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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholder of Chase Home Finance LLC:
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management's Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, that Chase Home Finance LLC (the "Company") complied with the servicing criteria set forth In item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the "Reporting Period"), for asset-backed securities transactions backed by subprime residential mortgages serviced on the Loan Servicing and Accounting Management System I ("LSAMS I") where the related asset- backed securities were outstanding during the Reporting Period (the "Phtform"), excluding criteria 1 122(d)(1 )(iii), 1 122(d)(4)(i), 1 122(d)(4)(ii) and 1 122(d)(4)(xv), which the Company has determined
are not applicable to the activities performed by it with respect to the Platform. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of selected asset- backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities In compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. Our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities
performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to detect noncompliance arising from errors that may have occurred prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances oramounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 for the for asset-backed securities transactions backed by subprime residential mortgages serviced on the LSAMS I where the related asset-backed securities were outstanding during the Reporting Period is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors of J P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management's Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, that J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association (the "Company") complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for the asset-backed securities transactions backed by residential mortgages and home equity loans, for which the Company acts as Custodian (the "Platform"), as of September 30, 2006 and for the period from January 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006 excluding the criteria 1122(d) (1)(i)-(iv), (2)(i)-(vii), (3)(i)-(iv), and (4)(iii)-(xv), which the
Company has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by it with respect to the Platform. Appendix A to management's assertion identifies the individual asset-backed transactions and securities defined by management as constituting the Platform. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of selected asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. Our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities performed
by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to detect noncompliance arising from errors that may have occurred prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the period ended September 30, 2006 for the Platform is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholder of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association:
We have examined management's assertion, Included In the accompanying Management's Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, that JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (the "Company") complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the "Reporting Period") for asset-backed securities transactions backed by subprime residential mortgages serviced on the Loan Servicing and Accounting Management System I ("LSAMS I") where the related asset-backed securities were outstanding during the Reporting Period (the "Platform"), excluding criteria 11 22(d)(1 )(iii); 11 22(d)(2)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); 11 22(d)(3)(i), (ii), (ul), (iv); 11 22(d)(4)(iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x),
(xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), and (xv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by it with respect to the Platform. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, Included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of selected asset- backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed (hose selected activities in compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. Our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities
performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to detect noncompliance arising from errors that may have occurred prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 for the for assetbacked securities transactions backed by subprime residential mortgages serviced on the LSAMS I where the related asset-backed securities were outstanding during the Reporting Period is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management's Assertion on Compliance with Item 1122 Criteria, that LaSalle Bank National Association ("LBNA" or "the Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of LaSalle Bank Corporation, complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122 (d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for all new Asset Backed Securities, Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities and Residential Mortgage Backed Securities securitization trust transactions subsequent to
January 1, 2006, to the extent subject to Regulation AB for which LBNA is trustee ("the Platform"), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, except for those criteria which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by them with respect to the Platform covered by this report. See Exhibit A of management's assertion for a list of servicing criteria determined by the Company to be applicable to the activities performed by them with respect to the Platform. As indicated in the Management's Assertion on Compliance with Item 1122 Criteria, management's assertion for servicing criteria 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) and (B) covers only the
information in reports to investors that is specifically required by the respective transaction agreements, and not to any additional information included in reports to investors that is not required by the respective transaction agreements. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria listed in Exhibit A. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circums tances. Our examination included testing of less than all of the individual mortgage transactions and securities that comprise the platform, testing of less than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the servicing criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected transactions
and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 for the Platform, is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Advisory Committee of Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. and Subsidiaries, an indirect subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.:
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management Assertion of Compliance, that Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. and Subsidiaries ("the Company"), an indirect subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., complied with the applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and exchange Commission's Regulation AB for the primary servicing of publicly -issued (i.e., transaction-level reporting initially required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) residential mortgage-backed securities (the "Platform"), excluding servicing criteria: 1122(d)(1)(iii) 1122(d)(3)(i), 1122(d)(3)(ii), 1122(d)(3)(iii), 1122(d)(3)(iv), I 122(d)(4)(i), 1122(d)(4)(ii), 1122(d)(4)(iii) and 1122(d)(4)(xv), which management
has determined are not applicable to the activities the Company performs with respect to the Platform, as of and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with those servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria specified above and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of less than all of the individual asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of less than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the servicing criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected
transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
As described in the accompanying Management's Assertion of Compliance, for servicing criteria 1 122(d)(2)(vii), 1122(d)(4)(ix), 1122 (d)(4)(x), 1122(d)(4)(xi), 1122(d)(4)(xii) and 1122(d)(4)(xiii), the Company has engaged various vendors to perform the activities required by these servicing criteria. The Company has determined that these vendors are not considered a "servicer" as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, and the Company has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor as permitted by Interpretation 17.06 of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations
("Interpretation 17.06"). As permitted by Interpretation 17.06, the Company has asserted that it has policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable assurance that the vendors' activities comply in all material respects with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor. The Company is solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC requirements to apply Interpretation 17.06 for the vendors and related criteria as described in its assertion, and we performed no procedures with respect to the Company's eligibility to apply Interpretation 17.06.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned servicing criteria, including servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(vii), 1122(d)(4)(ix), 1122 (d)(4)(x), 1122(d) (4)(xi), 1122(d)(4)(xii) and 1122(d)(4)(xiii) for which compliance is determined based on Interpretation 17.06 as described above, as of and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors The Bank of New York
