In Brief: Fitch Gives AAA Rating To CoreStates Issue

Fitch Investors Service Inc. recently issued a AAA rating to a series of CoreStates certificates backed by 1996 home equity loans.

The rating agency cited the transaction's heavy credit loss protection, and CoreStates' servicing capabilities as the reason for the positive rating.

The combined loan-to-value ratio of the pool is about 60%, and most of the loans in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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