Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Reviews Ratings on Certain U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Issued in 2007

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced today that it had downgraded 1713 classes of U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) backed by first-lien subprimemortgage loans, first-lien Alternative-A (Alt-A) mortgage loans, and closed-end second-lien mortgage loans issued from January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2007.

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