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KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Brean Asset Backed Securities Trust 2023-RM7 (BABS 2023-RM7)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to seven class of mortgage-backed notes from Brean Asset Backed Securities Trust 2023-RM7 (BABS 2023-RM7). The pool comprises 301 fixed rate proprietary reverse mortgage loans with an aggregate principal balance of $154.2 million as of the cut-off date.

In its review of this transaction, KBRA utilized its Reverse Mortgage Securitization Global Rating Methodology and evaluated the collateral pool using its KBRA Reverse Mortgage Model (KRMM).

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Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

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Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

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Liam Vauk, Senior Analyst
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