Exhibit 34.4a

 

| GRANTTHORNTONLLP

1201WalnutStreet

Suite2200

Kansas City,MO64112

 

D  +1816-412-2400

F  +1816-412-2404

  |   | REPORTOFINDEPENDENTREGISTEREDPUBLICACCOUNTINGFIRM

To the Management of CoreLogicSolutions, LLC:

Wehave examinedmanagement’s assertion,includedintheaccompanying Management’s ReportonAssessmentof Compliancewith SECRegulationAB Servicing Criteria(“Management’s Report”),thatCoreLogicSolutions,LLC (the “Company”) compliedwith theservicingcriteriasetforthinItem 1122(d)of the U.S. SecuritiesandExchange Commission’sRegulation ABfor the residential mortgage loanoutsourcing customers platformfor whichtheCompanyservedasthe taxservice provider (the “Platform”)as ofandfortheyear endedDecember 31,2019 excluding criteria 1122(d)(1)(i–iii),1122(d)(1)(v),1122(d)(2)(i),1122(d)(2)(iii–iv),1122(d)(3)(i–iv), 1122(d)(4)(i–x),and1122(d)(4)(xii–xv),which management hasdetermined arenot applicableto the activitiesperformedbythe Companywith respect tothe Platform. The Platform consists ofthetransactionsdefinedbymanagementinAppendixAof Management’s Report.Management isresponsiblefor the Company’scompliance with the applicableservicingcriteria. Ourresponsibilityisto express anopinionon management’s assertion about the Company’scompliancewith the applicable servicingcriteria for the Platformbasedonour examination.

Our examination was conducted inaccordancewith thestandards of the Public Company Accounting OversightBoard(United States)and in accordancewith attestationstandards established by theAmerican InstituteofCertified Public Accountants,and, accordingly, included examining,onatestbasis,evidenceabout the Company’scompliancewith the applicable servicing criteria forthe Platformand performingsuch otherproceduresaswe considered necessary inthe circumstances. Our examination includedtesting selectedasset-backedtransactions and securities constituting thePlatformand evaluating whether the Company performed servicing activitiesrelated to thosetransactionsandsecurities in compliancewith theapplicable servicing criteria for the periodcovered by this report. Accordingly, our testingmay not have included servicing activities related to eachasset-backed transaction orsecurity constituting thePlatform.Further,ourexamination was not designed to detect material noncompliancethatmay have occurred prior tothe period covered by this reportand thatmay have affected the Company’sservicingactivitiesduringthe period covered by this report.Webelievethatour examination provides areasonable basis for ouropinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination onthe Company’scompliancewith the applicableservicing criteria.

In ouropinion, management’sassertion thatCoreLogicSolutions,LLC compliedwith the aforementioned applicableservicingcriteriaasof andforthe year ended December 31, 2019for the residentialmortgage loanoutsourcingcustomers platform for whichthe Companyservedasthe taxservice provider isfairlystated,inall material respects.

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