage loans against either the trust or subsequent holders of the mortgage loans. The responsible party will represent that as of the closing date each mortgage loan is in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. In the event of a breach of such representation, the responsible party will be obligated to cure such breach or repurchase or replace the affected mortgage loan in the manner set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. High Cost Loans None of the mortgage loans are "High Cost Loans" within the meaning of the Homeownership Act or any state or local law, ordinance or regulation similar to the Homeowner Act. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans and Contracts--The Mortgage Loans--Anti-Deficiency Legislation and Other Limitations on Lenders" in the prospectus. S-24 In addition to the Homeownership Act, however, a number of legislative proposals have been introduced at both the federal and state level that are designed to discourage predatory lending practices. Some states have enacted, or may enact, laws or regulations that prohibit inclusion of some provisions in mortgage loans that have mortgage rates or origination costs in excess of prescribed levels, and require that borrowers be given certain disclosures prior to the consummation of such mortgage loans. In some cases, state law may impose requirements and restrictions greater than those in the Homeownership Act. The failure of the originator to comply with these laws could subject the trust, and other assignees of the mortgage loan, to monetary penalties and could result in the borrowers rescinding such mortgage loans against either the trust or subsequent holders of the mortgage loans. Lawsuits have been brought in various states making claims against assignees of high costs loans for violations of state law. Named defendants in these cases include numerous participants within the secondary mortgage market, including some securitization trusts. Under the anti-predatory lending laws of some states, the borrower is required to meet a net tangible benefits test in connection with the origination of the related mortgage loan. This test may be highly subjective and open to interpretation. As a result, a court may determine that a mortgage loan does not meet the test even if the originator reasonably believed that the test was satisfied. Any determination by a court that a mortgage loan does not meet the test will result in a violation of that state anti-predatory lending law, in which case the responsible party will be required to purchase such mortgage loan from the trust. SOME OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS Approximately 42.66% of the mortgage loans (by PROVIDE FOR LARGE PAYMENTS AT aggregate principal balance of the mortgage MATURITY. loans as of the statistical cut-off date) are not fully amortizing over their terms to maturity and thus, will require substantial principal payments, sometimes called a balloon amount, at their stated maturity. Mortgage loans which require payment of a balloon amount involve a greater degree of risk because the ability of a mortgagor to pay a balloon amount typically will depend upon the mortgagor's ability either to timely refinance the loan or to sell the related mortgaged property. See "Description of the Mortgage Pool" in this prospectus supplement. S-25 LIMITED OBLIGATIONS PAYMENTS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS While the trust will enter into a swap AND THE OTHER ASSETS OF THE agreement for the benefit of the Class A and TRUST ARE THE SOLE SOURCE OF Class M Certificates, the only credit DISTRIBUTIONS ON YOUR enhancement for the Class A and Class M CERTIFICATES. Certificates will be excess cash flow, overcollaterization and, with respect to the Class A Certificates, the subordination provided by the Class M Certificates, and with respect to the Class M Certificates, the subordination provided by any Class M Certificates with a lower distribution priority, in each case as described in this prospectus supplement. Therefore, if there is no excess cash flow, the amount of overcollateralization is reduced to zero and there are no amounts available under the swap agreement, then subsequent realized losses generally will be allocated to the most subordinate class of Class M Certificates, in each case until the certificate principal balance of such class has been reduced to zero, and then to the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis based on the certificate principal balance of each such class, until their respective certificate principal balances have been reduced to zero. None of the depositor, the servicer or any of their affiliates will have any obligation to replace or supplement the credit enhancement, or to take any other action to maintain any rating of the Class A or Class M Certificates. If any realized losses are incurred that are not covered by the credit enhancement, the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates will bear these realized losses. See "Description of the Certificates--Allocation of Losses" in this prospectus supplement. AMOUNTS AVAILABLE UNDER THE Any amounts payable to the trust by the swap SWAP AGREEMENT FROM THE SWAP counterparty under the swap agreement will be COUNTERPARTY MAY BE LIMITED. available as described in this prospectus supplement to cover certain interest shortfalls, realized losses, any net WAC rate carryover amounts and to increase the overcollateralization amount to the required overcollateralization amount, in some cases, where applicable, to the extent not covered by net monthly excess cash flow. However, no net amounts will be payable by the swap counterparty unless the floating amount owed by the swap counterparty on the business day prior to a distribution date exceeds the fixed amount owed to the swap counterparty on such business day prior to a distribution date. This will not occur except in periods when one-month LIBOR (as determined pursuant to the swap agreement) generally exceeds 5.076% per annum. No assurance can be made that any amounts will be received under the swap agreement, or that any such amounts that are received will be sufficient to cover interest shortfalls, net WAC rate carryover S-26 amounts, realized losses or to increase the overcollateralization amount to the required overcollateralization amount as described in this prospectus supplement. Any net swap payment payable to the swap counterparty under the terms of the swap agreement will reduce amounts available for distribution to certificateholders, and may reduce the pass-through rates of the Class A and Class M Certificates. In addition, any swap termination payment payable to the swap counterparty in the event of early termination of the swap agreement (other than certain swap termination payments resulting from an event of default by or certain termination events with respect to the swap counterparty, as described in this prospectus supplement) will reduce amounts available for distribution to the certificateholders. Upon early termination of the swap agreement, the trustee, on behalf of the trust, or the swap counterparty may be liable to make a swap termination payment to the other party (regardless of which party caused the termination). The swap termination payment will be computed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the swap agreement. In the event that the trustee, on behalf of the trust, is required to make a swap termination payment to the swap counterparty, that amount will be paid on the business day prior to the related distribution date, and on the business day prior to any subsequent distribution dates until paid in full, prior to distributions to the Class A and Class M Certificates (other than certain swap termination payments resulting from an event of default or certain termination events with respect to the swap counterparty as described in this prospectus supplement, which swap termination payments will be subordinated to distributions to the Class A and Class M Certificates). This feature may result in losses on the certificates. Due to the priority of the applications of the available funds, the Class M Certificates will bear the effects of any shortfalls resulting from a net swap payment or swap termination payment by the trust before such effects are borne by the Class A Certificates and one or more classes of Class M Certificates may suffer a loss as a result of such payment. Payments owed by the trustee, on behalf of the trust, to the swap counterparty will reduce the amount of excess cash flow available to cover losses on the mortgage loans, interest shortfalls and net WAC rate carryover amounts, and to maintain overcollateralization. Net swap payments payable to the trustee, on behalf of the trust, by the swap counterparty under the swap agreement will be used to cover certain losses, certain interest shortfalls, any net WAC rate carryover amounts and to increase the overcollateralization amount to the required overcollateralization amount, as described in this prospectus supplement and in some cases, where applicable, to the S-27 extent not covered by net monthly excess cash flow. However, if the swap counterparty defaults on its obligations under the swap agreement, then there may be insufficient funds to cover such amounts and the amounts available for distribution to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates may be reduced. To the extent that distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates depend in part on payments to be received by the trust under the swap agreement, the ability of the trustee to make such distributions on such certificates will be subject to the credit risk of the swap counterparty to the swap agreement. PAYMENTS TO THE TRUST UNDER The assets of the trust include the swap THE SWAP AGREEMENT ARE SUBJECT agreement which will require the counterparty TO COUNTERPARTY RISK. thereunder to make certain payments to the trust for the benefit of the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates. To the extent that distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates depend in part on payments to be received by the trustee under the swap agreement, the ability of the trustee to make such distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates will be subject to the credit risk of the counterparty to the swap agreement. Although there is a mechanism in place to facilitate replacement of the swap agreement upon the default or credit impairment of the counterparty thereunder, there can be no assurance that any such mechanism will result in the ability to obtain a suitable replacement swap agreement. LIQUIDITY RISKS YOU MAY HAVE TO HOLD YOUR A secondary market for your certificates may CERTIFICATES TO MATURITY IF not develop. Even if a secondary market does THEIR MARKETABILITY IS develop, it may not continue, or it may be LIMITED. illiquid. Neither the underwriters nor any other person will have any obligation to make a secondary market in your certificates. Illiquidity means you may not be able to find a buyer to buy your certificates readily or at prices that will enable you to realize a desired yield. Illiquidity can have an adverse effect on the market value of the Class A and Class M Certificates. Any class of Class A and Class M Certificates may experience illiquidity, although generally illiquidity is more likely for classes that are especially sensitive to prepayment, credit or interest rate risk, or that have been structured to meet the investment requirements of limited categories of investors. S-28 WITHDRAWAL OR DOWNGRADING OF A security rating is not a recommendation to INITIAL RATINGS WILL LIKELY buy, sell or hold securities. Similar ratings REDUCE THE PRICES FOR on different types of securities do not CERTIFICATES. necessarily mean the same thing. We recommend that you analyze the significance of each rating independently from any other rating. Any rating agency may change its rating of the offered certificates after the offered certificates are issued if that rating agency believes that circumstances have changed. Any subsequent withdrawal or downgrade in rating will likely reduce the price that a subsequent purchaser will be willing to pay for the offered certificates. SPECIAL YIELD AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS THE YIELD TO MATURITY ON YOUR The yield to maturity on your certificates will CERTIFICATES WILL VARY depend on a variety of factors, including: DEPENDING ON VARIOUS FACTORS. o the rate and timing of principal payments on the mortgage loans, including prepayments, defaults and liquidations and repurchases due to breaches of representations and warranties, o the rate and timing of realized losses and interest shortfalls on the mortgage loans, o the pass-through rate for your certificates, o the purchase price you paid for your certificates, and o the timing of the exercise of the optional termination by the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates. The rates of prepayments and defaults are two of the most important and least predictable of these factors. No assurances are given that the mortgage loans will prepay at any particular rate. In general, if you purchase a certificate at a price higher than its outstanding certificate principal balance and principal distributions occur faster than you assumed at the time of purchase, your yield will be lower than anticipated. Conversely, if you purchase a certificate at a price lower than its outstanding certificate principal balance and principal distributions occur more slowly than you assumed at the time of purchase, your yield will be lower than anticipated. S-29 THE RATE OF PREPAYMENTS ON THE Since mortgagors can generally prepay their MORTGAGE LOANS WILL VARY mortgage loans at any time, the rate and timing DEPENDING ON FUTURE MARKET of principal distributions on the Class A and CONDITIONS AND OTHER FACTORS. Class M Certificates are highly uncertain. Generally, when market interest rates increase, mortgagors are less likely to prepay their mortgage loans. This could result in a slower return of principal to you at a time when you might have been able to reinvest those funds at a higher rate of interest than the applicable pass-through rate. On the other hand, when market interest rates decrease, borrowers are generally more likely to prepay their mortgage loans. This could result in a faster return of principal to you at a time when you might not be able to reinvest those funds at an interest rate as high as the applicable pass-through rate. Refinancing programs, which may involve soliciting all or some of the mortgagors to refinance their mortgage loans, may increase the rate of prepayments on the mortgage loans. These programs may be conducted by the servicer or any of its affiliates or a third party, subject to the limitations set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. Approximately 58.12% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) provide for payment of a prepayment charge. Prepayment charges may reduce the rate of prepayment on the mortgage loans until the end of the period during which these prepayment charges apply. Prepayment charges received on the mortgage loans may be waived and in any case will not be available for distribution on the Class A and Class M Certificates. See "Description of The Mortgage Pool" and "Yield and Prepayment Considerations" in this prospectus supplement and "Maturity and Prepayment Considerations" in the prospectus. THE RETURN ON YOUR The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, formerly CERTIFICATES COULD BE REDUCED known as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil BY SHORTFALLS DUE TO THE Relief Act of 1940, or Relief Act, provides SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF relief to borrowers who enter active military ACT OR OTHER SIMILAR service and to borrowers in reserve status who LEGISLATION OR REGULATIONS. are called to active duty after the origination of their mortgage loan. Current or future military operations of the United States may increase the number of citizens who may be in active military service, including persons in reserve status who may be called to active duty. The Relief Act provides generally that a borrower who is covered by the Relief Act may not be charged interest on a mortgage loan in excess of 6% per annum during the period of the borrower's active duty. These shortfalls are not required to be paid by the borrower at any future time. The servicer is not required to advance these shortfalls. These shortfalls will reduce the amount of interest distributable on the Class A and Class M Certificates. Interest reductions on the mortgage loans due S-30 to the application of the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations will not be covered by any source except that interest shortfalls arising under the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations in an interest accrual period may be covered by net monthly excess cash flow in that interest accrual period in the manner and priority described under "Description of the Certificates--Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization" in this prospectus supplement. The Relief Act also limits the ability of the servicer to foreclose on a mortgage loan during the borrower's period of active duty and, in some cases, during an additional three month period thereafter. Other similar legislation or regulations may also limit a lender's ability to exercise remedies against borrowers who are currently engaged in or who just completed active military duty. As a result, there may be delays in payment and increased realized losses on the mortgage loans. We do not know how many mortgage loans have been or may be affected by the application of the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans--Servicemembers Civil Relief Act" in the prospectus. THE CLASS A AND CLASS M The Class A and Class M Certificates are each CERTIFICATES ARE EACH SUBJECT subject to various priorities for distribution TO DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION of principal as described in this prospectus PRIORITIES. supplement. Distributions of principal on the Class A and Class M Certificates having an earlier priority of distribution will be affected by the rates of prepayment of the mortgage loans early in the life of the mortgage pool. Those classes of Class A and Class M Certificates with a later priority of distribution will be affected by the rates of prepayment of the mortgage loans experienced both before and after the commencement of principal distributions on such classes, and will be more likely to be affected by losses on the mortgage loans not covered by the credit enhancement since these classes will be outstanding for a longer period of time. S-31 THE PASS-THROUGH RATES ON THE The pass-through rates on the Class A and Class CLASS A AND CLASS M M Certificates are subject to a cap equal to CERTIFICATES ARE SUBJECT TO A the lesser of 12.50% per annum and the weighted CAP. average of the net mortgage rates on the mortgage loans (after taking into account any net swap payments owed to the swap counterparty or swap termination payments owed to the swap counterparty not due to a swap counterparty trigger event), adjusted to an actual over 360-day rate. Therefore, the prepayment of the mortgage loans with higher mortgage rates may result in lower pass-through rates on the Class A and Class M Certificates. Investors in the Class A and Class M Certificates should be aware that the mortgage rates on the adjustable-rate mortgage loans are generally adjustable semi-annually based on the related index, and sometimes after a fixed interest rate period. Consequently, the weighted average net mortgage rate on the adjustable-rate mortgage loans during the related due period will be sensitive to fluctuations in the levels of the related indices on the adjustable-rate mortgage loans, and may be less than interest that would accrue on the Class A and Class M Certificates at the per annum rate of the lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus the related margin and (b) 12.50% per annum. In a rising interest rate environment, the Class A and Class M Certificates may receive interest at the lesser of (a) the weighted average net mortgage rate of the mortgage loans (after taking into account any net swap payments owed to the swap counterparty or swap termination payments owed to the swap counterparty not due to a swap counterparty trigger event), adjusted to an actual over 360-day rate, or (b) 12.50% per annum for a protracted period of time. To the extent the weighted average net mortgage rate of the mortgage loans (after taking into account any net swap payments owed to the swap counterparty or swap termination payments owed to the swap counterparty not due to a swap counterparty trigger event) is distributed to the Class A or Class M Certificates, the difference between that weighted average net mortgage rate (after taking into account any net swap payments owed to the swap counterparty or swap termination payments owed to the swap counterparty not due to a swap counterparty trigger event), adjusted to an actual over 360-day rate, and the lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus the related margin and (b) 12.50% per annum will create a shortfall that will carry forward with interest thereon. Any resulting shortfall will be distributable only from net monthly excess cash flow and amounts received under the swap agreement, to the extent available for that purpose, as and to the extent described in this prospectus supplement. Also, in this situation, the amount of net monthly excess cash flow from the mortgage loans may be substantially reduced. The swap agreement terminates after S-32 the distribution date in June 2010. If the swap counterparty defaults on its obligations under the swap agreement, then there may be insufficient funds to cover such amounts, and the amount available for distribution to the offered certificates may be reduced. To the extent that distributions on the offered certificates depend in part on payments to be received by the trust under the swap agreement, the ability of the trustee to make such distributions on such certificates will be subject to the credit risk of the swap counterparty to the swap agreement. THE CLASS M CERTIFICATES HAVE The yields to investors in the Class M DIFFERENT YIELD AND PAYMENT Certificates will be sensitive to the rate and CONSIDERATIONS. timing of realized losses, to the extent not covered by net monthly excess cash flow, overcollateralization or amounts received under the swap agreement. Losses, to the extent not covered by net monthly excess cash flow, overcollateralization or amounts received under the swap agreement will be allocated to the most subordinate class of Class M Certificates outstanding. The principal portion of any losses previously allocated to the Class M Certificates that remain unreimbursed may be covered by excess cash flow and amounts received under the swap agreement as and to the extent described in this prospectus supplement. See "Summary--Credit Enhancement" and "Description of the Certificates--Allocation of Losses" in this prospectus supplement. Unless the Class A Certificates are reduced to zero, it is not expected that the Class M Certificates will receive any distributions of principal until the later of the distribution date in November 2009 and the first distribution date on which the sum of the overcollateralization amount and the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class M Certificates is greater than or equal to approximately 44.10% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans after giving effect to principal distributions on that distribution date. As a result, the weighted average lives of the Class M Certificates may be longer than would otherwise be the case if distributions on the Class M Certificates were made proportionately with the Class A Certificates beginning on the first distribution date. In addition, after the Class M Certificates commence receiving principal distributions, the most subordinate class of Class M Certificates may be retired before the more senior classes of Class M Certificates. See "Description of the Certificates--Principal Distributions" in this prospectus supplement. S-33 YOU SHOULD NOTE THE ADDITIONAL Pursuant to the pooling and servicing RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER OF THE agreement, the servicer will provide the holder CLASS CE CERTIFICATES. of the Class CE Certificates with reports regarding liquidated mortgage loans, loan modifications and delinquent mortgage loans and will make its servicing personnel available to respond to inquiries from the holder of the Class CE Certificates and will make underwriting files for defaulted mortgage loans available to the holder of the Class CE Certificates. In addition, the holder of the Class CE Certificates will have the right to direct the servicer in performing certain of the servicer's duties under the pooling and servicing agreement, including, but not limited to, the right to consent to any sub-servicer and the right to direct the servicer regarding the management of specific defaulted mortgage loans. The servicer will be required to accept any such directions from the holder of the Class CE Certificates Investors in the Class A and Class M Certificates should note that: o the rights to be granted to the holder of the CE Certificates may be inconsistent with, and adverse to the interests of the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates and the holder of the CE Certificates has no obligation or duty to consider the interests of the Class A and Class M Certificates in connection with the exercise or nonexercise of such rights of the holder of the CE Certificates; and o such exercise by the holder of the CE Certificates of the rights and consents set forth above may negatively affect the Class A and Class M Certificates and the existence of such rights of the holder of the CE Certificates, whether or not exercised, may adversely affect the liquidity of the Class A and Class M Certificates relative to other asset-backed certificates backed by comparable mortgage loans and with comparable distribution priorities and ratings. BANKRUPTCY RISKS BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS COULD The transfer of the mortgage loans from the DELAY OR REDUCE DISTRIBUTIONS sponsor to the depositor is intended by the ON THE CLASS A AND CLASS M parties to be and has been documented as a CERTIFICATES. sale. However, if the sponsor were to become bankrupt, a trustee in bankruptcy could attempt to recharacterize the sale of the mortgage loans as a loan secured by the mortgage loans or to consolidate the mortgage loans with the assets of the sponsor. Any such attempt could result in a delay in or reduction of collections on the mortgage loans available to make distributions on the certificates. S-34 THE BANKRUPTCY OF A BORROWER If a borrower becomes subject to a bankruptcy MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF LOSS proceeding, a bankruptcy court may require ON A MORTGAGE LOAN modifications of the terms of a mortgage loan without a permanent forgiveness of the principal amount of the mortgage loan. Modifications have included reducing the amount of each monthly payment, changing the rate of interest and altering the repayment schedule. In addition, a court having federal bankruptcy jurisdiction may permit a debtor to cure a monetary default relating to a mortgage loan on the debtor's residence by paying arrearages within a reasonable period and reinstating the original mortgage loan payment schedule, even though the lender accelerated the mortgage loan and final judgment of foreclosure had been entered in state court. In addition, under the federal bankruptcy law, all actions against a borrower and the borrower's property are automatically stayed upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition. S-35 ISSUING ENTITY The depositor will establish a trust with respect to Series 2006-FRE2 on the closing date, under a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of October 1, 2006, among the depositor, the servicer and the trustee. The pooling and servicing agreement is governed by the laws of the state of New York. On the closing date, the depositor will deposit into the trust a mortgage pool of mortgage loans secured by first and second liens on one- to four- family residential properties with terms to maturity of not more than 30 years. The issuing entity will not have any additional equity apart from the certificates. The trustee shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain the books and records of the issuing entity on a calendar year basis. The pooling and servicing agreement authorizes the issuing entity to engage only in selling the certificates in exchange for the mortgage loans, entering into and performing its obligations under the pooling and servicing agreement, activities necessary, suitable or convenient to such actions and other activities as may be required in connection with the conservation of the trust fund and making or causing to be made distributions to certificateholders. The pooling and servicing agreement provides that the depositor assigns to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders without recourse all the right, title and interest of the depositor in and to the mortgage loans. Furthermore, the pooling and servicing agreement states that, although it is intended that the conveyance by the depositor to the trustee of the mortgage loans be construed as a sale, the conveyance of the mortgage loans shall also be deemed to be a grant by the depositor to the trustee of a security interest in the mortgage loans and related collateral. Some capitalized terms used in this prospectus supplement have the meanings given below under "Description of the Certificates--Glossary of Terms" or in the prospectus under "Glossary." SPONSOR Carrington Securities, LP, formerly known as Carrington Mortgage Credit Fund I, LP, or Carrington Securities, is a limited partnership formed in the state of Delaware in December 2003. Carrington Securities is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. Carrington Securities buys residential mortgage loans under several loan purchase agreements from mortgage loan originators or sellers nationwide that meet its seller/servicer eligibility requirements. See "The Trusts--Mortgage Collateral Sellers" in the prospectus for a general description of the characteristics used to determine eligibility of collateral sellers. Carrington Securities began operations in March 2004. Carrington Securities acquires mortgage loans secured by first and second liens on one- to four- family residential properties. From time to time, Carrington Securities funds its acquisition of mortgage loans through several financing facilities it has in place with national lending institutions, including affiliates of Barclays Capital Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., the underwriters of the offered certificates. The fundings under these financing facilities are secured by a pledge of the mortgage loans. Through its securitization program, Carrington Securities satisfies its obligations under the financing facilities with the proceeds from the sale of the offered securities. The structuring of the offerings through the Carrington Securities' securitization program is done by the underwriters for each transaction. S-36 Carrington Securities sponsored its first securitization in May 2004. It sponsored two securitizations in that year, with an aggregate issuance of mortgage-backed securities representing interests in a pool of mortgage loans with approximately $633 million in original principal balance. In 2005, Carrington Securities sponsored seven securitizations of mortgage loans with approximately $8.0 billion in original principal balance. This year, Carrington Securities has sponsored seven securitizations of mortgage loans with approximately $8.53 billion in original principal balance. Generally, Carrington Securities contracts with the seller of the mortgage loans to act as servicer therefore under the related pooling and servicing agreement. AFFILIATIONS AMONG TRANSACTION PARTIES Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C., the depositor, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carrington Securities, LP, the sponsor. Certain owners of the indirect parent of Carrington Investment Services, LLC, a selected dealer in this offering, are also owners and employees of the general partner of the sponsor and thus have an ownership interest in the sponsor. A portion of the proceeds received from the sale of the offered certificates will be used by the sponsor to satisfy obligations under a financing facility in place with an affiliate of Barclays Capital Inc., an unaffiliated underwriter, with respect to all of the mortgage loans. DESCRIPTION OF THE MORTGAGE POOL GENERAL The mortgage pool will consist of 3,868 adjustable-rate and fixed-rate, interest-only, balloon and fully-amortizing, first lien and second lien, closed-end, subprime mortgage loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $981,804,849 as of the statistical cut-off date after application of scheduled payments due on or before the statistical cut-off date whether or not received and subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%. The mortgage loans are secured by first liens and second liens on fee simple interests in one- to four- family residential properties and individual condominium units with terms to maturity of not more than 30 years. The characteristics of the mortgage loans to be deposited into the trust on the closing date may vary from the characteristics of the mortgage loans described in this prospectus supplement, because, among other reasons described under "--Additional Information", the mortgage loan balances acquired by the trust will, except in the case of interest-only mortgage loans, be reduced by the October 1, 2006 scheduled principal payment. The sponsor believes that the characteristics of the mortgage loans described in this prospectus supplement are representative of the mortgage loans to be deposited into the trust and that any variance between the characteristics of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date as described in this prospectus supplement and the mortgage loans to be deposited into the trust on the closing date will not vary by more than plus or minus 5%. As of the cut-off date, the mortgage pool will consist of approximately 3,880 adjustable-rate, fixed-rate, interest-only, balloon and fully amortizing, first lien and second lien, closed-end, subprime mortgage loans with an expected aggregate principal balance of approximately $985,032,504 after application of scheduled payments due on or before the cut-off date whether or not received. S-37 Investors should note that the mortgage pool as described in this prospectus supplement has an aggregate principal balance of approximately $981,804,849 as of the statistical cut-off date. However, on the closing date, for the reasons listed above, the depositor will deliver mortgage loans with a different aggregate principal balance, subject to a permitted variance of 5%. All calculations and percentages shown in this prospectus supplement are based on the mortgage pool as described herein. The mortgage loans are secured by mortgages or deeds of trust or other similar security instruments creating first liens or second liens on residential properties. The mortgaged properties consist of attached or detached, one- to four- family dwelling units and individual condominium units. The mortgage loans were acquired by the depositor from the sponsor in the manner described in this prospectus supplement. Fremont Investment & Loan will act as the servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement. Each mortgage loan will accrue interest at the fixed-rate or adjustable-rate calculated as specified under the terms of the related mortgage note. As of the statistical cut-off date, approximately 89.15% of the mortgage loans are adjustable-rate mortgage loans and approximately 10.85% of the mortgage loans are fixed-rate mortgage loans. Each fixed-rate mortgage loan has a mortgage rate that is fixed for the life of such mortgage loan. All of the adjustable-rate mortgage loans provide for semi-annual adjustment to their mortgage rates; provided, however, that in the case of approximately 96.40%, approximately 2.90% and approximately 0.70% of the adjustable-rate mortgage loans, the first adjustment will not occur until after the initial period of approximately two years, three years and five years, respectively, from the date of origination. In connection with each such mortgage rate adjustment, the mortgage loans have corresponding adjustments to their monthly payment amount, in each case on each applicable adjustment date. On each adjustment date, the mortgage rate on each adjustable-rate mortgage loan will be adjusted to equal the sum, rounded to the nearest multiple of 0.125%, of the index and a fixed percentage amount, or gross margin, for that mortgage loan specified in the related mortgage note. Each adjustable-rate mortgage loan limits the maximum and minimum mortgage rate that may be charged on each adjustment date. The servicer will service each adjustable-rate mortgage loan so that the mortgage rate on the first adjustment date will not increase by more than 1.500% per annum, regardless of whether the related mortgage note would permit the mortgage rate to increase by more than that amount on the first adjustment date. The mortgage rate on each subsequent adjustment date will not increase by more than 1.500% per annum, subject to a specified maximum mortgage rate over the life of such adjustable-rate mortgage loan. Similarly, the mortgage rate on each adjustable-rate mortgage loan will not decrease on the first adjustment date, and will not decrease by more than 1.500% per annum on any subsequent adjustment date, subject to a specified minimum mortgage rate over the life of such adjustable-rate mortgage loan. Effective with the first monthly payment due on each adjustable-rate mortgage loan (other than the adjustable-rate balloon mortgage loans) after each related adjustment date, the monthly payment amount will be adjusted to an amount that will amortize fully the outstanding principal balance of that mortgage loan over its remaining term and pay interest at the mortgage rate as so adjusted after taking into account any interest only period, if any. Due to the application of the periodic rate caps and the maximum mortgage rates, the mortgage rate on each adjustable-rate mortgage loan, as adjusted S-38 on any related adjustment date, may be less than the sum of the index, calculated as described in this prospectus supplement, and the related gross margin. See "--The Index" in this prospectus supplement. None of the adjustable-rate mortgage loans permit the related mortgagor to convert the adjustable mortgage rate thereon to a fixed mortgage rate. As of the statistical cut-off date, approximately 0.42% and 11.02% of the mortgage loans require the related borrowers to make monthly payments of accrued interest, but not principal, for the first three years and five years, respectively, following origination. After such interest-only period, the borrower's monthly payment will be recalculated to cover both interest and principal so that the mortgage loan will amortize fully on its final payment date. The mortgage loans have scheduled monthly payments due on the first day of the month and that day is referred to in this prospectus supplement as the "due date." Each mortgage loan will contain a customary due-on-sale clause which provides that the mortgage loan must be repaid at the time of a sale of the related mortgaged property or, in the case of an adjustable-rate mortgage loan, assumed by a creditworthy purchaser of the related mortgage property. Approximately 58.12% of the mortgage loans provide for payment by the mortgagor of a prepayment charge in limited circumstances on prepayments as provided in the related mortgage note. These mortgage loans provide for payment of a prepayment charge on some partial prepayments and all prepayments in full made within a specified period not in excess of three years from the date of origination of the mortgage loan, as provided in the related mortgage note. The amount of the prepayment charge is as provided in the related mortgage note, but, in most cases, is equal to six months' interest on any amounts prepaid in excess of 20% of the original principal balance of the related mortgage loan in any 12 month period, as permitted by law. The holders of the Class P Certificates will be entitled to all prepayment charges received on the mortgage loans, and these amounts will not be available for distribution on the Class A and Class M Certificates. Under the limited instances described under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement, the servicer may waive the payment of any otherwise applicable prepayment charge. Investors should conduct their own analysis of the effect, if any, that the prepayment charges, and decisions by the servicer with respect to the waiver of the prepayment charges, may have on the prepayment performance of the mortgage loans. See "Certain Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loans and Contracts--Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments" in the prospectus. Under a mortgage loan purchase agreement whereby the sponsor sells the mortgage loans to the depositor, the responsible party will make certain limited representations and warranties regarding the mortgage loans as of the date of issuance of the certificates. The responsible party will be required to repurchase or substitute for any mortgage loan as to which a breach of its representations and warranties with respect to that mortgage loan occurs, if such breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the certificateholders in any of those mortgage loans. The depositor will assign its rights under the mortgage loan purchase agreement to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders, including the right to require the responsible party to repurchase any such mortgage loan in the event of a breach of any of its representations and warranties. See "The Trusts--Representations with Respect to Mortgage Collateral" in the prospectus. S-39 THE INDEX As of any adjustment date, the index applicable to the determination of the mortgage rate on each adjustable-rate mortgage loan will be the average of the interbank offered rates for six-month United States dollar deposits in the London market as published in The Wall Street Journal and as most recently available as specified in the related mortgage note either as of the first business day 45 days prior to that adjustment date or as of the first business day of the month preceding the month of the adjustment date. In the event that the index becomes unavailable or otherwise unpublished, the servicer will select a comparable alternative index over which it has no direct control and which is readily verifiable. MORTGAGE LOAN CHARACTERISTICS The mortgage loans will have the following characteristics as of the statistical cut-off date, as adjusted for scheduled principal payments due on or before the statistical cut-off date whether or not received: Number of Mortgage Loans................... 3,868 Mortgage Rates: Weighted average........................ 8.509% Range................................... 5.550% to 13.750% Note Margins of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: Weighted average........................ 6.148% Range................................... 3.384% to 6.990% Minimum Mortgage Rates of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: Weighted average........................ 8.506% Range................................... 5.550% to 13.750% Maximum Mortgage Rates of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: Weighted average........................ 14.507% Range................................... 11.350% to 19.750% Periodic Caps of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: Weighted average........................ 1.500% Range................................... 1.500% to 1.500% Weighted average months to initial interest rate adjustment date of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans............................. 25 S-40 The mortgage loans will have the following additional characteristics: o The mortgage loans have an aggregate principal balance as of the statistical cut-off date, after application of scheduled payments due on or before the statistical cut-off date whether or not received and subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5% of approximately $981,804,849. o The mortgage loans had individual principal balances at origination of at least $16,420 but not more than $1,500,000 with an average principal balance at origination of approximately $253,955. o None of the mortgage loans will have been originated prior to January 19, 2006 or will have a maturity date later than September 1, 2036. o No mortgage loans will have a remaining term to stated maturity as of the statistical cut-off date of less than 178 months. o The weighted average remaining term to stated maturity of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date will be approximately 359 months. The weighted average original term to maturity of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date will be approximately 360 months. o As of the close of business on October 1, 2006, none of the mortgage loans (to be included in the mortgage pool as of the closing date) were 30 or more days delinquent in the payment of principal and/or interest. For a description of the methodology used to categorize mortgage loans as delinquent, see "--Static Pool Information" below. o None of the mortgage loans are Buy-Down Loans. o None of the mortgage loans are subject to the Homeownership Act. o Approximately 98.53% of the mortgage loans are secured by first liens on fee simple interests in one to four family residential properties, and approximately 1.47% of the mortgage loans are secured by second liens on fee simple interests in one to four family residential properties. o To Carrington Securities, LP's knowledge, approximately 35.53% of the mortgage loans are secured by mortgaged properties with respect to which second-lien mortgage loans were originated at the same time as the first-lien mortgage loan. These second-lien mortgage loans may or may not be part of the mortgage pool. The owners of the mortgaged properties may obtain second-lien mortgage loans at any time without Carrington Securities, LP's knowledge and, thus, more mortgaged properties than described above may also secure second-lien mortgage loans. o No mortgage loan provides for deferred interest or negative amortization. S-41 o No mortgage loan will have a CLTV as of the statistical cut-off date of greater than 100.00%. o No mortgage loan provides for conversion from an adjustable rate to a fixed rate. o Approximately 42.66% of the mortgage loans are balloon mortgage loans. o As of the statistical cut-off date, approximately 0.42% and 11.02% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) require the related borrowers to make monthly payments of accrued interest, but not principal, for the first three years and five years, respectively, following origination. After such interest-only period, the borrower's monthly payment will be recalculated to cover both interest and principal so that the mortgage loan will amortize fully on its final payment date. The mortgage loans which are adjustable-rate loans are generally assumable in accordance with the terms of the related mortgage note. See "Maturity and Prepayment Considerations" in the prospectus. Set forth below is a description of additional characteristics of the mortgage loans. All percentages of the mortgage loans are approximate percentages by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date, except as otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise specified, all principal balances of the mortgage loans are as of the statistical cut-off date, after application of scheduled payments due on or before the statistical cut-off date whether or not received and subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%, and are rounded to the nearest dollar. For purposes of calculating the original loan to value ratio for second lien mortgage loans in the following tables, the original loan to value ratio will be the combined LTV ratio. S-42 PRODUCT TYPE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS PRODUCT TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 2/1 ARM ...................... 1,620 $360,941,028.97 36.76% $222,803.10 596 75.79% 8.937% 2/1 ARM 5Y-IO ................ 306 101,279,189.67 10.32 330,977.74 622 81.77 7.659 3/1 ARM ...................... 27 5,423,855.86 0.55 200,883.55 605 76.92 8.732 3/1 ARM 3Y-IO ................ 12 4,102,500.00 0.42 341,875.00 635 78.95 6.944 3/1 ARM 5Y-IO ................ 17 6,059,490.00 0.62 356,440.59 634 79.61 7.089 40/30 2/1 ARM ................ 1,241 381,554,118.66 38.86 307,456.99 613 81.14 8.375 40/30 3/1 ARM ................ 35 9,768,328.33 0.99 279,095.10 632 82.58 8.196 40/30 5/1 ARM ................ 8 3,165,923.86 0.32 395,740.48 583 69.05 8.315 40/30 Fixed .................. 86 24,311,216.87 2.48 282,688.57 619 76.65 7.938 5/1 ARM ...................... 9 2,144,309.20 0.22 238,256.58 620 66.88 7.960 5/1 ARM 5Y-IO ................ 2 807,250.00 0.08 403,625.00 625 85.07 7.516 Fixed ........................ 505 82,247,637.55 8.38 162,866.61 618 79.15 8.708 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE RATE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS MORTGAGE RATE (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 5.501--6.000 ................. 10 $ 5,334,523.42 0.54% $533,452.34 648 70.12% 5.935% 6.001--6.500 ................. 57 21,600,611.95 2.20 378,958.10 645 77.11 6.323 6.501--7.000 ................. 213 70,487,346.81 7.18 330,926.51 644 76.77 6.831 7.001--7.500 ................. 360 115,576,974.88 11.77 321,047.15 633 78.66 7.312 7.501--8.000 ................. 619 186,989,982.03 19.05 302,083.98 622 80.70 7.807 8.001--8.500 ................. 518 141,039,336.20 14.37 272,276.71 613 80.34 8.292 8.501--9.000 ................. 599 158,736,577.01 16.17 265,002.63 608 79.49 8.791 9.001--9.500 ................. 399 96,033,565.60 9.78 240,685.63 594 79.44 9.271 9.501--10.000 ................ 384 86,078,669.00 8.77 224,163.20 570 79.35 9.774 10.001--10.500 ............... 189 30,325,162.74 3.09 160,450.60 560 77.41 10.251 10.501--11.000 ............... 174 26,473,494.55 2.70 152,146.52 549 71.22 10.803 11.001--11.500 ............... 163 18,821,573.26 1.92 115,469.77 572 77.69 11.278 11.501--12.000 ............... 101 13,851,495.01 1.41 137,143.51 561 70.65 11.777 12.001--12.500 ............... 54 6,308,306.04 0.64 116,820.48 563 67.09 12.285 12.501--13.000 ............... 24 3,650,435.70 0.37 152,101.49 556 71.37 12.755 13.001--13.500 ............... 3 271,882.04 0.03 90,627.35 558 65.40 13.286 13.501--14.000 ............... 1 224,912.73 0.02 224,912.73 525 63.56 13.750 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== S-43 CURRENT MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE CURRENT UNPAID MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS PRINCIPAL BALANCE ($) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ------------- -------- ----------- -------- 0.01--50,000.00 .............. 94 $ 3,417,383.76 0.35% $ 36,355.15 624 90.00% 11.228% 50,000.01--100,000.00 ........ 456 35,191,483.17 3.58 77,174.31 597 78.20 9.919 100,000.01--150,000.00 ....... 621 77,856,768.66 7.93 125,373.22 600 76.59 9.080 150,000.01--200,000.00 ....... 668 117,933,415.68 12.01 176,547.03 596 75.67 8.786 200,000.01--250,000.00 ....... 494 111,045,595.07 11.31 224,788.65 602 77.43 8.672 250,000.01--300,000.00 ....... 382 104,961,447.56 10.69 274,768.19 603 77.61 8.611 300,000.01--350,000.00 ....... 300 96,756,457.39 9.85 322,521.52 608 79.85 8.430 350,000.01--400,000.00 ....... 222 83,639,739.53 8.52 376,755.58 617 79.82 8.221 400,000.01--450,000.00 ....... 177 75,728,379.58 7.71 427,843.95 607 81.04 8.357 450,000.01--500,000.00 ....... 128 60,978,637.27 6.21 476,395.60 616 80.90 8.187 500,000.01--550,000.00 ....... 88 46,040,915.04 4.69 523,192.22 617 81.08 8.163 550,000.01--600,000.00 ....... 57 32,711,265.10 3.33 573,881.84 619 82.67 8.046 600,000.01--650,000.00 ....... 48 30,050,610.48 3.06 626,054.39 622 84.40 8.179 650,000.01--700,000.00 ....... 39 26,347,054.16 2.68 675,565.49 619 82.03 8.014 700,000.01--750,000.00 ....... 25 18,225,328.74 1.86 729,013.15 614 81.39 8.122 750,000.01--800,000.00 ....... 38 29,869,487.07 3.04 786,039.13 615 78.25 8.316 800,000.01--850,000.00 ....... 7 5,822,655.47 0.59 831,807.92 620 80.38 7.704 850,000.01--900,000.00 ....... 7 6,212,426.63 0.63 887,489.52 629 77.34 7.615 900,000.01--950,000.00 ....... 3 2,772,857.12 0.28 924,285.71 640 66.58 7.276 950,000.01--1,000,000.00 ..... 6 5,901,759.35 0.60 983,626.56 660 72.98 7.069 1,000,000.01 >= .............. 8 10,341,182.14 1.05 1,292,647.77 654 72.07 7.269 ----- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $ 253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ------------- -------- ----------- -------- 0.01--50,000.00 .............. 94 $ 3,417,383.76 0.35% $ 36,355.15 624 90.00% 11.228% 50,000.01--100,000.00 ........ 456 35,191,483.17 3.58 77,174.31 597 78.20 9.919 100,000.01--150,000.00 ....... 621 77,856,768.66 7.93 125,373.22 600 76.59 9.080 150,000.01--200,000.00 ....... 668 117,933,415.68 12.01 176,547.03 596 75.67 8.786 200,000.01--250,000.00 ....... 493 110,795,893.68 11.28 224,738.12 602 77.43 8.669 250,000.01--300,000.00 ....... 382 104,911,209.23 10.69 274,636.67 603 77.61 8.613 300,000.01--350,000.00 ....... 300 96,706,423.17 9.85 322,354.74 608 79.85 8.432 350,000.01--400,000.00 ....... 223 83,989,713.47 8.55 376,635.49 617 79.83 8.223 400,000.01--450,000.00 ....... 177 75,728,379.58 7.71 427,843.95 607 81.04 8.357 450,000.01--500,000.00 ....... 128 60,978,637.27 6.21 476,395.60 616 80.90 8.187 500,000.01--550,000.00 ....... 88 46,040,915.04 4.69 523,192.22 617 81.08 8.163 550,000.01--600,000.00 ....... 57 32,711,265.10 3.33 573,881.84 619 82.67 8.046 600,000.01--650,000.00 ....... 48 30,050,610.48 3.06 626,054.39 622 84.40 8.179 650,000.01--700,000.00 ....... 39 26,347,054.16 2.68 675,565.49 619 82.03 8.014 700,000.01--750,000.00 ....... 25 18,225,328.74 1.86 729,013.15 614 81.39 8.122 750,000.01--800,000.00 ....... 38 29,869,487.07 3.04 786,039.13 615 78.25 8.316 800,000.01--850,000.00 ....... 7 5,822,655.47 0.59 831,807.92 620 80.38 7.704 850,000.01--900,000.00 ....... 7 6,212,426.63 0.63 887,489.52 629 77.34 7.615 900,000.01--950,000.00 ....... 3 2,772,857.12 0.28 924,285.71 640 66.58 7.276 950,000.01--1,000,000.00 ..... 6 5,901,759.35 0.60 983,626.56 660 72.98 7.069 1,000,000.01 >= .............. 8 10,341,182.14 1.05 1,292,647.77 654 72.07 7.269 ----- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $ 253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== REMAINING TERM TO MATURITY OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS REMAINING TERM (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 121--180 ..................... 15 $ 555,308.85 0.06% $ 37,020.59 626 87.36% 10.055% 181--240 ..................... 4 346,585.84 0.04 86,646.46 572 79.11 9.516 301--360 ..................... 3,849 980,902,954.28 99.91 254,846.18 608 78.86 8.508 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== S-44 ORIGINAL TERM TO MATURITY OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS ORIGINAL TERM (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 121--180 ..................... 15 $ 555,308.85 0.06% $ 37,020.59 626 87.36% 10.055% 181--240 ..................... 4 346,585.84 0.04 86,646.46 572 79.11 9.516 301--360 ..................... 3,849 980,902,954.28 99.91 254,846.18 608 78.86 8.508 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS COMBINED LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 5.01--10.00 .................. 3 $ 232,113.81 0.02% $ 77,371.27 568 7.48% 10.500% 10.01--15.00 ................. 3 210,856.26 0.02 70,285.42 558 13.18 9.731 15.01--20.00 ................. 2 219,903.31 0.02 109,951.66 592 17.74 10.068 20.01--25.00 ................. 6 547,548.28 0.06 91,258.05 560 23.78 9.250 25.01--30.00 ................. 7 1,159,506.84 0.12 165,643.83 576 28.57 9.302 30.01--35.00 ................. 14 1,658,713.21 0.17 118,479.52 571 33.02 8.990 35.01--40.00 ................. 18 3,314,617.48 0.34 184,145.42 566 38.50 9.499 40.01--45.00 ................. 31 5,128,164.02 0.52 165,424.65 570 42.55 9.224 45.01--50.00 ................. 39 8,472,334.26 0.86 217,239.34 594 47.89 8.571 50.01--55.00 ................. 67 13,521,767.81 1.38 201,817.43 583 53.08 9.101 55.01--60.00 ................. 108 23,370,143.93 2.38 216,390.22 574 57.89 9.315 60.01--65.00 ................. 211 50,010,518.53 5.09 237,016.68 583 63.72 9.226 65.01--70.00 ................. 241 59,144,805.77 6.02 245,414.13 590 68.95 8.922 70.01--75.00 ................. 252 64,397,370.89 6.56 255,545.12 585 74.02 8.646 75.01--80.00 ................. 608 158,847,752.36 16.18 261,262.75 584 79.49 8.696 80.01--85.00 ................. 244 72,450,623.30 7.38 296,928.78 605 84.26 8.213 85.01--90.00 ................. 413 138,301,434.18 14.09 334,870.30 616 89.20 8.441 90.01--95.00 ................. 145 39,352,371.33 4.01 271,395.66 610 88.52 8.452 95.01--100.00 ................ 1,456 341,464,303.40 34.78 234,522.19 633 81.75 8.207 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== * The combined loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the principal balance of such mortgage loan at the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding balance of any junior lien mortgage loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the appraised value of the related mortgaged property determined in the appraisal at the time of origination and (ii) the sales price of the related mortgaged property. The combined loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. S-45 ORIGINAL LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS ORIGINAL LTV RATIO (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 5.01--10.00................... 3 $ 232,113.81 0.02% $ 77,371.27 568 7.48% 10.500% 10.01--15.00.................. 3 210,856.26 0.02 70,285.42 558 13.18 9.731 15.01--20.00.................. 2 219,903.31 0.02 109,951.66 592 17.74 10.068 20.01--25.00.................. 6 547,548.28 0.06 91,258.05 560 23.78 9.250 25.01--30.00.................. 7 1,159,506.84 0.12 165,643.83 576 28.57 9.302 30.01--35.00.................. 14 1,658,713.21 0.17 118,479.52 571 33.02 8.990 35.01--40.00.................. 18 3,314,617.48 0.34 184,145.42 566 38.50 9.499 40.01--45.00.................. 31 5,128,164.02 0.52 165,424.65 570 42.55 9.224 45.01--50.00.................. 40 9,472,334.26 0.96 236,808.36 602 48.11 8.542 50.01--55.00.................. 67 13,521,767.81 1.38 201,817.43 583 53.08 9.101 55.01--60.00.................. 107 22,370,143.93 2.28 209,066.77 569 58.25 9.361 60.01--65.00.................. 213 50,228,268.53 5.12 235,813.47 583 63.73 9.220 65.01--70.00.................. 258 64,745,283.47 6.59 250,950.71 593 69.00 8.853 70.01--75.00.................. 268 68,036,558.93 6.93 253,867.76 586 74.05 8.662 75.01--80.00.................. 1,770 463,482,013.27 47.21 261,854.24 617 79.81 8.248 80.01--85.00.................. 279 79,853,487.01 8.13 286,213.22 605 84.50 8.222 85.01--90.00.................. 490 157,364,538.71 16.03 321,152.12 615 89.74 8.496 90.01--95.00.................. 63 17,502,595.85 1.78 277,818.98 607 94.65 8.293 95.01--100.00................. 229 22,756,433.99 2.32 99,373.07 631 99.94 10.444 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== * The original loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the LTV ratio methodology described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. The original loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- California ................... 633 $236,291,742.14 24.07% $373,288.69 618 78.99% 8.007% Florida ...................... 659 139,121,902.71 14.17 211,110.63 609 78.40 8.608 New York ..................... 373 130,613,813.74 13.30 350,171.08 607 78.20 8.493 Maryland ..................... 312 77,303,823.16 7.87 247,768.66 593 78.04 8.810 New Jersey ................... 264 75,376,147.18 7.68 285,515.71 602 77.73 9.004 Massachusetts ................ 173 47,872,534.31 4.88 276,719.85 599 76.07 8.915 Virginia ..................... 126 30,512,249.91 3.11 242,160.71 610 80.71 8.543 Georgia ...................... 153 27,029,978.34 2.75 176,666.53 605 81.46 8.615 Arizona ...................... 101 20,159,027.27 2.05 199,594.33 611 80.87 8.528 Connecticut .................. 76 16,757,476.69 1.71 220,493.11 612 79.80 8.582 Texas ........................ 101 16,599,017.20 1.69 164,346.70 610 80.51 8.340 Illinois ..................... 95 16,410,744.26 1.67 172,744.68 617 81.31 8.740 Nevada ....................... 53 15,023,371.68 1.53 283,459.84 611 81.84 8.449 Hawaii ....................... 35 14,410,662.51 1.47 411,733.21 622 80.20 7.957 Washington ................... 52 12,252,068.52 1.25 235,616.70 612 81.49 8.170 Other ........................ 662 106,070,289.35 10.80 160,227.02 602 79.41 8.827 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== OCCUPANCY TYPE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS OCCUPANCY LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Second Home .................. 44 $ 11,421,387.67 1.16% $259,576.99 623 75.84% 8.472% Non-Owner Occupied ........... 282 56,750,669.69 5.78 201,243.51 596 76.93 9.536 Owner Occupied ............... 3,542 913,632,791.61 93.06 257,942.63 609 79.02 8.446 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== S-46 MORTGAGED PROPERTY TYPE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS PROPERTY TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Single Family ................ 3,145 $777,530,660.77 79.19% $247,227.56 607 78.82% 8.472% Multi Family ................. 501 157,803,109.81 16.07 314,976.27 610 78.74 8.722 Condo ........................ 222 46,471,078.39 4.73 209,329.18 625 80.08 8.404 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN PURPOSE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS LOAN PURPOSE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Cash Out ..................... 2,166 $581,669,157.48 59.24% $268,545.32 596 76.84% 8.618% Purchase ..................... 1,650 388,082,688.59 39.53 235,201.63 627 81.88 8.343 Refinance .................... 52 12,053,002.90 1.23 231,788.52 600 79.25 8.639 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTATION TYPE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS DOCUMENTATION TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Easy Documentation ........... 38 $ 12,410,051.98 1.26% $326,580.32 593 81.61% 8.348% Full Documentation ........... 2,188 543,711,268.56 55.38 248,496.92 609 80.20 8.058 Stated Documentation ......... 1,642 425,683,528.43 43.36 259,246.97 607 77.08 9.090 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== CREDIT SCORE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS CREDIT SCORE RANGE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 476--500 ..................... 3 $ 720,676.12 0.07% $240,225.37 500 76.60% 10.985% 501--525 ..................... 214 47,271,457.25 4.81 220,894.66 514 71.03 10.309 526--550 ..................... 375 82,522,175.53 8.41 220,059.13 539 73.11 9.736 551--575 ..................... 485 115,453,214.78 11.76 238,047.87 562 76.10 9.148 576--600 ..................... 583 136,714,116.51 13.92 234,501.06 588 79.83 8.606 601--625 ..................... 804 206,118,674.37 20.99 256,366.51 613 81.15 8.207 626--650 ..................... 771 207,893,740.20 21.17 269,641.69 638 80.30 8.046 651--675 ..................... 463 127,662,356.63 13.00 275,728.63 661 80.13 8.017 676--700 ..................... 170 57,448,437.58 5.85 337,931.99 686 80.63 7.576 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 0 ............................ 1,602 $411,188,537.96 41.88% $256,672.00 602 78.52% 8.809% 12 ........................... 200 64,911,464.51 6.61 324,557.32 613 78.19 8.504 24 ........................... 1,709 421,757,369.50 42.96 246,786.06 611 79.69 8.358 30 ........................... 2 324,274.11 0.03 162,137.06 640 77.02 7.771 36 ........................... 355 83,623,202.89 8.52 235,558.32 621 76.94 7.808 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== S-47 LIEN TYPE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS LIEN TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- ----------- -------- First Lien ................... 3,659 $967,330,314.80 98.53% $264,370.13 608 78.55% 8.468% Second Lien .................. 209 14,474,534.17 1.47 69,256.14 642 99.56 11.287 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,868 $981,804,848.97 100.00% $253,827.52 608 78.86% 8.509% ===== =============== ====== S-48 PRODUCT TYPE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PRODUCT TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 40/30 Fixed................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 22.81% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% Fixed......................... 505 82,247,637.55 77.19 162,866.61 618 79.15 8.708 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE RATE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE RATE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.501--6.000.................. 3 $ 1,371,451.43 1.29% $457,150.48 654 58.62% 5.992% 6.001--6.500.................. 16 5,932,664.07 5.57 370,791.50 641 70.95 6.351 6.501--7.000.................. 42 13,867,144.14 13.01 330,170.10 635 70.87 6.773 7.001--7.500.................. 49 13,580,334.05 12.74 277,149.67 630 75.43 7.329 7.501--8.000.................. 58 15,215,819.75 14.28 262,341.72 627 78.71 7.766 8.001--8.500.................. 49 11,662,330.55 10.94 238,006.75 613 79.40 8.298 8.501--9.000.................. 52 11,132,319.15 10.45 214,083.06 608 76.22 8.801 9.001--9.500.................. 31 5,633,742.52 5.29 181,733.63 595 71.41 9.311 9.501--10.000................. 45 7,114,986.88 6.68 158,110.82 582 83.54 9.749 10.001--10.500................ 49 5,460,532.40 5.12 111,439.44 602 86.09 10.253 10.501--11.000................ 30 2,417,671.48 2.27 80,589.05 607 88.85 10.874 11.001--11.500................ 86 7,235,671.75 6.79 84,135.72 621 92.17 11.291 11.501--12.000................ 47 3,750,975.07 3.52 79,807.98 613 91.67 11.713 12.001--12.500................ 21 1,325,896.17 1.24 63,137.91 609 87.04 12.237 12.501--13.000................ 12 770,354.13 0.72 64,196.18 613 99.29 12.784 13.001--13.500................ 1 86,960.88 0.08 86,960.88 611 100.00 13.175 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ------ ------ TOTAL......................... 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== CURRENT MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT UNPAID PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 0.01--50,000.00............... 83 $ 2,868,907.79 2.69% $ 34,565.15 633 96.45% 11.297% 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 134 9,861,795.91 9.25 73,595.49 626 89.28 10.583 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 112 13,850,628.73 13.00 123,666.33 615 81.07 9.398 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 92 16,311,230.53 15.31 177,295.98 612 73.67 8.649 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 42 9,506,631.46 8.92 226,348.37 603 73.16 8.413 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 35 9,640,004.12 9.05 275,428.69 617 74.27 7.949 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 18 5,767,712.61 5.41 320,428.48 598 77.55 8.325 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 19 7,178,064.06 6.74 377,792.85 630 79.29 7.633 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 14 6,027,045.56 5.66 430,503.25 622 77.54 8.110 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 10 4,784,252.75 4.49 478,425.28 631 78.47 7.532 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 10 5,267,852.28 4.94 526,785.23 622 75.48 7.608 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 5 2,915,067.99 2.74 583,013.60 650 73.18 7.381 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 4 2,519,759.60 2.36 629,939.90 589 81.71 8.190 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 3 2,025,190.20 1.90 675,063.40 633 82.67 7.708 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 5 3,662,037.19 3.44 732,407.44 621 80.81 7.921 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 2 1,573,062.54 1.48 786,531.27 621 82.48 7.076 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 1 899,718.91 0.84 899,718.91 633 90.00 7.700 900,000.01--950,000.00........ 1 925,844.39 0.87 925,844.39 641 65.00 6.500 950,000.01--1,000,000.00...... 1 974,047.80 0.91 974,047.80 656 72.22 6.100 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== S-49 ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN BALANCE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ($) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 0.01--50,000.00............... 83 $ 2,868,907.79 2.69% $ 34,565.15 633 96.45% 11.297% 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 134 9,861,795.91 9.25 73,595.49 626 89.28 10.583 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 112 13,850,628.73 13.00 123,666.33 615 81.07 9.398 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 92 16,311,230.53 15.31 177,295.98 612 73.67 8.649 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 42 9,506,631.46 8.92 226,348.37 603 73.16 8.413 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 35 9,640,004.12 9.05 275,428.69 617 74.27 7.949 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 18 5,767,712.61 5.41 320,428.48 598 77.55 8.325 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 19 7,178,064.06 6.74 377,792.85 630 79.29 7.633 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 14 6,027,045.56 5.66 430,503.25 622 77.54 8.110 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 10 4,784,252.75 4.49 478,425.28 631 78.47 7.532 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 10 5,267,852.28 4.94 526,785.23 622 75.48 7.608 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 5 2,915,067.99 2.74 583,013.60 650 73.18 7.381 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 4 2,519,759.60 2.36 629,939.90 589 81.71 8.190 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 3 2,025,190.20 1.90 675,063.40 633 82.67 7.708 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 5 3,662,037.19 3.44 732,407.44 621 80.81 7.921 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 2 1,573,062.54 1.48 786,531.27 621 82.48 7.076 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 1 899,718.91 0.84 899,718.91 633 90.00 7.700 900,000.01--950,000.00........ 1 925,844.39 0.87 925,844.39 641 65.00 6.500 950,000.01--1,000,000.00...... 1 974,047.80 0.91 974,047.80 656 72.22 6.100 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== REMAINING TERM TO MATURITY OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS REMAINING TERM (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 121--180...................... 15 $ 555,308.85 0.52% $ 37,020.59 626 87.36% 10.055% 181--240...................... 4 346,585.84 0.33 86,646.46 572 79.11 9.516 301--360...................... 572 105,656,959.73 99.15 184,714.96 619 78.53 8.521 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== ORIGINAL TERM TO MATURITY OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL TERM (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 121--180...................... 15 $ 555,308.85 0.52% $ 37,020.59 626 87.36% 10.055% 181--240...................... 4 346,585.84 0.33 86,646.46 572 79.11 9.516 301--360...................... 572 105,656,959.73 99.15 184,714.96 619 78.53 8.521 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== S-50 COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS COMBINED LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 25.01--30.00.................. 4 $ 789,652.00 0.74% $197,413.00 571 28.69% 9.492% 30.01--35.00.................. 5 584,508.23 0.55 116,901.65 594 32.54 8.592 35.01--40.00.................. 3 464,787.21 0.44 154,929.07 627 39.30 7.681 40.01--45.00.................. 7 1,285,323.83 1.21 183,617.69 601 42.43 8.332 45.01--50.00.................. 13 2,807,360.69 2.63 215,950.82 612 47.19 7.913 50.01--55.00.................. 11 2,248,098.56 2.11 204,372.60 624 53.06 7.693 55.01--60.00.................. 20 3,181,059.26 2.99 159,052.96 587 58.07 8.515 60.01--65.00.................. 33 8,039,243.76 7.54 243,613.45 610 63.38 7.686 65.01--70.00.................. 32 8,662,544.11 8.13 270,704.50 628 68.41 7.713 70.01--75.00.................. 35 8,053,548.19 7.56 230,101.38 619 73.77 8.110 75.01--80.00.................. 68 18,446,038.92 17.31 271,265.28 599 79.14 8.250 80.01--85.00.................. 44 10,634,950.89 9.98 241,703.43 610 84.45 8.284 85.01--90.00.................. 50 13,223,516.99 12.41 264,470.34 617 89.66 8.444 90.01--95.00.................. 20 2,830,630.04 2.66 141,531.50 634 92.17 8.683 95.01--100.00................. 246 25,307,591.74 23.75 102,876.39 641 91.75 9.696 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== * The combined loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the principal balance of such mortgage loan at the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding balance of any junior lien mortgage loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the appraised value of the related mortgaged property determined in the appraisal at the time of origination and (ii) the sales price of the related mortgaged property. The combined loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. ORIGINAL LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 25.01--30.00.................. 4 $ 789,652.00 0.74% $197,413.00 571 28.69% 9.492% 30.01--35.00.................. 5 584,508.23 0.55 116,901.65 594 32.54 8.592 35.01--40.00.................. 3 464,787.21 0.44 154,929.07 627 39.30 7.681 40.01--45.00.................. 7 1,285,323.83 1.21 183,617.69 601 42.43 8.332 45.01--50.00.................. 13 2,807,360.69 2.63 215,950.82 612 47.19 7.913 50.01--55.00.................. 11 2,248,098.56 2.11 204,372.60 624 53.06 7.693 55.01--60.00.................. 20 3,181,059.26 2.99 159,052.96 587 58.07 8.515 60.01--65.00.................. 33 8,039,243.76 7.54 243,613.45 610 63.38 7.686 65.01--70.00.................. 32 8,662,544.11 8.13 270,704.50 628 68.41 7.713 70.01--75.00.................. 35 8,053,548.19 7.56 230,101.38 619 73.77 8.110 75.01--80.00.................. 108 28,317,898.34 26.57 262,202.76 614 79.44 8.004 80.01--85.00.................. 46 11,262,124.69 10.57 244,828.80 612 84.32 8.306 85.01--90.00.................. 59 14,377,898.01 13.49 243,693.19 618 89.69 8.493 90.01--95.00.................. 16 2,007,478.36 1.88 125,467.40 620 94.71 9.000 95.01--100.00................. 199 14,477,329.18 13.59 72,750.40 643 99.99 11.157 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== * The original loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the LTV ratio methodology described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. The original loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. S-51 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- New York...................... 72 $ 20,845,347.76 19.56% $289,518.72 625 79.10% 8.320% California.................... 88 18,944,669.31 17.78 215,280.33 626 76.73 8.112 Florida....................... 96 15,269,371.13 14.33 159,055.95 611 73.33 8.585 Maryland...................... 40 7,143,511.08 6.70 178,587.78 591 80.42 9.249 New Jersey.................... 27 5,691,315.10 5.34 210,789.45 626 82.03 8.535 Texas......................... 32 4,997,932.65 4.69 156,185.40 613 81.71 8.493 Georgia....................... 33 4,387,332.18 4.12 132,949.46 618 88.08 8.852 Massachusetts................. 21 4,006,486.39 3.76 190,785.07 607 73.88 8.960 Hawaii........................ 10 3,324,062.81 3.12 332,406.28 648 79.91 7.309 Virginia...................... 14 2,340,335.79 2.20 167,166.84 603 81.01 8.610 Connecticut................... 12 1,619,600.65 1.52 134,966.72 629 81.19 9.091 Arizona....................... 13 1,501,085.92 1.41 115,468.15 618 76.20 9.079 Pennsylvania.................. 11 1,479,421.27 1.39 134,492.84 611 81.93 8.502 District of Columbia.......... 8 1,450,063.08 1.36 181,257.89 572 62.63 9.582 North Carolina................ 10 1,415,717.95 1.33 141,571.80 613 81.80 8.867 Other......................... 104 12,142,601.35 11.40 116,755.78 623 81.56 8.840 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== OCCUPANCY TYPE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS OCCUPANCY TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Second Home................... 3 $ 1,082,242.02 1.02% $360,747.34 639 85.02% 8.147% Non-Owner Occupied............ 29 5,808,687.61 5.45 200,299.57 630 75.00 9.158 Owner Occupied................ 559 99,667,924.79 93.53 178,296.82 617 78.72 8.500 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== MORTGAGED PROPERTY TYPE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PROPERTY TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Single Family................. 474 $ 81,902,899.10 76.86% $172,790.93 616 78.85% 8.490% Multi Family.................. 88 21,060,103.32 19.76 239,319.36 626 76.66 8.620 Condo......................... 29 3,595,852.00 3.37 123,994.90 630 83.70 8.987 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN PURPOSE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS LOAN PURPOSE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Cash Out...................... 335 $ 76,843,194.64 72.11% $229,382.67 613 74.66% 8.157% Purchase...................... 244 27,555,120.56 25.86 112,930.82 633 89.47 9.605 Refinance..................... 12 2,160,539.22 2.03 180,044.94 606 79.12 8.197 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== S-52 MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTATION TYPE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS DOCUMENTATION TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Easy Documentation............ 5 $ 2,254,017.95 2.12% $450,803.59 596 74.98% 7.896% Full Documentation............ 394 73,091,976.44 68.59 185,512.63 618 79.03 8.176 Stated Documentation.......... 192 31,212,860.03 29.29 162,566.98 622 77.79 9.414 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== CREDIT SCORE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS CREDIT SCORE RANGE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 501--525...................... 18 $ 2,637,960.96 2.48% $146,553.39 516 66.86% 10.386% 526--550...................... 22 5,143,834.82 4.83 233,810.67 542 74.40 9.872 551--575...................... 44 8,524,692.43 8.00 193,743.01 560 75.64 9.126 576--600...................... 52 9,837,310.22 9.23 189,179.04 589 76.14 9.089 601--625...................... 142 27,081,817.68 25.41 190,717.03 613 77.35 8.238 626--650...................... 186 32,991,091.95 30.96 177,371.46 638 80.67 8.162 651--675...................... 110 16,024,789.27 15.04 145,679.90 659 81.48 8.676 676--700...................... 17 4,317,357.09 4.05 253,962.18 686 83.14 7.516 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE PREPAYMENT PENALTY MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS TERM (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 0............................. 207 $ 29,247,627.00 27.45% $141,292.88 610 82.30% 9.164% 12............................ 67 21,149,974.07 19.85 315,671.25 623 78.52 8.283 24............................ 88 7,897,889.86 7.41 89,748.75 625 89.06 10.235 30............................ 1 167,000.00 0.16 167,000.00 655 74.22 7.650 36............................ 228 48,096,363.49 45.14 210,948.96 620 74.65 7.982 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== LIEN TYPE OF THE FIXED RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS LIEN TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- First Lien.................... 382 $ 92,084,320.25 86.42% $241,058.43 615 75.28% 8.099% Second Lien................... 209 14,474,534.17 13.58 69,256.14 642 99.56 11.287 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 591 $106,558,854.42 100.00% $180,302.63 618 78.58% 8.533% === =============== ====== S-53 PRODUCT TYPE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PRODUCT TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 2/1 ARM....................... 1,620 $360,941,028.97 41.24% $222,803.10 596 75.79% 8.937% 2/1 ARM 5Y-IO................. 306 101,279,189.67 11.57 330,977.74 622 81.77 7.659 3/1 ARM....................... 27 5,423,855.86 0.62 200,883.55 605 76.92 8.732 3/1 ARM 3Y-IO................. 12 4,102,500.00 0.47 341,875.00 635 78.95 6.944 3/1 ARM 5Y-IO................. 17 6,059,490.00 0.69 356,440.59 634 79.61 7.089 40/30 2/1 ARM................. 1,241 381,554,118.66 43.59 307,456.99 613 81.14 8.375 40/30 3/1 ARM................. 35 9,768,328.33 1.12 279,095.10 632 82.58 8.196 40/30 5/1 ARM................. 8 3,165,923.86 0.36 395,740.48 583 69.05 8.315 5/1 ARM....................... 9 2,144,309.20 0.24 238,256.58 620 66.88 7.960 5/1 ARM 5Y-IO................. 2 807,250.00 0.09 403,625.00 625 85.07 7.516 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE RATE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS RATE (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.501--6.000.................. 7 $ 3,963,071.99 0.45% $566,153.14 646 74.10% 5.916% 6.001--6.500.................. 41 15,667,947.88 1.79 382,145.07 646 79.44 6.312 6.501--7.000.................. 171 56,620,202.67 6.47 331,112.30 646 78.22 6.845 7.001--7.500.................. 311 101,996,640.83 11.65 327,963.48 633 79.09 7.310 7.501--8.000.................. 561 171,774,162.28 19.63 306,192.80 622 80.87 7.811 8.001--8.500.................. 469 129,377,005.65 14.78 275,857.15 613 80.42 8.292 8.501--9.000.................. 547 147,604,257.86 16.86 269,843.25 608 79.73 8.791 9.001--9.500.................. 368 90,399,823.08 10.33 245,651.69 594 79.94 9.268 9.501--10.000................. 339 78,963,682.12 9.02 232,931.22 569 78.97 9.776 10.001--10.500................ 140 24,864,630.34 2.84 177,604.50 551 75.50 10.251 10.501--11.000................ 144 24,055,823.07 2.75 167,054.33 544 69.45 10.796 11.001--11.500................ 77 11,585,901.51 1.32 150,466.25 541 68.64 11.270 11.501--12.000................ 54 10,100,519.94 1.15 187,046.67 541 62.85 11.801 12.001--12.500................ 33 4,982,409.87 0.57 150,982.12 551 61.78 12.297 12.501--13.000................ 12 2,880,081.57 0.33 240,006.80 541 63.90 12.747 13.001--13.500................ 2 184,921.16 0.02 92,460.58 534 49.13 13.338 13.501--14.000................ 1 224,912.73 0.03 224,912.73 525 63.56 13.750 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== CURRENT MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT UNPAID PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ------------- -------- -------------- -------- 0.01--50,000.00............... 11 $ 548,475.97 0.06% $ 49,861.45 580 56.27% 10.867% 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 322 25,329,687.26 2.89 78,663.63 586 73.88 9.661 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 509 64,006,139.93 7.31 125,748.80 596 75.63 9.011 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 576 101,622,185.15 11.61 176,427.40 593 75.99 8.808 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 452 101,538,963.61 11.60 224,643.72 601 77.83 8.696 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 347 95,321,443.44 10.89 274,701.57 602 77.94 8.678 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 282 90,988,744.78 10.40 322,655.12 608 80.00 8.437 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 203 76,461,675.47 8.74 376,658.50 616 79.87 8.277 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 163 69,701,334.02 7.96 427,615.55 605 81.35 8.378 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 118 56,194,384.52 6.42 476,223.60 614 81.11 8.243 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 78 40,773,062.76 4.66 522,731.57 616 81.81 8.235 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 52 29,796,197.11 3.40 573,003.79 616 83.60 8.111 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 44 27,530,850.88 3.15 625,701.16 625 84.64 8.178 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 36 24,321,863.96 2.78 675,607.33 618 81.98 8.040 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 20 14,563,291.55 1.66 728,164.58 613 81.54 8.173 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 36 28,296,424.53 3.23 786,011.79 615 78.01 8.384 800,000.01--850,000.00........ 7 5,822,655.47 0.67 831,807.92 620 80.38 7.704 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 6 5,312,707.72 0.61 885,451.29 629 75.20 7.600 900,000.01--950,000.00........ 2 1,847,012.73 0.21 923,506.37 639 67.37 7.666 950,000.01--1,000,000.00...... 5 4,927,711.55 0.56 985,542.31 660 73.13 7.261 1,000,000.01 >=............... 8 10,341,182.14 1.18 1,292,647.77 654 72.07 7.269 ----- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $ 267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== S-54 ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ------------- -------- -------------- -------- 0.01--50,000.00............... 11 $ 548,475.97 0.06% $ 49,861.45 580 56.27% 10.867% 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 322 25,329,687.26 2.89 78,663.63 586 73.88 9.661 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 509 64,006,139.93 7.31 125,748.80 596 75.63 9.011 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 576 101,622,185.15 11.61 176,427.40 593 75.99 8.808 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 451 101,289,262.22 11.57 224,588.16 602 77.83 8.693 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 347 95,271,205.11 10.89 274,556.79 602 77.94 8.680 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 282 90,938,710.56 10.39 322,477.70 608 80.00 8.439 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 204 76,811,649.41 8.78 376,527.69 616 79.88 8.278 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 163 69,701,334.02 7.96 427,615.55 605 81.35 8.378 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 118 56,194,384.52 6.42 476,223.60 614 81.11 8.243 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 78 40,773,062.76 4.66 522,731.57 616 81.81 8.235 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 52 29,796,197.11 3.40 573,003.79 616 83.60 8.111 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 44 27,530,850.88 3.15 625,701.16 625 84.64 8.178 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 36 24,321,863.96 2.78 675,607.33 618 81.98 8.040 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 20 14,563,291.55 1.66 728,164.58 613 81.54 8.173 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 36 28,296,424.53 3.23 786,011.79 615 78.01 8.384 800,000.01--850,000.00........ 7 5,822,655.47 0.67 831,807.92 620 80.38 7.704 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 6 5,312,707.72 0.61 885,451.29 629 75.20 7.600 900,000.01--950,000.00........ 2 1,847,012.73 0.21 923,506.37 639 67.37 7.666 950,000.01--1,000,000.00...... 5 4,927,711.55 0.56 985,542.31 660 73.13 7.261 1,000,000.01 >=............... 8 10,341,182.14 1.18 1,292,647.77 654 72.07 7.269 ----- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $ 267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== REMAINING TERM TO MATURITY OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS REMAINING TERM (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 301--360...................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== ORIGINAL TERM TO MATURITY OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL TERM (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 301--360...................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== S-55 COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS COMBINED LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.01--10.00................... 3 $ 232,113.81 0.03% $ 77,371.27 568 7.48% 10.500% 10.01--15.00.................. 3 210,856.26 0.02 70,285.42 558 13.18 9.731 15.01--20.00.................. 2 219,903.31 0.03 109,951.66 592 17.74 10.068 20.01--25.00.................. 6 547,548.28 0.06 91,258.05 560 23.78 9.250 25.01--30.00.................. 3 369,854.84 0.04 123,284.95 585 28.33 8.895 30.01--35.00.................. 9 1,074,204.98 0.12 119,356.11 559 33.29 9.206 35.01--40.00.................. 15 2,849,830.27 0.33 189,988.68 556 38.37 9.796 40.01--45.00.................. 24 3,842,840.19 0.44 160,118.34 559 42.60 9.523 45.01--50.00.................. 26 5,664,973.57 0.65 217,883.60 584 48.23 8.896 50.01--55.00.................. 56 11,273,669.25 1.29 201,315.52 575 53.08 9.381 55.01--60.00.................. 88 20,189,084.67 2.31 229,421.42 572 57.87 9.441 60.01--65.00.................. 178 41,971,274.77 4.80 235,793.68 578 63.79 9.521 65.01--70.00.................. 209 50,482,261.66 5.77 241,541.92 584 69.04 9.129 70.01--75.00.................. 217 56,343,822.70 6.44 259,648.95 581 74.05 8.722 75.01--80.00.................. 540 140,401,713.44 16.04 260,003.17 583 79.54 8.755 80.01--85.00.................. 200 61,815,672.41 7.06 309,078.36 605 84.22 8.201 85.01--90.00.................. 363 125,077,917.19 14.29 344,567.26 615 89.16 8.440 90.01--95.00.................. 125 36,521,741.29 4.17 292,173.93 608 88.23 8.434 95.01--100.00................. 1,210 316,156,711.66 36.12 261,286.54 633 80.95 8.088 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== * The combined loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the principal balance of such mortgage loan at the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding balance of any junior lien mortgage loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the appraised value of the related mortgaged property determined in the appraisal at the time of origination and (ii) the sales price of the related mortgaged property. The combined loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. ORIGINAL LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.01--10.00................... 3 $ 232,113.81 0.03% $ 77,371.27 568 7.48% 10.500% 10.01--15.00.................. 3 210,856.26 0.02 70,285.42 558 13.18 9.731 15.01--20.00.................. 2 219,903.31 0.03 109,951.66 592 17.74 10.068 20.01--25.00.................. 6 547,548.28 0.06 91,258.05 560 23.78 9.250 25.01--30.00.................. 3 369,854.84 0.04 123,284.95 585 28.33 8.895 30.01--35.00.................. 9 1,074,204.98 0.12 119,356.11 559 33.29 9.206 35.01--40.00.................. 15 2,849,830.27 0.33 189,988.68 556 38.37 9.796 40.01--45.00.................. 24 3,842,840.19 0.44 160,118.34 559 42.60 9.523 45.01--50.00.................. 27 6,664,973.57 0.76 246,850.87 598 48.50 8.807 50.01--55.00.................. 56 11,273,669.25 1.29 201,315.52 575 53.08 9.381 55.01--60.00.................. 87 19,189,084.67 2.19 220,564.19 566 58.28 9.501 60.01--65.00.................. 180 42,189,024.77 4.82 234,383.47 578 63.79 9.513 65.01--70.00.................. 226 56,082,739.36 6.41 248,153.71 588 69.09 9.029 70.01--75.00.................. 233 59,983,010.74 6.85 257,437.81 581 74.09 8.736 75.01--80.00.................. 1,662 435,164,114.93 49.72 261,831.60 618 79.83 8.264 80.01--85.00.................. 233 68,591,362.32 7.84 294,383.53 604 84.53 8.208 85.01--90.00.................. 431 142,986,640.70 16.34 331,755.55 615 89.75 8.496 90.01--95.00.................. 47 15,495,117.49 1.77 329,683.35 606 94.65 8.201 95.01--100.00................. 30 8,279,104.81 0.95 275,970.16 609 99.86 9.196 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== * The original loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the LTV ratio methodology described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. The original loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. S-56 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- California.................... 545 $217,347,072.83 24.83% $398,801.97 618 79.19% 7.998% Florida....................... 563 123,852,531.58 14.15 219,986.73 609 79.02 8.611 New York...................... 301 109,768,465.98 12.54 364,679.29 603 78.02 8.526 Maryland...................... 272 70,160,312.08 8.02 257,942.32 593 77.79 8.765 New Jersey.................... 237 69,684,832.08 7.96 294,028.83 600 77.38 9.042 Massachusetts................. 152 43,866,047.92 5.01 288,592.42 598 76.27 8.911 Virginia...................... 112 28,171,914.12 3.22 251,534.95 610 80.69 8.537 Georgia....................... 120 22,642,646.16 2.59 188,688.72 602 80.18 8.569 Arizona....................... 88 18,657,941.35 2.13 212,022.06 610 81.25 8.483 Illinois...................... 81 15,292,621.52 1.75 188,797.80 617 80.99 8.693 Connecticut................... 64 15,137,876.04 1.73 236,529.31 610 79.66 8.528 Nevada........................ 48 14,762,528.93 1.69 307,552.69 610 81.54 8.402 Minnesota..................... 54 11,821,587.24 1.35 218,918.28 623 82.10 8.175 Texas......................... 69 11,601,084.55 1.33 168,131.66 609 80.00 8.274 Washington.................... 45 11,240,882.75 1.28 249,797.39 609 81.15 8.136 Other......................... 526 91,237,649.42 10.42 173,455.61 599 79.27 8.830 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== OCCUPANCY TYPE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS OCCUPANCY TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Second Home................... 41 $ 10,339,145.65 1.18% $252,174.28 621 74.88% 8.506% Non-Owner Occupied............ 253 50,941,982.08 5.82 201,351.71 592 77.15 9.580 Owner Occupied................ 2,983 813,964,866.82 93.00 272,867.87 608 79.06 8.439 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== MORTGAGED PROPERTY TYPE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PROPERTY TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Single Family................. 2,671 $695,627,761.67 79.48% $260,437.20 606 78.81% 8.470% Multi Family.................. 413 136,743,006.49 15.62 331,096.87 607 79.06 8.737 Condo......................... 193 42,875,226.39 4.90 222,151.43 625 79.77 8.355 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN PURPOSE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS LOAN PURPOSE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Cash Out...................... 1,831 $504,825,962.84 57.68% $275,710.52 594 77.18% 8.688% Purchase...................... 1,406 360,527,568.03 41.19 256,420.75 626 81.30 8.246 Refinance..................... 40 9,892,463.68 1.13 247,311.59 598 79.28 8.736 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== S-57 MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTATION TYPE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS DOCUMENTATION TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- Easy Documentation............ 33 $ 10,156,034.03 1.16% $307,758.61 592 83.08% 8.448% Full Documentation............ 1,794 470,619,292.12 53.77 262,329.59 608 80.38 8.040 Stated Documentation.......... 1,450 394,470,668.40 45.07 272,048.74 606 77.02 9.064 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== CREDIT SCORE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS CREDIT SCORE RANGE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- 476--500...................... 3 $ 720,676.12 0.08% $240,225.37 500 76.60% 10.985% 501--525...................... 196 44,633,496.29 5.10 227,721.92 514 71.28 10.304 526--550...................... 353 77,378,340.71 8.84 219,202.10 538 73.02 9.727 551--575...................... 441 106,928,522.35 12.22 242,468.30 562 76.14 9.150 576--600...................... 531 126,876,806.29 14.50 238,939.37 588 80.11 8.569 601--625...................... 662 179,036,856.69 20.46 270,448.42 613 81.72 8.202 626--650...................... 585 174,902,648.25 19.98 298,978.89 638 80.23 8.024 651--675...................... 353 111,637,567.36 12.75 316,253.73 661 79.94 7.923 676--700...................... 153 53,131,080.49 6.07 347,261.96 686 80.42 7.581 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- 0............................. 1,395 $381,940,910.96 43.64% $273,792.77 602 78.23% 8.781% 12............................ 133 43,761,490.44 5.00 329,033.76 608 78.03 8.611 24............................ 1,621 413,859,479.64 47.28 255,311.22 611 79.51 8.322 30............................ 1 157,274.11 0.02 157,274.11 624 80.00 7.900 36............................ 127 35,526,839.40 4.06 279,738.89 622 80.04 7.573 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== LIEN TYPE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS LIEN TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- First Lien.................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== INITIAL INTEREST RATE CAP OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS INITIAL RATE CAP (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- 1.500......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== * The initial interest rate caps in this table reflect the servicer's agreement that it will not enforce an initial rate cap of greater than 1.5% per annum above the initial interest rate, regardless of the initial rate cap specified in the related mortgage note. The modeling assumptions set forth in this prospectus supplement reflect the initial rate caps in this table. S-58 PERIODIC INTEREST RATE CAP OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS PERIODIC RATE CAP (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- 1.500......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL ........................ 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== GROSS MARGIN OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS GROSS MARGIN (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- 3.001--4.000.................. 28 $ 12,208,730.64 1.39% $436,026.09 644 77.56% 6.185% 4.001--5.000.................. 298 98,527,242.47 11.26 330,628.33 641 78.27 7.039 5.001--6.000.................. 854 247,124,245.80 28.23 289,372.65 618 80.04 7.959 6.001--7.000.................. 2,097 517,385,775.64 59.11 246,726.65 595 78.50 9.102 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED ORIGINAL WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE LOAN- AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT TO-VALUE GROSS MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------- -------- 11.001--11.500................ 1 $ 140,474.98 0.02% $140,474.98 607 80.00% 7.350% 11.501--12.000................ 7 3,963,071.99 0.45 566,153.14 646 74.10 5.916 12.001--12.500................ 41 15,667,947.88 1.79 382,145.07 646 79.44 6.312 12.501--13.000................ 170 56,328,203.50 6.44 331,342.37 647 78.21 6.844 13.001--13.500................ 308 101,199,164.17 11.56 328,568.71 633 79.07 7.307 13.501--14.000................ 562 171,686,939.71 19.62 305,492.78 622 80.88 7.808 14.001--14.500................ 469 130,149,229.07 14.87 277,503.69 613 80.42 8.289 14.501--15.000................ 549 147,868,257.86 16.89 269,341.09 608 79.73 8.790 15.001--15.500................ 368 90,399,823.08 10.33 245,651.69 594 79.94 9.268 15.501--16.000................ 339 78,963,682.12 9.02 232,931.22 569 78.97 9.776 16.001--16.500................ 140 24,864,630.34 2.84 177,604.50 551 75.50 10.251 16.501--17.000................ 144 24,055,823.07 2.75 167,054.33 544 69.45 10.796 17.001--17.500................ 77 11,585,901.51 1.32 150,466.25 541 68.64 11.270 17.501--18.000................ 54 10,100,519.94 1.15 187,046.67 541 62.85 11.801 18.001--18.500................ 33 4,982,409.87 0.57 150,982.12 551 61.78 12.297 18.501--19.000................ 12 2,880,081.57 0.33 240,006.80 541 63.90 12.747 19.001--19.500................ 2 184,921.16 0.02 92,460.58 534 49.13 13.338 19.501--20.000................ 1 224,912.73 0.03 224,912.73 525 63.56 13.750 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== S-59 MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATES (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.501--6.000.................. 7 $ 3,963,071.99 0.45% $566,153.14 646 74.10% 5.916% 6.001--6.500.................. 41 15,667,947.88 1.79 382,145.07 646 79.44 6.312 6.501--7.000.................. 171 56,620,202.67 6.47 331,112.30 646 78.22 6.845 7.001--7.500.................. 311 101,996,640.83 11.65 327,963.48 633 79.09 7.310 7.501--8.000.................. 561 171,774,162.28 19.63 306,192.80 622 80.87 7.811 8.001--8.500.................. 469 129,377,005.65 14.78 275,857.15 613 80.42 8.292 8.501--9.000.................. 547 147,604,257.86 16.86 269,843.25 608 79.73 8.791 9.001--9.500.................. 368 90,399,823.08 10.33 245,651.69 594 79.94 9.268 9.501--10.000................. 339 78,963,682.12 9.02 232,931.22 569 78.97 9.776 10.001--10.500................ 140 24,864,630.34 2.84 177,604.50 551 75.50 10.251 10.501--11.000................ 144 24,055,823.07 2.75 167,054.33 544 69.45 10.796 11.001--11.500................ 77 11,585,901.51 1.32 150,466.25 541 68.64 11.270 11.501--12.000................ 54 10,100,519.94 1.15 187,046.67 541 62.85 11.801 12.001--12.500................ 33 4,982,409.87 0.57 150,982.12 551 61.78 12.297 12.501--13.000................ 12 2,880,081.57 0.33 240,006.80 541 63.90 12.747 13.001--13.500................ 2 184,921.16 0.02 92,460.58 534 49.13 13.338 13.501--14.000................ 1 224,912.73 0.03 224,912.73 525 63.56 13.750 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== INITIAL RATE ADJUSTMENT DATE OF THE ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE INITIAL INTEREST RATE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ADJUSTMENT DATE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- February 1, 2008.............. 1 $ 230,042.35 0.03% $230,042.35 604 80.00% 8.950% March 1, 2008................. 4 1,562,215.77 0.18 390,553.94 643 80.00 7.937 April 1, 2008................. 27 9,066,475.79 1.04 335,795.40 647 80.69 7.941 May 1, 2008................... 59 18,043,736.76 2.06 305,826.05 618 80.20 7.828 June 1, 2008.................. 308 83,014,315.28 9.48 269,527.00 615 80.17 8.143 July 1, 2008.................. 828 221,308,944.58 25.29 267,281.33 607 78.85 8.530 August 1, 2008................ 1,226 334,544,708.77 38.22 272,874.97 602 78.65 8.670 September 1, 2008............. 714 176,003,898.00 20.11 246,504.06 607 78.72 8.550 April 1, 2009................. 1 158,474.34 0.02 158,474.34 608 80.00 6.400 July 1, 2009.................. 16 4,424,377.66 0.51 276,523.60 626 78.92 8.305 August, 1, 2009............... 42 11,684,389.19 1.33 278,199.74 624 81.12 8.010 September 1, 2009............. 32 9,086,933.00 1.04 283,966.66 633 79.29 7.430 June 1, 2011.................. 1 799,435.62 0.09 799,435.62 543 55.17 8.700 July 1, 2011.................. 5 1,668,804.46 0.19 333,760.89 609 77.06 8.000 August 1, 2011................ 6 1,968,450.98 0.22 328,075.16 623 75.75 8.063 September 1, 2011............. 7 1,680,792.00 0.19 240,113.14 597 64.78 7.903 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 3,277 $875,245,994.55 100.00% $267,087.58 607 78.90% 8.506% ===== =============== ====== S-60 PRODUCT TYPES OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PRODUCT TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 2/1 ARM 5Y-IO................. 306 $101,279,189.67 90.23% $330,977.74 622 81.77% 7.659% 3/1 ARM 3Y-IO................. 12 4,102,500.00 3.65 341,875.00 635 78.95 6.944 3/1 ARM 5Y-IO................. 17 6,059,490.00 5.40 356,440.59 634 79.61 7.089 5/1 ARM 5Y-IO................. 2 807,250.00 0.72 403,625.00 625 85.07 7.516 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE RATE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS RATE (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.501--6.000.................. 3 $ 1,930,220.00 1.72% $643,406.67 624 74.06% 5.960% 6.001--6.500.................. 