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Underwriting Agreement

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Title: UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 1/11/2007

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, Parties: luminent mortgage trust 2006-7 , bear  stearns & co. inc. , lares asset  securitization   inc
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                                                                     Exhibit 1.1

                        LARES ASSET SECURITIZATION, INC.

                         Luminent Mortgage Trust 2006-7
                   Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-7
                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

                                                              December 27, 2006

Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY   10179

Barclays Capital
200 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY   10166

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Lares Asset   Securitization,   Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
confirms   its   agreement   to   sell   to   Bear,   Stearns   & Co.   Inc.   (the   "Lead
Underwriter")   and Barclays Capital (the   "Co-Underwriter")   (collectively,   the
"Underwriters"),    all   of   Luminent    Mortgage    Trust   2006-7   (the   "Trust"),
Mortgage-Backed   Certificates,   Series 2006-7,   Class I-A-1, Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2,   Class II-A-3,   Class II-B-1,   Class II-B-2, Class II-B-3, Class II-B-4,
Class II-B-5,   Class II-B-6 and Class II-B-7   (collectively,   the   "Underwritten
Securities"),   and the purchase by the   Underwriters,   acting   severally and not
jointly, of their respective   Certificate Principal Balances of the Underwritten
Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto. The Underwritten
Securities,   together   with the Class   I-A-2,   Class I-B-1,   Class I-B-2,   Class
I-B-3, Class I-B-4, Class I-C-1, Class I-C-2, Class II-C, Class I-P, Class II-P,
Class II-F, Class R and Class RX Certificates not sold to the Underwriters, will
evidence the entire   beneficial   interest in a pool of   adjustable   rate one- to
four-family   residential   mortgage loans (the "Mortgage   Loans") as described in
the Prospectus   Supplement (as hereinafter defined) acquired by the Company from
Maia Mortgage Finance Statutory Trust, a Maryland business trust (the "Seller").

     The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling Agreement dated as of
December 1, 2006 (the "Pooling Agreement"), among the Company, the Seller, Wells
Fargo Bank,   N.A., as master   servicer (the "Master   Servicer")   and   securities
administrator   (the   "Securities   Administrator"),   and HSBC Bank USA,   National
Association,   as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Mortgage Loans will be serviced by
a number of servicers   pursuant to various servicing   agreements (the "Servicing
Agreements")   assigned   to the   Trust.   Custody   of the   Mortgage   Loans will be
pursuant to a custody   agreement (the "Custody   Agreement") dated as of December
1, 2006 by and among the Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank,   N.A., as custodian.   The
Supplemental   Interest   Trustee,   on   behalf   of   the   Trust   and   the   Class   I
Certificateholders,   will also enter a swap agreement (the "Swap Agreement") and
a cap agreement (the "Cap Agreement")   with Bear,   Stearns   Financial   Products,
Inc., as the   counterparty   (the "Swap Provider" and the "Cap   Provider"),   each
dated as of December 27, 2006.


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     At or prior to the time when sales to   investors of the   Certificates   were
first   made (the "Time of   Sale"),   the   Company   had   prepared   a free   writing
prospectus,   dated December 21, 2006, for distribution to prospective   investors
(the information   contained   therein,   together with   information   regarding the
price and interest rate of the   Certificates,   the "Time of Sale   Information").
If,   subsequent to the Time of Sale, the Company or any   Underwriter   determines
that such   information   included an untrue statement of material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements   therein,   in
the light of the   circumstances   under which they were made,   not misleading and
have   terminated   their old   purchase   contracts   and entered   into new purchase
contracts with purchasers of the   Certificates,   then "Time of Sale Information"
will refer to the information   available to purchasers at the time of entry into
the first such new purchase   contract,   including any information   that corrects
such   material   misstatements   or omissions and "Time of Sale" will refer to the
time and date on which such new purchase contracts were entered into.

