AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE to the Amended and Restated Letter Agreement

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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.72(i)

                              AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
                                     to the
                      Amended and Restated Letter Agreement
                            dated as of October 1, 2004
                                  by and among
                        NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
                             NC CAPITAL CORPORATION
                         NEW CENTURY CREDIT CORPORATION
                                       and
                      CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP.


                This AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE (this "Amendment Number Nine") is
made this 20th day of January, 2006, among NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
having an address at 18400 Von Karman, Suite 1000, Irvine, California 92612 ("NC
Mortgage"), NC CAPITAL CORPORATION, having an address at 18400 Von Karman, Suite
1000, Irvine, California 92612 ("NC Capital"), NEW CENTURY CREDIT CORPORATION,
having an address at 18400 Von Karman, Suite 1000, Irvine, California 92612 ("NC
Credit") and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP., having an address at 390
Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 ("Citigroup") to the Amended and
Restated Letter Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004, among NC Mortgage, NC
Capital, NC Credit and Citigroup, as amended (the "Letter Agreement").

                                    RECITALS

                WHEREAS, NC Mortgage, NC Capital and NC Credit have requested
that Citigroup agree to extend the termination date as more expressly set forth
below and Citigroup has agreed to such request.

                WHEREAS, as of the date of this Amendment Number Nine, each of
NC Mortgage, NC Capital and NC Credit represents to Citigroup that it is in
compliance with all of the representations and warranties and all of the
affirmative and negative covenants set forth in the Letter Agreement and the
Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004,
among NC Capital, NC Credit and Citigroup (the "Purchase and Sale Agreement")
and is not in default under the Letter Agreement or the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.

                NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

                SECTION 1. Effective as of January 31, 2006, the first paragraph
of Section 1(a) of the Letter Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words
"January 31, 2006" on the second and third lines thereof and replacing each with
"February 28, 2006".


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                SECTION 2. Effective as of January 31, 2006, the first paragraph
of Section 4(c) of the Letter Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words
"January 31, 2006"