Item 1. Business.
Omitted.
Item 1A.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Omitted.
Item 1B.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties.
Omitted.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
Omitted.
Item 4.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Omitted.
PART II
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Omitted.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Omitted.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Omitted.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Omitted.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Omitted.
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Omitted.
Item 9A.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Omitted.
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
Omitted.
Item 9B.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
PART III
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Omitted.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Omitted.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
Omitted.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Omitted.
Item 14.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
Omitted.
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS UNDER REGULATION AB
Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB. Significant Obligors Financial Information.
No single obligor represents 10% or more of the pool assets held by the issuing entity.
Item 1114(b)2 of Regulation AB, Significant Enhancement Provider Financial Information.
No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1114(a) of Regulation AB.
Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).
The significance percentages of the derivative transactions entered into on behalf of the issuing entity are less than 10%.
Item 1117 of Regulation AB. Legal Proceedings.
The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedings involving the Trust and all parties related to such Trust, other than routine litigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties.
Item 1119 of Regulation AB. Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
The information regarding this Item has been previously filed in a 424(b)(5) filing dated October 10, 2007.
Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.
See Item 15, exhibits (33) and (34).
The following information regarding LaSalle Bank National Association's material instances of noncompliance and related remedial action was provided by LaSalle Bank National Association.
LaSalle Bank National Association’s (“LaSalle”) Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for 2007 (the “2007 Assessment”) attached to this Report on Form 10-K describes in Appendix B the following material instance of noncompliance related to investor reporting:
“1122(d)(3)(i)(A) and (B) - During the Reporting Period, certain monthly investor or remittance reports were not prepared in accordance with the terms set forth in the transaction agreements and certain investor reports did not provide the information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements for which certain individual errors may or may not have been material.”
The investor reporting errors identified on LaSalle’s 2007 Assessment as material instances of noncompliance (the “Investor Reporting Errors”) included, for example, revised delinquency, REO, foreclosure, repurchase, payoff or modified loan counts, category indicators and/or balances. The conclusion that the Investor Reporting Errors amounted to a material instance of noncompliance was based primarily on the aggregate number of errors as opposed to the materiality of any one error.
The Investor Reporting Errors were generally caused by human error resulting primarily from high volume monthly data processing demands that had to be addressed within constricted time frames with less than a full complement of operational staff. Between the fourth quarter of the Reporting Period and the date of the 2007 Assessment, LaSalle has employed additional operational staff to accommodate the high volume of monthly investor reporting requirements and minimize the risk of the Investor Reporting Errors recurring. Other necessary controls are in place to minimize the risk of such errors.
With respect to the specific pool assets and asset-backed securities related to the Investor Reporting Errors, the errors did not have, and are not reasonable likely in the future to have, any material impact or effect on pool asset performance, servicing of the pool assets and payments or expected payments on the mortgage-backed securities.
The Certification Regarding Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria of Home Loan Services, Inc. (the “HLS Certification”) identified material instances of noncompliance with respect to the following servicing criteria:
Item 1122 (d)(1)(i) - Policies and procedures instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
Item 1122(d)(2)(vii) - Monthly reconciliations for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. Such reconciliations are prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
Item 1122(d)(4)(x)(c) - Funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts), which are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related pool asset, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
The HLS Certification stated that the following remediation efforts have been made with respect to such material instances of noncompliance:
Item 1122 (d)(1)(i) - “Monthly reporting and quarterly review processes were established in April 2007 and maintained throughout the remainder of the year. No subsequent exceptions were noted.”
Item 1122(d)(2)(vii) - “Bank reconciliations were completed within the 30 day period; however, preparers sign-off did no occur until the 31st day. This exception was noted in the first six months of 2007. Processes were revised with no subsequent findings in the second half of 2007.”
Item 1122(d)(4)(x)(c) - “Funds held in escrow on two accounts were not returned within 30 days of loan payoff. Processes have been revised to ensure for future compliance.”
The Report on Assessment of Compliance of American Security Insurance Company, Standard Guaranty Insurance Company and TrackSure Insurance Agency, Inc. (the relevant Vendor cited in the HLS Certification) indicated a material instance of noncompliance with Item 1122(d)(4)(xii), and stated that the company “did not have, during the Reporting Period, sufficient policies and procedures to capture the information with respect to the Platform Transactions necessary to determine compliance with Item 1122(d)(4)(xii).”
The HLS Certification stated that the Vendor has made the following remediation efforts with respect to such material instance of noncompliance:
Item 1122(d)(4)(xii) - “Practices and procedures to capture information necessary to assess compliance were implemented as of January 1, 2008 by Assurant Specialty Property.”
The HLS Certification did not report any material deficiencies with respect to policies and procedures in place to monitor Vendors.
Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Servicer Compliance Statement.
See Item 15, exhibit (35).
Although the above-referenced material instances of noncompliance with respect to Items 1122(d)(1)(i), 1122(d)(2)(vii) and 1122(d)(4)(x)(c) in the HLS Certification were material to the activities of Home Loan Services, Inc. ("HLS") on a platform level, HLS indicated that such instances of noncompliance had no material effect on the performance of HLS in its capacity as servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement related to the securities issued by the Issuing Entity. Accordingly, the servicer compliance statement of HLS was appropriately unqualified.
PART IV
Item 15.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
(1) Not Applicable.
(2) Not Applicable.
(3)
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on 2007-10-25)
10.1
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on 2007-10-25)
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
33(a)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer
33(b)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee and Custodian
33(c)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. as Servicing Function Participant
33(d)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Regulus Group LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
33(e)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Assurant Inc., as Servicing Function Participant
34(a)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Home Loan Services, Inc, as Servicer
34(b)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee and Custodian
34(c)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. as Servicing Function Participant
34(d)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Regulus Group LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
34(e)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Assurant Inc., as Servicing Function Participant
35(a)
Servicer compliance statement, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer
35(b)
Servicer compliance statement, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee
35(c)
Servicer compliance statement, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. as Servicing Function Participant
35(d)
Servicer compliance statement, Regulus Group LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
(b) The exhibits required to be filed by Registrant pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed above and in the Exhibit Index that immediately follows the signature page hereof.
(c) Not Applicable.
SIGNATURES
Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer
March 28, 2008 /s/ Steven A. Baranet
By: Steven A. Baranet
Title: Vice President
(Senior Officer in charge of the servicing function of the servicer)
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on 2007-10-25)
10.1
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on 2007-10-25)
Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
33(a)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer
33(b)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee and Custodian
33(c)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. as Servicing Function Participant
33(d)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Regulus Group LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
33(e)
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Assurant Inc., as Servicing Function Participant
34(a)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Home Loan Services, Inc, as Servicer
34(b)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee and Custodian
34(c)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. as Servicing Function Participant
34(d)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Regulus Group LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
34(e)
Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities, Assurant Inc., as Servicing Function Participant
35(a)
Servicer compliance statement, Home Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer
35(b)
Servicer compliance statement, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee
35(c)
Servicer compliance statement, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. as Servicing Function Participant
35(d)
Servicer compliance statement, Regulus Group LLC, as Servicing Function Participant