13 4,811,500.00 4.29 370,115.38 633 81.04 6.326 6.501--7.000.................. 48 15,203,892.89 13.54 316,747.77 634 78.08 6.844 7.001--7.500.................. 85 30,455,154.60 27.13 358,295.94 626 80.43 7.300 7.501--8.000.................. 102 36,153,082.66 32.21 354,441.99 620 82.30 7.803 8.001--8.500.................. 44 12,146,253.00 10.82 276,051.20 613 84.01 8.277 8.501--9.000.................. 32 8,513,990.20 7.58 266,062.19 616 85.02 8.693 9.001--9.500.................. 9 2,409,336.32 2.15 267,704.04 620 85.21 9.239 9.501--10.000................. 1 625,000.00 0.56 625,000.00 601 100.00 9.600 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ------ ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== CURRENT MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT UNPAID PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 9 $ 781,026.60 0.70% $ 86,780.73 615 83.03% 8.243% 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 31 4,051,017.56 3.61 130,677.99 615 81.17 8.125 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 50 8,860,262.86 7.89 177,205.26 621 79.56 7.796 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 42 9,535,624.86 8.50 227,038.69 618 79.93 7.488 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 44 11,961,840.11 10.66 271,860.00 618 81.14 7.726 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 40 12,886,653.00 11.48 322,166.33 628 81.74 7.338 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 32 12,053,354.25 10.74 376,667.32 631 79.21 7.419 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 17 7,288,787.64 6.49 428,752.21 615 82.93 7.717 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 13 6,124,920.00 5.46 471,147.69 619 83.11 7.550 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 12 6,298,260.00 5.61 524,855.00 616 81.98 7.612 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 15 8,602,307.59 7.66 573,487.17 627 82.65 7.635 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 8 5,092,000.00 4.54 636,500.00 626 89.54 7.987 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 5 3,422,200.00 3.05 684,440.00 627 78.50 6.974 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 6 4,392,177.20 3.91 732,029.53 618 85.75 7.647 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 7 5,476,498.00 4.88 782,356.86 626 79.86 7.837 800,000.01--850,000.00........ 3 2,479,500.00 2.21 826,500.00 643 83.32 7.467 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 2 1,782,000.00 1.59 891,000.00 635 77.87 7.246 1,000,000.01 >=............... 1 1,160,000.00 1.03 1,160,000.00 625 80.00 7.250 --- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $ 333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== S-61 ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 9 $ 781,026.60 0.70% $ 86,780.73 615 83.03% 8.243% 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 31 4,051,017.56 3.61 130,677.99 615 81.17 8.125 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 50 8,860,262.86 7.89 177,205.26 621 79.56 7.796 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 42 9,535,624.86 8.50 227,038.69 618 79.93 7.488 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 44 11,961,840.11 10.66 271,860.00 618 81.14 7.726 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 40 12,886,653.00 11.48 322,166.33 628 81.74 7.338 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 32 12,053,354.25 10.74 376,667.32 631 79.21 7.419 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 17 7,288,787.64 6.49 428,752.21 615 82.93 7.717 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 13 6,124,920.00 5.46 471,147.69 619 83.11 7.550 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 12 6,298,260.00 5.61 524,855.00 616 81.98 7.612 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 15 8,602,307.59 7.66 573,487.17 627 82.65 7.635 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 8 5,092,000.00 4.54 636,500.00 626 89.54 7.987 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 5 3,422,200.00 3.05 684,440.00 627 78.50 6.974 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 6 4,392,177.20 3.91 732,029.53 618 85.75 7.647 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 7 5,476,498.00 4.88 782,356.86 626 79.86 7.837 800,000.01--850,000.00........ 3 2,479,500.00 2.21 826,500.00 643 83.32 7.467 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 2 1,782,000.00 1.59 891,000.00 635 77.87 7.246 1,000,000.01 >=............... 1 1,160,000.00 1.03 1,160,000.00 625 80.00 7.250 --- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $ 333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== REMAINING TERM TO MATURITY OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS REMAINING TERM (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 301--360...................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== ORIGINAL TERM TO MATURITY OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL TERM (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 301--360...................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== S-62 COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS COMBINED LTV RATIO (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 35.01--40.00.................. 1 $ 200,000.00 0.18% $200,000.00 625 38.46% 7.650% 40.01--45.00.................. 1 260,000.00 0.23 260,000.00 620 44.83 7.250 45.01--50.00.................. 3 1,220,000.00 1.09 406,666.67 636 47.58 7.319 55.01--60.00.................. 4 1,063,787.81 0.95 265,946.95 615 57.68 7.004 60.01--65.00.................. 6 1,627,747.08 1.45 271,291.18 637 63.99 7.494 65.01--70.00.................. 7 2,389,900.00 2.13 341,414.29 626 69.17 7.520 70.01--75.00.................. 10 3,369,950.00 3.00 336,995.00 617 72.73 6.896 75.01--80.00.................. 31 11,258,220.00 10.03 363,168.39 630 78.95 7.422 80.01--85.00.................. 31 10,499,465.30 9.35 338,692.43 619 83.73 7.489 85.01--90.00.................. 50 19,376,053.42 17.26 387,521.07 622 88.75 7.732 90.01--95.00.................. 17 6,596,200.00 5.88 388,011.76 608 90.08 7.800 95.01--100.00................. 176 54,387,106.06 48.45 309,017.65 624 81.31 7.660 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== * The combined loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the principal balance of such mortgage loan at the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding balance of any junior lien mortgage loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the appraised value of the related mortgaged property determined in the appraisal at the time of origination and (ii) the sales price of the related mortgaged property. The combined loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. ORIGINAL LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL LTV RATIO (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 35.01--40.00.................. 1 $ 200,000.00 0.18% $200,000.00 625 38.46% 7.650% 40.01--45.00.................. 1 260,000.00 0.23 260,000.00 620 44.83 7.250 45.01--50.00.................. 3 1,220,000.00 1.09 406,666.67 636 47.58 7.319 55.01--60.00.................. 4 1,063,787.81 0.95 265,946.95 615 57.68 7.004 60.01--65.00.................. 6 1,627,747.08 1.45 271,291.18 637 63.99 7.494 65.01--70.00.................. 9 3,557,900.00 3.17 395,322.22 626 69.02 7.463 70.01--75.00.................. 11 4,169,950.00 3.71 379,086.36 613 73.13 7.021 75.01--80.00.................. 191 59,802,211.49 53.28 313,100.58 626 79.80 7.549 80.01--85.00.................. 39 12,416,728.30 11.06 318,377.65 617 84.46 7.501 85.01--90.00.................. 56 21,607,523.42 19.25 385,848.63 624 89.64 7.801 90.01--95.00.................. 12 4,613,700.00 4.11 384,475.00 608 94.32 7.942 95.01--100.00................. 4 1,708,881.57 1.52 427,220.39 607 100.00 9.159 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ------ ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== * The original loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the LTV ratio methodology described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. The original loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- California.................... 130 $ 55,006,004.54 49.00% $423,123.11 623 80.42% 7.438% Florida....................... 40 10,523,660.38 9.38 263,091.51 623 81.65 7.755 Maryland...................... 24 9,186,220.00 8.18 382,759.17 625 84.72 7.947 New York...................... 16 5,943,700.00 5.30 371,481.25 629 81.74 7.693 Virginia...................... 13 4,249,602.38 3.79 326,892.49 616 81.25 7.673 Washington.................... 12 4,006,665.94 3.57 333,888.83 623 84.77 7.272 Arizona....................... 17 3,537,147.00 3.15 208,067.47 620 83.50 7.773 Massachusetts................. 7 3,513,197.08 3.13 501,885.30 630 78.07 7.597 New Jersey.................... 8 2,590,000.00 2.31 323,750.00 621 84.88 8.346 Georgia....................... 13 2,196,168.00 1.96 168,936.00 609 81.78 8.123 Hawaii........................ 4 1,566,850.00 1.40 391,712.50 620 90.75 8.022 Nevada........................ 7 1,530,150.00 1.36 218,592.86 636 81.90 7.464 Minnesota..................... 7 1,419,771.00 1.26 202,824.43 627 82.29 7.284 Connecticut................... 4 1,005,200.00 0.90 251,300.00 631 83.26 7.460 District of Columbia.......... 3 898,000.00 0.80 299,333.33 616 76.09 7.396 Other......................... 32 5,076,093.35 4.52 158,627.92 620 82.70 7.857 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== S-63 OCCUPANCY TYPE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS OCCUPANCY TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Owner Occupied................ 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== MORTGAGED PROPERTY TYPE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PROPERTY TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Single Family................. 310 $102,292,140.67 91.13% $329,974.65 623 81.55% 7.595% Condo......................... 14 4,527,389.00 4.03 323,384.93 623 83.95 7.908 Multi Family.................. 13 5,428,900.00 4.84 417,607.69 631 80.04 7.465 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN PURPOSE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS LOAN PURPOSE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Purchase...................... 180 $ 58,781,321.66 52.37% $326,562.90 624 81.24% 7.670% Cash Out...................... 156 53,219,608.01 47.41 341,151.33 622 81.91 7.527 Refinance..................... 1 247,500.00 0.22 247,500.00 650 90.00 7.300 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTATION TYPE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS DOCUMENTATION TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Easy Documentation............ 5 $ 2,522,070.00 2.25% $504,414.00 614 84.91% 7.536% Full Documentation............ 313 102,287,862.59 91.13 326,798.28 621 81.77 7.560 Stated Documentation.......... 19 7,438,497.08 6.63 391,499.85 654 77.85 8.186 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== CREDIT SCORE DISTRIBUTION OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS CREDIT SCORE RANGE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 576--600..................... 73 $ 20,917,771.11 18.64% $286,544.81 590 82.03% 7.866% 601--625..................... 124 42,225,765.24 37.62 340,530.36 615 82.35 7.652 626--650..................... 96 33,598,774.64 29.93 349,987.24 638 81.04 7.452 651--675..................... 44 15,506,118.68 13.81 352,411.79 659 80.02 7.428 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL........................ 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== S-64 PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS (MONTHS) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- 0............................. 87 $ 28,110,393.17 25.04% $323,107.97 625 82.47% 7.963% 12............................ 14 5,794,127.00 5.16 413,866.21 629 80.36 7.614 24............................ 187 61,242,871.97 54.56 327,501.99 621 81.46 7.585 36............................ 49 17,101,037.53 15.23 349,000.77 627 80.94 7.060 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== LIEN TYPE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS LIEN TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- First Lien.................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- 11.501--12.000................ 3 $ 1,930,220.00 1.72% $643,406.67 624 74.06% 5.960% 12.001--12.500................ 13 4,811,500.00 4.29 370,115.38 633 81.04 6.326 12.501--13.000................ 47 14,911,893.72 13.28 317,274.33 635 78.04 6.842 13.001--13.500................ 85 30,432,653.77 27.11 358,031.22 625 80.38 7.294 13.501--14.000................ 103 36,467,582.66 32.49 354,054.20 621 82.33 7.801 14.001--14.500................ 44 12,146,253.00 10.82 276,051.20 613 84.01 8.277 14.501--15.000................ 32 8,513,990.20 7.58 266,062.19 616 85.02 8.693 15.001--15.500................ 9 2,409,336.32 2.15 267,704.04 620 85.21 9.239 15.501--16.000................ 1 625,000.00 0.56 625,000.00 601 100.00 9.600 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATE (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- 5.501--6.000.................. 3 $ 1,930,220.00 1.72% $643,406.67 624 74.06% 5.960% 6.001--6.500.................. 13 4,811,500.00 4.29 370,115.38 633 81.04 6.326 6.501--7.000.................. 48 15,203,892.89 13.54 316,747.77 634 78.08 6.844 7.001--7.500.................. 85 30,455,154.60 27.13 358,295.94 626 80.43 7.300 7.501--8.000.................. 102 36,153,082.66 32.21 354,441.99 620 82.30 7.803 8.001--8.500.................. 44 12,146,253.00 10.82 276,051.20 613 84.01 8.277 8.501--9.000.................. 32 8,513,990.20 7.58 266,062.19 616 85.02 8.693 9.001--9.500.................. 9 2,409,336.32 2.15 267,704.04 620 85.21 9.239 9.501--10.000................. 1 625,000.00 0.56 625,000.00 601 100.00 9.600 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== S-65 GROSS MARGIN OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS GROSS MARGIN (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- 3.001--4.000.................. 11 $ 5,149,720.00 4.59% $468,156.36 637 79.30% 6.193% 4.001--5.000.................. 84 28,158,147.89 25.09 335,216.05 631 80.06 6.981 5.001--6.000.................. 130 46,159,622.26 41.12 355,074.02 618 82.50 7.734 6.001--7.000.................. 112 32,780,939.52 29.20 292,686.96 621 81.93 8.168 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== INITIAL INTEREST RATE CAP OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS INITIAL RATE CAP (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- 1.500......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== * The initial interest rate caps in this table reflect the servicer's agreement that it will not enforce an initial rate cap of greater than 1.5% per annum above the initial interest rate, regardless of the initial rate cap specified in the related mortgage note. The modeling assumptions set forth in this prospectus supplement reflect the initial rate caps in this table. PERIODIC INTEREST RATE CAP OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS PERIODIC RATE CAP (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- 1.500......................... 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== INITIAL RATE ADJUSTMENT DATE OF THE INTEREST-ONLY MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE INITIAL INTEREST RATE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO-VALUE GROSS ADJUSTMENT DATE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- ------------- -------- April 1, 2008................. 4 $ 1,157,614.74 1.03% $289,403.69 635 80.00% 8.010% May 1, 2008................... 19 5,861,986.54 5.22 308,525.61 620 80.89 7.432 June 1, 2008.................. 41 14,234,735.71 12.68 347,188.68 612 82.23 7.499 July 1, 2008.................. 96 30,734,706.08 27.38 320,153.19 618 82.75 7.697 August 1, 2008................ 97 33,548,046.60 29.89 345,856.15 626 81.61 7.691 September 1, 2008............. 49 15,742,100.00 14.02 321,267.35 629 80.27 7.721 July 1, 2009.................. 3 1,299,350.00 1.16 433,116.67 629 83.60 8.017 August 1, 2009................ 12 3,882,640.00 3.46 323,553.33 637 79.90 7.037 September 1, 2009............. 14 4,980,000.00 4.44 355,714.29 634 77.80 6.768 July 1, 2011.................. 1 648,000.00 0.58 648,000.00 627 90.00 7.250 September 1, 2011............. 1 159,250.00 0.14 159,250.00 615 65.00 8.600 --- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 337 $112,248,429.67 100.00% $333,081.39 623 81.58% 7.601% === =============== ====== S-66 PRODUCT TYPE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PRODUCT TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 40/30 2/1 ARM................. 1,241 $381,554,118.66 91.11% $307,456.99 613 81.14% 8.375% 40/30 3/1 ARM................. 35 9,768,328.33 2.33 279,095.10 632 82.58 8.196 40/30 5/1 ARM................. 8 3,165,923.86 0.76 395,740.48 583 69.05 8.315 40/30 Fixed................... 86 24,311,216.87 5.80 282,688.57 619 76.65 7.938 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE RATE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT GROSS MORTGAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS RATE (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 5.501--6.000.................. 3 $ 1,783,666.92 0.43% $594,555.64 664 75.55% 5.876% 6.001--6.500.................. 19 8,297,440.96 1.98 436,707.42 645 77.92 6.300 6.501--7.000.................. 79 28,419,424.32 6.79 359,739.55 650 78.31 6.840 7.001--7.500.................. 137 47,888,137.63 11.43 349,548.45 634 78.51 7.315 7.501--8.000.................. 256 84,896,786.82 20.27 331,628.07 623 81.98 7.802 8.001--8.500.................. 229 72,938,788.12 17.42 318,509.99 614 81.76 8.283 8.501--9.000.................. 274 81,176,289.92 19.38 296,263.83 608 81.63 8.798 9.001--9.500.................. 165 45,323,900.30 10.82 274,690.30 594 81.84 9.250 9.501--10.000................. 122 30,639,579.57 7.32 251,144.09 580 82.25 9.771 10.001--10.500................ 38 7,296,100.13 1.74 192,002.64 572 78.30 10.213 10.501--11.000................ 28 5,894,023.16 1.41 210,500.83 551 73.07 10.802 11.001--11.500................ 11 2,127,724.03 0.51 193,429.46 536 72.79 11.296 11.501--12.000................ 6 1,090,791.40 0.26 181,798.57 551 69.90 11.670 12.001--12.500................ 1 285,958.30 0.07 285,958.30 523 65.00 12.500 12.501--13.000................ 2 740,976.14 0.18 370,488.07 510 65.00 12.776 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== CURRENT MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE CURRENT UNPAID PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS BALANCE ($) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ------------- -------- -------------- -------- 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 58 $ 4,895,021.57 1.17% $ 84,396.92 600 79.73% 9.268% 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 155 19,415,755.04 4.64 125,262.94 605 79.71 8.703 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 229 40,630,829.73 9.70 177,427.20 602 77.99 8.637 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 197 44,434,940.93 10.61 225,558.08 603 79.49 8.600 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 148 40,690,643.55 9.72 274,936.78 612 80.66 8.484 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 144 46,419,478.46 11.08 322,357.49 611 81.78 8.394 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 110 41,454,433.58 9.90 376,858.49 617 81.04 8.283 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 101 43,170,644.72 10.31 427,432.13 612 81.91 8.233 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 67 32,005,238.83 7.64 477,690.13 619 81.82 8.262 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 41 21,463,741.43 5.13 523,505.89 627 82.23 8.170 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 29 16,676,172.15 3.98 575,040.42 611 83.53 8.236 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 30 18,776,090.40 4.48 625,869.68 620 83.81 8.248 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 19 12,822,076.32 3.06 674,846.12 611 85.80 8.025 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 9 6,521,011.26 1.56 724,556.81 617 80.31 8.021 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 17 13,340,572.48 3.19 784,739.56 624 80.90 7.998 800,000.01--850,000.00........ 3 2,493,155.47 0.60 831,051.82 615 80.71 7.617 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 4 3,532,810.36 0.84 883,202.59 613 77.66 8.046 900,000.01--950,000.00........ 2 1,832,857.12 0.44 916,428.56 627 59.70 7.341 950,000.01--1,000,000.00...... 3 2,927,711.55 0.70 975,903.85 663 79.73 7.166 1,000,000.01 >=............... 4 5,296,402.77 1.26 1,324,100.69 660 68.28 7.167 ----- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $ 305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== S-67 ORIGINAL MORTGAGE LOAN PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE ($) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ------------- -------- -------------- -------- 50,000.01--100,000.00......... 58 $ 4,895,021.57 1.17% $ 84,396.92 600 79.73% 9.268% 100,000.01--150,000.00........ 155 19,415,755.04 4.64 125,262.94 605 79.71 8.703 150,000.01--200,000.00........ 229 40,630,829.73 9.70 177,427.20 602 77.99 8.637 200,000.01--250,000.00........ 197 44,434,940.93 10.61 225,558.08 603 79.49 8.600 250,000.01--300,000.00........ 147 40,390,703.83 9.64 274,766.69 613 80.67 8.479 300,000.01--350,000.00........ 145 46,719,418.18 11.16 322,202.88 611 81.76 8.399 350,000.01--400,000.00........ 110 41,454,433.58 9.90 376,858.49 617 81.04 8.283 400,000.01--450,000.00........ 101 43,170,644.72 10.31 427,432.13 612 81.91 8.233 450,000.01--500,000.00........ 67 32,005,238.83 7.64 477,690.13 619 81.82 8.262 500,000.01--550,000.00........ 41 21,463,741.43 5.13 523,505.89 627 82.23 8.170 550,000.01--600,000.00........ 29 16,676,172.15 3.98 575,040.42 611 83.53 8.236 600,000.01--650,000.00........ 30 18,776,090.40 4.48 625,869.68 620 83.81 8.248 650,000.01--700,000.00........ 19 12,822,076.32 3.06 674,846.12 611 85.80 8.025 700,000.01--750,000.00........ 9 6,521,011.26 1.56 724,556.81 617 80.31 8.021 750,000.01--800,000.00........ 17 13,340,572.48 3.19 784,739.56 624 80.90 7.998 800,000.01--850,000.00........ 3 2,493,155.47 0.60 831,051.82 615 80.71 7.617 850,000.01--900,000.00........ 4 3,532,810.36 0.84 883,202.59 613 77.66 8.046 900,000.01--950,000.00........ 2 1,832,857.12 0.44 916,428.56 627 59.70 7.341 950,000.01--1,000,000.00...... 3 2,927,711.55 0.70 975,903.85 663 79.73 7.166 1,000,000.01 >=............... 4 5,296,402.77 1.26 1,324,100.69 660 68.28 7.167 ----- --------------- ------ ------------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $ 305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== REMAINING TERM TO MATURITY OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS REMAINING TERM (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 301--360...................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== ORIGINAL TERM TO MATURITY OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL TERM (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ------------ ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 301--360...................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== S-68 COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS COMBINED LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 25.01--30.00.................. 1 $ 434,915.03 0.10% $434,915.03 576 29.86% 9.300% 30.01--35.00.................. 1 234,898.92 0.06 234,898.92 560 34.81 8.990 35.01--40.00.................. 2 365,912.37 0.09 182,956.19 621 36.65 8.628 40.01--45.00.................. 2 444,838.13 0.11 222,419.07 592 40.83 7.170 45.01--50.00.................. 5 851,120.82 0.20 170,224.16 621 47.31 7.964 50.01--55.00.................. 18 4,445,742.22 1.06 246,985.68 592 53.25 8.462 55.01--60.00.................. 20 5,204,039.38 1.24 260,201.97 571 57.70 8.780 60.01--65.00.................. 57 17,982,563.14 4.29 315,483.56 592 63.53 8.445 65.01--70.00.................. 79 22,385,559.69 5.35 283,361.52 595 68.90 8.650 70.01--75.00.................. 89 26,887,101.37 6.42 302,102.26 590 73.94 8.602 75.01--80.00.................. 169 51,596,780.39 12.32 305,306.39 589 79.49 8.477 80.01--85.00.................. 150 46,530,352.13 11.11 310,202.35 605 84.40 8.246 85.01--90.00.................. 266 91,191,194.99 21.77 342,824.04 615 89.33 8.504 90.01--95.00.................. 54 20,119,766.20 4.80 372,588.26 615 89.55 8.340 95.01--100.00................. 457 130,124,802.94 31.07 284,736.99 637 81.21 8.077 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== * The combined loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the principal balance of such mortgage loan at the date of origination and (ii) the outstanding balance of any junior lien mortgage loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the appraised value of the related mortgaged property determined in the appraisal at the time of origination and (ii) the sales price of the related mortgaged property. The combined loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. ORIGINAL LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS ORIGINAL LTV RATIO (%) LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- 25.01--30.00.................. 1 $ 434,915.03 0.10% $434,915.03 576 29.86% 9.300% 30.01--35.00.................. 1 234,898.92 0.06 234,898.92 560 34.81 8.990 35.01--40.00.................. 2 365,912.37 0.09 182,956.19 621 36.65 8.628 40.01--45.00.................. 2 444,838.13 0.11 222,419.07 592 40.83 7.170 45.01--50.00.................. 5 851,120.82 0.20 170,224.16 621 47.31 7.964 50.01--55.00.................. 18 4,445,742.22 1.06 246,985.68 592 53.25 8.462 55.01--60.00.................. 20 5,204,039.38 1.24 260,201.97 571 57.70 8.780 60.01--65.00.................. 59 18,200,313.14 4.35 308,479.88 593 63.55 8.438 65.01--70.00.................. 85 25,384,681.07 6.06 298,643.31 601 69.01 8.555 70.01--75.00.................. 96 28,189,346.12 6.73 293,639.02 590 73.95 8.620 75.01--80.00.................. 559 167,611,455.16 40.02 299,841.60 625 79.85 8.122 80.01--85.00.................. 169 51,095,844.57 12.20 302,342.28 605 84.48 8.278 85.01--90.00.................. 313 103,976,646.55 24.83 332,193.76 615 89.76 8.551 90.01--95.00.................. 26 8,774,552.43 2.10 337,482.79 604 94.71 8.286 95.01--100.00................. 14 3,585,281.81 0.86 256,091.56 611 100.00 9.032 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== * The original loan-to-value ratio of a first lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the LTV ratio methodology described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. The original loan-to-value ratio of a second lien mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the methodology for junior mortgage loans described under "The Trusts--Loan-to-Value Ratio" in the prospectus. S-69 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- California.................... 298 $124,477,347.22 29.72% $417,709.22 616 79.11% 8.088% Florida....................... 244 58,257,369.94 13.91 238,759.71 614 80.88 8.539 New York...................... 134 58,005,366.17 13.85 432,875.87 615 80.51 8.163 Maryland...................... 97 26,877,658.68 6.42 277,089.26 594 80.17 8.714 New Jersey.................... 80 25,990,638.18 6.21 324,882.98 617 81.86 8.755 Massachusetts................. 64 20,065,658.66 4.79 313,525.92 610 81.00 8.615 Virginia...................... 50 13,441,040.30 3.21 268,820.81 620 82.18 8.274 Arizona....................... 46 10,342,487.71 2.47 224,836.69 613 82.41 8.499 Georgia....................... 45 9,116,406.55 2.18 202,586.81 599 85.70 8.447 Nevada........................ 28 8,911,823.81 2.13 318,279.42 609 83.01 8.426 Hawaii........................ 17 7,264,507.56 1.73 427,323.97 611 80.99 8.308 Illinois...................... 32 6,804,119.83 1.62 212,628.74 623 83.41 8.752 Minnesota..................... 26 5,683,011.55 1.36 218,577.37 623 84.27 8.133 Connecticut................... 20 5,169,056.32 1.23 258,452.82 624 83.48 8.201 Washington.................... 20 4,576,602.17 1.09 228,830.11 594 81.77 8.326 Other......................... 169 33,816,493.07 8.07 200,097.59 613 82.53 8.414 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== OCCUPANCY TYPE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS OCCUPANCY TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Second Home................... 19 $ 5,986,020.95 1.43% $315,053.73 645 82.41% 7.887% Non-Owner Occupied............ 82 19,783,388.00 4.72 241,260.83 609 78.67 9.132 Owner Occupied................ 1,269 393,030,178.77 93.85 309,716.45 613 80.90 8.312 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== MORTGAGED PROPERTY TYPE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS PROPERTY TYPE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Single Family................. 1,106 $326,793,323.97 78.03% $295,473.17 611 80.84% 8.346% Multi Family.................. 183 72,202,047.79 17.24 394,546.71 619 80.46 8.397 Condo......................... 81 19,804,215.96 4.73 244,496.49 636 81.81 8.132 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== MORTGAGE LOAN PURPOSE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT ORIGINAL LOAN- GROSS LOAN PURPOSE LOANS PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE TO-VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- ----------------- ------------- ----------- -------- -------------- -------- Cash Out...................... 834 $264,437,515.75 63.14% $317,071.36 603 79.83% 8.398% Purchase...................... 518 149,496,153.08 35.70 288,602.61 631 82.49 8.247 Refinance..................... 18 4,865,918.89 1.16 270,328.83 601 82.94 8.449 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL ........................ 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== S-70 MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTATION TYPE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS DOCUMENTATION TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Easy Documentation............ 13 $ 3,653,670.73 0.87% $281,051.59 585 85.97% 8.556% Full Documentation............ 737 219,869,949.29 52.50 298,331.00 609 82.25 7.987 Stated Documentation.......... 620 195,275,967.70 46.63 314,961.24 619 79.11 8.744 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== CREDIT SCORE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS CREDIT SCORE RANGE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 476--500...................... 1 $ 175,942.67 0.04% $175,942.67 500 80.00% 11.250% 501--525...................... 38 11,437,325.65 2.73 300,982.25 515 73.88 10.064 526--550...................... 76 21,100,666.76 5.04 277,640.35 538 76.13 9.181 551--575...................... 210 60,480,993.01 14.44 288,004.73 561 79.33 8.815 576--600...................... 233 63,705,424.41 15.21 273,413.84 588 81.78 8.525 601--625...................... 291 83,941,480.58 20.04 288,458.70 613 83.02 8.321 626--650...................... 264 83,971,511.65 20.05 318,073.91 638 80.63 8.051 651--675...................... 169 57,459,701.40 13.72 339,998.23 661 81.33 7.963 676--700...................... 88 36,526,541.59 8.72 415,074.34 687 81.05 7.547 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE PREPAYMENT PENALTY TERM MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS (MONTHS) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- 0............................. 509 $158,941,892.91 37.95% $312,263.05 610 81.67% 8.564% 12............................ 71 26,636,264.52 6.36 375,158.66 618 77.24 8.488 24............................ 694 207,131,058.70 49.46 298,459.74 614 80.87 8.219 36............................ 96 26,090,371.59 6.23 271,774.70 616 78.88 7.855 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== LIEN TYPE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS LIEN TYPE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- First Lien.................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== S-71 MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Fixed......................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 5.80% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% 11.501--12.000................ 3 1,783,666.92 0.43 594,555.64 664 75.55 5.876 12.001--12.500................ 16 6,254,596.57 1.49 390,912.29 644 78.30 6.235 12.501--13.000................ 66 24,870,176.65 5.94 376,820.86 652 79.72 6.840 13.001--13.500................ 123 42,980,441.50 10.26 349,434.48 634 78.61 7.313 13.501--14.000................ 244 80,911,960.33 19.32 331,606.39 623 82.06 7.804 14.001--14.500................ 214 69,336,066.55 16.56 324,000.31 615 81.86 8.283 14.501--15.000................ 266 79,282,294.89 18.93 298,053.74 608 81.65 8.800 15.001--15.500................ 157 43,518,879.39 10.39 277,190.31 594 82.63 9.244 15.501--16.000................ 115 29,013,691.28 6.93 252,292.97 580 82.11 9.774 16.001--16.500................ 34 6,780,265.17 1.62 199,419.56 571 78.16 10.211 16.501--17.000................ 27 5,627,057.76 1.34 208,409.55 551 72.98 10.810 17.001--17.500................ 10 2,011,548.00 0.48 201,154.80 537 72.72 11.290 17.501--18.000................ 6 1,090,791.40 0.26 181,798.57 551 69.90 11.670 18.001--18.500................ 1 285,958.30 0.07 285,958.30 523 65.00 12.500 18.501--19.000................ 2 740,976.14 0.18 370,488.07 510 65.00 12.776 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS MINIMUM MORTGAGE RATE (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Fixed......................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 5.80% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% 5.501--6.000.................. 3 1,783,666.92 0.43 594,555.64 664 75.55 5.876 6.001--6.500.................. 16 6,254,596.57 1.49 390,912.29 644 78.30 6.235 6.501--7.000.................. 66 24,870,176.65 5.94 376,820.86 652 79.72 6.840 7.001--7.500.................. 123 42,980,441.50 10.26 349,434.48 634 78.61 7.313 7.501--8.000.................. 245 81,175,383.75 19.38 331,328.10 623 82.06 7.804 8.001--8.500.................. 214 69,232,643.13 16.53 323,517.02 615 81.85 8.285 8.501--9.000.................. 265 79,122,294.89 18.89 298,574.70 608 81.66 8.801 9.001--9.500.................. 157 43,518,879.39 10.39 277,190.31 594 82.63 9.244 9.501--10.000................. 115 29,013,691.28 6.93 252,292.97 580 82.11 9.774 10.001--10.500................ 34 6,780,265.17 1.62 199,419.56 571 78.16 10.211 10.501--11.000................ 27 5,627,057.76 1.34 208,409.55 551 72.98 10.810 11.001--11.500................ 10 2,011,548.00 0.48 201,154.80 537 72.72 11.290 11.501--12.000................ 6 1,090,791.40 0.26 181,798.57 551 69.90 11.670 12.001--12.500................ 1 285,958.30 0.07 285,958.30 523 65.00 12.500 12.501--13.000................ 2 740,976.14 0.18 370,488.07 510 65.00 12.776 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ------ TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== GROSS MARGIN OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS GROSS MARGIN (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Fixed......................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 5.80% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% 3.001--4.000.................. 11 4,791,628.80 1.14 435,602.62 645 76.00 6.077 4.001--5.000.................. 109 40,569,842.48 9.69 372,200.39 645 77.88 7.018 5.001--6.000.................. 364 115,172,051.33 27.50 316,406.73 618 81.17 7.965 6.001--7.000.................. 800 233,954,848.24 55.86 292,443.56 604 81.68 8.850 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== S-72 INITIAL INTEREST RATE CAP OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS* WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS INITIAL RATE CAP (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Fixed......................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 5.80% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% 1.500......................... 1,284 394,488,370.85 94.20 307,233.93 613 81.07 8.370 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== * The initial interest rate caps in this table reflect the servicer's agreement that it will not enforce an initial rate cap of greater than 1.5% per annum above the initial interest rate, regardless of the initial rate cap specified in the related mortgage note. The modeling assumptions set forth in this prospectus supplement reflect the initial rate caps in this table. PERIODIC INTEREST RATE CAP OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS PERIODIC RATE CAP (%) LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Fixed......................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 5.80% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% 1.500......................... 1,284 394,488,370.85 94.20 307,233.93 613 81.07 8.370 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== INITIAL RATE ADJUSTMENT DATE OF THE BALLOON MORTGAGE LOANS WEIGHTED PERCENTAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED NUMBER OF OF AVERAGE AVERAGE ORIGINAL AVERAGE INITIAL INTEREST RATE MORTGAGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CREDIT LOAN-TO- GROSS ADJUSTMENT DATE LOANS BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE SCORE VALUE RATIO COUPON - ------------------------------ --------- --------------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Fixed......................... 86 $ 24,311,216.87 5.80% $282,688.57 619 76.65% 7.938% February 1, 2008.............. 1 230,042.35 0.05 230,042.35 604 80.00 8.950 March 1, 2008................. 1 307,411.82 0.07 307,411.82 619 80.00 7.690 April 1, 2008................. 10 3,595,985.16 0.86 359,598.52 655 81.74 7.819 May 1, 2008................... 17 4,821,265.47 1.15 283,603.85 609 80.29 8.067 June 1, 2008.................. 137 41,531,952.77 9.92 303,152.94 622 81.38 8.113 July 1, 2008.................. 331 99,309,791.47 23.71 300,029.58 612 80.10 8.403 August 1, 2008................ 506 163,704,680.62 39.09 323,527.04 611 81.39 8.429 September 1, 2008............. 238 68,052,989.00 16.25 285,936.93 610 81.92 8.414 July 1, 2009.................. 10 2,732,507.97 0.65 273,250.80 633 76.11 8.265 August 1, 2009................ 17 4,563,770.36 1.09 268,457.08 627 86.57 8.276 September 1, 2009............. 8 2,472,050.00 0.59 309,006.25 640 82.38 7.972 June 1, 2011.................. 1 799,435.62 0.19 799,435.62 543 55.17 8.700 July 1, 2011.................. 2 738,579.53 0.18 369,289.77 610 71.47 8.042 August 1, 2011................ 3 853,316.71 0.20 284,438.90 581 78.79 8.988 September 1, 2011............. 2 774,592.00 0.18 387,296.00 602 70.34 7.438 ----- --------------- ------ ----------- --- ----- ----- TOTAL......................... 1,370 $418,799,587.72 100.00% $305,693.13 613 80.82% 8.345% ===== =============== ====== S-73 STATIC POOL INFORMATION Current static pool data with respect to prior securitized pools of mortgage loans by or on behalf of the sponsor for this asset type is available on the internet at https://www.carringtoncap.com/secure/staticpoolinfo.php (the "Static Pool Data"). All information required under Item 1105 of Regulation AB will be available via the website listed in the previous sentence. The Static Pool Data is not deemed to be a part of the prospectus or the depositor's registration statement to the extent that the Static Pool Data related to (a) any issuing entity that was established before January 1, 2006 and (b) information relating to assets of any issuing entity established on or after January 1, 2006, which information related to periods prior to January 1, 2006. As used in the Static Pool Data, a loan is considered to be "30 to 59 days" or "30 or more days" delinquent when a payment due on any due date remains unpaid as of the close of business on the last business day of the month of the next following monthly due date. The determination as to whether a loan falls into this category is made as of the close of business on the last business day of each month. Grace periods and partial payments do not affect these determinations. A Realized Loss on a mortgage loan is recognized only at the time of final liquidation of such mortgage loan and is generally equal to any difference between such final liquidation proceeds and the sum of the outstanding principal balance, any outstanding servicer advances and any costs of liquidation relating to such mortgage loan. There can be no assurance that the delinquency and foreclosure experience set forth in the Static Pool Data will be representative of the results that may be experienced with respect to the mortgage loans included in the trust. DELINQUENCY EXPERIENCE ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS For a discussion regarding the calculation of delinquencies and Realized Losses refer to the discussion above under "--Static Pool Information" as it applies to delinquency experience on the mortgage loans. None of the mortgage loans have been 30 days or more delinquent since origination. CREDIT SCORES Credit scores are statistical credit scores obtained by many mortgage lenders in connection with the loan application to help assess a borrower's creditworthiness. Credit scores are generated by models developed by third parties and are made available to lenders through three national credit bureaus. The models were derived by analyzing data on consumers in order to establish patterns which are believed to be indicative of the borrower's probability of default. The credit score is based on a borrower's historical credit data, including, among other things, payment history, delinquencies on accounts, levels of outstanding indebtedness, length of credit history, types of credit, and bankruptcy experience. Credit scores range from approximately 250 S-74 to approximately 900, with higher scores indicating an individual with a more favorable credit history compared to an individual with a lower score. However, a credit score purports only to be a measurement of the relative degree of risk a borrower represents to a lender, i.e., that a borrower with a higher score is statistically expected to be less likely to default in payment than a borrower with a lower score. In addition, it should be noted that credit scores were developed to indicate a level of default probability over a two-year period which does not correspond to the life a mortgage loan. Furthermore, credit scores were not developed specifically for use in connection with mortgage loans, but for consumer loans in general. Therefore, a credit score does not take into consideration the effect of mortgage loan characteristics on the probability of repayment by the borrower. None of the sponsor, the servicer, the originator, the trustee, the underwriters or the depositor make any representations or warranties as to the actual performance of any mortgage loan or that a particular credit score should be relied upon as a basis for an expectation that the borrower will repay the mortgage loan according to its terms. THE ORIGINATOR Fremont Investment & Loan ("Fremont") is a California industrial bank headquartered in Brea, California. Fremont currently operates wholesale residential real estate loan production offices located in Anaheim, California; Concord, California; Downers Grove, Illinois; Westchester County, New York; and Tampa, Florida. Fremont conducts business in 45 states and the District of Columbia and its primary source of originations is through licensed mortgage brokers. Established in 1937, Fremont is currently engaged in the business of residential sub-prime real estate lending and commercial real estate lending. Acquired in 1990, Fremont is an indirect subsidiary of Fremont General Corporation, a financial services holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As of June 30, 2006, Fremont had approximately $12.65 billion in assets, approximately $11.06 billion in liabilities and approximately $1.59 billion in equity. As part of its residential subprime mortgage loan origination program, Fremont either o sells its mortgage loans to third parties in whole loan sales transactions, o transfers such loans in connection with a securitization, or o retains the loans for long term investment. Fremont has been originating sub-prime residential mortgage loans since May 1994 and substantially all of its residential mortgage loan originations consist of sub-prime mortgage loans. Fremont's sub-prime residential originations totaled approximately $6.94 billion, $13.74 billion, $23.91 billion and $36.24 billion for the years ended 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively, and approximately $18.08 billion for the first six months ended June 30, 2006. UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES All of the mortgage loans were originated or acquired by Fremont, generally in accordance with the underwriting criteria described in this section. The following is a summary of the underwriting guidelines believed by the depositor to have been applied, with some S-75 variation, by Fremont. This summary does not purport to be a complete description of the underwriting guidelines of Fremont. Substantially all of the mortgage loans originated by Fremont are based on loan application packages submitted through licensed mortgage brokers. These brokers must meet minimum standards set by Fremont based on an analysis of the following information submitted with an application for approval: applicable state lending license (in good standing), signed broker application and agreement, and signed broker authorization. Once approved, licensed mortgage brokers are eligible to submit loan application packages in compliance with the terms of a signed broker agreement. Mortgage loans are underwritten in accordance with Fremont's current underwriting programs, referred to as the Scored Programs ("SCORED PROGRAMS"), subject to various exceptions as described in this section. Fremont began originating mortgage loans pursuant to Scored Programs in 2001 and the Scored Programs have been the exclusive type of origination programs beginning in 2004. Fremont's underwriting guidelines are primarily intended to assess the ability and willingness of the borrower to repay the debt and to evaluate the adequacy of the mortgaged property as collateral for the mortgage loan. The Scored Programs assess the risk of default by using Credit Scores obtained from third party credit repositories along with, but not limited to, past mortgage payment history, seasoning on bankruptcy and/or foreclosure and loan-to-value ratios as an aid to, not a substitute for, the underwriter's judgment. All of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool were underwritten with a view toward the resale of the mortgage loans in the secondary mortgage market. The Scored Programs were developed to simplify the origination process. In contrast to assignment of credit grades according to traditional non-agency credit assessment methods, i.e., mortgage and other credit delinquencies, the Scored Programs rely upon a borrower's Credit Score, mortgage payment history and seasoning on any bankruptcy/foreclosure initially to determine a borrower's likely future credit performance. Licensed mortgage brokers are able to access Credit Scores at the initial phases of the loan application process and use the Credit Score to determine the interest rates a borrower may qualify for based upon Fremont's Scored Programs risk-based pricing matrices. Final loan terms are subject to approval by Fremont. Under the Scored Programs, Fremont requires credit reports for each borrower, using the Credit Score of the primary borrower (the borrower with the highest percentage of total income) to determine program eligibility. Credit Scores must be requested from each national credit repository. For the purpose of determining program eligibility, o if Credit Scores are available from all three credit repositories, the middle of the three Credit Scores is used, o if Credit Scores are available from only two of the repositories, the lower of the two Credit Scores is used, and o if a single Credit Score is available, the single Credit Score will be used; however, potential borrowers with a single Credit Score will not qualify for loan amounts in excess of $800,000, loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 90% or 80% S-76 (depending on type of program) and second mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 5%. Generally, the minimum applicable Credit Score allowed is 500, however borrowers with no Credit Scores are not automatically rejected and may be eligible for certain loan programs in appropriate circumstances. All of the mortgage loans were underwritten by Fremont's underwriters having the appropriate approval authority. Each underwriter is granted a level of authority commensurate with their proven judgment, experience and credit skills. On a case by case basis, Fremont may determine that, based upon compensating factors, a prospective mortgagor not strictly qualifying under the underwriting risk category guidelines described below is nonetheless qualified to receive a loan, i.e., an underwriting exception. Compensating factors may include, but are not limited to, low loan-to-value ratio, low debt to income ratio, substantial liquid assets, good credit history, stable employment and time in residence at the applicant's current address. It is expected that a substantial portion of the mortgage loans may represent such underwriting exceptions. There are three documentation types, Full Documentation ("FULL DOCUMENTATION"), Easy Documentation ("EASY DOCUMENTATION") and Stated Income ("STATED INCOME"). Fremont's underwriters verify the income of each applicant under various documentation types as follows: under Full Documentation, applicants are generally required to submit verification of stable income for the periods of one to two years preceding the application dependent on credit profile; under Easy Documentation, the borrower is qualified based on verification of adequate cash flow by means of personal or business bank statements; under Stated Income, applicants are qualified based on monthly income as stated on the mortgage application. The income is not verified under the Stated Income program; however, the income stated must be reasonable and customary for the applicant's line of work. Fremont originates loans secured by 1-4 unit residential properties made to eligible borrowers with a vested fee simple (or in some cases a leasehold) interest in the property. Fremont's underwriting guidelines are applied in accordance with a procedure which complies with applicable federal and state laws and regulations and require an appraisal of the mortgaged property, and if appropriate, a review appraisal. Generally, initial appraisals are provided by qualified independent appraisers licensed in their respective states. Review appraisals may only be provided by appraisers approved by Fremont. In some cases, Fremont relies on a statistical appraisal methodology provided by a third-party. Qualified independent appraisers must meet minimum standards of licensing and provide errors and omissions insurance in states where it is required to become approved to do business with Fremont. Each uniform residential appraisal report includes a market data analysis based on recent sales of comparable homes in the area and, where deemed appropriate, replacement cost analysis based on the current cost of constructing a similar home. The review appraisal may be a desk review, field review or an automated valuation report that confirms or supports the original appraiser's value of the mortgaged premises. Fremont requires title insurance on all first mortgage loans, which are secured by liens on real property. Fremont also requires that fire and extended coverage casualty insurance be S-77 maintained on the secured property in an amount at least equal to the principal balance of the related loan or the replacement cost of the property, whichever is less. Fremont conducts a number of quality control procedures, including a post-funding review as well as a full re-underwriting of a random selection of loans to assure asset quality. Under the funding review, all loans are reviewed to verify credit grading, documentation compliance and data accuracy. Under the asset quality procedure, a random selection of each month's originations is reviewed. The loan review confirms the existence and accuracy of legal documents, credit documentation, appraisal analysis and underwriting decision. A report detailing review findings and level of error is sent monthly to each loan production office for response. The review findings and branch responses are then reviewed by Fremont's senior management. Adverse findings are tracked monthly. This review procedure allows Fremont to assess programs for potential guideline changes, program enhancements, appraisal policies, areas of risk to be reduced or eliminated and the need for additional staff training. Balloon Loans. The majority of loans originated by Fremont provide for the full amortization of the principal amount on the final maturity date. Beginning in September 2005, Fremont began originating certain mortgage loans that do not provide for full amortization prior to maturity, where the payment of any remaining unamortized principal balance is due in a single or balloon payment at maturity. These balloon loans originated by Fremont provide for amortization of principal based on a 40 year period with a term to maturity of 30 years ("40/30 LOANS"). Second Lien Mortgage Loans. Fremont currently has two programs for the origination of second lien mortgage loans. The current programs are limited to loans that are originated contemporaneously with the origination of a loan secured by a first lien. The first program allows for loans with up to 5% loan to value and maximum combined loan to values of 95%. This program is limited to borrowers with minimum Credit Scores of 600, credit grades of at least "C" and debt to income ratios not greater than 50%. Permissible loan balances for this program are from $15,000 to $44,444. The maximum term on these loans is 10 to 30 years; provided, that a 15 year amortization term is available only for Full Documentation or Easy Documentation loans with an original loan balance of $15,000 or greater. Terms over 15 years are available only for Full Documentation or Easy Documentation loans with an original loan balance of $25,000 or greater. Loans under this program are available for "owner occupied" or "non-owner occupied" properties. The second program is for borrowers with minimum Credit Scores of 600. This program allows for loans of up to 20% loan to value and 100% maximum combined loan to values and is limited to borrowers in credit grades of "A+" and "A" and debt ratios not greater than 50%. Permissible loan balances for this program are from $15,000 to $200,000. Combined loan balances (first and second lien mortgage loans) of up to $1,000,000 are allowed to borrowers under Full Documentation that have Credit Scores of 600 and greater or Stated Documentation loans that have Credit Scores of 640 and greater. In addition, permissible loan balances from $15,000 to $250,000 are allowed for Full Documentation borrowers with Credit Scores of 640 or greater. Combined loan balances (first and second lien mortgage loans) of up to $1,250,000 are allowed. The loans are available with amortization terms of 10, 15, 20 and 30 years, however S-78 loan balances must be at least $25,000 to qualify for an amortization term of 20 years or longer. Rural properties and properties in Alaska are not allowed under this program. Fremont recently discontinued an additional second lien mortgage program that was a stand alone program for borrowers with Credit Scores in excess of 580. This program allowed for loans of 20% loan to value and 100% maximum combined loan to values and was limited to borrowers in credit grades of "A+" and "A" and debt ratios not greater than 50%. Permissible loan balances for this program were from $10,000 to $125,000. Combined loan balances (first and second lien mortgage loans) of up to $625,000 were allowed to borrowers under Full Documentation loans that had Credit Scores of 620 and greater. The limit on the combined loan balance was $500,000 for Stated Income loans; provided that no Stated Income loan may have been a borrower with a Credit Score of less than 620. The loans were available with amortization terms of 10, 15, 20 and 30 years, however loan balances must have been at least $25,000 to qualify for a 20 year amortization term and at least $50,000 for a 30 year amortization term. Rural properties and properties in Alaska were not allowed under this program. RISK CATEGORIES Fremont's underwriting guidelines under the Scored Programs with respect to each rating category generally require: o debt to income ratios of 55% or less on mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios of 90% or less, however, debt to income ratios of 50% or less are required on loan-to-value ratios greater than 90%; o applicants have a Credit Score of at least 500; o that no liens or judgments affecting title may remain open after the funding of the loan, other than liens in favor of the internal revenue service that are subordinated to the loan; and o that any collection, charge-off, or judgment not affecting title that is less than 1 year old must be paid in connection with closing if either its balance is greater than $1,000 or the aggregate balances of all such collections, charge-offs or judgments are greater than $2,500. In addition, the various risk categories generally have the following criteria for borrower eligibility: "A+." Under the "A+" category, an applicant must have no 30-day late mortgage payments within the last 12 months and it must be at least 24 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 100% with a minimum Credit Score of 600. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "A." Under the "A" category, an applicant must have not more than one 30-day late mortgage payment within the last 12 months and it must be at least 24 months since discharge of S-79 any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 100% with a minimum Credit Score of 600. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "A-." Under the "A-" category, an applicant must have not more than three 30-day late mortgage payments within the last 12 months and it must be at least 24 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 90% with a minimum Credit Score of 550. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "B." Under the "B" category, an applicant must have not more than one 60-day late mortgage payment within the last 12 months and it must be at least 18 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 90% with a Credit Score of 550. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "C." Under the "C" category, an applicant must have not more than one 90-day late mortgage payment within the last 12 months and it must be at least 12 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is 85% with a minimum Credit Score of 580. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "C-." Under the "C-" category, an applicant must not be more than 150 days delinquent with respect to its current mortgage payment and it must not be subject of a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is 70% with a minimum Credit Score of 500. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "D." Under the "D" category, an applicant must not be more than 180 days delinquent with respect to its current mortgage payment. Any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings and/or foreclosure actions must be paid in connection with closing. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is 65% with a minimum Credit Score of 500. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced to 60% if the property is currently subject to foreclosure proceedings. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The description in this prospectus supplement of the mortgage pool and the mortgaged properties is based upon the mortgage pool as of the statistical cut-off date after application of scheduled payments due on or before the statistical cut-off date whether or not received and subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%, except as otherwise noted. Prior to the issuance of the certificates, mortgage loans included in the mortgage pool as of the statistical cut- S-80 off date may be removed from the mortgage pool as a result of prepayment in full, losses, incomplete or defective documentation, or if it is determined that the mortgage loan does not satisfy the characteristics described in this prospectus supplement. A limited number of other mortgage loans may be added to the mortgage pool or substituted for these deleted mortgage loans prior to the issuance of the certificates. In addition, mortgage loan balances acquired by the trust will, except in the case of interest-only mortgage loans, be reduced by the October 1, 2006 scheduled principal payment. The mortgage loan balances acquired by the trust may also be reduced by unscheduled partial principal prepayments received after the statistical cut-off date but prior to the closing date. The depositor believes that the information in this prospectus supplement will be substantially representative of the characteristics of the mortgage pool as it will be constituted at the time the certificates are issued although the range of mortgage rates and maturities and some other characteristics of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool may vary. In the event mortgage loans are removed from or added to the mortgage pool after the date hereof prior to the closing and any material pool characteristics of the actual mortgage pool differ by 5% or more from the description of the mortgage pool in this prospectus supplement, a current report on Form 8-K describing the final mortgage pool will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days of the related closing. A Current Report on Form 8-K will be available to purchasers of the certificates and will be filed, by the issuing entity, in its own name, together with the pooling and servicing agreement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission within fifteen days after the initial issuance of the offered certificates. THE SWAP COUNTERPARTY The swap counterparty under the swap agreement is Swiss Re Financial Products Corporation ("SRFP"). SRFP is a Delaware corporation incorporated on May 23, 1995. In the course of conducting its business, SRFP trades in over-the-counter derivative products and structures and advises on a variety of financial transactions that transfer insurance, market or credit risk to or from capital markets. SRFP's headquarters are located at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055. SRFP currently has a long-term counterparty credit rating of "AA-" and a short-term debt rating of "A-1+" from Standard & Poor's. SRFP is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss Reinsurance Company ("Swiss Re"), a Swiss corporation. The obligations of SRFP under the swap agreement are fully and unconditionally guaranteed under a guaranty by Swiss Re. Swiss Re was founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863 and since then has become one of the world's leading reinsurers. Swiss Re and its reinsurance subsidiaries have over 70 offices in more than 30 countries. Swiss Re's headquarters are located at Mythenquai 50/60, CH-8022, Zurich, Switzerland. On June 12, 2006, Swiss Re announced that it completed its acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions (excluding its US life and health business) from General Electric. Swiss Re currently has (i) from Standard & Poor's: long-term counterparty credit, financial strength and senior unsecured debt ratings of "AA-" and a short-term counterparty credit rating of "A-1+," (ii) from Moody's: insurance financial strength and senior debt ratings of "Aa2" (negative outlook), and a short-term rating of "P-1" and (iii) from Fitch: insurer financial strength rating (Fitch initiated) and long-term issuer rating (Fitch initiated) of "AA-". S-81 Various regulatory authorities, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and State Attorneys General in the United States, including the New York State Attorney General's office, State Insurance Departments in the United States and the U.K. Financial Services Authority, as well as law enforcement agencies, are conducting investigations on various aspects of the insurance industry, including the use of non-traditional, or loss mitigation insurance, products. Swiss Re is among the companies that have received subpoenas to produce documents relating to "non-traditional" products as part of these investigations. Swiss Re has announced that it is cooperating fully with all requests for documents addressed to Swiss Re. It is unclear at this point what the ultimate scope of the investigations will be, in terms of the products, parties or practices under review, particularly given the potentially broad range of products that could be characterized as "non-traditional." It is therefore also unclear what the direct or indirect consequences of such investigations will be, and Swiss Re is not currently in a position to give any assurances as to the consequences for it or the insurance and reinsurance industries of the foregoing investigations or related developments. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial condition. The information contained in the preceding four paragraphs has been provided by SRFP and Swiss Re for use in this prospectus supplement. Neither SRFP nor Swiss Re undertakes any obligation to update such information. SRFP and Swiss Re have not been involved in the preparation of, and do not accept responsibility for, this prospectus supplement as a whole or the accompanying prospectus. The depositor has determined that the significance percentage of payments under the swap agreement, as calculated in accordance with Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, is less than 10%. S-82 DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES GENERAL The certificates will be issued pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. The following summaries describe provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement. The summaries do not purport to be complete descriptions and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement. The Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates will consist of the following nineteen classes: o Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, which together are sometimes referred to as the Class A Certificates; o Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9 and Class M-10 Certificates, which together are sometimes referred to as the Class M Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates; o Class P Certificates; o Class CE Certificates; and o Class R-I Certificates and Class R-II Certificates, which together are sometimes referred to as the Class R Certificates. Only the Class A and Class M Certificates (other than the Class M-10 Certificates) are offered by this prospectus supplement. See "--Glossary of Terms" in this prospectus supplement for the meanings of capitalized terms and acronyms not otherwise defined in this prospectus supplement. The certificates in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the trust. The trust will consist of: o the mortgage loans, excluding scheduled payments due on or before the cut-off date; o the assets as from time to time are identified in respect of the mortgage loans in the custodial account and in the certificate account and belonging to the trust; o property acquired by foreclosure of the mortgage loans or deed in lieu of foreclosure; o any applicable primary insurance policies and standard hazard insurance policies; o the swap account; S-83 o the swap agreement; o all proceeds of the foregoing. The offered certificates will be issued, maintained and transferred on the book-entry records of DTC and its participants. The Class A and Class M-1 Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8 and Class M-9 Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of $250,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The offered certificates will be represented by one or more certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC. No beneficial owner will be entitled to receive a definitive certificate, except as set forth in the prospectus under "Description of the Certificates--Form of Certificates." Investors in the offered certificates may elect to hold their offered certificates through DTC in the United States or Clearstream, Luxembourg, formerly known as Cedelbank SA, or Euroclear in Europe. Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear will hold omnibus positions on behalf of their participants through customers' securities accounts in Clearstream, Luxembourg's and Euroclear's names on the books of their depositaries, which in turn will hold those positions in customers' securities accounts in the depositaries' names on the books of DTC. For additional information regarding DTC, Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear and the offered certificates, see "Description of the Certificates--Form of Certificates" in the prospectus. GLOSSARY OF TERMS The following terms are given the meanings shown below to help describe the cash flows on the certificates: ALLOCATED REALIZED LOSS AMOUNT--An Allocated Realized Loss Amount with respect to any class of Class A and Class M Certificates and any distribution date will be an amount equal to (x) the sum of (i) any Realized Losses allocated to that class of certificates on the distribution date as described below in "--Allocation of Losses" and (ii) any Allocated Realized Loss Amount for the class remaining unreimbursed from previous distribution dates minus (y) the amount of the increase in the related Certificate Principal Balance due to the receipt of Subsequent Recoveries. AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--For any distribution date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts, net of certain expenses of the trust including (i) amounts reimbursable to the servicer and the trustee, (ii) any net swap payment owed to the swap counterparty and (iii) any Swap Termination Payment owed to the swap counterparty not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event: o the aggregate amount of scheduled payments on the mortgage loans due during the related Due Period and received on or prior to the related determination date, S-84 after deduction of the servicing fee and the trustee fee in respect of the mortgage loans for that distribution date; o unscheduled payments in respect of the mortgage loans, including mortgagor prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries from the mortgage loans, amounts received in respect of REO Property and proceeds from repurchases of and substitutions for the mortgage loans occurring during the related Prepayment Period; o all payments of Compensating Interest made by the servicer with respect to the mortgage loans; and o all Advances made for that distribution date in respect of the mortgage loans. BANKRUPTCY LOSS--A Bankruptcy Loss is a Realized Loss resulting from a Deficient Valuation or a Debt Service Reduction. CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE--With respect to any class of Class A or Class M Certificates and any date of determination, an amount equal to its initial certificate principal balance, reduced by the aggregate of (a) all amounts allocable to principal previously distributed with respect to that class of certificates and (b) any reductions in its certificate principal balance in connection with the allocation of Realized Losses in the manner described in this prospectus supplement (taking into account any increases in the certificate principal balance thereof due to the receipt of Subsequent Recoveries). The Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates as of any date of determination is equal to the excess, if any, of the then aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans over the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class P Certificates. CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class A Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-1 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (ii) the Certificate S-85 Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-2 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-3 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-4 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: S-86 o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificate immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-5 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-6 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: S-87 o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-7 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificate after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over S-88 o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-8 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificate after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-9 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificate after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the S-89 related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M-10 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount is an amount equal to the excess of: o the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificate after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 S-90 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date, (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount on the related distribution date and (xi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates immediately prior to the related distribution date over o the lesser of (A) the product of (i) the applicable Subordination Percentage and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period over the Overcollateralization Floor Amount. CLASS M PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount or the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable. COMPENSATING INTEREST--With respect to any principal prepayments in full, any payments made by the servicer from its own funds to cover Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, but only to the extent of its servicing fee for the related Due Period. CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PERCENTAGE--The Credit Enhancement Percentage for any distribution date and for any class of certificates is the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the classes of certificates with a lower distribution priority than such class (including the Class CE Certificates), calculated after taking into account payments of principal on the mortgage loans and distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the holders of the certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on the related distribution date, by (y) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period). CREDIT SUPPORT DEPLETION DATE--The first distribution date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class M and Class CE Certificates have been reduced to zero. DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION--A Debt Service Reduction is any reduction in the amount which a mortgagor is obligated to pay on a monthly basis with respect to a mortgage loan as a result of any proceeding initiated under the United States Bankruptcy Code, other than a reduction attributable to a Deficient Valuation. DEFICIENT VALUATION--A Deficient Valuation with respect to any mortgage loan is a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the mortgaged property in an amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under the mortgage loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the United States Bankruptcy Code. S-91 DETERMINATION DATE--The Determination Date with respect to any distribution date will be the 15th day of the calendar month in which such distribution date occurs or, if such 15th day is not a business day, the business day immediately preceding such 15th day. DUE PERIOD--The Due Period with respect to any distribution date commences on the second day of the month immediately preceding the month which the distribution date occurs and ends on the first day of the month in which the distribution date occurs. EXPENSE ADJUSTED MORTGAGE RATE--The Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate for any mortgage loan and any distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to the then applicable mortgage rate for such mortgage loan as of the first day of the related Due Period minus the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate. FIXED SWAP PAYMENT--With respect to the business day prior to any distribution date on or prior to the distribution date in June 2010, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fixed rate equal to 5.076% per annum, (y) the Swap Agreement Notional Balance for that distribution date and (z)(i) with respect to the business day prior to the initial distribution date, a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and including the day preceding the initial Distribution Date and the denominator of which is 360 and (ii) with respect to the business day prior to each distribution date thereafter, a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is 360. FLOATING SWAP PAYMENT--With respect to the business day prior to any distribution date on or prior to the distribution date in June 2010, an amount equal to the product of (x) one-month LIBOR as determined pursuant to the swap agreement, (y) the Swap Agreement Notional Balance for that distribution date and (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the actual number of days in the related calculation period as provided in the swap agreement and the denominator of which is 360. FORMULA RATE--The Formula Rate for any class of Class A and Class M Certificates is One-Month LIBOR determined as described under "--Determination of One-Month LIBOR" in this prospectus supplement plus the related Margin. INSURANCE PROCEEDS--Proceeds of any special hazard insurance policy, bankruptcy bond, mortgage pool insurance policy, primary insurance policy and any title, hazard or other insurance policy or guaranty covering any mortgage loan in the mortgage pool together with any payments under any letter of credit. INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD--The Interest Accrual Period for any distribution date and the Class A and Class M Certificates is the period commencing on the distribution date of the month immediately preceding the month in which the distribution date occurs or, in the case of the first distribution date, commencing on the closing date, and ending on the day preceding the distribution date. INTEREST CARRY FORWARD AMOUNT--The Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to any class of Class A and Class M Certificates and any distribution date is equal to the amount, if any, by which the Interest Distribution Amount for the class of certificates for the immediately preceding distribution date exceeded the actual amount distributed on the certificates in respect S-92 of interest on the immediately preceding distribution date, together with any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to the class of certificates remaining undistributed from previous distribution dates, plus interest accrued thereon at the related Pass-Through Rate on the certificates for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period. INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Interest Distribution Amount for the Class A and Class M Certificates on any distribution date is equal to interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period on the Certificate Principal Balance of that class immediately prior to the distribution date at the Pass-Through Rate for that class, reduced (to not less than zero) by the allocable share, if any, for that class of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest paid by the servicer and shortfalls resulting from the application of the Relief Act. INTEREST REMITTANCE AMOUNT--The Interest Remittance Amount for any distribution date is the excess, if any, of (i) that portion of the Available Distribution Amount (without giving effect to any net swap payment owed to the Swap Counterparty or any Swap Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event) for that distribution date that represents interest received or advanced on the mortgage loans over (ii) any net swap payment owed to the Swap Counterparty or Swap Termination Payment not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event owed to the Swap Counterparty. LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS--Amounts collected by the servicer or any subservicer in connection with the liquidation of a mortgage loan, by foreclosure or otherwise. MARGIN--With respect to each class of Class A and Class M Certificates, the related margins set forth in the table below: RELATED MARGIN CLASS (1) (2) ----- ------ ----- A-1 0.070% 0.140% A-2 0.120% 0.240% A-3 0.160% 0.320% A-4 0.250% 0.500% A-5 0.080% 0.160% M-1 0.310% 0.465% M-2 0.320% 0.480% M-3 0.340% 0.510% M-4 0.400% 0.600% M-5 0.420% 0.630% M-6 0.480% 0.720% M-7 0.850% 1.275% M-8 1.050% 1.575% M-9 2.000% 3.000% M-10 2.000% 3.000% - ---------- (1) For the Interest Accrual Period for each distribution date through and including the first distribution date on which the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans remaining in the mortgage pool is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. (2) For each Interest Accrual Period thereafter. S-93 NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASH FLOW--The Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow for any distribution date is equal to the sum of (a) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount and (b) the excess of: o the Available Distribution Amount for the related distribution date over o the sum for the related distribution date of the aggregate of (a) the Senior Interest Distribution Amount distributable to the holders of the Class A Certificates, (b) the Interest Distribution Amount distributable to the holders of the Class M Certificates and (c) the Principal Remittance Amount. NET WAC PASS-THROUGH RATE--The Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for any distribution date and the Class A and Class M Certificates is a rate per annum (which will not be less than zero) equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the product of (i) a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding mortgage loans, weighted based on their principal balance as of the first day of the related Due Period and (ii) a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period, over (b) the product of (i) a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the amount of any net swap payments due to the swap counterparty or Swap Termination Payment owed to the swap counterparty not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event, and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal balance of the outstanding mortgage loans as of the first day of the related Due Period and (ii) a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is 360 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period. NET WAC RATE CARRYOVER AMOUNT--For any distribution date and any class of Class A or Class M Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of: o the excess of (x) the amount of interest that would have accrued on such class of certificates for such distribution date had the Pass-Through Rate been the related Formula Rate (not to exceed 12.50% per annum) over (y) the amount of interest that accrued on such class of certificates for such distribution date at the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, and o the undistributed portion of any related Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount from prior distribution dates together with interest accrued on such undistributed portion for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period at the Formula Rate (not to exceed 12.50% per annum) applicable for such class for such Interest Accrual Period. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT--The Overcollateralization Amount with respect to any distribution date is the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans (including mortgage loans related to any REO Property) as of the last day of the related Due Period over (b) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class P Certificates, after giving effect to distributions to be made on such distribution date. S-94 OVERCOLLATERALIZATION FLOOR AMOUNT--The Overcollateralization Floor Amount with respect to any distribution date is equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION INCREASE AMOUNT--An Overcollateralization Increase Amount with respect to any distribution date equals the lesser of (a) the sum of (i) the Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow for such distribution date and (ii) payments made by the swap counterparty and available for distribution pursuant to clause seventh under "--The Swap Agreement" below for such distribution date and (b) the amount, if any, by which the Overcollateralization Target Amount exceeds the Overcollateralization Amount on such distribution date (calculated for this purpose only after assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount on such distribution date has been distributed). OVERCOLLATERALIZATION REDUCTION AMOUNT--An Overcollateralization Reduction Amount with respect to any distribution date is the lesser of (a) the Principal Remittance Amount on such distribution date and (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralization Amount for such distribution date (calculated for this purpose only after assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount on such distribution date has been distributed) over (ii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount for such distribution date. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION TARGET AMOUNT--The Overcollateralization Target Amount with respect to any distribution date is (i) prior to the Stepdown Date, an amount equal to approximately 2.60% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date; (ii) on or after the Stepdown Date provided a Trigger Event is not in effect, the greater of (a) approximately 5.20% of the then current aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and (b) the Overcollateralization Floor Amount; or (iii) on or after the Stepdown Date and if a Trigger Event is in effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the immediately preceding distribution date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after any distribution date following the reduction of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class P Certificates to zero, the Overcollateralization Target Amount will be zero. PASS-THROUGH RATE--With respect to each class of Class A and Class M Certificates and any distribution date, the least of (i) the Formula Rate, (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate and (iii) 12.50% per annum. PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL--With respect to any principal prepayments on the mortgage loans and any distribution date, any interest shortfall resulting from principal prepayments occurring between the first day of the related Prepayment Period and the last day of the prior calendar month. PREPAYMENT PERIOD--The Prepayment Period with respect to any distribution date and principal prepayments in full is the period beginning on the 16th day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the distribution date occurs (or in the case of the first distribution date, commencing on the cut-off date) to the 15th day of the then current calendar month and, with respect to principal prepayments in part, shall be the preceding calendar month. S-95 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Principal Distribution Amount for any distribution date will be an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of (i) the principal portion of all scheduled monthly payments on the mortgage loans due during the related Due Period actually received on or prior to the related Determination Date or advanced on or prior to the related distribution date; (ii) the principal portion of all proceeds received in respect of the repurchase of a mortgage loan, or, in the case of a substitution, amounts representing a principal adjustment, as required by the pooling and servicing agreement during the related Prepayment Period; (iii) the principal portion of all other unscheduled collections, including Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and all full and partial principal prepayments, received during the related Prepayment Period net of any portion thereof that represents a recovery of principal for which an Advance was made by the Servicer; and (iv) the amount of any Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such distribution date; minus (v) the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such distribution date and (vi) any Swap Payment Shortfall for such distribution date. PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT--The Principal Remittance Amount for any distribution date is the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount. REALIZED LOSS--A Realized Loss is (a) a Bankruptcy Loss, (b) with respect to any defaulted mortgage loan that is finally liquidated through foreclosure sale, disposition of the related mortgaged property (if acquired on behalf of the certificateholders by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure) or otherwise, is the amount of loss realized, if any, equal to the portion of the unpaid principal balance remaining, if any, plus interest thereon through the last day of the month in which such mortgage loan was finally liquidated, after application of all amounts recovered (net of amounts reimbursable to the servicer for Advances, servicing advances and other related expenses, including attorney's fees) towards interest and principal owing on the mortgage loan or (c) a Swap Payment Shortfall. REO PROPERTY--A mortgaged property acquired by the servicer through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. ROLLING THREE-MONTH DELINQUENCY AVERAGE--With respect to any distribution date, the average aggregate principal amount of the mortgage loans delinquent 60 days or more (including Mortgage Loans that (i) are in foreclosure, (ii) have been converted to REO Properties or (iii) have been discharged due to bankruptcy) for each of the three (or one and two, in the case of the first and second distribution dates, respectively) immediately preceding months. SENIOR INTEREST DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--The Senior Interest Distribution Amount for any distribution date is equal to the sum of the Interest Distribution Amount for that distribution date for the Class A Certificates and the Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, for that distribution date for the Class A Certificates. SERVICING FEE RATE--The Servicing Fee Rate for any distribution date is 0.500% per annum. S-96 STEPDOWN DATE--The Stepdown Date is the later to occur of (x) the distribution date occurring in November 2009 and (y) the first distribution date on which the Credit Enhancement Percentage with respect to the Class A Certificates (calculated for this purpose only prior to any distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount to the holders of the certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on the related distribution date) is greater than or equal to approximately 44.10%. SUBORDINATION PERCENTAGE--With respect to each class of Class A and Class M Certificates, the applicable approximate percentage set forth in the table below. CLASS PERCENTAGE(%) ----- ------------- A 55.90 M-1 64.80 M-2 71.30 M-3 75.10 M-4 78.60 M-5 82.00 M-6 85.20 M-7 88.20 M-8 90.80 M-9 92.80 M-10 94.80 SUBSEQUENT RECOVERIES--Subsequent Recoveries are unanticipated amounts received on a liquidated mortgage loan that resulted in a Realized Loss in a prior month. If Subsequent Recoveries are received, they will be included as part of the Principal Remittance Amount for the following distribution date and distributed in accordance with the priorities described in this prospectus supplement. In addition, after giving effect to all distributions on a distribution date, the amount of such Subsequent Recoveries will increase the Certificate Principal Balance first, of the Class A Certificates then outstanding, if a Realized Loss had been allocated to the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis by the amount of such Subsequent Recoveries, and second, of the class of Class M Certificates then outstanding with the highest distribution priority to which a Realized Loss was allocated. Thereafter, such class of Class A and Class M Certificates will accrue interest on the increased Certificate Principal Balance. SWAP AGREEMENT NOTIONAL BALANCE--With respect to the swap agreement and each calculation period specified below, the related notional balance specified in the table below for such calculation period. The first calculation period will end on the day before the distribution date in November 2006 and the forty-fourth calculation period will end on the day before the distribution date in June 2010: CALCULATION PERIOD NOTIONAL BALANCE ($)(1) ------------------ ----------------------- 1................. 939,098,000.00 2................. 932,394,877.77 3................. 922,472,737.53 4................. 909,291,647.03 5................. 892,841,166.72 6................. 873,140,593.50 7................. 850,240,551.98 8................. 824,224,238.07 9................. 795,208,258.05 10................ 763,345,375.46 11................ 728,885,000.64 12................ 692,355,196.41 13................ 657,520,151.64 S-97 CALCULATION PERIOD NOTIONAL BALANCE ($)(1) ------------------ ----------------------- 14................ 624,347,975.83 15................ 592,758,854.74 16................ 562,676,820.52 17................ 534,029,565.86 18................ 506,748,267.02 19................ 480,767,415.57 20................ 456,009,396.51 21................ 432,010,290.04 22................ 407,154,536.89 23................ 362,474,396.31 24................ 322,326,074.09 25................ 286,462,204.16 26................ 254,568,274.54 27................ 226,941,810.50 28................ 211,779,708.11 29................ 197,588,932.23 30................ 184,213,218.84 31................ 171,618,470.89 32................ 159,744,544.48 33................ 148,549,338.53 34................ 137,993,248.81 35................ 128,039,018.95 36................ 118,651,586.97 37................ 109,798,090.73 38................ 109,798,090.73 39................ 109,798,090.73 40................ 109,798,090.73 41................ 109,798,090.73 42................ 105,196,936.77 43................ 99,497,897.38 44................ 