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Octane Receivables 2023-1 also has a greater concentration of prime receivables, at 57.09%, up from 56.06% in the OCTL 2022-2, and a lower LTV.
February 2 -
The FCRT 2023-1 has significantly reduced the concentration of both called assets and Greenlight Loans in the pool, with mixed credit implications.
February 2 -
Upstart Holdings implemented underwriting and pricing changes in response to higher delinquency and CNL rates on securitizations issued since Q1 2021.
February 1 -
Monroe Capital's latest benchmarked the most senior class of notes to the SOFR, while the rest of the deal is fixed rate.
February 1 -
Most of the loans, 97.2%, were underwritten to less than full documentation, while 30.1% of the loans verified income on 12- or 24-month bank statements.
January 31 -
FCAT 2023-1 has a stronger collateral pool composition than a recent transaction, with a lower concentration of loans from indirect origination sources.
January 30 -
Junior notes in the three-tranche structure could receive certain regular principal payments before more senior notes, under certain conditions.
January 27 -
Initially, the notes have 25.50% of over-collateralization (OC) of the initial pool balance, and that is expected to build to a target OC level of 35.00%.
January 27 -
Accounts that were one- to 30 days past due have a delinquency rate of 3.50%. Delinquencies rates dropped noticeably with longer timelines.
January 26 -
The notes benefit from a cash-trapping DSCR threshold, a cash trap reserve account and a rapid amortization event.
January 26 -
The facilities FCCF Warehouse Trust 2018-1, FCCF Funding Trust 2018-1, Nelnet Loan Seller and CS Loan Seller will sell loans into the transaction.
January 25 -
The sponsor, Byrider Finance, had refined its proprietary underwriting system in Q4 2021, after noticing performance issues in that year's vintage.
January 25 -
A higher discount rate should offset expected higher debt issuance costs, while maintaining excess spread levels in the deal.
January 24 -
The DLL Finance trust has experienced consistently low delinquencies and net losses since 2012, with net losses reaching only 0.12% as of June 20, 2022.
January 23 -
The previous TAOT program issue one floating-rate tranche of notes pegged to the one-month SOFR, a term rate and a shift from the preferred daily rate.
January 23 -
The Mulligan trust has a three-year revolving period, during which it could issue up to $500 million in additional notes, if it meets certain conditions.
January 20 -
Mortgages in the transaction are almost evenly split between funding owner-occupied properties (53%) and second homes or investor properties (47%).
January 19 -
The transaction is fixed rate from the collateral to the notes, an apparent retreat from the 2022-4 and 2022-5 deals that priced over the SOFR.
January 19 -
VZMT began securitizing business device plan revenue in 2021. Now, business accounts represent up to 10% of the current securitized asset pool.
January 18 -
Cars make up 37.9% of the pool, a representation that hasn't been that low since cars made up 35.08% in the 2020-2 deal.
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