Securitization

Secured by a single Morgan Stanley first-lien mortgage, the SFR is the largest deal since the program priced its $2 billion transaction in July 2021.

By property type, lodging assets led the way for total delinquencies, with 6.3%, while some 3.5% of the lodging pools were current and specially serviced.

Homes securing the portfolio produce an average monthly rent of $2,405, based on gross potential rent for vacant properties, and an average remaining lease term of eight months.

Securitization would have to see more cycles before the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic becomes apparent, but loans backing multi-borrower SFRs show more sensitivity to rent collection disruptions.

Non-QM assets overlap almost perfectly with the portion of loans, 52%, financing properties where the borrower intends to maintain as a primary residence.

Company management believes it can still be successful in the securitization market despite widening spreads.

A majority of the loans, 63.5%, were designated as non-QM loans, and about 36.5% of the loans in the pool are made to investors for business purposes.

About 30% of U.S. office buildings are at high risk of becoming obsolete as tenants’ tastes change in the hybrid-work era.

Self-employed borrowers accounted for 29.8% of the pool, while loans with co-borrowers and multiple borrowers accounted for 39.9% and 9.8%, respectively.

The current program, which included more than 580 separate operations to buy Treasuries and 1,200 to purchase mortgage-backed securities, has dwarfed all three of the Fed’s previous quantitative-easing programs combined.