MBS

After a challenging 2022, fund flows reverted to positive territory in 2023 even though higher interest rates and wider spreads have considerably reduced the supply of securitized product.

GCAT 2023-INV1 will issue notes from a structure of super-senior through subordinate notes, which will also feature initial exchangeable notes, and an excess servicing class.

The A-1, A-2 and A-3 notes will benefit from credit enhancement levels of 38.6%, 30.1% and 19.3%, respectively. The mezzanine class benefits from 13.3%.

The deal's higher subordination floor structure conveys protection to the senior classes from losses during the life of the deal, but also presents so-called tail risk to the subordinate classes.

Consumer ABS adapts to an environment where total U.S. household debt reaches a record high of $17.06 trillion, while observers say credit performances could reach pre-pandemic levels by 2024.

A vast majority of the pool, 92.02%, was underwritten to the properties' actual or estimated rental incomes, and not the mortgagors' incomes.

The case stems from a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against UBS in relation to legacy residential mortgage-backed securities from 2006 and 2007 and related to the issuance, underwriting and sale of the securities.

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%).

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is considering winding down the Canada Mortgage Bond program in a bid to reduce borrowing costs.

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.

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.

The notes have a coupon of 7.1%, a FICO score of 728 an original cumulative loan-to-value ratio of 66.9%, and an issuer debt service coverage ratio of 1.26%.

Commercial and industrial customers comprised about 60% of SIGECO's electric sales, which potentially exposes the pool to volatility due to business changeable cycles.

The properties have a purchase price of $684.8 million, and an issuer cost basis of $744.4 million, a debt yield of 7.0%, and a debt service coverage ratio of 1.44x.

The current transaction is shaping up to be a smaller deal with higher quality assets, compared with the CMLTI 2022-RP4.

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.

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.

JPMMT 2023-4, as the deal is known, has a cross-collateralization structure that divides the collateral into two groups that determine the repayment of principal and interest. This is similar to previous JPMMT transactions.

The non-qualified mortgage pool consists mostly of loans underwritten to less than full documentation, some 96%. Also 47% of the loans were underwritten to a bank statement program for verifying income.