EX-34.1 8 novastar341.txt Exhibit 34.1 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Board of Directors of NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri We have examined NovaStar Mortgage, Inc.'s (the "Company's") compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122 (d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for residential mortgage-backed securities and other mortgage-related asset-backed securities issued on or after January 1, 2006, for which the Company served as the servicer (the "Platform") described in the accompanying Management's Report on Assessment of Compliance with SEC Regulation AB Servicing Criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, excluding criteria 1122 Sections (d)(3)(ii), (d)(3)(iii), (d)(3)(iv), (d)(4)(ii), and (d)(4)(xv) which management has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by the Company with respect to the Platform. Management's assertion identifies the individual asset-backed transactions 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 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, including tests on a sample basis of the servicing activities related to the Platform, determining whether the Company performed those selected activities in compliance with the servicing criteria during the specified period and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our procedures were limited to selected servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report and, accordingly, such samples may not have included servicing activities related to each asset-backed transaction included in the Platform. Further, an examination is not designed to detect noncompliance arising from errors that may have occurred prior to the period specified above 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. As described in management's assertion, for servicing criteria 1122 (d)(4)(xi) and (d)(4)(xii) related to payments made for insurance and late penalties associated with payments not made timely, the Company has engaged a vendor to perform certain activities required by these servicing criteria. The Company has determined that this vendor is 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 this 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 vendor's activities comply in all material respects with the servicing criteria applicable to this vendor. The Company is solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC requirements to apply Interpretation 17.06 for the vendor and related criteria as described in its assertion, and we performed no procedures with respect to the Company's determination of its eligibility to use Interpretation 17.06. Our examination disclosed the following instances of material noncompliance with 1122 (d)(1)(iv), 1122 (d)(2)(vii) and 1122 (d)(4)(i) applicable to the Company during the year ended December 31, 2006: o The Company did not maintain fidelity bond insurance coverage at the level required by the servicing agreements. o Certain monthly bank reconciliations were not prepared and reviewed timely. Additionally, certain monthly bank reconciliations contained reconciling items that had not been cleared timely. o The Company did not re-assign loans within the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) in accordance with the servicing agreements. In our opinion, except for the instances of material noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, the Company complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria for the Platform as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006. Management's assertion includes management's responses to the material noncompliance identified in our examination. Such responses have not been subjected to the procedures applied in our examination and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide any form of assurance on the appropriateness of the responses or the effectiveness of any corrective actions described herein. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP -------------------------- Kansas City, Missouri March 9, 2007 -2- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors of The First American Corporation: We have examined First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P.'s (the "Company" and an indirect subsidiary of The First American Corporation), compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for all loans for residential mortgage loan outsourcing customers for which the Company served as the residential tax service provider (the "Platform") described in the accompanying Report on Assessment of Compliance, as of December 31, 2006 and for the year then ended, excluding criteria 1122(d)(1)(l)-(iii), 1122(d)(2)(l)-(iv), 1122(d)(3)(l)(iv), 1122(d)(4)(i)-(x) and 1122(d)(4)(xiv)-(xv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the servicing 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 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 selected 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. Our examination disclosed the following material instance of noncompliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d)(2)(vii)(B) of Regulation AB applicable to the Company during year ended December 31, 2006. Account reconciliations for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts were not prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements as required by Item 1122(d)(2)(vii)(B) of Regulation AB. In our opinion, except for the material instance of noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, First American Real Estate Solutions of Texas, L.P. complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 for all loans for residential mortgage loan outsourcing customers for which the Company served as the residential tax service provider, in all material respects. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP February 28, 2007 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Assurant, Inc.: We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying management's Report on Assessment of Compliance with 1122(d)(2)(vi) and 1122(d)(4)(xi) of Regulation AB Servicing Criteria, that American Security Insurance Company, Standard Guaranty Insurance Company and Safeco Financial Institution Solutions, Inc. (affiliates of Assurant Inc., collectively the "Asserting Party") complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation AB for all mortgage loan-tracking transactions for which the Asserting Party served as a Vendor on behalf of Servicers for such asset-backed securities transactions that were registered after January 1, 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Platform"), as of December 31, 2006 and for the year then ended, excluding (i) criteria 1122(d)(1)(i) through 1122 (d)(1)(iv), 1122 (d)(2)(i) through 1122(d)(2)(v), 1122(d)(2)(vii), 1122(d)(3)(i) through 1122(d)(3)(iv), 1122(d)(4)(i) through 1122(d)(4)(x) and 1122(d)(4)(xiii) through 1122(d)(4)(xv), which the Asserting Party has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by it with respect to the Platform and (ii), criterion 1122(d)(4)(xii), which relates to servicing activities that are applicable to the Platform, but are excluded from the scope of management's assertion and are not reported on herein. 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 1 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 Asserting Party complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 for the Platform is fairly stated, in all material respects. /s/ PricewaterhouseCooopers LLP Atlanta, Georgia February 23, 2007 2