     This underwriting agreement (the "Agreement"),   the Pooling Agreement,   the
Custodial Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Cap Agreement are sometimes
referred   to   herein    collectively   as   the    "Transaction    Agreements."    The
Underwritten   Securities will be issued in minimum   denominations   and will have
the terms set forth in the   Pooling   Agreement.   Capitalized   terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective   meanings ascribed thereto in
the Pooling Agreement.

     1. Representations,   Warranties and Covenants. As of the date hereof (or as
of such   other   date as may be   specified   in the   relevant   representation   and
warranty),   the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters as follows:

          (a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange   Commission
     (the   "Commission") a registration   statement (No.   333-135084) on Form S-3
     for the   registration   under the   Securities   Act of 1933,   as amended (the
     "Act"), of Mortgage   Pass-Through   Certificates and   Mortgage-Backed   Notes
     (issuable   in series),   including   the   Certificates,   a copy of which,   as
     amended   to   the   date   hereof,    has   heretofore   been   delivered   to   the
     Underwriters.   All   conditions   for the use of Form S-3   under the Act have
     been   satisfied.   Such   registration   statement,    including   the   exhibits
     thereto,   as amended to the date of this Agreement,   is hereinafter   called
     the "Registration Statement";   the prospectus first required to be filed to
     satisfy the   condition   set forth in Rule   172(c)(3)   and   pursuant to Rule
     424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called the "Base Prospectus";   and such
     supplement   to the Base   Prospectus,   in the form   required   to be filed to
     satisfy the   condition   set forth in Rule   172(c)(3)   and   pursuant to Rule
     424(b) under the Act, is   hereinafter   called the   "Prospectus   Supplement"
     and, collectively with the Base Prospectus, the "Prospectus." Any reference
     herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus
     shall be deemed   to refer to and   include   the   documents   incorporated   by
     reference   therein   pursuant   to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on or
     before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus
     or the   Prospectus,   as the case may be;   and any   reference   herein to the
     terms "amend," "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration
     Statement,   the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus   shall be deemed to refer
     to and include the filing of any document   under the Exchange Act after the
     date of this   Agreement,   or the issue date of the Base   Prospectus   or the


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     Prospectus,   as the case may be, and deemed to be   incorporated   therein by
     reference.   The Registration   Statement has been declared   effective by the
     Commission   under the Act; no order   suspending   the   effectiveness   of the
     Registration   Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding
     for that   purpose   has been   initiated   or,   to the best   knowledge   of the
     Company, threatened by the Commission;

          (b) When the   Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
     Act,   when,   prior to the Closing Date,   any amendment to the   Registration
     Statement   becomes    effective    (including   the   filing   of   any   document
     incorporated   by   reference   in   the   Registration   Statement),    when   any
      supplement   to the   Prospectus   is   filed   with the   Commission   and at the
     Closing Date,   (i) the   Registration   Statement,   as amended as of any such
     time, and the   Prospectus,   as amended or supplemented as of any such time,
     will comply in all material   respects with the Act and the respective rules
     thereunder,   (ii) the   Registration   Statement,   as   amended as of any such
     time,   will not contain any untrue   statement of a material fact or omit to
     state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
     to make the statements therein not misleading, and (iii) the Prospectus and
     any static pool information referred to in the Time of Sale Information and
     the Prospectus,   as amended or supplemented as of any such time,   under the
     caption   "Static   Pool   Information"   but   deemed to be   excluded   from the
     Registration   Statement   and the   Prospectus   pursuant   to Item   1105(d) of
     Regulation   AB issued under the Act (the "Static Pool   Information"),   will
     not contain any untrue   statement   of a material   fact or omit to state any
     material fact   required to be stated   therein or necessary in order to make
     the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
     made, not misleading;   provided,   however, that neither the Company nor the
     Seller   makes   any   representations   or   warranties   as to the   information
     contained in or omitted from the   Registration   Statement or the Prospectus
     or any   amendment   thereof or   supplement   thereto in reliance   upon and in
     conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company through the
     Lead Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of
     the Registration   Statement or the Prospectus.   The parties agree that such
     information   consists solely of the information   about the distribution and
     marketing of the Certificates under the caption "Method of Distribution" in
     the Prospectus Supplement (the "Underwriting Information");

