MABS Mortgage Security Downgraded

Class M-11 of Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions Asset Back Securities Trust series 2004-HE1 has been downgraded from BBB-minus to BB by Fitch Ratings.Fitch also affirmed the ratings on 12 other classes in the transaction. The downgrade resulted from a deterioration in the relationship between credit enhancement and expected losses, the rating agency said. The collateral for the deal consists primarily of fixed- and adjustable-rate, first- and second-lien subprime mortgage loans.

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