Donna M. Mitchell is a financial journalist based in the New York metro area with expertise covering structured finance, commercial real estate, and wealth management. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Next Avenue, Financial Planning and National Real Estate Investor.
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This is the first Carvana Auto Receivables Trust series to include new vehicles, with the percentage or loans on new cars at 2.65%.
March 10 -
LendSure originated more than one third of the loans in the pool, while American Heritage Lending and The Loan Store represent 14.8% and 11.1% of the pool.
March 10 -
Kalamata Offshore Feeder Fund II and Kalamata Onshore Fund, which have assets of $234.6 million, will provide performance guarantees.
March 9 -
Borrowers had a WA FICO of 742, as new partnerships with equipment manufacturers, primarily marine craft and RVs, contributed higher-quality obligors to the pool.
March 6 -
The current series, STRE 2026-1, is expected to have a prefunded pool balance that is 31.1% of the aggregate pool balance, higher than the 20% balance on the STRE 2025-1.
March 5 -
The collateral pool consists of 1,318 mortgages, aggregated by Invictus Capital Partners from originators that include NewRez, and each accounts for less than 10% of the mortgage loans.
March 5 -
The global Purpose Brands umbrella includes Anytime Fitness, Orangetheory Fitness, Waxing the City waxing studios, and Bar Method, low-impact studio fitness.
March 4 -
Letters of credit sized to cover interest payments for six months, plus a cushion, help provide credit support to the notes.
March 4 -
The deal benefits from three accounts–a Funding, Expense Reserve and Interest Reserve. The Funding Account will fund draws and purchase additional loans.
March 3 -
The latest Fidium issuance has an implied 170% haircut, and the debt multiple, relative to its net cash flow on the rated classes, is 10.2x.
March 2 -
Many credit drivers are stable; agencies are being vigilant about several macroeconomic factors that might destabilize borrowers' ability to keep servicing their auto loan debt. One is student loan debt.
February 27 -
First liens and junior liens account for 197 and 1,755 of the pool, respectively, DBRS said. They have unpaid balances of $30.5 million and $217 million, with FICO scores of 747 and 740 on a WA basis.
February 26 -
The Loan Store originated the largest portion of mortgages in the pool, 10.3%, according to Fitch, while an array of other lenders accounted for the rest.
February 25 -
Underwriting relied heavily on alternative documentation, led by debt-service coverage ratios (35.7%) and bank statements ranging from 12-23 months (28.2%) and longer than 24 months (4.6%).
February 25 -
At press time no injuries were reported, but exhibitors were relocated to satellite booths throughout the venue, the Aria Resort & Casino.
February 24 -
After closing, which is expected on February 27, coupons are expected to pay coupons of 4.83% on the notes rated AAA and 5.04% on the AAA-rated A1LCF.
February 24 -
The index will provide market professionals with consistent, transparent and dependable methods of evaluating performance and risk across the securitized credit markets.
February 23 -
Gatti will be based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, where he focuses on structuring and executing asset-backed securities deals and other structured finance transactions.
February 23 -
Customers with a FICO of at least 700 accounted for about 75.3% of the PV systems by the aggregate discounted solar asset balance (ADSAB).
February 23 -
GSMBS 2026-PJ2's losses are based on a senior-subordinate, shifting-interest structure and Fitch expects a 10.3% final probability of default in the AAA rating stress.
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