          (c) The Time of Sale Information,   at the Time of Sale did not, and at
     the Closing Date will not,   contain any untrue statement of a material fact
     or omit to state a material fact   necessary in order to make the statements
     therein,   in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
     misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation and
     warranty   with   respect to the   Underwriting   Information   contained   in or
     omitted   from the Time of Sale   Information   or any   amendment   thereof   or
     supplement thereto;

          (d) Other than as set forth or   contemplated in the Prospectus and the
     Time of Sale   Information,   since the date as of which information is given
     in   the   Registration   Statement,   the   Time   of   Sale   Information   or the
     Prospectus,   there   has   not   been   any   material   adverse   change   or   any
     development    involving   a   prospective   material   adverse   change,   in   or
     affecting   the   business,   properties,    prospects,   management,   financial
     position,   stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and
     the Seller;

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          (e) The   Company   has been duly   formed and is validly   existing   as a
     corporation in good standing   under the laws of the State of Delaware.   The
     Seller has been duly   formed and is validly   existing   as a business   trust
     under the laws of the State of Maryland. Each of the Company and the Seller
     has the requisite organizational power to own its properties and to conduct
     its business as presently   conducted by it; and each of the Company and the
     Seller is duly   qualified to do business as a foreign   corporation   in good
     standing and has all   necessary   certificates,   licenses and permits in all
     jurisdictions   in which its   ownership   of   property   or the conduct of its
     business as presently conducted by it requires such qualification;

          (f) As of the   Closing   Date,   the   Certificates   will   conform in all
     material   respects to the description   thereof   contained in the Prospectus
     and the Time of Sale Information, and the representations and warranties of
     the   Company   in the   Pooling   Agreement   will be true and   correct   in all
     material respects;

          (g) The Certificates, when validly authenticated, issued and delivered
     in accordance with the Pooling   Agreement,   will be duly and validly issued
     and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Pooling Agreement,   and
     immediately   prior to the delivery of the Certificates to each Underwriter,
     the   Company   will own the   Certificates,   and   upon   such   delivery,   such
     Underwriter will acquire title thereto, free and clear of any lien, pledge,
     encumbrance or other security interest other than one created or granted by
     such Underwriter;

          (h) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
     the Company and the Seller and,   as of the Closing   Date,   the   Transaction
     Agreements   to which the   Company   or the   Seller is a party will have been
     duly authorized,   executed and delivered by the Company or the Company,   as
     applicable,   and will conform in all material   respects to the   description
     thereof contained in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale   Information,   and
     assuming the valid   execution   thereof by the other parties   thereto,   each
     Transaction   Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement
     of the Company and the Seller,   as   applicable,   enforceable   in accordance
     with   its   terms,   except   as   the   same   may   be   limited   by   bankruptcy,
     insolvency,   reorganization   or other laws   relating   to or   affecting   the
     enforcement of creditors' rights and by general equity principles;

          (i) As of the Closing Date,   the   Transaction   Agreements to which the
     Company or the Seller is a party will conform in all   material   respects to
     the   description   thereof   contained in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale
     Information;

          (j) The   execution,   delivery and   performance   by the Company and the
     Seller of each of the Transaction Agreements,   the issuance and sale of the
     Certificates   and   compliance   by the Company and the Seller with the terms
     thereof   and   the   consummation   of the   transactions   contemplated   by the
     Transaction   Documents   will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or
     violation   of any of the terms or   provisions   of, or   constitute a default
     under,   or result in the   creation   or   imposition   of any lien,   charge or
     encumbrance   upon any   property or assets of the Company or the Seller,   as
     applicable,   pursuant   to, any   indenture,   mortgage,   deed of trust,   loan
     agreement   or other   agreement   or   instrument   to which the Company or the


