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Underlying loans have an average balance of $25,853, which is in line with balances on previous deals. On a weighted average (WA) basis, the deal's loan-to-value on FCAT 2023-3 was 119.4%.
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The deal also has a reserve account with an initial balance of $8.0 million at closing, representing 2.0% of the initial bond balance.
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GOOD 2023-2 has 11.3% fewer 25-year loans, compared with the GOOD 2023-2 deal. Some of that shift went to 30-year loans, which gained 0.02% in the current pool.
August 1 -
The 2023-P1 collateral pool, which finances new and used auto purchases, has a weighted (WA) average credit bureau score of 736, WA seasoning of 24 months, and a WA loan-to-value ratio of 111.31%.
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Hilton Grand Vacation is allowed to optionally repurchase defaulted or 90-day delinquent timeshare loans, which increases the transaction's recovery rates and reduces losses in the securities.
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Classes A, B, C, D and E are expected to have credit support of 64.4%, 57.6%, 46.4%, 37.7% and 33.1%, respectively. Those support levels include hard credit enhancement and a haircut to excess spread.
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The collateral pool is comprised of a mix of mortgage loans, from 30-year, fixed-rate, fully amortizing loans (94.6%) to 40-year, fixed-rate loans with an initial interest-only term (0.03%).
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In the April 2023 collection period, 60 days-plus net chargeoffs and delinquencies of rose to 2.91% and 1.26%, respectively.
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Wilmington Trust added about 36 CLO professionals in 2022 and 2023, as its expansion in the private debt and the collateralized loan obligation market continues.
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Compared with other tax lien transactions, PVOne 2023-1 has a much smaller initial redemption value, and has one of the lowest numbers of liens, at 9,681. Its weighted average loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is 8.8%.
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Scores between 601-650 account for 72.02% of the FICO distribution on FCRT 2023-1, compared with 46.65% on the FCRT 2023-1, according to KBRA.
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With 24 sponsors, the collateral pool comprises mostly full-term interest-only loans, 97.4%. Otherwise, amortizing balloons make up the next highest percentage of loans, at 2.6%.
July 24 -
Junior tranches are at the heart of the debate around whether the capital that insurers currently hold against CLOs is sufficient, and the NAIC may soon impose stiffer risk-based capital requirements.
July 12 -
Both credit card and student loan issuers made up for tepid starts to 2023 by leaping over their first-quarter production numbers, but it wasn't enough to overcome an overall slide.
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DriveTime's latest has initial hard credit enhancement that ranges from 55.70% for the class A notes to 15.40% for the class E notes, and the company just bumped up its warehouse commitment.
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Conning and its affiliates will retain autonomy, while using the Generali connections to extend its reach into global markets.
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Credit enhancement is lower for all classes relative to the Sierra Timeshare 2023-1, except for class C, and that was because of lower overcollateralization and lower subordination.
July 6 -
Tesla features prominently in the collateral, representing 41.73% of receivables from borrowers with higher FICO scores than the overall pool.
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A vast majority of the pool, 86.35%, consists of primary homes. Investment properties and secondary homes, meanwhile, account for 11.29% and 2.36% of the collateral.
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Newman will develop and implement the company's asset capital strategy, and lead a team focused on Hometap's optimization, structuring, pricing and go-to-market methods for various investor segments.
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