94,119,637.52 (1) Approximate, subject to the variance in the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans described in the second paragraph of "Description of the Mortgage Pool--General" in this prospectus supplement. SWAP COUNTERPARTY TRIGGER EVENT--An "Event of Default" (as defined in the swap agreement) with respect to which the swap counterparty is a "Defaulting Party" (as defined in the swap agreement) or a "Termination Event" (as defined in the swap agreement) (including an "Additional Termination Event" (as defined in the swap agreement)) under the swap agreement with respect to which the swap counterparty is the sole "Affected Party" (as defined in the swap agreement). SWAP PAYMENT SHORTFALL --A Swap Payment Shortfall is a Realized Loss resulting from any net swap payment owed to the swap counterparty or Swap Termination Payment on any distribution date not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event owed to the swap counterparty to the extent not covered by that portion of the Available Distribution Amount (without giving effect to any net swap payment owed to the Swap Counterparty or any Swap Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event) for that distribution date that represents interest received or advanced on the mortgage loans. S-98 TRIGGER EVENT--With respect to any distribution date on or after the Stepdown Date, a Trigger Event is in effect if: (a) the percentage obtained by dividing (I) the Rolling Three-Month Delinquency Average by (II) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans (including mortgage loans related to REO Property) as of the last day of the previous calendar month, exceeds 36.00% of the then Credit Enhancement Percentage with respect to the Class A Certificates for the prior distribution date; or (b) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred on the mortgage loans since the cut-off date through the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, reduced by the aggregate amount of Subsequent Recoveries received since the cut-off date through the last day of the related Due Period) divided by the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date exceeds the applicable percentages set forth below with respect to such distribution date: DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN PERCENTAGE(%) - ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- November 2009 through October 2010 3.50% for the first distribution date of this period, plus an additional 1/12th of 2.00% for each distribution date thereafter November 2010 through October 2011 5.50% for the first distribution date of this period, plus an additional 1/12th of 1.50% for each distribution date thereafter November 2011 through October 2012 7.00% for the first distribution date of this period, plus an additional 1/12th of 0.90% for each distribution date thereafter November 2012 and thereafter 7.90% TRUSTEE FEE RATE--The Trustee Fee Rate for any distribution date is 0.0025% per annum. DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES Distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates will be made by the trustee beginning in November 2006 on the 25th day of each month or the following business day if the 25th is not a business day. Each of these dates is referred to as a distribution date. Distributions on the certificates will be made to the persons in the names of which such certificates are registered at the close of business on the related record date. Distributions will be made by wire transfer or otherwise. In the case of book-entry certificates, distributions will be made by wire transfer to DTC or its nominee in amounts calculated on the determination date as described in this prospectus supplement. However, the final distributions relating to the certificates will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the certificates at the office or the agency of the trustee specified in the notice to holders of the final payment. A business day is any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the States of California or S-99 New York or the city in which the corporate trust office of the trustee is located are required or authorized by law to be closed. INTEREST DISTRIBUTIONS On each distribution date, the Interest Remittance Amount will be distributed in the following order of priority: (i) to the holders of each class of Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis based on the entitlement of each such class, the Senior Interest Distribution Amount allocable to such class of the Class A Certificates; and (ii) sequentially, to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, the Interest Distribution Amount allocable to each such class. On any distribution date, any shortfalls resulting from the application of the Relief Act and any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest paid by the servicer will be allocated to the interest accrued on the Class A and Class M Certificates on a pro rata basis based on the respective amounts of interest accrued on such certificates for such distribution date. The holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates will not be entitled to reimbursement for shortfalls resulting from the application of the Relief Act. Any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest, will be reimbursed only to the extent of any amounts available under the swap agreement in the manner described under "--The Swap Agreement--Payments under the Swap Agreement" below. DETERMINATION OF ONE-MONTH LIBOR On each interest determination date, which is the second LIBOR business day preceding the commencement of each Interest Accrual Period with respect to the Class A and Class M Certificates, the trustee will determine one-month LIBOR. One-month LIBOR is the London interbank offered rate for one-month United States dollar deposits as this rate appears on the Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the LIBOR Determination Date. As used in this section, "LIBOR business day" means a day on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in London and New York City; "Telerate Page 3750" means the display page currently so designated on the Telerate Service or other page as may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices. If that rate does not appear on that page, the trustee will determine one-month LIBOR, in the manner set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement, on the basis of the rates at which one month United States dollar deposits are offered in the London interbank market as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the interest determination date. The establishment of one-month LIBOR on each interest determination date by the trustee and the trustee's calculation of the rate of interest applicable to the Class A and Class M Certificates for the related Interest Accrual Period will, absent manifest error, be final and binding. S-100 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS I. On each distribution date (a) prior to a Stepdown Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed in the following order of priority: (i) concurrently, on a pro rata basis (based on the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates, on the one hand, and the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, on the other hand), as follows: (a) to the holders of the Class A-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and (b) sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; (ii) sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-3 Certificates and Class A-4 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; and (iii) sequentially, to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to zero. II. On each distribution date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed in the following order of priority: (i) to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates and Class A-5 Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, in the following order of priority: (a) concurrently, on a pro rata basis (based on the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates, on the one hand, and the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, on the other hand), as follows: (1) to the holders of the Class A-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and (2) sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-2 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; S-101 (b) sequentially, to the holders of the Class A-3 Certificates and Class A-4 Certificates, in that order, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to zero; and (ii) sequentially, to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, up to an amount equal to the related Class M Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has been reduced to zero. On or after the occurrence of the Credit Support Depletion Date, all priorities relating to distributions as described in this section "--Principal Distributions" in respect of principal among the Class A Certificates will be disregarded, and the Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed to the remaining Class A Certificates on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective outstanding Certificate Principal Balances. The allocation of distributions in respect of principal to the Class A Certificates on each distribution date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event has occurred, will have the effect of accelerating the amortization of the Class A Certificates while, in the absence of Realized Losses, increasing the respective percentage interest in the principal balance of the mortgage loans evidenced by the Class M Certificates and the Class CE Certificates. Increasing the respective percentage interest in the principal balance of the mortgage loans of the Class M Certificates and Class CE Certificates relative to that of the Class A Certificates is intended to preserve the availability of the subordination provided by these certificates. NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASH FLOW AND OVERCOLLATERALIZATION Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow, if any, will be applied on any distribution date as follows: o first, to the holders of the class or classes of Class A and Class M Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount equal to the Overcollateralization Increase Amount, distributable as part of the Principal Distribution Amount; o second, sequentially to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, in each case up to the related Interest Carry Forward Amount related to such certificates for such distribution date; o third, concurrently, on a pro rata basis, based on the amount of any Allocated Realized Loss Amounts previously allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed, to the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates and Class A-5 Certificates, and then sequentially to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class S-102 M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates, in that order, in each case up to the related Allocated Realized Loss Amount for such class of certificates for such distribution date; o fourth, to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates, any related unpaid Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount, distributed to the holders of the Class A Certificates on a pro rata basis based on the remaining Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for each such class and then to the holders of the Class M Certificates in their order of distribution priority; o fifth, to pay any Swap Termination Payments owed to the swap counterparty due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event; o sixth, to the holders of the Class CE Certificates as provided in the pooling and servicing agreement; and o seventh, to the holders of the Residual Certificates, any remaining amounts; provided that if such distribution date is the distribution date immediately following the expiration of the latest prepayment charge term or any distribution date thereafter, then any such remaining amounts will be distributed first, to the holders of the Class P Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and second, to the holders of the Residual Certificates. On each distribution date, the trustee will withdraw from the certificate account all amounts representing prepayment charges in respect of the mortgage loans received during the related Prepayment Period and will distribute these amounts to the holders of the Class P Certificates. In the event that Realized Losses are incurred on the mortgage loans, these Realized Losses may result in an overcollateralization deficiency since, in the absence of Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow applied as principal pursuant to clause first above, the Realized Losses will reduce the principal balance of the mortgage loans without a corresponding reduction to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A and Class M Certificates. In the event of an overcollateralization deficiency, Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow, subject to available funds, will be distributed in an amount equal to such overcollateralization deficiency, which will constitute a principal distribution of the Class A and Class M Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balances thereof. This will have the effect of accelerating the amortization of the Class A and Class M Certificates relative to the amortization of the mortgage loans, and of increasing the Overcollateralization Amount. In the event that the Overcollateralization Target Amount is permitted to step down on any distribution date, a portion of the principal which would otherwise be distributed to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates on the related distribution date will be part of the Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and distributed pursuant to the priorities set forth in this section. This has the effect of decelerating the amortization of the Class A and Class M Certificates relative to the amortization of the mortgage loans, and of reducing the Overcollateralization Amount. However, if on any distribution date a Trigger Event is in effect, the S-103 Overcollateralization Target Amount will not be permitted to step down on the related distribution date. THE SWAP AGREEMENT The trustee, on behalf of the trust, will enter into an interest rate swap agreement with the swap counterparty. On the business day prior to each distribution date, the trustee will deposit into a swap account amounts, if any, received from the swap counterparty. From amounts on deposit in the swap account, to the extent such amounts constitute net swap payments (as described below), distributions (to the extent of the principal portion of Realized Losses) of amounts necessary to maintain the required level of overcollateralization, distributions in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts and distributions in respect of the principal portion of Allocated Realized Loss Amounts previously allocated to the certificates that remain outstanding, will be made as described in this prospectus supplement. The swap account will not be an asset of any REMIC. Under the swap agreement, on the business day prior to each distribution date, the trustee, on behalf of the trust, will be obligated to pay to the swap counterparty the Fixed Swap Payment and the swap counterparty will be obligated to pay to the trustee, on behalf of the trust, the Floating Swap Payment. A net swap payment will be required to be made on the business day prior to each distribution date (a) by the trustee to the swap counterparty, to the extent that the Fixed Swap Payment for such distribution date exceeds the Floating Swap Payment payable to the trust for such distribution date, or (b) by the swap counterparty to the trustee, to the extent that the Floating Swap Payment payable to the trust exceeds the Fixed Swap Payment for such distribution date. The swap agreement will terminate immediately following the distribution date in June 2010, unless terminated earlier upon the occurrence of a Swap Default, an Early Termination Event or an Additional Termination Event. The respective obligations of the swap counterparty and the trustee, on behalf of the trust, to pay specified amounts due under the swap agreement will be subject to the following conditions precedent: (1) no Swap Default or event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become a Swap Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the swap agreement and (2) no "Early Termination Date" (as defined in the ISDA Master Agreement) has occurred or been effectively designated with respect to the swap agreement. "Events of Default" under the swap agreement (each a "Swap Default") include the following standard events of default under the ISDA Master Agreement: o "Failure to Pay or Deliver" (which generally relates to the failure of either party to the swap agreement to perform its payment obligations under the swap agreement), o "Bankruptcy" which generally relates to the insolvency of, or inability to pay debts as they become due, by either party to the swap agreement (as amended in the swap agreement) and S-104 o "Merger without Assumption" which generally relates to the merger, consolidation or transfer of substantially all of the assets of the swap counterparty without the assumption of obligations under the swap agreement by the surviving entity, as further described in Sections 5(a)(i), 5(a)(vii) and 5(a)(viii) of the ISDA Master Agreement. "Early Termination Events" under the swap agreement (each an "Early Termination Event") consist of the following standard events under the ISDA Master Agreement: o "Illegality" (which generally relates to changes in law causing it to become unlawful for either party to perform its obligations under the swap agreement), o "Tax Event" (which generally relates to either party to the swap agreement receiving a payment under the swap agreement from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of taxes) and o "Tax Event Upon Merger" (solely with respect to the swap counterparty) (which generally relates to the swap counterparty's receiving a payment under the swap agreement from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of taxes resulting from a merger), as further described in Sections 5(b)(i), 5(b)(ii) and 5(b)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement. In addition, there are "Additional Termination Events" (as defined in the swap agreement) including if the swap counterparty fails to comply with the Downgrade Provisions (as defined below). Upon the occurrence of any Swap Default under the swap agreement, the non-defaulting party will have the right to designate an Early Termination Date. With respect to Termination Events (including Additional Termination Events), an Early Termination Date may be designated by one of the parties (as specified in the swap agreement) and will occur only upon notice and, in some circumstances, after any affected party has used reasonable efforts to transfer its rights and obligations under the swap agreement to a related entity within a specified period after notice has been given of the Termination Event, all as set forth in the swap agreement. The occurrence of an Early Termination Date under the swap agreement will constitute a "Swap Early Termination." Upon any Swap Early Termination, the trustee, on behalf of the trust, or the swap counterparty may be liable to make a swap termination payment (the "Swap Termination Payment") to the other (regardless, if applicable, of which of the parties has caused the termination). The Swap Termination Payment will be based on the value of the swap agreement computed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the swap agreement taking into account the present value of the unpaid amounts that would have been owed to and by the swap counterparty under the remaining scheduled term of the swap agreement. In the event that the trustee, on behalf of the trust, is required to make a Swap Termination Payment to the swap counterparty, that payment will be paid on the business day prior to the related distribution date, and on the business day prior to any subsequent distribution dates until paid in full, prior to distributions to certificateholders, other than in the case of a Swap Termination Payment S-105 triggered upon a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event. The trust's obligation to pay amounts in respect of a Swap Termination Payment resulting from a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event will be subordinated to distributions to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates. If the swap counterparty's credit ratings fall below the levels specified in the swap agreement, then, unless (x) within 30 days thereafter, each rating agency has reconfirmed the rating of each offered certificate which was in effect immediately prior to such withdrawal or downgrade, and (y) certain other conditions are met, the swap counterparty will be required to either (1) obtain a substitute swap counterparty with credit ratings at least equal to the specified levels that will assume the obligations of the swap counterparty under the swap agreement, (2) obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of another person to honor, the obligations of the swap counterparty under the swap agreement, in each case from a person with credit ratings at least equal to the specified levels, all as provided in the swap agreement or (3) post collateral which will be sufficient to maintain or restore the rating of each offered certificate which was in effect immediately prior to such withdrawal or downgrade (such provisions, the "Downgrade Provisions"). Payments under the Swap Agreement Amounts payable by the trust in respect of net swap payments and Swap Termination Payments (other than Swap Termination Payments resulting from a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event) will be deducted from the Available Distribution Amount before distributions to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates. On the business day prior to each distribution date, such amounts will be distributed by the trust to the swap counterparty, first to make any net swap payment owed to the swap counterparty pursuant to the swap agreement for such distribution date, and second to make any Swap Termination Payment not due to a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event owed to the swap counterparty pursuant to the swap agreement. Payments by the trust to the swap counterparty in respect of any Swap Termination Payment triggered by a Swap Counterparty Trigger Event pursuant to the swap agreement will be subordinated to distributions to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates and will be paid by the trust to the swap counterparty as set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. Amounts payable by the swap counterparty to the trustee, on behalf of the trust, will be deposited by the trustee into the swap account. On each distribution date, to the extent required, the trustee will withdraw the following amounts from the swap account to the extent of net swap payments on deposit therein for distribution to the certificates in the following order of priority, in the case of clauses fourth and sixth through eighth to the extent not covered by Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow: first, to the holders of the Class A Certificates, to pay any unpaid Senior Interest Distribution Amount allocable to such class of Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis based on the entitlement of each such class (in each case to the extent not covered by the Interest Remittance Amount); second, to the holders of the Class A Certificates, to pay accrued and unpaid interest to the extent unpaid from interest collections, but only to the extent of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (not covered by Compensating Interest) allocated to such certificates on such S-106 distribution date, on a pro rata basis, based on the amount of such Prepayment Interest Shortfalls previously allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed; third, to the holders of the Mezzanine Certificates, in their order of payment priority, to pay any unpaid Interest Distribution Amount allocable to each such class (in each case to the extent not covered by the Interest Remittance Amount); fourth, to the holders of the Mezzanine Certificates, in their order of payment priority, in each case up to the related unpaid Interest Carry Forward Amount related to such certificates for such distribution date; fifth, to the holders of the Mezzanine Certificates, in their order of payment priority, to pay accrued and unpaid interest to the extent unpaid from interest collections, but only to the extent of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (not covered by Compensating Interest) allocated to such certificates on such distribution date; sixth, to the holders of the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis, based on the amount of Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts previously allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed, and then sequentially to the holders of the Class M Certificates, in their order of payment priority, the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts remaining unpaid as of that distribution date; seventh, to the holders of the class or classes of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount equal to the Overcollateralization Increase Amount, distributable as part of the Principal Distribution Amount, but, only to the extent of the principal portion of Realized Losses for such distribution date; eighth, to the holders of the Class A Certificates, pro rata, and then to the holders of the Class M Certificates, in their order of payment priority, the principal portion of any Allocated Realized Loss Amount previously allocated thereto that remain unreimbursed; and ninth, to the holders of the Class CE Certificates any balance remaining, in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. ALLOCATION OF LOSSES Any Realized Losses will be allocated or covered on any distribution date as follows: o first, by Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow; o second, by any amounts available from the swap agreement for the related distribution date; o third, to the Class CE Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE Certificates has been reduced to zero; S-107 o fourth, to the Class M-10 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o fifth, to the Class M-9 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o sixth, to the Class M-8 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o seventh, to the Class M-7 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o eighth, to the Class M-6 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o ninth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o tenth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o eleventh, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o twelfth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; o thirteenth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; and o fourteenth, concurrently, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates on a pro rata basis based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class, until their respective Certificate Principal Balances have been reduced to zero. The pooling and servicing agreement will not permit the allocation of Realized Losses to the Class P Certificates. Once Realized Losses have been allocated to the Class A and Class M Certificates, such amounts with respect to such certificates will no longer accrue interest and such amounts will not be reinstated thereafter (except in the case of Subsequent Recoveries). However, Allocated Realized Loss Amounts may be distributed to the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates from Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow, according to the priorities set forth under "--Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization" and from amounts available under the swap agreement, according the priorities set forth under "--The Swap Agreement--Payments under the Swap Agreement" above. Any allocation of a Realized Loss to a certificate will be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance of that certificate by the amount so allocated as of the distribution date in the S-108 month following the calendar month in which the Realized Loss was incurred; provided, however, with respect to any allocation of a Realized Loss to a certificate related to a Swap Payment Shortfall, such Realized Loss will be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance of that certificate by the amount so allocated as of the distribution date in the month in which the Swap Payment Shortfall was incurred. In order to maximize the likelihood of distribution in full of amounts of interest and principal to be distributed to holders of the Class A Certificates, on each distribution date, holders of each class of Class A Certificates have a right to distributions of interest before distributions of interest to other classes of certificates and distributions of principal before distributions of principal to other classes of certificates. In addition, overcollateralization and the application of Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow will also increase the likelihood of distribution in full of amounts of principal to the Class A Certificates on each distribution date and overcollateralization, the application of Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and payments received from the swap agreement will increase the likelihood of distribution in full of amounts of interest to the Class A Certificates on each distribution date. The priority of distributions among the Class M Certificates, as described in this prospectus supplement, also has the effect during certain periods, in the absence of Realized Losses, of decreasing the percentage interest evidenced by any class of Class M Certificates with a higher distribution priority, thereby increasing, relative to its Certificate Principal Balance, the subordination afforded to such class of the Class M Certificates by overcollateralization and any class of Class M Certificates with a lower distribution priority. ADVANCES Prior to each distribution date, the servicer is required to make Advances out of its own funds, or funds held in the Custodial Account that are not included in the Available Distribution Amount for the distribution date, with respect to any distributions of principal and interest, net of the related servicing fees, that were due on the mortgage loans during the related Due Period on the mortgage loans and that were delinquent on the related Determination Date, plus amounts representing assumed payments of interest not covered by any current net income on the mortgage properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure. The advances are referred to in this prospectus supplement as Advances. Advances are required to be made only to the extent they are deemed by the servicer to be recoverable from related late collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds. Recoverability is determined in the context of existing outstanding arrearages, the current loan-to-value ratio and an assessment of the fair market value of the related mortgaged property. The purpose of making Advances is to maintain a regular cash flow to the certificateholders, rather than to guarantee or insure against losses. The servicer will not be required to make any Advances with respect to reductions in the amount of the scheduled monthly payments on the mortgage loans due to Debt Service Reductions or the application of the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations. Any failure by the servicer to make an Advance as required under the pooling and servicing agreement will constitute an event of default under the pooling and servicing agreement, in which case the trustee, as successor servicer, will be obligated to make any such Advance, in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. S-109 All Advances will be reimbursable to the servicer on a first priority basis from late collections, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds from the mortgage loan as to which the unreimbursed Advance was made. In addition, any Advances previously made which are deemed by the servicer to be nonrecoverable from related late collections, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds may be reimbursed to the servicer out of any funds in the Custodial Account prior to distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates. In the event that the servicer fails in its obligation to make any required advance, the trustee, in its capacity as successor servicer, will be obligated to make the advance, to the extent required in the pooling and servicing agreement. The pooling and servicing agreement will provide that the servicer may enter into a facility with any person which provides that such person, or the advancing person, may directly or indirectly fund Advances and/or servicing advances, although no such facility will reduce or otherwise affect the servicer's obligation to fund these Advances and/or servicing advances. No facility will require the consent of the certificateholders or the trustee. Any Advances and/or servicing advances made by an advancing person would be reimbursed to the advancing person under the same provisions pursuant to which reimbursements would be made to the servicer if those advances were funded by the servicer, but on a priority basis in favor of the advancing person as opposed to the servicer or any successor servicer, and without being subject to any right of offset that the trustee or the trust might have against the servicer or any successor servicer. In addition, see "Description of the Certificates--Withdrawals from the Custodial Account" and "--Advances" in the prospectus. RESIDUAL INTERESTS Holders of the Class R Certificates will be entitled to receive any residual cash flow from the mortgage pool, which is not expected to be significant. The Class R Certificates will not be entitled to any payments unless the aggregate amount received by the issuing entity with respect to the mortgage loans exceeds the aggregate amount payable to the other certificateholders, which is highly unlikely. A holder of Class R Certificates will not have a right to alter the structure of this transaction. The Class R Certificates may be retained by the depositor or transferred to any of its affiliates, subsidiaries of the sponsor or any other party. REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS The trustee will be required to make the reports referred to in the prospectus under "Description of the Certificates--Reports to Certificateholders" available each month to the certificateholders and other parties referred to in the pooling and servicing agreement via the trustee's website at www.ctslink.com. For purposes of any electronic version of this prospectus supplement, the preceding uniform resource locator, or URL, is an inactive textual reference only. We have taken steps to ensure that this URL reference was inactive at the time the electronic version of this prospectus supplement was created. In addition, for so long as the issuing entity is required to file reports with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the issuing entity's annual report on Form 10-K, distribution reports on Form 10-D, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports will be made available on such S-110 website as soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Commission under file number 333-134218. See also "Pooling and Servicing Agreement -- Reports to Certificateholders" in the prospectus for a more detailed description of certificateholder reports. RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS CE CERTIFICATES Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, the servicer will provide the holder of the Class CE Certificates (in such capacity, the "CE Holder") with reports regarding liquidated mortgage loans, loan modifications and delinquent mortgage loans and will make its servicing personnel available to respond to inquiries from the CE Holder and will make underwriting files for defaulted mortgage loans available to the CE Holder. In addition, the CE Holder will have the right to direct the servicer in performing certain of the servicer's duties under the pooling and servicing agreement, including, but not limited to, the right to consent to any sub-servicer and the right to direct the servicer regarding the management of specific defaulted mortgage loans. The servicer will be required to accept any such directions from the CE Holder. YIELD AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS GENERAL The yield to maturity on each class of Class A and Class M Certificates will be primarily affected by the following factors: o the rate and timing of principal payments on the mortgage loans, including prepayments, defaults and liquidations, and repurchases due to breaches of representations and warranties; o the allocation of principal distributions among the various classes of certificates; o the rate and timing of Realized Losses and interest shortfalls on the mortgage loans; o the pass-through rate on that class of Class A and Class M Certificates; o the purchase price paid for that class of Class A and Class M Certificates; and o the timing of the exercise of the optional termination by the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates. For additional considerations relating to the yields on the Class A and Class M Certificates, see "Yield Considerations" and "Maturity and Prepayment Considerations" in the prospectus. As of the statistical cut-off date, approximately 0.42% and 11.02% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) require the related borrowers to make monthly payments of accrued interest, but not principal, for the first three years and five years, respectively, following origination. After such interest-only period, S-111 the borrower's monthly payment will be recalculated to cover both interest and principal so that the mortgage loan will amortize fully on its final payment date. As a result, because the monthly payment increases, the related borrower may not be able to pay the increased amount and may default or may refinance the loan to avoid the higher payment. In addition, because no scheduled principal payments are required to be made on these mortgage loans for a period of time, the Class A and Class M Certificates will receive smaller scheduled principal distributions during that period than they would have received if the related borrowers were required to make monthly payments of interest and principal from origination of these mortgage loans. PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS The yield to maturity and the aggregate amount of distributions on each class of Class A and Class M Certificates will be affected by the rate and timing of principal payments on the mortgage loans and the amount and timing of mortgagor defaults resulting in Realized Losses on the mortgage loans. These yields may be significantly affected by a higher or lower than anticipated rate of principal payments on the mortgage loans. The rate of principal payments on the mortgage loans will in turn be affected by the amortization schedules of the mortgage loans, the rate and timing of principal prepayments thereon by the mortgagors, liquidations or modifications of defaulted mortgage loans and purchases of mortgage loans due to breaches of representations and warranties. The timing of changes in the rate of prepayments, liquidations and purchases of the mortgage loans may, and the timing of Realized Losses on the mortgage loans will, significantly affect the yield to an investor in the Class A and Class M Certificates, even if the average rate of principal payments experienced over time is consistent with an investor's expectation. Since the rate and timing of principal payments on the mortgage loans will depend on future events and on a variety of factors, as described in this prospectus supplement, no assurance can be given as to the rate or the timing of principal distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates. The mortgage loans may be prepaid by the mortgagors at any time in full or in part, although approximately 58.12% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) provide for payment of a prepayment charge. Prepayment charges may reduce the rate of prepayment on the mortgage loans until the end of the period during which these prepayment charges apply. See "Description of the Mortgage Pool" in this prospectus supplement. Some state laws restrict the imposition of prepayment charges even when the mortgage loans expressly provide for the collection of those charges. As a result, it is possible that prepayment charges may not be collected even on mortgage loans that provide for the payment of these charges. In any case, these amounts will not be available for distribution on the Class A and Class M Certificates. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans and Contracts--Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments" in the prospectus. The Class P Certificateholders shall receive the amount of any payments or collections in the nature of prepayment charges on the mortgage loans received by the servicer in respect of the related Due Period. The adjustable-rate loans typically are assumable under some circumstances if, in the sole judgment of the servicer or subservicer, the prospective purchaser of a mortgaged property is creditworthy and the security for the mortgage loan is not impaired by the assumption. S-112 Prepayments, liquidations and purchases of the mortgage loans will result in distributions to holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates of principal which would otherwise be distributed over the remaining terms of those mortgage loans. Factors affecting prepayment, including defaults and liquidations, of mortgage loans include changes in mortgagors' housing needs, job transfers, unemployment, mortgagors' net equity in the mortgaged properties, changes in the value of the mortgaged properties, mortgage market interest rates, solicitations and servicing decisions. In addition, if prevailing mortgage rates fell significantly below the mortgage rates on the mortgage loans, the rate of prepayments, including refinancings, would be expected to increase. Conversely, if prevailing mortgage rates rose significantly above the mortgage rates on the mortgage loans, the rate of prepayments on the mortgage loans would be expected to decrease. The rate of defaults on the mortgage loans will also affect the rate and timing of principal distributions on the Class A and Class M Certificates. In general, defaults on mortgage loans are expected to occur with greater frequency in their early years. Furthermore, the rate and timing of prepayments, defaults and liquidations on the mortgage loans will be affected by the general economic condition of the region of the country in which the related mortgaged properties are located. The risk of delinquencies and loss is greater and prepayments are less likely in regions where a weak or deteriorating economy exists, as may be evidenced by, among other factors, increasing unemployment or falling property values. Also, because borrowers of balloon loans are required to make a relatively large single payment upon maturity, it is possible that the default risk associated with balloon loans is greater than that associated with fully-amortizing mortgage loans. See "Risk Factors" in this prospectus supplement. The servicer may allow the refinancing of a mortgage loan by accepting prepayments thereon and permitting a new loan secured by a mortgage on the same property. In the event of such a refinancing, the new loan would not be included in the trust fund and, therefore, the refinancing would have the same effect as a prepayment in full of the related mortgage loan. The servicer may, from time to time, implement programs designed to encourage refinancing, subject to the limitations set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. These programs may include, without limitation, modifications of existing loans, targeted solicitations, the offering of pre-approved applications, reduced origination fees or closing costs, or other financial incentives. Targeted solicitations may be based on a variety of factors, including the credit of the borrower or the location of the mortgaged property. The rate of default on mortgage loans that are refinanced by the borrower, were originated with limited documentation, or are mortgage loans with high loan to value ratios, may be higher than for other types of mortgage loans. As a result of the underwriting standards applicable to the mortgage loans, the mortgage loans are likely to experience rates of delinquency, foreclosure, bankruptcy and loss that are higher, and that may be substantially higher, than those experienced by mortgage loans underwritten in accordance with the standards applied by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac first lien and second lien mortgage loan purchase programs. See "Description of the Mortgage Pool--The Originator--Underwriting Guidelines." In addition, because of these underwriting criteria and their likely effect on the delinquency, foreclosure, bankruptcy and loss experience of the mortgage loans, the mortgage loans will generally be serviced in a manner intended to result in a faster exercise of remedies, which may include foreclosure, in the event mortgage loan delinquencies and defaults occur, than would be S-113 the case if the mortgage loans were serviced in accordance with those other programs. Furthermore, the rate and timing of prepayments, defaults and liquidations on the mortgage loans will be affected by the general economic condition of the region of the country in which the mortgaged properties are located. The risk of delinquencies and loss is greater, and prepayments are less likely, in regions where a weak or deteriorating economy exists, as may be evidenced by, among other factors, increasing unemployment or falling property values. The servicer has a limited right, but not an obligation, to repurchase some defaulted mortgage loans at a price equal to the unpaid principal balance thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, resulting in a distribution of principal on the Class A and Class M Certificates earlier than might have been the case if foreclosure proceedings had been commenced. See "Maturity and Prepayment Considerations" in the prospectus. ALLOCATION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS The yields to maturity of each of the Class A and Class M Certificates will be affected by the allocation of principal distributions among the Class A and Class M Certificates and the extent of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount. The Class A and Class M Certificates are subject to priorities for distribution of principal as described in this prospectus supplement. Distributions of principal and the weighted average lives of classes having an earlier priority of distribution will be affected by the rates of prepayment of the mortgage loans early in the life of those mortgage loans. The timing of commencement of principal distributions and the weighted average lives of the Class A and Class M Certificates with a later priority of distribution will be affected by the rates of prepayment of the mortgage loans both before and after the commencement of principal distributions on those classes. In addition, the rate and timing of principal distributions on and the weighted average lives of the Class A and Class M Certificates will be affected primarily by the rate and timing of principal payments, including prepayments, defaults, realized losses, liquidations and purchases, on the mortgage loans. As described in this prospectus supplement, during certain periods all or a disproportionately large percentage of principal payments on the mortgage loans will be allocated among the Class A Certificates and, during certain periods, no principal distributions will be distributed to any class of Class M Certificates. Unless the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class M Certificates will not be entitled to receive distributions of principal until the Stepdown Date. Furthermore, if a Trigger Event is in effect, the Class M Certificates will not be entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates has been reduced to zero. To the extent that no principal distributions are distributed on the Class M Certificates, the subordination afforded the Class A Certificates by the Class M Certificates, together with the overcollateralization, in the absence of offsetting Realized Losses allocated thereto, will be increased, and the weighted average lives of the Class M Certificates will be extended. As described under "Description of the Certificates--Allocation of Losses" and "--Advances," amounts otherwise distributable to holders of one or more classes of the Class M Certificates may be made available to protect the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates with a higher distribution priority against interruptions in distributions due to certain mortgagor delinquencies, to the extent not covered by Advances. S-114 Such delinquencies may affect the yields to investors on such classes of the Class M Certificates, and, even if subsequently cured, may affect the timing of the receipt of distributions by the holders of such classes of Class M Certificates. In addition, a higher than expected rate of delinquencies or Realized Losses will also affect the rate of principal distributions on one or more classes of the Class M Certificates if delinquencies or Realized Losses cause a Trigger Event. The yields to maturity of the Class A and Class M Certificates may also be affected to the extent any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow is used to accelerate distributions of principal on the Class A and Class M Certificates and to the extent any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount is used to decelerate principal on the Class A and Class M Certificates. In addition, the amount of the Overcollateralization Increase Amount distributed to the Class A or Class M Certificates on any distribution date will be affected by, among other things, the level of delinquencies and Realized Losses on the mortgage loans, and the level of One-Month LIBOR and Six-Month LIBOR. See "Description of the Certificates--Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and Overcollateralization" in this prospectus supplement. REALIZED LOSSES AND INTEREST SHORTFALLS The yield to maturity and the aggregate amount of distributions on each class of Class A and Class M Certificates will be affected by the timing of borrower defaults resulting in Realized Losses on the mortgage loans, to the extent such losses are not covered by Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow, overcollateralization, the swap agreement or subordination provided by any Class M Certificates with a lower distribution priority. Furthermore, as described in this prospectus supplement, the timing of receipt of principal and interest by the Class A and Class M Certificates may be adversely affected by Realized Losses or delinquencies on the related mortgage loans if those Realized Losses or delinquencies result in a change in the Overcollateralization Target Amount. The amount of interest otherwise distributable to holders of each class of Class A and Class M Certificates will be reduced by any interest shortfalls, including Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, on the mortgage loans to the extent not covered by the Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow or amounts on deposit in the swap account in respect of the swap agreement or by the servicer in each case as described in this prospectus supplement. These shortfalls will not be offset by a reduction in the servicing fees payable to the servicer or otherwise, except as described in this prospectus supplement with respect to Prepayment Interest Shortfalls. Prepayment Interest Shortfalls not covered by Compensating Interest will not be covered by Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts will only be covered by Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and amounts on deposit in the swap account in respect of the swap agreement, in each case as and to the extent described in this prospectus supplement. See "Description of the Certificates--Interest Distributions" in this prospectus supplement for a discussion of possible shortfalls in the collection of interest. PASS-THROUGH RATES The yields to maturity on the Class A and Class M Certificates will be affected by their Pass-Through Rates. S-115 Each class of Class A and Class M Certificates may not always receive interest at a rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Margin. If the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate is less than the lesser of One-Month LIBOR plus the related Margin for a class of Class A or Class M Certificates and 12.50% per annum, the Pass-Through Rate on that class will be limited to the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate. Thus, the yield to investors in the Class A and Class M Certificates will be sensitive to fluctuations in the level of One-Month LIBOR and may be adversely affected by the application of the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate. Therefore, the prepayment of mortgage loans with higher mortgage rates may result in a lower Pass-Through Rate on the Class A and Class M Certificates. In addition, if prepayments on the mortgage loans occur at a rate slower than anticipated, the swap agreement may not provide sufficient funds to cover such shortfalls with respect to the Class A and Class M Certificates because the Swap Agreement Notional Balance may be lower than the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans. If on any distribution date the application of the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate results in an interest distribution lower than the lesser of One-Month LIBOR plus the related Margin and 12.50% per annum on any class of Class A and Class M Certificates during the related Interest Accrual Period, the value of that class may be temporarily or permanently reduced. Investors in the Class A and Class M Certificates should be aware that approximately 89.15% of the mortgage loans (by aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the statistical cut-off date) have adjustable interest rates. Consequently, the interest that becomes due on an adjustable-rate loan during the related Due Period may be less than interest that would accrue on the related certificates at the rate of the lesser of One-Month LIBOR plus the related Margin and 12.50% per annum. In a rising interest rate environment, any class of Class A or Class M Certificates may receive interest at the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate or at 12.50% per annum for a protracted period of time. In addition, in this situation, there would be little or no Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow to cover Realized Losses and to maintain the required amount of overcollateralization. To the extent the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate is applicable on any class of Class A and Class M Certificates the difference between the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate and the lesser of One-Month LIBOR plus the related Margin and 12.50% per annum will create a shortfall that will carry forward with interest thereon. These shortfalls will be distributable only from Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow and proceeds from the swap agreement, in each case to the extent described in this prospectus supplement, and may remain undistributed on the optional termination date and final distribution date. PURCHASE PRICE The yield to maturity on a class of Class A or Class M Certificates will depend on the price paid by the holders of those certificates. The extent to which the yield to maturity of a Class A or Class M Certificate is sensitive to prepayments will depend, in part, upon the degree to which it is purchased at a discount or premium. In general, if a Class A or Class M Certificate is purchased at a premium and principal distributions thereon occur at a rate faster than assumed at the time of purchase, the investor's actual yield to maturity will be lower than that anticipated at the time of purchase. Conversely, if a Class A or Class M Certificate is purchased at a discount and principal distributions thereon occur at a rate slower than assumed at the time of S-116 purchase, the investor's actual yield to maturity will be lower than that anticipated at the time of purchase. FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATES The final scheduled distribution date with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates and Class A-5 Certificates will be the distribution date in May 2030, March 2035, September 2036, September 2036 and March 2035, respectively, assuming (i) the mortgage loans prepay at a constant rate of 0% CPR and (ii) the structuring assumptions described under "--Weighted Average Life" below. The final scheduled distribution date of each class of the Class M Certificates will be the distribution date in October 2036, which is the distribution date occurring in the month following the last scheduled monthly payment on any mortgage loan. Due to Realized Losses and prepayments on the mortgage loans, the actual final distribution date on any class of Class A and Class M Certificates may be substantially earlier. In addition, the actual final distribution date on any class of Class A and Class M Certificates may be later than the final scheduled distribution date therefor. No event of default under the pooling and servicing agreement will arise or become applicable solely by reason of the failure to retire the entire Certificate Principal Balance of any class of Class A and Class M Certificates on or before its final scheduled distribution date. WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE Weighted average life refers to the average amount of time that will elapse from the date of issuance of a security to the date of distribution of net reduction of principal balance of the security. The weighted average life of each class of Class A and Class M Certificates will be influenced by, among other things, the rate at which principal of the mortgage loans is paid, which may be in the form of scheduled amortization, prepayments or liquidations. The prepayment model used in this prospectus supplement, referred to in this prospectus supplement as PPC, represents an assumed rate of prepayment each month relative to the then outstanding principal balance of a pool of mortgage loans. The Class A and Class M Certificates were structured on the basis of, among other things, a PPC of 100% for the mortgage loans. 100% PPC prepayment assumption assumes, with respect to Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans (i) a constant prepayment rate of 2.0% CPR of the then outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans in the first month of the life of the mortgage loans, (ii) building to 30.0% CPR by the twelfth month; (iii) a constant prepayment rate of 30.0% CPR in the thirteenth through the twenty-second month; (iv) a constant prepayment rate of 50.0% CPR in the twenty-third through twenty-seventh month; and (v) a constant prepayment rate of 35.0% CPR for month twenty-eight and thereafter. 100% PPC prepayment assumption assumes, with respect to Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans (i) a constant prepayment rate of 4.6% CPR of the then outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans in the first month of the life of the mortgage loans; (ii) building to 23.0% CPR by the twelfth month and (iii) remaining at 23.0% CPR thereafter. The prepayment model used in this prospectus supplement also assumes that the rate of prepayments on the mortgage loans will not exceed 85% CPR per annum for any period. No representation is made that the mortgage loans will prepay at that or any other rate. S-117 The tables set forth below have been prepared on the basis of assumptions as described below regarding the characteristics of the mortgage loans that are expected to be included in the trust as described under "Description of the Mortgage Pool" in this prospectus supplement and their performance. The tables assume, among other things, the following structuring assumptions: o as of the date of issuance of the Class A and Class M Certificates, the mortgage loans have the following characteristics: S-118 ORIGINAL REMAINING ORIGINAL ORIGINAL AGGREGATE GROSS TERM TO TERM TO AMORTIZATION MONTHS TO GROSS LOAN PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE MATURITY MATURITY TERM FIRST RATE MARGIN NUMBER TYPE BALANCE ($) RATE (%) (MONTHS) (MONTHS) (MONTHS) ADJUSTMENT (%) - ------ -------------- -------------- -------- -------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------ 1 2YR-ARM 6,198,033.73 9.368 360 359 360 24 6.576 2 2YR-ARM 157,274.11 7.900 360 357 360 24 5.829 3 2YR-ARM 607,551.16 9.101 360 358 360 24 6.311 4 2YR-ARM 3,553,881.87 9.805 360 359 360 24 6.853 5 2YR-ARM 16,127,577.82 8.959 360 359 360 24 6.378 6 2YR-ARM 411,690.32 8.532 360 358 360 24 6.006 7 2YR-ARM 319,762.36 10.850 360 358 360 24 5.500 8 2YR-ARM 1,430,835.48 9.241 360 359 360 24 6.258 9 2YR-ARM 95,957.53 10.000 360 359 360 24 6.990 10 2YR-ARM 371,534.55 9.707 360 360 360 24 6.749 11 2YR-ARM 224,857.72 8.724 360 358 360 24 6.160 12 2YR-ARM 13,895,475.53 8.571 360 359 360 24 6.114 13 2YR-ARM 120,551,299.06 8.719 360 359 360 24 6.243 14 2YR-ARM 1,438,114.11 8.232 360 359 360 24 5.635 15 2YR-ARM 195,557,183.62 9.065 360 359 360 24 6.393 16 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 385,000.00 6.960 360 360 300 24 4.860 17 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 188,000.00 7.600 360 358 300 24 5.321 18 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 3,815,982.38 7.587 360 358 300 24 5.707 19 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 583,451.00 6.983 360 357 300 24 5.693 20 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 898,000.00 7.396 360 358 300 24 5.272 21 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 176,850.00 8.686 360 359 300 24 6.532 22 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 5,286,127.00 7.629 360 358 300 24 5.415 23 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 55,271,239.59 7.586 360 358 300 24 5.510 24 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 7,313,896.53 7.249 360 357 300 24 5.067 25 2YR-ARM 5YR-IO 27,360,643.17 7.959 360 359 300 24 5.930 26 3YR-ARM 183,851.52 10.450 360 358 360 36 6.990 27 3YR-ARM 208,298.74 8.857 360 359 360 36 6.126 28 3YR-ARM 125,942.45 9.850 360 359 360 36 6.990 29 3YR-ARM 691,511.60 7.750 360 359 360 36 5.334 30 3YR-ARM 1,308,754.85 8.184 360 360 360 36 6.180 31 3YR-ARM 2,905,496.70 9.047 360 359 360 36 6.542 32 3YR-ARM 5YR-IO 374,940.00 7.613 360 359 300 36 5.245 33 3YR-ARM 5YR-IO 695,800.00 7.805 360 358 300 36 5.526 34 3YR-ARM 5YR-IO 4,239,000.00 6.746 360 360 300 36 4.473 35 3YR-ARM 5YR-IO 749,750.00 8.103 360 358 300 36 5.824 36 3YR-ARM 3YR-IO 347,000.00 7.466 360 360 324 36 5.030 37 3YR-ARM 3YR-IO 320,000.00 7.375 360 359 324 36 6.990 38 3YR-ARM 3YR-IO 3,435,500.00 6.851 360 359 324 36 4.977 39 2YR-ARM 40/30 2,212,729.92 8.561 360 359 480 24 6.573 40 2YR-ARM 40/30 541,257.76 7.867 360 356 480 24 5.481 41 2YR-ARM 40/30 1,603,564.20 8.005 360 358 480 24 5.838 42 2YR-ARM 40/30 17,406,455.34 8.263 360 359 480 24 6.070 43 2YR-ARM 40/30 1,099,769.76 8.049 360 359 480 24 5.568 44 2YR-ARM 40/30 3,650,143.91 8.054 360 359 480 24 6.221 REMAINING PERIODIC GROSS GROSS INTEREST INITIAL RATE LIFETIME LIFETIME ONLY PREPAY LOAN RATE CAP CAP MINIMUM MAXIMUM PERIOD PENALTY NUMBER (%) (%) RATE (%) RATE (%) (MONTHS) INDEX MONTHS - ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------- ------- 1 1.500 1.500 9.368 15.368 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 2 1.500 1.500 7.900 13.900 N/A LIBOR_6MO 30 3 1.500 1.500 9.101 15.101 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 4 1.500 1.500 9.805 15.805 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 5 1.500 1.500 8.959 14.959 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 6 1.500 1.500 8.532 14.532 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 7 1.500 1.500 10.850 16.850 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 8 1.500 1.500 9.241 15.241 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 9 1.500 1.500 10.000 16.000 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 10 1.500 1.500 9.707 15.707 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 11 1.500 1.500 8.724 14.724 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 12 1.500 1.500 8.571 14.579 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 13 1.500 1.500 8.719 14.719 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 14 1.500 1.500 8.232 14.232 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 15 1.500 1.500 9.065 15.065 N/A LIBOR_6MO N/A 16 1.500 1.500 6.960 12.960 60 LIBOR_6MO 24 17 1.500 1.500 7.600 13.600 58 LIBOR_6MO 12 18 1.500 1.500 7.587 13.587 58 LIBOR_6MO 24 19 1.500 1.500 6.983 12.983 57 LIBOR_6MO 36 20 1.500 1.500 7.396 13.396 58 LIBOR_6MO 24 21 1.500 1.500 8.686 14.686 59 LIBOR_6MO 24 22 1.500 1.500 7.629 13.641 58 LIBOR_6MO 12 23 1.500 1.500 7.586 13.592 58 LIBOR_6MO 24 24 1.500 1.500 7.249 13.249 57 LIBOR_6MO 36 25 1.500 1.500 7.959 13.960 59 LIBOR_6MO N/A 26 1.500 1.500 10.450 16.450 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 27 1.500 1.500 8.857 14.857 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 28 1.500 1.500 9.850 15.850 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 29 1.500 1.500 7.750 13.850 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 30 1.500 1.500 8.184 14.184 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 31 1.500 1.500 9.047 15.047 N/A LIBOR_6MO N/A 32 1.500 1.500 7.613 13.613 59 LIBOR_6MO 36 33 1.500 1.500 7.805 13.805 58 LIBOR_6MO 24 34 1.500 1.500 6.746 12.746 60 LIBOR_6MO 36 35 1.500 1.500 8.103 14.103 58 LIBOR_6MO N/A 36 1.500 1.500 7.466 13.466 36 LIBOR_6MO 36 37 1.500 1.500 7.375 13.375 35 LIBOR_6MO 12 38 1.500 1.500 6.851 12.851 35 LIBOR_6MO 36 39 1.500 1.500 8.561 14.561 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 40 1.500 1.500 7.867 13.867 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 41 1.500 1.500 8.005 14.005 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 42 1.500 1.500 8.263 14.263 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 43 1.500 1.500 8.049 14.049 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 44 1.500 1.500 8.054 14.054 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 S-119 ORIGINAL REMAINING ORIGINAL ORIGINAL AGGREGATE GROSS TERM TO TERM TO AMORTIZATION MONTHS TO GROSS LOAN PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE MATURITY MATURITY TERM FIRST RATE MARGIN NUMBER TYPE BALANCE ($) RATE (%) (MONTHS) (MONTHS) (MONTHS) ADJUSTMENT (%) - ------ -------------- -------------- -------- -------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------ 45 2YR-ARM 40/30 360,333.93 8.750 360 358 480 24 6.471 46 2YR-ARM 40/30 118,800.00 9.400 360 360 480 24 6.884 47 2YR-ARM 40/30 15,652,813.19 8.785 360 359 480 24 6.461 48 2YR-ARM 40/30 183,236,523.78 8.212 360 359 480 24 6.020 49 2YR-ARM 40/30 7,069,845.13 7.966 360 357 480 24 5.730 50 2YR-ARM 40/30 148,601,881.74 8.577 360 359 480 24 6.300 51 Fixed 40/30 193,250.00 9.049 360 360 480 N/A N/A 52 Fixed 40/30 373,371.09 7.350 360 359 480 N/A N/A 53 Fixed 40/30 215,213.44 8.320 360 359 480 N/A N/A 54 Fixed 40/30 105,000.00 9.750 360 360 480 N/A N/A 55 Fixed 40/30 6,342,478.06 7.999 360 359 480 N/A N/A 56 Fixed 40/30 188,952.51 8.450 360 359 480 N/A N/A 57 Fixed 40/30 12,882,649.73 7.704 360 359 480 N/A N/A 58 Fixed 40/30 4,010,302.04 8.505 360 359 480 N/A N/A 59 3YR-ARM 40/30 228,000.00 8.950 360 360 480 36 6.514 60 3YR-ARM 40/30 111,938.35 8.150 360 358 480 36 5.871 61 3YR-ARM 40/30 102,400.00 10.050 360 360 480 36 6.990 62 3YR-ARM 40/30 745,856.86 8.341 360 359 480 36 6.064 63 3YR-ARM 40/30 2,826,197.98 7.822 360 359 480 36 5.982 64 3YR-ARM 40/30 5,753,935.14 8.299 360 359 480 36 6.459 65 5YR-ARM 40/30 1,690,181.12 8.291 360 358 480 60 6.393 66 5YR-ARM 40/30 212,453.24 8.900 360 359 480 60 6.384 67 5YR-ARM 40/30 687,515.51 8.037 360 359 480 60 6.990 68 5YR-ARM 40/30 575,773.99 8.504 360 358 480 60 6.118 69 5YR-ARM 55,928.33 8.250 360 358 360 60 5.971 70 5YR-ARM 1,652,134.27 7.704 360 359 360 60 5.235 71 5YR-ARM 436,246.60 8.891 360 359 360 60 6.990 72 5YR-ARM 5YR-IO 807,250.00 7.516 360 358 300 60 5.191 73 Fixed 433,991.07 9.612 360 359 360 N/A N/A 74 Fixed 79,379.79 11.540 319 318 319 N/A N/A 75 Fixed 167,000.00 7.650 360 360 360 N/A N/A 76 Fixed 1,115,873.77 8.946 347 346 347 N/A N/A 77 Fixed 109,952.87 10.150 360 359 360 N/A N/A 78 Fixed 467,671.23 8.497 360 359 360 N/A N/A 79 Fixed 105,000.00 11.216 360 360 360 N/A N/A 80 Fixed 66,103.11 11.050 360 358 360 N/A N/A 81 Fixed 278,250.14 11.258 346 346 346 N/A N/A 82 Fixed 2,070,645.51 8.461 360 359 360 N/A N/A 83 Fixed 205,820.74 11.187 360 360 360 N/A N/A 84 Fixed 299,827.39 8.750 360 359 360 N/A N/A 85 Fixed 60,947.10 12.000 360 357 360 N/A N/A 86 Fixed 734,733.70 9.306 360 359 360 N/A N/A 87 Fixed 40,988.71 12.175 360 359 360 N/A N/A 88 Fixed 74,889.43 7.550 360 358 360 N/A N/A REMAINING PERIODIC GROSS GROSS INTEREST INITIAL RATE LIFETIME LIFETIME ONLY PREPAY LOAN RATE CAP CAP MINIMUM MAXIMUM PERIOD PENALTY NUMBER (%) (%) RATE (%) RATE (%) (MONTHS) INDEX MONTHS - ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------- ------- 45 1.500 1.500 8.750 14.750 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 46 1.500 1.500 9.400 15.400 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 47 1.500 1.500 8.785 14.785 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 48 1.500 1.500 8.212 14.213 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 49 1.500 1.500 7.966 13.966 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 50 1.500 1.500 8.577 14.577 N/A LIBOR_6MO N/A 51 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 53 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 54 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 55 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 56 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 57 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 58 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 59 1.500 1.500 8.950 14.950 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 60 1.500 1.500 8.150 14.150 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 61 1.500 1.500 10.050 16.050 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 62 1.500 1.500 8.341 14.341 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 63 1.500 1.500 7.822 13.822 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 64 1.500 1.500 8.299 14.299 N/A LIBOR_6MO N/A 65 1.500 1.500 8.291 14.291 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 66 1.500 1.500 8.900 14.900 N/A LIBOR_6MO 24 67 1.500 1.500 8.037 14.037 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 68 1.500 1.500 8.504 14.504 N/A LIBOR_6MO N/A 69 1.500 1.500 8.250 14.250 N/A LIBOR_6MO 12 70 1.500 1.500 7.704 13.704 N/A LIBOR_6MO 36 71 1.500 1.500 8.891 14.891 N/A LIBOR_6MO N/A 72 1.500 1.500 7.516 13.516 58 LIBOR_6MO 36 73 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 74 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 75 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 76 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 77 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 78 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 79 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 80 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 81 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 82 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 83 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 84 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 85 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 86 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 87 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 88 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 S-120 ORIGINAL REMAINING ORIGINAL ORIGINAL AGGREGATE GROSS TERM TO TERM TO AMORTIZATION MONTHS TO GROSS LOAN PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE MATURITY MATURITY TERM FIRST RATE MARGIN NUMBER TYPE BALANCE ($) RATE (%) (MONTHS) (MONTHS) (MONTHS) ADJUSTMENT (%) - ------ -------------- -------------- -------- -------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------ 89 Fixed 347,906.83 8.464 360 360 360 N/A N/A 90 Fixed 12,899,085.52 8.179 357 356 357 N/A N/A 91 Fixed 962,368.17 11.481 360 359 360 N/A N/A 92 Fixed 2,058,184.55 8.879 360 359 360 N/A N/A 93 Fixed 4,252,364.77 11.068 357 357 357 N/A N/A 94 Fixed 28,518,535.70 7.780 359 358 359 N/A N/A 95 Fixed 1,660,792.49 10.846 357 357 357 N/A N/A 96 Fixed 18,518,655.57 8.454 359 358 359 N/A N/A 97 Fixed 6,718,669.39 11.516 356 355 356 N/A N/A REMAINING PERIODIC GROSS GROSS INTEREST INITIAL RATE LIFETIME LIFETIME ONLY PREPAY LOAN RATE CAP CAP MINIMUM MAXIMUM PERIOD PENALTY NUMBER (%) (%) RATE (%) RATE (%) (MONTHS) INDEX MONTHS - ------ -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------- ------- 89 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 90 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 91 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 92 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 93 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 94 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 95 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 36 96 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 97 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A S-121 o the scheduled monthly payment for each mortgage loan has been based on its outstanding balance, mortgage rate and remaining term to maturity (after taking into account the interest-only period, if any), so that the mortgage loan will amortize in amounts sufficient for its repayment over its remaining term to maturity (after taking into account the interest-only period, if any) or, in the case of balloon loans, will amortize in amounts sufficient for their repayment based on a 40 year original amortization schedule; o the mortgage rate on each adjustable-rate loan will be adjusted on each adjustment date to a rate equal to the related index plus the applicable note margin, subject to a lifetime maximum mortgage rate, lifetime minimum mortgage rate and periodic rate caps, as applicable, with the scheduled monthly payment adjusted accordingly to fully amortize the mortgage loan (after taking into account the interest-only period, if any) or, in the case of a balloon loan, with the scheduled monthly payment adjusted accordingly to fully amortize the mortgage loan based on a 40 year original amortization schedule; o neither the originator nor the servicer will repurchase any mortgage loan, and the majority holder of the Class CE Certificates will not exercise its option to purchase the mortgage loans on the first distribution date when the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans remaining in the trust at the time of purchase and mortgage loans relating to the REO Property remaining in the trust at the time of purchase is less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance as of the cut-off date, except where indicated; o all delinquencies of payments due on or prior to the cut-off date are brought current, and thereafter there are no delinquencies or Realized Losses on the mortgage loans, and principal payments on the mortgage loans will be timely received together with prepayments, if any, at the constant percentages of PPC set forth in the tables; o there is no Prepayment Interest Shortfall, Relief Act Shortfall, Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount or any other interest shortfall in any month; o distributions on the Certificates will be received on the 25th day of each month, commencing in November 2006; o payments on the mortgage loans earn no reinvestment return; o the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates is assumed to be $0; o the expenses described under "Description of the Certificates--Interest Distributions" will be paid from trust assets, and there are no additional ongoing trust expenses payable out of the trust; o One-Month LIBOR and Six-Month LIBOR remain constant at 5.32625% per annum and 5.3775% per annum, respectively; S-122 o the trustee fee rate is assumed to be 0.0025% per annum and the servicing fee rate is assumed to be 0.500% per annum; o prepayments representing payments in full of individual mortgage loans are received on the last day of each month commencing October 2006 and include 30 days interest on the mortgage loan; o the certificates will be purchased on October 18, 2006; o clause (x) of the definition of Fixed Swap Payment is a fixed rate equal to 5.120% per annum; o scheduled payments are received on the first day of each month commencing November 2006; and o for the purposes of the tables below, the cut-off date for the mortgage loans is assumed to be October 1, 2006. The actual characteristics and performance of the mortgage loans will differ from the assumptions used in constructing the tables set forth below, which are hypothetical in nature and are provided only to give a sense of how the principal cash flows might behave under varying prepayment scenarios. For example, it is very unlikely that the mortgage loans will prepay at a constant percentage of PPC until maturity or that all of the mortgage loans will prepay at the same rate of prepayment. Moreover, the diverse remaining terms to stated maturity and mortgage rates of the mortgage loans could produce slower or faster principal distributions than indicated in the tables at the various constant percentages of PPC specified. Any difference between the assumptions and the actual characteristics and performance of the mortgage loans, or actual prepayment experience, will affect the percentages of initial Certificate Principal Balance of the certificates outstanding over time and the weighted average lives of the Class A and Class M Certificates. Subject to the foregoing discussion and assumptions, the following tables indicate the weighted average lives of the Class A and Class M Certificates and set forth the percentages of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of those Class A and Class M Certificates that would be outstanding after each of the distribution dates shown at various constant percentages of PPC. S-123 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 99 72 58 44 30 15 October 25, 2008.............. 97 25 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2009.............. 96 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2010.............. 95 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2011.............. 94 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2012.............. 92 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2013.............. 90 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 88 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 83 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 81 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 77 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 74 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 70 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 66 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 61 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 55 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 49 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 42 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 35 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 26 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 17 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 6 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 16.34 1.52 1.18 0.97 0.84 0.75 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 16.34 1.52 1.18 0.97 0.84 0.75 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-124 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 87 39 0 0 October 25, 2009.............. 100 76 8 0 0 0 October 25, 2010.............. 100 28 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2011.............. 100 5 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2012.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 91 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 71 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 47 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 23 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 7 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 25.96 3.69 2.52 2.00 1.73 1.51 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 25.96 3.69 2.52 2.00 1.73 1.51 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-125 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 88 14 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 16 0 0 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 75 16 0 0 October 25, 2011.............. 100 100 37 0 0 0 October 25, 2012.............. 100 76 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 50 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 28 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 82 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.59 7.21 4.79 3.00 2.22 1.96 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.59 7.21 4.79 3.00 2.22 1.96 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-126 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 17 0 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 100 100 17 0 October 25, 2011.............. 100 100 100 87 17 0 October 25, 2012.............. 100 100 100 58 17 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 100 83 39 17 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 100 62 26 10 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 100 47 18 6 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 94 35 12 2 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 78 26 8 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 64 20 5 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 53 15 2 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 44 11 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 36 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 30 6 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 24 3 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 20 1 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 16 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 11 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 9 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 4 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 2 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 1 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.94 14.61 9.77 7.14 3.77 2.28 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.94 11.95 7.90 5.78 3.10 2.28 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-127 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 99 83 74 66 57 48 October 25, 2008.............. 98 54 34 15 0 0 October 25, 2009.............. 98 30 3 0 0 0 October 25, 2010.............. 97 11 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2011.............. 96 2 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2012.............. 95 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2013.............. 94 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 93 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 91 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 90 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 88 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 84 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 82 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 79 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 76 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 73 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 69 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 65 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 60 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 55 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 49 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 43 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 36 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 28 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 18 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 9 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 20.09 2.36 1.70 1.37 1.19 1.05 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 20.09 2.36 1.70 1.37 1.19 1.05 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-128 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 100 0 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 69 63 100 0 October 25, 2011.............. 100 84 52 30 83 0 October 25, 2012.............. 100 70 39 20 35 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 58 29 14 6 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 48 22 9 4 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 39 16 6 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 33 12 4 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 27 9 3 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 22 7 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 18 5 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 15 4 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 13 3 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 6 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 5 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 4 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 3 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 * 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.34 9.24 6.19 5.10 5.87 2.71 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.34 8.36 5.58 4.65 4.69 2.71 - ---------- * Indicates a number that is greater than zero but less than 0.5%. (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-129 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage ........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 36 October 25, 2010 ............. 100 100 69 45 100 36 October 25, 2011 ............. 100 84 52 30 16 36 October 25, 2012 ............. 100 70 39 20 10 36 October 25, 2013 ............. 100 58 29 14 6 22 October 25, 2014 ............. 100 48 22 9 4 6 October 25, 2015 ............. 100 39 16 6 0 0 October 25, 2016 ............. 100 33 12 4 0 0 October 25, 2017 ............. 100 27 9 * 0 0 October 25, 2018 ............. 100 22 7 0 0 0 October 25, 2019 ............. 100 18 5 0 0 0 October 25, 2020 ............. 100 15 4 0 0 0 October 25, 2021 ............. 100 13 1 0 0 0 October 25, 2022 ............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023 ............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024 ............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025 ............. 100 6 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026 ............. 100 5 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027 ............. 100 4 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028 ............. 100 1 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033 ............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034 ............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035 ............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036 ............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2) ....... 29.34 9.22 6.16 4.93 4.84 4.56 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1) .............. 29.34 8.36 5.57 4.50 4.51 3.23 - ---------- * Indicates a number that is greater than zero but less than 0.5%. (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-130 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage ........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010 ............. 100 100 69 45 58 100 October 25, 2011 ............. 100 84 52 30 16 100 October 25, 2012 ............. 100 70 39 20 10 26 October 25, 2013 ............. 100 58 29 14 6 0 October 25, 2014 ............. 100 48 22 9 1 0 October 25, 2015 ............. 100 39 16 6 0 0 October 25, 2016 ............. 100 33 12 4 0 0 October 25, 2017 ............. 100 27 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2018 ............. 100 22 7 0 0 0 October 25, 2019 ............. 100 18 5 0 0 0 October 25, 2020 ............. 100 15 3 0 0 0 October 25, 2021 ............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022 ............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023 ............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024 ............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025 ............. 100 6 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026 ............. 100 5 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027 ............. 100 2 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033 ............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034 ............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035 ............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036 ............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2) ....... 29.34 9.19 6.14 4.84 4.52 5.72 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1) .............. 29.34 8.36 5.57 4.43 4.20 3.69 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-131 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage ........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009 ............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010 ............. 100 100 69 45 28 100 October 25, 2011 ............. 100 84 52 30 16 11 October 25, 2012 ............. 100 70 39 20 10 3 October 25, 2013 ............. 100 58 29 14 6 0 October 25, 2014 ............. 100 48 22 9 0 0 October 25, 2015 ............. 100 39 16 6 0 0 October 25, 2016 ............. 100 33 12 2 0 0 October 25, 2017 ............. 100 27 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2018 ............. 100 22 7 0 0 0 October 25, 2019 ............. 100 18 5 0 0 0 October 25, 2020 ............. 100 15 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021 ............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022 ............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023 ............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024 ............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025 ............. 100 6 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026 ............. 100 4 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032 ............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033 ............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034 ............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035 ............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036 ............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2) ....... 29.34 9.16 6.11 4.78 4.35 4.84 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1) .............. 29.34 8.36 5.57 4.39 4.05 3.69 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-132 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 69 45 28 100 October 25, 2011.............. 100 84 52 30 16 8 October 25, 2012.............. 100 70 39 20 10 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 58 29 14 6 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 48 22 9 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 39 16 6 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 33 12 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 27 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 22 7 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 18 3 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 15 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 6 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.34 9.13 6.08 4.73 4.22 4.39 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.34 8.36 5.56 4.35 3.93 3.69 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-133 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-6 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 69 45 28 16 October 25, 2011.............. 100 84 52 30 16 8 October 25, 2012.............. 100 70 39 20 10 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 58 29 14 2 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 48 22 9 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 39 16 4 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 33 12 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 27 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 22 7 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 18 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 15 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 7 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 * 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.34 9.08 6.04 4.68 4.12 4.09 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.34 8.36 5.56 4.33 3.84 3.69 - ---------- * Indicates a number that is greater than zero but less than 0.5%. (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-134 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-7 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 69 45 28 16 October 25, 2011.............. 100 84 52 30 16 8 October 25, 2012.............. 100 70 39 20 10 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 58 29 14 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 48 22 9 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 39 16 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 33 12 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 27 9 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 22 1 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 18 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 15 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 10 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 1 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.34 9.01 5.99 4.63 4.02 3.88 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.34 8.36 5.56 4.32 3.77 3.67 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-135 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-8 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 69 45 28 16 October 25, 2011.............. 100 84 52 30 16 0 October 25, 2012.............. 100 70 39 20 6 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 58 29 14 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 48 22 3 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 39 16 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 33 12 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 27 3 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 22 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 18 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 15 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 13 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.34 8.90 5.92 4.55 3.93 3.71 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.34 8.36 5.56 4.29 3.72 3.55 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-136 PERCENT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF PPC CLASS M-9 CERTIFICATES ----------------------------------------------------- PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION (PPC) 0.00% 50.00% 75.00% 100.00% 125.00% 150.00% - ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------- DISTRIBUTION DATE Initial Percentage............ 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2007.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2008.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2009.............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 October 25, 2010.............. 100 100 69 45 28 16 October 25, 2011.............. 100 84 52 30 16 0 October 25, 2012.............. 100 70 39 20 0 0 October 25, 2013.............. 100 58 29 13 0 0 October 25, 2014.............. 100 48 22 0 0 0 October 25, 2015.............. 100 39 16 0 0 0 October 25, 2016.............. 100 33 6 0 0 0 October 25, 2017.............. 100 27 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2018.............. 100 22 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2019.............. 100 18 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2020.............. 100 15 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2021.............. 100 8 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2022.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2023.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2024.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2025.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2026.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2027.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2028.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2029.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2030.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2031.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2032.............. 100 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2033.............. 98 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2034.............. 86 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2035.............. 72 0 0 0 0 0 October 25, 2036.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO MATURITY)(1)(2)........ 29.34 8.77 5.83 4.48 3.84 3.58 WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE (TO CALL)(1)............... 29.34 8.36 5.56 4.29 3.69 3.46 - ---------- (1) The weighted average life of an offered certificate is determined by (i) multiplying the net reduction, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance by the number of years from the date of issuance of the offered certificate to the related distribution date, (ii) adding the results, and (iii) dividing the sum by the aggregate of the net reductions of the Certificate Principal Balance described in (i) above. (2) The weighted average life to maturity assumes that the optional termination is not exercised. THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREPARED BASED ON THE STRUCTURING ASSUMPTIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS WHICH DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE THEREOF, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. S-137 POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT GENERAL The certificates will be issued pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement dated as of October 1, 2006, among the depositor, the servicer and the trustee. Reference is made to the prospectus for important information in addition to that set forth in this prospectus supplement regarding the terms and conditions of the pooling and servicing agreement and the offered certificates. The trustee, or any of its affiliates, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the trustee. The depositor will provide a prospective or actual certificateholder, without charge, on written request, a copy, without exhibits, of the pooling and servicing agreement. Requests should be addressed to the President, Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C., Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830. In addition to the circumstances described in the prospectus, the depositor may terminate the trustee for cause under some circumstances. See "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement--The Trustee" in the prospectus. THE SERVICER Servicer. The servicer will be responsible for servicing the mortgage loans. Servicing responsibilities include: o reconciling servicing activity with respect to the mortgage loans; o sending remittances to the trustee for distributions to certificateholders; o coordinating loan repurchases; o servicing mortgage loans that are delinquent or for which servicing decisions may need to be made; o management and liquidation of mortgaged properties acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; o providing certain notices and other responsibilities as detailed in the pooling and servicing agreement; o communicating with borrowers; o sending monthly remittance statements to borrowers; o collecting payments from borrowers; o recommending and/or approving a loss mitigation strategy for borrowers who have defaulted on their loans (i.e. repayment plan, modification, foreclosure, etc.); S-138 o accurate and timely accounting and administration of escrow and impound accounts, if applicable; o paying escrows for borrowers, if applicable; o calculating and reporting payoffs and liquidations; o maintaining an individual file for each loan; and o maintaining primary mortgage insurance commitments or certificates if required, and filing any primary mortgage insurance claims. The servicer may, from time to time, outsource certain of its servicing functions, such as foreclosure management, although any such outsourcing will not relieve the servicer of any of its responsibilities or liabilities under the pooling and servicing agreement. If the servicer engages any subservicer to subservice 10% or more of the mortgage loans, or any subservicer that performs the types of services requiring additional disclosure, the issuing entity will file a report on Form 8-K providing the additional disclosure regarding such subservicer. For a general description of material terms relating to the servicer's removal or replacement, see "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement -- Rights Upon Event of Default" in the prospectus. General Fremont Investment & Loan ("Fremont") is a California industrial bank headquartered in Brea, California. See "Description of the Mortgage Pool--The Originator" in this prospectus supplement. Fremont will service the mortgage loans pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. Fremont has been servicing sub-prime mortgage loans since 1994 through its nationwide servicing operation, currently located in Ontario, California. As of June 30, 2006, Fremont was servicing 121,283 sub-prime residential mortgage loans with a total principal balance of approximately $24.869 billion. Approximately $13.675 billion of this balance was comprised of recently originated mortgage loans that were either owned by Fremont and held for sale or had been sold to third parties for which Fremont was providing interim servicing until the servicing was transferred. The product types serviced include both fixed and adjustable rate residential sub-prime mortgage loans, which may provide for principal payments that may fully amortize all payments of principal, or provide an initial interest only period of up to five years or provide for a balloon payment at maturity. Fremont's residential sub-prime servicing operations are currently rated SQ3+ by Moody's and RPS3 by Fitch and have been assigned a rating of "average" from S&P. Fremont has experienced significant growth in its servicing activities, increasing its servicing portfolio of sub-prime residential mortgage loans by more than 500% since 2002, based on outstanding principal balance. S-139 In addition, Fremont has only been servicing mortgage loans for third parties for a limited period of time, and most of Fremont's servicing portfolio, approximately 55%, 62%, 74%, 80% and 90% as of June 30, 2006, December 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, consisted of mortgage loans serviced on a temporary basis, generally for a period of ninety days. LOAN SERVICING (DOLLARS IN BILLIONS) AS OF JUNE 30, AS OF DECEMBER 31, AS OF DECEMBER 31, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006 2005 2004 2003 -------------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Interim Serviced Outstandings $ 13.68 $ 13.79 $ 11.10 $ 7.60 Held to Maturity Serviced Outstandings $ 11.19 $ 8.46 $ 3.80 $ 1.90 Total Serviced Outstandings $ 24.87 $ 22.25 $ 14.90 $ 9.50 Interim Serviced Units 69,696 73,927 66,375 46,258 Held to Maturity Service Units 51,587 40,141 19,669 10,162 Total Serviced Units 121,283 114,068 86,044 56,420 Servicing Employees 391* 325 186 89 * (Servicing employees as of March 31, 2006) The following tables set forth the delinquency and foreclosure experience of the mortgage loans serviced by Fremont at the end of the indicated periods. Fremont's portfolio may differ significantly from the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool in terms of interest rates, principal balances, geographic distribution, types of properties, lien priority, origination and underwriting criteria, prior servicer performance and other possibly relevant characteristics. In particular, the fact that Fremont has only been servicing mortgage loans for third parties for a limited period of time and that most of Fremont's servicing portfolio consisted of mortgage loans serviced on a temporary basis, generally for a period of ninety days may result in significant differences between the historical performance of Fremont's servicing portfolio and the expected performance of the mortgage loans included in this transaction. Therefore, the historical information presented herein may not be indicative of the performance that you will experience with respect to the mortgage loan pool included in the trust. There can be no assurance, and no representation is made, that the delinquency and foreclosure experience with respect to the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool will be similar to that reflected in the tables below, nor is any representation made as to the rate at which losses may be experienced on liquidation of defaulted mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool. The actual delinquency experience on the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool will depend, among other things, upon the value of the real estate securing such mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool and the ability of the related borrower to make required payments. It should be noted that if the residential real estate market should experience an overall decline in property values, the actual rates of delinquencies and foreclosures could be higher than those previously experienced by Fremont. In addition, adverse economic conditions may affect the timely payment by borrowers of scheduled payments of principal and interest on the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and foreclosures with respect to the mortgage loan pool. Finally, the statistics shown below represent the delinquency experience for Fremont's mortgage servicing portfolio only for the periods presented, whereas the aggregate delinquency experience on the mortgage loans comprising the mortgage loan pool will depend on the results obtained over the life of the mortgage loan pool. S-140 FREMONT MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICING PORTFOLIO (COMBINED LOANS HELD FOR SALE, INTERIM SERVICED, HELD FOR INVESTMENT AND SECURITIZED) DELINQUENCIES AND FORECLOSURES AS OF JUNE 30, 2006 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005 ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- PERCENT PERCENT PRINCIPAL BY PRINCIPAL BY NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE -------- -------------- --------- -------- -------------- --------- Current Loans 115,053 $23,686,501 95.25% 109,896 $21,521,721 96.72% ------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------- ------ Period of Delinquency 30 to 59 days 2,073 440,969 1.77% 1,407 268,612 1.21% 60+ days 1,889 251,874 1.01% 725 85,171 0.38% ------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------- ------ Total Delinquencies 3,962 692,843 2.78% 2,132 353,783 1.59% ------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------- ------ Foreclosures/Forbearances 1,481 351,958 1.42% 1,310 264,469 1.18% Bankruptcies 446 71,754 0.29% 547 83,521 0.38% Total Foreclosures and Bankruptcies 1,927 423,712 1.71% 1,857 347,990 1.56% ------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------- ------ Real Estate Owned 341 65,493 0.26% 183 28,841 0.13% TOTAL PORTFOLIO 121,283 $24,868,549 100.00% 114,068 $22,252,335 100.00% ======= =========== ====== ======= =========== ====== AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2003 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002 ----------------------- PERCENT ------------------------ PERCENT ------------------------ PERCENT NUMBER PRINCIPAL BY PRINCIPAL BY PRINCIPAL BY OF BALANCE PRINCIPAL NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE ------- -------------- --------- -------- -------------- --------- -------- -------------- --------- Current Loans 84,383 $14,692,643 98.18% 55,691 $9,380,221 98.91% 26,953 $3,973,672 99.18% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Period of Delinquency 30 to 59 days 595 97,995 0.65% 285 43,951 0.46% 37 3,921 0.10% 60+ days 77 11,262 0.08% 79 11,307 0.12% 10 1,559 0.04% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Total Delinquencies 672 109,257 0.73% 364 55,258 0.58% 47 5,480 0.14% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Foreclosures/ Forbearances 784 125,592 0.84% 229 32,357 0.34% 108 15,072 0.37% Bankruptcies 205 28,772 0.19% 115 13,502 0.14% 78 8,916 0.22% Total Foreclosures and Bankruptcies 989 154,364 1.03% 344 45,859 0.48% 186 23,988 0.59% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Real Estate Owned 48 8,575 0.06% 21 2,642 0.03% 37 3,490 0.09% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ TOTAL PORTFOLIO 86,092 $14,964,839 100.00% 56,420 $9,483,980 100.00% 27,223 $4,006,630 100.00% ====== =========== ====== ====== ========== ====== ====== ========== ====== FREMONT MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICING PORTFOLIO (LOANS HELD TO MATURITY/SERVICED FOR OTHERS) DELINQUENCIES AND FORECLOSURES AS OF JUNE 30, 2006 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005 ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- PERCENT PERCENT PRINCIPAL BY PRINCIPAL BY NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE -------- -------------- --------- -------- -------------- --------- Current Loans 47,753 $10,422,424 93.11% 37,591 $7,995,870 94.48% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Period of Delinquency 30 to 59 days 1,156 239,583 2.14% 739 147,834 1.75% 60+ days 658 101,827 0.91% 269 36,762 0.43% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Total Delinquencies 1,814 341,410 3.05% 1,008 184,596 2.18% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Foreclosures/Forbearances 1,319 300,010 2.69% 977 190,383 2.25% Bankruptcies 379 67,392 0.60% 407 66,689 0.79% Total Foreclosures and Bankruptcies 1,698 367,402 3.29% 1,384 257,072 3.04% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ Real Estate Owned 322 62,073 0.55% 158 25,167 0.30% ------ ----------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ TOTAL PORTFOLIO 51,587 $11,193,309 100.00% 40,141 $8,462,705 100.00% ====== =========== ====== ====== ========== ====== S-141 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2003 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002 ----------------------- PERCENT ------------------------ PERCENT ------------------------ PERCENT NUMBER PRINCIPAL BY PRINCIPAL BY PRINCIPAL BY OF BALANCE PRINCIPAL NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL NUMBER BALANCE PRINCIPAL LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE OF LOANS (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE ------- -------------- --------- -------- -------------- --------- -------- -------------- --------- Current Loans 18,746 $3,675,608 95.60% 9,915 $1,844,818 97.75% 2,403 $380,873 96.87% ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ----- -------- ------ Period of Delinquency 30 to 59 days 253 45,603 1.19% 104 18,650 0.99% 22 3,582 0.91% 60+ days 36 5,743 0.15% 21 4,476 0.23% 6 520 0.13% ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ----- -------- ------ Total Delinquencies 289 51,346 1.34% 125 23,126 1.22% 28 4,102 1.04% ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ----- -------- ------ Foreclosures/ Forbearances 490 88,871 2.31% 66 11,753 0.62% 21 4,139 1.05% Bankruptcies 144 22,967 0.60% 50 6,975 0.37% 33 3,767 0.96% ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ----- -------- ------ Total Foreclosures and Bankruptcies 634 111,838 2.91% 116 18,728 0.99% 54 7,906 2.01% ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ----- -------- ------ Real Estate Owned 34 5,977 0.16% 6 668 0.04% 4 311 0.08% ------ ---------- ------ ------ ---------- ------ ----- -------- ------ TOTAL PORTFOLIO 19,703 $3,844,769 100.00% 10,162 $1,887,340 100.00% 2,489 $393,192 100.00% ====== ========== ====== ====== ========== ====== ===== ======== ====== The indicated periods of delinquency are based on the number of days past due on a contractual basis. No mortgage loan is considered delinquent for these purposes until it has not been paid by the next scheduled due date. For example, a payment on a mortgage loan that was due on January 1 is not considered delinquent unless it is not received by the close of business on February 1 and such delinquency will not be reported as delinquent unless the mortgage loan remains delinquent until the related delinquency report is generated, at the end of February. SERVICING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES Fremont will not have custodial responsibility for the mortgage notes or other items constituting the mortgage file, other than in limited instances necessary to effect the servicing and collection of the related mortgage loan. For example, certain states require that the servicer produce an original mortgage note upon the commencement of a foreclosure action. The trustee is responsible for holding and safeguarding the mortgage notes and other contents of the mortgage files on behalf of the certificateholders. Advances There are no outstanding servicing advances on any of the mortgage loans transferred to the issuing entity. Prior Securitizations Since 2003, there has not been a servicing event of default, servicer termination or early amortization event (or any event that would result in the forgoing) with respect to any residential sub-prime mortgage loan portfolio serviced by Fremont for 3rd parties. In addition, Fremont has not been terminated under any such portfolio due to a servicer default or application of a servicing performance test or trigger. During such time, Fremont has neither failed to make any required advance with respect to any residential sub-prime mortgage loan portfolio nor disclosed any material noncompliance with the servicing criteria applicable to any such securitization. SERVICING COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT OF EXPENSES The principal compensation to be paid to the servicer in respect of its servicing activities for the certificates will consist of the servicing fee. The servicing fee will accrue at the Servicing Fee Rate on the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans. As additional servicing compensation, the servicer will be entitled to retain all assumption fees, late payment charges S-142 and other miscellaneous servicing fees (except for prepayment charges which, to the extent collected from mortgagors, will be distributed to the holders of the Class P Certificates), and any interest or other income earned on funds held in the Custodial Account and any escrow accounts. The servicer is obligated to pay certain insurance premiums and certain ongoing expenses associated with the mortgage pool incurred by the servicer in connection with its responsibilities under the pooling and servicing agreement and is entitled to reimbursement for these expenses as provided in the pooling and servicing agreement. See "Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral" in the prospectus for information regarding expenses payable by the servicer. The following table sets forth the fees and expenses that are payable out of payments on the mortgage loans, prior to payments of interest and principal to the certificateholders: DESCRIPTION AMOUNT RECEIVING PARTY - ------------ ----------------------------------------------- --------------- Servicer Fee 0.500% per annum of the principal balance of Servicer each mortgage loan Trustee Fee 0.0025% per annum of the principal balance of Trustee each mortgage loan In addition, the servicer may recover from payments on the mortgage loans or withdraw from the Custodial Account the amount of any Advances and/or servicing advances previously made, interest and investment income, foreclosure profits, indemnification payments payable under the pooling and servicing agreement, and certain other servicing expenses, including foreclosure expenses. Fees and expenses of the trustee and the servicer, including reimbursement for advances, will not be included in the amount available for distribution to the certificateholders. EVENTS OF DEFAULT In addition to those events of default described in the prospectus under "Pooling and Servicing Agreement--Events of Default," upon the occurrence of certain loss triggers with respect to the mortgage loans, and in the event the servicer fails to make any Advances required to be made by it, the servicer may be removed as servicer of the mortgage loans in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. VOTING RIGHTS Some actions specified in the prospectus that may be taken by holders of certificates evidencing a specified percentage of all undivided interests in the trust may be taken by holders of certificates entitled in the aggregate to such percentage of the voting rights. 