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     Seller   is a party or by which   the   Company   or the   Seller is bound or to
     which   any of the   property   or   assets   of the   Company   or the   Seller is
     subject;   (ii) result in any   violation of the   provisions   of the charter,
     by-laws or similar   organizational   documents of the Company or the Seller;
     or (iii)   result in the   violation   of any law or statute or any   judgment,
     order or regulation of any governmental   authority,   except, in the case of
     clauses (i) and (iii)   above,   for any such   conflict,   breach or violation
     that would not,   individually or in the aggregate,   have a material adverse
     effect;

          (k) No filing or registration   with, notice to, or consent,   approval,
     authorization   or order   or   other   action   of any   court   or   governmental
     authority or agency is required for the   consummation by the Company or the
     Seller   of the   transactions   contemplated   by the   Transaction   Agreements
     (other than as required under state securities laws or Blue Sky laws, as to
     which no   representations   and warranties are made by the Company),   except
     such as have been, or will have been,   obtained   under the Act prior to the
     Closing   Date,   any filings   under the   Uniform   Commercial   Code,   and any
     recordations   of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee or, if
     applicable,   to Mortgage Electronic   Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") on
     behalf of the Trustee, pursuant to the Pooling Agreement;

          (l) There is no   action,   suit or   proceeding   before or by any court,
     administrative   or   governmental   agency,   or other   tribunal,   domestic or
     foreign,   now pending to which the Company or the Seller is a party, or, to
     the best of the Company's knowledge,   threatened against the Company or the
     Seller,   which could reasonably result   individually or in the aggregate in
     any material   adverse   change in the condition   (financial   or   otherwise),
     earnings,   affairs,   regulatory   situation   or   business   prospects   of the
     Company or the Seller, or could reasonably interfere with or materially and
     adversely affect the   consummation of the transactions   contemplated in the
     Transaction Agreements;

          (m) Upon the execution and delivery of the Pooling Agreement,   (i) the
     Seller   will own the   Mortgage   Loans being sold to the   Company,   free and
     clear of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, encumbrance,   adverse claim or
     other   security   interest   except to the extent   permitted   in the   Pooling
     Agreement   (collectively,   "Liens"); (ii) the Company will own the Mortgage
     Loans   being   sold to the   Trust,   free of   Liens,   or will   have a   valid,
     perfected, first-priority security interest therein, free of Liens;

          (n) Any taxes, fees and other governmental   charges in connection with
     the execution,   delivery and issuance of the Transaction Agreements and the
     Certificates   have been or will be paid by the   Company or the Seller on or
     prior to the Closing   Date,   except for fees for recording   assignments   of
     Mortgage Loans to the Trustee or, if   applicable,   to MERS on behalf of the
     Trustee,   pursuant   to   the   Pooling   Agreement   that   have   not   yet   been
     completed,   which   fees   will be   paid   by the   Company   or the   Seller   in
     accordance with the Pooling Agreement;

          (o) The Company is not an "investment   company" or entity "controlled"
     by an   "investment   company,"   as such terms are defined in the   Investment
     Company Act of 1940, as amended;

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          (p) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
     Prospectus,   there has not been any material   adverse change in the general
     affairs,   management,   financial condition, or results of operations of the
     Company,   otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, as
     supplemented or amended as of the Closing Date.

