NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The first post-crisis, Fitch-rated RMBS class backed in part by non-performing loans (NPL) has been paid in full, according to Fitch Ratings.
Class A-1 from Mortgage Fund IVc Trust 2015-RN1 received the remainder of its unpaid principal balance (UPB) with the August 2016 distribution. The transaction closed in October 2015, with a $35 million class A-1 rated 'Asf' by Fitch. At issuance, roughly one-third of the mortgage loan pool was 90 or more days delinquent or in foreclosure, with an additional 14% 30-60 days delinquent. It was the first post-crisis RMBS transaction rated by Fitch that contained a significant percentage of NPL.
The percentage of the pool that is 90 or more days delinquent (including foreclosure and REO) has declined since issuance from roughly one-third to one-quarter of the remaining pool. Loss severities on liquidated loans to date have averaged approximately 37%, outperforming Fitch's base-case lifetime severity assumption at issuance of 55%.
The transaction has a sequential principal payment waterfall, in which class A-1 received all scheduled and unscheduled principal payments before class A-2 received any principal payments. In the year since it was issued, class A-1 received monthly principal payments averaging roughly $3.4 million. The mortgage pool has incurred roughly $20.8 million of realized losses since issuance, comprising $14.4 million of loss from liquidations and $6.4 million of loss from deferred principal modifications.
Class A-1 was well protected against realized pool losses to date. In addition to the $205 million of credit enhancement provided by the unrated class A-2, classes A-1 and A-2 also had roughly $111 million of overcollateralization at issuance to absorb collateral losses. The initial credit enhancement was significantly above the amount needed to support the initial credit rating of 'Asf.'
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