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management's Report on Assertion of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria that The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., (collectively, the "Company"), complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122 (d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for the publicly issued (i.e. transaction- level reporting initially required under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) residential mortgage-backed securities and other mortgage-related asset-backed securities issued on or after January 1, 2006 (and like-kind transactions issued prior to January 1, 2006) for which the Company provides trustee, securities
administration, paying agent, or custodial services (the "Platform") as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 except for criteria 1122 (d)(l)(ii)-(iv), and 1122 (d)(4)(iv)- (xiii), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by them with respect to the servicing Platform covered by this report. The Platform includes like-kind transactions for which the Company provided trustee, securities administration, paying agent or custodial services as a result of the Company's acquisition as of October 1, 2006 of portions of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.'s
corporate trust business, including structured finance agency and trust transactions. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with those servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of less than all of the individual transactions and securities that comprise the platform, testing of less than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance
with the servicing criteria and as permitted by the Interpretation 17.06 of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations ("Interpretation 17.06"). Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not
provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the
aforementioned servicing criteria, including servicing criteria for which compliance is determined based on Interpretation 17.06 as described above, as applicable, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 for the Platform, is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Report on Assessment of Compliance with SEC Regulation AB Servicing Criteria, that U.S. Bank National Association (the Company) complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122 (d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for the Corporate Trust Asset Backed Securities platform (the Platform) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, except for criteria 1122 (d)(1)(iii), 1122 (d)(4)(i), 1122 (d)(4)(ii), and 1122 (d)(4)(iv) through 1122 (d)(4)(xiv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by them with respect to the servicing platform covered by this report.
Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with those servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of less than all of the individual asset backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of less than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the servicing criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected transactions
and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, for the Corporate Trust Asset Backed Securities platform is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors The Corporate Trust Services division of Wells Fargo Bank National Association:
We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Appendix I, that the Document Custody section of the Corporate Trust Services division of Wells Fargo Bank National Association complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for publicly-issued (i.e., transaction-level reporting required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) residential mortgage-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities issued on or after January 1, 2006 for which the Company provides document custody services, excluding any publicly issued transactions issued by any government sponsored entity (the Platform) as of and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006.
Management has determined that servicing criteria 1122(d)(4)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(ii) are applicable to the activities it performs with respect to the Platform, and that all other servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) are not applicable to the document custody services provided by the Company with respect to the Platform. Management is responsible for the Company's compliance with those servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Company's compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria specified above and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of less than all of the individual asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of less than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the servicing criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected
transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Comp any during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
In our opinion, management's assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned servicing criteria as of and for the period ended December 31, 2006 is fairly stated, in all material respects.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors Wells Fargo Bank, N.A,:
We have examined Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.'s (the Company) compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Co mmission's Regulation AB for its primary servicing of residential mortgage loans by its Wells Fargo Home Mortgage division, other than the servicing of such loans for Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, state and local government bond programs, or a Federal Home Loan Bank (the Platform), except for servicing criteria 1122(d)(1)(iii) and 1122(d)(4)(xv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities it performs with respect to the Platform, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006. Management is responsible for the
Company's compliance with those servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria specified above and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of less than all of the individual asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of less than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the servicing criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected
transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Comp any during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria.
Our examination disclosed the following instances of material noncompliance with certain servicing criteria applicable to the Company during the year ended December 31, 2006:
1. 1122(d)(3)(i) - Delinquency Reporting -- The Company provided incomplete data to some third parties who use such data to calculate delinquency ratios and determine the status of loans with respect to bankruptcy, foreclosure or real estate owned. Instead of the actual due date being provided for use in calculating delinquencies, the date of the first payment due to the security was provided
2. 1122(d)(4)(vii) - Notification of Intent to Foreclose -- The Company, as required by certain servicing agreements, did not provide investors with prior notification of intent to foreclose.
As described in the accompanying 2006 Certification Regarding Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, for servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(2)(vi), 1122(d)(4)(iv), 1122(d)(4)(xi), and 1122(d)(4)(xiii), the Company has engaged various vendors to perform the activities required by these servicing criteria. The Company has determined that these vendors are not considered "servicers" as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, and the Company has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor as permitted by Interpretation 17.06 of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations ("Interpretation 17.06"), with the exception of those vendors
who have provided their own reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria to the Company, for which the Company does not take such responsibility. As permitted by Interpretation 17.06, the Company has asserted that it has policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable assurance that the vendors' activities comply in
all material respects with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor. The Company is solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC requirements to apply Interpretation 17.06 for the vendors and related criteria as described in its assertion, and we performed no procedures with respect to the Company's eligibility to apply Interpretation 17.06.
In our opinion, except for the instances of material noncompliance described above, the Company complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006.