98% of all voting rights will be allocated among all holders of the Class A, Class M and Class CE Certificates in S-143 proportion to their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances, 1% of all voting rights will be allocated to the holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of all voting rights will be allocated to holders of the Class R Certificates. The percentage interest of an offered certificate is equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the initial Certificate Principal Balance of that certificate by the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance of all of the certificates of that class. TERMINATION The circumstances under which the obligations created by the pooling and servicing agreement will terminate in respect of the certificates are described in "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement--Termination; Retirement of Certificates" in the prospectus. The majority holder of the Class CE Certificates, as described in the pooling and servicing agreement, will have the right to purchase all remaining mortgage loans and any properties acquired in respect of the mortgage loans and thereby effect early retirement of the certificates on any distribution date following the Due Period during which the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans and properties acquired in respect of the mortgage loans remaining in the trust at the time of purchase is reduced to less than 10% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. In the event such option is exercised, the purchase price will be equal to the greater of (i) the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans and the appraised value of the REO Properties and (ii) the fair market value of the mortgage loans and the REO Properties, in each case, without duplication, plus accrued and unpaid interest for each mortgage loan at the related mortgage rate to but not including the first day of the month in which such repurchase price is paid plus unreimbursed servicing advances, any Swap Termination Payment payable to the swap counterparty then remaining unpaid or which is due to the exercise of such option, Advances, any unpaid servicing fees allocable to such mortgage loans and REO Properties and any accrued and unpaid Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts. However, this option may only be exercised if the termination price is sufficient to pay all interest accrued on, as well as amounts necessary to retire the principal balance of, any net interest margin securities to be issued by a separate trust and secured by all or a portion of the Class CE and Class P Certificates. In the event such option is exercised, the portion of the purchase price allocable to the Class A and Class M Certificates will be, to the extent of available funds: o 100% of the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A and Class M Certificates, plus o one month's interest on the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A and Class M Certificates at the then applicable pass-through rates thereon, plus o any previously accrued but unpaid interest thereon to which the holders of the Class A and Class M Certificates are entitled, together with the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts payable to and from the reserve account, plus o in the case of the Class A and Class M Certificates, any previously undistributed Allocated Realized Loss Amount. S-144 The holders of the Residual Certificates will pledge any amount received in a termination in excess of par to the holders of the Class CE Certificates. In no event will the trust created by the pooling and servicing agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the persons named in the pooling and servicing agreement. See "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement -- Termination; Retirement of Certificates" in the prospectus. THE TRUSTEE Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ("Wells Fargo Bank") will act as Trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement. Wells Fargo Bank is a national banking association and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company. A diversified financial services company with approximately $482 billion in assets, 23 million customers and over 153,000 employees as of December 31, 2005, Wells Fargo & Company is a U.S. bank holding company, providing banking, insurance, trust, mortgage and consumer finance services throughout the United States and internationally. Wells Fargo Bank provides retail and commercial banking services and corporate trust, custody, securities lending, securities transfer, cash management, investment management and other financial and fiduciary services. The Depositor, the Sponsor and the Servicer may maintain banking and other commercial relationships with Wells Fargo Bank and its affiliates. Wells Fargo Bank maintains principal corporate trust offices located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 (among other locations), and its office for certificate transfer services is located at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. Wells Fargo Bank has provided corporate trust services since 1934. Wells Fargo Bank acts as a trustee for a variety of transactions and asset types, including corporate and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. As of June 30, 2006, Wells Fargo Bank was acting as trustee on more than approximately 1,230 series of residential mortgage-backed securities with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $282,142,062,265. Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee, is acting as custodian of the mortgage loan files pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. In that capacity, Wells Fargo Bank is responsible to hold and safeguard the mortgage notes and other contents of the mortgage files on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. Wells Fargo Bank maintains each mortgage loan file in a separate file folder marked with a unique bar code to assure loan-level file integrity and to assist in inventory management. Files are segregated by transaction or investor. Wells Fargo Bank has been engaged in the mortgage document custody business for more than 25 years. Wells Fargo Bank maintains document custody facilities in its Minneapolis, Minnesota headquarters and in three regional offices located in Richfield, Minnesota, Irvine, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Wells Fargo Bank maintains mortgage custody vaults in each of those locations with an aggregate capacity of over eleven million files. As of March 30, 2006, Wells Fargo Bank was acting as custodian on more than eleven million files. Under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee also is responsible for securities administration, which includes pool performance calculations, distribution calculations and the preparation of monthly distribution reports. As securities administrator, the trustee is responsible for the preparation of all REMIC tax returns on behalf of the trust and the S-145 preparation of monthly reports on Form 10-D in regards to distribution and pool performance information, current reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K that are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the issuing trust. Wells Fargo Bank has been engaged in the business of securities administration since June 30, 1995. As of June 30, 2006, Wells Fargo Bank was acting as securities administrator with respect to more than $894,773,136,436 of outstanding residential mortgage-backed securities. Unless an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. If an event of default occurs and is continuing under the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee is required to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the pooling and servicing agreement, such as either acting as the servicer or appointing a successor servicer, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent investor would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such investor's own affairs. Subject to certain qualifications specified in the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee will be liable for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act and its own willful misconduct for actions. The trustee's duties and responsibilities under the pooling and servicing agreement include collecting funds from the Custodial Account to distribute to certificateholders based on the servicer report, providing certificateholders and applicable rating agencies with monthly distribution statements and notices of the occurrence of a default under the pooling and servicing agreement, removing the servicer as a result of any such default, appointing a successor servicer, and effecting any optional termination of the trust. The trustee will withdraw from the certificate account all amounts necessary to pay its trustee fee and to reimburse itself for all reasonable expenses incurred or made in accordance with any of the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement, except any such expense as may arise from the trustee's negligence or bad faith. The trustee will be indemnified by the trust fund or the servicer, as applicable, for any losses and expenses incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the trustee's part arising out of the acceptance and administration of the trust. The trustee may resign at any time, in which event the depositor will be obligated to appoint a successor trustee. The depositor may also remove the trustee if the trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement or if the trustee becomes insolvent. Upon becoming aware of those circumstances, the depositor will be obligated to appoint a successor trustee. The trustee may also be removed at any time by the holders of certificates evidencing not less than 66% of the aggregate voting rights in the related trust. Any resignation or removal of the trustee and appointment of a successor trustee will not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor trustee. Any costs associated with removing and replacing a trustee will be payable by the trustee being removed or replaced if such trustee is being removed or replaced for cause. S-146 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS There are no material pending legal or other proceedings involving the mortgage loans or Carrington Securities, LP, as sponsor, Fremont Investment & Loan, as originator and servicer, Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C., as depositor, Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2, as the issuing entity, or other parties described in Item 1117 of Regulation AB that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse impact on investors in these certificates. MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES The following is a general discussion of anticipated material federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the certificates offered under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This discussion has been prepared with the advice of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP as counsel to the depositor. In the opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, counsel to the depositor, assuming compliance with all provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement and other governing documents, for federal income tax purposes, certain segregated assets comprising the trust, exclusive of the swap account and the swap agreement, will qualify as two REMICs under the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, in the opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, for federal income tax purposes: o the Class R-I Certificates will constitute the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC I; o the Class R-II Certificates will constitute the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC II; and o each class of Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class P Certificates and Class CE Certificates will represent ownership of "regular interests" in a REMIC which will generally be treated as debt instruments of a REMIC, and the Class A and Class M Certificates also will represent the right to receive payments in respect of any related Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount, which will not be an entitlement from any REMIC. See "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences--REMICs" in the prospectus. The REMIC regular interest component of a Class A Certificate and Class M Certificate, referred to in this prospectus supplement as a Regular Certificate, may be considered issued with original issue discount. The prepayment assumption that will be used in determining the rate of accrual of market discount and premium, if any, for federal income tax purposes will be based on the assumption that subsequent to the date of any determination the mortgage loans will prepay at a rate equal to 100% PPC for the mortgage loans. No representation is made that the mortgage loans will prepay at those rates or at any other rate. See "Material Federal Income Tax S-147 Consequences--REMICs--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates--Original Issue Discount" in the prospectus. The holders of the offered certificates will be required to include in income interest on their certificates in accordance with the accrual method of accounting. The IRS has issued the OID Regulations under sections 1271 to 1275 of the Code generally addressing the treatment of debt instruments issued with original issue discount. Purchasers of the offered certificates should be aware that Section 1272(a)(6) of the Code and the OID Regulations do not adequately address some issues relevant to, or applicable to, prepayable securities bearing an adjustable-rate of interest such as the offered certificates. In the absence of other authority, the servicer intends to be guided by certain principles of the OID Regulations applicable to adjustable-rate debt instruments in determining whether such certificates should be treated as issued with original issue discount and in adapting the provisions of Section 1272(a)(6) of the Code to such certificates for the purpose of preparing reports furnished to certificateholders and the IRS. Because of the uncertainties concerning the application of Section 1272(a)(6) of the Code to such certificates and because the rules relating to debt instruments having an adjustable-rate of interest are limited in their application in ways that could preclude their application to such certificates even in the absence of Section 1272(a)(6) of the Code, the IRS could assert that the offered certificates should be governed by some other method not yet set forth in regulations or should be treated as having been issued with original issue discount. Prospective purchasers of the offered certificates are advised to consult their tax advisors concerning the tax treatment of such certificates. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES For federal income tax purposes, a beneficial owner of an offered certificate will be treated as holding an undivided interest in a REMIC regular interest corresponding to that certificate. In addition, each beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate will be treated as holding a right to receive any related Net WAC Carryover Amounts, which entitlement the trustee will treat as subject to the rules governing notional principal contracts. The REMIC regular interest corresponding to each Regular Certificate will be entitled to receive interest and principal payments at the times and in the amounts equal to those made on the certificate to which it corresponds, except that (i) the maximum interest rate of each Regular Certificate for each distribution date will be equal to the weighted average of the net mortgage rates of the mortgage loans at the beginning of the related Due Period, minus a per annum rate equal to (x) the net swap payment, if any, which would be payable to the swap counterparty pursuant to the swap agreement on the business day prior to such distribution date, assuming for this purpose that the notional balance of the swap agreement is not greater than the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans at the beginning of the related Due Period, multiplied by 360 over the actual number of days in the related swap accrual period, divided by (y) the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans at the beginning of the related Due Period, and (ii) any Swap Termination Payment will be treated as being payable solely from Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow. As a result of the foregoing, the amount of distributions on the REMIC regular interest corresponding to a Regular Certificate may differ from the actual amount of distributions on the Regular Certificate. S-148 Any amount payable on a Regular Certificate in excess of the amount payable on the corresponding REMIC regular interest component will be deemed to have been paid to the holder of that Regular Certificate pursuant to the holder's entitlement to receive Net WAC Carryover Amounts. Alternatively, any amount payable on the REMIC regular interest component corresponding to a Regular Certificate that is in excess of the amount payable on the Regular Certificate will be treated as having been received by the holder of that Regular Certificate and then as having been paid by such holder, pursuant to the notional principal contract component of its Regular Certificate. Consequently, each beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate will be required to report income accruing with respect to the REMIC regular interest component as discussed under "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences--REMICS--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates" in the prospectus. Each beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate will be required to report net income with respect to the notional principal contract component and will be permitted to recognize a net deduction with respect to the notional principal contract component, subject to the discussion under "--The Notional Principal Contract Component" below. It is possible that the right to receive payments in respect of Net WAC Carryover Amounts by a holder of a Regular Certificate (i.e., payments received pursuant to the notional principal contract component of a Regular Certificate) could be treated as a partnership among the holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class CE Certificates, in which case holders of such certificates potentially would be subject to different timing rules with respect to income inclusion, and foreign holders of such certificates could be subject to withholding in respect of payments received in respect of Net WAC Carryover Amounts. Holders of Regular Certificates are advised to consult their own tax advisors regarding the allocation of issue price, timing, character and source of income and deductions resulting from the ownership of the Regular Certificates as well as the consequences to them in light of their own particular circumstances of the separate taxation of the two components comprising a Regular Certificate. ALLOCATION A beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate must allocate its purchase price for the certificate between its components--the REMIC regular interest component and the right to receive Net WAC Carryover Amounts--in accordance with the relative fair market values of each component. The notional principal contract component of a Regular Certificate is difficult to value, and the IRS could assert that the value of a notional principal contract component as of the Closing Date is greater than the value used for information reporting purposes. Prospective investors should consider the tax consequences to them if the IRS were to assert a different value for the notional principal contract component. For information reporting purposes the trustee will assume the notional principal contract component of each Regular Certificate will have de minimis value. THE NOTIONAL PRINCIPAL CONTRACT COMPONENT The trustee will treat payments made in respect of the notional principal contract component as income or expense or loss, as the case may be, based on Treasury regulations relating to notional principal contracts, referred to in this prospectus supplement as the notional principal contract regulations. Holders of Regular Certificates are advised to consult their own S-149 tax advisors regarding the allocation of issue price, timing, character and source of income and deductions resulting from the ownership of the notional principal contract component. The balance of this discussion assumes that the notional principal contract component of a Regular Certificate will be treated as a notional principal contract for federal income tax purposes. The portion of the overall purchase price of a Regular Certificate attributable to the notional principal contract component must be amortized over the life of such certificate, taking into account the declining balance of the related REMIC regular interest component. The notional principal contract regulations provide alternative methods for amortizing the purchase price of a notional principal contract. Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the methods that can be employed to amortize the portion of the purchase price paid for the notional principal contract component of a Regular Certificate. Any payments made to a beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate in excess of the amounts payable on the corresponding REMIC regular interest will be treated as having been received on such certificate pursuant to the notional principal contract, and such excess will be treated as a periodic payment on a notional principal contract. To the extent the sum of such periodic payments for any year exceeds that year's amortized cost of the notional principal contract component, such excess should represent net income for that year. Conversely, to the extent that the amount of that year's amortized cost exceeds the sum of the periodic payments, such excess should represent a net deduction for that year. In addition, any amounts payable on such REMIC regular interest in excess of the amount of payments on the Regular Certificate to which it relates will be treated as having been received by the beneficial owner of such Certificate and then paid by such owner pursuant to the notional principal contract, and such excess should be treated as a payment on a notional principal contract that is made by the beneficial owner during the applicable taxable year and that is taken into account in determining the beneficial owner's net income or net deduction with respect to the notional principal contract for such taxable year. Although not clear, net income or a net deduction with respect to the notional principal contract should be treated as ordinary income or as an ordinary deduction. A beneficial owner's ability to recognize a net deduction with respect to the notional principal contract component may be limited under Sections 67 and/or 68 of the Code in the case of (1) estates and trusts and (2) individuals owning an interest in such component directly or through a "pass-through entity" (other than in connection with such individual's trade or business). Pass-through entities include partnerships, S corporations, grantor trusts and non-publicly offered regulated investment companies, but do not include estates, non-grantor trusts, cooperatives, real estate investment trusts and publicly offered regulated investment companies. Further, such a beneficial owner will not be able to recognize a net deduction with respect to the notional principal contract component in computing the beneficial owner's alternative minimum tax liability. Because a beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate will be required to include in income the amount deemed to have been paid by such owner pursuant to the notional principal contract but may not be able to deduct that amount from income, a beneficial owner of a Regular Certificate may have income that exceeds cash distributions on the Regular Certificate in any period and over the term of the Regular Certificate. As a result, the Regular Certificates may not S-150 be asuitable investment for any taxpayer whose net deduction with respect to the notional principal contract would be subject to the limitations described above. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES Upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of a Regular Certificate, the beneficial owner of the certificate must allocate the amount realized between the components of the certificate based on the relative fair market values of those components at the time of sale and must treat the sale, exchange or other disposition as a sale, exchange or disposition of the REMIC regular interest component and the notional principal contract component. Assuming that the Regular Certificate is held as a "capital asset" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code, gain or loss on the disposition of an interest in the notional principal contract component should be capital gain or loss, and gain or loss on disposition of the REMIC regular interest component generally should be, subject to the limitations described in the accompanying prospectus, capital gain or loss. STATUS OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES The REMIC regular interest component of each Regular Certificate will be treated as assets described in Section 7701(a)(19)(C) of the Code, and as "real estate assets" under Section 856(c)(5)(B) of the Code, generally, in the same proportion that the assets of the trust, exclusive of the assets not included in any REMIC, would be so treated. In addition, the interest derived from the REMIC regular interest component of each Regular Certificate will be interest on obligations secured by interests in real property for purposes of section 856(c)(3) of the Code, subject to the same limitation in the preceding sentence. The notional principal contract component of each Regular Certificate will not qualify, however, as an asset described in Section 7701(a)(19)(C) of the Code, as a real estate asset under Section 856(c)(5)(B) of the Code or as a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code. As a result, the Regular Certificates generally will not be a suitable investment for a REMIC. For further information regarding federal income tax consequences of investing in the offered certificates, see "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences" in the prospectus. USE OF PROCEEDS The net proceeds from the sale of the offered certificates will be paid to the depositor. The depositor will use the proceeds to purchase the mortgage loans or for general corporate purposes. See "Method of Distribution" in this prospectus supplement. METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement, dated October 4, 2006, Barclays Capital Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. have severally agreed to purchase and the depositor has agreed to sell the portion of the offered certificates set forth opposite their respective name. S-151 INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-1 THE CLASS A-2 THE CLASS A-3 THE CLASS A-4 THE CLASS A-5 THE CLASS M-1 THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES UNDERWRITERS ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) - ------------------------ ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- Barclays Capital Inc. $145,535,400 $93,072,600 $112,339,800 $85,837,500 $252,000,000 $39,321,000 $28,718,100 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. $ 16,170,600 $10,341,400 $ 12,482,200 $ 9,537,500 $ 28,000,000 $ 4,369,000 $ 3,190,900 INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF BALANCE OF THE CLASS M-3 THE CLASS M-4 THE CLASS M-5 THE CLASS M-6 THE CLASS M-7 THE CLASS M-8 THE CLASS M-9 CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATES UNDERWRITERS ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) - ------------------------ ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- Barclays Capital Inc. $16,788,600 $15,463,800 $15,021,900 $14,138,100 $13,254,300 $11,486,700 $8,836,200 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. $ 1,865,400 $ 1,718,200 $ 1,669,100 $ 1,570,900 $ 1,472,700 $ 1,276,300 $ 981,800 The depositor has been advised by the underwriters that they propose initially to offer the offered certificates of each class to the public at the offering price set forth on the cover page and to certain dealers at such price less a selling concession, which may be zero but may not be in excess of 0.1500% of the Certificate Principal Balance of the related class of offered certificates. The underwriters may allow and such dealers may reallow a reallowance discount, not in excess of the difference between the underwriting discount and the selling concession, to certain other dealers. After the initial public offering, the public offering prices, such concessions and such discounts may be changed. It is expected that delivery of the offered certificates will be made only in book-entry form through the Same Day Funds Settlement System of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear on or about October 18, 2006, against payment therefor in immediately available funds. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligation of the underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the offered certificates is subject to, among other things, the receipt of legal opinions and to the conditions, among others, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the depositor's registration statement shall be in effect, and that no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The underwriters and any dealers that participate with the underwriters in the distribution of the offered certificates are also underwriters under the Securities Act of 1933, except for any person whose interest is limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributors' or sellers' commission. Any profit on the resale of the offered certificates positioned by an underwriter would be underwriter compensation in the form of underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The underwriting agreement provides that the sponsor and the depositor will indemnify the underwriters, and that under limited circumstances the underwriters will indemnify the depositor, against some civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or contribute to payments required to be made in respect thereof. There can be no assurance that a secondary market for any class of offered certificates will develop or, if it does develop, that it will continue. The offered certificates will not be listed on any securities exchange. The primary source of information available to investors concerning S-152 the offered certificates will be the monthly statements discussed in the prospectus under "Description of the Certificates--Reports to Certificateholders," which will include information as to the outstanding principal balance of each class of offered certificates. There can be no assurance that any additional information regarding the offered certificates will be available through any other source. In addition, the depositor is not aware of any source through which price information about the offered certificates will be generally available on an ongoing basis. The limited nature of information regarding the offered certificates may adversely affect the liquidity of the offered certificates, even if a secondary market for the offered certificates becomes available. A portion of the proceeds received from the sale of the offered certificates will be used by the sponsor to satisfy obligations under a financing facility in place with an affiliate of Barclays Capital Inc., an unaffiliated underwriter, with respect to all of the mortgage loans. Carrington Investment Services, LLC will be a selected dealer in this offering. Carrington Investment Services, LLC may also from time to time provide banking and advisory services to the sponsor and depositor in the ordinary course of business. Carrington Investment Services, LLC, as a selected dealer, may, but is not obligated to, participate in the sale of up to approximately 10% of the Certificate Principal Balance of the offered certificates. In connection with any such sale of the offered certificates, Carrington Investment Services, LLC, as a selected dealer, will receive 10% of the underwriting discount received by the underwriters in connection with its role and services. Certain owners of the indirect parent of Carrington Investment Services, LLC are also owners and employees of the general partner of the sponsor and thus have an ownership interest in the sponsor and indirectly benefit from the sale of the offered certificates and such compensation. The compensation paid to Carrington Investment Services, LLC does not in any way affect the price that certificateholders would pay in the event that the certificateholders acquired the offered certificates through an underwriter without the participation of Carrington Investment Services, LLC, as a selected dealer. LEGAL OPINIONS Legal matters concerning the offered certificates will be passed upon for the depositor by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, New York, New York and for the underwriters by Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, New York, New York. RATINGS It is a condition of the issuance of the offered certificates that they be rated as indicated on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement by Standard & Poor's and Moody's. The ratings do not address the possibility that certificateholders might suffer a lower than anticipated yield due to non-credit events. A securities rating addresses the likelihood of the receipt by the holders of the offered certificates of distributions on the mortgage loans. The rating takes into consideration the structural, legal and tax aspects associated with the offered certificates. The ratings on the offered certificates do not constitute statements regarding the possibility that the holders of the offered certificates might realize a lower than anticipated yield. In addition, the ratings do not address the likelihood of the receipt of any amounts in respect of S-153 Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, Relief Act Shortfalls or Net WAC Rate Carryover Amounts. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each security rating should be evaluated independently of any other security rating. In the event that the ratings initially assigned to the offered certificates are subsequently lowered for any reason, no person or entity is obligated to provide any additional support or credit enhancement with respect to the offered certificates. The depositor has not requested a rating on the offered certificates by any rating agency other than Standard & Poor's and Moody's. However, there can be no assurance as to whether any other rating agency will rate any class of offered certificates, or, if it does, what rating would be assigned by any such other rating agency. A rating on any class of offered certificates by another rating agency, if assigned at all, may be lower than the ratings assigned to that class of offered certificates by Standard & Poor's and Moody's. The fees paid by the depositor to the rating agencies at closing include a fee for ongoing surveillance by the rating agencies for so long as any certificates are outstanding. However, the rating agencies are under no obligation to the depositor to continue to monitor or provide a rating on the certificates. LEGAL INVESTMENT The offered certificates will not constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of SMMEA. The depositor makes no representations as to the proper characterization of any class of the offered certificates for legal investment or other purposes, or as to the ability of particular investors to purchase any class of the offered certificates under applicable legal investment restrictions. These uncertainties may adversely affect the liquidity of any class of offered certificates. Accordingly, all institutions whose investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements or review by regulatory authorities are encouraged to consult with their legal advisors in determining whether and to what extent any class of the offered certificates constitutes a legal investment or is subject to investment, capital or other restrictions. One or more classes of the offered certificates may be viewed as "complex securities" under TB13a and TB73a, which applies to thrift institutions regulated by the OTS. See "Legal Investment Matters" in the prospectus. CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS A fiduciary of any pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plans subject to ERISA, as well as individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and other plans subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, as well as any entity holding "plan assets" of any of the foregoing (each, a "Benefit Plan") or any other person investing Benefit Plan assets of any Benefit Plan, as defined under "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the prospectus, should carefully review with its legal advisors whether the purchase or holding of offered certificates could give rise to a transaction prohibited or not otherwise permissible under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code. S-154 CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES AND CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES The U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") has issued individual prohibited transaction exemptions to certain underwriters, any one of which is generally referred to herein as the "Exemption." As discussed more fully in the prospectus, the Exemption generally exempts from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code various transactions relating to the operation of trusts holding pools of certain secured obligations, including, without limitation, private securities and guaranteed governmental mortgage pool certificates representing fractional undivided interests in such secured obligations, and the purchase, sale and holding of pass-through certificates or other securities issued by a trust as to which: o the depositor or any of its affiliates is the sponsor, if any entity which has received from the DOL an individual prohibited transaction exemption that is substantially similar to the Exemption is the sole underwriter, a manager or co-manager of the underwriting syndicate or a selling or placement agent; or o the depositor or an affiliate is the underwriter or placement agent, provided that the conditions of the Exemption are satisfied. However, the depositor does not intend to rely on the Exemption for the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates at any time during which the swap agreement described in this prospectus supplement entitles the holder of a Class A-1 Certificate or a Class A-2 Certificate to receive payments under the swap agreement. After the swap agreement terminates in June 2010, the purchase or holding of the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates, by or on behalf of, or with Benefit Plan assets of, a Benefit Plan is expected to qualify for exemptive relief under the Exemption, as described under "Certain ERISA Considerations--Underwriter Exemption" in the prospectus provided those certificates are rated at least "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Standard & Poor's or Moody's, at the time of purchase. As discussed more fully in the prospectus, the Exemption contains a number of other conditions which must be met for the Exemption to apply, including the requirement that any Benefit Plan must be an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If the Exemption does not apply to the purchase and holding of the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates, certain transactions involving the issuing entity might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to a Benefit Plan that purchased such certificates if assets of the issuing entity were deemed to be assets of the Benefit Plan. As discussed more fully in the prospectus, under the Plan Asset Regulation, the assets of the issuing entity would be treated as plan assets of a Benefit Plan for the purposes of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code only if the Benefit Plan acquired an "equity interest" in the issuing entity and none of the exceptions to plan assets contained in the Plan Asset Regulation were applicable. In addition, without regard to whether the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates are considered to be equity interests in the issuing entity, certain affiliates of the issuing entity, or a seller of such certificate (including an underwriter) might be considered or might become "parties in interest" with respect to a Benefit Plan. In this event, the acquisition or holding of the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 S-155 Certificates by or on behalf of the Benefit Plan could give rise to a prohibited transaction unless exemptive relief is available under one or more prohibited transaction exemptions. As discussed more fully in the prospectus, certain exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules could be applicable to the purchase, holding and disposition of the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates by a Benefit Plan depending on the type and circumstances of the plan fiduciary making the decision to acquire such certificates. Included among these exemptions are: PTCE 96-23 (for transactions effected by "in-house asset managers"; PTCE 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general accounts); PTCE 91-38, (for transactions by bank collective investment funds); PTCE 90-1 (for transactions by insurance company pooled separate accounts); and PTCE 84-14 (for transactions effected by "qualified professional asset managers") (collectively, the "Investor Exemptions"). In addition to the Investor Exemptions listed above, Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA provides a statutory exemption for certain prohibited transactions between a Plan and a person or an entity that is a party in interest to such Plan (other than a party in interest that is a fiduciary, or its affiliate, that has or exercises discretionary authority or control or renders investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan involved in the transaction) solely by reason of providing services to the Plan, but only if the Plan pays no more, or receives no less, than adequate consideration (the "Service Provider Exemption"). However, there can be no assurance that the Service Provider Exemption or any of the Investor Exemptions will apply to any particular Benefit Plan's investment in the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates or, even if the Service Provider Exemption or an Investor Exemption were deemed to apply, that it would apply to all prohibited transactions that may occur in connection with the investment, including those that may result from the operation of the issuing entity. Accordingly, no Benefit Plan or other person using assets of a Benefit Plan may acquire or hold a Class A-1 Certificate or a Class A-2 Certificate before the termination of the swap agreement described in this prospectus supplement, unless the purchaser or transferee represents that such acquisition or holding is eligible for the exemptive relief available under the Service Provider Exemption or one or more of the Investor Exemptions. Following the termination of the swap agreement, each beneficial owner of a Class A-1 Certificate or a Class A-2 Certificate shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such certificate that either: o it is not a Benefit Plan or any other person using Benefit Plan assets to effect such acquisition or holding; or o it has acquired and is holding a Class A-1 Certificate or a Class A-2 Certificate in reliance on the Exemption and it understands that there are certain conditions to the availability of the Exemption; or o it has acquired and is holding a Class A-1 Certificate or a Class A-2 Certificate in reliance on the Service Provider Exemption or one or more of the Investor Exemptions and it understands that there are certain conditions to the availability of the Service Provider Exemption and the Investor Exemptions. S-156 If any Class A-1 Certificate or Class A-2 Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held in violation of the conditions described in the preceding paragraphs, the next preceding permitted beneficial owner will be treated as the beneficial owner of such certificate, retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of any such certificate or any interest therein was effected in violation of the conditions described in the preceding paragraphs shall indemnify and hold harmless the depositor, the trustee, the servicer, any subservicer, the underwriter and the issuing entity from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by those parties as a result of that acquisition or holding. A fiduciary or other investor of plan assets of a Benefit Plan that proposes to acquire or hold the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan is encouraged to consult with its legal advisors with respect to: (i) whether the assets of the issuing entity would be considered plan assets, (ii) the possibility of exemptive relief from the prohibited transaction rules under the Service Provider Exemption or one or more of the Investor Exemptions and (iii) the potential applicability of the general fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code to the proposed investment. See "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the prospectus. The sale of any of the Class A-1 Certificates or the Class A-2 Certificates to a Benefit Plan is in no respect a representation by the depositor or the underwriters that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements relating to investments by Benefit Plans generally or any particular Benefit Plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for Benefit Plans generally or any particular Benefit Plan. CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATES AND CLASS M CERTIFICATES Until the swap agreement terminates in June 2010, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates and the Class M Certificates may not be purchased by or transferred to a Benefit Plan. Each purchaser and transferee of a Class A-3 Certificate, a Class A-4 Certificate, a Class A-5 Certificate or a Class M Certificate or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such certificate or any interest therein, that it is not a Benefit Plan. After the termination of the swap agreement in June 2010, the purchase or holding of the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates and the Class M Certificates by, on behalf of, or with Benefit Plan assets of, a Benefit Plan may qualify for exemptive relief under the Exemption, as described under "Certain ERISA Considerations--Underwriter Exemption" in the prospectus provided those certificates are rated at least "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Standard & Poor's or Moody's at the time of purchase. The Exemption contains a number of other conditions which must be met for the Exemption to apply, including the requirement that any Benefit Plan must be an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. After the termination of the swap agreement in June 2010, each beneficial owner of a Class A-3 Certificate, a Class A-4 Certificate, a Class A-5 Certificate or a Class M Certificate or S-157 any interest therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such certificates or any interest therein, that either (A) it is not a Benefit Plan, (B) it has acquired and is holding such certificates in reliance on the Exemption, and that it understands that there are certain conditions to the availability of the Exemption, including that such certificates must be rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by Standard & Poor's or Moody's and such certificates are so rated, that it is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that it will obtain a representation from any transferee that such transferee is an accredited investor, or (C) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or hold a Class A-3 Certificate, a Class A-4 Certificate, a Class A-5 Certificate or a Class M Certificate or any interest therein is an "insurance company general account," as such term is defined in Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption, or PTCE, 95-60, and (3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied. If any Class A-3 Certificate, Class A-4 Certificate, Class A-5 Certificate or Class M Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held in violation of the conditions described in the preceding paragraphs, the next preceding permitted beneficial owner will be treated as the beneficial owner of such certificate, retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of any such certificate or any interest therein was effected in violation of the conditions described in the preceding paragraphs shall indemnify and hold harmless the depositor, the trustee, the servicer, any subservicer, the underwriter and the issuing entity from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by those parties as a result of that acquisition or holding. Any fiduciary or other investor of plan assets of a Benefit Plan that proposes to acquire or hold the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates or the Class M Certificates on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan is encouraged to consult with its legal advisors with respect to: (i) whether the general conditions and the other requirements in the Exemption would be satisfied, or whether any other prohibited transaction exemption would apply and (ii) the potential applicability of the general fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code to the proposed investment. See "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the prospectus. The sale of any of the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates or the Class M Certificates to a Benefit Plan is in no respect a representation by the depositor or the underwriters that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements relating to investments by Benefit Plans generally or any particular Benefit Plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for Benefit Plans generally or any particular Benefit Plan. S-158 ANNEX I GLOBAL CLEARANCE, SETTLEMENT AND TAX DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES Except in certain limited circumstances, the globally offered Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, which are referred to as the global securities, will be available only in book-entry form. Investors in the global securities may hold interests in these global securities through any of DTC, Clearstream or Euroclear. Initial settlement and all secondary trades will settle in same-day funds. Secondary market trading between investors holding interests in global securities through Clearstream and Euroclear will be conducted in accordance with their normal rules and operating procedures and in accordance with conventional eurobond practice. Secondary market trading between investors holding interests in global securities through DTC will be conducted according to the rules and procedures applicable to U.S. corporate debt obligations. Secondary cross-market trading between investors holding interests in global securities through Clearstream or Euroclear and investors holding interests in global securities through DTC participants will be effected on a delivery against-payment basis through the respective depositories of Clearstream and Euroclear, in such capacity, and other DTC participants. Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are expected to follow the procedures described below in order to facilitate transfers of interests in the global securities among participants of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform those procedures, and those procedures may be discontinued at any time. Neither the depositor, the servicer nor the trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their obligations. Non-U.S. holders of global securities will be subject to U.S. withholding taxes unless those holders meet certain requirements and deliver appropriate U.S. tax documents to the securities clearing organizations or their participants. INITIAL SETTLEMENT The global securities will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC. Investors' interests in the global securities will be represented through financial institutions acting on their behalf as direct and indirect participants in DTC. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold positions on behalf of their participants through their respective depositories, which in turn will hold such positions in accounts as DTC participants. Investors electing to hold interests in global securities through DTC participants, rather than through Clearstream or Euroclear accounts, will be subject to the settlement practices applicable to similar issues of pass-through certificates. Investors' securities custody accounts will be credited with their holdings against payment in same-day funds on the settlement date. I-1 Investors electing to hold interests in global securities through Clearstream or Euroclear accounts will follow the settlement procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds, except that there will be no temporary global security and no "lock-up" or restricted period. Interests in global securities will be credited to the securities custody accounts on the settlement date against payment in same-day funds. SECONDARY MARKET TRADING Since the purchaser determines the place of delivery, it is important to establish at the time of the trade where both the purchaser's and seller's accounts are located to ensure that settlement can be made on the desired value date. Transfers between DTC Participants. Secondary market trading between DTC participants will be settled using the DTC procedures applicable to similar issues of pass-through certificates in same-day funds. Transfers between Clearstream and/or Euroclear Participants. Secondary market trading between Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants and/or investors holding interests in global securities through them will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in same-day funds. Transfers between DTC Seller and Clearstream or Euroclear Purchaser. When interests in global securities are to be transferred on behalf of a seller from the account of a DTC participant to the account of a Clearstream participant or a Euroclear participant for a purchaser, the purchaser will send instructions to Clearstream or Euroclear through a Clearstream participant or Euroclear participant at least one business day prior to settlement. Clearstream or the Euroclear operator will instruct its respective depository to receive an interest in the global securities against payment. Payment will include interest accrued on the global securities from and including the last distribution date to but excluding the settlement date. Payment will then be made by the respective depository to the DTC participant's account against delivery of an interest in the global securities. After this settlement has been completed, the interest will be credited to the respective clearing system, and by the clearing system, in accordance with its usual procedures, to the Clearstream participant's or Euroclear participant's account. The credit of this interest will appear on the next business day and the cash debit will be back-valued to, and the interest on the global securities will accrue from, the value date, which would be the preceding day when settlement occurred in New York. If settlement is not completed through DTC on the intended value date, i.e., the trade fails, the Clearstream or Euroclear cash debit will be valued instead as of the actual settlement date. Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants will need to make available to the respective clearing system the funds necessary to process same-day funds settlement. The most direct means of doing so is to pre-position funds for settlement from cash on hand, in which case the Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants will take on credit exposure to Clearstream or the Euroclear operator until interests in the global securities are credited to their accounts one day later. I-2 As an alternative, if Clearstream or the Euroclear operator has extended a line of credit to them, Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants can elect not to pre-position funds and allow that credit line to be drawn upon. Under this procedure, Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants receiving interests in global securities for purchasers would incur overdraft charges for one day, to the extent they cleared the overdraft when interests in the global securities were credited to their accounts. However, interest on the global securities would accrue from the value date. Therefore, the investment income on the interest in the global securities earned during that one-day period would tend to offset the amount of these overdraft charges, although this result will depend on each Clearstream participant's or Euroclear participant's particular cost of funds. Since the settlement through DTC will take place during New York business hours, DTC participants are subject to DTC procedures for transferring interests in global securities to the respective depository of Clearstream or Euroclear for the benefit of Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants. The sale proceeds will be available to the DTC seller on the settlement date. Thus, to the seller settling the sale through a DTC participant, a cross-market transaction will settle no differently than a sale to a purchaser settling through a DTC participant. Finally, intra-day traders that use Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants to purchase interests in global securities from DTC participants or sellers settling through them for delivery to Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants should note that these trades will automatically fail on the sale side unless affirmative action is taken. At least three techniques should be available to eliminate this potential condition: o borrowing interests in global securities through Clearstream or Euroclear for one day, until the purchase side of the infra-day trade is reflected in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear accounts, in accordance with the clearing system's customary procedures; o borrowing interests in global securities in the United States from a DTC participant no later than one day prior to settlement, which would give sufficient time for such interests to be reflected in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear accounts in order to settle the sale side of the trade; or o staggering the value dates for the buy and sell sides of the trade so that the value date for the purchase from the DTC participant is at least one day prior to the value date for the sale to the Clearstream participant or Euroclear participant. Transfers between Clearstream or Euroclear Seller and DTC Purchaser. Due to time zone differences in their favor, Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants may employ their customary procedures for transactions in which interests in global securities are to be transferred by the respective clearing system, through the respective depository, to a DTC participant. The seller will send instructions to Clearstream or the Euroclear operator through a Clearstream participant or Euroclear participant at least one business day prior to settlement. Clearstream or Euroclear will instruct its respective depository, to credit an interest in the global securities to the DTC participant's account against payment. Payment will include interest accrued on the global securities from and including the last distribution date to but excluding the I-3 settlement date. The payment will then be reflected in the account of the Clearstream participant or Euroclear participant the following business day, and receipt of the cash proceeds in the Clearstream participant's or Euroclear participant's account would be back-valued to the value date, which would be the preceding day, when settlement occurred through DTC in New York. If settlement is not completed on the intended value date, i.e., the trade fails, receipt of the cash proceeds in the Clearstream participant's or Euroclear participant's account would instead be valued as of the actual settlement date. CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS A beneficial owner who is an individual or corporation holding the global security on its own behalf of global securities holding securities through Clearstream or Euroclear, or through DTC if the holder has an address outside the U.S., will be subject to the 30% U.S. withholding tax that typically applies to payments of interest, including original issue discount, on registered debt issued by U.S. persons, unless: o each clearing system, bank or other institution that holds customers' securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business in the chain of intermediaries between the beneficial owner or a foreign corporation or foreign trust and the U.S. entity required to withhold tax complies with applicable certification requirements; and o the beneficial owner takes one of the following steps to obtain an exemption or reduced tax rate: o Exemption for Non-U.S. Persons-Form W-8BEN. Beneficial holders of global securities that are Non-U.S. persons generally can obtain a complete exemption from the withholding tax by filing a signed Form W-8BEN, or Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding. If the information shown on Form W-8BEN changes, a new Form W-8BEN must be filed within 30 days of the change. o Exemption for Non-U.S. persons with effectively connected income--Form W-8ECI. A Non-U.S. person, including a non-U.S. corporation or bank with a U.S. branch, for which the interest income is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States, can obtain an exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-8ECI, or Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption from Withholding on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States. o Exemption or reduced rate for Non-U.S. persons resident in treaty countries--Form W-8BEN. Non-U.S. persons residing in a country that has a tax treaty with the United States can obtain an exemption or reduced tax rate, depending on the treaty terms, by filing Form W-8BEN. Form W-8BEN may be filed by certificateholders or their agent. I-4 o Exemption for U.S. Persons--Form W-9. U.S. persons can obtain a complete exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-9, or Payer's Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification. U.S. Federal Income Tax Reporting Procedure. The holder of a global security or, in the case of a Form W8BEN or Form W-8ECI filer, his agent, files by submitting the appropriate form to the person through whom it holds the security-the clearing agency, in the case of persons holding directly on the books of the clearing agency. Form W8BEN and Form W-8ECI generally are effective until the third succeeding calendar year from the date the form is signed. However, the W-8BEN and W-8ECI with a taxpayer identification number will remain effective until a change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect, provided that the withholding agent reports at least annually to the beneficial owner on Form 1042-S. The term "U.S. person" means: o a citizen or resident of the United States; o a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes, organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, including for this purpose the District of Columbia, unless, in the case of a partnership, future Treasury regulations provide otherwise; o an estate that is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of the source of its income; or o a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision of the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. Certain trusts not described in the final bullet of the preceding sentence in existence on August 20, 1996 that elect to be treated as a United States Person will also be a U.S. person. The term "Non-U.S. person" means any person who is not a U.S. person. This summary does not deal with all aspects of U.S. federal income tax withholding that may be relevant to foreign holders of the global securities. Investors are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors for specific tax advice concerning their holding and disposing of the global securities. I-5
PROSPECTUS MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES STANWICH ASSET ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, L.L.C. Depositor CARRINGTON SECURITIES, LP Sponsor The depositor may periodically form separate trusts to issue certificates in series, secured by assets of that trust. OFFERED CERTIFICATES The certificates in a series will represent interests in a trust and will be paid only from the assets of that trust. The certificates will not represent interests in or obligations of Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C., Carrington Securities, LP or any of their affiliates. Each series may include multiple classes of certificates with differing payment terms and priorities. Credit enhancement will be provided for all offered certificates. MORTGAGE COLLATERAL Each trust will consist primarily of: o mortgage loans secured by first or junior liens on one- to four-family residential properties; and/ or o mortgage loans secured by first or junior liens on mixed-use properties; and/ or o mortgage securities and whole or partial participations in mortgage loans. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE CERTIFICATES OR DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. OCTOBER 4, 2006 IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT We provide information to you about the certificates in two separate documents that provide progressively more detail: o this prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply to your series of certificates; and o the accompanying prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of your series of certificates. You should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, including the information incorporated by reference. See "Additional Information," "Reports to Certificateholders" and "Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference." You can request information incorporated by reference from Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C. by calling us at (203) 661-6186 or writing to us at Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not offering the certificates in any state where the offer is not permitted. Some capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined in the Glossary attached to this prospectus. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ---- INTRODUCTION............................................................. 5 THE TRUSTS............................................................... 5 General............................................................... 5 The Mortgage Loans.................................................... 8 The Mortgaged Properties.............................................. 12 Loan-to-Value Ratio................................................... 14 Underwriting Policies................................................. 15 Mortgage Collateral Sellers........................................... 15 Qualifications of Sellers............................................. 16 Representations With Respect to Mortgage Collateral................... 16 Repurchases of Mortgage Collateral.................................... 18 Limited Right of Substitution......................................... 20 DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES.......................................... 21 General............................................................... 21 Form of Certificates.................................................. 24 Assignment of Mortgage Loans.......................................... 27 Review of Mortgage Loan Documents..................................... 29 Assignment of Mortgage Securities..................................... 29 Spread................................................................ 30 Payments on Mortgage Collateral....................................... 30 Withdrawals From the Custodial Account................................ 34 Distributions......................................................... 35 Example of Distributions.............................................. 37 Advances.............................................................. 39 Prepayment Interest Shortfalls........................................ 40 Funding Account....................................................... 41 Reports to Certificateholders......................................... 41 Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral................... 43 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans............................. 46 DESCRIPTION OF CREDIT ENHANCEMENT........................................ 49 General............................................................... 49 Letters of Credit..................................................... 51 Subordination......................................................... 51 Overcollateralization and Excess Cash Flow............................ 53 Mortgage Pool Insurance Policies and Mortgage Insurance Policies...... 54 Special Hazard Insurance Policies..................................... 56 Bankruptcy Bonds...................................................... 57 Reserve Funds......................................................... 57 Certificate Insurance Policies; Surety Bonds.......................... 58 Maintenance of Credit Enhancement..................................... 58 Reduction or Substitution of Credit Enhancement....................... 59 OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE CERTIFICATES.................. 60 Swaps and Yield Supplement Agreements................................. 60 Purchase Obligations.................................................. 60 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) PAGE ---- INSURANCE POLICIES ON MORTGAGE LOANS..................................... 61 Primary Insurance Policies............................................ 61 Standard Hazard Insurance on Mortgaged Properties..................... 63 THE DEPOSITOR............................................................ 65 CARRINGTON SECURITIES, LP................................................ 65 THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT...................................... 65 Events of Default..................................................... 68 Rights Upon Event of Default.......................................... 69 Amendment............................................................. 70 Termination; Retirement of Certificates............................... 71 The Trustee........................................................... 73 YIELD CONSIDERATIONS..................................................... 73 MATURITY AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS................................... 77 CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF MORTGAGE LOANS.................................. 81 The Mortgage Loans.................................................... 81 Environmental Legislation............................................. 90 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act....................................... 91 Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments....................... 92 Forfeitures in Drug and RICO Proceedings.............................. 93 MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES................................. 93 General............................................................... 93 Opinions.............................................................. 94 REMICs................................................................ 95 STATE AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES......................................... 117 CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS............................................. 118 Plan Asset Regulation and Prohibited Transaction Exemptions........... 118 Underwriter Exemption................................................. 119 Consultation With Counsel............................................. 127 LEGAL INVESTMENT MATTERS................................................. 127 USE OF PROCEEDS.......................................................... 130 METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION.................................................. 130 LEGAL MATTERS............................................................ 132 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION................................................... 132 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE........................ 132 GLOSSARY................................................................. 134 4 INTRODUCTION The pass-through certificates offered may be sold from time to time in series. Each series of certificates will represent in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership interest, excluding any interest retained by the depositor or any other entity specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, in a trust consisting primarily of a segregated pool of mortgage loans, acquired by the depositor from one or more affiliated or unaffiliated institutions. Each series of certificates will be issued under a pooling and servicing agreement among the depositor, the trustee and master servicer or servicer as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, or a trust agreement between the depositor and trustee as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. THE TRUSTS GENERAL The mortgage loans and other assets described in this prospectus under "The Trusts--The Mortgage Loans" and in the accompanying prospectus supplement will be held in a trust for the benefit of the holders of the related series of certificates as described in this section and in the accompanying prospectus supplement. These assets will be evidenced by promissory notes, or mortgage notes, that are secured by the following: o mortgages; o deeds of trust; o other similar security instruments creating a first or junior lien on one- to four-family residential properties and Mixed-Use Properties; or o whole or partial participations in the mortgage loans, which may include mortgage pass-through certificates, known as mortgage securities evidencing interests in mortgage loans. Mortgage collateral includes mortgage loans. As specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the mortgaged properties will primarily include any combination of the following: o attached or detached one-family dwelling units; o two- to four-family dwelling units; o condominiums; o townhouses and row houses; 5 o individual units in planned-unit developments; o modular pre-cut/panelized housing; o manufactured homes; o Mixed-Use Properties; and o the fee, leasehold or other interests in the underlying real property. The mortgaged properties may be located in any of the fifty states or the District of Columbia and may include vacation, second and non-owner-occupied homes. The prospectus supplement with respect to a series will describe the specific manner in which certificates of that series issued under a particular pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement will evidence specified beneficial ownership interests in a separate trust created under that pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement. A trust will consist of, to the extent provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement: o mortgage loans and the related mortgage documents or interests therein, including any mortgage securities, underlying a particular series of certificates as from time to time are subject to the pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement, exclusive of, if specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, any interest retained by the depositor or any of its affiliates with respect to each mortgage loan; o assets including all payments and collections derived from the mortgage loans or mortgage securities due after the related cut-off date, as from time to time are identified as deposited in the Custodial Account and in the related Certificate Account; o property acquired by foreclosure of the mortgage loans or deed in lieu of foreclosure; o hazard insurance policies and primary insurance policies, if any, and portions of the related proceeds; and o any combination, as and to the extent specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, of a letter of credit, purchase obligation, mortgage pool insurance policy, mortgage insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, reserve fund, bankruptcy bond, certificate insurance policy, surety bond or other similar types of credit enhancement as described under "Description of Credit Enhancement." The accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the material terms and conditions of certificates of interest or participations in mortgage loans to the extent they are included in the related trust. 6 Each mortgage loan will be selected by the depositor for inclusion in a mortgage pool from among those purchased by the depositor from any of the following sources: o either directly or through its affiliates, including Carrington Securities, LP any of which affiliates we sometimes refer to as an "Affiliated Intermediary Seller"; o sellers who are affiliates of the depositor; or o savings banks, savings and loan associations, commercial banks, credit unions, insurance companies or similar institutions that are supervised and/or examined by a federal or state authority, lenders approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, known as HUD, mortgage bankers, investment banking firms, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, known as the FDIC, and other mortgage loan originators or sellers not affiliated with the depositor, all as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The mortgage collateral sellers may include state or local government housing finance agencies. If a mortgage pool is composed of mortgage loans acquired by the depositor directly from sellers other than Carrington Securities, LP or another Affiliated Intermediary Seller, the accompanying prospectus supplement will specify the extent of mortgage loans so acquired. The characteristics of the mortgage loans are as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The mortgage loans may also be delivered directly to the depositor in a Designated Seller Transaction. A "Designated Seller Transaction" is a transaction in which the mortgage loans are provided to the depositor by an unaffiliated seller, as more fully described in the prospectus supplement. Certificates issued in Designated Seller Transactions may be sold in whole or in part to any seller identified in the accompanying prospectus supplement in exchange for the related mortgage loans, or may be offered under any of the other methods described in this prospectus under "Methods of Distribution." The accompanying prospectus supplement for a Designated Seller Transaction will include information, provided by the related seller about the seller, the mortgage loans and the underwriting standards applicable to the mortgage loans. All representations and warranties with respect to the mortgage loans sold in a Designated Seller Transaction will be made only by the Designated Seller. The depositor, Carrington Securities, LP and their affiliates will not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any such representations and warranties. The accompanying prospectus supplement will provide material information concerning the types and characteristics of the mortgage loans included in the related trust as of the cut-off date. A Current Report on Form 8-K will be available on request to holders of the related series of certificates and will be filed, together with the related pooling and servicing agreement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission within fifteen days after the initial issuance of the certificates. If mortgage loans are added to or deleted from the trust after the date of the accompanying prospectus supplement, that addition or deletion will be noted in the Form 8-K. In the event mortgage loans are removed from or added to the mortgage pool after the date of the accompanying prospectus supplement and prior to the closing of the transaction and any material 7 pool characteristics of the actual mortgage pool differ by 5% or more from the description of the mortgage pool in this prospectus supplement, a current report on Form 8-K describing the final mortgage pool will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days of the related closing. Additions or deletions of this type, if any, will be made prior to the closing date. THE MORTGAGE LOANS As described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the mortgage loans may be of one or more of the following types, and may include one or more of the following characteristics: o GPM Loans, which have monthly payments that increase in amount over time, until they are fully amortizing over the remainder of the original term of the mortgage loan; o Buy-Down Mortgage Loans; o adjustable-rate mortgage loans, or ARM loans; o fixed-rate mortgage loans; o actuarial loans; o Interest Only Loans; o Convertible Mortgage Loans; o delinquent loans; o seasoned mortgage loans; o mortgage loans that have been modified; o mortgage loans that provide for payment every other week during the term of the mortgage loan; and o mortgage loans with equal monthly payments, Balloon Loans and mortgage loans that experience graduated or recalculated payment schedules. The mortgage loans may be secured by mortgages or deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or other similar security instruments creating a first or junior lien on or other interests in the related mortgaged properties. The mortgage loans may be loans that have been consolidated and/or have had various terms changed, loans that have been converted from adjustable-rate mortgage loans to fixed-rate mortgage loans, or construction loans which have been converted to 8 permanent mortgage loans. The mortgage will have an original or modified term to maturity of not more than 40 years. If a mortgage loan is a modified mortgage loan, references to origination typically shall refer to the date of modification. In addition, a mortgaged property may be subject to secondary financing at the time of origination of the mortgage loan or at any time thereafter. The depositor will cause the mortgage loans constituting each mortgage pool, or mortgage securities evidencing interests therein, to be assigned to the trustee named in the accompanying prospectus supplement, for the benefit of the holders of all of the certificates of a series. The assignment of the mortgage loans to the trustee will be without recourse. See "Description of the Certificates--Assignment of Mortgage Loans." Interest Only Loans As specified in the prospectus supplement, a pool may include Interest Only Loans. Interest Only Loans generally require that a borrower make monthly payments of accrued interest, but not principal, for a predetermined period following origination (commonly referred to as an "interest-only period"). After the interest-only period, the borrower's monthly payment generally will be recalculated to cover both interest and principal so that the Interest Only Loan will be paid in full by its final payment date. As a result, if the monthly payment increases, the borrower may not be able to pay the increased amount and may default or refinance the Interest Only Loan to avoid the higher payment. Because no scheduled principal payments are required to be made during the interest only period, the related offered certificates will receive smaller scheduled principal distributions during that period than they would have received if the borrower were required to make monthly payments of interest and principal from origination. In addition, because a borrower is not required to make scheduled principal payments during the interest only period, the principal balance of an Interest Only Loan may be higher than the principal balance of a similar mortgage loan that requires payment of principal and interest throughout the entire term of the mortgage loan, and a higher principal balance may result in a greater loss upon the liquidation of an Interest Only Loan due to a default. Modified Mortgage Loans The modifications made on mortgage loans may include conversions from an adjustable to a fixed mortgage rate (discussed below) or other changes in the related mortgage note. If a mortgage loan is a modified mortgage loan, references to origination typically shall be deemed to be references to the date of modification. Balloon Loans As specified in the prospectus supplement, a pool may include Balloon Loans. Balloon Loans generally require a monthly payment of a pre-determined amount that will not fully amortize the loan until the maturity date, at which time the Balloon Amount will be due and payable. For Balloon Loans, payment of the Balloon Amount, which, based on the amortization schedule of those mortgage loans, is expected to be a substantial amount, will typically depend on the mortgagor's ability to obtain refinancing of the mortgage loan or to sell the mortgaged property prior to the maturity of the Balloon Loan. The ability to obtain refinancing will depend 9 on a number of factors prevailing at the time refinancing or sale is required, including, without limitation, real estate values, the mortgagor's financial situation, the level of available mortgage loan interest rates, the mortgagor's equity in the related mortgaged property, tax laws, prevailing general economic conditions and the terms of any related first lien mortgage loan. None of the depositor, the master servicer or servicer, or any of their affiliates will be obligated to refinance or repurchase any mortgage loan or to sell the mortgaged property. Prepayment Charges on the Mortgage Loans In some cases, mortgage loans may be prepaid by the mortgagors at any time without payment of any prepayment fee or penalty. The prospectus supplement will disclose whether a material portion of the mortgage loans provide for payment of a prepayment charge if the mortgagor prepays within a specified time period. This charge may affect the rate of prepayment. The master servicer or servicer or another entity identified in the accompanying prospectus supplement will generally be entitled to all prepayment charges and late payment charges received on the mortgage loans and those amounts will not be available for payment on the certificates unless the prospectus supplement discloses that those charges will be available for payment. However, some states' laws restrict the imposition of prepayment charges even when the mortgage loans expressly provide for the collection of those charges. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans--Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments." "Equity Refinance" and "Rate and Term Refinance" Mortgage Loans Some of the mortgage loans may be "equity refinance" mortgage loans, as to which a portion of the proceeds are used to refinance an existing mortgage loan, and the remaining proceeds may be retained by the mortgagor or used for purposes unrelated to the mortgaged property. Alternatively, the mortgage loans may be "rate and term refinance" mortgage loans, as to which substantially all of the proceeds, net of related costs incurred by the mortgagor, are used to refinance an existing mortgage loan or loans, which may include a junior lien, primarily in order to change the interest rate or other terms of the existing mortgage loan. All of these types of loans are nevertheless secured by mortgage properties. ARM Loans As described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, ARM loans will provide for a fixed initial mortgage rate until the first date on which the mortgage rate is to be adjusted. After this date, the mortgage rate may adjust periodically, subject to any applicable limitations, based on changes in the relevant index, to a rate equal to the index plus the Gross Margin. The initial mortgage rate on an ARM loan may be lower than the sum of the then-applicable index and the Gross Margin for the ARM loan. The index or indices for a particular pool will be specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement under "Description of the Mortgage Pool--The Index" and may include one of the following indices: o the weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of six months, one year or other terms to maturity; 10 o the weekly auction average investment yield of U.S. Treasury bills of various maturities; o the daily bank prime loan rate as quoted by financial industry news sources; o the cost of funds of member institutions of any of the regional Federal Home Loan Banks; o the interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits in the London market, each calculated as of a date prior to each scheduled interest rate adjustment date that will be specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement; or o the weekly average of secondary market interest rates on six-month negotiable certificates of deposit. ARM loans have features that provide different investment considerations than fixed-rate mortgage loans. Adjustable mortgage rates can cause payment increases that may exceed some mortgagors' capacity to cover such payments. An ARM loan may provide that its mortgage rate may not be adjusted to a rate above the applicable maximum mortgage rate or below the applicable minimum mortgage rate, if any, for the ARM loan. In addition, some of the ARM loans may provide for limitations on the maximum amount by which their mortgage rates may adjust for any single adjustment period. Some ARM loans provide for limitations on the amount of scheduled payments of principal and interest. Other ARM loans may permit the borrower to select from various payment options on such payment date. These options may include a payment of accrued interest only, a monthly payment that would fully amortize the ARM loan over its remaining term to maturity at the current interest rate, and a monthly payment that would fully amortize the ARM loan over a shorter period at the current interest rate. Convertible Mortgage Loans On any conversion of a Convertible Mortgage Loan, either the depositor will be obligated to repurchase or the master servicer or servicer, the applicable subservicer or a third party will be obligated to purchase the converted mortgage loan. Alternatively, if specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the depositor, the master servicer or servicer or another party may agree to act as remarketing agent with respect to the converted mortgage loans and, in such capacity, to use its best efforts to arrange for the sale of converted mortgage loans under specified conditions. If any party obligated to purchase any converted mortgage loan fails to do so, or if any remarketing agent fails either to arrange for the sale of the converted mortgage loan or to exercise any election to purchase the converted mortgage loan for its own account, the related mortgage pool will thereafter include both fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans. 11 Buy-Down Mortgage Loans In the case of Buy-Down Mortgage Loans, the monthly payments made by the mortgagor during the Buy-Down Period will be less than the scheduled monthly payments on the mortgage loan, the resulting difference to be made up from: o Buy-Down Funds contributed by the seller of the mortgaged property or another source and placed in the Buy-Down Account; o if the Buy-Down Funds are contributed on a present value basis, investment earnings on the Buy-Down Funds; or o additional Buy-Down Funds to be contributed over time by the mortgagor's employer or another source. All Buy-Down Funds will be available to fund scheduled principal and interest payments on the related mortgage loans. See "Description of the Certificates--Payments on Mortgage Collateral--Buy-Down Mortgage Loans." Actuarial Loans Monthly payments made by or on behalf of the borrower for each loan, in most cases, will be one-twelfth of the applicable loan rate times the unpaid principal balance, with any remainder of the payment applied to principal. This is known as an actuarial loan. Delinquent Loans Some mortgage pools may include mortgage loans that are one or more months delinquent with regard to payment of principal or interest at the time of their deposit into a trust. The accompanying prospectus supplement will set forth the percentage of mortgage loans that are so delinquent. Delinquent mortgage loans are more likely to result in losses than mortgage loans that have a current payment status. Performance Mortgage Loans Some mortgage pools may include mortgage loans that provide that the mortgagor may qualify for one or more permanent reductions in the note rate on the mortgagor's mortgage note. If applicable, the accompanying prospectus supplement will set forth the requirements the mortgagor must satisfy to qualify to obtain a performance mortgage loan. THE MORTGAGED PROPERTIES The mortgaged properties may consist of attached or detached individual dwellings, individual or adjacent condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, row houses, modular pre-cut/panelized housing, individual units or two-to four-unit dwellings in planned unit developments, two- to four-family dwellings, Mixed-Use Properties and other attached dwelling units. Each mortgaged property will be located on land owned in fee simple by the mortgagor 12 or, if specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, land leased by the mortgagor. Attached dwellings may include structures where each mortgagor owns the land on which the unit is built with the remaining adjacent land owned in common, or dwelling units subject to a proprietary lease. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans." Mortgage loans secured by Mixed-Use Property, or mixed-use mortgage loans, will consist of mortgage loans secured by first or junior mortgages, deeds of trust or similar security instruments on fee simple or leasehold interests in Mixed-Use Property. The mixed-use mortgage loans may also be secured by one or more assignments of leases and rents, management agreements or operating agreements relating to the mortgaged property and in some cases by certain letters of credit, personal guarantees or both. Under an assignment of leases and rents, the related mortgagor assigns its right, title and interest as landlord under each related lease and the income derived from the lease to the related lender, while retaining a right to collect the rents for so long as there is no default. If the mortgagor defaults, the right of the mortgagor terminates and the related lender is entitled to collect the rents from tenants to be applied to the payment obligations of the mortgagor. State law may limit or restrict the enforcement of the assignment of leases and rents by a lender until the lender takes possession of the related mortgaged property and a receiver is appointed. Mixed-use real estate lending is generally viewed as exposing the lender to a greater risk of loss than one- to four-family residential lending. Mixed-use real estate lending typically involves larger loans to single mortgagors or groups of related mortgagors than residential one- to four-family mortgage loans. Furthermore, the repayment of loans secured by income-producing properties is typically dependent on the successful operation of the related real estate project. If the cash flow from the project is reduced, for example, if leases are not obtained or renewed, the borrower's ability to repay the loan may be impaired. Mixed-use real estate can be affected significantly by supply and demand in the market for the type of property securing the loan and, therefore, may be subject to adverse economic conditions. Market values may vary as a result of economic events or governmental regulations outside the control of the borrower or lender, such as rent control laws, which impact the future cash flow of the property. The mortgaged properties may be owner-occupied or non-owner-occupied and may include vacation homes, second homes and investment properties. The percentage of mortgage loans that are owner-occupied will be disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The basis for any statement that a given percentage of the mortgage loans are secured by mortgaged properties that are owner-occupied will be one or more of the following: o the making of a representation by the mortgagor at origination of a mortgage loan that the mortgagor intends to use the mortgaged property as a primary residence; o a representation by the originator of the mortgage loan, which may be based solely on the above clause; or o the fact that the mailing address for the mortgagor is the same as the address of the mortgaged property. 