          (q) The   representations   and warranties of the Company and the Seller
     contained in the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material
     respects;

          (r) Other than the Prospectus,   the Company   (including its agents and
     representatives   other than the Underwriters) has not made, used, prepared,
     authorized,   approved   or   referred   to and will not   make,   use,   prepare,
     authorize,   approve or refer to any "written   communication" (as defined in
     Rule 405 under the Act) that   constitutes an offer to sell or   solicitation
     of an offer to buy the Certificates other than (i) information   included in
     the   Time of   Sale   Information,   (ii)   any   document   not   constituting   a
     prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Act or Rule 134 under the
     Act or (iii) other written communication   approved in writing in advance by
     the Lead Underwriter;

          (s) Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 4(f)(i))
     included in the Time of Sale Information   complied in all material respects
     with the Act and has been, or will be filed in accordance   with Rule 433(d)
     under the Act (to the extent required thereby);

          (t) The   Company is not,   and on the date on which the first bona fide
     offer of the   Certificates is made will not be, an "ineligible   issuer," as
     defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

          (u) As of the Closing Date,   this Agreement and the other   Transaction
     Agreements   conform in all material   respects to the   descriptions   thereof
     contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus;

          (v) On the   Closing   Date,   the Trust   will be a New York   common   law
     trust;

          (w) It is not   necessary   to qualify the Pooling   Agreement   under the
     Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

     2. Purchase and Sale; Payment and Delivery.

          (a)   Subject   to the terms and   conditions   and in   reliance   upon the
     representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell
     to each Underwriter and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly,
     to purchase from the Company, the Underwritten Securities at the respective
     prices set forth in Schedule I hereto.

          (b) The Company   understands   that the   Underwriters   intend to make a
     public offering of their respective portions of the Underwritten Securities
     as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the
     Lead   Underwriter   is advisable,   and   initially to offer the   Underwritten


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     Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale   Information   and the
     Prospectus.   The Company   acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may
      offer and sell the   Underwritten   Securities to or through any affiliate of
     an   Underwriter   and   that   any   such   affiliate   may   offer   and   sell any
     Underwritten Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

          (c) The   Underwritten   Securities to be purchased by each   Underwriter
     hereunder,   in book entry form, and in such   authorized   denominations   and
     registered in such names as the Lead   Underwriter   shall request,   shall be
     delivered   by or on behalf of the Company to the Lead   Underwriter   through
     the facilities of The Depository   Trust Company   ("DTC") for the account of
     such   Underwriter,   against payment by or on behalf of such   Underwriter of
     the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to
     the account   specified to the Lead Underwriter by the Company upon at least
     forty-eight   hours' prior notice.   The Company will cause the   certificates
     representing the Underwritten   Securities to be made available for checking
     and   packaging   at least   twenty-four   hours prior to the Closing   Date (as
     defined below) with respect thereto at the office of the Lead   Underwriter,
     200 Park Avenue,   5th Floor,   New York, New York 10166, or at the office of
     DTC or its designated   custodian,   as the case may be. The time and date of
     such delivery and payment   shall be 10:00 a.m.,   New York City time, on the
     Closing Date   (unless   another time and date shall be agreed to by the Lead
     Underwriter   and the Company).   The time and date at which such payment and
     delivery are actually   made is   hereinafter   sometimes   called the "Closing
     Date."

     3.   Offering   by   Underwriters;    Offering   Communications;    Free   Writing
Prospectuses.

          (a) It is   understood   by the   parties   hereto   that the   Underwriters
     propose to offer the Underwritten   Securities for sale to the public as set
     forth in the Prospectus,   and the   Underwriters   agree that all such offers
      and   sales   shall   be made in   compliance   with   all   applicable   laws   and
     regulations.

