Donna M. Mitchell

Founded in the wake of the global financial crisis, KBRA has issued more than 51,000 ratings representing almost $3 trillion in rated issuance since 2010.

Credit enhancement includes subordination, shored up by excess spread generated from excess spread between the cash flow on the collateral and the certificates.

Velocity Commercial Capital, 2021-4 uses subordination and excess spread that will cover both current and cumulative realized losses.

The pool includes a high concentration of loans originated through alternative underwriting, and on investment properties. Just 10.3% of the pool received COVID forbearance.

All of the loans are non-prime loans, and this is the first transaction that BREDS will sponsor using the BINOM shelf.

The entire collateral pool is made up of conforming, high-balance mortgage loans underwritten using an automated system designated by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

The collateral pools consists of 578 loans, and the trust uses a senior-subordinate, shifting-interest structure that helps maintain a longer subordination period.

The deal also provides a sequential principal distribution to all of the certificates at all times, unlike recent non-prime securitizations.

Benchmark will issue 21 classes of certificates, with 13 entitled to principal and interest payments. Six classes will receive interest only.

The enormous issuance is backed by a single loan secured by first-priority mortgages on a pool of about 6,148 single-family rental homes, and 299 townhouses.

The entire pool is comprised of fixed-rate, fully amortizing mortgages, with an average balance of $901,373. They are also first-lien loans.

The GSE comes to market with a pool that is less volatile than average Freddie Mac pass-through deals, plus below-average amortization.

CIM is secured by home loans making the most of second chances, and borrowers retaining their homes throughout several economic dips.

The transaction is also the first securitization for ACREC. The entity is also taking on multiple roles, acting as sponsor, issuer and collateral manager.

While the loss coverage is subsequently lower for the notes, totaling $194.2 million, it is expected to be sufficient to cover required rating multiples.

A majority of the deal was underwritten to a less-than-full documentation standard, but meets ATR standards. Almost half of the loans are on California homes.

The deal appears to take advantage of a shift in federal rules reducing the level of non-owner-occupied loans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can purchase.

The proceeds from the trust’s certificates will refinance some CMBS debt, among other balance sheet uses.

Ten classes of multifamily mortgage pass-through certificates will be issued from the trust, which is secured by 29 loans on 29 properties.

Single-family rental houses and townhomes underpin the securitization, with a feature to transfer or obtain a release of any property that meets conditions.