HELOCs

The notes will be issued off of a pool of 3,525 first- and junior-lien revolving HELOCs that were recently originated. The deal will repay investors on the 25th of each month, and notes have a stated final maturity date of July 2056.

So far this year, the volume of closed-end second and home equity line of credit securitizations is near last year's $29 billion, Bank of America Securities said.

Servicers of ACHM Trust 2026-HE1's underlying mortgages are also not required to forward any principal and interest advances on the mortgage loans they service.

Figure Lending originated the HELOCs using the FICO 9 scoring model, which treats medical debt, rental payments and repaid collection accounts differently.

FIGRE 2026-HF3 will repay noteholders on a pro rata basis but is subject to a provision that requires the deal to repay noteholders sequentially after a credit event.

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.

Leverage is moderate in Saluda Grade's pool, yet the junior liens carry slightly more LTV and DTI risk, on a weighted average (WA) basis.

After the end of the draw periods that range from two to five years, the amortization begins, during which borrowers have a repayment period ranging from three to 25 years.

The lender, which reported over $200 million in home equity line of credit volume in the recent quarter, suggests the business can deliver massive scale.

Small-business owners will be given the option to tap into anywhere from $50,000 to $500,000 in financing.

ACHM 2025-HE1 will repay notes using a pro-rata, sequential pay structure that must satisfy an overcollateralization test, and cumulative loss and delinquency triggers.

Unlike previous FIGRE deals where overcollateralization provided credit support to the notes, FIGRE Trust 2025-HE1 has a class G composed of principal-only notes that provide the credit support.

Newrez's servicing arm approved an "obviously counterfeit" HELOC request from a bad actor totaling almost $500,000, a complaint claims.

Aside from the pool primarily made up of second and junior liens in the pool, 82.2% of the loans were underwritten with alternative documentation.

None of the loans registered a delinquency in the past 24 months, and none had received a modification prior to the May 31 cutoff date.

One of the subordinate tranches, the BX is exchangeable, while credit enhancement levels on the notes range from 35.70% on the A1 notes to 3.5% on the B3 tranche.

Notes A, B and C benefit from credit enhancement amounting to 33.3%, 16.2% and 7.0%, and the deal's capital structure will repay investors on a combined pro-rata and sequential basis.

Price growth is decelerating but still driving historic home equity gains for owners and widening the gap between the haves and have-nots in housing, ICE finds.

Overall, the loans also have a weighted average (WA) FICO score of 742, an original cumulative loan-to-value ratio of 77.9%, and debt-to-income ratio of 37.5%.

Originators funded 72.6% of the loans in 2023, while 16.7% of the loans were funded in 2022 and originators funded the rest between 2021 and 2018.