          (b) Each   Underwriter   further agrees that, on or prior to the Closing
     Date, it shall provide the Company with a certificate, setting forth (a) in
     the   case of each   class   of   Certificates,   (i) if   less   than   10% of the
     Certificate   Principal   Balance of such class of Certificates has been sold
     to the public as of such   date,   the fair   market   value (but not less than
     zero) of such class of   Certificates as of the Closing Date, or (ii) if 10%
     or more of such   class of   Certificates   has been sold to the   public as of
     such   date but no single   price is paid for at least   10% of the   aggregate
     principal balance of such class of Certificates,   then the weighted average
     price at which the   Certificates   of such class were sold,   expressed   as a
     percentage   of   the   Certificate    Principal    Balance   of   such   class   of
     Certificates   sold,   or (b) the first single price at which at least 10% of
     the Certificate Principal Balance of such class of Certificates was sold to
     the public,   (c) the   prepayment   assumption   used in pricing each class of
     Certificates,   and (d) such other   information as to matters of fact as the
     Company may   reasonably   request to enable it to comply with its   reporting
     requirements   with respect to each class of Certificates to the extent such
     information   can   in   the   good   faith   judgment   of   such   Underwriter   be
     determined by it.

          (c) The Underwriters shall convey or deliver any written communication
     to any person (including   through Bloomberg) in connection with the initial


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     offering of the Underwritten Securities, only if such written communication
     is preceded or accompanied by a prospectus   satisfying the   requirements of
     Section 10(a) of the Act or only if such written   communication (i) is made
     in   reliance   on Rule 134   under the Act,   (ii)   constitutes   a   prospectus
     satisfying the requirements of Rule 430B under the Act or (iii) constitutes
     a "free writing   prospectus," as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (a "Free
     Writing   Prospectus").   Without   the prior   written   consent of the Company
     (which consent may be withheld for any reason),   the Underwriters shall not
     convey   or   deliver   in   connection   with   the   initial    offering   of   the
     Certificates any "ABS informational and computational material," as defined
     in Item 1101(a) of   Regulation   AB under the Act and the Exchange Act ("ABS
     Informational and Computational   Material"), in reliance upon Rules 167 and
     426 under the Act.

          (d) (i) Each Underwriter   shall deliver to the Company,   no later than
     two   business   days   prior to the date of first use   thereof,   (A) any Free
     Writing   Prospectus   prepared   by or on   behalf   of such   Underwriter   that
     contains any "issuer   information,"   as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the
     Act and footnote 271 of the Commission's Securities Offering Reform Release
     No. 33-8591 ("Issuer Information"),   and (B) any Free Writing Prospectus or
     portion   thereof that contains only a description of the final terms of the
     Underwritten Securities.

     (ii)   Notwithstanding   the provisions of Section 3(d)(i),   any Free Writing
     Prospectus   described   therein that   contains   only ABS   Informational   and
     Computational   Material may be delivered by an   Underwriter   to the Company
     not later than the later of (a) two business days prior to the due date for
     filing of the   Prospectus   pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act or (b) the
     date of first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.

          (e) Each Underwriter   represents and warrants to the Company severally
     and not jointly that the Free Writing   Prospectuses   to be furnished to the
     Company   by such   Underwriter   pursuant   to   Section   3(d)(i)   or (ii) will
      constitute all Free Writing Prospectuses of the type described therein that
     were furnished to prospective   investors by such   Underwriter in connection
     with its   offer   and sale of the   Certificates.   Each   Underwriter   further
     represents   and   warrants   that   it has   not   delivered   any   Free   Writing
     Prospectuses    to   prospective    investors   other   than   the   Free   Writing
     Prospectus   dated   December   21, 2006 and Term Sheets that contain only ABS
     Informational and Computational Materials.

          (f) The Company agrees to file with the Commission the following:

               (i) Any Free Writing   Prospectus that constitutes an "issuer free
          writing   prospectus,"   as defined in Rule 433(h)(1)   under the Act (an
          "Issuer Free Writing Prospectus");

               (ii) Any Free Writing   Prospectus or portion thereof delivered by
          an Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof; and

               (iii) Any Free   Writing   Prospectus   for which the Company or any
          person   acting   on   its   behalf    provided,    authorized   or   approved
          information that is prepared and published or disseminated by a person
          unaffiliated   with the Company or any other offering   participant that


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          is in the business of publishing,   radio or television broadcasting or
          otherwise disseminating communications.