13 Any representation and warranty in the related pooling and servicing agreement regarding owner-occupancy may be based solely on that information. Mortgage loans secured by investment properties, including two- to four-unit dwellings, may also be secured by an assignment of leases and rents and operating or other cash flow guarantees relating to the mortgage loans. LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO In the case of most mortgage loans made to finance the purchase of the mortgaged property, the Loan-to-Value Ratio, or LTV ratio, is the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the principal balance of the mortgage loan at origination to the lesser of (1) the appraised value determined in an appraisal obtained at origination of the mortgage loan and (2) the sales price for the related mortgaged property. In the case of certain other mortgage loans made to refinance non-purchase mortgage loans or modified or converted mortgage loans, the LTV ratio at origination is defined in most cases as the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the principal balance of the mortgage loan to either the appraised value determined in an appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing, modification or conversion or, if no appraisal has been obtained, to the lesser of (1) the appraised value or other valuation of the related mortgaged property determined at origination of the loan to be refinanced, modified or converted and (2) the sale price of the related mortgaged property. In some cases, in lieu of an appraisal, a valuation of the mortgaged property will be obtained from a service that provides an automated valuation. An automated valuation evaluates, through the use of computer models, various types of publicly-available information, such as recent sales prices for similar homes within the same geographic area and within the same price range. In the case of some mortgage loans seasoned for over twelve months, the LTV ratio may be determined at the time of purchase from the related seller based on the ratio of the current loan amount to the current value of the mortgaged property. Appraised values may be determined by either: o a statistical analysis o a broker's price opinion, or o an automated valuation, drive-by appraisal or other certification of value. With respect to any junior mortgage loan, the combined LTV ratio, or CLTV ratio, usually will be the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the sum of the cut-off date principal balance of the junior mortgage loan and the principal balance of any related mortgage loans that constitute liens senior or subordinate to the lien of the junior mortgage loan on the related mortgaged property, at the time of the origination of the junior mortgage loan, or, in some cases, at the time of an appraisal subsequent to origination, to the lesser of (1) the appraised value of the related mortgaged property determined in the appraisal used in the origination of the junior mortgage loan, or the value determined in an appraisal obtained subsequent to origination, and (2) in some cases, the sales price of the mortgaged property. With respect to each junior mortgage loan, the junior mortgage ratio in most cases will be the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the cut-off date principal balance of the junior mortgage loan to the sum of the cut-off date principal balance of the junior mortgage loan and the principal balance of any 14 mortgage loans senior or subordinate to the junior mortgage loan at the time of the origination of the junior mortgage loan. UNDERWRITING POLICIES The mortgage loans will be acquired by the depositor, either directly or through affiliates, from affiliated or unaffiliated sellers. The depositor does not originate loans and has not identified specific originators or sellers of loans from whom the depositor, either directly or through affiliates, will purchase the loans to be included in a trust fund. The underwriting standards for loans of a particular series will be described in the related prospectus supplement. Each mortgage collateral seller or originator will represent and warrant that all loans originated and/or sold by it to the depositor or one of its affiliates will have been underwritten in accordance with standards consistent with those utilized by lenders generally during the period of origination for similar types of loans. Underwriting standards are applied by or on behalf of a lender to evaluate the mortgagor's credit standing and repayment ability, and the value and adequacy of the related mortgaged property, home improvements or manufactured home, as applicable, as collateral. The maximum loan amount will vary depending upon a mortgagor's Credit Score and loan program but will not generally exceed an amount specified in the related prospectus supplement. Variations in maximum loan amount limits will be permitted based on compensating factors. Compensating factors may generally include, but are not limited to, and to the extent specified in the related prospectus supplement, low LTV ratio, low debt-to-income ratio, stable employment, favorable credit history and the nature of the underlying first mortgage loan, if applicable. MORTGAGE COLLATERAL SELLERS The mortgage collateral to be included in a trust will be purchased by the depositor directly or indirectly, through an Affiliated Intermediary Seller, from mortgage collateral sellers that may be banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, insurance companies, mortgage bankers, investment banking firms, insurance companies, the FDIC, and other mortgage loan originators or sellers not affiliated with the depositor. The mortgage collateral sellers may be affiliates of the depositor. Such purchases may occur by one or more of the following methods: o one or more direct or indirect purchases from unaffiliated sellers, which may occur simultaneously with the issuance of the certificates or which may occur over an extended period of time; or o one or more purchases from affiliated sellers. Mortgage loans may be purchased under agreements relating to ongoing purchases of mortgage loans by an Affiliated Intermediary Seller. The prospectus supplement for a series of certificates will disclose the method or methods used to acquire the mortgage collateral for the series. The depositor may issue one or more classes of certificates to a mortgage collateral seller 15 as consideration for the purchase of the mortgage collateral securing such series of certificates, if so described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. QUALIFICATIONS OF SELLERS Each Seller is selected by Carrington Securities, LP. In determining whether to approve a mortgage collateral seller, Carrington Securities, LP generally considers, among other things: the financial status of the mortgage collateral seller; the previous experience of the mortgage collateral seller in originating mortgage loans and its potential origination volumes; the prior delinquency and loss experience of the mortgage collateral seller (if available); the underwriting standards employed by the mortgage collateral seller and its quality control procedures; and, if applicable, the servicing operations of the mortgage collateral seller. A mortgage collateral seller may be an affiliate of the depositor. There can be no assurance that any mortgage collateral seller presently meets any qualifications or will continue to meet any qualifications at the time of inclusion of mortgage collateral sold by it in the trust for a series of certificates, or thereafter. If an mortgage collateral seller becomes subject to the direct or indirect control of the FDIC, or if a mortgage collateral seller's net worth, financial performance or delinquency and foreclosure rates are adversely impacted, the institution may continue to be treated as a mortgage collateral seller. Any event may adversely affect the ability of any such mortgage collateral seller to repurchase mortgage collateral in the event of a breach of a representation or warranty which has not been cured. See "--Repurchases of Mortgage Collateral" below. REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO MORTGAGE COLLATERAL Each mortgage collateral seller, or a party on its behalf, will have made representations and warranties in respect of the mortgage loans sold by such mortgage collateral seller. Such representations and warranties include, unless otherwise provided in the related prospectus supplement, among other things: o that any required hazard insurance was effective at the origination of each mortgage loan, and that each such policy remained in effect on the date of purchase of the mortgage loan from the mortgage collateral seller by or on behalf of the depositor; o that, in the case of single-family loans and multifamily loans, either (i) title insurance insuring, subject only to permissible title insurance exceptions, the lien status of the mortgage was effective at the origination of each mortgage loan and such policy remained in effect on the date of purchase of the mortgage loan from the mortgage collateral seller by or on behalf of the depositor or (ii) if the mortgaged property securing any mortgage loan is located in an area where such policies are generally not available, there is in the related mortgage file an attorney's certificate of title indicating, subject to such permissible exceptions set forth therein, the first lien status of the mortgage; o that the mortgage collateral seller had good title to each mortgage loan and each mortgage loan was subject to no offsets, defenses, counterclaims or rights of rescission except to the extent that any buy-down agreement may forgive certain indebtedness of a borrower; 16 o that each mortgage constituted a valid first lien on, or security interest in, the mortgaged property, subject only to permissible title insurance exceptions and senior liens, if any, and that the mortgaged property was free from damage and was in good repair; and o that each mortgage loan was made in compliance with, and is enforceable under, all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations in all material respects. If a person other than a mortgage collateral seller makes any of the foregoing representations and warranties on behalf of such mortgage collateral seller, the identity of such person will be specified in the related prospectus supplement. Any person making representations and warranties on behalf of a mortgage collateral seller shall be an affiliate thereof or such other person acceptable to the depositor having knowledge regarding the subject matter of such representations and warranties. All of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of a mortgage collateral seller in respect of a mortgage loan will have been made as of the date on which such mortgage collateral seller sold the mortgage loan to or on behalf of the depositor or to an Affiliated Intermediary Seller. In the case of the sale of mortgage loans by a mortgage collateral seller to an Affiliated Intermediary Seller, some or all of such representations and warranties may be reconstituted by such mortgage collateral seller as of the date on which the Affiliated Intermediary Seller sold such mortgage loans to the depositor. A substantial period of time may have elapsed between such date and the date of initial issuance of the series of securities evidencing an interest in such mortgage loan. Unless otherwise specified in the related prospectus supplement, in the event of a breach of any such representation or warranty that materially adversely affects the interests of the certificateholders in the mortgage loan, a designated seller or the mortgage collateral seller will be obligated to cure such breach or repurchase or substitute for the affected mortgage loan as described below. Since the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of such mortgage collateral seller do not address events that may occur following the sale and/or reconstitution, as applicable, of a mortgage loan by such mortgage collateral seller, it will have a cure, repurchase or substitution obligations in connection with a breach of such a representation and warranty only if the relevant event that causes such breach occurs prior to the date of such sale and/or reconstitution, as applicable. A mortgage collateral seller would have no such obligations if the relevant event that causes such breach occurs after the date of such sale and/or reconstitution, as applicable. However, the depositor will not include any mortgage loan in the trust fund for any series of securities if anything has come to the depositor's attention that would cause it to believe that the representations and warranties made in respect of such mortgage loan will not be accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date of initial issuance of the related series of securities. The only representations and warranties to be made for the benefit of holders of securities in respect of any mortgage loan relating to the period commencing on the date of sale of such mortgage loan by the mortgage collateral seller to or on behalf of the depositor will be certain limited representations of the depositor and of the master servicer or servicer described below under "Description of the Certificates--Assignment of Mortgage Loans". If the master servicer or servicer is also a mortgage collateral seller with respect to a particular series, such 17 representations will be in addition to the representations and warranties made by the master servicer or servicer in its capacity as a mortgage collateral seller. REPURCHASES OF MORTGAGE COLLATERAL If a designated seller or the mortgage collateral seller cannot cure a breach of any representation or warranty made by it and assigned to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders relating to an item of mortgage collateral within 90 days after notice from the master servicer, the servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the trustee, and the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the certificateholders in the item of mortgage collateral, the designated seller or the mortgage collateral seller, as the case may be, will be obligated to purchase the item of mortgage collateral at a price described in the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement. Likewise, as described under "Description of the Certificates--Review of Mortgage Loan Documents," if the servicer or the mortgage collateral seller, as applicable, cannot cure certain documentary defects with respect to a mortgage loan, the servicer or the mortgage collateral seller, as applicable, will be required to repurchase the item of mortgage collateral. The purchase price for any item of mortgage collateral will be equal to the principal balance thereof as of the date of purchase plus accrued and unpaid interest to the first day of the month following the month of repurchase, less the amount, expressed as a percentage per annum, payable in respect of servicing or administrative compensation and the uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset, if any. In certain limited cases, a substitution may be made in lieu of such repurchase obligation. See "--Limited Right of Substitution" below. Because the listing of the related mortgage collateral generally contains information with respect to the mortgage collateral as of the cut-off date, prepayments and, in certain limited circumstances, modifications to the interest rate and principal and interest payments may have been made with respect to one or more of the related items of mortgage collateral between the cut-off date and the closing date. Neither a designated seller nor any mortgage collateral seller will be required to repurchase or substitute for any item of mortgage collateral as a result of any such prepayment or modification. The master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will be required under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement to use its best reasonable efforts to enforce the repurchase obligation of the designated seller or the mortgage collateral seller of which it has knowledge due to a breach of a representation and warranty that was made to or assigned to the trustee (to the extent applicable), or the substitution right described below, for the benefit of the trustee and the certificateholders, using practices it would employ in its good faith business judgment and which are normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities. The master servicer or servicer is not obligated to review, and will not review, every loan that is in foreclosure or is delinquent to determine if a breach of a representation and warranty has occurred. The master servicer or servicer will maintain policies and procedures regarding repurchase practices that are consistent with its general servicing activities. These policies and procedures generally will limit review of loans that are seasoned and these policies and procedures are subject to change, in good faith, to reflect the master servicer's or servicer's current servicing activities. Application of these policies and procedures 18 may result in losses being borne by the related credit enhancement and, to the extent not available, the related certificateholders. The master servicer or servicer will be entitled to reimbursement for any costs and expenses incurred in pursuing any purchase or substitution obligation with respect to a breach by a seller of a representation and warranty that has been assigned to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders, including but not limited to any costs or expenses associated with litigation. In instances where a seller is unable, or disputes its obligation, to purchase affected mortgage loans, the master servicer or servicer, employing the standards described in the preceding paragraph, may negotiate and enter into one or more settlement agreements with that seller that could provide for, among other things, the purchase of only a portion of the affected mortgage loans or coverage of some loss amounts. Any such settlement could lead to losses on the mortgage loans which would be borne by the related credit enhancement, and to the extent not available, on the related certificates. Furthermore, the master servicer or servicer may pursue foreclosure or similar remedies concurrently with pursuing any remedy for a breach of a representation and warranty. However, the master servicer or servicer is not required to continue to pursue both remedies if it determines that one remedy is more likely to result in a greater recovery. In accordance with the above described practices, the master servicer or servicer will not be required to enforce any purchase obligation of a designated seller or mortgage collateral seller arising from any misrepresentation by the designated seller, or seller, if the master servicer or servicer determines in the reasonable exercise of its business judgment that the matters related to the misrepresentation did not directly cause or are not likely to directly cause a loss on the related mortgage loan. If the seller fails to repurchase and no breach of either the depositor's or the Affiliated Intermediary Seller's representations has occurred, the seller's purchase obligation will not become an obligation of the depositor or the Affiliated Intermediary Seller. In the case of a Designated Seller Transaction where the seller fails to repurchase a mortgage loan and neither the depositor, the Affiliated Intermediary Seller nor any other entity has assumed the representations and warranties, the repurchase obligation of the seller will not become an obligation of the depositor or Carrington Securities, LP. The foregoing obligations will constitute the sole remedies available to certificateholders or the trustee for a breach of any representation by a seller, if applicable, or for any other event giving rise to the obligations. Neither the depositor nor the master servicer or servicer will be obligated to purchase a mortgage loan if a seller or designated seller defaults on its obligation to do so, and no assurance can be given that the sellers will carry out those obligations with respect to mortgage loans. This type of default by a seller or designated seller is not a default by the depositor or by the master servicer or servicer. Any mortgage loan not so purchased or substituted for shall remain in the related trust and any losses related thereto shall be allocated to the related credit enhancement, and to the extent not available, to the related certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any seller requests that the master servicer or servicer consent to the transfer of subservicing rights relating to any mortgage loans to a successor servicer, the master servicer or servicer may release that seller from liability under its representations and warranties described above if the successor servicer assumes the seller's liability for the representations and warranties as of the date they were made. In that event, the 19 master servicer's or servicer's rights under the instrument by which the successor servicer assumes the seller's liability will be assigned to the trustee, and the successor servicer shall be deemed to be the "seller" for purposes of the foregoing provisions. LIMITED RIGHT OF SUBSTITUTION In the case of a mortgage loan required to be repurchased from the trust the related mortgage collateral seller or a designated seller, as applicable, may substitute a new mortgage loan for the repurchased mortgage loan that was removed from the trust, during the limited time period described below. Under some circumstances, any substitution must be effected within 120 days of the date of the issuance of the certificates with respect to a trust. With respect to a trust for which a REMIC election is to be made, except as otherwise provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the substitution must be effected within two years of the date of the issuance of the certificates, and may not be made unless an opinion of counsel is delivered to the effect that the substitution would not cause the trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC and either (a) an opinion of counsel is delivered to the effect that such substitution would not result in a prohibited transaction tax under the Internal Revenue Code or (b) the trust is indemnified for any prohibited transaction tax that may result from the substitution. In most cases, any qualified substitute mortgage loan will, on the date of substitution: o have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of the outstanding principal balance of the repurchased mortgage loan; o have a mortgage rate and a Net Mortgage Rate not less than, and not more than one percentage point greater than, the mortgage rate and Net Mortgage Rate, respectively, of the repurchased mortgage loan as of the date of substitution; o have an LTV ratio at the time of substitution no higher than that of the repurchased mortgage loan; o have a remaining term to maturity not greater than, and not more than one year less than, that of the repurchased mortgage loan; o be secured by mortgaged property located in the United States; and o comply with all of the representations and warranties described in the related pooling and servicing agreement as of the date of substitution. If the outstanding principal balance of a qualified substitute mortgage loan is less than the outstanding principal balance of the related repurchased mortgage loan, the amount of the shortfall shall be deposited into the Custodial Account in the month of substitution for distribution to the related certificateholders. The related pooling and servicing agreement may include additional requirements relating to ARM loans or other specific types of mortgage loans, or additional provisions relating to meeting the foregoing requirements on an aggregate basis 20 where a number of substitutions occur contemporaneously. A mortgage collateral seller, including a seller in a Designated Seller Transaction, will have no option to substitute for a mortgage loan that it is obligated to repurchase in connection with a breach of a representation and warranty. DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES GENERAL The certificates will be issued in series. Each series of certificates or, in some instances, two or more series of certificates, will be issued under a pooling and servicing agreement or, in the case of certificates backed by mortgage securities, a trust agreement, similar to one of the forms filed as an exhibit to the registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the certificates of which this prospectus is a part. Each pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a Form 8-K. The following summaries, together with additional summaries under "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement" below, describe all material terms and provisions relating to the certificates common to each pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement. All references to a "pooling and servicing agreement" and any discussion of the provisions of any pooling and servicing agreement will also apply to trust agreements. The summaries do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement for each trust and the accompanying prospectus supplement. Each series of certificates may consist of any one or a combination of the following types of certificates: Accretion Directed........... A class that receives principal payments from the accreted interest from specified accrual classes. An accretion directed class also may receive principal payments from principal paid on the underlying pool of assets. Accrual...................... A class that accretes the amount of accrued interest otherwise distributable on the class, which amount will be added as principal to the principal balance of the class on each applicable distribution date. The accretion may continue until some specified event has occurred or until the accrual class is retired. Companion.................... A class that receives principal payments on any distribution date only if scheduled payments have been made on specified planned principal classes, targeted principal classes or scheduled principal classes. Component.................... A class consisting of "components." The components of a class of component certificates 21 may have different principal and interest payment characteristics but together constitute a single class. Each component of a class of component certificates may be identified as falling into one or more of the categories in this chart. Fixed Rate................... A class with an interest rate that is fixed throughout the life of the class. Floating Rate................ A class with an interest rate that resets periodically based upon a designated index and that varies directly with changes in the index. Interest Only................ A class having no principal balance and bearing interest on the related notional amount. The notional amount is used for purposes of the determination of interest distributions. Inverse Floating Rate........ A class with an interest rate that resets periodically based upon a designated index and that varies inversely with changes in the index. Lockout...................... A class that, for the period of time specified in the related prospectus supplement, generally will not receive (in other words, is locked out of) (1) Principal Prepayments on the underlying pool of assets that are allocated disproportionately to the senior certificates because of the shifting interest structure of the certificates in the trust and/or (2) scheduled principal payments on the underlying pool of assets, as specified in the related prospectus supplement. During the lock-out period, the portion of the principal distributions on the underlying pool of assets that the lockout class is locked out of will be distributed to the other classes of senior certificates. Partial Accrual.............. A class that accretes a portion of the amount of accrued interest on it, which amount will be added to the principal balance of the class on each applicable distribution date, with the remainder of the accrued interest to be distributed currently as interest on the class. The accretion may continue until a specified event has occurred or until the partial accrual class is retired. Principal Only............... A class that does not bear interest and is entitled to receive only distributions of principal. 22 Planned Principal or PACs.... A class that is designed to receive principal payments using a predetermined principal balance schedule derived by assuming two constant prepayment rates for the underlying pool of assets. These two rates are the endpoints for the "structuring range" for the planned principal class. The planned principal classes in any series of certificates may be subdivided into different categories (e.g., primary planned principal classes, secondary planned principal classes and so forth) having different effective structuring ranges and different principal payment priorities. The structuring range for the secondary planned principal class of a series of certificates will be narrower than that for the primary planned principal class of the series. Scheduled Principal.......... A class that is designed to receive principal payments using a predetermined principal balance schedule but is not designated as a planned principal class or targeted principal class. In many cases, the schedule is derived by assuming two constant prepayment rates for the underlying pool of assets. These two rates are the endpoints for the "structuring range" for the scheduled principal class. Senior Support............... A class that absorbs the realized losses other than excess losses that would otherwise be allocated to a Super Senior class after the related classes of subordinated certificates are no longer outstanding. Sequential Pay............... Classes that receive principal payments in a prescribed sequence, that do not have predetermined principal balance schedules and that under all circumstances receive payments of principal continuously from the first distribution date on which they receive principal until they are retired. A single class that receives principal payments before or after all other classes in the same series of certificates may be identified as a sequential pay class. 23 Super Senior................. A class that will not bear its proportionate share of realized losses (other than excess losses) as its share is directed to another class, referred to as the "senior support class" until the class certificate balance of the support class is reduced to zero. Targeted Principal or TACs... A class that is designed to receive principal payments using a predetermined principal balance schedule derived by assuming a single constant prepayment rate for the underlying pool of assets. Variable Rate................ A class with an interest rate that resets periodically and is calculated by reference to the rate or rates of interest applicable to specified assets or instruments (e.g., the mortgage rates borne by the underlying mortgage loans). Credit support for each series of certificates may be provided by a mortgage pool insurance policy, mortgage insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, bankruptcy bond, letter of credit, purchase obligation, reserve fund, certificate insurance policy, surety bond or other credit enhancement as described under "Description of Credit Enhancement," or by the subordination of one or more classes of certificates as described under "Subordination" or by any combination of the foregoing. FORM OF CERTIFICATES As specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the certificates of each series will be issued either as physical certificates or in book-entry form. If issued as physical certificates, the certificates will be in fully registered form only in the denominations specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, and will be transferable and exchangeable at the corporate trust office of the certificate registrar appointed under the related pooling and servicing agreement to register the certificates. No service charge will be made for any registration of exchange or transfer of certificates, but the trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge. The term certificateholder or holder refers to the entity whose name appears on the records of the certificate registrar or, if applicable, a transfer agent, as the registered holder of the certificate, except as otherwise indicated in the accompanying prospectus supplement. If issued in book-entry form, the classes of a series of certificates will be initially issued through the book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC. No global security representing book-entry certificates may be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to another nominee of DTC. Thus, DTC or its nominee will be the only registered holder of the certificates and will be considered the sole representative of the beneficial owners of certificates for all purposes. The registration of the global securities in the name of Cede & Co. will not affect beneficial ownership and is performed merely to facilitate subsequent transfers. The book-entry system, is used because it eliminates the need for physical movement of securities. The laws of 24 some jurisdictions, however, may require some purchasers to take physical delivery of their securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to own or transfer book-entry certificates. Purchasers of securities in the United States may hold interests in the global certificates through DTC, either directly, if they are participants in that system, or indirectly through a participant in DTC. Purchasers of securities in Europe may hold interests in the global securities through Clearstream, Luxembourg, or through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system. Because DTC will be the only registered owner of the global securities, Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear will hold positions through their respective United States depositories, which in turn will hold those positions in customers' securities accounts in the depositaries' names on the books of DTC. DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, which holds securities for its DTC participants, which include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations. DTC together with the Clearstream and Euroclear System participating organizations facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between participants through electronic book-entry changes in the accounts of participants. Other institutions that are not participants but indirect participants which clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with participants have indirect access to DTC's clearance system. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, no beneficial owner in an interest in any book-entry certificate will be entitled to receive a certificate representing that interest in registered, certificated form, unless either (i) DTC is no longer willing and able to act as the depository and a successor depository is not obtained, or (ii) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related pooling and servicing agreement, the beneficial owners, representing in the aggregate not less than 66% of the ownership interests of the book entry certificates, advise the trustee that the book-entry system is no longer in the best interests of the beneficial owners. Upon the occurrence of one of the foregoing events, the trustee is required to notify, through DTC, participants who have ownership of DTC registered certificates as indicated on the records of DTC of the availability of definitive certificates for their DTC registered certificates. Upon surrender by DTC of the definitive certificates representing the DTC registered certificates and upon receipt of instructions from DTC for re-registration, the trustee will reissue the DTC registered certificates as definitive certificates issued in the respective principal amounts owned by individual beneficial owners, and thereafter the trustee and the master servicer or servicer will recognize the holders of the definitive certificates as certificateholders under the pooling and servicing agreement. Prior to any such event, beneficial owners will not be recognized by the trustee, the master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator as holders of the related certificates for purposes of the pooling and servicing agreement, and beneficial owners will be able to exercise their rights as owners of their certificates only indirectly through DTC, participants and indirect participants. Any beneficial owner that desires to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer any interest in book-entry certificates may do so only through DTC, either directly if the 25 beneficial owner is a participant or indirectly through participants and, if applicable, indirect participants. Under the procedures of DTC, transfers of the beneficial ownership of any book-entry certificates will be required to be made in minimum denominations specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The ability of a beneficial owner to pledge book-entry certificates to persons or entities that are not participants in the DTC system, or to otherwise act for the certificates, may be limited because of the lack of physical certificates evidencing the certificates and because DTC may act only on behalf of participants. Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Clearstream or Euroclear System participant as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant, other than a depositary holding on behalf of Clearstream or Euroclear System, will be credited during a subsequent securities settlement processing day, which must be a business day for Clearstream or Euroclear System, as the case may be, immediately following the DTC settlement date. Credits or any transactions in those securities settled during this processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear System participant or Clearstream participants on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear System as a result of sales of securities by or through a Clearstream participant or Euroclear System participant to a DTC participant, other than the depositary for Clearstream or Euroclear System, will be received with value on the DTC settlement date, but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear System cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC. Transfers between participants will occur in accordance with DTC rules. Transfers between Clearstream participants and Euroclear System participants will occur in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures. Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream participants or Euroclear System participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the relevant depositaries; however, the cross market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines defined with respect to European time. The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream participants and Euroclear System participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositaries. Clearstream, as a professional depository, holds securities for its participating organizations and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. As a professional depository, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Monetary Institute. Euroclear System was created to hold securities for participants of Euroclear System and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear System participants through simultaneous 26 electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. The Euroclear System operator is Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., under contract with the clearance cooperative, Euroclear System Clearance Systems S.C., a Belgian co-operative corporation. All operations are conducted by the Euroclear System operator, and all Euroclear System securities clearance accounts and Euroclear System cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear System operator, not the clearance cooperative. The clearance cooperative establishes policy for Euroclear System on behalf of Euroclear System participants. Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear System operator are governed by the terms and conditions Governing Use of Euroclear System and the related operating procedures of the Euroclear System and applicable Belgian law. The terms and conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear System, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear System, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear System. All securities in Euroclear System are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. Distributions on the book-entry certificates will be forwarded by the trustee to DTC, and DTC will be responsible for forwarding those payments to participants, each of which will be responsible for disbursing the payments to the beneficial owners it represents or, if applicable, to indirect participants. Accordingly, beneficial owners may experience delays in the receipt of payments relating to their certificates. Under DTC's procedures, DTC will take actions permitted to be taken by holders of any class of book-entry certificates under the pooling and servicing agreement only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account the book-entry certificates are credited and whose aggregate holdings represent no less than any minimum amount of percentage interests or voting rights required therefor. DTC may take conflicting actions with respect to any action of certificateholders of any class to the extent that participants authorize those actions. None of the master servicer, the servicer, the depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the trustee or any of their respective affiliates has undertaken any responsibility or assumed any responsibility for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the book-entry certificates, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial ownership interests. ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE LOANS At the time of issuance of a series of certificates, the depositor will cause the mortgage loans or mortgage securities and any other assets being included in the related trust to be assigned to the trustee or its nominee, which may be the custodian, together with, if specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, all principal and interest received on the mortgage loans or mortgage securities after the last day of the month of the cut-off date, other than principal and interest due on or before such date and any uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust. The trustee will, concurrently with that assignment, deliver a series of certificates to the depositor in exchange for the mortgage loans or mortgage securities. Each mortgage loan or mortgage security will be identified in a schedule appearing as an exhibit to the related pooling and servicing agreement. Each schedule of mortgage loans will include, among other things, information as to the principal balance of each mortgage loan as of the cut-off date, as well as information respecting the mortgage rate, the currently scheduled monthly payment of 27 principal and interest, the maturity of the mortgage note and the LTV ratio or CLTV ratio and junior mortgage ratio, as applicable, at origination or modification, without regard to any secondary financing. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, and in accordance with the rules of membership of Merscorp, Inc. and/or Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. or, MERS, assignments of the mortgages for the mortgage loans in the related trust will be registered electronically through Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or MERS(R) System. For mortgage loans registered through the MERS(R) System, MERS shall serve as mortgagee of record solely as a nominee in an administrative capacity on behalf of the trustee and shall not have any interest in any of those mortgage loans. In addition, except as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the depositor will, as to each mortgage loan other than mortgage loans underlying any mortgage securities, deliver to the trustee, or to the custodian, a set of legal documents relating to each mortgage loan that are in possession of the depositor, including: o the mortgage note and any modification or amendment thereto endorsed without recourse either in blank or to the order of the trustee or its nominee; o the mortgage, except for any mortgage not returned from the public recording office, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or a copy of the mortgage with evidence of recording indicated thereon; o an assignment in recordable form of the mortgage, or evidence that the mortgage is held for the trustee through the MERS(R) System and, for a mixed-use mortgage loan, the assignment of leases, rents and profits, if separate from the mortgage, and an executed reassignment of the assignment of leases, rents and profits; and o if applicable, any riders or modifications to the mortgage note and mortgage, together with any other documents at such times as described in the related pooling and servicing agreement. The assignments may be blanket assignments covering mortgages secured by mortgaged properties located in the same county, if permitted by law. If so provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the depositor may not be required to deliver one or more of the related documents if any of the documents are missing from the files of the party from whom the mortgage loan was purchased. If, for any mortgage loan, the depositor cannot deliver the mortgage with evidence of recording thereon concurrently with the execution and delivery of the related pooling and servicing agreement because of a delay caused by the public recording office, the depositor will deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee or the custodian a copy of the mortgage. The depositor will deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee or the custodian such mortgage with evidence of recording indicated thereon after receipt thereof from the public recording office or from the related servicer or subservicer. 28 Except as otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, assignments of the mortgage loans to the trustee will not be submitted for recording in any public recording office. Notwithstanding the preceding four paragraphs, the documents for home equity loans will be delivered to the trustee, or to the custodian, only to the extent specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Generally these documents will be retained by the master servicer or the servicer. REVIEW OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS The trustee or the custodian will hold documents in trust for the benefit of the certificateholders and, within 90 days after receipt thereof, will review such documents. If any such document is found to be defective in any material respect, the trustee or the custodian shall promptly notify the master servicer or the servicer, if any, and the depositor, and the master servicer or the servicer shall notify the mortgage collateral seller, a designated seller, or subservicer. If the mortgage collateral seller, the designated seller or the subservicer, as the case may be, cannot cure the defect within 60 days, or within the period specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, after notice of the defect is given to the mortgage collateral seller, the designated seller or the subservicer, as applicable, the mortgage collateral seller, the designated seller or the subservicer will be obligated no later than 90 days after such notice, or within the period specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, to either repurchase the related mortgage loan or any related property from the trustee or substitute a new mortgage loan in accordance with the standards described in this prospectus under "The Trust--Repurchases of Mortgage Collateral." Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the obligation of the mortgage collateral seller or subservicer to repurchase or substitute for a mortgage loan constitutes the sole remedy available to the certificateholders or the trustee for a material defect in a constituent document. Any mortgage loan not so purchased or substituted shall remain in the related trust. ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE SECURITIES The depositor will transfer, convey and assign to the trustee or its nominee, which may be the custodian, all right, title and interest of the depositor in the mortgage securities and other property to be included in the trust for a series. The assignment will include all principal and interest due on or with respect to the mortgage securities after the cut-off date specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, except for any uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset. The depositor will cause the mortgage securities to be registered in the name of the trustee or its nominee, and the trustee will concurrently authenticate and deliver the certificates. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the trustee will not be in possession of or be assignee of record of any underlying assets for a mortgage security. Each mortgage security will be identified in a schedule appearing as an exhibit to the related pooling and servicing agreement, which will specify as to each mortgage security information regarding the original principal amount and outstanding principal balance of each mortgage security as of the cut-off date, as well as the annual pass-through rate or interest rate for each mortgage security conveyed to the trustee. 29 SPREAD The depositor, the servicer, the mortgage collateral seller, the master servicer or any of their affiliates, or any other entity specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement may retain or be paid a portion of interest due with respect to the related mortgage collateral, which will be an uncertificated interest allocable to interest in the mortgage collateral. The payment of any portion of interest in this manner will be disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement. This payment may be in addition to any other payment, including a servicing fee, that the specified entity is otherwise entitled to receive with respect to the mortgage collateral. Any payment of this sort on an item of mortgage collateral will represent a specified portion of the interest payable thereon. The interest portion of a Realized Loss and any partial recovery of interest on an item of mortgage collateral will be allocated between the owners of this uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset and the certificateholders entitled to payments of interest as provided in the applicable pooling and servicing agreement. PAYMENTS ON MORTGAGE COLLATERAL Collection of Payments on Mortgage Loans The servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, will deposit or will cause to be deposited into the Custodial Account payments and collections received by it subsequent to the cut-off date, other than payments due on or before the cut-off date, as specifically described in the related pooling and servicing agreement, which in most cases, except as otherwise provided, will include the following: o all payments on account of principal of the mortgage loans comprising a trust; o all payments on account of interest on the mortgage loans comprising that trust, net of the portion of each payment thereof retained by the servicer or subservicer, if any, as its servicing or other compensation; o Liquidation Proceeds; o to the extent specified in the prospectus supplement, Subsequent Recoveries; o all amounts, net of unreimbursed liquidation expenses and insured expenses incurred, and unreimbursed Servicing Advances made, by the related subservicer, received and retained, and all Insurance Proceeds or proceeds from any alternative arrangements established in lieu of any such insurance and described in the applicable prospectus supplement, other than proceeds to be applied to the restoration of the related property or released to the mortgagor in accordance with the master servicer's or servicer's normal servicing procedures; o any Buy-Down Funds and, if applicable, investment earnings thereon, required to be paid to certificateholders; 30 o all proceeds of any mortgage loan in the trust purchased or, in the case of a substitution, amounts representing a principal adjustment, by the master servicer, the servicer, the depositor, the designated seller, the Affiliated Intermediary Seller, any subservicer or mortgage collateral seller or any other person under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement as described under "The Trusts--Representations With Respect to Mortgage Collateral" and "--Repurchases of Mortgage Collateral;" o any amount required to be deposited by the master servicer or servicer in connection with losses realized on investments of funds held in the Custodial Account; and o any amounts required to be transferred from the Certificate Account to the Custodial Account. In addition to the Custodial Account, the master servicer or servicer will establish and maintain the Certificate Account. Both the Custodial Account and the Certificate Account must be either: o maintained with a depository institution whose debt obligations at the time of any deposit therein are rated by any rating agency that rated any certificates of the related series not less than a specified level comparable to the rating category of the certificates; o an account or accounts the deposits in which are fully insured to the limits established by the FDIC, provided that any deposits not so insured shall be otherwise maintained so that, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, the certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such accounts or a perfected first priority security interest in any collateral securing those funds that is superior to the claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which the accounts are maintained; o in the case of the Custodial Account, a trust account or accounts maintained in either the corporate trust department or the corporate asset services department of a financial institution which has debt obligations that meet specified rating criteria; o in the case of the Certificate Account, a trust account or accounts maintained with the trustee; or o any other Eligible Account. The collateral that is eligible to secure amounts in an Eligible Account is limited to some Permitted Investments. A Certificate Account may be maintained as an interest-bearing or a non-interest-bearing account, or funds therein may be invested in Permitted Investments as described below. The Custodial Account may contain funds relating to more than one series of certificates as well as payments received on other mortgage loans and assets serviced or master serviced by the master servicer or servicer that have been deposited into the Custodial Account. 31 Unless otherwise described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, not later than the business day preceding each distribution date, the master servicer or servicer, as applicable, will withdraw from the Custodial Account and deposit into the applicable Certificate Account, in immediately available funds, the amount to be distributed therefrom to certificateholders on that distribution date. The master servicer, the servicer or the trustee will also deposit or cause to be deposited into the Certificate Account: o the amount of any Advances made by the master servicer or the servicer as described in this prospectus under "--Advances;" o any payments under any letter of credit or any certificate insurance policy, and any amounts required to be transferred to the Certificate Account from a reserve fund, as described under "Description of Credit Enhancement" below; o any amounts required to be paid by the master servicer or servicer out of its own funds due to the operation of a deductible clause in any blanket policy maintained by the master servicer or servicer to cover hazard losses on the mortgage loans as described under "Insurance Policies on Mortgage Loans" below; o any distributions received on any mortgage securities included in the trust; and o any other amounts as described in the related pooling and servicing agreement. The portion of any payment received by the master servicer or the servicer relating to a mortgage loan that is allocable to an uncertificated interest allocable to interest not retained by the depositor or any of its affiliates with respect to any trust asset, will typically be deposited into the Custodial Account, but the portion of any such payment allocable to an uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset retained by the depositor or any of its affiliates will not be deposited in the Certificate Account for the related series of certificates and will be distributed as provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement. Funds on deposit in the Custodial Account may be invested in Permitted Investments maturing in general not later than the business day preceding the next distribution date and funds on deposit in the related Certificate Account may be invested in Permitted Investments maturing, in general, no later than the distribution date. Except as otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, all income and gain realized from any investment will be for the account of the servicer or the master servicer as additional servicing compensation. The amount of any loss incurred in connection with any such investment must be deposited in the Custodial Account or in the Certificate Account, as the case may be, by the servicer or the master servicer out of its own funds upon realization of the loss. Buy-Down Mortgage Loans For each Buy-Down Mortgage Loan, the subservicer will deposit the related Buy-Down Funds provided to it in a Buy-Down Account which will comply with the requirements described in this prospectus with respect to a Subservicing Account. Unless otherwise specified in the 32 accompanying prospectus supplement, the terms of all Buy-Down Mortgage Loans provide for the contribution of Buy-Down Funds in an amount equal to or exceeding either (i) the total payments to be made from those funds under the related buy-down plan or (ii) if the Buy-Down Funds are to be deposited on a discounted basis, that amount of Buy-Down Funds which, together with investment earnings thereon at a rate as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement will support the scheduled level of payments due under the Buy-Down Mortgage Loan. None of the master servicer, the servicer or the depositor will be obligated to add to any discounted Buy-Down Funds any of its own funds should investment earnings prove insufficient to maintain the scheduled level of payments. To the extent that any insufficiency is not recoverable from the mortgagor or, in an appropriate case, from the subservicer, distributions to certificateholders may be affected. For each Buy-Down Mortgage Loan, the subservicer will withdraw from the Buy-Down Account and remit to the master servicer or servicer on or before the date specified in the applicable subservicing agreement the amount, if any, of the Buy-Down Funds, and, if applicable, investment earnings thereon, for each Buy-Down Mortgage Loan that, when added to the amount due from the mortgagor on the Buy-Down Mortgage Loan, equals the full monthly payment which would be due on the Buy-Down Mortgage Loan if it were not subject to the buy-down plan. The Buy-Down Funds will in no event be a part of the related trust. If the mortgagor on a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan prepays the mortgage loan in its entirety during the Buy-Down Period, the applicable subservicer will withdraw from the Buy-Down Account and remit to the mortgagor or any other designated party in accordance with the related buy-down plan any Buy-Down Funds remaining in the Buy-Down Account. If a prepayment by a mortgagor during the Buy-Down Period together with Buy-Down Funds will result in full prepayment of a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan, the subservicer will, in most cases, be required to withdraw from the Buy-Down Account and remit to the master servicer or servicer the Buy-Down Funds and investment earnings thereon, if any, which together with such prepayment will result in a prepayment in full; provided that Buy-Down Funds may not be available to cover a prepayment under some mortgage loan programs. Any Buy-Down Funds so remitted to the master servicer or servicer in connection with a prepayment described in the preceding sentence will be deemed to reduce the amount that would be required to be paid by the mortgagor to repay fully the related mortgage loan if the mortgage loan were not subject to the buy-down plan. Any investment earnings remaining in the Buy-Down Account after prepayment or after termination of the Buy-Down Period will be remitted to the related mortgagor or any other designated party under the buy-down agreement. If the mortgagor defaults during the Buy-Down Period with respect to a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan and the property securing that Buy-Down Mortgage Loan is sold in liquidation either by the master servicer, the servicer, the primary insurer, the pool insurer under the mortgage pool insurance policy or any other insurer, the subservicer will be required to withdraw from the Buy-Down Account the Buy-Down Funds and all investment earnings thereon, if any, and remit the same to the master servicer or servicer or, if instructed by the master servicer or servicer, pay the same to the primary insurer or the pool insurer, as the case may be, if the mortgaged property is transferred to that insurer and the insurer pays all of the loss incurred relating to such default. 33 Because Buy-Down Funds may have been provided by a third party such as the seller of the mortgaged property, a home builder, or an employer, such funds may be subject to third party claims, offsets, defenses or counterclaims in the event of a dispute between the mortgagor and such third party or otherwise. In addition, upon foreclosure the inclusion of personal property collateral may present additional defenses for the mortgagor to assert. Collection of Payments on Mortgage Securities The trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, will deposit in the Certificate Account all payments on the mortgage securities as they are received after the cut-off date. If the trustee has not received a distribution for any mortgage security by the second business day after the date on which such distribution was due and payable, the trustee will request the issuer or guarantor, if any, of such mortgage security to make such payment as promptly as possible and legally permitted. The trustee may take any legal action against the related issuer or guarantor as is appropriate under the circumstances, including the prosecution of any claims in connection therewith. The reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by the trustee in connection with the prosecution of any legal action will be reimbursable to the trustee out of the proceeds of the action and will be retained by the trustee prior to the deposit of any remaining proceeds in the Certificate Account pending distribution thereof to the certificateholders of the affected series. If the trustee has reason to believe that the proceeds of the legal action may be insufficient to cover its projected legal fees and expenses, the trustee will notify the related certificateholders that it is not obligated to pursue any available remedies unless adequate indemnity for its legal fees and expenses is provided by the certificateholders. WITHDRAWALS FROM THE CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT The servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Custodial Account for various purposes, as specifically described in the related pooling and servicing agreement, which in most cases will include the following: o to make deposits to the Certificate Account in the amounts and in the manner provided in the pooling and servicing agreement and described above under "--Payments on Mortgage Collateral;" o to reimburse itself or any subservicer for Advances, or for Servicing Advances, out of late payments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, any proceeds relating to any REO Mortgage Loan or collections on the mortgage loan with respect to which those Advances or Servicing Advances were made; o to pay to itself or any subservicer unpaid servicing fees and subservicing fees, out of payments or collections of interest on each mortgage loan; o to pay to itself as additional servicing compensation any investment income on funds deposited in the Custodial Account, any amounts remitted by subservicers as interest on partial prepayments on the mortgage loans, and, if so provided in the pooling and 34 servicing agreement, any profits realized upon disposition of a mortgaged property acquired by deed in lieu of foreclosure or repossession or otherwise allowed under the pooling and servicing agreement; o to pay to itself, a subservicer, the Affiliated Intermediary Seller, the depositor, the designated seller or the mortgage collateral seller all amounts received on each mortgage loan purchased, repurchased or removed under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement and not required to be distributed as of the date on which the related purchase price is determined; o to pay the depositor or its assignee, or any other party named in the accompanying prospectus supplement, all amounts allocable to any uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset, if any, out of collections or payments which represent interest on each mortgage loan, including any mortgage loan as to which title to the underlying mortgaged property was acquired; o to reimburse itself or any subservicer for any Nonrecoverable Advance and for Advances that have been capitalized by adding the delinquent interest and other amounts owed under the mortgage loan to the principal balance of the mortgage loan, in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement; o to reimburse itself or the depositor for other expenses incurred for which it or the depositor is entitled to reimbursement, including reimbursement in connection with enforcing any repurchase, substitution or indemnification obligation of any seller that is assigned to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholder, or against which it or the depositor is indemnified under the pooling and servicing agreement; o to withdraw any amount deposited in the Custodial Account that was not required to be deposited therein; and o to clear the Custodial Account of amounts relating to the corresponding mortgage loans in connection with the termination of the trust under the pooling and servicing agreement, as described in "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement--Termination; Retirement of Certificates." DISTRIBUTIONS Beginning on the distribution date in the month next succeeding the month in which the cut-off date occurs, or any other date as may be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, for a series of certificates, distribution of principal and interest, or, where applicable, of principal only or interest only, on each class of certificates entitled to such payments will be made either by the trustee, the servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator acting on behalf of the trustee or a paying agent appointed by the trustee. The distributions will be made to the persons who are registered as the holders of the certificates at the close of business on the last business day of the preceding month or on such other day as is specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. 35 Distributions will be made in immediately available funds, by wire transfer or otherwise, to the account of a certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities, if the certificateholder has so notified the trustee, the servicer, the master servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the paying agent, as the case may be, and the applicable pooling and servicing agreement provides for that form of payment, or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to such payment as it appears on the certificate register. Except as otherwise provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement, the final distribution in retirement of the certificates of any class, other than a subordinate class, will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the certificates at the office or agency of the trustee specified in the notice to the certificateholders. Distributions will be made to each certificateholder in accordance with that holder's percentage interest in a particular class. As a result of the provisions described below under "--Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans," under which the certificate principal balance of a class of subordinate certificates can be increased in certain circumstances after it was previously reduced to zero, each certificate of a subordinate class of certificates will be considered to remain outstanding until the termination of the related trust, even if the certificate principal balance thereof has been reduced to zero. Principal and Interest on the Certificates The method of determining, and the amount of, distributions of principal and interest, or, where applicable, of principal only or interest only, on a particular series of certificates will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Distributions of interest on each class of certificates will be made prior to distributions of principal thereon. Each class of certificates, other than classes of strip certificates, may have a different specified interest rate, or pass-through rate, which may be a fixed, variable or adjustable pass-through rate, or any combination of two or more pass-through rates. The accompanying prospectus supplement will specify the pass-through rate or rates for each class, or the initial pass-through rate or rates and the method for determining the pass-through rate or rates. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, interest on the certificates will accrue during each calendar month and will be payable on the distribution date in the following calendar month. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, interest on any class of certificates for any distribution date may be limited to the extent of available funds for that distribution date. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, interest on the certificates will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. On each distribution date for a series of certificates, the trustee or the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the trustee will distribute or cause the paying agent to distribute, as the case may be, to each holder of record on the last day of the preceding month of a class of certificates, or on such other day as is specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, an amount equal to the percentage interest represented by the certificate held by that holder multiplied by that class's Distribution Amount. In the case of a series of certificates which includes two or more classes of certificates, the timing, sequential order, priority of payment or amount of distributions of principal, and any schedule or formula or other provisions applicable to that determination, including distributions 36 among multiple classes of senior certificates or subordinate certificates, shall be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Distributions of principal on any class of certificates will be made on a pro rata basis among all of the certificates of that class or as otherwise described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Except as otherwise provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement, on or prior to the 20th day, or, if the 20th day is not a business day, the next business day, of the month of distribution, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will determine the amounts of principal and interest which will be passed through to certificateholders on the immediately succeeding distribution date. Prior to the close of business on the business day next succeeding each determination date, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will furnish a statement to the trustee with information to be made available to certificateholders by the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, on request, setting forth, among other things, the amount to be distributed on the next succeeding distribution date. EXAMPLE OF DISTRIBUTIONS The following chart provides an example of the flow of funds as it would relate to a hypothetical series of certificates backed by mortgage loans that are issued, and with a cut-off date occurring, in August 2005: DATE NOTE DESCRIPTION - -------------------- ---- -------------------------------------------------- August 1 (A) Cut-off date. August 2-31 (B) Servicers or subservicers, as applicable, receive any Principal Prepayments and applicable interest thereon. August 2-September 1 (C) The due dates for payments on a mortgage loan. September 15 (D) Determination date. September 19 (E) Subservicers, if any, remit to the master servicer or servicer scheduled payments of principal and interest due during the related Due Period and received or advanced by them. September 23 (F) Master servicer or servicer remits to trustee scheduled payments of principal and interest due during the related Due Period and received or advanced by them September 24 (G) Record date. September 26 (H) Distribution date. Succeeding months follow the pattern of (B) through (H), except that for succeeding months, (B) will also include the first day of that month. A series of certificates may have different 37 prepayment periods, Due Periods, cut-off dates, record dates, remittance dates, determination dates and/or distribution dates than those described above. - ---------- (A) The initial principal balance of the mortgage pool will be the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans at the close of business on August 1 after deducting principal payments due on or before that date or as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Those principal payments due on or before August 1 and the accompanying interest payments, and any Principal Prepayments received as of the close of business on August 1 are not part of the mortgage pool and will not be passed through to certificateholders. (B) Any Principal Prepayments may be received at any time during this period and will be remitted to the master servicer or servicer as described in (E) below or to the trustee as described in (F) below for distribution to certificateholders as described in (G) below, as applicable. When a mortgage loan is prepaid in full, interest on the amount prepaid is collected from the mortgagor only to the date of payment. Partial Principal Prepayments are applied so as to reduce the principal balances of the related mortgage loans as of the first day of the month in which the payments are made; no interest will be paid to certificateholders from such prepaid amounts for the month in which the partial Principal Prepayments were received. (C) Scheduled principal and interest payments are due from mortgagors. (D) On September 15, the master servicer or servicer will determine the amounts of principal and interest that will be passed through on September 26 (because September 25, 2005 is not a business day) to the holders of each class of certificates as described in (G) below. The subservicer, if applicable will remit this amount to the master servicer or servicer. (E) If a subservicing agreement is in place, payments due from mortgagors during the related Due Period will be deposited by the subservicers in Subservicing Accounts, or will be otherwise managed in a manner acceptable to the rating agencies, as received and will include the scheduled principal payments plus interest on the principal balances immediately prior to those payments. Funds required to be remitted from the Subservicing Accounts to the master servicer or servicer will be remitted on September 19, 2005 (because September 18, 2005 is not a business day) together with any required Advances by the subservicers, except that Principal Prepayments in full and Principal Prepayments in part received by subservicers during the month of August will have been remitted to the master servicer or the servicer, as applicable, within five business days of receipt. (F) If no subservicing agreement is in place, payments due from mortgagors during the related Due Period will be deposited by the servicer in the Custodial Account, or will be otherwise managed in a manner acceptable to the rating agencies, as received and will include the scheduled principal payments plus interest on the principal balances immediately prior to those payments. The master servicer or servicer will be obligated to deposit into the Certificate Account those payments due during the related Due Period 38 that have been received prior to and including September 23, 2005 (because September 24, 2005 and September 25, 2005 are not business days), as well as all Principal Prepayments received on the mortgage loans in August, with interest adjusted to the pass-through rates applicable to the respective classes of certificates and reduced on account of Principal Prepayments as described in clause (B) above. Distributions to the holders of senior certificates, if any, on September 26 (because September 25, 2005 is not a business day) may include amounts otherwise distributable to the holders of the related subordinate certificates, amounts withdrawn from any reserve fund, amounts drawn against any certificate insurance policy and amounts advanced by the master servicer or the servicer under the circumstances described in "Subordination" and "--Advances." (G) Distributions on September 26 (because September 25, 2005 is not a business day) will be made to certificateholders of record at the close of business on September 23 (because September 24, 2005 and September 25, 2005 are not business days). (H) On September 26 (because September 25, 2005 is not a business day), the amounts determined on September 23 will be distributed to certificateholders. If provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the distribution date for any series of certificates as to which the trust includes mortgage securities may be a specified date or dates other than the 25th day of each month in order to allow for the receipt of distributions on the mortgage securities. ADVANCES As to each series of certificates, the master servicer or the servicer will make Advances on or before each distribution date, but only to the extent that the Advances would, in the judgment of the master servicer or the servicer, be recoverable out of late payments by the mortgagors, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise. The amount of any Advance will be determined based on the amount payable under the mortgage loan as adjusted from time to time and as may be modified as described in this prospectus under "--Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral," and no Advance will be required in connection with any reduction in amounts payable under the Relief Act or as a result of certain actions taken by a bankruptcy court. As specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement for any series of certificates as to which the trust includes mortgage securities, any advancing obligations will be under the terms of the mortgage securities and may differ from the provisions relating to Advances described in this prospectus. Advances are intended to maintain a regular flow of scheduled interest and principal payments to related certificateholders. Advances do not represent an obligation of the master servicer or servicer to guarantee or insure against losses. If Advances have been made by the master servicer or servicer from cash being held for future distribution to certificateholders, those funds will be required to be replaced on or before any future distribution date to the extent that funds in the Certificate Account on that distribution date would be less than payments required to be made to certificateholders. Any Advances will be reimbursable to the master servicer or 39 servicer out of recoveries on the related mortgage loans for which those amounts were advanced, including late payments made by the related mortgagor, any related Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, proceeds of any applicable form of credit enhancement, or proceeds of any mortgage collateral purchased by the depositor, the Affiliated Intermediary Seller, a subservicer, the designated seller or a mortgage collateral seller. Advances will also be reimbursable from cash otherwise distributable to certificateholders to the extent that the master servicer or servicer shall determine that any Advances previously made are not ultimately recoverable as described in the third preceding paragraph. In addition, Advances will be reimbursable from cash otherwise distributable to certificateholders if they have been capitalized by adding the delinquent interest to the outstanding principal balance of the related mortgage loan, as described under "--Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral." For any senior/subordinate series, so long as the related subordinate certificates remain outstanding with a certificate principal balance greater than zero and except for Special Hazard Losses, Fraud Losses and Bankruptcy Losses, in each case in excess of specified amounts, and Extraordinary Losses, the Advances may be reimbursable first out of amounts otherwise distributable to holders of the subordinate certificates, if any. The master servicer or the servicer may also be obligated to make Servicing Advances, to the extent recoverable out of Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, for some taxes and insurance premiums not paid by mortgagors on a timely basis. Funds so advanced will be reimbursable to the master servicer or servicer to the extent permitted by the pooling and servicing agreement. The master servicer's or servicer's obligation to make Advances may be supported by another entity, a letter of credit or other method as may be described in the related pooling and servicing agreement. If the short-term or long-term obligations of the provider of the support are downgraded by a rating agency rating the related certificates or if any collateral supporting such obligation is not performing or is removed under the terms of any agreement described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the certificates may also be downgraded. PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALLS When a mortgagor prepays a mortgage loan in full between scheduled due dates for the mortgage loan, the mortgagor pays interest on the amount prepaid only to but not including the date on which the Principal Prepayment is made. Similarly, Liquidation Proceeds from a mortgaged property will not include interest for any period after the date on which the liquidation took place. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, to the extent funds are available from the servicing fee, the master servicer or servicer may make an additional payment to certificateholders out of the servicing fee otherwise payable to it for any mortgage loan that prepaid during the related prepayment period equal to the Compensating Interest for that mortgage loan from the date of the prepayment to the related due date. Compensating Interest will be limited to the aggregate amount specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement and may not be sufficient to cover the Prepayment Interest Shortfall. If so disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls may be applied to reduce interest otherwise payable with respect to one or more classes of certificates of a series. See "Yield Considerations." 40 FUNDING ACCOUNT If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a pooling and servicing agreement or other agreement may provide for the transfer by the sellers of additional mortgage loans to the related trust after the closing date for the related certificates. Any additional mortgage loans will be required to conform to the requirements described in the related pooling and servicing agreement or other agreement providing for such transfer. If a Funding Account is established, all or a portion of the proceeds of the sale of one or more classes of certificates of the related series or a portion of collections on the mortgage loans relating to principal will be deposited in such account to be released as additional mortgage loans are transferred. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a Funding Account will be required to be maintained as an Eligible Account. All amounts in the Funding Account will be required to be invested in Permitted Investments and the amount held in the Funding Account shall at no time exceed 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the certificates. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the related pooling and servicing agreement or other agreement providing for the transfer of additional mortgage loans will provide that all transfers must be made within 90 days, and that amounts set aside to fund the transfers, whether in a Funding Account or otherwise, and not so applied within the required period of time will be deemed to be Principal Prepayments and applied in the manner described in the prospectus supplement. REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS On each distribution date, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will forward or cause to be forwarded to each certificateholder of record, or will make available to each certificateholder of record in the manner described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a statement or statements with respect to the related trust setting forth the information described in the related pooling and servicing agreement. Except as otherwise provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement, the information will include the following (as applicable): o the applicable record date, determination date and distribution date; o the aggregate amount of payments received with respect to the mortgage loans, including prepayment amounts; o the amount of any other fees or expenses paid, and the identity of the party receiving such fees or expenses; o the amount, if any, of the distribution allocable to principal; o the amount, if any, of the distribution allocable to interest and the amount, if any, of any shortfall in the amount of interest and principal; o the outstanding principal balance or notional amount of each class of certificates before and after giving effect to the distribution of principal on that distribution date; 41 o updated pool composition information, including weighted average interest rate and weighted average remaining term; o the balance of the reserve fund, if any, at the opening of business and the close of business on that distribution date; o in the case of certificates benefiting from alternative credit enhancement arrangements described in a prospectus supplement, the amount of coverage under alternative arrangements as of the close of business on the applicable determination date and a description of any alternative credit enhancement; o the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the mortgage collateral after giving effect to the distribution of principal on that distribution date, and the number of mortgage loans at the beginning and end of the reporting period; o based on the most recent reports furnished by subservicers, the number and aggregate principal balances of any items of mortgage collateral in the related trust that are delinquent (a) 30-59 days, (b) 60-89 days and (c) 90 or more days, and that are in foreclosure; o the amount of any losses on the mortgage loans during the reporting period; o information about the amount, terms and general purpose of any advances made or reimbursed during the reporting period; o any material modifications, extensions or waivers to the terms of the mortgage loans during the reporting period or that have cumulatively become material over time; o any material breaches of mortgage loan representations or warranties or covenants in the pooling and servicing agreement; o the servicing fee payable to the master servicer or servicer and the subservicer; and o for any series of certificates as to which the trust includes mortgage securities, any additional information as required under the related pooling and servicing agreement. In addition to the information described above, reports to certificateholders will contain any other information as is described in the applicable pooling and servicing agreement, which may include, without limitation, information as to Advances, reimbursements to subservicers, the servicer and the master servicer and losses borne by the related trust. In addition, within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will furnish on request a report to each person that was a holder of record of any class of certificates at any time during that calendar year. The report will include information as to the aggregate of amounts reported 42 under the first two items in the list above for that calendar year or, if the person was a holder of record of a class of certificates during a portion of that calendar year, for the applicable portion of that year. SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MORTGAGE COLLATERAL General The master servicer, the Certificate Administrator or any servicer, as applicable, that is a party to a pooling and servicing agreement, will be required to perform the services and duties specified in the related pooling and servicing agreement. The duties to be performed by the master servicer or servicer will include the customary functions of a servicer, including collection of payments from mortgagors; maintenance of any primary mortgage insurance, hazard insurance and other types of insurance; processing of assumptions or substitutions; attempting to cure delinquencies; supervising foreclosures; inspection and management of mortgaged properties under certain circumstances; and maintaining accounting records relating to the mortgage collateral. For any series of certificates for which the trust includes mortgage securities, the master servicer's or servicer's or Certificate Administrator's servicing and administration obligations will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Under each pooling and servicing agreement, the servicer or the master servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with one or more subservicers who will agree to perform certain functions for the servicer or master servicer relating to the servicing and administration of the mortgage loans included in the trust relating to the subservicing agreement. A subservicer may be an affiliate of the depositor. Under any subservicing agreement, each subservicer will agree, among other things, to perform some or all of the servicer's or the master servicer's servicing obligations, including but not limited to, making Advances to the related certificateholders. The servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, will remain liable for its servicing obligations that are delegated to a subservicer as if the servicer or the master servicer alone were servicing such mortgage loans. Collection and Other Servicing Procedures The servicer or the master servicer, directly or through subservicers, as the case may be, will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the mortgage loans and will, consistent with the related pooling and servicing agreement and any applicable insurance policy or other credit enhancement, follow the collection procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans serviced by it that are comparable to the mortgage loans. The servicer or the master servicer may, in its discretion, waive any prepayment charge in connection with the prepayment of a mortgage loan or extend the due dates for payments due on a mortgage note, provided that the insurance coverage for the mortgage loan or any coverage provided by any alternative credit enhancement will not be adversely affected thereby. The master servicer or servicer may also waive or modify any term of a mortgage loan so long as the master servicer or servicer has determined that the waiver or modification is not materially adverse to any certificateholders, taking into account any estimated loss that may result absent that action. For any series of certificates as to which the trust includes mortgage securities, the master servicer's 43 or servicer's servicing and administration obligations will be under the terms of those mortgage securities. In instances in which a mortgage loan is in default or if default is reasonably foreseeable, and if determined by the master servicer or servicer to be in the best interests of the related certificateholders, the master servicer or servicer may permit modifications of the mortgage loan rather than proceeding with foreclosure. In making this determination, the estimated Realized Loss that might result if the mortgage loan were liquidated would be taken into account. These modifications may have the effect of, among other things, reducing the mortgage rate, forgiving payments of principal, interest or other amounts owed under the mortgage loan, such as taxes and insurance premiums, extending the final maturity date of the mortgage loan, capitalizing delinquent interest and other amounts owed under the mortgage loan by adding that amount to the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loan, or any combination of these or other modifications. Any modified mortgage loan may remain in the related trust, and the reduction in collections resulting from the modification may result in reduced distributions of interest or principal on, or may extend the final maturity of, one or more classes of the related certificates. In connection with any significant partial prepayment of a mortgage loan, the master servicer or servicer, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the mortgage note and local law and practice, may permit the mortgage loan to be re-amortized so that the monthly payment is recalculated as an amount that will fully amortize its remaining principal balance by the original maturity date based on the original mortgage rate, provided that the re-amortization shall not be permitted if it would constitute a modification of the mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes. The master servicer, any servicer or one or more subservicers for a given trust may establish and maintain an escrow account in which mortgagors will be required to deposit amounts sufficient to pay taxes, assessments, certain mortgage and hazard insurance premiums and other comparable items unless, in the case of junior mortgage loans, the mortgagor is required to escrow such amounts under the senior mortgage documents. Withdrawals from any escrow account may be made to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, mortgage and hazard insurance, to refund to mortgagors amounts determined to be owed, to pay interest on balances in the escrow account, if required, to repair or otherwise protect the mortgage properties and to clear and terminate such account. The master servicer or any servicer or subservicer, as the case may be, will be responsible for the administration of each such escrow account and will be obligated to make advances to the escrow accounts when a deficiency exists therein. The master servicer, servicer or subservicer will be entitled to reimbursement for any advances from the Custodial Account. Other duties and responsibilities of each servicer, the master servicer and the Certificate Administrator are described above under "--Payments on Mortgage Collateral." Special Servicing The pooling and servicing agreement for a series of certificates may name a Special Servicer, which may be an affiliate of the depositor. The Special Servicer will be responsible for the servicing of certain delinquent mortgage loans as described in the prospectus supplement. 44 The Special Servicer may have certain discretion to extend relief to mortgagors whose payments become delinquent. The Special Servicer may be permitted to grant a period of temporary indulgence to a mortgagor or may enter into a liquidating plan providing for repayment by the mortgagor, in each case without the prior approval of the master servicer or the servicer, as applicable. Other types of forbearance typically will require the approval of the master servicer or servicer, as applicable. In addition, the master servicer or servicer may enter into various agreements with holders of one or more classes of subordinate certificates or of a class of securities representing interests in one or more classes of subordinate certificates. Under the terms of those agreements, the holder may, for some delinquent mortgage loans: o instruct the master servicer or servicer to commence or delay foreclosure proceedings, provided that the holder deposits a specified amount of cash with the master servicer or servicer which will be available for distribution to certificateholders if Liquidation Proceeds are less than they otherwise may have been had the master servicer or servicer acted under its normal servicing procedures; o instruct the master servicer or servicer to purchase the mortgage loans from the trust prior to the commencement of foreclosure proceedings at the purchase price and to resell the mortgage loans to the holder, in which case any subsequent loss with respect to the mortgage loans will not be allocated to the senior certificateholders; or o become, or designate a third party to become, a subservicer with respect to the mortgage loans so long as (i) the master servicer or servicer has the right to transfer the subservicing rights and obligations of the mortgage loans to another subservicer at any time or (ii) the holder or its servicing designee is required to service the mortgage loans according to the master servicer's or servicer's servicing guidelines. In addition, the accompanying prospectus supplement may provide for the other types of special servicing arrangements. Enforcement of "Due-on-Sale" Clauses Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, when any mortgaged property relating to a mortgage loan, other than an ARM loan, is about to be conveyed by the mortgagor, the master servicer or the servicer, as applicable, directly or through a subservicer, to the extent it has knowledge of such proposed conveyance, generally will be obligated to exercise the trustee's rights to accelerate the maturity of such mortgage loan under any due-on-sale clause applicable thereto. A due-on-sale clause will be enforced only if the exercise of such rights is permitted by applicable law and only to the extent it would not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any primary insurance policy or applicable credit enhancement arrangements. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans--The Mortgage Loans--Enforceability of Certain Provisions." If the master servicer, servicer or subservicer is prevented from enforcing a due-on-sale clause under applicable law or if the master servicer, servicer or subservicer determines that it is 45 reasonably likely that a legal action would be instituted by the related mortgagor to avoid enforcement of such due-on-sale clause, the master servicer, servicer or subservicer will enter into an assumption and modification agreement with the person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, under which such person becomes liable under the mortgage note subject to certain specified conditions. The original mortgagor may be released from liability on a mortgage loan if the master servicer, servicer or subservicer shall have determined in good faith that such release will not adversely affect the collectability of the mortgage loan. An ARM loan may be assumed if it is by its terms assumable and if, in the reasonable judgment of the master servicer, servicer or subservicer, the proposed transferee of the related mortgaged property establishes its ability to repay the loan and the security for the ARM loan would not be impaired by the assumption. If a mortgagor transfers the mortgaged property subject to an ARM loan without consent, such ARM loan may be declared due and payable. Any fee collected by the master servicer, servicer or subservicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement or for processing a request for partial release of the mortgaged property generally will be retained by the master servicer, servicer or subservicer as additional servicing compensation. In connection with any assumption, the mortgage rate borne by the related mortgage note may not be altered. Mortgagors may, from time to time, request partial releases of the mortgaged properties, easements, consents to alteration or demolition and other similar matters. The master servicer, servicer or subservicer may approve such a request if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgment, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, and the timely and full collectability of, the related mortgage loan. REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS For a mortgage loan in default, the master servicer or servicer or the related subservicer will decide whether to foreclose upon the mortgaged property or write off the principal balance of the mortgage loan as a bad debt. In connection with such decision, the master servicer or servicer or the related subservicer will, following usual practices in connection with senior and junior mortgage servicing activities, estimate the proceeds expected to be received and the expenses expected to be incurred in connection with such foreclosure to determine whether a foreclosure proceeding is appropriate. For any junior mortgage loan, following any default, if the senior mortgage holder commences a foreclosure action it is likely that such mortgage loan will be written off as bad debt with no foreclosure proceeding unless foreclosure proceeds for such mortgage loan are expected to at least satisfy the related senior mortgage loan in full and to pay foreclosure costs. Any acquisition of title and cancellation of any REO Mortgage Loan will be considered for most purposes to be an outstanding mortgage loan held in the trust until it is converted into a Liquidated Mortgage Loan. For purposes of calculations of amounts distributable to certificateholders relating to an REO Mortgage Loan, the amortization schedule in effect at the time of any acquisition of title, before any adjustment by reason of any bankruptcy or any similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period, will be deemed to have continued in effect and, in the case of an ARM loan, the amortization schedule will be deemed to have adjusted in accordance with any interest rate changes occurring on any adjustment date, so long as the REO Mortgage Loan is considered to remain in the trust. If a REMIC election has been made, any mortgaged property 46 so acquired by the trust must be disposed of in accordance with applicable federal income tax regulations and consistent with the status of the trust as a REMIC. To the extent provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement, any income, net of expenses and other than gains described in the second succeeding paragraph, received by the subservicer, servicer or the master servicer on the mortgaged property prior to its disposition will be deposited in the Custodial Account on receipt and will be available at that time for making payments to certificateholders. For a mortgage loan in default, the master servicer or servicer may pursue foreclosure or similar remedies subject to any senior loan positions and certain other restrictions pertaining to junior loans as described under "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans" concurrently with pursuing any remedy for a breach of a representation and warranty. However, the master servicer or servicer is not required to continue to pursue both remedies if it determines that one remedy is more likely to result in a greater recovery. Upon the first to occur of final liquidation and a repurchase or substitution under a breach of a representation and warranty, the mortgage loan will be removed from the related trust. The master servicer or servicer may elect to treat a defaulted mortgage loan as having been finally liquidated if substantially all amounts expected to be received in connection therewith have been received. In some cases, the master servicer or servicer will treat a second lien loan that is 180 days or more delinquent as having been finally liquidated. Any additional liquidation expenses relating to the mortgage loan thereafter incurred will be reimbursable to the master servicer, servicer or any subservicer from any amounts otherwise distributable to the related certificateholders, or may be offset by any Subsequent Recovery related to the mortgage loan. Alternatively, for purposes of determining the amount of related Liquidation Proceeds to be distributed to certificateholders, the amount of any Realized Loss or the amount required to be drawn under any applicable form of credit enhancement, the master servicer or servicer may take into account minimal amounts of additional receipts expected to be received, as well as estimated additional liquidation expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the defaulted mortgage loan. For some series of certificates, the applicable form of credit enhancement may provide, to the extent of coverage, that a defaulted mortgage loan or REO Mortgage Loan will be removed from the trust prior to its final liquidation. In addition, the master servicer or servicer may have the option to purchase from the trust any defaulted mortgage loan after a specified period of delinquency. If a defaulted mortgage loan or REO Mortgage Loan is not removed from the trust prior to final liquidation, then, upon its final liquidation, if a loss is realized which is not covered by any applicable form of credit enhancement or other insurance, the certificateholders will bear the loss. However, if a gain results from the final liquidation of an REO Mortgage Loan which is not required by law to be remitted to the related mortgagor, the master servicer or servicer will be entitled to retain that gain as additional servicing compensation unless the accompanying prospectus supplement provides otherwise. If a final liquidation of a mortgage loan resulted in a Realized Loss and thereafter the master servicer or servicer receives a Subsequent Recovery specifically related to that mortgage loan, in connection with a related breach of a representation or warranty or otherwise, such Subsequent Recovery shall be distributed to the certificateholders in the same manner as repurchase proceeds or liquidation proceeds received in the prior calendar month, to the extent 47 that the related Realized Loss was allocated to any class of certificates. In addition, the certificate principal balance of the class of subordinate certificates with the highest payment priority to which Realized Losses have been allocated will be increased to the extent that such Subsequent Recoveries are distributed as principal to any classes of certificates. However, the certificate principal balance of that class of subordinate certificates will not be increased by more than the amount of Realized Losses previously applied to reduce the certificate principal balance of that class of certificates. The amount of any remaining Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to increase the certificate principal balance of the class of certificates with the next lower payment priority; however, the certificate principal balance of that class of certificates will not be increased by more than the amount of Realized Losses previously applied to reduce the certificate principal balance of that class of certificates, and so on. Holders of certificates whose certificate principal balance is increased in this manner will not be entitled to interest on the increased balance for any interest accrual period preceding the distribution date on which the increase occurs. The foregoing provisions will apply even if the certificate principal balance of a class of subordinate certificates was previously reduced to zero. Accordingly, each class of subordinate certificates will be considered to remain outstanding until the termination of the related trust. In the case of a series of certificates other than a senior/subordinate series, if so provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the applicable form of credit enhancement may provide for reinstatement in accordance with specified conditions if, following the final liquidation of a mortgage loan and a draw under the related credit enhancement, Subsequent Recoveries are received. For a description of the Certificate Administrator's, the master servicer's or the servicer's obligations to maintain and make claims under applicable forms of credit enhancement and insurance relating to the mortgage loans, see "Description of Credit Enhancement" and "Insurance Policies on Mortgage Loans." The market value of any Mixed-Use Property obtained in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure will be based substantially on the operating income obtained from renting the commercial and dwelling units. Since a default on a mortgage loan secured by Mixed-Use Property is likely to have occurred because operating income, net of expenses, is insufficient to make debt service payments on the related mortgage loan, it can be anticipated that the market value of that property will be less than was anticipated when the related mortgage loan was originated. To the extent that the equity in the property does not absorb the loss in market value and the loss is not covered by other credit support, a loss may be experienced by the related trust. For a discussion of legal rights and limitations associated with the foreclosure of a mortgage loan, see "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans." The master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will deal with any defaulted mortgage securities in the manner described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. 48 DESCRIPTION OF CREDIT ENHANCEMENT GENERAL As described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, credit support provided for each series of certificates may include one or more or any combination of the following: o a letter of credit; o subordination provided by any class of subordinated certificates for the related series; o overcollateralization and Excess Cash Flow; o a mortgage pool insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, mortgage insurance policy, bankruptcy bond, mortgage repurchase bond or other types of insurance policies, or a secured or unsecured corporate guaranty, as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement; o a reserve fund; or o a certificate insurance policy or surety bond. Credit support for each series of certificates may be comprised of one or more of the above components. Each component may have a dollar limit and may provide coverage with respect to Realized Losses that are: o Defaulted Mortgage Losses; o Special Hazard Losses; o Bankruptcy Losses; and o Fraud Losses. Most forms of credit support will not provide protection against all risks of loss and will not guarantee repayment of the entire outstanding principal balance of the certificates and interest thereon. If losses occur that exceed the amount covered by credit support or are of a type that is not covered by the credit support, certificateholders will bear their allocable share of deficiencies. In particular, Defaulted Mortgage Losses, Special Hazard Losses, Bankruptcy Losses and Fraud Losses in excess of the amount of coverage provided therefor and Extraordinary Losses will not be covered. To the extent that the credit enhancement for any series of certificates is exhausted, the certificateholders will bear all further risks of loss not otherwise insured against. As described in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement, 49 o coverage with respect to Defaulted Mortgage Losses may be provided by a mortgage pool insurance policy, o coverage with respect to Special Hazard Losses may be provided by a special hazard insurance policy, o coverage with respect to Bankruptcy Losses may be provided by a bankruptcy bond and o coverage with respect to Fraud Losses may be provided by a mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage repurchase bond. In addition, if stated in the applicable prospectus supplement, in lieu of or in addition to any or all of the foregoing arrangements, credit enhancement may be in the form of a reserve fund to cover those losses, in the form of subordination of one or more classes of certificates as described under "Subordination," or in the form of a certificate insurance policy, a letter of credit, a mortgage pool insurance policy, surety bonds or other types of insurance policies, other secured or unsecured corporate guarantees or in any other substantially similar form as may be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, or in the form of a combination of two or more of the foregoing. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, limited credit enhancement may be provided to cover Defaulted Mortgage Losses with respect to mortgage loans with LTV ratios at origination of over 80% that are not insured by a primary insurance policy, to the extent that those losses would be covered under a primary insurance policy if obtained, or may be provided in lieu of title insurance coverage, in the form of a corporate guaranty or in other forms described in this section. As described in the pooling and servicing agreement, credit support may apply to all of the mortgage loans or to some mortgage loans contained in a mortgage pool. In addition, the credit support may be provided by an assignment of the right to receive cash amounts, a deposit of cash into a reserve fund or other pledged assets, or by banks, insurance companies, guarantees or any combination of credit support identified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Each prospectus supplement will include a description of: o the amount payable under the credit enhancement arrangement, if any, provided with respect to a series; o any conditions to payment thereunder not otherwise described in this prospectus; o the conditions under which the amount payable under the credit support may be reduced and under which the credit support may be terminated or replaced; and o the material provisions of any agreement relating to the credit support. 50 Additionally, each prospectus supplement will contain information with respect to the issuer of any third-party credit enhancement, if applicable. The pooling and servicing agreement or other documents may be modified in connection with the provisions of any credit enhancement arrangement to provide for reimbursement rights, control rights or other provisions that may be required by the credit enhancer. To the extent provided in the applicable pooling and servicing agreement, the credit enhancement arrangements may be periodically modified, reduced and substituted for based on the performance of or on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans covered thereby. See "Description of Credit Enhancement--Reduction or Substitution of Credit Enhancement." If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, credit support for a series of certificates may cover one or more other series of certificates. The descriptions of any insurance policies, bonds or other instruments described in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement and the coverage thereunder do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual forms of the policies, copies of which typically will be exhibits to the Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the issuance of the related series of certificates. LETTERS OF CREDIT If any component of credit enhancement as to any series of certificates is to be provided by a letter of credit, a bank will deliver to the trustee an irrevocable letter of credit. The letter of credit may provide direct coverage with respect to the mortgage collateral. The letter of credit bank, the amount available under the letter of credit with respect to each component of credit enhancement, the expiration date of the letter of credit, and a more detailed description of the letter of credit will be specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. On or before each distribution date, the letter of credit bank will be required to make payments after notification from the trustee, to be deposited in the related Certificate Account, with respect to the coverage provided thereby. The letter of credit may also provide for the payment of Advances. SUBORDINATION A senior/subordinate series of certificates will consist of one or more classes of senior certificates and one or more classes of subordinate certificates, as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Subordination of the subordinate certificates of any senior/subordinate series will be effected by the following method, unless an alternative method is specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In addition, some classes of senior or subordinate certificates may be senior to other classes of senior or subordinate certificates, as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. For any senior/subordinate series, the total amount available for distribution on each distribution date, as well as the method for allocating that amount among the various classes of certificates included in the series, will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In most cases, for any series, the amount available for distribution will be allocated first to interest on the senior certificates of that series, and then to principal of the senior certificates up to the amounts described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, prior to allocation of any amounts to the subordinate certificates. 51 If so provided in the pooling and servicing agreement, the master servicer or servicer may be permitted, under certain circumstances, to purchase any mortgage loan that is three or more months delinquent in payments of principal and interest, at the repurchase price. Any Realized Loss subsequently incurred in connection with any such mortgage loan may be, under certain circumstances, passed through to the holders of then-outstanding certificates with a certificate principal balance greater than zero of the related series in the same manner as Realized Losses on mortgage loans that have not been so purchased, unless that purchase was made upon the request of the holder of the most junior class of certificates of the related series. See "Description of the Certificates--Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral--Special Servicing" above. In the event of any Realized Losses not in excess of the limitations described below (other than Extraordinary Losses), the rights of the subordinate certificateholders to receive distributions will be subordinate to the rights of the senior certificateholders and the owner of an uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset and, as to certain classes of subordinated certificates, may be subordinate to the rights of other subordinate certificateholders. Except as noted below, Realized Losses will be allocated to the subordinate certificates of the related series until their outstanding principal balances have been reduced to zero. Additional Realized Losses, if any, will be allocated to the senior certificates. If the series includes more than one class of senior certificates, the additional Realized Losses will be allocated either on a pro rata basis among all of the senior certificates in proportion to their respective outstanding principal balances or as otherwise provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Special Hazard Losses in excess of the Special Hazard Amount will be allocated among all outstanding classes of certificates of the related series, either on a pro rata basis in proportion to their outstanding principal balances, or as otherwise provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The respective amounts of other specified types of losses, including Fraud Losses and Bankruptcy Losses, that may be borne solely by the subordinate certificates may be similarly limited to the Fraud Loss Amount and Bankruptcy Amount, and the subordinate certificates may provide no coverage with respect to Extraordinary Losses or other specified types of losses, as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, in which case those losses would be allocated on a pro rata basis among all outstanding classes of certificates in accordance with their respective certificate principal balances or as otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Each of the Special Hazard Amount, Fraud Loss Amount and Bankruptcy Amount may be subject to periodic reductions and may be subject to further reduction or termination, without the consent of the certificateholders, upon the written confirmation from each applicable rating agency that the then-current rating of the related series of certificates will not be adversely affected. In most cases, any allocation of a Realized Loss, including a Special Hazard Loss, Fraud Loss or Bankruptcy Loss, to a certificate in a senior/subordinate series will be made by reducing its outstanding principal balance as of the distribution date following the calendar month in which the Realized Loss was incurred. The rights of holders of the various classes of certificates of any series to receive distributions of principal and interest is determined by the aggregate outstanding principal 52 balance of each class or, if applicable, the related notional amount. The outstanding principal balance of any certificate will be reduced by all amounts previously distributed on that certificate representing principal, and by any Realized Losses allocated thereto. If there are no Realized Losses or Principal Prepayments on any item of mortgage collateral, the respective rights of the holders of certificates of any series to future distributions generally would not change. However, to the extent described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, holders of senior certificates may be entitled to receive a disproportionately larger amount of prepayments received during specified periods, which will have the effect, absent offsetting losses, of accelerating the amortization of the senior certificates and increasing the respective percentage ownership interest evidenced by the subordinate certificates in the related trust, with a corresponding decrease in the percentage of the outstanding principal balances of the senior certificates, thereby preserving the availability of the subordination provided by the subordinate certificates. In addition, some Realized Losses will be allocated first to subordinate certificates by reduction of their outstanding principal balance, which will have the effect of increasing the respective ownership interest evidenced by the senior certificates in the related trust. If so provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, some amounts otherwise payable on any distribution date to holders of subordinate certificates may be deposited into a reserve fund. Amounts held in any reserve fund may be applied as described under "Description of Credit Enhancement--Reserve Funds" and in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In lieu of the foregoing provisions, subordination may be effected by limiting the rights of the holders of subordinate certificates to receive the Subordinate Amount to the extent described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. As specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the Subordinate Amount may be reduced based upon the amount of losses borne by the holders of the subordinate certificates as a result of the subordination, a specified schedule or other method of reduction as the prospectus supplement may specify. The exact terms and provisions of the subordination may vary from those described in this prospectus. Any variation and any additional credit enhancement will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AND EXCESS CASH FLOW If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, interest collections on the mortgage collateral may exceed interest payments on the certificates for the related distribution date. To the extent such excess interest is applied as principal payments on the certificates, the effect will be to reduce the principal balance of the certificates relative to the outstanding balance of the mortgage collateral, thereby creating overcollateralization and additional protection to the certificateholders, as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Additionally, some of this excess cash flow may be used to protect the certificates against some Realized Losses by making an additional payment of principal on the certificates up to the amount of the Realized Loss. 53 MORTGAGE POOL INSURANCE POLICIES AND MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES Protection against losses on all or a portion of the mortgage loans in a mortgage loan pool may be obtained by the depositor for a trust in the form of a mortgage pool insurance policy or a mortgage insurance policy. A mortgage pool insurance policy covers specified losses on mortgage loans to the extent that the primary insurance policy, if required, is not sufficient to cover the loss. Generally, the insurer's payment obligations under a mortgage pool insurance policy are limited to a certain amount, which will be stated in the prospectus supplement. As used in this prospectus, a mortgage insurance policy is a policy that provides primary mortgage insurance on all of the mortgage loans that are subject to the policy. The insurer's payment obligations will be limited to the amount stated in the prospectus supplement, if applicable. Each mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy, in accordance with the limitations described in this prospectus and in the prospectus supplement, if any, will cover Defaulted Mortgage Losses on mortgage loans in an amount specified in the prospectus supplement. As described under "--Maintenance of Credit Enhancement," the master servicer, servicer or Certificate Administrator will use its best reasonable efforts to maintain the mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy and to present claims to the insurer on behalf of itself, the trustee and the certificateholders. The mortgage pool insurance policies and mortgage insurance policies, however, are not blanket policies against loss, since claims may only be made respecting particular defaulted mortgage loans and only upon satisfaction of specified conditions precedent described in the succeeding paragraph. Unless specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the mortgage pool insurance policies may not cover losses due to a failure to pay or denial of a claim under a primary insurance policy, irrespective of the reason. As more specifically provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, each mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy will provide for conditions under which claims may be presented and covered under the policy. Upon satisfaction of these conditions, the insurer will have the option either (a) to purchase the property securing the defaulted mortgage loan at a price described in the prospectus supplement, or (b) to pay the portion of the loss specified in the prospectus supplement. In the case of a mortgage pool insurance policy, payments (i) may be reduced because of an aggregate payment limitation on the policy and (ii) may be net of some amounts paid or assumed to have been paid under any related primary insurance policy. Certificateholders may experience a shortfall in the amount of interest payable on the related certificates in connection with the payment of claims under a mortgage pool insurance policy or a mortgage insurance policy because the insurer may not be required to remit unpaid interest through the end of the month in which the claim is paid. In addition, the certificateholders will also experience losses with respect to the related certificates in connection with payments made under a mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy to the extent that the master servicer, servicer or subservicer expends funds to cover unpaid real estate taxes or to repair the related mortgaged property in order to make a claim under a mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy, as those amounts may not be covered by payments under the applicable policy and may be reimbursable to the master servicer, servicer or subservicer from funds otherwise payable to the certificateholders. If any mortgaged property securing a defaulted mortgage loan is damaged and proceeds, if any (see "--Special Hazard Insurance Policies" below for risks which are not covered by those policies), from the related 54 hazard insurance policy or applicable special hazard insurance policy are insufficient to restore the damaged property to a condition sufficient to permit recovery under the mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy, the master servicer, servicer or subservicer is not required to expend its own funds to restore the damaged property unless it determines that (a) restoration will increase the proceeds to certificateholders on liquidation of the mortgage loan after reimbursement of the master servicer, servicer or subservicer for its expenses and (b) the expenses will be recoverable by it through Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds. Some mortgage pool insurance policies, mortgage insurance policies and primary insurance policies will not insure against loss sustained by reason of a default arising from, among other things, fraud or negligence in the origination or servicing of a loan, including misrepresentation by the mortgagor, the mortgage collateral seller or other persons involved in the origination of the mortgage loan, failure to construct a mortgaged property in accordance with plans and specifications, or bankruptcy, unless, if specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, an endorsement to the mortgage pool insurance policy or mortgage insurance policy provides for insurance against that type of loss. Depending upon the nature of the event, a breach of a representation made by a mortgage collateral seller may also have occurred. If the representation by a mortgage collateral seller has been assigned to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders and that breach materially and adversely affects the interests of certificateholders, and cannot be cured, the breach may give rise to a repurchase obligation on the part of the mortgage collateral seller, as described under "The Trusts--Representations With Respect to Mortgage Collateral." However, such an event would not give rise to a breach of a representation and warranty or a repurchase obligation on the part of the depositor or the Affiliated Intermediary Seller. The original amount of coverage under each mortgage pool insurance policy will be reduced over the life of the related series of certificates by the aggregate amount of claims paid less the aggregate of the net amounts realized by the pool insurer upon disposition of all foreclosed properties. The amount of claims paid includes some expenses incurred by the master servicer, servicer or subservicer as well as accrued interest on delinquent mortgage loans, in most cases to the date of payment of the claim or to the date that the claim is submitted to the insurer. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans." Accordingly, if aggregate net claims paid under any mortgage pool insurance policy reach the original policy limit, coverage under that mortgage pool insurance policy will be exhausted and any further losses will be borne by the related certificateholders. In addition, unless the master servicer or servicer determines that an Advance relating to a delinquent mortgage loan would be recoverable to it from the proceeds of the liquidation of the mortgage loan or otherwise, the master servicer or servicer would not be obligated to make an Advance respecting any delinquency since the Advance would not be ultimately recoverable to it from either the mortgage pool insurance policy or from any other related source. See "Description of the Certificates--Advances." If specified in the prospectus supplement, a mortgage insurance policy may have a similar limit on the aggregate amount of coverage for losses. Since each mortgage pool insurance policy and mortgage insurance policy generally will require that the property subject to a defaulted mortgage loan be restored to its original condition prior to claiming against the insurer, those policies will not provide coverage against hazard losses. As described under "Insurance Policies on Mortgage Loans--Standard Hazard Insurance 55 on Mortgaged Properties," the hazard policies covering the mortgage loans typically exclude from coverage physical damage resulting from a number of causes and, even when the damage is covered, may afford recoveries which are significantly less than full replacement cost of the mortgaged property. Additionally, no coverage for Special Hazard Losses, Fraud Losses or Bankruptcy Losses will cover all risks, and the amount of any such coverage will be limited. See "--Special Hazard Insurance Policies" below. As a result, certain hazard risks will not be insured against and may be borne by certificateholders. SPECIAL HAZARD INSURANCE POLICIES Any insurance policy covering Special Hazard Losses obtained for a trust will be issued by the insurer named in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Each special hazard insurance policy subject to limitations described in this paragraph and in the accompanying prospectus supplement, if any, will protect the related certificateholders from Special Hazard Losses. Aggregate claims under a special hazard insurance policy will be limited to the amount described in the related pooling and servicing agreement and will be subject to reduction as described in the related pooling and servicing agreement. A special hazard insurance policy will provide that no claim may be paid unless hazard and, if applicable, flood insurance on the property securing the mortgage loan has been kept in force and other protection and preservation expenses have been paid by the master servicer or servicer. In accordance with the foregoing limitations, a special hazard insurance policy will provide that, where there has been damage to property securing a foreclosed mortgage loan, title to which has been acquired by the insured, and to the extent the damage is not covered by the hazard insurance policy or flood insurance policy, if any, maintained by the mortgagor or the master servicer, servicer or the subservicer, the insurer will pay the lesser of (i) the cost of repair or replacement of the related property or (ii) upon transfer of the property to the insurer, the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loan at the time of acquisition of the related property by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, plus accrued interest at the mortgage rate to the date of claim settlement and certain expenses incurred by the master servicer, servicer or the subservicer with respect to the related property. If the property is transferred to a third party in a sale approved by the special hazard insurer, the amount that the special hazard insurer will pay will be the amount under (ii) above reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of the property. If the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest and some expenses is paid by the special hazard insurer, the amount of further coverage under the related special hazard insurance policy will be reduced by that amount less any net proceeds from the sale of the property. Any amount paid as the cost of repair of the property will further reduce coverage by that amount. Restoration of the property with the proceeds described under (i) above will satisfy the condition under each mortgage pool insurance policy that the property be restored before a claim under the policy may be validly presented with respect to the defaulted mortgage loan secured by the related property. The payment described under (ii) above will render presentation of a claim relating to a mortgage loan under the related mortgage pool insurance policy unnecessary. Therefore, so long as a mortgage pool insurance policy remains in effect, the payment by the insurer under a special hazard insurance policy of the cost of repair or of the unpaid principal balance of the related mortgage loan plus accrued interest and some expenses will not affect the total Insurance Proceeds paid to 56 certificateholders, but will affect the relative amounts of coverage remaining under the related special hazard insurance policy and mortgage pool insurance policy. BANKRUPTCY BONDS In the event of a personal bankruptcy of a mortgagor and a filing under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, a bankruptcy court may establish the value of the mortgaged property of the mortgagor at a proceeding resulting in a Deficient Valuation. Under current law, Deficient Valuations are not permitted with respect to first liens on the related mortgaged property, but may occur with respect to a mortgage loan secured by a junior lien if the value of the related mortgaged property at the time of the filing is less than the amount of any first lien. In addition, other modifications of the terms of a mortgage loan can result from a bankruptcy proceeding without a permanent forgiveness of the principal balance of the mortgage loan, including a Debt Service Reduction. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans--The Mortgage Loans--Anti-Deficiency Legislation and Other Limitations on Lenders." Any bankruptcy policy to provide coverage for Bankruptcy Losses resulting from proceedings under the federal Bankruptcy Code obtained for a trust will be issued by an insurer named in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The level of coverage under each bankruptcy policy will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. RESERVE FUNDS If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the depositor will deposit or cause to be deposited in a reserve fund, any combination of cash or Permitted Investments in specified amounts, or any other instrument satisfactory to the rating agency or agencies, which will be applied and maintained in the manner and under the conditions specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Instead of or in addition to that deposit, to the extent described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a reserve fund may be funded through application of all or a portion of amounts otherwise payable on any related subordinate certificates, from an uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset or otherwise. To the extent that the funding of the reserve fund is dependent on amounts otherwise payable on related subordinate certificates, an uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset or other cash flows attributable to the related mortgage loans or on reinvestment income, the reserve fund may provide less coverage than initially expected if the cash flows or reinvestment income on which the funding is dependent are lower than anticipated. For any series of certificates as to which credit enhancement includes a letter of credit, if stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, under specified circumstances the remaining amount of the letter of credit may be drawn by the trustee and deposited in a reserve fund. Amounts in a reserve fund may be distributed to certificateholders, or applied to reimburse the master servicer or servicer for outstanding Advances, or may be used for other purposes, in the manner and to the extent specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, amounts in a reserve fund may be available only to cover specific types of losses, or losses on specific mortgage loans. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, any reserve fund will not be deemed to be part of the 57 related trust. A reserve fund may provide coverage to more than one series of certificates, if described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The trustee will have a perfected security interest for the benefit of the certificateholders in the assets in the reserve fund, unless the assets are owned by the related trust. However, to the extent that the depositor, any affiliate of the depositor or any other entity has an interest in any reserve fund, in the event of the bankruptcy, receivership or insolvency of that entity, there could be delays in withdrawals from the reserve fund and the corresponding payments to the certificateholders. These delays could adversely affect the yield to investors on the related certificates. Amounts deposited in any reserve fund for a series will be invested in Permitted Investments by, or at the direction of, and for the benefit of a servicer, the master servicer, the Certificate Administrator or any other person named in the accompanying prospectus supplement. CERTIFICATE INSURANCE POLICIES; SURETY BONDS The depositor may obtain one or more certificate insurance policies or guaranties or one or more surety bonds, or one or more guarantees issued by insurers or other parties acceptable to the rating agency or agencies rating the certificates offered insuring the holders of one or more classes of certificates the payment of amounts due in accordance with the terms of that class or those classes of certificates. Any certificate insurance policy, surety bond or guaranty will have the characteristics described in, and will be in accordance with any limitations and exceptions described in, the accompanying prospectus supplement. MAINTENANCE OF CREDIT ENHANCEMENT If credit enhancement has been obtained for a series of certificates, the master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator will be obligated to exercise its best reasonable efforts to keep or cause to be kept the credit enhancement in full force and effect throughout the term of the applicable pooling and servicing agreement, unless coverage thereunder has been exhausted through payment of claims or otherwise, or substitution therefor is made as described below under "--Reduction or Substitution of Credit Enhancement." The master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, on behalf of itself, the trustee and certificateholders, will be required to provide information required for the trustee to draw under any applicable credit enhancement. The master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator will agree to pay the premiums for each mortgage pool insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, mortgage insurance policy, bankruptcy policy, certificate insurance policy or surety bond, as applicable, on a timely basis, unless the premiums are paid directly by the trust. As to mortgage pool insurance policies generally, if the related insurer ceases to be a Qualified Insurer, the master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator will use its best reasonable efforts to obtain from another Qualified Insurer a comparable replacement insurance policy or bond with a total coverage equal to the then-outstanding coverage of the policy or bond. If the cost of the replacement policy is greater than the cost of the existing policy or bond, the coverage of the 58 replacement policy or bond will, unless otherwise agreed to by the depositor, be reduced to a level so that its premium rate does not exceed the premium rate on the original insurance policy. Any losses in market value of the certificates associated with any reduction or withdrawal in rating by an applicable rating agency shall be borne by the certificateholders. If any property securing a defaulted mortgage loan is damaged and proceeds, if any, from the related hazard insurance policy or any applicable special hazard insurance policy are insufficient to restore the damaged property to a condition sufficient to permit recovery under any letter of credit, mortgage pool insurance policy, mortgage insurance policy, or any related primary insurance policy, the master servicer or servicer is not required to expend its own funds to restore the damaged property unless it determines (i) that restoration will increase the proceeds to one or more classes of certificateholders on liquidation of the mortgage loan after reimbursement of the master servicer or servicer for its expenses and (ii) that the expenses will be recoverable by it through Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds. If recovery under any letter of credit, mortgage pool insurance policy, mortgage insurance policy, other credit enhancement or any related primary insurance policy is not available because the master servicer or servicer has been unable to make the above determinations, has made the determinations incorrectly or recovery is not available for any other reason, the master servicer or servicer is nevertheless obligated to follow whatever normal practices and procedures, in accordance with the preceding sentence, that it deems necessary or advisable to realize upon the defaulted mortgage loan and if this determination has been incorrectly made, is entitled to reimbursement of its expenses in connection with the restoration. REDUCTION OR SUBSTITUTION OF CREDIT ENHANCEMENT The amount of credit support provided with respect to any series of certificates and relating to various types of losses incurred may be reduced under specified circumstances. In most cases, the amount available as credit support will be subject to periodic reduction on a non-discretionary basis in accordance with a schedule or formula described in the related pooling and servicing agreement. Additionally, in most cases, the credit support may be replaced, reduced or terminated, and the formula used in calculating the amount of coverage with respect to Bankruptcy Losses, Special Hazard Losses or Fraud Losses may be changed, without the consent of the certificateholders, upon the written assurance from each applicable rating agency that the then-current rating of the related series of certificates will not be adversely affected and with consent of the related credit enhancer, if applicable. Furthermore, if the credit rating of any obligor under any applicable credit enhancement is downgraded, the credit rating of each class of the related certificates may be downgraded to a corresponding level, and, unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, neither the master servicer, the servicer, the Certificate Administrator nor the depositor will be obligated to obtain replacement credit support in order to restore the rating of the certificates. The master servicer, the servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will also be permitted to replace any credit support with other credit enhancement instruments issued by obligors whose credit ratings are equivalent to the downgraded level and in lower amounts that would satisfy the downgraded level, provided that the then-current rating of each class of the related series of certificates is maintained. Where the credit support is in the form of a reserve fund, a permitted reduction in the amount of credit enhancement will result in a release 59 of all or a portion of the assets in the reserve fund to the depositor, the master servicer or servicer or any other person that is entitled to the credit support. Any assets so released and any amount by which the credit enhancement is reduced will not be available for distributions in future periods. OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE CERTIFICATES SWAPS AND YIELD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENTS The trustee on behalf of the trust may enter into interest rate swaps and related caps, floors and collars to minimize the risk to certificateholders of adverse changes in interest rates, and other yield supplement agreements or similar yield maintenance arrangements that do not involve swap agreements or other notional principal contracts. An interest rate swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange a stream of interest payments on an agreed hypothetical or "notional" principal balance. No principal balance is exchanged between the counterparties to an interest rate swap. In the typical swap, one party agrees to pay a fixed-rate on a notional principal balance, while the counterparty pays a floating rate based on one or more reference interest rates including the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, a specified bank's prime rate or U.S. Treasury Bill rates. Interest rate swaps also permit counterparties to exchange a floating rate obligation based upon one reference interest rate (such as LIBOR) for a floating rate obligation based upon another referenced interest rate (such as U.S. Treasury Bill rates). The swap market has grown substantially in recent years with a significant number of banks and financial service firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. Caps, floors and collars are more recent innovations, and they are less liquid than other swaps. Yield supplement agreements may be entered into to supplement the interest rate or rates on one or more classes of the certificates of any series. There can be no assurance that the trust will be able to enter into or offset swaps or enter into yield supplement agreements at any specific time or at prices or on other terms that are advantageous. In addition, although the terms of the swaps and yield supplement agreements may provide for termination under some circumstances, there can be no assurance that the trust will be able to terminate a swap or yield supplement agreement when it would be economically advantageous to the trust to do so. PURCHASE OBLIGATIONS Some types of mortgage collateral and classes of certificates of any series, as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, may be subject to a purchase obligation. The terms and conditions of each purchase obligation, including the purchase price, timing and payment procedure, will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. A purchase obligation with respect to mortgage collateral may apply to the mortgage collateral or to the related certificates. Each purchase obligation may be a secured or unsecured obligation of its provider, which may include a bank or other financial institution or an insurance company. Each purchase 60 obligation will be evidenced by an instrument delivered to the trustee for the benefit of the applicable certificateholders of the related series. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, each purchase obligation with respect to mortgage collateral will be payable solely to the trustee for the benefit of the certificateholders of the related series. Other purchase obligations may be payable to the trustee or directly to the holders of the certificates to which the obligations relate. INSURANCE POLICIES ON MORTGAGE LOANS Each mortgage loan will be required to be covered by a hazard insurance policy (as described below) and, at times, a primary insurance policy. The descriptions of any insurance policies contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement and the coverage thereunder do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the forms of policies. PRIMARY INSURANCE POLICIES If specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, and except as described below, (i) each mortgage loan having an LTV ratio at origination of over 80% will be covered by a primary mortgage guaranty insurance policy insuring against default on the mortgage loan up to an amount described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, unless and until the principal balance of the mortgage loan is reduced to a level that would produce an LTV ratio equal to or less than 80%, and (ii) the depositor or the Affiliated Intermediary Seller will represent and warrant that, to the best of its knowledge, the mortgage loans are so covered. However, the foregoing standard may vary significantly depending on the characteristics of the mortgage loans and the applicable underwriting standards. A mortgage loan will not be considered to be an exception to the foregoing standard if no primary insurance policy was obtained at origination but the mortgage loan has amortized to an 80% or less LTV ratio level as of the applicable cut-off date. In most cases, the depositor will have the ability to cancel any primary insurance policy if the LTV ratio of the mortgage loan is reduced to 80% or less (or a lesser specified percentage) based on an appraisal of the mortgaged property after the related closing date or as a result of principal payments that reduce the principal balance of the mortgage loan after the closing date. Junior mortgage loans usually will not be required by the depositor to be covered by a primary mortgage guaranty insurance policy insuring against default on the mortgage loan. A primary insurance policy is generally obtained with respect to an individual mortgage loan. It may be required to be obtained and paid for by the borrower, or may be paid for by the master servicer, the servicer, the seller or a third party. Under a federal statute, mortgagors with respect to many residential mortgage loans originated on or after July 29, 1999 will have a right to request the cancellation of any private mortgage insurance policy insuring loans when the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan has been reduced or is scheduled to have been reduced to 80% or less of the value of the mortgaged property at the time the mortgage loan was originated. The mortgagor's right to request the cancellation of the policy is subject to certain conditions, including (i) the condition that no monthly payment has been thirty days or more past due during the twelve months prior to the cancellation date, and no monthly payment has been sixty days or more past due during the 61 twelve months prior to that period, (ii) there has been no decline in the value of the mortgaged property since the time the mortgage loan was originated and (iii) the mortgaged property is not encumbered by subordinate liens. In addition, any requirement for private mortgage insurance will automatically terminate when the scheduled principal balance of the mortgage loan, based on the original amortization schedule for the mortgage loan, is reduced to 78% or less of the value of the mortgaged property at the time of origination, and provided the mortgage loan is current. The legislation requires that mortgagors be provided written notice of their cancellation rights at the origination of the mortgage loans. If the requirement for private mortgage insurance is not otherwise canceled or terminated in the circumstances described above, it must be terminated no later than the first day of the month immediately following the date that is the midpoint of the loan's amortization period, if, on that date, the borrower is current on the payments required by the terms of the loan. The mortgagee's or servicer's failure to comply with the law could subject such parties to civil money penalties but would not affect the validity or enforceability of the mortgage loan. The law does not preempt any state law regulating private mortgage insurance except to the extent that such law is inconsistent with the federal law and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. While the terms and conditions of the primary insurance policies issued by one primary mortgage guaranty insurer will usually differ from those in primary insurance policies issued by other primary insurers, each primary insurance policy generally will pay either: o the insured percentage of the loss on the related mortgaged property; o the entire amount of the loss, after receipt by the primary insurer of good and merchantable title to, and possession of, the mortgaged property; or o at the option of the primary insurer under certain primary insurance policies, the sum of the delinquent monthly payments plus any Advances made by the insured, both to the date of the claim payment and, thereafter, monthly payments in the amount that would have become due under the mortgage loan if it had not been discharged plus any Advances made by the insured until the earlier of (a) the date the mortgage loan would have been discharged in full if the default had not occurred or (b) an approved sale. The amount of the loss as calculated under a primary insurance policy covering a mortgage loan will in most cases consist of the unpaid principal balance of such mortgage loan and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and reimbursement of some expenses, less: o rents or other payments received by the insured (other than the proceeds of hazard insurance) that are derived from the related mortgaged property; o hazard insurance proceeds received by the insured in excess of the amount required to restore the mortgaged property and which have not been applied to the payment of the mortgage loan; 62 o amounts expended but not approved by the primary insurer; o claim payments previously made on the mortgage loan; and o unpaid premiums and other amounts. As conditions precedent to the filing or payment of a claim under a primary insurance policy, in the event of default by the mortgagor, the insured will typically be required, among other things, to: o advance or discharge (a) hazard insurance premiums and (b) as necessary and approved in advance by the primary insurer, real estate taxes, protection and preservation expenses and foreclosure and related costs; o in the event of any physical loss or damage to the mortgaged property, have the mortgaged property restored to at least its condition at the effective date of the primary insurance policy (ordinary wear and tear excepted); and o tender to the primary insurer good and merchantable title to, and possession of, the mortgaged property. For any certificates offered under this prospectus, the master servicer or servicer will maintain or cause each subservicer to maintain, as the case may be, in full force and effect and to the extent coverage is available a primary insurance policy with regard to each mortgage loan for which coverage is required under the standard described above unless an exception to such standard applies or alternate credit enhancement is provided as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement; provided that the primary insurance policy was in place as of the cut-off date and the depositor had knowledge of such primary insurance policy. STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE ON MORTGAGED PROPERTIES The terms of the mortgage loans require each mortgagor to maintain a hazard insurance policy covering the related mortgaged property and providing for coverage at least equal to that of the standard form of fire insurance policy with extended coverage customary in the state in which the property is located. Most coverage will be in an amount equal to the lesser of the principal balance of the mortgage loan and, in the case of junior mortgage loans, the principal balance of any senior mortgage loans, the guaranteed replacement value, or 100% of the insurable value of the improvements securing the mortgage loan. The pooling and servicing agreement will provide that the master servicer or servicer shall cause the hazard policies to be maintained or shall obtain a blanket policy insuring against losses on the mortgage loans. The master servicer or servicer may satisfy its obligation to cause hazard policies to be maintained by maintaining a blanket policy insuring against losses on those mortgage loans. The ability of the master servicer or servicer to ensure that hazard insurance proceeds are appropriately applied may be dependent on its being named as an additional insured under any hazard insurance policy and under any flood insurance policy referred to below, or upon the extent to which information in this regard is furnished to the master servicer or the servicer by mortgagors or subservicers. If 63 junior mortgage loans are included within any trust, investors should also consider the application of hazard insurance proceeds discussed in this prospectus under "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans--The Mortgage Loans--Junior Mortgages, Rights of Senior Mortgagees." The standard form of fire and extended coverage policy covers physical damage to or destruction of the improvements on the property by fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, windstorm, hail, riot, strike and civil commotion, in accordance with the conditions and exclusions specified in each policy. The policies relating to the mortgage loans will be underwritten by different insurers under different state laws in accordance with different applicable state forms and therefore will not contain identical terms and conditions, the basic terms of which are dictated by respective state laws. These policies typically do not cover any physical damage resulting from the following: war, revolution, governmental actions, floods and other water-related causes, earth movement, including earthquakes, landslides and mudflows, nuclear reactions, wet or dry rot, vermin, rodents, insects or domestic animals, theft and, in some cases, vandalism. The foregoing list is merely indicative of some kinds of uninsured risks and is not intended to be all-inclusive. Where the improvements securing a mortgage loan are located in a federally designated flood area at the time of origination of that mortgage loan, the pooling and servicing agreement typically requires the master servicer or servicer to cause to be maintained for each such mortgage loan serviced, flood insurance, to the extent available, in an amount equal to the lesser of the amount required to compensate for any loss or damage on a replacement cost basis or the maximum insurance available under the federal flood insurance program. The hazard insurance policies covering the mortgaged properties typically contain a co-insurance clause that in effect requires the related mortgagor at all times to carry insurance of a specified percentage, typically 80% to 90%, of the full replacement value of the improvements on the property in order to recover the full amount of any partial loss. If the related mortgagor's coverage falls below this specified percentage, this clause usually provides that the insurer's liability in the event of partial loss does not exceed the greater of (i) the replacement cost of the improvements damaged or destroyed less physical depreciation or (ii) the proportion of the loss as the amount of insurance carried bears to the specified percentage of the full replacement cost of the improvements. Since the amount of hazard insurance that mortgagors are required to maintain on the improvements securing the mortgage loans may decline as the principal balances owing thereon decrease, and since residential properties have historically appreciated in value over time, hazard insurance proceeds could be insufficient to restore fully the damaged property in the event of a partial loss. See "Subordination" above for a description of when subordination is provided, the protection, limited to the Special Hazard Amount as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, afforded by subordination, and "Description of Credit Enhancement--Special Hazard Insurance Policies" for a description of the limited protection afforded by any special hazard insurance policy against losses occasioned by hazards which are otherwise uninsured against. For mixed-use mortgage loans, some additional insurance policies may be required, including, but not limited to, loss of rent endorsements, business interruption insurance, comprehensive public liability insurance and general liability insurance for bodily injury and 64 property damage, and the related pooling and servicing agreement may require the master servicer or servicer to maintain that insurance with respect to any related mortgaged properties secured by REO Mortgage Loans. THE DEPOSITOR The depositor is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Carrington Securities, LP which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carrington Capital Management, LP. The depositor is a Delaware limited liability company formed in January, 2005. The depositor is organized for the purpose of acquiring mortgage loans and depositing these loans into issuing entities that issue securities backed by such mortgage loans. The depositor does not engage in any other activities and does not have, nor is it expected in the future to have, any significant assets. The depositor anticipates that it will in many cases have acquired mortgage loans indirectly through Carrington Securities, LP. The certificates do not represent an interest in or an obligation of the depositor. The depositor's only obligations with respect to a series of certificates will be to repurchase certain items of mortgage collateral upon any breach of limited representations and warranties made by the depositor, or as otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. The depositor maintains its principal office at Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830. Its telephone number is (203) 661-6186. CARRINGTON SECURITIES, LP Carrington Securities, LP, an affiliate of the depositor will act as sponsor and master servicer for each series of certificates. Carrington Securities, LP buys conventional mortgage loans under several loan purchase programs from mortgage loan originators or sellers nationwide, including affiliates, that meet its seller/servicer eligibility requirements and services mortgage loans for its own account and for others. Carrington Securities, LP's principal executive offices are located at Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830. Its telephone number is (203) 661-6186. Carrington Securities, LP conducts operations from its headquarters in Connecticut. THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT As described in this prospectus under "Introduction" and "Description of the Certificates--General," each series of certificates will be issued under a pooling and servicing agreement as described in that section. The following summaries describe additional provisions common to each pooling and servicing agreement. Servicing Compensation and Payment of Expenses Each servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will be paid compensation for the performance of its servicing obligations at the percentage per annum described in the accompanying prospectus supplement of the outstanding principal balance of each mortgage loan. Any subservicer will also be entitled to the servicing fee as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The servicer or the master servicer, if any, will deduct 65 the servicing fee for the mortgage loans underlying the certificates of a series in an amount to be specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The servicing fees may be fixed or variable. In addition, the master servicer, any servicer or the relevant subservicers, if any, will be entitled to servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges or excess proceeds following disposition of property in connection with defaulted mortgage loans and any earnings on investments held in the Certificate Account or any Custodial Account, to the extent not applied as Compensating Interest. Any uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset retained by a mortgage collateral seller, the master servicer, or any servicer or subservicer will not constitute part of the servicing fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a series of certificates as to which the trust includes mortgage securities, the compensation payable to the master servicer or servicer or Certificate Administrator for servicing and administering such mortgage securities on behalf of the holders of such certificates may be based on a percentage per annum described in the accompanying prospectus supplement of the outstanding balance of such mortgage securities and may be retained from distributions of interest thereon, if stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In addition, some reasonable duties of the master servicer or servicer may be performed by an affiliate of the master servicer or servicer who will be entitled to compensation for performance of those duties. The master servicer or servicer will pay or cause to be paid some of the ongoing expenses associated with each trust and incurred by it in connection with its responsibilities under the pooling and servicing agreement, including, without limitation, payment of any fee or other amount payable for any alternative credit enhancement arrangements, payment of the fees and disbursements of the trustee, any custodian appointed by the trustee, the certificate registrar and any paying agent, and payment of expenses incurred in enforcing the obligations of subservicers and sellers. The master servicer or servicer will be entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in enforcing the obligations of subservicers and sellers under limited circumstances. In addition, as indicated in the preceding section, the master servicer or servicer will be entitled to reimbursements for some of the expenses incurred by it in connection with Liquidated Mortgage Loans and in connection with the restoration of mortgaged properties, such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of certificateholders to receive any related Liquidation Proceeds, including Insurance Proceeds. Evidence as to Compliance Each pooling and servicing agreement will require the master servicer or servicer, as applicable, to deliver to the trustee, on or before the date in each year specified in the related pooling and servicing agreement, and, if required, file with the Commission as part of a Report on Form 10-K filed on behalf of each issuing entity, the following documents: o a report regarding its assessment of compliance during the preceding calendar year with all applicable servicing criteria set forth in relevant Commission regulations, including Item 1122 of Regulation AB, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the master servicer or servicer, as applicable, that are backed by the same types of assets as those backing the certificates, as well as similar reports on assessment of compliance received from certain other parties participating in the servicing function as required by relevant Commission regulations; 66 o with respect to each assessment report described immediately above, a report by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the asserting party, as set forth in relevant Commission regulations; and o a servicer compliance certificate, signed by an authorized officer of the master servicer, to the effect that: o a review of the master servicer's or servicer's, as applicable, activities during the reporting period and of its performance under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement has been made under such officer's supervision. o to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the master servicer or servicer, as applicable, has fulfilled all of its obligations under the pooling and servicing agreement in all materials respects throughout the reporting period or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. The master servicer's or servicer's obligation to deliver to the trustee any assessment or attestation report described above and, if required, to file the same with the Commission, is limited to those reports prepared by the master servicer or servicer and, in the case of reports prepared by any other party, those reports actually received by the master servicer or servicer on or before March 31 in each year. In addition, each servicer or subservicer participating in the servicing function with respect to more than 5% of the mortgage loans will provide the foregoing assessment reports with respect to itself and each servicer or subservicer of at least 10% of the mortgage loans will provide the compliance certificate described above with respect to its servicing activities. Furthermore, if any trust includes mortgage securities, either the related prospectus supplement will specify how to locate Exchange Act reports relating to such mortgage securities or the required information will be provided in such trust's Exchange Act reports while it is a reporting entity. Certain Other Matters Regarding Servicing Each servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may not resign from its obligations and duties under the related pooling and servicing agreement unless each rating agency has confirmed in writing that the resignation will not qualify, reduce or cause to be withdrawn the then current ratings on the certificates except upon a determination that its duties thereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. No resignation will become effective until the trustee or a successor servicer or administrator has assumed the servicer's, the master servicer's or the Certificate Administrator's obligations and duties under the related pooling and servicing agreement. Each pooling and servicing agreement will also provide that neither the servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator, nor any director, officer, employee or agent of 67 the master servicer or servicer or the depositor, will be under any liability to the trust or the certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from taking any action in good faith under the pooling and servicing agreement, or for errors in judgment. However, neither the servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator nor any such person will be protected against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of the failure to perform its obligations in compliance with any standard of care described in the pooling and servicing agreement. The servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may, in its discretion, undertake any action that it may deem necessary or desirable for the pooling and servicing agreement and the rights and duties of the parties thereto and the interest of the related certificateholders. The legal expenses and costs of the action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the trust and the servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator will be entitled to be reimbursed out of funds otherwise distributable to certificateholders. The master servicer or servicer will be required to maintain a fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy for its officers and employees and other persons acting on behalf of the master servicer or servicer in connection with its activities under the pooling and servicing agreement. A servicer, the master servicer or the Certificate Administrator may have other business relationships with the company, any mortgage collateral seller or their affiliates. EVENTS OF DEFAULT Events of default under the pooling and servicing agreement for a series of certificates will include: o any failure by the servicer, if the servicer is a party to the pooling and servicing agreement, or master servicer to make a required deposit to the Certificate Account or, if the master servicer or servicer is the paying agent, to distribute to the holders of any class of certificates of that series any required payment which continues unremedied for five days after the giving of written notice of the failure to the master servicer or servicer by the trustee or the depositor, or to the master servicer or servicer, the depositor and the trustee by the holders of certificates of such class evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate percentage interests constituting that class; o any failure by the master servicer or servicer or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in the pooling and servicing agreement with respect to that series of certificates which continues unremedied for 30 days, or 15 days in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy which is required to be maintained under the pooling and servicing agreement, after the giving of written notice of the failure to the master servicer or servicer or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, by the trustee or the depositor, or to the master servicer or servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the depositor and the trustee by the holders of any class of certificates of that series evidencing not less than 25%, or 33% in the case of a trust 68 including mortgage securities, of the aggregate percentage interests constituting that class; and o some events of insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings regarding the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator and certain actions by the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator indicating its insolvency or inability to pay its obligations. A default under the terms of any mortgage securities included in any trust will not constitute an event of default under the related pooling and servicing agreement. RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT So long as an event of default remains unremedied, either the depositor or the trustee may, and, at the direction of the holders of certificates evidencing not less than 66% of the aggregate voting rights in the related trust, except as otherwise provided for in the related pooling and servicing agreement with respect to the credit enhancer, the trustee shall, by written notification to the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and to the depositor or the trustee, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator under the pooling and servicing agreement, other than any rights of the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator as certificateholder, covering the trust and in and to the mortgage collateral and the proceeds thereof, whereupon the trustee or, upon notice to the depositor and with the depositor's consent, its designee will succeed to all responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator under the pooling and servicing agreement, other than the obligation to purchase mortgage loans under some circumstances, and will be entitled to similar compensation arrangements. If the trustee would be obligated to succeed the master servicer or servicer but is unwilling so to act, it may appoint or if it is unable so to act, it shall appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of, a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, known as Freddie Mac, or the Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae, approved mortgage servicing institution with a net worth of at least $10,000,000 to act as successor to the master servicer or servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement, unless otherwise described in the pooling and servicing agreement. Pending appointment, the trustee is obligated to act in that capacity. The trustee and such successor may agree upon the servicing compensation to be paid, which in no event may be greater than the compensation to the initial master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator under the pooling and servicing agreement. The master servicer or servicer is required to reimburse the trustee for all reasonable expenses incurred or made by the trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement, except any such expense as may arise from the trustee's negligence or bad faith. No certificateholder will have any right under a pooling and servicing agreement to institute any proceeding with respect to the pooling and servicing agreement, except as otherwise provided for in the related pooling and servicing agreement with respect to the credit enhancer, unless the holder previously has given to the trustee written notice of default and the continuance thereof and unless the holders of certificates of any class evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate percentage interests constituting that class have made written request upon the trustee 69 to institute the proceeding in its own name as trustee thereunder and have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity and the trustee for 60 days after receipt of the request and indemnity has neglected or refused to institute any proceeding. However, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by the pooling and servicing agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation thereunder or in relation thereto at the request, order or direction of any of the holders of certificates covered by the pooling and servicing agreement, unless the certificateholders have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby. AMENDMENT Each pooling and servicing agreement may be amended by the depositor, the master servicer, the Certificate Administrator or any servicer, as applicable, and the trustee, without the consent of the related certificateholders: o to cure any ambiguity; o to correct or supplement any provision therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision therein or to correct any error; o to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Custodial Account or the Certificate Account or to change the name in which the Custodial Account is maintained, except that (a) deposits to the Certificate Account may not occur later than the related distribution date, (b) the change may not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any certificateholder, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, and (c) the change may not adversely affect the then-current rating of any rated classes of certificates, as evidenced by a letter from each applicable rating agency; o if an election to treat the related trust as a "real estate mortgage investment conduit," or REMIC, has been made, to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (a) to the extent necessary to maintain the qualification of the trust as a REMIC or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the related trust, provided that the trustee has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain qualification or to avoid or minimize that risk, and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any related certificateholder, or (b) to modify the provisions regarding the transferability of the REMIC residual certificates, provided that the depositor has determined that the change would not adversely affect the applicable ratings of any classes of the certificates, as evidenced by a letter from each applicable rating agency, and that any such amendment will not give rise to any tax with respect to the transfer of the REMIC residual certificates to a non-permitted transferee; o to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the pooling and servicing agreement which are not materially inconsistent with its 70 provisions, so long as the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any certificateholder; or o to amend any provision that is not material to holders of any class of related certificates. The pooling and servicing agreement may also be amended by the depositor, the master servicer or servicer, Certificate Administrator or servicer, as applicable, and the trustee, except as otherwise provided for in the related pooling and servicing agreement with respect to the credit enhancer, with the consent of the holders of certificates of each class affected thereby evidencing, in each case, not less than 66% of the aggregate percentage interests constituting that class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the related certificateholders, except that no such amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on mortgage collateral which are required to be distributed on a certificate of any class without the consent of the holder of the certificate or (ii) reduce the percentage of certificates of any class the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment unless the holders of all certificates of that class have consented to the change in the percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a REMIC election has been made with respect to the related trust, the trustee will not be entitled to consent to any amendment to a pooling and servicing agreement without having first received an opinion of counsel to the effect that the amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the master servicer or servicer, the Certificate Administrator, servicer, the depositor or the trustee in accordance with the amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on the related trust or cause the trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC. TERMINATION; RETIREMENT OF CERTIFICATES The primary obligations created by the pooling and servicing agreement for each series of certificates will terminate upon the payment to the related certificateholders of all amounts held in the Certificate Account or by the entity specified in the related prospectus supplement and required to be paid to the certificateholders following the earlier of o the final payment or other liquidation or disposition, or any Advance with respect thereto, of the last item of mortgage collateral subject thereto and all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any mortgage loan and o the purchase by entity specified in the related prospectus supplement from the trust for such series of all remaining mortgage collateral and all property acquired from the mortgage collateral. Any option to purchase described in the second item above will be limited to cases in which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the remaining mortgage loans is less than or equal to the percentage specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement of the initial aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the mortgage loans or such other time as may be specified 71 in the accompanying prospectus supplement. If the holder of a class of certificates may terminate the trust and cause the outstanding certificates to be redeemed when 25% or more of the initial principal balance of the certificates is still outstanding, the term "callable" will be included in the title of the related certificates. In addition to the foregoing, entity specified in the related prospectus supplement may have the option to purchase, in whole but not in part, the certificates specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement in the manner described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Following the purchase of such certificates, the master servicer or the servicer will effect a retirement of the certificates and the termination of the trust. Written notice of termination of the pooling and servicing agreement will be given to each certificateholder, and the final distribution will be made only upon surrender and cancellation of the certificates at an office or agency appointed by the trustee which will be specified in the notice of termination. Any purchase described in the preceding paragraph of mortgage collateral and property acquired relating to the mortgage collateral evidenced by a series of certificates shall be made at the option of entity specified in the related prospectus supplement at the price specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Such entity, if not the Affiliated Intermediary Seller or an affiliate, shall be deemed to represent that one of the following will be true and correct: (i) the exercise of such option shall not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) such entity is (A) not a party in interest with respect to any ERISA plan (other than a plan sponsored or maintained by the entity; provided that no assets of such plan are invested or deemed to be invested in the certificates) and (B) not a "benefit plan investor," as defined in the U.S. Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101(f), as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA. The exercise of that right will effect early retirement of the certificates of that series, but the right of any entity to purchase the mortgage collateral and related property will be in accordance with the criteria, and will be at the price, described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Early termination in this manner may adversely affect the yield to holders of some classes of the certificates. If a REMIC election has been made, the termination of the related trust will be effected in a manner consistent with applicable federal income tax regulations and its status as a REMIC. In addition to the optional repurchase of the property in the related trust, if stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a holder of the Call Class will have the right, solely at its discretion, to terminate the related trust and thereby effect early retirement of the certificates of the series, on any distribution date after the 12th distribution date following the date of initial issuance of the related series of certificates and until the date when the optional termination rights of entity specified in the related prospectus supplement become exercisable. The Call Class will not be offered under the prospectus supplement. Any such call will be of the entire trust at one time; multiple calls with respect to any series of certificates will not be permitted. In the case of a call, the holders of the certificates will be paid a price equal to the Call Price. To exercise the call, the Call certificateholder must remit to the related trustee for distribution to the certificateholders, funds equal to the Call Price. If those funds are not deposited with the related trustee, the certificates of that series will remain outstanding. In addition, in the case of a trust for which a REMIC election or elections have been made, this termination will be effected in a manner consistent with applicable Federal income tax regulations and its status as a REMIC. In connection with a call by the holder of a Call Certificate, the final payment to the certificateholders will be made upon surrender of the related certificates to the trustee. Once the 72 certificates have been surrendered and paid in full, there will not be any further liability to certificateholders. THE TRUSTEE The trustee under each pooling and servicing agreement will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The commercial bank or trust company serving as trustee may have normal banking relationships with the depositor and/or its affiliates, including Carrington Securities, LP. The trustee may resign at any time, in which event the depositor will be obligated to appoint a successor trustee. The depositor may also remove the trustee if the trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement or if the trustee becomes insolvent. Upon becoming aware of those circumstances, the depositor will be obligated to appoint a successor trustee. The trustee may also be removed at any time by the holders of certificates evidencing not less than 66% of the aggregate voting rights in the related trust. Any resignation or removal of the trustee and appointment of a successor trustee will not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor trustee. YIELD CONSIDERATIONS The yield to maturity of a certificate will depend on the price paid by the holder for the certificate, the pass-through rate on any certificate entitled to payments of interest, which pass-through rate may vary if stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, and the rate and timing of principal payments, including prepayments, defaults, liquidations and repurchases, on the mortgage collateral and the allocation thereof to reduce the principal balance of the certificate or its notional amount, if applicable. In general, defaults on mortgage loans are expected to occur with greater frequency in their early years. The rate of default on refinance, limited documentation, stated documentation or no documentation mortgage loans, and on mortgage loans with high LTV ratios or CLTV ratios, as applicable, may be higher than for other types of mortgage loans. Likewise, the rate of default on mortgage loans that have been originated pursuant to lower than traditional underwriting standards may be higher than those originated under traditional standards. A trust may include mortgage loans that are one month or more delinquent at the time of offering of the related series of certificates. In addition, the rate and timing of prepayments, defaults and liquidations on the mortgage loans will be affected by the general economic condition of the region of the country or the locality in which the related mortgaged properties are located. The risk of delinquencies and loss is greater and prepayments are less likely in regions where a weak or deteriorating economy exists, as may be evidenced by, among other factors, increasing unemployment or falling property values. The risk of loss may also be greater on mortgage loans with LTV ratios or CLTV ratios greater than 80% and no primary insurance policies. In addition, manufactured homes may decline in value even in areas where real estate values generally have not declined. The yield on any class of certificates and the timing of principal payments on that class may also be affected by modifications or actions that may be approved by the master servicer or servicer as described in this prospectus under "Description of the 73 Certificates--Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral," in connection with a mortgage loan that is in default, or if a default is reasonably foreseeable. The risk of loss on Interest Only Loans may be greater than on loans that require a borrower to pay principal and interest throughout the term of the loan from origination. See "The Trusts--The Mortgage Loans--Interest Only Loans." To the extent that any document relating to a mortgage loan is not in the possession of the trustee, the deficiency may make it difficult or impossible to realize on the mortgaged property in the event of foreclosure, which will affect the amount of Liquidation Proceeds received by the trustee. See "Description of the Certificates--Assignment of Mortgage Loans." The amount of interest payments with respect to each item of mortgage collateral distributed monthly to holders of a class of certificates entitled to payments of interest will be calculated, or accrued in the case of deferred interest or accrual certificates, on the basis of that class's specified percentage of each payment of interest, or accrual in the case of accrual certificates, and will be expressed as a fixed, adjustable or variable pass-through rate payable on the outstanding principal balance or notional amount of the certificate, or any combination of pass-through rates, calculated as described in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement under "Description of the Certificates--Distributions." Holders of strip certificates or a class of certificates having a pass-through rate that varies based on the weighted average interest rate of the underlying mortgage collateral will be affected by disproportionate prepayments and repurchases of mortgage collateral having higher net interest rates or higher rates applicable to the strip certificates, as applicable. The effective yield to maturity to each holder of certificates entitled to payments of interest will be below that otherwise produced by the applicable pass-through rate and purchase price of the certificate because, while interest will accrue on each mortgage loan from the first day of each month, the distribution of interest will be made on the 25th day or, if the 25th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day, of the month following the month of accrual or, in the case of a trust including mortgage securities, such other day that is specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. A class of certificates may be entitled to payments of interest at a fixed, variable or adjustable pass-through rate, or any combination of pass-through rates, each as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. A variable pass-through rate may be calculated based on the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates, net of servicing fees and any uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset, of the related mortgage collateral for the month preceding the distribution date. An adjustable pass-through rate may be calculated by reference to an index or otherwise. The aggregate payments of interest on a class of certificates, and the yield to maturity thereon, will be affected by the rate of payment of principal on the certificates, or the rate of reduction in the notional amount of certificates entitled to payments of interest only, and, in the case of certificates evidencing interests in ARM loans, by changes in the Net Mortgage Rates on the ARM loans. See "Maturity and Prepayment Considerations" below. The yield on the certificates will also be affected by liquidations of mortgage loans following mortgagor defaults, 74 optional repurchases and by purchases of mortgage collateral in the event of breaches of representations made for the mortgage collateral by the depositor, the master servicer or servicer and others, or conversions of ARM loans to a fixed interest rate. See "The Trusts--Representations With Respect to Mortgage Collateral." In general, if a certificate is purchased at a premium over its face amount and payments of principal on the related mortgage collateral occur at a rate faster than anticipated at the time of purchase, the purchaser's actual yield to maturity will be lower than that assumed at the time of purchase. On the other hand, if a class of certificates is purchased at a discount from its face amount and payments of principal on the related mortgage collateral occur at a rate slower than anticipated at the time of purchase, the purchaser's actual yield to maturity will be lower than assumed. The effect of Principal Prepayments, liquidations and purchases on yield will be particularly significant in the case of a class of certificates entitled to payments of interest only or disproportionate payments of interest. In addition, the total return to investors of certificates evidencing a right to distributions of interest at a rate that is based on the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate of the mortgage collateral from time to time will be adversely affected by Principal Prepayments on mortgage collateral with mortgage rates higher than the weighted average mortgage rate on the mortgage collateral. In general, mortgage loans with higher mortgage rates prepay at a faster rate than mortgage loans with lower mortgage rates. In some circumstances, rapid prepayments may result in the failure of the holders to recoup their original investment. In addition, the yield to maturity on other types of classes of certificates, including accrual certificates, certificates with a pass-through rate that fluctuates inversely with or at a multiple of an index or other classes in a series including more than one class of certificates, may be relatively more sensitive to the rate of prepayment on the related mortgage collateral than other classes of certificates. The timing of changes in the rate of principal payments on or repurchases of the mortgage collateral may significantly affect an investor's actual yield to maturity, even if the average rate of principal payments experienced over time is consistent with an investor's expectation. In general, the earlier a prepayment of principal on the mortgage collateral or a repurchase of mortgage collateral, the greater will be the effect on an investor's yield to maturity. As a result, the effect on an investor's yield of principal payments and repurchases occurring at a rate higher or lower than the rate anticipated by the investor during the period immediately following the issuance of a series of certificates would not be fully offset by a subsequent like reduction or increase in the rate of principal payments. When a full prepayment is made on a mortgage loan, the mortgagor is charged interest on the principal balance of the mortgage loan so prepaid for the number of days in the month actually elapsed up to the date of the prepayment. Prepayments in full generally will reduce the amount of interest distributed in the following month to holders of certificates entitled to distributions of interest if the resulting Prepayment Interest Shortfall is not covered by Compensating Interest. See "Description of the Certificates--Prepayment Interest Shortfalls." A partial prepayment of principal is applied so as to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the related mortgage loan as of the first day of the month in which the partial prepayment is received. As a result, the effect of a partial prepayment on a mortgage loan will be to reduce the amount of interest distributed to holders of certificates in the month following the receipt of the partial prepayment by an amount equal to one month's interest at the applicable pass-through 75 rate or Net Mortgage Rate, as the case may be, on the prepaid amount if such shortfall is not covered by Compensating Interest. See "Description of the Certificates--Prepayment Interest Shortfalls." Neither full or partial Principal Prepayments nor Liquidation Proceeds will be distributed until the distribution date in the month following receipt. See "Maturity and Prepayment Considerations." For some ARM loans, the mortgage rate at origination may be below the rate that would result if the index and margin relating thereto were applied at origination. Under the applicable underwriting standards, the mortgagor under each mortgage loan usually will be qualified on the basis of the mortgage rate in effect at origination. The repayment of any such mortgage loan may thus be dependent on the ability of the mortgagor to make larger monthly payments following the adjustment of the mortgage rate. In addition, the periodic increase in the amount paid by the mortgagor of a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan during or at the end of the applicable Buy-Down Period may create a greater financial burden for the mortgagor, who might not have otherwise qualified for a mortgage under the applicable underwriting guidelines, and may accordingly increase the risk of default with respect to the related mortgage loan. For any junior mortgage loans, the inability of the mortgagor to pay off the balance thereof may affect the ability of the mortgagor to obtain refinancing of any related senior mortgage loan, thereby preventing a potential improvement in the mortgagor's circumstances. Furthermore, if stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement the master servicer or servicer may be restricted or prohibited from consenting to any refinancing of any related senior mortgage loan, which in turn could adversely affect the mortgagor's circumstances or result in a prepayment or default under the corresponding junior mortgage loan. The holder of a junior mortgage loan will be subject to a loss of its mortgage if the holder of a senior mortgage is successful in foreclosure of its mortgage and its claim, including any related foreclosure costs, is not paid in full, since no junior liens or encumbrances survive such a foreclosure. Also, due to the priority of the senior mortgage, the holder of a junior mortgage loan may not be able to control the timing, method or procedure of any foreclosure action relating to the mortgaged property. Investors should be aware that any liquidation, insurance or condemnation proceeds received on any junior mortgage loans will be available to satisfy the outstanding balance of such mortgage loans only to the extent that the claims of the holders of the senior mortgages have been satisfied in full, including any related foreclosure costs. For mortgage loans secured by junior liens that have low junior mortgage ratios, foreclosure costs may be substantial relative to the outstanding balance of the mortgage loan, and therefore the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds available to certificateholders may be smaller as a percentage of the outstanding balance of the mortgage loan than would be the case in a typical pool of first lien residential loans. In addition, the holder of a junior mortgage loan may only foreclose on the property securing the related mortgage loan subject to any senior mortgages, in which case the holder must either pay the entire amount due on the senior mortgages to the senior mortgagees at or prior to the foreclosure sale or undertake the obligation to make payments on the senior mortgages. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a trust may contain GPM Loans or Buy-Down Mortgage Loans that have monthly payments that increase during the first few years 76 following origination. Mortgagors generally will be qualified for such loans on the basis of the initial monthly payment. To the extent that the related mortgagor's income does not increase at the same rate as the monthly payment, such a loan may be more likely to default than a mortgage loan with level monthly payments. If credit enhancement for a series of certificates is provided by a letter of credit, insurance policy or bond that is issued or guaranteed by an entity that suffers financial difficulty, such credit enhancement may not provide the level of support that was anticipated at the time an investor purchased its certificate. In the event of a default under the terms of a letter of credit, insurance policy or bond, any Realized Losses on the mortgage collateral not covered by the credit enhancement will be applied to a series of certificates in the manner described in the accompanying prospectus supplement and may reduce an investor's anticipated yield to maturity. The accompanying prospectus supplement may describe other factors concerning the mortgage collateral securing a series of certificates or the structure of such series that will affect the yield on the certificates. MATURITY AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS As indicated above under "The Trusts," the original terms to maturity of the mortgage collateral in a given trust will vary depending upon the type of mortgage collateral included in the trust. The prospectus supplement for a series of certificates will contain information with respect to the types and maturities of the mortgage collateral in the related trust. The prepayment experience, the timing and rate of repurchases and the timing and amount of liquidations with respect to the related mortgage loans will affect the life and yield of the related series of certificates. If the pooling and servicing agreement for a series of certificates provides for a Funding Account or other means of funding the transfer of additional mortgage loans to the related trust, as described under "Description of the Certificates--Funding Account," and the trust is unable to acquire any additional mortgage loans within any applicable time limit, the amounts set aside for such purpose may be applied as principal distributions on one or more classes of certificates of such series. Prepayments on mortgage loans are commonly measured relative to a prepayment standard or model. The prospectus supplement for each series of certificates may describe one or more prepayment standard or model and may contain tables setting forth the projected yields to maturity on each class of certificates or the weighted average life of each class of certificates and the percentage of the original principal amount of each class of certificates of that series that would be outstanding on specified payment dates for the series based on the assumptions stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, including assumptions that prepayments on the mortgage collateral are made at rates corresponding to various percentages of the prepayment standard or model. There is no assurance that prepayment of the mortgage loans underlying a series of certificates will conform to any level of the prepayment standard or model specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The following is a list of factors that may affect prepayment experience: 77 o homeowner mobility; o economic conditions; o changes in mortgagors' housing needs; o job transfers; o unemployment; o mortgagors' equity in the properties securing the mortgages; o servicing decisions; o enforceability of due-on-sale clauses; o mortgage market interest rates; o mortgage recording taxes; o solicitations and the availability of mortgage funds; and o the obtaining of secondary financing by the mortgagor. All statistics known to the depositor that have been compiled with respect to prepayment experience on mortgage loans indicate that while some mortgage loans may remain outstanding until their stated maturities, a substantial number will be paid prior to their respective stated maturities. The rate of prepayment with respect to conventional fixed-rate mortgage loans has fluctuated significantly in recent years. In general, however, if prevailing interest rates fall significantly below the mortgage rates on the mortgage loans underlying a series of certificates, the prepayment rate of such mortgage loans is likely to be higher than if prevailing rates remain at or above the rates borne by those mortgage loans. Risk of prepayment on Interest Only Loans may be greater because borrowers may decide to refinance before the expiration of the interest-only period. See "The Trusts--The Mortgage Loans--Interest Only Loans." Typically, junior mortgage loans are not viewed by mortgagors as permanent financing. Accordingly, junior mortgage loans may experience a higher rate of prepayment than typical first lien mortgage loans. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, all mortgage loans, other than ARM loans, will contain due-on-sale provisions permitting the mortgagee to accelerate the maturity of the mortgage loan upon sale or some transfers by the mortgagor of the underlying mortgaged property. Unless the accompanying prospectus supplement indicates 78 otherwise, the master servicer or servicer will enforce any due-on-sale clause to the extent it has knowledge of the conveyance or proposed conveyance of the underlying mortgaged property and it is entitled to do so under applicable law, provided, however, that the master servicer or servicer will not take any action in relation to the enforcement of any due-on-sale provision which would adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any applicable insurance policy. An ARM loan is assumable, in some circumstances, if the proposed transferee of the related mortgaged property establishes its ability to repay the mortgage loan and, in the reasonable judgment of the master servicer or servicer or the related subservicer, the security for the ARM loan would not be impaired by the assumption. The extent to which ARM loans are assumed by purchasers of the mortgaged properties rather than prepaid by the related mortgagors in connection with the sales of the mortgaged properties will affect the weighted average life of the related series of certificates. See "Description of the Certificates--Servicing and Administration of Mortgage Collateral--Enforcement of 'Due-on-Sale' Clauses" and "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans--The Mortgage Loans--Enforceability of Certain Provisions" for a description of provisions of each pooling and servicing agreement and legal developments that may affect the prepayment rate of mortgage loans. In addition, some mortgage securities included in a mortgage pool may be backed by underlying mortgage loans having differing interest rates. Accordingly, the rate at which principal payments are received on the related certificates will, to some extent, depend on the interest rates on the underlying mortgage loans. Some types of mortgage collateral included in a trust may have characteristics that make it more likely to default than collateral provided for mortgage pass-through certificates from other mortgage purchase programs. The depositor anticipates including in mortgage collateral pools "limited documentation," "stated documentation" and "no documentation" mortgage loans and mortgage loans that were made to international borrowers or that were originated in accordance with lower underwriting standards and which may have been made to mortgagors with imperfect credit histories and prior bankruptcies. Likewise, a trust may include mortgage loans that are one month or more delinquent at the time of offering of the related series of certificates or are secured by junior liens on the related mortgaged property. Such mortgage collateral may be susceptible to a greater risk of default and liquidation than might otherwise be expected by investors in the related certificates. The mortgage loans may be prepaid by the mortgagors at any time without payment of any prepayment fee or penalty, although a portion of the mortgage loans provide for payment of a prepayment charge, which may have a substantial effect on the rate of prepayment. Some states' laws restrict the imposition of prepayment charges even when the mortgage loans expressly provide for the collection of those charges. As a result, it is possible that prepayment charges may not be collected even on mortgage loans that provide for the payment of these charges. A servicer may allow the refinancing of a mortgage loan in any trust by accepting prepayments thereon and permitting a new loan to the same borrower secured by a mortgage on the same property, which may be originated by the servicer or the master servicer or any of their respective affiliates or by an unrelated entity. In the event of a refinancing, the new loan would 79 not be included in the related trust and, therefore, the refinancing would have the same effect as a prepayment in full of the related mortgage loan. A servicer or the master servicer may, from time to time, implement programs designed to encourage refinancing. These programs may include, without limitation, modifications of existing loans, general or targeted solicitations, the offering of preapproved applications, reduced origination fees or closing costs, or other financial incentives. Targeted solicitations may be based on a variety of factors, including the credit of the borrower or the location of the mortgaged property. In addition, servicers or the master servicer may encourage assumption of mortgage loans, including defaulted mortgage loans, under which creditworthy borrowers assume the outstanding indebtedness of the mortgage loans, which may be removed from the related mortgage pool. As a result of these programs, with respect to the mortgage pool underlying any trust (i) the rate of Principal Prepayments of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool may be higher than would otherwise be the case, and (ii) in some cases, the average credit or collateral quality of the mortgage loans remaining in the mortgage pool may decline. Although the mortgage rates on ARM loans will be subject to periodic adjustments, the adjustments generally will: o not increase or decrease the mortgage rates by more than a fixed percentage amount on each adjustment date; o not increase the mortgage rates over a fixed percentage amount during the life of any ARM loan; and o be based on an index, which may not rise and fall consistently with mortgage interest rates, plus the related Gross Margin, which may be different from margins being used for newly originated adjustable-rate mortgage loans. As a result, the mortgage rates on the ARM loans in a trust at any time may not equal the prevailing rates for similar, newly originated adjustable-rate mortgage loans. In some rate environments, the prevailing rates on fixed-rate mortgage loans may be sufficiently low in relation to the then-current mortgage rates on ARM loans that the rate of prepayment may increase as a result of refinancings. There can be no certainty as to the rate of prepayments on the mortgage collateral during any period or over the life of any series of certificates. No assurance can be given that the value of the mortgaged property securing a mortgage loan has remained or will remain at the level existing on the date of origination. If the residential real estate market should experience an overall decline in property values such that the outstanding balances of the mortgage loans and any secondary financing on the mortgaged properties in a particular mortgage pool become equal to or greater than the value of the mortgaged properties, the actual rates of delinquencies, foreclosures and losses could be higher than those now generally experienced in the mortgage lending industry. See "Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans." In addition, even where values of mortgaged properties generally remain constant, manufactured homes typically depreciate in value. To the extent that losses resulting from delinquencies, losses and foreclosures or repossession of mortgaged property for mortgage loans included in a trust for a series of 80 certificates are not covered by the methods of credit enhancement described in this prospectus under "Description of Credit Enhancement" or in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the losses will be borne by holders of the certificates of the related series. Even where credit enhancement covers all Realized Losses resulting from delinquency and foreclosure or repossession, the effect of foreclosures and repossessions may be to increase prepayment experience on the mortgage collateral, thus reducing average weighted life and affecting yield to maturity. See "Yield Considerations." Under some circumstances, the master servicer or a servicer may have the option to purchase the mortgage loans in a trust. See "The Pooling and Servicing Agreement--Termination; Retirement of Certificates." Any purchase will shorten the weighted average lives of the related certificates. CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF MORTGAGE LOANS The following discussion contains summaries of some legal aspects of mortgage loans that are general in nature. Because these legal aspects are governed in part by state law, which laws may differ substantially from state to state, the summaries do not purport to be complete, to reflect the laws of any particular state or to encompass the laws of all states in which the mortgaged properties may be situated. The summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the applicable federal and state laws governing the mortgage loans. THE MORTGAGE LOANS General The mortgage loans will be secured by deeds of trust, mortgages or deeds to secure debt depending upon the prevailing practice in the state in which the related mortgaged property is located. In some states, a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt creates a lien upon the related real property. In other states, the mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt conveys legal title to the property to the mortgagee subject to a condition subsequent, for example, the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby. These instruments are not prior to the lien for real estate taxes and assessments and other charges imposed under governmental police powers. Priority with respect to these instruments depends on their terms and in some cases on the terms of separate subordination or inter-creditor agreements, and generally on the order of recordation of the mortgage deed of trust or deed to secure debt in the appropriate recording office. There are two parties to a mortgage, the mortgagor, who is the borrower and homeowner, and the mortgagee, who is the lender. Under the mortgage instrument, the mortgagor delivers to the mortgagee a note or bond and the mortgage. In some states, three parties may be involved in a mortgage financing when title to the property is held by a land trustee under a land trust agreement of which the borrower is the beneficiary; at origination of a mortgage loan, the land trustee, as fee owner of the property, executes the mortgage and the borrower executes a separate undertaking to make payments on the mortgage note. Although a deed of trust is similar to a mortgage, a deed of trust has three parties: the grantor, who is the borrower/homeowner; the beneficiary, who is the lender; and a third-party grantee called the trustee. Under a deed of trust, the borrower grants the mortgaged property to the trustee, irrevocably until satisfaction of the 81 debt. A deed to secure debt typically has two parties, under which the borrower, or grantor, conveys title to the real property to the grantee, or lender, typically with a power of sale, until the time when the debt is repaid. The trustee's authority under a deed of trust and the mortgagee's or grantee's authority under a mortgage or a deed to secure debt, as applicable, are governed by the law of the state in which the real property is located, the express provisions of the deed of trust, mortgage or deed to secure debt and, in some deed of trust transactions, the directions of the beneficiary. Foreclosure on Mortgage Loans Although a deed of trust or a deed to secure debt may also be foreclosed by judicial action, foreclosure of a deed of trust or a deed to secure debt is typically accomplished by a non-judicial sale under a specific provision in the deed of trust or deed to secure debt which authorizes the trustee or grantee, as applicable, to sell the property upon default by the borrower under the terms of the note or deed of trust or deed to secure debt. In addition to any notice requirements contained in a deed of trust or deed to secure debt, in some states, the trustee or grantee, as applicable, must record a notice of default and send a copy to the borrower and to any person who has recorded a request for a copy of notice of default and notice of sale. In addition, in some states, the trustee or grantee, as applicable, must provide notice to any other individual having an interest of record in the real property, including any junior lienholders. If the deed of trust or deed to secure debt is not reinstated within a specified period, a notice of sale must be posted in a public place and, in most states, published for a specific period of time in one or more newspapers. In addition, some states' laws require that a copy of the notice of sale be posted on the property and sent to all parties having an interest of record in the real property. In some states, the borrower has the right to reinstate the loan at any time following default until shortly before the trustee's sale. In most cases, in those states, the borrower, or any other person having a junior encumbrance on the real estate, may, during a reinstatement period, cure the default by paying the entire amount in arrears plus the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing the obligation. An action to foreclose a mortgage is an action to recover the mortgage debt by enforcing the mortgagee's rights under the mortgage and in the mortgaged property and compelling a sale of the mortgaged property to satisfy the debt. It is regulated by statutes and rules, and in most cases a borrower is bound by the terms of the mortgage note and the mortgage as made and cannot be relieved from its own default. However, a court may exercise equitable powers to relieve a borrower of a default and deny the mortgagee foreclosure. Under various circumstances a court of equity may relieve the borrower from a non-monetary default where that default was not willful or where a monetary default, such as failure to pay real estate taxes, can be cured before completion of the foreclosure and there is no substantial prejudice to the mortgagee. Foreclosure of a mortgage usually is accomplished by judicial action. In most cases, the action is initiated by the service of legal pleadings upon all parties having an interest of record in the real property. Delays in completion of the foreclosure may result from difficulties in locating and serving necessary parties, including borrowers, such as international borrowers, located outside the jurisdiction in which the mortgaged property is located. Difficulties in foreclosing on 82 mortgaged properties owned by international borrowers may result in increased foreclosure costs, which may reduce the amount of proceeds from the liquidation of the related mortgage loan available to be distributed to the certificateholders of the related series. If the mortgagee's right to foreclose is contested, the legal proceedings necessary to resolve the issue can be time-consuming. In the case of foreclosure under a mortgage, a deed of trust or deed to secure debt, the sale by the referee or other designated officer or by the trustee or grantee, as applicable, is a public sale. However, because of the difficulty a potential buyer at the sale may have in determining the exact status of title and because the physical condition of the property may have deteriorated during the foreclosure proceedings, it is uncommon for a third party to purchase the property at a foreclosure sale. Rather, it is common for the lender to purchase the property from the trustee or grantee, as applicable, or referee for a credit bid less than or equal to the unpaid principal balance of the loan, accrued and unpaid interest and the expense of foreclosure, in which case the mortgagor's debt will be extinguished unless the lender purchases the property for a lesser amount and preserves its right against a borrower to seek a deficiency judgment and the remedy is available under state law and the related loan documents. In the same states, there is a statutory minimum purchase price which the lender may offer for the property and generally, state law controls the amount of foreclosure costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, which may be recovered by a lender. Thereafter, subject to the right of the borrower in some states to remain in possession during the redemption period, the lender will assume the burdens of ownership, including obtaining hazard insurance, paying taxes and making repairs at its own expense that are necessary to render the property suitable for sale. In most cases, the lender will obtain the services of a real estate broker and pay the broker's commission in connection with the sale of the property. Depending upon market conditions, the ultimate proceeds of the sale of the property may not equal the lender's investment in the property and, in some states, the lender may be entitled to a deficiency judgment. In some cases, a deficiency judgment may be pursued in lieu of foreclosure. Any loss may be reduced by the receipt of any mortgage insurance proceeds or other forms of credit enhancement for a series of certificates. See "Description of Credit Enhancement." Foreclosure on Junior Mortgage Loans If a senior mortgage goes into default, the junior mortgagee is at risk of losing its lien on the mortgaged property by a foreclosure of the senior lien. To protect against this loss the junior mortgagee must either pay the entire amount due on the senior mortgages to the senior mortgagees prior to or at the time of the foreclosure sale or undertake the obligation to make payments on the senior mortgages if the mortgagor is in default thereunder, in either event adding the amounts expended to the balance due on the junior loan. In addition, if the foreclosure by a junior mortgagee triggers the enforcement of a "due-on-sale" clause in a senior mortgage, the junior mortgagee may be required to pay the full amount of the senior mortgages to the senior mortgagees, to avoid a default with respect thereto. Accordingly, if the junior lender purchases the property, the lender's title will be subject to all senior liens and claims and certain governmental liens. The same is true for any third-party purchaser, thus reducing the value the junior mortgagee can realize at the foreclosure sale. The proceeds received by the referee or trustee from the sale are applied first to the costs, fees and expenses of sale and then in satisfaction of the indebtedness secured by the mortgage or deed of trust that is being foreclosed. 83 Any remaining proceeds are typically payable to the holders of junior mortgages or deeds of trust and other liens and claims in order of their priority, whether or not the borrower is in default. Any additional proceeds are usually payable to the mortgagor or trustor. The payment of the proceeds to the holders of junior mortgages may occur in the foreclosure action of the senior mortgagee or may require the institution of separate legal proceedings. See "Description of the Certificates--Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans." In addition, if proceeds from a foreclosure or similar sale of the mortgaged property are insufficient to satisfy all senior liens and the junior loan in the aggregate, the trust as the holder of the junior lien and, accordingly, holders of one or more classes of related securities bear (1) the risk of delay in distributions while a deficiency judgment against the borrower is obtained and (2) the risk of loss if the deficiency judgment is not realized upon. Moreover, deficiency judgments may not be available in some jurisdictions. In addition, liquidation expenses with respect to defaulted junior loans do not vary directly with the outstanding principal balance of the loans at the time of default. Therefore, assuming that the master servicer or servicer took the same steps in realizing upon a defaulted junior loan having a small remaining principal balance as it would in the case of a defaulted junior loan having a large remaining principal balance, the amount realized after expenses of liquidation would be smaller as a percentage of the outstanding principal balance of the small junior loan than would be the case with the defaulted junior loan having a large remaining principal balance. The purposes of a foreclosure action are to enable the mortgagee to realize on its security and to bar the borrower, and all persons who have an interest in the property which is subordinate to the foreclosing mortgagee, from their "equity of redemption." The doctrine of equity of redemption provides that, until the property covered by a mortgage has been sold in accordance with a properly conducted foreclosure and foreclosure sale, those having an interest which is subordinate to that of the foreclosing mortgagee have an equity of redemption and may redeem the property by paying the entire debt with interest. In addition, in some states, when a foreclosure action has been commenced, the redeeming party must pay various costs of that action. Those having an equity of redemption must be made parties and duly summoned to the foreclosure action in order for their equity of redemption to be barred. Rights of Redemption In some states, after sale pursuant to a deed of trust, or a deed to secure debt or foreclosure of a mortgage, the borrower and foreclosed junior lienors or other parties are given a statutory period, typically ranging from six months to two years, in which to redeem the property from the foreclosure sale. In some states, redemption may occur only upon payment of the entire principal balance of the loan, accrued interest and expenses of foreclosure. In other states, redemption may be authorized if the former borrower pays only a portion of the sums due. In some states, the right to redeem is an equitable right. The equity of redemption, which is a non-statutory right, should be distinguished from statutory rights of redemption. The effect of a statutory right of redemption is to diminish the ability of the lender to sell the foreclosed property. The rights of redemption would defeat the title of any purchaser subsequent to foreclosure or sale under a deed of trust or a deed to secure debt. Consequently, the practical effect of the redemption right is to force the lender to maintain the property and pay the expenses of ownership until the redemption period has expired. 84 Anti-Deficiency Legislation and Other Limitations on Lenders Some states have imposed statutory prohibitions which limit the remedies of a beneficiary under a deed of trust, a mortgagee under a mortgage or a grantee under a deed to secure debt. In some states, including California, statutes limit the right of the beneficiary, mortgagee or grantee to obtain a deficiency judgment against the borrower following foreclosure. A deficiency judgment is a personal judgment against the former borrower equal in most cases to the difference between the net amount realized upon the public sale of the real property and the amount due to the lender. In the case of a mortgage loan secured by a property owned by a trust where the mortgage note is executed on behalf of the trust, a deficiency judgment against the trust following foreclosure or sale under a deed of trust or deed to secure debt, even if obtainable under applicable law, may be of little value to the beneficiary, grantee or mortgagee if there are no assets against which the deficiency judgment may be executed. Some state statutes require the beneficiary, grantee or mortgagee to exhaust the security afforded under a deed of trust, deed to secure debt or mortgage by foreclosure in an attempt to satisfy the full debt before bringing a personal action against the borrower. In other states, the lender has the option of bringing a personal action against the borrower on the debt without first exhausting the security; however, in some of these states, the lender, following judgment on the personal action, may be deemed to have elected a remedy and may be precluded from exercising remedies with respect to the security. Consequently, the practical effect of the election requirement, in those states permitting this election, is that lenders will usually proceed against the security first rather than bringing a personal action against the borrower. Finally, in some states, statutory provisions limit any deficiency judgment against the borrower following a foreclosure to the excess of the outstanding debt over the fair value of the property at the time of the public sale. The purpose of these statutes is generally to prevent a beneficiary, grantee or mortgagee from obtaining a large deficiency judgment against the borrower as a result of low or no bids at the judicial sale. Various state laws also place a limitation on the mortgagee for late payment charges. In addition to laws limiting or prohibiting deficiency judgments, numerous other federal and state statutory provisions, including the federal bankruptcy laws and state laws affording relief to debtors, may interfere with or affect the ability of the secured mortgage lender to realize upon its collateral and/or enforce a deficiency judgment. For example, under the federal bankruptcy law, all actions by the secured mortgage lender against the debtor, the debtor's property and any co-debtor are automatically stayed upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition. Moreover, a court having federal bankruptcy jurisdiction may permit a debtor through its Chapter 11 or Chapter 13 rehabilitative plan to cure a monetary default relating to a mortgage loan on the debtor's residence by paying arrearages within a reasonable time period and reinstating the original mortgage loan payment schedule, even though the lender accelerated the mortgage loan and final judgment of foreclosure had been entered in state court. Some courts with federal bankruptcy jurisdiction have approved plans, based on the particular facts of the reorganization case, that effected the curing of a mortgage loan default by paying arrearages over a number of years. Courts with federal bankruptcy jurisdiction have also indicated that the terms of a mortgage loan secured by property of the debtor, which is secured by additional collateral in 85 addition to the related mortgaged property, may be modified. These courts have allowed modifications that include reducing the amount of each monthly payment, changing the rate of interest and altering the repayment schedule. In general, except as provided below with respect to junior liens, the terms of a mortgage loan secured only by a mortgage on a real property that is the debtor's principal residence may not be modified under a plan confirmed under Chapter 13, as opposed to Chapter 11, except with respect to mortgage payment arrearages, which may be cured within a reasonable time period. The United States Supreme Court has held that so long as a mortgage loan is fully or partially secured by the related mortgaged property, the amount of the mortgage loan secured by the related mortgaged property may not be reduced, or "crammed down," in connection with a bankruptcy petition filed by the mortgagor. However, United States Circuit Court of Appeals decisions have held that in the event of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing by a mortgagor, in the event the value of the related mortgaged property at the time of the filing is less than the amount of debt secured by any first lien, the portion of any junior lien that is unsecured may be "crammed down" in the bankruptcy court and discharged. As a result, in the event of a decline in the value of a mortgaged property, the amount of any junior liens may be reduced by a bankruptcy judge in a Chapter 13 filing, without any liquidation of the related mortgaged property. Any such reduction would be treated as a Bankruptcy Loss. Certain tax liens arising under the Internal Revenue Code may, in some circumstances, have priority over the lien of a mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust. This may have the effect of delaying or interfering with the enforcement of rights with respect to a defaulted mortgage loan. In addition, substantive requirements are imposed upon mortgage lenders in connection with the origination and the servicing of mortgage loans by numerous federal and some state consumer protection laws. These laws include the federal Truth-in-Lending Act, as implemented by Regulation Z, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as implemented by Regulation X, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, as implemented by Regulation B, Fair Credit Billing Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act and related statutes. These federal laws impose specific statutory liabilities upon lenders who originate mortgage loans and who fail to comply with the provisions of the law. In some cases, this liability may affect assignees of the mortgage loans. In particular, an originator's failure to comply with certain requirements of the federal Truth-in-Lending Act, as implemented by Regulation Z, could subject both originators and assignees of such obligations to monetary penalties and could result in the obligors' rescinding the mortgage loans against either the originators or assignees. Homeownership Act and Similar State Laws None of the mortgage loans will be subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, or Homeownership Act. However, in addition to the Homeownership Act, a number of legislative proposals have been introduced at both the federal and state level that are designed to discourage predatory lending practices. Some states have enacted, and other states or local governments may enact, laws that impose requirements and restrictions greater than those in the Homeownership Act. These laws prohibit inclusion of some provisions in mortgage loans that have interest rates or origination costs in excess of prescribed levels, and require that 86 borrowers be given certain disclosures prior to the consummation of the mortgage loans. Purchasers or assignees of a mortgage loan, including the related trust, could be exposed to all claims and defenses that the mortgagor could assert against the originator of the mortgage loan for a violation of state law. Claims and defenses available to the borrower could include monetary penalties, rescission and defenses to a foreclosure action or an action to collect. Except in the case of a Designated Seller Transaction or unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the Affiliated Intermediary Seller will represent and warrant that all of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool complied in all material respects with all applicable local, state and federal laws at the time of origination. Although the Affiliated Intermediary Seller will be obligated to repurchase any mortgage loan as to which a breach of its representation and warranty has occurred if that breach is material and adverse to the interests of the certificateholders, the repurchase price of those mortgage loans could be less than the damages and/or equitable remedies imposed pursuant to various state laws. Enforceability of Certain Provisions Unless the prospectus supplement indicates otherwise, the mortgage loans contain due-on-sale clauses. These clauses permit the lender to accelerate the maturity of the loan if the borrower sells, transfers or conveys the property. The enforceability of these clauses has been the subject of legislation or litigation in many states, and in some cases the enforceability of these clauses has been limited or denied. However, the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982, or Garn-St Germain Act, preempts state constitutional, statutory and case law that prohibit the enforcement of due-on-sale clauses and permits lenders to enforce these clauses in accordance with their terms, subject to limited exceptions. The Garn-St Germain Act does "encourage" lenders to permit assumption of loans at the original rate of interest or at some other rate less than the average of the original rate and the market rate. The Garn-St Germain Act also sets forth nine specific instances in which a mortgage lender covered by the Garn-St Germain Act may not exercise a due-on-sale clause, regardless of the fact that a transfer of the property may have occurred. These include intra-family transfers, certain transfers by operation of law, leases of fewer than three years and the creation of a junior encumbrance. Regulations promulgated under the Garn-St Germain Act also prohibit the imposition of a prepayment penalty upon the acceleration of a loan under a due-on-sale clause. The inability to enforce a due-on-sale clause may result in a mortgage loan bearing an interest rate below the current market rate being assumed by a new home buyer rather than being paid off, which may have an impact upon the average life of the mortgage loans and the number of mortgage loans which may be outstanding until maturity. Upon foreclosure, courts have imposed general equitable principles. These equitable principles are designed to relieve the borrower from the legal effect of its defaults under the loan documents. Examples of judicial remedies that have been fashioned include judicial requirements that the lender undertake affirmative and expensive actions to determine the causes for the borrower's default and the likelihood that the borrower will be able to reinstate the loan. In some cases, courts have required that lenders reinstate loans or recast payment schedules in order to accommodate borrowers who are suffering from temporary financial disability. In other 87 cases, courts have limited the right of the lender to foreclose if the default under the mortgage instrument is not monetary, including the borrower failing to adequately maintain the property. Finally, some courts have been faced with the issue of whether or not federal or state constitutional provisions reflecting due process concerns for adequate notice require that borrowers under deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or mortgages receive notices in addition to the statutorily prescribed minimum. For the most part, these cases have upheld the notice provisions as being reasonable or have found that the sale by a trustee under a deed of trust, or under a deed to secure a debt or a mortgagee having a power of sale, does not involve sufficient state action to afford constitutional protections to the borrower. Applicability of Usury Laws Title V of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, or Title V, provides that state usury limitations shall not apply to some types of residential first mortgage loans originated by some lenders after March 31, 1980. A similar federal statute was in effect with respect to mortgage loans made during the first three months of 1980. The Office of Thrift Supervision, or OTS, is authorized to issue rules and regulations and to publish interpretations governing implementation of Title V. The statute authorized any state to impose interest rate limits by adopting, before April 1, 1983, a law or constitutional provision which expressly rejects application of the federal law. In addition, even where Title V is not so rejected, any state is authorized by the law to adopt a provision limiting discount points or other charges on mortgage loans covered by Title V. Certain states have taken action to reimpose interest rate limits or to limit discount points or other charges. Usury limits may apply to junior mortgage loans in many states. Any applicable usury limits in effect at origination will be reflected in the maximum mortgage rates on ARM loans, which will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the Affiliated Intermediary Seller, the seller of the mortgage collateral, or another specified party, will have represented that each mortgage loan was originated in compliance with then applicable state laws, including usury laws, in all material respects. However, the mortgage rates on the mortgage loans will be subject to applicable usury laws as in effect from time to time. Alternative Mortgage Instruments Alternative mortgage instruments, including adjustable-rate mortgage loans and early ownership mortgage loans, originated by non-federally chartered lenders, have historically been subjected to a variety of restrictions. These restrictions differed from state to state, resulting in difficulties in determining whether a particular alternative mortgage instrument originated by a state-chartered lender was in compliance with applicable law. These difficulties were alleviated substantially as a result of the enactment of Title VIII of the Garn-St Germain Act, or Title VIII. Title VIII provides that, regardless of any state law to the contrary: o state-chartered banks may originate alternative mortgage instruments in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Comptroller of the Currency with respect to the origination of alternative mortgage instruments by national banks, 88 o state-chartered credit unions may originate alternative mortgage instruments in accordance with regulations promulgated by the National Credit Union Administration with respect to origination of alternative mortgage instruments by federal credit unions and o all other non-federally chartered housing creditors, including state-chartered savings and loan associations, state-chartered savings banks and mutual savings banks and mortgage banking companies, may originate alternative mortgage instruments in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, predecessor to the OTS, with respect to origination of alternative mortgage instruments by federal savings and loan associations. Title VIII also provides that any state may reject applicability of the provisions of Title VIII by adopting, prior to October 15, 1985, a law or constitutional provision expressly rejecting the applicability of these provisions. Some states have taken this action. Junior Mortgages; Rights of Senior Mortgagees The mortgage loans included in the trust may be junior to other mortgages, deeds to secure debt or deeds of trust held by other lenders. Absent an intercreditor agreement, the rights of the trust, and therefore the certificateholders, as mortgagee under a junior mortgage, are subordinate to those of the mortgagee under the senior mortgage, including the prior rights of the senior mortgagee to receive hazard insurance and condemnation proceeds and to cause the property securing the mortgage loan to be sold upon default of the mortgagor. The sale of the mortgaged property may extinguish the junior mortgagee's lien unless the junior mortgagee asserts its subordinate interest in the property in foreclosure litigation and, in certain cases, either reinstates or satisfies the defaulted senior loan or loans. A junior mortgagee may satisfy a defaulted senior loan in full or, in some states, may cure the default and bring the senior loan current thereby reinstating the senior loan, in either event usually adding the amounts expended to the balance due on the junior loan. In most states, absent a provision in the mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust, or an intercreditor agreement, no notice of default is required to be given to a junior mortgagee. Where applicable law or the terms of the senior mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust do not require notice of default to the junior mortgagee, the lack of any notice may prevent the junior mortgagee from exercising any right to reinstate the loan which applicable law may provide. The standard form of the mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust used by most institutional lenders confers on the mortgagee the right both to receive all proceeds collected under any hazard insurance policy and all awards made in connection with condemnation proceedings, and to apply the proceeds and awards to any indebtedness secured by the mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust, in the order the mortgagee determines. Thus, if improvements on the property are damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, or if the property is taken by condemnation, the mortgagee or beneficiary under underlying senior mortgages will have the prior right to collect any insurance proceeds payable under a hazard insurance policy and any award of damages in connection with the condemnation and to apply the same to the indebtedness secured by the senior mortgages. Proceeds in excess of the amount 89 of senior mortgage indebtedness, in most cases, may be applied to the indebtedness of junior mortgages in the order of their priority. Another provision sometimes found in the form of the mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust used by institutional lenders obligates the mortgagor to pay before delinquency all taxes and assessments on the property and, when due, all encumbrances, charges and liens on the property which are prior to the mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust, to provide and maintain fire insurance on the property, to maintain and repair the property and not to commit or permit any waste thereof, and to appear in and defend any action or proceeding purporting to affect the property or the rights of the mortgagee under the mortgage or deed of trust. Upon a failure of the mortgagor to perform any of these obligations, the mortgagee is given the right under certain mortgages, deeds to secure debt or deeds of trust to perform the obligation itself, at its election, with the mortgagor agreeing to reimburse the mortgagee for any sums expended by the mortgagee on behalf of the mortgagor. All sums so expended by a senior mortgagee become part of the indebtedness secured by the senior mortgage. Also, since most senior mortgages require the related mortgagor to make escrow deposits with the holder of the senior mortgage for all real estate taxes and insurance premiums, many junior mortgagees will not collect and retain the escrows and will rely upon the holder of the senior mortgage to collect and disburse the escrows. ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION Under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or CERCLA, and under state law in some states, a secured party that takes a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, purchases a mortgaged property at a foreclosure sale, or operates a mortgaged property may become liable in some circumstances for the costs of cleaning up hazardous substances regardless of whether they have contaminated the property. CERCLA imposes strict, as well as joint and several, liability on several classes of potentially responsible parties, including current owners and operators of the property who did not cause or contribute to the contamination. Furthermore, liability under CERCLA is not limited to the original or unamortized principal balance of a loan or to the value of the property securing a loan. Lenders may be held liable under CERCLA as owners or operators unless they qualify for the secured creditor exemption to CERCLA. This exemption exempts from the definition of owners and operators those who, without participating in the management of a facility, hold indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in the facility. The Asset Conservation, Lender Liability and Deposit Insurance Act of 1996, or Conservation Act amended, among other things, the provisions of CERCLA with respect to lender liability and the secured creditor exemption. The Conservation Act offers substantial protection to lenders by defining the activities in which a lender can engage and still have the benefit of the secured creditor exemption. For a lender to be deemed to have participated in the management of a mortgaged property, the lender must actually participate in the operational affairs of the mortgaged property. The Conservation Act provides that "merely having the capacity to influence, or unexercised right to control" operations does not constitute participation in management. A lender will lose the protection of the secured creditor exemption only if it exercises decision-making control over the mortgagor's environmental compliance and hazardous substance handling and disposal practices, or assumes day-to-day management of 90 substantially all operational functions of the mortgaged property. The Conservation Act also provides that a lender will continue to have the benefit of the secured creditor exemption even if it forecloses on a mortgaged property, purchases it at a foreclosure sale or accepts a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure provided that the lender seeks to sell the mortgaged property at the earliest practicable commercially reasonable time on commercially reasonable terms. Other federal and state laws in some circumstances may impose liability on a secured party that takes a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, purchases a mortgaged property at a foreclosure sale, or operates a mortgaged property on which contaminants other than CERCLA hazardous substances are present, including petroleum, agricultural chemicals, hazardous wastes, asbestos, radon, and lead-based paint. These cleanup costs may be substantial. It is possible that the cleanup costs could become a liability of a trust and reduce the amounts otherwise distributable to the holders of the related series of certificates. Moreover, some federal statutes and some states by statute impose an Environmental Lien. All subsequent liens on that property are usually subordinated to an Environmental Lien and, in some states, even prior recorded liens are subordinated to Environmental Liens. In the latter states, the security interest of the trustee in a related parcel of real property that is subject to an Environmental Lien could be adversely affected. Traditionally, many residential mortgage lenders have not taken steps to evaluate whether contaminants are present with respect to any mortgaged property prior to the origination of the mortgage loan or prior to foreclosure or accepting a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. Neither the depositor nor any master servicer or servicer will be required by any agreement to undertake any of these evaluations prior to foreclosure or accepting a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. The depositor does not make any representations or warranties or assume any liability with respect to the absence or effect of contaminants on any mortgaged property or any casualty resulting from the presence or effect of contaminants. However, the master servicer or servicer will not be obligated to foreclose on any mortgaged property or accept a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure if it knows or reasonably believes that there are material contaminated conditions on the property. A failure so to foreclose may reduce the amounts otherwise available to certificateholders of the related series. Except as otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, at the time the mortgage loans were originated, no environmental assessment or a very limited environment assessment of the mortgaged properties will have been conducted. SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT Under the terms of the Relief Act a borrower who enters military service after the origination of the borrower's mortgage loan, including a borrower who was in reserve status and is called to active duty after origination of the mortgage loan, may not be charged interest, including fees and charges, in excess of 6% per annum during the period of the borrower's active duty status. In addition to adjusting interest, the lender must forgive any such interest in excess of 6% per annum, unless a court or administrative agency of the United States or of any State orders otherwise on application of the lender. The Relief Act applies to borrowers who are members of the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, National Guard, Reserves or Coast Guard, and 91 officers of the U.S. Public Health Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration assigned to duty with the military. Because the Relief Act applies to borrowers who enter military service, including reservists who are called to active duty, after origination of the related mortgage loan, no information can be provided as to the number of mortgage loans that may be affected by the Relief Act. For mortgage loans included in a trust, application of the Relief Act would adversely affect, for an indeterminate period of time, the ability of the servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, to collect full amounts of interest on the mortgage collateral. Any shortfall in interest collections resulting from the application of the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations, which would not be recoverable from the related mortgage loans, would result in a reduction of the amounts distributable to the holders of the related certificates, and would not be covered by Advances or any form of credit enhancement provided in connection with the related series of certificates. In addition, the Relief Act imposes limitations that would impair the ability of the servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, to foreclose on an affected mortgage loan during the mortgagor's period of active duty status, and, under some circumstances, during an additional three month period thereafter. Thus, if the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations applies to any mortgage loan that goes into default, there may be delays in payment and losses on the related certificates in connection therewith. Any other interest shortfalls, deferrals or forgiveness of payments on the mortgage loans resulting from similar legislation or regulations may result in delays in payments or losses to certificateholders of the related series. DEFAULT INTEREST AND LIMITATIONS ON PREPAYMENTS Forms of notes and mortgages used by lenders may contain provisions that obligate the borrower to pay a late charge or additional interest if payments are not timely made, and in some circumstances, may prohibit prepayments for a specified period and/or condition prepayments upon the borrower's payment of prepayment fees or yield maintenance penalties if the obligation is paid prior to maturity. In some states, there are or may be specific limitations upon the late charges that a lender may collect from a borrower for delinquent payments. Some states also limit the amounts that a lender may collect from a borrower as an additional charge if the loan is prepaid. In addition, the enforceability of provisions that provide for prepayment fees or penalties upon an involuntary prepayment is unclear under the laws of many states. Most conventional single-family mortgage loans may be prepaid in full or in part without penalty. The regulations of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, as succeeded by the OTS, prohibit the imposition of a prepayment penalty or equivalent fee for or in connection with the acceleration of a loan by exercise of a due-on-sale clause. A mortgagee to whom a prepayment in full has been tendered may be compelled to give either a release of the mortgage or an instrument assigning the existing mortgage. The absence of a restraint on prepayment, particularly with respect to mortgage loans having higher mortgage rates, may increase the likelihood of refinancing or other early retirements of the mortgage loans. Some state laws restrict the imposition of prepayment charges even when the loans expressly provide for the collection of those charges. The Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982, or the Parity Act, permits the collection of prepayment charges in connection with some types of loans subject to the Parity Act, or Parity Act loans, preempting any contrary state law prohibitions. However, some states may not recognize the preemptive authority of the 92 Parity Act or have opted out of the Parity Act. Moreover, the OTS, the agency that administers the application of the Parity Act to some types of mortgage lenders that are not chartered under federal law, withdrew its favorable regulations and opinions that previously authorized those lenders, notwithstanding contrary state law, to charge prepayment charges and late fees on Parity Act loans in accordance with OTS rules. The withdrawal is effective with respect to Parity Act loans originated on or after July 1, 2003. The OTS's action does not affect Parity Act loans originated before July 1, 2003. It is possible that prepayment charges may not be collected even on loans that provide for the payment of these charges unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The master servicer or servicer or another entity identified in the accompanying prospectus supplement will be entitled to all prepayment charges and late payment charges received on the loans and these amounts will not be available for payment on the certificates. FORFEITURES IN DRUG AND RICO PROCEEDINGS Federal law provides that property owned by persons convicted of drug-related crimes or of criminal violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, statute can be seized by the government if the property was used in, or purchased with the proceeds of, those crimes. Under procedures contained in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, the government may seize the property even before conviction. The government must publish notice of the forfeiture proceeding and may give notice to all parties "known to have an alleged interest in the property," including the holders of mortgage loans. A lender may avoid forfeiture of its interest in the property if it establishes that: (i) its mortgage was executed and recorded before commission of the crime upon which the forfeiture is based, or (ii) the lender was, at the time of execution of the mortgage, "reasonably without cause to believe" that the property was used in, or purchased with the proceeds of, illegal drug or RICO activities. MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES GENERAL The following is a discussion of the material federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the certificates. The following discussion is based on the advice of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP as to the anticipated material federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the certificates offered hereunder. This discussion is directed solely to certificateholders that hold the certificates as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code and does not purport to discuss all federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to particular individual circumstances, including banks, insurance companies, foreign investors, Tax-Exempt Investors, dealers in securities or currencies, mutual funds, real estate investment trusts, S corporations, estates and trusts, securityholders that hold the securities as part of a hedge, straddle, integrated or conversion transaction, or securityholders whose functional currency is not the United States dollar. Also, it does not address alternative minimum tax consequences or the indirect effects on the holders of equity interests in a securityholder. 93 The following discussion addresses REMIC certificates representing interests in a trust, or a portion thereof, which the master servicer or servicer or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will covenant to elect to have treated as a REMIC under Sections 860A through 860G (the "REMIC Provisions") of the Internal Revenue Code. The prospectus supplement for each series of certificates will indicate whether a REMIC election or elections will be made for the related trust and, if that election is to be made, will identify all "regular interests" and "residual interests" in the REMIC. If a REMIC election will not be made for a trust, the federal income consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the related certificates will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. For purposes of this tax discussion, references to a "certificateholder" or a "holder" are to the beneficial owner of a certificate. If a REMIC election is not made upon the issuance of a particular series because, for example, a structure is being used, whereby notes are being issued by an owner trust, an opinion of counsel relating to the tax consequences of that structure will be filed prior to the initial sale of the related certificates. Furthermore, the tax discussion relating to that structure will be provided in the prospectus supplement for that series. The following discussion is based in part upon the OID regulations and in part upon the REMIC Provisions, including the Treasury regulations thereunder. The OID regulations, which are effective with respect to debt instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994, do not adequately address some issues relevant to, and in some instances provide that they are not applicable to, securities similar to the certificates. In addition, the authorities on which this discussion, and the opinion referred to below, are based are subject to change or differing interpretations, which could apply retroactively. An opinion of counsel is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or the courts, and no rulings have been or will be sought from the IRS with respect to any of the federal income tax consequences discussed below, and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not take contrary positions. Taxpayers and preparers of tax returns, including those filed by any REMIC or other issuer, should be aware that under applicable Treasury regulations a provider of advice on specific issues of law is not considered an income tax return preparer unless the advice (i) is given with respect to events that have occurred at the time the advice is rendered and is not given with respect to the consequences of contemplated actions, and (ii) is directly relevant to the determination of an entry on a tax return. This summary and the opinions contained herein may not be able to be relied upon to avoid any income tax penalties that may be imposed with respect to the Securities. Accordingly, taxpayers are encouraged to consult their tax advisors and tax return preparers regarding the preparation of any item on a tax return and the application of United States federal income tax laws, as well as the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdictions, to their particular situations, even where the anticipated tax treatment has been discussed in this prospectus or in a prospectus supplement. See "State and Other Tax Consequences." OPINIONS Upon the issuance of each series of REMIC Certificates, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, counsel to the depositor, will provide its opinion generally to the effect that, assuming (i) compliance with all provisions of the related pooling 94 and servicing agreement, (ii) certain representations set forth in the related pooling and servicing agreement are true, (iii) there is continued compliance with applicable provisions of the Code, as it may be amended from time to time, and applicable Treasury regulations issued thereunder and (iv) a REMIC election is made timely in the required form, for federal income tax purposes, the related trust, or each applicable group of assets held by the related trust, will qualify as a REMIC and the offered REMIC Certificates will be considered to evidence ownership of REMIC regular interests or REMIC residual interests in that REMIC within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions. In addition, as to any securities offered pursuant hereto, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP is of the opinion that the statements made in the following discussion, as supplemented by the discussion under the heading "Federal Income Tax Consequences", if any, in the prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus with respect to those securities, to the extent that they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects as of the date of such prospectus supplement. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP has not been asked to opine on any other federal income tax matter, and the balance of this summary does not purport to set forth any opinion of counsel concerning any other particular federal income tax matter. For example, the discussion under "REMICs--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Residual Certificates--Excess Inclusions" below is a general summary of federal income tax consequences relating to an investment in a REMIC residual interest that has "excess inclusion income," which summary counsel opines is correct in all material respects as described above; however, that summary does not set forth any opinion as to whether any particular class of REMIC residual interests will be treated as having excess inclusion income. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP has not been asked to, and do not, render any opinion regarding the state or local income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of a beneficial interest in the certificates. See "--State and Local Tax Consequences." REMICS Classification of REMICs Upon the issuance of each series of REMIC Certificates, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, counsel to the depositor, will provide its opinion generally to the effect that, assuming (i) compliance with all provisions of the related pooling and servicing agreement, (ii) certain representations set forth in the related pooling and servicing agreement are true, (iii) there is continued compliance with applicable provisions of the Code, as it may be amended from time to time, and applicable Treasury regulations issued thereunder and (iv) a REMIC election is made timely in the required form, for federal income tax purposes, the related trust, or each applicable group of assets held by the related trust, will qualify as a REMIC and the offered REMIC Certificates will be considered to evidence ownership of REMIC regular interests or REMIC residual interests in that REMIC within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions. 95 If an entity electing to be treated as a REMIC fails to comply with one or more of the ongoing requirements of the Internal Revenue Code for that status during any taxable year, the Internal Revenue Code provides that the entity will not be treated as a REMIC for that year and thereafter. In that event, the entity may be taxable as a separate corporation under Treasury regulations, and the related REMIC certificates may not be accorded the status or given the tax treatment described in this prospectus under "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences." Although the Internal Revenue Code authorizes the Treasury Department to issue regulations providing relief in the event of an inadvertent termination of REMIC status, no regulations have been issued. Any relief, moreover, may be accompanied by sanctions, including the imposition of a corporate tax on all or a portion of the trust's income for the period in which the requirements for that status are not satisfied. The pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement with respect to each REMIC will include provisions designed to maintain the trust's status as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions. It is not anticipated that the status of any trust as a REMIC will be terminated. Characterization of Investments in REMIC Certificates In general, the REMIC certificates will be "real estate assets" within the meaning of Section 856(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code and assets described in Section 7701(a)(19)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code in the same proportion that the assets of the REMIC underlying the certificates would be so treated. Moreover, if 95% or more of the assets of the REMIC qualify for any of the foregoing treatments at all times during a calendar year, the REMIC certificates will qualify for the corresponding status in their entirety for that calendar year. Interest, including original issue discount, on the REMIC regular certificates and income allocated to the class of REMIC residual certificates will be interest described in Section 856(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that those certificates are treated as "real estate assets" within the meaning of Section 856(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the REMIC regular certificates will be "qualified mortgages" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code if transferred to another REMIC on its startup day in exchange for regular or residual interests in that REMIC. The determination as to the percentage of the REMIC's assets that constitute assets described in the foregoing sections of the Internal Revenue Code will be made with respect to each calendar quarter based on the average adjusted basis of each category of the assets held by the REMIC during that calendar quarter. The master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will report those determinations to certificateholders in the manner and at the times required by applicable Treasury regulations. The assets of the REMIC will include, in addition to mortgage collateral, payments on mortgage collateral held pending distribution on the REMIC certificates and property acquired by foreclosure held pending sale, and may include amounts in reserve accounts. It is unclear whether property acquired by foreclosure held pending sale and amounts in reserve accounts would be considered to be part of the mortgage collateral, or whether those assets, to the extent not invested in assets described in the foregoing sections, otherwise would receive the same treatment as the mortgage collateral for purposes of all of the foregoing sections. In addition, in some instances mortgage collateral may not be treated entirely as assets described in the foregoing sections. If so, the accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the mortgage collateral that may not be so treated. The REMIC regulations do provide, however, that 96 payments on mortgage collateral held pending distribution are considered part of the mortgage collateral for purposes of Section 856(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. Tiered REMIC Structures For some series of REMIC certificates, two or more separate elections may be made to treat designated portions of the related trust as REMICs for federal income tax purposes. Upon the issuance of this type of series of REMIC certificates, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, counsel to the depositor, will deliver their opinion to the effect that, assuming compliance with all provisions of the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement, the Tiered REMICs will each qualify as a REMIC and the REMIC certificates issued by the Tiered REMICs, respectively, will be considered to evidence ownership of REMIC regular certificates or REMIC residual certificates in the related REMIC within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions. Solely for purposes of determining whether the REMIC certificates will be "real estate assets" within the meaning of Section 856(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, and "loans secured by an interest in real property" under Section 7701(a)(19)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, and whether the income on the certificates is interest described in Section 856(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Tiered REMICs will be treated as one REMIC. Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates General Except as otherwise stated in this discussion, REMIC regular certificates will be treated for federal income tax purposes as debt instruments issued by the REMIC and not as ownership interests in the REMIC or its assets. Moreover, holders of REMIC regular certificates that otherwise report income under a cash method of accounting will be required to report income with respect to REMIC regular certificates under an accrual method. Original Issue Discount Some REMIC regular certificates may be issued with "original issue discount" within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Any holders of REMIC regular certificates issued with original issue discount typically will be required to include original issue discount in income as it accrues, in accordance with the method described below, in advance of the receipt of the cash attributable to that income. In addition, Section 1272(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code provides special rules applicable to REMIC regular certificates and certain other debt instruments issued with original issue discount. Regulations have not been issued under that section. The Internal Revenue Code requires that a prepayment assumption be used with respect to mortgage collateral held by a REMIC in computing the accrual of original issue discount on REMIC regular certificates issued by that REMIC, and that adjustments be made in the amount and rate of accrual of the discount to reflect differences between the actual prepayment rate and the prepayment assumption. The prepayment assumption is to be determined in a manner prescribed in Treasury regulations; as noted above, those regulations have not been issued. The 97 conference committee report accompanying the Tax Reform Act of 1986 indicates that the regulations will provide that the prepayment assumption used with respect to a REMIC regular certificate must be the same as that used in pricing the initial offering of the REMIC regular certificate. The prepayment assumption used by the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, in reporting original issue discount for each series of REMIC regular certificates will be consistent with this standard and will be disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement. However, neither the depositor, the master servicer or servicer nor the Certificate Administrator will make any representation that the mortgage collateral will in fact prepay at a rate conforming to the prepayment assumption or at any other rate. The original issue discount, if any, on a REMIC regular certificate will be the excess of its stated redemption price at maturity over its issue price. The issue price of a particular class of REMIC regular certificates will be the first cash price at which a substantial amount of REMIC regular certificates of that class is sold, excluding sales to bond houses, brokers and underwriters. If less than a substantial amount of a particular class of REMIC regular certificates is sold for cash on or prior to the date of their initial issuance, or the closing date, the issue price for that class will be treated as the fair market value of the class on the closing date. Under the OID regulations, the stated redemption price of a REMIC regular certificate is equal to the total of all payments to be made on that certificate other than "qualified stated interest." Qualified stated interest includes interest that is unconditionally payable at least annually at a single fixed-rate, or in the case of a variable rate debt instrument, at a "qualified floating rate," an "objective rate," a combination of a single fixed-rate and one or more "qualified floating rates" or one "qualified inverse floating rate," or a combination of "qualified floating rates" that generally does not operate in a manner that accelerates or defers interest payments on a REMIC regular certificate. In the case of REMIC regular certificates bearing adjustable interest rates, the determination of the total amount of original issue discount and the timing of the inclusion of the original issue discount will vary according to the characteristics of the REMIC regular certificates. If the original issue discount rules apply to the certificates, the accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the manner in which the rules will be applied by the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, with respect to those certificates in preparing information returns to the certificateholders and the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS. Some classes of the REMIC regular certificates may provide for the first interest payment with respect to their certificates to be made more than one month after the date of issuance, a period which is longer than the subsequent monthly intervals between interest payments. Assuming the "accrual period" (as defined below) for original issue discount is each monthly period that begins or ends on a distribution date, in some cases, as a consequence of this "long first accrual period," some or all interest payments may be required to be included in the stated redemption price of the REMIC regular certificate and accounted for as original issue discount. Because interest on REMIC regular certificates must in any event be accounted for under an accrual method, applying this analysis would result in only a slight difference in the timing of the inclusion in income of the yield on the REMIC regular certificates. 98 In addition, if the accrued interest to be paid on the first distribution date is computed with respect to a period that begins prior to the closing date, a portion of the purchase price paid for a REMIC regular certificate will reflect the accrued interest. In these cases, information returns to the certificateholders and the IRS will be based on the position that the portion of the purchase price paid for the interest accrued with respect to periods prior to the closing date is treated as part of the overall cost of the REMIC regular certificate, and not as a separate asset the cost of which is recovered entirely out of interest received on the next distribution date, and that portion of the interest paid on the first distribution date in excess of interest accrued for a number of days corresponding to the number of days from the closing date to the first distribution date should be included in the stated redemption price of the REMIC regular certificate. However, the OID regulations state that all or some portion of the accrued interest may be treated as a separate asset the cost of which is recovered entirely out of interest paid on the first distribution date. It is unclear how an election to do so would be made under the OID regulations and whether that election could be made unilaterally by a certificateholder. Notwithstanding the general definition of original issue discount, original issue discount on a REMIC regular certificate will be considered to be de minimis if it is less than 0.25% of the stated redemption price of the REMIC regular certificate multiplied by its weighted average life. For this purpose, the weighted average life of the REMIC regular certificate is computed as the sum of the amounts determined, as to each payment included in the stated redemption price of the REMIC regular certificate, by multiplying (i) the number of complete years, rounding down for partial years, from the issue date until the payment is expected to be made, presumably taking into account the prepayment assumption, by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the payment, and the denominator of which is the stated redemption price at maturity of the REMIC regular certificate. Under the OID regulations, original issue discount of only a de minimis amount, other than de minimis original issue discount attributable to a so-called "teaser" interest rate or an initial interest holiday, will be included in income as each payment of stated principal is made, based on the product of the total remaining amount of the de minimis original issue discount and a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the principal payment, and the denominator of which is the outstanding stated principal balance of the REMIC regular certificate. The OID regulations also would permit a certificateholder to elect to accrue de minimis original issue discount into income currently based on a constant yield method. See "--Market Discount" below for a description of that election under the OID regulations. If original issue discount on a REMIC regular certificate is in excess of a de minimis amount, the holder of the certificate must include in ordinary gross income the sum of the "daily portions" of original issue discount for each day during its taxable year on which it held the REMIC regular certificate, including the purchase date but excluding the disposition date. In the case of an original holder of a REMIC regular certificate, the daily portions of original issue discount will be determined as follows. As to each "accrual period," that is, unless otherwise stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, each period that begins or ends on a date that corresponds to a distribution date and begins on the first day following the immediately preceding accrual period, or in the case of the first accrual period, begins on the closing date, a calculation will be made of the portion of the original issue discount that accrued during that accrual period. The portion of original issue discount that accrues in any accrual period will equal the excess, if any, of (i) the 99 sum of (A) the present value, as of the end of the accrual period, of all of the distributions remaining to be made on the REMIC regular certificate, if any, in future periods and (B) the distributions made on the REMIC regular certificate during the accrual period of amounts included in the stated redemption price, over (ii) the adjusted issue price of the REMIC regular certificate at the beginning of the accrual period. The present value of the remaining distributions referred to in the preceding sentence will be calculated (1) assuming that distributions on the REMIC regular certificate will be received in future periods based on the mortgage collateral being prepaid at a rate equal to the prepayment assumption and (2) using a discount rate equal to the original yield to maturity of the certificate. For these purposes, the original yield to maturity of the certificate will be calculated based on its issue price and assuming that distributions on the certificate will be made in all accrual periods based on the mortgage collateral being prepaid at a rate equal to the prepayment assumption. The adjusted issue price of a REMIC regular certificate at the beginning of any accrual period will equal the issue price of the certificate, increased by the aggregate amount of original issue discount that accrued with respect to that certificate in prior accrual periods, and reduced by the amount of any distributions made on that REMIC regular certificate in prior accrual periods of amounts included in its stated redemption price. The original issue discount accruing during any accrual period, computed as described above, will be allocated ratably to each day during the accrual period to determine the daily portion of original issue discount for that day. The OID regulations suggest that original issue discount with respect to securities that represent multiple uncertificated REMIC regular interests, in which ownership interests will be issued simultaneously to the same buyer and which may be required under the related pooling and servicing agreement to be transferred together, should be computed on an aggregate method. In the absence of further guidance from the IRS, original issue discount with respect to securities that represent the ownership of multiple uncertificated REMIC regular interests will be reported to the IRS and the certificateholders on an aggregate method based on a single overall constant yield and the prepayment assumption stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, treating all uncertificated regular interests as a single debt instrument as described in the OID regulations, so long as the pooling and servicing agreement requires that the uncertificated regular interests be transferred together. A subsequent purchaser of a REMIC regular certificate that purchases the certificate at a cost, excluding any portion of that cost attributable to accrued qualified stated interest, less than its remaining stated redemption price will also be required to include in gross income the daily portions of any original issue discount with respect to that certificate. However, each daily portion will be reduced, if the cost is in excess of its "adjusted issue price," in proportion to the ratio that excess bears to the aggregate original issue discount remaining to be accrued on the REMIC regular certificate. The adjusted issue price of a REMIC regular certificate on any given day equals (i) the adjusted issue price or, in the case of the first accrual period, the issue price, of the certificate at the beginning of the accrual period which includes that day, plus (ii) the daily portions of original issue discount for all days during the accrual period prior to that day minus (iii) any principal payments made during the accrual period prior to that day with respect to the certificate. 100 Market Discount A certificateholder that purchases a REMIC regular certificate at a market discount, that is, in the case of a REMIC regular certificate issued without original issue discount, at a purchase price less than its remaining stated principal balance, or in the case of a REMIC regular certificate issued with original issue discount, at a purchase price less than its adjusted issue price will recognize income upon receipt of each distribution representing stated redemption price. In particular, under Section 1276 of the Internal Revenue Code such a certificateholder generally will be required to allocate the portion of each distribution representing stated redemption price first to accrued market discount not previously included in income, and to recognize ordinary income to that extent. A certificateholder may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues rather than including it on a deferred basis in accordance with the foregoing. If made, the election will apply to all market discount bonds acquired by the certificateholder on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which the election applies. In addition, the OID regulations permit a certificateholder to elect to accrue all interest, discount, including de minimis market or original issue discount, and premium in income as interest, based on a constant yield method. If the election were made with respect to a REMIC regular certificate with market discount, the certificateholder would be deemed to have made an election to include currently market discount in income with respect to all other debt instruments having market discount that the certificateholder acquires during the taxable year of the election or thereafter. Similarly, a certificateholder that made this election for a certificate that is acquired at a premium would be deemed to have made an election to amortize bond premium with respect to all debt instruments having amortizable bond premium that the certificateholder owns or acquires. See "--Premium" below. Each of these elections to accrue interest, discount and premium with respect to a certificate on a constant yield method or as interest may not be revoked without the consent of the IRS. However, market discount with respect to a REMIC regular certificate will be considered to be de minimis for purposes of Section 1276 of the Internal Revenue Code if the market discount is less than 0.25% of the remaining stated redemption price of the REMIC regular certificate multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity remaining after the date of its purchase. In interpreting a similar rule with respect to original issue discount on obligations payable in installments, the OID regulations refer to the weighted average maturity of obligations, and it is likely that the same rule will be applied with respect to market discount, presumably taking into account the prepayment assumption. If market discount is treated as de minimis under this rule, it appears that the actual discount would be treated in a manner similar to original issue discount of a de minimis amount. See "--Original Issue Discount." This treatment may result in discount being included in income at a slower rate than discount would be required to be included in income using the method described above. Section 1276(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code specifically authorizes the Treasury Department to issue regulations providing for the method for accruing market discount on debt instruments, the principal of which is payable in more than one installment. Until regulations are issued by the Treasury Department, certain rules described in the Committee Report apply. The 101 Committee Report indicates that in each accrual period market discount on REMIC regular certificates should accrue, at the certificateholder's option: o on the basis of a constant yield method, o in the case of a REMIC regular certificate issued without original issue discount, in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total remaining market discount as the stated interest paid in the accrual period bears to the total amount of stated interest remaining to be paid on the REMIC regular certificate as of the beginning of the accrual period, or o in the case of a REMIC regular certificate issued with original issue discount, in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total remaining market discount as the original issue discount accrued in the accrual period bears to the total original issue discount remaining on the REMIC regular certificate at the beginning of the accrual period. Moreover, the prepayment assumption used in calculating the accrual of original issue discount is to be used in calculating the accrual of market discount. Because the regulations referred to in this paragraph have not been issued, it is not possible to predict what effect those regulations might have on the tax treatment of a REMIC regular certificate purchased at a discount in the secondary market. To the extent that REMIC regular certificates provide for monthly or other periodic distributions throughout their term, the effect of these rules may be to require market discount to be includible in income at a rate that is not significantly slower than the rate at which the discount would accrue if it were original issue discount. Moreover, in any event a holder of a REMIC regular certificate generally will be required to treat a portion of any gain on the sale or exchange of that certificate as ordinary income to the extent of the market discount accrued to the date of disposition under one of the foregoing methods, less any accrued market discount previously reported as ordinary income. In addition, under Section 1277 of the Internal Revenue Code, a holder of a REMIC regular certificate may be required to defer a portion of its interest deductions for the taxable year attributable to any indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry a REMIC regular certificate purchased with market discount. For these purposes, the de minimis rule referred to above applies. Any deferred interest expense would not exceed the market discount that accrues during that taxable year and is, in general, allowed as a deduction not later than the year in which the market discount is includible in income. If the holder elects to include market discount in income currently as it accrues on all market discount instruments acquired by that holder in that taxable year or thereafter, the interest deferral rule described above will not apply. Premium A REMIC regular certificate purchased at a cost, excluding any portion of that cost attributable to accrued qualified stated interest, greater than its remaining stated redemption price will be considered to be purchased at a premium. The holder of a REMIC regular certificate may elect under Section 171 of the Internal Revenue Code to amortize that premium under the 102 constant yield method over the life of the certificate. If made, this election will apply to all debt instruments having amortizable bond premium that the holder owns or subsequently acquires. Amortizable premium will be treated as an offset to interest income on the related REMIC regular certificate, rather than as a separate interest deduction. The OID regulations also permit certificateholders to elect to include all interest, discount and premium in income based on a constant yield method, further treating the certificateholder as having made the election to amortize premium generally. See "--Market Discount." The conference committee report states that the same rules that apply to accrual of market discount, which rules will require use of a prepayment assumption in accruing market discount with respect to REMIC regular certificates without regard to whether those certificates have original issue discount, will also apply in amortizing bond premium under Section 171 of the Internal Revenue Code. It is possible that the use of an assumption that there will be no prepayments may be required in calculating the amortization of premium. Realized Losses Under Section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code, both corporate holders of the REMIC regular certificates and noncorporate holders of the REMIC regular certificates that acquire those certificates in connection with a trade or business should be allowed to deduct, as ordinary losses, any losses sustained during a taxable year in which their certificates become wholly or partially worthless as the result of one or more Realized Losses on the mortgage collateral. However, it appears that a noncorporate holder that does not acquire a REMIC regular certificate in connection with a trade or business will not be entitled to deduct a loss under Section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code until the holder's certificate becomes wholly worthless--until its outstanding principal balance has been reduced to zero--and that the loss will be characterized as a short-term capital loss. Each holder of a REMIC regular certificate will be required to accrue interest and original issue discount with respect to that certificate, without giving effect to any reductions in distributions attributable to defaults or delinquencies on the mortgage collateral or the underlying certificates until it can be established that any reduction ultimately will not be recoverable. As a result, the amount of taxable income reported in any period by the holder of a REMIC regular certificate could exceed the amount of economic income actually realized by the holder in that period. Although the holder of a REMIC regular certificate eventually will recognize a loss or reduction in income attributable to previously accrued and included income that, as the result of a Realized Loss, ultimately will not be realized, the law is unclear with respect to the timing and character of the loss or reduction in income. Taxation of Owners of REMIC Residual Certificates General As residual interests, the REMIC residual certificates will be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those that would apply if the REMIC residual certificates were treated for federal income tax purposes as direct ownership interests in the mortgage collateral or as debt instruments issued by the REMIC. 103 A holder of a REMIC residual certificate generally will be required to report its daily portion of the taxable income or, in accordance with the limitations noted in this discussion, the net loss of the REMIC for each day during a calendar quarter that the holder owned the REMIC residual certificate. For this purpose, the taxable income or net loss of the REMIC will be allocated to each day in the calendar quarter ratably using a "30 days per month/90 days per quarter/360 days per year" convention unless otherwise disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The daily amounts will then be allocated among the REMIC residual certificateholders in proportion to their respective ownership interests on that day. Any amount included in the gross income or allowed as a loss of any REMIC residual certificateholder by virtue of this allocation will be treated as ordinary income or loss. The taxable income of the REMIC will be determined under the rules described in this prospectus in "--Taxable Income of the REMIC" and will be taxable to the REMIC residual certificateholders without regard to the timing or amount of cash distributions by the REMIC. Ordinary income derived from REMIC residual certificates will be "portfolio income" for purposes of the taxation of taxpayers in accordance with limitations under Section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code on the deductibility of "passive losses." A holder of a REMIC residual certificate that purchased the certificate from a prior holder of that certificate also will be required to report on its federal income tax return amounts representing its daily portion of the taxable income or net loss of the REMIC for each day that it holds the REMIC residual certificate. These daily portions generally will equal the amounts of taxable income or net loss determined as described above. The committee report indicates that modifications of the general rules may be made, by regulations, legislation or otherwise, to reduce, or increase, the income or loss of a REMIC residual certificateholder that purchased the REMIC residual certificate from a prior holder of such certificate at a price greater than, or less than, the adjusted basis (as defined below) that REMIC residual certificate would have had in the hands of an original holder of that certificate. The REMIC regulations, however, do not provide for any such modifications. Any payments received by a holder of a REMIC residual certificate in connection with the acquisition of that Certificate will be taken into account in determining the income of that holder for federal income tax purposes. On May 11, 2004, the IRS issued final regulations that require such payment to be included in income over time according to an amortization schedule that reasonably reflects the costs and benefits of holding the REMIC residual certificate over its expected life. The regulations also provide two more specific methods that will be accepted as meeting the general test set forth above for determining the timing and amount of income inclusion. One method generally follows the method of inclusion used by the taxpayer for GAAP purposes, but not over a period shorter than the period over which the REMIC is expected to generate income. The other method calls for ratable inclusion over the remaining anticipated weighted average life of the REMIC as of the time the REMIC residual certificate is transferred to the taxpayer. Holders of REMIC residual certificates are encouraged to consult their tax advisors concerning the treatment of these payments for income tax purposes under the regulations. The amount of income REMIC residual certificateholders will be required to report, or the tax liability associated with that income, may exceed the amount of cash distributions received from the REMIC for the corresponding period. Consequently, REMIC residual 104 certificateholders should have other sources of funds sufficient to pay any federal income taxes due as a result of their ownership of REMIC residual certificates or unrelated deductions against which income may be offset, subject to the rules relating to "excess inclusions" and "noneconomic" residual interests discussed below. The fact that the tax liability associated with the income allocated to REMIC residual certificateholders may exceed the cash distributions received by the REMIC residual certificateholders for the corresponding period may significantly adversely affect the REMIC residual certificateholders' after-tax rate of return. Taxable Income of the REMIC The taxable income of the REMIC will equal the income from the mortgage collateral and other assets of the REMIC plus any cancellation of indebtedness income due to the allocation of Realized Losses to REMIC regular certificates, less the deductions allowed to the REMIC for interest, including original issue discount and reduced by the amortization of any premium received on issuance, on the REMIC regular certificates, and any other class of REMIC certificates constituting "regular interests" in the REMIC not offered hereby, amortization of any premium on the mortgage collateral, bad debt deductions with respect to the mortgage collateral and, except as described below, for servicing, administrative and other expenses. For purposes of determining its taxable income, the REMIC will have an initial aggregate basis in its assets equal to their fair market value immediately after their transfer to the REMIC. For this purpose, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, intends to treat the fair market value of the mortgage collateral as being equal to the aggregate issue prices of the REMIC regular certificates and REMIC residual certificates. The aggregate basis will be allocated among the mortgage collateral collectively and the other assets of the REMIC in proportion to their respective fair market values. The issue price of any REMIC certificates offered hereby will be determined in the manner described above under "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates--Original Issue Discount." Accordingly, if one or more classes of REMIC certificates are retained initially rather than sold, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may be required to estimate the fair market value of those interests in order to determine the basis of the REMIC in the mortgage collateral and other property held by the REMIC. Subject to the possible application of the de minimis rules, the method of accrual by the REMIC of original issue discount income and market discount income with respect to mortgage collateral that it holds will be equivalent to the method of accruing original issue discount income for REMIC regular certificateholders--under the constant yield method taking into account the prepayment assumption. However, a REMIC that acquires collateral at a market discount must include the discount in income currently, as it accrues, on a constant interest basis. See "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates" above, which describes a method of accruing discount income that is analogous to that required to be used by a REMIC as to mortgage collateral with market discount that it holds. An item of mortgage collateral will be deemed to have been acquired with discount or premium to the extent that the REMIC's basis therein, determined as described in the preceding paragraph, is less than or greater than its stated redemption price. Any discount will be includible in the income of the REMIC as it accrues, in advance of receipt of the cash 105 attributable to that income, under a method similar to the method described above for accruing original issue discount on the REMIC regular certificates. It is anticipated that each REMIC will elect under Section 171 of the Internal Revenue Code to amortize any premium on the mortgage collateral. Premium on any item of mortgage collateral to which the election applies may be amortized under a constant yield method, presumably taking into account a prepayment assumption. A REMIC will be allowed deductions for interest, including original issue discount, on the REMIC regular certificates, including any other class of REMIC certificates constituting "regular interests" in the REMIC not offered hereby, equal to the deductions that would be allowed if the REMIC regular certificates, including any other class of REMIC certificates constituting "regular interests" in the REMIC not offered hereby, were indebtedness of the REMIC. Original issue discount will be considered to accrue for this purpose as described above under "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates--Original Issue Discount," except that the de minimis rule and the adjustments for subsequent holders of REMIC regular certificates, including any other class of certificates constituting "regular interests" in the REMIC not offered hereby, described therein will not apply. If a class of REMIC regular certificates is issued at an Issue Premium, the net amount of interest deductions that are allowed the REMIC in each taxable year with respect to the REMIC regular certificates of that class will be reduced by an amount equal to the portion of the Issue Premium that is considered to be amortized or repaid in that year. Although the matter is not entirely certain, it is likely that Issue Premium would be amortized under a constant yield method in a manner analogous to the method of accruing original issue discount described above under "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates--Original Issue Discount." As a general rule, the taxable income of the REMIC will be determined in the same manner as if the REMIC were an individual having the calendar year as its taxable year and using the accrual method of accounting. However, no item of income, gain, loss or deduction allocable to a prohibited transaction will be taken into account. See "--Prohibited Transactions and Other Possible REMIC Taxes" below. Further, the limitation on miscellaneous itemized deductions imposed on individuals by Section 67 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows those deductions only to the extent they exceed in the aggregate two percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income, will not be applied at the REMIC level so that the REMIC will be allowed deductions for servicing, administrative and other non-interest expenses in determining its taxable income. All of these expenses will be allocated as a separate item to the holders of REMIC residual certificates, subject to the limitation of Section 67 of the Internal Revenue Code. See "--Possible Pass-Through of Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions." If the deductions allowed to the REMIC exceed its gross income for a calendar quarter, the excess will be the net loss for the REMIC for that calendar quarter. Basis Rules, Net Losses and Distributions The adjusted basis of a REMIC residual certificate will be equal to the amount paid for that REMIC residual certificate, increased by amounts included in the income of the related certificateholder and decreased, but not below zero, by distributions made, and by net losses allocated, to the related certificateholder. 