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On a weighted average (WA) basis, the collateral mortgages have a slightly higher leverage level than previous transactions, although moderate, with an original loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 71.9%.

The capital structure for Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust, series 2025-2, will remain the same, even though the deal can potentially be upsized to $1 billion.

NSLT 2025-D comes to market as the private student loan sector is seeing increased issuance. Two of the program's deals, series 2025-B and 2025-C, accounted for $4 billion of issuance, almost half the sector's production.

GDLP 2025-3 has a so-called vertical risk retention structure, where 95% of the collateral balance is allocated to the noteholders, while retained interest noteholders will hold the rest.

Loan sizes are only $477.50 on average, while borrowers attached to the contracts have weighted average FICO scores of 727.