               (g) Any Free Writing Prospectus   required to be filed pursuant to
          Section   3(f) by the Company   shall be filed with the   Commission   not
          later   than   the date of first   use of the   Free   Writing   Prospectus,
          except that:

                    (i) any Free Writing   Prospectus or portion thereof required
               to be filed that contains only the description of the final terms
               of the   Certificates   may be filed by the Company within two days
               of the later of the date such final   terms have been   established
               for all classes of Certificates and the date of first use;

                    (ii) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required
               to   be   filed    that    contains    only   ABS    Informational    and
               Computational   Material   may be   filed   by the   Company   with the
               Commission   not later   than the later of the due date for   filing
               the final   Prospectus   relating to the   Certificates   pursuant to
                Rule 424(b)   under the Act or two   business   days after the first
               use of such Free Writing Prospectus;

                    (iii)   any   Free   Writing   Prospectus   required   to be filed
               pursuant to Section 3(f)(iii) may, if no payment has been made or
               consideration   has been given by or on behalf of the   Company for
               the Free Writing Prospectus or its dissemination, be filed by the
               Company with the   Commission   not later than four   business   days
               after the   Company   becomes   aware of the   publication,   radio or
               television   broadcast or other   dissemination of the Free Writing
               Prospectus; and

                    (iv) the   Company   shall not be   required to file (A) Issuer
               Information   contained   in   any   Free   Writing   Prospectus   of an
               offering participant other than the Trust, if such information is
               included or   incorporated   by reference   in a prospectus   or Free
               Writing   Prospectus   previously   filed with the   Commission   that
               relates   to the   offering   of the   Certificates,   or (B) any Free
               Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains a description
               of the   Certificates   or the offering of the   Certificates   which
               does not reflect the final terms thereof.

          (h) Each Underwriter   shall provide to the Company for filing with the
     Commission   any Free Writing   Prospectus   that is used or referred to by it
     and distributed by or on behalf of such Underwriter in a manner   reasonably
     designed to lead to its broad,   unrestricted   dissemination   not later than
     the date of the first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.

          (i)   Notwithstanding   the provisions of Section 3(h), each Underwriter
     shall   provide to the   Company   for   filing   with the   Commission   any Free
     Writing   Prospectus for which such   Underwriter or any person acting on its
     behalf   provided,   authorized or approved   information that is prepared and
     published or disseminated by a person   unaffiliated with the Company or any
     other offering participant that is in the business of publishing,   radio or
     television   broadcasting or otherwise   disseminating written communications
     and for which no payment was made or consideration given by or on behalf of
     the Company or any other offering participant, not later than four business


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     days after such   Underwriter   becomes   aware of the   publication,   radio or
     television broadcast or other dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus.

          (j)   Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 3(f) and 3(i), neither
     the Company nor any Underwriter   shall be required to file any Free Writing
     Prospectus that does not contain substantive changes from or additions to a
     Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission.

          (k) The Company and each Underwriter each agree that each Free Writing
     Prospectus prepared by such Underwriter shall contain the following legend,
     or a   substantially   similar   legend that   complies with Rule 433 under the
     Act:

          The depositor has filed a registration   statement (including
          a   prospectus)   with the SEC for the   offering to which this
          communication   relates.   Before you invest,   you should read
          the   prospectus   in that   registration   statement   and other
          documents   the   depositor   has   filed   with the SEC for more
          complete information about the issuer and this offering. You
          may get these   documents   for free by visiting   EDGAR on the
          SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.   Alternatively,   the depositor,
          any underwriter or any dealer   participating in the offering
          will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by
          calling toll-free 1-866-803-9204.

     The   Company   and   each   Underwriter   each   agree   that   any   Free   Writing
     Prospectus   prepared   by such   Underwriter   and that is not an Issuer   Free
     Writing   Prospectus or that does not contain Issuer   Information shall also
     contain the following legend:

          Neither   the   issuer   of   the   securities   nor   any   of   its
          affiliates   prepared,   provided,   approved or   verified   any
          statistical   or   numerical    information   presented   herein,
          although that information may be based in part on loan level
          data provided by the issuer or its affiliates.

