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| 1. | I      have reviewed the report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D      required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on      Form 10-K of Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series      2007-5 (the "Exchange Act periodicreports"); |
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| 2. | Based      on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do      not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a      material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the      circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with      respect to the period covered by thisreport; |
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| 3. | Based      on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information      required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this      report is included in the Exchange Act periodic  reports; |
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| 4. | I      am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicer and      based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the      servicer compliance statement required in this report under Item 1123 of      Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic      reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the servicing      agreement; and |
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| 5. | All      of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for ABS      and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with      servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in      this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act      Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report,      except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of      noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report      on Form 10-K. |
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