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Over one-third of the struggling borrowers who received recast loan terms in the first quarter cut their monthly obligation by 20% or more.

The prime collateral shows a pool of geographically diversified, well-seasoned accounts with an average balance that is a little below pre-pandemic levels, with 21% in subordination credit support.

No Customers-originated loans were in the UPST 2023-2 pool, but Customers loans are eligible for inclusion during the pre-funding period that ends 60 days after the deal's closing date.

Citizens Financial Group announced the deal just weeks after saying that it would stop making car dealer financings.

The percentage of loans in ACM's top customer score, 6, was 33.24%, a decrease from 35.17%, but deal's WA loan-to-value ratio was 113.83%, up from 112.72%.

The sales come as investors are becoming increasingly wary of rising delinquencies and search for higher quality debt, such as prime auto ABS. In just a few months, Bayview has been able to place roughly $8 billion of such debt.

Notes will be repaid through a modified sequential structure, which calls for the A-1 and M-1 through M-3 classes to receive principal on a pro-rata basis.

The three senior classes should repay investors with coupons of 6.73%, 7.13% and 7.64% on classes A1, A2 and A3, while are expected to issue floating-rate notes.

Bostic said he agreed with the view that "the bar to justify further rate hikes is higher than it was a few months ago."

The GFORT 2023-1 series added an extra $250 million class, with notes to be priced over the three-month SOFR. Other elements, such as collateral and credit enhancement, are almost exactly alike.

Newer cars account for the highest percentage of the collateral pool over a two-year period, while FICO and proprietary credit scores are also up a few ticks.

Fee hikes at the government-sponsored enterprises are one remedy, the government-sponsored enterprise's regulator noted in its annual report to Congress.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is offering to exchange any and all of its €1.25 billion ($1.37 billion) notes, which currently pay a coupon of 2.125%, with a new bond paying 7.25% and a cash amount.

Partners in ABS practice also discuss how CLOs face final bridge to cross as Libor transition approaches the finish line.

NALT 2023-B will operate with several forms of credit enhancement, including initial hard credit enhancement of 22.91%, and initial overcollateralization (OC) of 22.51%.

Similar to previous deals, John Deere has initial hard credit enhancement of 3.50%, analysts said, adding that initial spread is expected to be 2.00% per annum.

The PC maker plans to repurchase as much as $1 billion of senior notes maturing between May 2024 and May 2027. It will pay for the buyback with proceeds raised in a January bond sale.

The forecast assumes US high-yield spreads will widen to 532 basis points over the next four quarters, from about 460 basis points at the end of May, with US unemployment rising to 4.8% from 3.7% in the same period.

The marketplace has a large appetite to acquire risk-adjusted rental product. Investors see tailwinds leading to a revitalization of SFR capital markets by yearend.

The findings from Standard & Poor's show little impact from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's proposal regarding what information is required to underwrite a conforming mortgage.