          (l) In the event that the Company   becomes   aware that, as of the Time
     of Sale, any Issuer Free Writing   Prospectus   contains any untrue statement
     of a material fact or omits to state a material fact   necessary in order to
     make the statements   contained   therein (when read in conjunction   with the
     Time of Sale Information),   in light of the circumstances   under which they
     were made, not misleading (a "Defective   Issuer Free Writing   Prospectus"),
     the Company   shall   notify each   Underwriter   within one business day after
     discovery and the Company shall, if requested by such Underwriter,   prepare
     and deliver to such Underwriter a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects the
     material   misstatement   or omission in the   Defective   Issuer Free   Writing
     Prospectus   (such corrected   Issuer Free Writing   Prospectus,   a "Corrected
     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus").

          (m) In the event that an   Underwriter   becomes   aware that,   as of the
     Time of Sale, any Free Writing Prospectus   prepared by or on behalf of such
     Underwriter   delivered   to   an   investor   in   any   Underwritten   Securities
     contained   any untrue   statement   of a material   fact or omitted to state a
     material fact necessary in order to make the statements   contained   therein
     (when read in conjunction with the Time of Sale   Information),   in light of


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     the   circumstances   under   which   they   were   made,   not   misleading,   when
     considered in conjunction with the Time of Sale Information   (together with
     a Defective   Issuer Free   Writing   Prospectus,   a   "Defective   Free Writing
     Prospectus"),   such Underwriter shall notify the Company thereof within one
     business day after discovery.

          (n) Each Underwriter shall, if requested by the Company:

               (i) if the Defective   Free Writing   Prospectus was a Free Writing
          Prospectus   prepared   by or on behalf of such   Underwriter,   prepare a
          Free Writing Prospectus which corrects the material misstatement in or
          omission from the Defective Free Writing   Prospectus   (together with a
          Corrected   Issuer Free Writing   Prospectus,   a "Corrected Free Writing
          Prospectus");

               (ii)   deliver   the   Corrected   Free   Writing   Prospectus   to each
          investor which received the Defective Free Writing Prospectus prior to
          entering into a contract of sale with such investor;

               (iii) notify such investor in a prominent   fashion that the prior
          contract of sale with the   investor   has been   terminated,   and of the
           investor's rights as a result of termination of such agreement;

               (iv) provide such investor with an opportunity   to   affirmatively
          agree to purchase the   Underwritten   Securities on the terms described
          in the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus; and

               (v) comply with any other   requirements   for   reformation   of the
          original contract of sale with such investor,   as described in Section
          IV.A.2.c of the   Commission's   Securities   Offering Reform Release No.
          33-8591.

          (o) The Company and each Underwriter   agree to retain all Free Writing
     Prospectuses   that   they have   used and that are not   required   to be filed
     pursuant   to this   Section   4 for a period   of three   years   following   the
     initial bona fide offering of the Underwritten Securities.

          (p)   Each   Underwriter   covenants   with the   Company   that   after   the
     Prospectus is available such   Underwriter   shall not distribute any written
      information   concerning   the   Underwritten    Securities   to   a   prospective
     purchaser   of    Certificates    unless   such    information   is   preceded   or
     accompanied by the Prospectus.

          (q) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that:

               (i) it has only   communicated   or caused to be   communicated   and
          will only   communicate   or cause to be   communicated   an invitation or
          inducement   to engage in   investment   activity   (within the meaning of
          Section 21 of the   Financial   Services and Markets Act) received by it
          in connection with the issue or sale of the Underwritten Securities in
          circumstances   in which Section   21(1) of the   Financial   Services and
          Markets Act does not apply to the Issuer;

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               (ii)   it   has   complied   and   will   comply   with   all   applicable
          provisions of the


 
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