106 A REMIC residual certificateholder is not allowed to take into account any net loss for any calendar quarter to the extent the net loss exceeds the REMIC residual certificateholder's adjusted basis in its REMIC residual certificate as of the close of that calendar quarter, determined without regard to the net loss. Any loss that is not currently deductible by reason of this limitation may be carried forward indefinitely to future calendar quarters and, in accordance with the same limitation, may be used only to offset income from the REMIC residual certificate. The ability of REMIC residual certificateholders to deduct net losses may be subject to additional limitations under the Internal Revenue Code, as to which the certificateholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors. Any distribution on a REMIC residual certificate will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent it does not exceed the holder's adjusted basis in the REMIC residual certificate. To the extent a distribution on a REMIC residual certificate exceeds the adjusted basis, it will be treated as gain from the sale of the REMIC residual certificate. Holders of REMIC residual certificates may be entitled to distributions early in the term of the related REMIC under circumstances in which their bases in the REMIC residual certificates will not be sufficiently large that distributions will be treated as nontaxable returns of capital. Their bases in the REMIC residual certificates will initially equal the amount paid for such REMIC residual certificates and will be increased by their allocable shares of taxable income of the trust. However, their basis increases may not occur until the end of the calendar quarter, or perhaps the end of the calendar year, with respect to which the REMIC taxable income is allocated to the REMIC residual certificateholders. To the extent the REMIC residual certificateholders' initial bases are less than the distributions to the REMIC residual certificateholders, and increases in the initial bases either occur after distributions or, together with their initial bases, are less than the amount of the distributions, gain will be recognized to the REMIC residual certificateholders on those distributions and will be treated as gain from the sale of their REMIC residual certificates. The effect of these rules is that a certificateholder may not amortize its basis in a REMIC residual certificate, but may only recover its basis through distributions, through the deduction of its share of any net losses of the REMIC or upon the sale of its REMIC residual certificate. See "--Sales of REMIC Certificates." For a discussion of possible modifications of these rules that may require adjustments to income of a holder of a REMIC residual certificate other than an original holder in order to reflect any difference between the cost of the REMIC residual certificate to its holder and the adjusted basis the REMIC residual certificate would have had in the hands of the original holder, see "--General." Excess Inclusions Any "excess inclusions" with respect to a REMIC residual certificate will be subject to federal income tax in all events. In general, the "excess inclusions" with respect to a REMIC residual certificate for any calendar quarter will be the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the daily portions of REMIC taxable income allocable to the REMIC residual certificate over (ii) the sum of the "daily accruals" (as defined below) for each day during that quarter that the REMIC residual certificate was held by the REMIC residual certificateholder. The daily accruals of a REMIC residual certificateholder will be determined by allocating to each day during a calendar quarter its ratable portion of the 107 product of the "adjusted issue price" of the REMIC residual certificate at the beginning of the calendar quarter and 120% of the "long-term Federal rate" in effect on the closing date. For this purpose, the adjusted issue price of a REMIC residual certificate as of the beginning of any calendar quarter will be equal to the issue price of the REMIC residual certificate, increased by the sum of the daily accruals for all prior quarters and decreased, but not below zero, by any distributions made with respect to the REMIC residual certificate before the beginning of that quarter. The issue price of a REMIC residual certificate is the initial offering price to the public, excluding bond houses, brokers and underwriters, at which a substantial amount of the REMIC residual certificates were sold. If less than a substantial amount of a particular class of REMIC residual certificates is sold for cash on or prior to the closing date, the issue price of that class will be treated as the fair market value of that class on the closing date. The "long-term Federal rate" is an average of current yields on Treasury securities with a remaining term of greater than nine years, computed and published monthly by the IRS. For REMIC residual certificateholders, an excess inclusion: o will not be permitted to be offset by deductions, losses or loss carryovers from other activities, o will be treated as "unrelated business taxable income" to an otherwise Tax-Exempt Investor and o will not be eligible for any rate reduction or exemption under any applicable tax treaty with respect to the 30% United States withholding tax imposed on distributions to REMIC residual certificateholders that are foreign investors. See, however, "--Foreign Investors in REMIC Certificates." Furthermore, for purposes of the alternative minimum tax, (i) excess inclusions will not be permitted to be offset by the alternative tax net operating loss deduction and (ii) alternative minimum taxable income may not be less than the taxpayer's excess inclusions; provided, however, that for purposes of (ii), alternative minimum taxable income is determined without regard to the special rule that taxable income cannot be less than excess inclusions. The latter rule has the effect of preventing nonrefundable tax credits from reducing the taxpayer's income tax to an amount lower than the alternative minimum tax on excess inclusions. In the case of any REMIC residual certificates held by a real estate investment trust, the aggregate excess inclusions with respect to the REMIC residual certificates, reduced, but not below zero, by the real estate investment trust taxable income, within the meaning of Section 857(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, excluding any net capital gain, will be allocated among the shareholders of the trust in proportion to the dividends received by the shareholders from the trust, and any amount so allocated will be treated as an excess inclusion with respect to a REMIC residual certificate as if held directly by the shareholder. Treasury regulations yet to be issued could apply a similar rule to regulated investment companies, common trust funds and some cooperatives; the REMIC regulations currently do not address this subject. 108 Noneconomic REMIC Residual Certificates Under the REMIC regulations, transfers of "noneconomic" REMIC residual certificates will be disregarded for all federal income tax purposes if "a significant purpose of the transfer was to enable the transferor to impede the assessment or collection of tax." If the transfer is disregarded, the purported transferor will continue to remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the income on the "noneconomic" REMIC residual certificate. The REMIC regulations provide that a REMIC residual certificate is noneconomic unless, based on the prepayment assumption and on any required or permitted clean up calls, or required qualified liquidation provided for in the REMIC's organizational documents, (1) the present value of the expected future distributions (discounted using the "applicable Federal rate" for obligations whose term ends on the close of the last quarter in which excess inclusions are expected to accrue with respect to the REMIC residual certificate, which rate is computed and published monthly by the IRS) on the REMIC residual certificate equals at least the present value of the expected tax on the anticipated excess inclusions, and (2) the transferor reasonably expects that the transferee will receive distributions with respect to the REMIC residual certificate at or after the time the taxes accrue on the anticipated excess inclusions in an amount sufficient to satisfy the accrued taxes. Accordingly, all transfers of REMIC residual certificates that may constitute noneconomic residual interests will be subject to restrictions under the terms of the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement that are intended to reduce the possibility of any transfer being disregarded. The restrictions will require each party to a transfer to provide an affidavit that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax, including representations as to the financial condition of the prospective transferee, as to which the transferor also is required to make a reasonable investigation to determine the transferee's historic payment of its debts and ability to continue to pay its debts as they come due in the future. Prior to purchasing a REMIC residual certificate, prospective purchasers should consider the possibility that a purported transfer of the REMIC residual certificate by such a purchaser to another purchaser at some future date may be disregarded in accordance with the above-described rules which would result in the retention of tax liability by that purchaser. The IRS has issued final REMIC regulations that add to the conditions necessary to assure that a transfer of a noneconomic residual interest would be respected. The additional conditions require that in order to qualify as a safe harbor transfer of a residual the transferee must represent that it will not cause the income "to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the transferee or another U.S. taxpayer" and either (i) the amount received by the transferee be no less on a present value basis (determined using the short-term rate provided by Section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) than the present value of the net tax detriment attributable to holding the residual interest reduced by the present value of the projected payments to be received on the residual interest or (ii) the transfer is to a domestic taxable corporation with specified large amounts of gross and net assets and that meets certain other requirements where agreement is made that all future transfers will be to taxable domestic corporations in transactions that qualify for the same "safe harbor" provision. Eligibility for the safe harbor requires, among other things, that the facts and circumstances known to the transferor at the time of transfer not indicate to a reasonable person that the taxes with respect to the residual interest will not be paid, with an unreasonably low cost for the transfer specifically mentioned as negating eligibility. 109 The accompanying prospectus supplement will disclose whether offered REMIC residual certificates may be considered "noneconomic" residual interests under the REMIC regulations. Any disclosure that a REMIC residual certificate will not be considered "noneconomic" will be based upon some assumptions, and the depositor will make no representation that a REMIC residual certificate will not be considered "noneconomic" for purposes of the above-described rules. See "--Foreign Investors in REMIC Certificates" for additional restrictions applicable to transfers of certain REMIC residual certificates to foreign persons. Mark-to-Market Rules The mark-to-market requirement applies to all securities owned by a dealer, except to the extent that the dealer has specifically identified a security as held for investment. The Mark-to-Market Regulations provide that for purposes of this mark-to-market requirement, a REMIC residual certificate acquired on or after January 4, 1995 is not treated as a security and thus may not be marked to market. Prospective purchasers of a REMIC residual certificate are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible application of the mark-to-market requirement to REMIC residual certificates. Possible Pass-Through of Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions Fees and expenses of a REMIC generally will be allocated to the holders of the related REMIC residual certificates. The applicable Treasury regulations indicate, however, that in the case of a REMIC that is similar to a single class grantor trust, all or a portion of those fees and expenses should be allocated to the holders of the related REMIC regular certificates. Unless otherwise stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, fees and expenses will be allocated to holders of the related REMIC residual certificates in their entirety and not to the holders of the related REMIC regular certificates. With respect to REMIC residual certificates or REMIC regular certificates the holders of which receive an allocation of fees and expenses in accordance with the preceding discussion, if any holder thereof is an individual, estate or trust, or a Pass-Through Entity beneficially owned by one or more individuals, estates or trusts, (i) an amount equal to the individual's, estate's or trust's share of fees and expenses will be added to the gross income of that holder and (ii) the individual's, estate's or trust's share of fees and expenses will be treated as a miscellaneous itemized deduction allowable in accordance with the limitation of Section 67 of the Internal Revenue Code, which permits those deductions only to the extent they exceed in the aggregate two percent of a taxpayer's adjusted gross income. In addition, Section 68 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the amount of itemized deductions otherwise allowable for an individual whose adjusted gross income exceeds a specified amount will be reduced. The amount of additional taxable income reportable by REMIC certificateholders that are covered by the limitations of either Section 67 or Section 68 of the Internal Revenue Code may be substantial. Furthermore, in determining the alternative minimum taxable income of such a holder of a REMIC certificate that is an individual, estate or trust, or a Pass-Through Entity beneficially owned by one or more individuals, estates or trusts, no deduction will be allowed for such holder's allocable portion of servicing fees and other miscellaneous itemized deductions of the REMIC, even though an amount equal to the amount of such fees and other deductions will be included in the holder's gross income. Accordingly, the REMIC certificates may not be 110 appropriate investments for individuals, estates, or trusts, or pass-through entities beneficially owned by one or more individuals, estates or trusts. Any prospective investors are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors prior to making an investment in these certificates. Tax and Restrictions on Transfers of REMIC Residual Certificates to Certain Organizations If a REMIC residual certificate is transferred to a Disqualified Organization, a tax would be imposed in an amount, determined under the REMIC regulations, equal to the product of: (1) the present value, discounted using the "applicable Federal rate" for obligations whose term ends on the close of the last quarter in which excess inclusions are expected to accrue with respect to the certificate, which rate is computed and published monthly by the IRS, of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to the REMIC residual certificate for periods after the transfer; and (2) the highest marginal federal income tax rate applicable to corporations. The anticipated excess inclusions must be determined as of the date that the REMIC residual certificate is transferred and must be based on events that have occurred up to the time of transfer, the prepayment assumption and any required or permitted clean up calls or required liquidation provided for in the REMIC's organizational documents. This tax generally would be imposed on the transferor of the REMIC residual certificate, except that where the transfer is through an agent for a Disqualified Organization, the tax would instead be imposed on that agent. However, a transferor of a REMIC residual certificate would in no event be liable for the tax with respect to a transfer if the transferee furnishes to the transferor an affidavit that the transferee is not a Disqualified Organization and, as of the time of the transfer, the transferor does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false. Moreover, an entity will not qualify as a REMIC unless there are reasonable arrangements designed to ensure that: o residual interests in the entity are not held by Disqualified Organizations; and o information necessary for the application of the tax described in this prospectus will be made available. Restrictions on the transfer of REMIC residual certificates and other provisions that are intended to meet this requirement will be included in the pooling and servicing agreement, including provisions: (1) requiring any transferee of a REMIC residual certificate to provide an affidavit representing that it is not a Disqualified Organization and is not acquiring the REMIC residual certificate on behalf of a Disqualified Organization, undertaking to maintain that status and agreeing to obtain a similar affidavit from any person to whom it shall transfer the REMIC residual certificate; (2) providing that any transfer of a REMIC residual certificate to a Disqualified Organization shall be null and void; and 111 (3) granting to the master servicer or servicer the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder, to sell to a purchaser of its choice any REMIC residual certificate that shall become owned by a Disqualified Organization despite (1) and (2) above. In addition, if a Pass-Through Entity includes in income excess inclusions with respect to a REMIC residual certificate, and a Disqualified Organization is the record holder of an interest in that entity, then a tax will be imposed on the entity equal to the product of (i) the amount of excess inclusions on the REMIC residual certificate that are allocable to the interest in the Pass-Through Entity held by the Disqualified Organization and (ii) the highest marginal federal income tax rate imposed on corporations. A Pass-Through Entity will not be subject to this tax for any period, however, if each record holder of an interest in the Pass-Through Entity furnishes to that Pass-Through Entity (i) the holder's social security number and a statement under penalties of perjury that the social security number is that of the record holder or (ii) a statement under penalties of perjury that the record holder is not a Disqualified Organization. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997, notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, in the case of a REMIC residual certificate held by an "electing large partnership," all interests in such partnership shall be treated as held by Disqualified Organizations, without regard to whether the record holders of the partnership furnish statements described in the preceding sentence, and the amount that is subject to tax under the second preceding sentence is excluded from the gross income of the partnership allocated to the partners, in lieu of allocating to the partners a deduction for the tax paid by the partners. Sales of REMIC Certificates If a REMIC certificate is sold, the selling certificateholder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale and its adjusted basis in the REMIC certificate. The adjusted basis of a REMIC regular certificate generally will equal the cost of that REMIC regular certificate to that certificateholder, increased by income reported by the certificateholder with respect to that REMIC regular certificate, including original issue discount and market discount income, and reduced, but not below zero, by distributions on the REMIC regular certificate received by the certificateholder and by any amortized premium. The adjusted basis of a REMIC residual certificate will be determined as described under "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Residual Certificates--Basis Rules, Net Losses and Distributions." Except as described below, any gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss. Gain from the sale of a REMIC regular certificate that might otherwise be capital gain will be treated as ordinary income to the extent the gain does not exceed the excess, if any, of (i) the amount that would have been includible in the seller's income with respect to the REMIC regular certificate had income accrued thereon at a rate equal to 110% of the "applicable federal rate," which is typically a rate based on an average of current yields on Treasury securities having a maturity comparable to that of the certificate, which rate is computed and published monthly by the IRS, determined as of the date of purchase of the REMIC regular certificate, over (ii) the amount of ordinary income actually includible in the seller's income prior to the sale. In addition, gain recognized on the sale of a REMIC regular certificate by a seller who purchased the REMIC regular certificate at a market discount will be taxable as ordinary income to the extent of any accrued and previously unrecognized market discount that accrued during the 112 period the certificate was held. See "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates--Discount." REMIC certificates will be "evidences of indebtedness" within the meaning of Section 582(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, so that gain or loss recognized from the sale of a REMIC certificate by a bank or thrift institution to which that section applies will be ordinary income or loss. A portion of any gain from the sale of a REMIC regular certificate that might otherwise be capital gain may be treated as ordinary income to the extent that the certificate is held as part of a "conversion transaction" within the meaning of Section 1258 of the Internal Revenue Code. A conversion transaction generally is one in which the taxpayer has taken two or more positions in certificates or similar property that reduce or eliminate market risk, if substantially all of the taxpayer's return is attributable to the time value of the taxpayer's net investment in the transaction. The amount of gain so realized in a conversion transaction that is recharacterized as ordinary income generally will not exceed the amount of interest that would have accrued on the taxpayer's net investment at 120% of the appropriate "applicable Federal rate," which rate is computed and published monthly by the IRS, at the time the taxpayer enters into the conversion transaction, subject to appropriate reduction for prior inclusion of interest and other ordinary income items from the transaction. Finally, a taxpayer may elect to have net capital gain taxed at ordinary income rates rather than capital gains rates in order to include any net capital gain in total net investment income for the taxable year, for purposes of the limitation on the deduction of interest on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry property held for investment to a taxpayer's net investment income. If the seller of a REMIC residual certificate reacquires the certificate, any other residual interest in a REMIC or any similar interest in a "taxable mortgage pool" (as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) within six months of the date of the sale, the sale will be subject to the "wash sale" rules of Section 1091 of the Internal Revenue Code. In that event, any loss realized by the REMIC residual certificateholders on the sale will not be deductible, but instead will be added to the REMIC residual certificateholders adjusted basis in the newly-acquired asset. Losses on the sale of a REMIC residual certificate in excess of a threshold amount (which amount could need to be aggregated with similar or previous losses) may require disclosure of such loss on an IRS Form 8886. Investors are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors as to the need to file such forms. Tax Return Disclosure and Investor List Requirements Recent Treasury regulations directed at potentially abusive tax shelter activity appear to apply to transactions not conventionally regarded as tax shelters. The regulations require taxpayers to report certain disclosures on IRS Form 8886 if they participate in a "reportable transaction." Organizers and sellers of the transaction are required to maintain records including investor lists containing identifying information and to furnish those records to the IRS upon 113 demand. A transaction may be a "reportable transaction" based upon any of several indicia, including the existence of book-tax differences common to financial transactions, one or more of which may be present with respect to your investment in the certificates. There are significant penalties for failure to comply with these disclosure requirements. Investors in REMIC residual certificates should consult their own tax advisers concerning any possible disclosure obligation with respect to their investment, and should be aware that the depositor and other participants in the transaction intend to comply with such disclosure and investor list maintenance requirements as they determine apply to them with respect to the transaction. Prohibited Transactions and Other Possible REMIC Taxes The Internal Revenue Code imposes a prohibited transactions tax, which is a tax on REMICs equal to 100% of the net income derived from prohibited transactions. In general, subject to specified exceptions a prohibited transaction means the disposition of an item of mortgage collateral, the receipt of income from a source other than an item of mortgage collateral or other Permitted Investments, the receipt of compensation for services, or gain from the disposition of an asset purchased with the payments on the mortgage collateral for temporary investment pending distribution on the REMIC certificates. It is not anticipated that any REMIC will engage in any prohibited transactions in which it would recognize a material amount of net income. In addition, some contributions to a REMIC made after the day on which the REMIC issues all of its interests could result in the imposition of a contributions tax, which is a tax on the REMIC equal to 100% of the value of the contributed property. Each pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement will include provisions designed to prevent the acceptance of any contributions that would be subject to the tax. REMICs also are subject to federal income tax at the highest corporate rate on "net income from foreclosure property," determined by reference to the rules applicable to real estate investment trusts. "Net income from foreclosure property" generally means gain from the sale of a foreclosure property that is inventory property and gross income from foreclosure property other than qualifying rents and other qualifying income for a real estate investment trust. Unless otherwise disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement, it is not anticipated that any REMIC will recognize "net income from foreclosure property" subject to federal income tax. Unless otherwise disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement, it is not anticipated that any material state or local income or franchise tax will be imposed on any REMIC. Unless otherwise stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, and to the extent permitted by then applicable laws, any prohibited transactions tax, contributions tax, tax on "net income from foreclosure property" or state or local income or franchise tax that may be imposed on the REMIC will be borne by the related master servicer or servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the trustee in either case out of its own funds, provided that the master servicer or servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the trustee, as the case may be, has sufficient assets to do so, and provided further that the tax arises out of a breach of the master servicer's or servicer's, the Certificate Administrator's or the trustee's obligations, as the case may be, under the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement and relating to compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Any tax not borne by the master servicer or servicer or the 114 trustee will be payable out of the related trust resulting in a reduction in amounts payable to holders of the related REMIC certificates. Termination A REMIC will terminate immediately after the distribution date following receipt by the REMIC of the final payment from the mortgage collateral or upon a sale of the REMIC's assets following the adoption by the REMIC of a plan of complete liquidation. The last distribution on a REMIC regular certificate will be treated as a payment in retirement of a debt instrument. In the case of a REMIC residual certificate, if the last distribution on the REMIC residual certificate is less than the certificateholder's adjusted basis in the certificate, the certificateholder should be treated as realizing a loss equal to the amount of the difference, and the loss may be treated as a capital loss. Reporting and Other Administrative Matters Solely for purposes of the administrative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the REMIC will be treated as a partnership and REMIC residual certificateholders will be treated as partners. Unless otherwise stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will file REMIC federal income tax returns on behalf of the related REMIC and will act as the "tax matters person" for the REMIC in all respects, and may hold a nominal amount of REMIC residual certificates. As the tax matters person, the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will have the authority to act on behalf of the REMIC and the REMIC residual certificateholders in connection with the administrative and judicial review of items of income, deduction, gain or loss of the REMIC, as well as the REMIC's classification. REMIC residual certificateholders will be required to report the REMIC items consistently with their treatment on the related REMIC's tax return and may in some circumstances be bound by a settlement agreement between the master servicer or servicer, or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, as tax matters person, and the IRS concerning any REMIC item. Adjustments made to the REMIC tax return may require a REMIC residual certificateholder to make corresponding adjustments on its return, and an audit of the REMIC's tax return, or the adjustments resulting from an audit, could result in an audit of the certificateholder's return. No REMIC will be registered as a tax shelter under Section 6111 of the Internal Revenue Code because it is not anticipated that any REMIC will have a net loss for any of the first five taxable years of its existence. Any person that holds a REMIC residual certificate as a nominee for another person may be required to furnish to the related REMIC, in a manner to be provided in Treasury regulations, the name and address of that person and other information. Reporting of interest income, including any original issue discount, with respect to REMIC regular certificates is required annually, and may be required more frequently under Treasury regulations. These information reports are required to be sent to individual holders of REMIC regular Interests and the IRS; holders of REMIC regular certificates that are corporations, trusts, securities dealers and other non-individuals will be provided interest and 115 original issue discount income information and the information in the following paragraph upon request in accordance with the requirements of the applicable regulations. The information must be provided by the later of 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the information was requested, or two weeks after the receipt of the request. The REMIC must also comply with rules requiring certain information to be reported to the IRS. Reporting with respect to the REMIC residual certificates, including income, excess inclusions, investment expenses and relevant information regarding qualification of the REMIC's assets will be made as required under the Treasury regulations, typically on a quarterly basis. As applicable, the REMIC regular certificate information reports will include a statement of the adjusted issue price of the REMIC regular certificate at the beginning of each accrual period. In addition, the reports will include information required by regulations with respect to computing the accrual of any market discount. Because exact computation of the accrual of market discount on a constant yield method requires information relating to the holder's purchase price that the master servicer or servicer, or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, will not have, the regulations only require that information pertaining to the appropriate proportionate method of accruing market discount be provided. See "--Taxation of Owners of REMIC Regular Certificates--Market Discount." The responsibility for complying with the foregoing reporting rules will be borne by the master servicer or servicer or the Certificate Administrator. Certificateholders may request any information with respect to the returns described in Section 1.6049-7(e)(2) of the Treasury regulations. Any request should be directed to the master servicer or servicer or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, at Carrington Securities, LP, Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830. Backup Withholding with Respect to REMIC Certificates Payments of interest and principal, as well as payments of proceeds from the sale of REMIC certificates, may be subject to the "backup withholding tax" under Section 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code if recipients of payments fail to furnish to the payor certain information, including their taxpayer identification numbers, or otherwise fail to establish an exemption from the tax. Any amounts deducted and withheld from a distribution to a recipient would be allowed as a credit against the recipient's federal income tax. Furthermore, penalties may be imposed by the IRS on a recipient of payments that is required to supply information but that does not do so in the proper manner. Foreign Investors in REMIC Certificates A REMIC regular certificateholder that is not a United States person and is not subject to federal income tax as a result of any direct or indirect connection to the United States in addition to its ownership of a REMIC regular certificate will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax on a distribution on a REMIC regular certificate, provided that the holder complies to the extent necessary with certain identification requirements, including delivery of a statement, signed by the certificateholder under penalties of perjury, certifying that the certificateholder is not a United States person and providing the name and address of the certificateholder; this statement is generally made on IRS Form W-8BEN and must be updated 116 whenever required information has changed or within three calendar years after the statement is first delivered. For these purposes, United States person means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations, provided that, for purposes solely of the restrictions on the transfer of residual interests, no partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United States person unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are required by the applicable operating agreement to be United States persons or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of the Treasury, which regulations have not yet been issued, a trust which was in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as owned by the grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code), and which was treated as a United States person on August 19, 1996, may elect to continue to be treated as a United States person notwithstanding the previous sentence. It is possible that the IRS may assert that the foregoing tax exemption should not apply with respect to a REMIC regular certificate held by a REMIC residual certificateholder that owns directly or indirectly a 10% or greater interest in the REMIC residual certificates. If the holder does not qualify for exemption, distributions of interest, including distributions of accrued original issue discount, to the holder may be subject to a tax rate of 30%, subject to reduction under any applicable tax treaty. Special rules apply to partnerships, estates and trusts, and in certain circumstances certifications as to foreign status and other matters may be required to be provided by partners and beneficiaries thereof. In addition, the foregoing rules will not apply to exempt a United States shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation from taxation on the United States shareholder's allocable portion of the interest income received by the controlled foreign corporation. Further, it appears that a REMIC regular certificate would not be included in the estate of a nonresident alien individual and would not be subject to United States estate taxes. However, certificateholders who are nonresident alien individuals are encouraged to consult their tax advisors concerning this question. Unless otherwise stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, transfers of REMIC residual certificates to investors that are not United States persons will be prohibited under the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust agreement. STATE AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES In addition to the federal income tax consequences described in "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences," potential investors should consider the state and local tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of the certificates offered hereunder. State tax law 117 may differ substantially from the corresponding federal tax law, and the discussion above does not purport to describe any aspect of the tax laws of any state or other jurisdiction. Therefore, prospective investors are encouraged to consult their tax advisors with respect to the various tax consequences of investments in the certificates offered hereby. CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") prohibit pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plans subject to ERISA, as well as individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and other plans subject to Section 4975 of the Code, as well as any entity holding "plan assets" under Section 3(42) of ERISA and the Plan Asset Regulation (as defined below) of any of the foregoing (each, a "Benefit Plan") from engaging in certain transactions with persons that are "parties in interest" under ERISA or "disqualified persons" under the Code with respect to such Benefit Plan. A violation of these "prohibited transaction" rules may result in an excise tax or other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code for such persons or the fiduciaries of a Benefit Plan. In addition, Title I of ERISA requires fiduciaries of a Benefit Plan subject to ERISA to make investments that are prudent, diversified and in accordance with the governing plan documents. Employee benefit plans that are governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) and certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) are not subject to ERISA requirements. However, governmental plans may be subject to comparable state law restrictions. PLAN ASSET REGULATION AND PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTIONS Certain transactions involving a trust might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA and the Code with respect to a Benefit Plan that purchased securities if assets of such trust were deemed to be assets of the Benefit Plan. Under a regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (the "Plan Asset Regulation"), as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, the assets of a trust would be treated as plan assets of a Benefit Plan for the purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the Benefit Plan acquired an "equity interest" in such trust and none of the exceptions contained in the Plan Asset Regulation were applicable. An equity interest is defined under the Plan Asset Regulation as an interest other than an instrument which is treated as indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity features. It is likely that the certificates will be treated as equity interests for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulation. Without regard to whether the certificates are treated as equity interests in the trust for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulation, the trust, certain affiliates of the trust, or a seller of a certificate (including an underwriter) might be considered or might become "parties in interest" with respect to a Benefit Plan. In this event, the acquisition or holding of the certificates by or on behalf of the Benefit Plan could give rise to a prohibited transaction unless exemptive relief is available under one or more prohibited transaction exemptions. Certain exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules could be applicable to the purchase, holding and disposition of the certificates by a Benefit Plan depending on the type and circumstances of the plan fiduciary 118 making the decision to acquire such certificates. Included among these exemptions are: PTCE 96-23 (for transactions effected by "in-house asset managers"; PTCE 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general accounts); PTCE 91-38, (for transactions by bank collective investment funds); PTCE 90-1 (for transactions by insurance company pooled separate accounts); and PTCE 84-14 (for transactions effected by "qualified professional asset managers") (collectively, the "Investor Exemptions"). In addition to the Investor Exemptions listed above, Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA provides a statutory exemption for certain prohibited transactions between a Plan and a person or an entity that is a party in interest to such Plan (other than a party in interest that is a fiduciary, or its affiliate, that has or exercises discretionary authority or control or renders investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan involved in the transaction) solely by reason of providing services to the Plan, but only if the Plan pays no more, or receives no less, than adequate consideration (the "Service Provider Exemption"). However, there can be no assurance that the Service Provider Exemption or any of the Investor Exemptions will apply to any particular Benefit Plan's investment in the certificates or, even if the Service Provider Exemption or an Investor Exemption were deemed to apply, that it would apply to all prohibited transactions that may occur in connection with the investment, including those that may result from the operation of the trust. Purchasers and transferees of certificates will be required to make certain representations, warranties and covenants as described under "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the related prospectus supplement. A Benefit Plan fiduciary considering the purchase of certificates on behalf of or with the plan assets of a Benefit Plan should consult its legal advisors regarding whether the assets of a trust would be considered plan assets, the possibility of exemptive relief from the prohibited transaction rules and other issues and their potential consequences. UNDERWRITER EXEMPTION The U.S. Department of Labor has issued individual prohibited transaction exemptions, any one of which is generally referred to herein as the "Exemption," to certain underwriters. The Exemption provides relief from the application of certain of the prohibited transaction and conflict of interest rules of ERISA with respect to the initial purchase, the holding and the subsequent resale by Benefit Plans of a "Security," which is defined as (1) a pass-through certificate or trust certificate that represents a beneficial ownership interest in the assets of an "Issuer" (as defined in the Exemption) which is a "Trust" (as defined in the Exemption) and which entitles the holder to payments of principal, interest and/or other payments with respect to the assets of such Issuer; or (2) a security which is denominated as a debt instrument that is issued by, and is an obligation of, an Issuer; with respect to which the "Underwriter" (as defined in the Exemption) is either (a) the sole underwriter or the co-manager of the underwriting syndicate, or (b) a selling or placement agent. Such Securities consist of certain secured consumer receivables, secured credit instruments and other obligations that meet the conditions and requirements of the Exemption. Information about whether an Exemption may be available will be provided in the related prospectus supplement. The Exemption will apply only if the general conditions (certain of which are described below) are met. However, it is not clear whether the Exemption applies to those plans which are 119 participant directed plans as described in Section 404(c) of ERISA or plans that are subject to Section 4975 of the Code but that are not subject to Title I of ERISA, such as certain Keogh plans and certain individual retirement accounts. Among the conditions which must be satisfied for the Exemption to apply to the acquisition, holding and resale of Securities by Benefit Plans are the following: (1) The acquisition of Securities by a Benefit Plan is on terms (including the Security price) that are at least as favorable to a Benefit Plan as they would be in an arm's length transaction with an unrelated party; (2) The rights and interests evidenced by the Securities acquired by a Benefit Plan are not subordinated to the rights and interests evidenced by other Securities of the same Issuer, unless the Securities (with an exception discussed below in Clause 4) are issued in a "Designated Transaction," which means a securitization transaction in which the assets of the Issuer consist of secured consumer receivables, secured credit instruments or secured obligations that bear interest or are purchased at a discount and are home equity and/or manufactured housing consumer receivables; and/or single-family residential, multi-family residential, home equity, manufactured housing and/or commercial mortgage obligations that are secured by single-family residential, multi-family residential, commercial real property or leasehold interests therein. (3) The Securities acquired by a Benefit Plan have received a rating at the time of such acquisition that is in one of the three (or, with an exception discussed below in Clause 4, in the case of Designated Transactions, four) highest generic rating categories from any of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Fitch, Inc., or any successors thereto, each a "Rating Agency"; (4) The receivables are fully secured, except for residential and home equity loan receivables issued in Designated Transactions if: (a) The loan-to-value ratio (where the loan amount equals the sum of (I) the outstanding principal balance due under the obligation which is held by the Issuer and (II) the outstanding principal balance(s) of any other obligation(s) of higher priority (whether or not held by the Issuer) which are secured by the same collateral) does not exceed 125% based on the fair market value on the "Closing Date" (as defined in the Exemption); (b) Such Securities acquired by a Benefit Plan have received a rating from a Rating Agency at the time of such acquisition that is in one of the two highest generic rating categories; and (c) The rights and interests evidenced by the Securities in such Designated Transactions are not subordinated to the rights and interests evidenced by Securities of the same Issuer; 120 (5) The "Trustee" (as defined in the Exemption) is not an "Affiliate" (as defined in the Exemption) of any other member of the "Restricted Group" (as defined in the Exemption) other than an Underwriter; (6) The sum of all payments made to and retained by the Underwriters in connection with the distribution or placement of Securities represents not more than "Reasonable Compensation" (as defined in the Exemption) for underwriting or placing the Securities; the sum of all payments made to and retained by the "Sponsor" (as defined in the Exemption) pursuant to the assignment of obligations (or interests therein) to the Issuer represents not more than the fair market value of such obligations (or interests); and the sum of all payments made to and retained by the "Servicer" (as defined in the Exemption) represents not more than Reasonable Compensation for the Servicer's services under the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement" (as defined in the Exemption) and reimbursement of the Servicer's reasonable expenses in connection therewith; (7) A Benefit Plan investing in such Securities is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933; (8) The legal documents establishing the Issuer contain restrictions (as described in the Exemption) necessary to ensure that the Issuer's assets may not be reached by the Sponsor's creditors in the event of the Sponsor's bankruptcy or insolvency; the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and/or other agreements establishing the contractual relationships between the parties to the securitization transaction prohibit all parties from filing an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Issuer or initiating any other form of insolvency proceeding until after the Securities have been paid; and, prior to issuance by the Issuer of any Securities, a legal opinion is received which states that either (a) a "true sale" of the assets being transferred to the Issuer by the Sponsor has occurred and that such transfer is not being made pursuant to a financing of assets by the Sponsor, or (b) in the event of the Sponsor's insolvency or receivership, the assets transferred to the Issuer will not be part of the Sponsor's estate; and (9) The Issuer satisfies the following requirements: (a) The corpus of the Issuer consists solely of assets of the type which have been included in other investment pools; (b) Securities evidencing interests in such other investment pools have been rated in one of the three (or in the case of Designated Transactions, four) highest generic rating categories by a Rating Agency for at least one year prior to a Benefit Plan's acquisition of the Securities pursuant to the Exemption; and (c) Securities evidencing interests in such other investment pools have been purchased by investors other than Benefit Plans for at least one year prior 121 to a Benefit Plan's acquisition of Securities pursuant to the Exemption. (10) If a particular class of Securities held by any Benefit Plan involves a "Ratings Dependent Swap" (as defined herein) or a "Non-Ratings Dependent Swap" (as defined herein) entered into by the Issuer, then each particular swap transaction relating to such Securities must satisfy the following conditions: (a) The swap transaction is an "Eligible Swap," which means a Ratings Dependent Swap or Non-Ratings Dependent Swap: (i) Which is dominated in U.S. dollars; (ii) Pursuant to which the Issuer pays or receives, on or immediately prior to the respective payment or distribution date for the class of Securities to which the swap relates, a fixed rate of interest, or a floating rate of interest based on a publicly available index (e.g., LIBOR or the U.S. Federal Reserve's Cost of Funds Index (COFI)), with the Issuer receiving such payments on at least a quarterly basis and obligated to make separate payments no more frequently than the counterparty, with all simultaneous payments being netted; (iii) Which has a notional amount that does not exceed either: (I) The principal balance of the class of Securities to which the swap relates; or (II) The portion of the principal balance of such class represented solely by those types of corpus or assets of the Issuer referred to above in Clause (9). (iv) Which is "not leveraged" (i.e., payments are based on the applicable notional amount, the day count fractions, the fixed or floating rates designated above in Clause (10)(a)(ii), and the difference between the products thereof, calculated on a one to one ratio and not on a multiplier of such difference); (v) Which has a final termination date that is either the earlier of the date on which the Issuer terminates or the related class of Securities are fully repaid; and (vi) Which does not incorporate any provision which could cause a unilateral alteration in any provision described above in Clauses (10)(a)(i)-(iv) without the consent of the Trustee. (b) The swap transaction is with an "Eligible Swap Counterparty," which means a bank or other financial institution which has a rating, at the date of issuance of the Securities, which is in one of the three highest long-term 122 credit rating categories, or one of the two highest short-term credit rating categories, utilized by at least one of the Rating Agencies rating the Securities; provided that, if a swap counterparty is relying on its short-term rating to establish eligibility under the Exemption, such swap counterparty must either have a long-term rating in one of the three highest long-term rating categories or not have a long-term rating from the applicable Rating Agency, and provided further that if the class of Securities with which the swap is associated has a final maturity date of more than one year from the date of issuance of the Securities, and such swap is a Ratings Dependent swap, the swap counterparty is required by the terms of the swap agreement to establish any collateralization or other arrangement satisfactory to the Rating Agencies in the event of a ratings downgrade of the swap counterparty; (c) Any class of Securities, to which one or more swap agreements entered into by the Issuer applies, may be acquired only by a "Qualified Plan Investor," which means a Benefit Plan investor or group of Benefit Plan investors on whose behalf the decision to purchase Securities is made by an appropriate independent fiduciary that is qualified to analyze and understand the terms and conditions of any swap transaction used by the Issuer and the effect such swap would have upon the credit ratings of the Securities. For purposes of the Exemption, such a fiduciary is either: (i) A "qualified professional asset manager" ("QPAM"), as defined under Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 84-14 (a QPAM generally would include for these purposes insurance companies, savings and loan associations, banks and registered investment advisers registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, each meeting certain minimum capitalization requirements); (ii) An "in-house asset manager" as defined under PTE 96-23; or (iii) A Benefit Plan fiduciary with total assets (both employee benefit plan and non-employee benefit plan) under management of at least $100 million at the time the of the acquisition of such Securities. (d) In the case of a "Ratings Dependent Swap" (meaning an interest rate swap, or (if purchased by or on behalf of the Issuer) an interest rate cap contract, that is part of the structure of a class of Securities where the rating assigned by the Rating Agency to any class of Securities held by any Benefit Plan is dependent on the terms and conditions of the swap and the rating of the counterparty), the swap agreement must provide that if the credit rating of the counterparty is withdrawn or reduced by any Rating Agency below a level specified by the Rating Agency, the Servicer (as agent for the Trustee) must, within the period specified under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement: 123 (i) Obtain a replacement swap agreement with an Eligible Swap Counterparty which is acceptable to the Rating Agency and the terms of which are substantially the same as the current swap agreement (at which time the earlier swap agreement must terminate); or (ii) Cause the swap counterparty to establish any collateralization or other arrangement satisfactory to the Rating Agency such that the then current rating by the Rating Agency of the particular class of Securities will not be withdrawn or reduced. (e) In the case of a "Non-Ratings Dependent Swap" (meaning an interest rate swap, or (if purchased by or on behalf of the Issuer) an interest rate cap contract, that is part of the structure of a class of Securities where the rating assigned by the Rating Agency to any class of Securities held by a Benefit Plan is not dependent on the existence of the swap and rating of the counterparty), the swap agreement must provide that, if the credit rating of the counterparty is withdrawn or reduced below the lowest level specified above in Clause (10)(b), the Servicer (as agent for the Trustee) must, within a specified period after such rating withdrawal or reduction: (i) Obtain a replacement swap agreement with an Eligible Swap Counterparty, the terms of which are substantially the same as the current swap agreement (at which time the earlier swap agreement must terminate); (ii) Cause the swap counterparty to post collateral with the Trustee in an amount equal to all payments owed by the counterparty if the swap transaction were terminated; or (iii) Terminate the swap agreement in accordance with its terms. With respect to a Non-Ratings Dependent Swap, each Rating Agency rating the Securities must confirm, as of the date of issuance of the Securities by the Issuer, that entering into an Eligible Swap with such counterparty will not affect the rating of the Securities. (f) The swap transaction does not require the Issuer to make any termination payments to the counterparty (other than a currently scheduled payment under the swap agreement) except from "Excess Spread" (as defined in the Exemption) or other amounts that would otherwise be payable to the Servicer or the Sponsor. (11) If a particular class of securities held by any Benefit Plan involves a yield supplement agreement entered into by the Issuer, then each particular yield supplement transaction relating to such Securities must satisfy the following conditions: 124 (a) The yield supplement transaction is an "Eligible Yield Supplement Agreement," which means any yield supplement agreement, similar yield maintenance arrangement or, if purchased by or on behalf of the Issuer, an interest rate cap contract to supplement the interest rates otherwise payable on obligations described above in Clause (9), provided that: (i) It is denominated in U.S. dollars; (ii) The Issuer receives on, or immediately prior to the respective payment date for the Securities covered by such agreement or arrangement, a fixed rate of interest or a floating rate of interest based on a publicly available index (e.g., LIBOR or COFI), with the Issuer receiving payments on at least a quarterly basis; (iii) It is not leveraged, as described above in Clause (10)(a)(iv); (iv) It does not incorporate any provision which would cause a unilateral alteration in any provision described above in Clauses (11)(a)(i)-(iii) without the consent of the Trustee; (v) It is entered into by the Issuer with an Eligible Swap Counterparty; and (vi) It has a notional amount that does not exceed either: (I) The principal balance of the class of Securities to which such agreement or arrangement relates; or (II) The portion of the principal balance of such class represented solely by those types of corpus or assets of the Issuer referred to above in Clause (9). Furthermore, if the related prospectus supplement provides that the property of the Issuer will include a "Pre-Funding Account" (as defined in the Exemption), certain additional conditions must be met in order for the Exemption to apply to the acquisition, holding and resale of the Securities by a Benefit Plan. If the general conditions of the Exemption are satisfied, the Exemption may provide an exemption from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Sections 406(a) and 407(a) of ERISA and Sections 4975(c)(1)(A) through (D) of the Code in connection with (1) the direct or indirect sale, exchange or transfer, (2) the direct or indirect acquisition or disposition and (3) the continued holding of Securities acquired by a Benefit Plan. However, no exemption is provided from the restrictions of Sections 406(a)(1)(E) and 406(a)(2) of ERISA for the acquisition or holding of a Security on behalf of an "Excluded Plan" (as defined in the Exemption) by any person who has discretionary authority or renders investment advice with respect to that Excluded Plan. 125 If general conditions of the Exemption are also satisfied, the Exemption may provide an exemption from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Sections 406(b)(1) and (b)(2) of ERISA and Section 4975(c)(1)(E) of the Code in connection with the following: o The direct or indirect sale, exchange or transfer of Securities in the initial issuance of Securities between the Sponsor or Underwriter and a Benefit Plan when the person who has discretionary authority or renders investment advice with respect to the investment of plan assets in the Securities is: o An "Obligor" (as defined in the Exemption) with respect to 5% or less of the fair market value of the obligations or receivables contained in the Issuer; or o An Affiliate of an Obligor; if: o The Benefit Plan is not an Excluded Plan; o Solely in the case of an acquisition of Securities in connection with the initial issuance of the Securities, at least 50% percent of each class of Securities in which Benefit Plans have invested is acquired by persons independent of the members of the Restricted Group and at least 50% percent of the aggregate interest in the Issuer is acquired by persons independent of the Restricted Group; o A Benefit Plan's investment in each class of Securities does not exceed 25% percent of all of the Securities of that class outstanding at the time of the acquisition; and o Immediately after the acquisition of the Securities, no more than 25% percent of the assets of a Benefit Plan with respect to which the person has discretionary authority or renders investment advice are invested in Securities representing an interest in an Issuer containing assets sold or serviced by the same entity. o The direct or indirect acquisition or disposition of Securities by a Benefit Plan in the secondary market for such Securities; and o The continued holding of Securities by a Benefit Plan. Additionally, if general conditions of the Exemption are satisfied, the Exemption may provide an exemption from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Sections 406(a), 406(b) and 407(a) of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code for transactions in connection with the servicing, management and operation of an Issuer, including the use of any Eligible Swap transaction, provided that: o Such transactions are carried out in accordance with the terms of a binding Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and 126 o The Pooling and Servicing Agreement is provided to, or described in all material respects in the prospectus or applicable prospectus supplement provided to, investing Benefit Plans before they purchase Securities offered by the Issuer. The Exemption also may provide an exemption from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Sections 406(a) and 407(a) of ERISA and Sections 4975(c)(1)(A) through (D) of the Code if those restrictions are deemed to otherwise apply merely because a person is deemed to be a party in interest or disqualified person (including a fiduciary) with respect to a Benefit Plan by virtue of providing services to the Benefit Plan or by virtue of having a specified relationship to such service provider, solely because of a Benefit Plan's ownership of Securities. Before purchasing a certificate on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan, a Benefit Plan fiduciary should itself confirm that such certificate constitutes a "Security" for purposes of the Exemption and that the general conditions and the other requirements described above and in the Exemption would be satisfied with respect to such certificate. In addition to making its own determination as to the availability of the exemptive relief provided in the Exemption, the Benefit Plan fiduciary should consider its general fiduciary obligations under ERISA in determining whether to purchase any certificates on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan. Each purchaser that is a Benefit Plan or that is investing on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan in reliance on the Exemption will be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that it qualifies as an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933. In addition, each prospective purchaser of certificates in reliance on the Exemption should consider the possibility that the rating of certificates may change during the period the certificate is held. If the rating were to decline below one of the three (or in the case of Designated Transactions, four) highest generic rating categories of a Rating Agency, the certificates could no longer be transferred to a Benefit Plan in reliance on the Exemption. If the ratings decline below one of the three (or in the case of Designated Transactions, four) highest generic rating categories by a Rating Agency, each transferee will be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that either (1) it is not purchasing the certificates on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan, or (2) it is an insurance company purchasing the certificates with the assets from its general account (within the meaning of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60) and it is eligible for and satisfies all of the conditions set forth in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60. For more information, including whether an Exemption may be available to provide relief for a particular class of certificates, see "Certain ERISA Considerations" in the related prospectus supplement. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL Any Benefit Plan fiduciary considering the purchase of certificates on behalf of or with plan assets of a Benefit Plan should consult with its counsel with respect to whether a trust will be deemed to hold plan assets, the applicability of the Exemption or another exemption from the prohibited transaction rules and determine on its own whether all the conditions have been 127 satisfied, and whether the certificates are an appropriate investment for a Benefit Plan under ERISA or the Code. LEGAL INVESTMENT MATTERS Each class of certificates offered hereby and by the accompanying prospectus supplement will be rated at the date of issuance in one of the four highest rating categories by at least one rating agency. If stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, classes that are, and continue to be, rated in one of the two highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization will constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, or SMMEA, and, as such, will be legal investments for persons, trusts, corporations, partnerships, associations, business trusts and business entities (including depository institutions, life insurance companies and pension funds) created under or existing under the laws of the United States or of any State whose authorized investments are subject to state regulation to the same extent that, under applicable law, obligations issued by or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof constitute legal investments for those entities. Under SMMEA, if a State enacted legislation on or prior to October 3, 1991 specifically limiting the legal investment authority of any of these entities with respect to "mortgage related securities," these securities will constitute legal investments for entities subject to the legislation only to the extent provided therein. Certain States enacted legislation which overrides the preemption provisions of SMMEA. SMMEA provides, however, that in no event will the enactment of any such legislation affect the validity of any contractual commitment to purchase, hold or invest in "mortgage related securities," or require the sale or other disposition of the securities, so long as the contractual commitment was made or the securities acquired prior to the enactment of the legislation. SMMEA also amended the legal investment authority of federally-chartered depository institutions as follows: federal savings and loan associations and federal savings banks may invest in, sell or otherwise deal with "mortgage related securities" without limitation as to the percentage of their assets represented thereby, federal credit unions may invest in these securities, and national banks may purchase these securities for their own account without regard to the limitations generally applicable to investment securities described in 12 U.S.C. Section 24 (Seventh), subject in each case to any regulations that the applicable federal regulatory authority may prescribe. The 1998 Policy Statement was adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration, or NCUA and the OTS with an effective date of May 26, 1998. The 1998 Policy Statement rescinded a 1992 policy statement that had required, prior to purchase, a depository institution to determine whether a mortgage derivative product that it was considering acquiring was high-risk, and, if so, required that the proposed acquisition would reduce the institution's overall interest rate risk. The 1998 Policy Statement eliminates constraints on investing in certain "high-risk" mortgage derivative products and substitutes broader guidelines for evaluating and monitoring investment risk. 128 The OTS has issued Thrift Bulletin 73a, entitled "Investing in Complex Securities," or TB 73a, which is effective as of December 18, 2001 and applies to savings associations regulated by the OTS, and Thrift Bulletin 13a, entitled "Management of Interest Rate Risk, Investment Securities, and Derivatives Activities," or TB 13a, which is effective as of December 1, 1998, and applies to thrift institutions regulated by the OTS. One of the primary purposes of TB 73a is to require savings associations, prior to taking any investment position, to determine that the investment position meets applicable regulatory and policy requirements (including those set forth in TB 13a (see below)) and internal guidelines, is suitable for the institution, and is safe and sound. The OTS recommends, with respect to purchases of specific securities, additional analysis, including, among others, analysis of repayment terms, legal structure, expected performance of the issuer and any underlying assets as well as analysis of the effects of payment priority, with respect to a security which is divided into separate tranches with unequal payments, and collateral investment parameters, with respect to a security that is pre-funded or involves a revolving period. TB 73a reiterates the OTS's due diligence requirements for investing in all securities and warns that if a savings association makes an investment that does not meet the applicable regulatory requirements, the savings association's investment practices will be subject to criticism, and the OTS may require divestiture of such securities. The OTS also recommends, with respect to an investment in any "complex securities," that savings associations should take into account quality and suitability, marketability, interest rate risk, and classification factors. For the purposes of each of TB 73a and TB 13a, "complex security" includes among other things any collateralized mortgage obligation or real estate mortgage investment conduit security, other than any "plain vanilla" mortgage pass-through security (that is, securities that are part of a single class of securities in the related pool that are non-callable and do not have any special features). Accordingly, all classes of the offered certificates would likely be viewed as "complex securities." With respect to quality and suitability factors, TB 73a warns: o that a savings association's sole reliance on outside ratings for material purchases of complex securities is an unsafe and unsound practice, o that a savings association should only use ratings and analyses from nationally recognized rating agencies in conjunction with, and in validation of, its own underwriting processes, and o that it should not use ratings as a substitute for its own thorough underwriting analyses. With respect to the interest rate risk factor, TB 73a recommends that savings associations should follow the guidance set forth in TB 13a. One of the primary purposes of TB 13a is to require thrift institutions, prior to taking any investment position, to: o conduct a pre-purchase portfolio sensitivity analysis for any "significant transaction" involving securities or financial derivatives, and 129 o conduct a pre-purchase price sensitivity analysis of any "complex security" or financial derivative. The OTS recommends that while a thrift institution should conduct its own in-house pre-acquisition analysis, it may rely on an analysis conducted by an independent third-party as long as management understands the analysis and its key assumptions. Further, TB 13a recommends that the use of "complex securities with high price sensitivity" be limited to transactions and strategies that lower a thrift institution's portfolio interest rate risk. TB 13a warns that investment in complex securities by thrift institutions that do not have adequate risk measurement, monitoring and control systems may be viewed by the OTS examiners as an unsafe and unsound practice. Prospective investors in the certificates, including in particular the classes of certificates that do not constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of SMMEA, should consider the matters discussed in the following paragraph. There may be other restrictions on the ability of some investors either to purchase some classes of certificates or to purchase any class of certificates representing more than a specified percentage of the investors' assets. The depositor will make no representations as to the proper characterization of any class of certificates for legal investment or other purposes, or as to the ability of particular investors to purchase any class of certificates under applicable legal investment restrictions. These uncertainties may adversely affect the liquidity of any class of certificates. Accordingly, all investors whose investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements or review by regulatory authorities should consult with their own legal advisors in determining whether and to what extent the certificates of any class constitute legal investments or are subject to investment, capital or other restrictions, and, if applicable, whether SMMEA has been overridden in any jurisdiction relevant to the investor. USE OF PROCEEDS Substantially all of the net proceeds to be received by the depositor from the sale of certificates will be applied by the depositor to finance the purchase of, or to repay short-term loans incurred to finance the purchase of, the mortgage collateral underlying the certificates or will be used by the depositor for general corporate purposes. The depositor expects that it will make additional sales of securities similar to the certificates from time to time, but the timing and amount of any additional offerings will be dependent upon a number of factors, including the volume of mortgage loans or mortgage securities purchased by the depositor, prevailing interest rates, availability of funds and general market conditions. METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION The certificates offered hereby and by the accompanying prospectus supplements will be offered in series through one or more of the methods described below. The prospectus supplement prepared for each series will describe the method of offering being utilized for that series and will state the net proceeds to the depositor from that sale. 130 The depositor intends that certificates will be offered through the following methods from time to time and that offerings may be made concurrently through more than one of these methods or that an offering of a particular series of certificates may be made through a combination of two or more of the following methods: o by negotiated firm commitment or best efforts underwriting and public re-offering by underwriters o by placements by the depositor with institutional investors through dealers; and o by direct placements by the depositor with institutional investors. In addition, if specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a series of certificates may be offered in whole or in part in exchange for the mortgage collateral, and other assets, if applicable, that would comprise the trust securing the certificates. If underwriters are used in a sale of any certificates, other than in connection with an underwriting on a best efforts basis, the certificates will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at fixed public offering prices or at varying prices to be determined at the time of sale or at the time of commitment therefor. These underwriters may be broker-dealers affiliated with the depositor whose identities and relationships to the depositor will be as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The managing underwriter or underwriters with respect to the offer and sale of a particular series of certificates will be listed on the cover of the prospectus supplement relating to that series and the members of the underwriting syndicate, if any, will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of the certificates, underwriters may receive compensation from the depositor or from purchasers of the certificates in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters and dealers participating in the distribution of the certificates may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the certificates, and any discounts or commissions received by them from the depositor and any profit on the resale of certificates by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. It is anticipated that the underwriting agreement pertaining to the sale of any series of certificates will provide that the obligations of the underwriters will be subject to certain conditions precedent, that the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the certificates if any are purchased (other than in connection with an underwriting on a best efforts basis) and that, in limited circumstances, the depositor will indemnify the several underwriters and the underwriters will indemnify the depositor against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or will contribute to payments required to be made in respect thereof. The prospectus supplement with respect to any series offered by placements through dealers will contain information regarding the nature of the offering and any agreements to be entered into between the depositor and purchasers of certificates of that series. 131 The depositor anticipates that the certificates offered hereby will be sold primarily to institutional investors or sophisticated non-institutional investors. Purchasers of certificates, including dealers, may, depending on the facts and circumstances of the purchases, be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with reoffers and sales by them of certificates. Holders of certificates should consult with their legal advisors in this regard prior to any reoffer or sale. Securities offered hereby and by an accompanying prospectus supplement may be distributed in connection with resecuritization transactions. In a resecuritization transaction, securities offered hereby will be transferred to a trust (or other type of issuing entity) and securities backed by those securities will in turn be offered to investors. There is no assurance that any particular class of security offered hereby will be suitable for inclusion in a resecuritization transaction. LEGAL MATTERS Certain legal matters, including certain federal income tax matters, will be passed upon for the depositor by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, New York, New York. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The depositor has filed the registration statement, file number 333-134218, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or Commission. The depositor and each issuing entity are also subject to some of the information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, and, accordingly, each issuing entity will file reports thereunder with the Commission. The registration statement and the exhibits thereto, and reports and other information filed by the depositor and each issuing entity pursuant to the Exchange Act can be read and copied at the Commission's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the Commission maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission at http://www.sec.gov. For purposes of any electronic version of this prospectus, the preceding uniform resource locator, or URL, is an inactive textual reference only. We have taken steps to ensure that this URL reference was inactive at the time the electronic version of this prospectus was created. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE The Commission allows the depositor to "incorporate by reference" the information filed with the Commission by the depositor, under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that relates to the trust fund for the certificates. This means that the depositor can disclose important information to any investor by referring the investor to these documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information filed by the depositor with the Commission that relates to the trust fund for the certificates will automatically update and supersede this information. Documents that may be incorporated by reference with respect to a particular series of certificates include an insurer's financials, a 132 certificate policy, mortgage pool policy, computational materials, collateral term sheets, the related pooling and servicing agreement and amendments thereto, other documents on Form 8-K and Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of Exchange Act as may be required in connection with the related trust fund. The depositor will provide or cause to be provided without charge to each person to whom this prospectus and accompanying prospectus supplement is delivered in connection with the offering of one or more classes of the related series of certificates, upon written or oral request of that person, a copy of any or all reports incorporated in this prospectus by reference, in each case to the extent the reports relate to one or more of the classes of the related series of certificates, other than the exhibits to those documents, unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in the documents. Requests should be directed in writing to Stanwich Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C., Seven Greenwich Office Park, 599 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830, or by telephone at (203) 661-6186. The depositor may provide static pool information, in response to Item 1105 of Regulation AB, through an Internet Web site, and if the depositor decides to provide information through such means, the applicable prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus will disclose the specific Internet address where such information is posted. 133 GLOSSARY 1998 POLICY STATEMENT--The revised supervisory statement listing the guidelines for investments in "high risk mortgage securities," and adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration, or NCUA and the OTS with an effective date of May 26, 1998. ADVANCE--As to any mortgage loan and any distribution date, an amount equal to the scheduled payments of principal (other than any Balloon Amount in the case of a Balloon Loan) and interest on the mortgage loan due during the related Due Period which was not received as of the close of business on the business day preceding the related determination date. AFFILIATED INTERMEDIARY SELLER--With respect to any series of securities, an affiliate of the depositor which sells directly to the depositor mortgage loans obtained from unaffiliated sellers. BALLOON AMOUNT--The full outstanding principal balance on a Balloon Loan due and payable on the maturity date. BALLOON LOANS--Mortgage loans with level monthly payments of principal and interest based on an amortization schedule, not to exceed 40 years, or such other amortization schedule as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, and having original or modified terms to maturity shorter than the term of the related amortization schedule. BANKRUPTCY AMOUNT--The amount of Bankruptcy Losses that may be borne solely by the subordinate certificates of the related series. BANKRUPTCY LOSSES--A Realized Loss attributable to certain actions which may be taken by a bankruptcy court in connection with a mortgage loan, including a reduction by a bankruptcy court of the principal balance of or the mortgage rate on a mortgage loan or an extension of its maturity. BUY-DOWN ACCOUNT--As to a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan, the custodial account where Buy-Down Funds are deposited. BUY-DOWN FUNDS--As to a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan, the amount contributed by the seller of the mortgaged property or another source and placed in the Buy-Down Account. BUY-DOWN MORTGAGE LOAN--A mortgage loan subject to a temporary buy-down plan. BUY-DOWN PERIOD--The early years of the term of a Buy-Down Mortgage Loan when payments will be less than the scheduled monthly payments on the Mortgage Loan, the resulting difference to be made up from the Buy-Down Funds. CALL CERTIFICATE--Any certificate evidencing an interest in a Call Class. 134 CALL CLASS--A class of certificates under which the holder will have the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate the related trust, resulting in early retirement of the certificates of the series. CALL PRICE--In the case of a call with respect to a Call Class, a price equal to 100% of the principal balance of the related certificates as of the day of that purchase plus accrued interest at the applicable pass-through rate. CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT--An account established and maintained by the master servicer or servicer in the name of the trustee for the benefit of the holders of each series of certificates, for the disbursement of payments on the mortgage loans evidenced by each series of certificates. CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR--In addition to or in lieu of the master servicer or servicer for a series of certificates, the accompanying prospectus supplement may identify a Certificate Administrator for the trust, which will have administrative responsibilities with respect to such trust. The Certificate Administrator may be an affiliate of the depositor or the master servicer or servicer. COMPENSATING INTEREST--For any mortgage loan that prepaid in full and, if stated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, in part, during the related prepayment period an additional payment made by the master servicer or servicer, to the extent funds are available from the servicing fee, equal to the amount of interest at the mortgage rate, less the servicing fee and an uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset, if any, for that mortgage loan from the date of the prepayment to the next date on which a monthly payment on the related mortgage loan would have been due. CONVERTIBLE MORTGAGE LOAN--ARM loans which allow the mortgagors to convert the adjustable-rates on those mortgage loans to a fixed-rate at one or more specified periods during the life of the mortgage loans, in most cases not later than ten years subsequent to the date of origination. CREDIT SCORES--A measurement of the relative degree of risk a borrower represents to a lender obtained from credit reports utilizing, among other things, payment history, delinquencies on accounts, levels of outstanding indebtedness, length of credit history, types of credit, and bankruptcy experience. CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT--The custodial account or accounts created and maintained under the pooling and servicing agreement in the name of a depository institution, as custodian for the holders of the certificates, for the holders of certain other interests in mortgage loans serviced or sold by the master servicer or servicer and for the master servicer or servicer, into which the amounts shall be deposited directly. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account. DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION--Modifications of the terms of a mortgage loan resulting from a bankruptcy proceeding, including a reduction in the amount of the monthly payment on the related mortgage loan, but not any permanent forgiveness of principal. DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOSS--A Realized Loss attributable to the mortgagor's failure to make any payment of principal or interest as required under the mortgage note, but not including 135 Special Hazard Losses, Extraordinary Losses or other losses resulting from damage to a mortgaged property, Bankruptcy Losses or Fraud Losses. DEFICIENT VALUATION--In connection with the personal bankruptcy of a mortgagor, the difference between the outstanding principal balance of the first and junior lien mortgage loans and a lower value established by the bankruptcy court or any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal. DESIGNATED SELLER TRANSACTION--A transaction in which the mortgage loans are provided directly to the depositor by an unaffiliated mortgage collateral seller described in the prospectus supplement. DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION--For these purposes means: o the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing (but would not include instrumentalities described in Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Code or Freddie Mac), o any organization (other than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from federal income tax, unless it is subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code, o any organization described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, o an "electing large partnership" (as described in Section 775 of the Code), or o any other person so designated by the trustee based upon an opinion of counsel that the holding of an ownership interest in a REMIC certificate by that person may cause the related trust or any person having an ownership interest in the REMIC certificate, other than such person, to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the transfer of an ownership interest in a REMIC certificate to that person. DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT--As to a class of certificates for any distribution date will be the portion, if any, of the amount to be distributed to that class for that distribution date of principal, plus, if the class is entitled to payments of interest on that distribution date, interest accrued during the related interest accrual period at the applicable pass-through rate on the principal balance or notional amount of that class specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, less certain interest shortfalls, which will include: o any deferred interest added to the principal balance of the mortgage loans and/or the outstanding balance of one or more classes of certificates on the related due date; o any other interest shortfalls, including, without limitation, shortfalls resulting from application of the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations as in effect from 136 time to time, allocable to certificateholders which are not covered by advances or the applicable credit enhancement; and o Prepayment Interest Shortfalls not covered by Compensating Interest, in each case in an amount that is allocated to that class on the basis set forth in the prospectus supplement. DUE PERIOD--As to any distribution date, the period starting on the second day of the month prior to such distribution date, and ending on the first day of the month of such distribution date, or such other period as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement. ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT--An account acceptable to the applicable rating agency. ENVIRONMENTAL LIEN--A lien imposed by federal or state statute, for any cleanup costs incurred by a state on the property that is the subject of the cleanup costs. EXTRAORDINARY LOSS--A Realized Loss resulting from damage to a mortgaged property that was occasioned by war, civil insurrection, certain governmental actions, nuclear reaction, and certain other risks. FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT--The amount of Fraud Losses that may be borne solely by the subordinate certificates of the related series. FRAUD LOSSES--A Realized Loss incurred on defaulted mortgage loans as to which there was fraud in the origination of the mortgage loans. FUNDING ACCOUNT--An account established for the purpose of funding the transfer of additional mortgage loans into the related trust. GAAP--Generally accepted accounting principles. GPM LOAN--A mortgage loan under which the monthly payments by the mortgagor during the early years of the mortgage are less than the amount of interest that would otherwise be payable thereon, with the interest not so paid added to the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan. GROSS MARGIN--For an ARM loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related mortgage note, which when added to the related index, provides the mortgage rate for the ARM loan. INSURANCE PROCEEDS--Proceeds of any special hazard insurance policy, bankruptcy bond, mortgage pool insurance policy, primary insurance policy and any title, hazard or other insurance policy or guaranty covering any mortgage loan in the mortgage pool together with any payments under any letter of credit. INTEREST ONLY LOANS--Mortgage loans with payments of interest only during the early years of the term, followed by fixed monthly payments of principal and interest or periodically increasing monthly payments of principal and interest for the duration of the term or for a specified number of years, as described in the related prospectus supplement. 137 IRS--Internal Revenue Service. ISSUE PREMIUM--As to a class of REMIC Regular Certificates, the issue price in excess of the stated redemption price of that class. LIQUIDATED MORTGAGE LOAN--A defaulted mortgage loan for which the related mortgaged property has been sold by the related trust and all recoverable Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds have been received. LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS--Amounts collected by the subservicer in connection with the liquidation of a mortgage loan, by foreclosure or otherwise. MARK-TO-MARKET REGULATIONS--The final regulations of the IRS, released on December 24, 1996, relating to the requirement that a securities dealer mark to market securities held for sale to customers. MIXED-USE PROPERTY--Mortgaged property on which a mixed-use - residential and commercial - structure is located. NET MORTGAGE RATE--As to a mortgage loan, the mortgage rate net of servicing fees, other administrative fees and any uncertificated interest allocable to interest in a trust asset. NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE--Any Advance or Servicing Advance previously made which the master servicer or servicer has determined to not be ultimately recoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise. NOTE MARGIN--For an ARM loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related mortgage note, which when added to the related index, provides the mortgage rate for the ARM loan. PASS-THROUGH ENTITY--Any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, trust, partnership or other entities described in Section 860E(e)(6) of the Code. In addition, a person holding an interest in a pass-through entity as a nominee for another person will, with respect to that interest, be treated as a pass-through entity. PERMITTED INVESTMENTS--United States government securities and other investment grade obligations specified in the related pooling and servicing agreement. PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL--For a mortgage loan that is subject to a mortgagor prepayment, the amount that equals the difference between a full month's interest due with respect to that mortgage loan and the amount of interest paid or recovered with respect thereto. PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENTS--Any principal payments received with respect to a mortgage loan, in advance of the scheduled due date and not accompanied by a payment of interest for any period following the date of payment. QUALIFIED INSURER--As to a mortgage pool insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, bankruptcy policy, certificate insurance policy or surety bond, an insurer qualified under applicable law to transact the insurance business or coverage as applicable. 138 REALIZED LOSS--As to any defaulted mortgage loan that is finally liquidated, the amount of loss realized, if any, will equal the portion of the Stated Principal Balance plus accrued and unpaid interest remaining after application of all amounts recovered, net of amounts reimbursable to the master servicer or servicer for related Advances, Servicing Advances and other expenses, towards interest and principal owing on the mortgage loan. For a mortgage loan the principal balance of which has been reduced in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, the amount of the reduction will be treated as a Realized Loss. As to any mortgage loan that has been the subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the amount of the reduction will be treated as a Realized Loss as incurred. For a mortgage loan that has been modified, following a default or if a default was reasonably foreseeable, the amount of principal that has been forgiven, the amount by which a Monthly Payment has been reduced due to a reduction of the interest rate, and any Servicing Advances that are forgiven and reimbursable to the master servicer or servicer. REMIC--A real estate mortgage investment conduit as described in section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code. REO MORTGAGE LOAN--A mortgage loan where title to the related mortgaged property has been obtained by the trustee or its nominee on behalf of certificateholders of the related series. SERVICING ADVANCES--Amounts advanced on any mortgage loan to cover taxes, insurance premiums, foreclosure costs or similar expenses, including amounts representing the cost of some related services, if the master servicer or servicer and any affiliate of the master servicer or servicer provides services such as appraisals and brokerage services that are customarily provided by persons other than servicers of mortgage loans. SPECIAL HAZARD AMOUNT--The amount of Special Hazard Losses that may be allocated to the subordinate certificates of the related series. SPECIAL HAZARD LOSSES--A Realized Loss incurred, to the extent that the loss was attributable to (i) direct physical damage to a mortgaged property other than any loss of a type covered by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance policy, if applicable, and (ii) any shortfall in insurance proceeds for partial damage due to the application of the co-insurance clauses contained in hazard insurance policies. The amount of the Special Hazard Loss is limited to the lesser of the cost of repair or replacement of the mortgaged property; any loss above that amount would be a Defaulted Mortgage Loss or other applicable type of loss. Special Hazard Losses does not include losses occasioned by war, civil insurrection, certain governmental actions, errors in design, faulty workmanship or materials (except under certain circumstances), nuclear reaction, chemical contamination or waste by the mortgagor. SPECIAL SERVICER--A special servicer named under the pooling and servicing agreement for a series of certificates, which will be responsible for the servicing of delinquent loans. STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE--As to any mortgage loan as of any date of determination, its principal balance as of the cut-off date, after application of all scheduled principal payments due on or before the cut-off date, whether received or not, reduced by all amounts allocable to principal that are distributed to certificateholders before the date of determination, further 139 reduced to the extent that any Realized Loss has been allocated to any certificates before that date, and increased by the amount of any interest or other amounts owing on the mortgage loan that have been capitalized in connection with a modification. SUBORDINATE AMOUNT--A specified portion of subordinated distributions with respect to the mortgage loans, allocated to the holders of the subordinate certificates as set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement. SUBSEQUENT RECOVERIES--Subsequent recoveries, net of reimbursable expenses, with respect to mortgage loans that have been previously liquidated and that resulted in a Realized Loss. SUBSERVICING ACCOUNT--An account established and maintained by a subservicer which meets the applicable underwriting standards and is otherwise acceptable to the master servicer or servicer. TAX-EXEMPT INVESTOR--Tax-qualified retirement plans described in Section 401(a) of the Code and on individual retirement accounts described in Section 408 of the Code. 140
[CCM LOGO] CARRINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT STANWICH ASSET ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, L.L.C. $946,460,000 (APPROXIMATE) CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FRE2 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES --------------------- PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT --------------------- BARCLAYS CAPITAL BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. (LEAD MANAGER) (Co-MANAGER) CARRINGTON INVESTMENT SERVICES, LLC (SELECTED DEALER) YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DIFFERENT INFORMATION. WE ARE NOT OFFERING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER IS NOT PERMITTED. Dealers will be required to deliver a prospectus supplement and prospectus when acting as underwriters of the certificates offered hereby and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions. In addition, for ninety days following the date of the final prospectus supplement, all dealers selling the offered certificates, whether or not participating in this offering, will be required to deliver a prospectus supplement and prospectus.