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Vistana ups exposure to Westin in next timeshare loan ABS

Vistana Signature Experiences next timeshare loan securitization has a higher exposure to Westin-branded resorts, and that prompted Fitch Ratings to trim its forecast for cumulative net losses.

Westin loans account for 52.9% of receivables for the $287.33 million VSE 2018-A VOI Mortgage, and the remaining 47.1% of receivables are loans tied to Sheraton resorts; Vistana has excluded receivables tied to Hyatt from the deal.

That’s the primary reason that Fitch expects losses on the pool of collateral to reach just 11.75% over the life of the transaction, down from 12% for Vistana’s prior deal, completed in 2017.

Fitch’s forecast for cumulative net losses on the initial pool of collateral are even lower, at 11.26%, but it adjusted its forecast upward to account for a prefunding account; Vistana has another six months after the deal’s closing to acquire the remaining 25% of the collateral. By comparison, the prefunding account for the 2017 deal was only 25% of the collateral.

Among other notables changes, the pool of receivables for the new deal has a has a higher weighted average FICO than the two prior deals, at 727, which Fitch views favorably.

It also has the highest concentration of loans with terms longer than 15 years, 32.1%, which have experience higher cumulative gross defaults than loans with 10-year terms.

Finally, 11.7% of the collateral for the new deal comes from a deal originally competed in 2012 that has been called and is seasoned 72 months, on average.

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Despite the lower loss expectations on the collateral, Vistana has increased the credit enhancement for the senior tranche of Class A notes, which will be rated AAA by Fitch, to 29.3% from 28.95% for the comparable tranche of the prior deal. Credit enhancement is also higher at 12.4% for the Class B notes, which are rated A, but lower for the Class C notes, which are rated BBB, at 2.5%.

Wells Fargo Securities is the lead underwriter.

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