EXHIBIT 33.4

    Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for Year End
          December 31, 2006 of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Custodian


                                 JPMorganChase

                Management's Report on Assessment of Compliance
                       with Applicable Servicing Criteria

     JPMorgan Chase Bank,  National Association (the "Asserting Party") is
responsible for assessing compliance as of September 30, 2006 and for the period
from January 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006 (the "Reporting  Period"),  with
the servicing  criteria set forth in Title 17, Section  229.1122 (d) of the Code
of Federal  Regulations  (the  "CFR"),  to the extent  required  by the  related
transaction  agreements  excluding the criteria set forth in 17 CFR  229.1122(d)
(1)(i)-(iv),  (2)(i)-(vii),  (3)(i)-(iv), and (4)(iii)-(xv), which the Asserting
Party has  concluded  are not  applicable  to the  activities  it performs  with
respect to the asset-backed  securitization  transactions covered by this report
such  criteria,  after giving effect to the  exclusions  identified  above,  the
"Applicable Servicing Criteria"). This report covers the asset-backed securities
transactions  backed by residential  mortgages and home equity loans,  for which
transactions  the Asserting  Party acts as Custodian,  that were registered with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission  pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  where the related  asset-backed  securities  were issued during the
Reporting Period (the "Platform"), as listed in Appendix A.

     The  Asserting  Party  has  (i)  used  the  criteria  set  forth  in 17 CFS
229.1122(d) to assess the compliance by the Asserting  Party with the Applicable
Servicing  Criteria  for the  Reporting  Period  and  (ii)  concluded  that  the
Asserting  Party has complied,  in all material  respects,  with the  Applicable
Servicing  Criteria as of September 30, 2006 and for the  Reporting  Period with
respect to the Platform, taken as a whole.

     PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP, an independent  registered  public  accounting
firm,  has issued an attestation  report for the Platform,  on our assessment of
compliance with the Applicable  Servicing  Criteria as of September 30, 2006 and
for the Reporting Period as set forth in this report.

J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as Custodian

/s/ Kelly A. Mathieson, Managing Director
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Date:  March 1, 2007

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                                   Appendix A

GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-1
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-10
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-11
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-13
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-14
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-15
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-16
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-3
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-4
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-5
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-6
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-7
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-8
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-9
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1F
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2F
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-3F
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-4F
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-5F
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-8F
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-AR1
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-AR2
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2006-1
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A1
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A2
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A3
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A4
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A5
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-A6
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-S1
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-S2
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-S3
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-A1
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-A2
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-A3
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-A4
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-A5
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-S1
J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-S2
Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-1
Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-A
Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-B
Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-C
Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-D
Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-2
Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-3