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Nationstar’s next securitization of defaulted or inactive home equity conversion mortgages will have a higher-than-average exposure to properties with steep leverage, as well as ties to judicial foreclosure states.

Blackstone Real Estate Partners is securitizing a new $343 million commercial mortgage that financed the parent firm’s recent acquisition of a portfolio of Southern California apartments.

Octane Receivables Trust 2019-1 is a $210.9 million transaction involving fixed-rate loans to prime and non-prime borrowers financing the purchase of all-terrain and utility-task vehicles, as well as dirt bikes, motorcycles, mowers, tractors, snowmobiles and personal watercraft.

In a report issued Wednesday, S&P published its base forecast 12-month trailing default rate at 3.9% by September 2020, from the 2.8% rate in September 2019.

New proposed securitizations from American Honda and Ford Motor Credit, plus a U.S.-dollar denominated ABS transaction sponsored by Scotiabank, will push total securitization volume of prime auto ABS to nearly $52 billion - the highest yearly volume in the sector in seven years.

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According to a presale report from Kroll, the additional notes will carry the same ratings and terms on the five counterpart classes of $700 million in outstanding notes.

The sponsors of the Class A structure, deemed a “trophy asset” by Kroll Bond Rating Agency, are placing $825 million of a $1.2 billion whole loan into a transaction dubbed CPTS 2019-CPT.

Over 75% of loans reported mark-to-market declines in prices in the secondary market – or 4.7 loans for every loan price that advanced, according to the LSTA.

According to presale reports, Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust (MBALT) 2019-B will have only two months over the life of the deal in which there is more than a 5% concentration of expected lease maturities.

According to Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Airborne – which was founded in 2017 – will market three classes of notes in a transaction dubbed Tailwind 2019-1, backed by a portfolio of 17 aircraft the firm will acquire on behalf of 15 global lessee airlines.

Loss expectations are up slightly for the second retail auto lease securitization of the year for RAC King the parent company of the regional “buy here/pay here” used-car chain American Car Center.

According to ratings agency presale reports, the $398.7 million Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2019-4 includes a 23% share of collateral loans originated through the company’s growing dCarFinance.com direct financing channel.

Instead of marketing securities backed by commercial property mortgages, STORE Capital chooses the more esoteric option of securitizing the income from its triple-net leases – a similar strategy to REITS such Spirit Realty Capital and SCP Financial.

Sixty percent of the loans were underwritten with just 12- or 24-month bank statements, according to ratings agency reports.

Tetragon's announcement reveals the firm will complement its equity strategy by also focusing on the debt-note structure of deals, in hopes of gaining returns on the performance lowest-rated mezzanine and subordinate tranches.

The $450 million DT Auto Owner Trust 2019-4 has a pool balance of $519.7 million, an average balance of $17,125 per account and an 84.21% share of loans with terms over 60 months.

According to Kroll, this is the middle-market lender's first securitization of growth-opportunity loans made to venture-capitalized software firms that have yet to develop earnings or substantial assets.

The IACPM's quarterly global outlook survey on credit conditions indicate rising expectations for wider spreads and higher default levels, centered on troubles in the speculative-grade market.

According to presale reports, the fixed-rate loan collateral in Angel Oak Mortgage Trust 2019-5 makes up 77.8% of the new collateral, compared to just 35.5% in Angel Oak’s previous deal that priced in July.