EX-34 22 jpl060s3_ex34h.txt EX-34 (h) Deloitte Deloitte & Touche LLP 1700 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-3984 USA Tel: +1 215 246 2300 Fax: +1 215 569 2441 www.deloitte.com REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To PHH Mortgage Corporation: We have examined PHH Mortgage Corporation'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 PHH Mortgage Corporation's Regulation AB Platform (the "Platform") described in the accompanying Management's Report on Assessment of Compliance with Regulation AB Servicing Criteria as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, excluding criteria 1122 (d)(1)(iii), (d)(3)(i)(C), (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 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)(vii) and (d)(4)(xi), the Company has engaged a vendor to perform certain activities required by this 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. Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (page) Our examination disclosed the following material noncompliance with criteria applicable to the Company during the year ended December 31, 2006: Standard Description 1122(d)(1)(i) The Company has not instituted policies and procedures to specifically monitor performance or other triggers or events of default stated in the transaction agreements 1122(d)(1)(iv) During the months of July, August, and September, the Company's minimum coverage requirement exceeded its $160 million fidelity bond by amounts ranging up to approximately $1.3 million. Effective September 27, 2006, the Company's fidelity bond was increased to $170 million. 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) The Company did not maintain or provide one of the required monthly reports stated in the transaction agreements during the year 1122(d)(3)(i)(D) The Company did not perform procedures to agree the unpaid principal balance and number of loans serviced by the Company with that of the investors or trustees In our opinion, except for the material noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, the Company complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria for the PHH Mortgage Corporation's Regulation AB Platform as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP February 28, 2007