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The current state of the car market, which is sending sales and prices of used cars spiking, could pose a credit challenge to the notes.
March 4 -
The deal is secured by loans on new and used vehicles and that largely follows the structure of recent transactions, particularly the 2021-C.
March 3 -
A&D Mortgage originated a vast majority of the pool, 96.7%, and the company plays a number of other roles on the film, such as servicer and provider of the R&W.
March 3 -
Charge-off and payment rates had improved, due to consumer assistance programs and government stimulus funds amid COVID-19 economic slowdowns.
March 2 -
Notes from Wingstop Funding 2022-1 will benefit from a couple of important credit enhancements, a cash-trapping threshold and a rapid amortization trigger.
March 1 -
The transaction, expected to close on March 2, has a non-call period end date of two years from the expected closing, a reinvestment period end date of April 15, 2026.
February 28 -
The NRMLT 2022-NQM2 payment structure provides for a waterfall of distribution to all of the classes of notes at all times, including classes A-1 through A-3.
February 25 -
This is the third publicly rated, non-agency securitization to price in more than a decade. The collateral is FHA seasoned, non-performing and re-performing.
February 24 -
Athas Capital Group originated the mortgages, which have an average balance of $408,350, and an average weighted average (WA) original term of 362 months.
February 23 -
NMEF 2022-A, benefits from some improved credit characteristics. Personal guarantors have a weighted average (WA) FICO score of 719, up from 712, compared with 2021-A.
February 22 -
This deal appears to be the first since the Netherlands-headquartered multinational acquired First Investors in an all-cash transaction finalized last November.
February 22 -
CDFI-originated loans are not required to comply with the Ability to Repay (ATR) rules, but the mortgages included were generally made to creditworthy borrowers.
February 18 -
Eight middle market CLOs were under critical observation; 97% of them were upgraded and 3% were affirmed, and 14 notes under investment-grade were upgraded.
February 18 -
About 58.1% of the loans are in California, while two California cities -- Los Angeles and San Diego -- make up the pool’s largest MSA concentrations.
February 17 -
The Fed is getting a late start as it is, say observers. Its poky pace of target rate action is setting up the markets for a rush beginning in March.
February 16 -
By the time the latest Vertical Bridge deal, Series 2022-1, closes, the issued notes will be the only ones outstanding from the VB-S1 program.
February 16 -
SCF 2022-1’s reserve account is funded at 1.0% of the initial aggregate discount balance (ADB), which is not amortizing.
February 15 -
A pool of equipment lease contracts to industrial and commercial clients, will underpin the notes to be issued from the trust, VFI ABS 2022-1 deal.
February 14 -
About 3.3% of loans in the deal fall into the 600-649 FICO bucket on the current Sunnova Helios VIII, 2022-A, compared with a 1.2% level in the 2021-C deal.
February 10 -
New vehicles account for about 21.5% of the SDART 2022-1 pool, down from 23.0% of the 2021-4 deal, amid the supply crunch for components to build new cars.
February 9
