KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Tricon American Homes 2018-SFR1

NEW YORK--()--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of Tricon American Homes 2018-SFR1 (TAH 2018-SFR1) single-family rental pass-through certificates.

TAH 2018-SFR1 is a single-borrower, single-family rental (SFR) securitization that will be collateralized by a $340.0 million loan secured by first priority mortgages on 2,509 income-producing single-family homes. Of these properties, 1,283 homes (53.8% by BPO) were previously securitized in TAH 2015-SFR1 and 277 properties (11.7%) were previously securitized in Silver Bay 2014-1. Both of the aforementioned transactions were paid-off in full in October 2017 and May 2017, respectively. The fixed-rate subject loan will require interest-only payments and will have a seven-year term. TAH 2018-SFR1 will be the fourth KBRA-rated securitization issued by Tricon American Homes.

The subject transaction is the sixth KBRA-rated SFR securitization to include a voluntary substitution feature that permits the issuer to replace any property or sub-portfolio of properties with a substitute property or portfolio of properties up to a maximum of 5.0% of the homes in the underlying portfolio, by count, as of the closing date. TAH is allowed to replace up to 126 properties over the remaining duration of the deal with occupied detached single-family homes. As the substitution threshold is by count, it is conceivable that up to 10.6% of the pool, by BPO value, could be substituted if the assets that were removed from the pool were comprised of those with the highest BPO values.

The underlying single-family rental properties are located in or near 26 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) across nine states. The top-three CBSAs represent 55.9% of the portfolio and include Atlanta (26.9%), Phoenix (22.7%), and Vallejo (6.3%). The aggregate BPO value of the underlying homes was $511.6 million, yielding an LTV of 66.5%. KBRA adjusted the BPOs, which yielded an aggregate value of $429.4 million. This represents a 16.1% haircut to the nominal BPO value. The resulting LTV based on KBRA’s adjusted BPO value was 79.2%.

KBRA used its Single-Family Rental Securitization Methodology to evaluate the transaction. The methodology leverages elements of KBRA’s commercial mortgage-backed securities and residential mortgage-backed securities criteria due to the fact that the collateral underlying an SFR transaction has both commercial and residential characteristics. As the properties generate a cash flow stream from tenant rental payments, CMBS methodologies were used to determine the loan’s probability of default. To determine loss given default, KBRA assumed the underlying collateral properties would be liquidated in the residential property market.

For further details on KBRA’s analysis, please see our pre-sale report, entitled Tricon American Homes 2018-SFR1, which is published at www.kbra.com.

The preliminary ratings are based on information known to KBRA at the time of this publication. Information received subsequent to this release could result in the assignment of final ratings that differ from the preliminary ratings.

                   
Class     Rating     Balance (USD)     Rating Action
A     AAA (sf)     $172,382,000     Preliminary
B     AA- (sf)     $36,318,000     Preliminary
C     A- (sf)     $28,650,000     Preliminary
D     BBB (sf)     $26,100,000     Preliminary
E     BBB- (sf)     $19,210,000     Preliminary
F     BB- (sf)     $31,205,000     Preliminary
G     NR     $26,100,000     N/A
           

Representations & Warranties Disclosure

All Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations are required, pursuant to SEC Rule 17g-7, to provide a description of a transaction’s representations, warranties and enforcement mechanisms that are available to investors when issuing credit ratings. KBRA’s disclosure for this transaction can be found in the report available here.

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Contacts

Analytical:
Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Daniel Tegen, 646-731-2429
Director
dtegen@kbra.com
or
Akshay Maheshwari, 646-731-2394
Associate Director
amaheshwari@kbra.com
or
Nitin Bhasin, CFA, 646-731-2334
Sr. Managing Director
nbhasin@kbra.com
or
Keith Kockenmeister, 646-731-2349
Sr. Managing Director
kkockenmeister@kbra.com

Contacts

Analytical:
Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Daniel Tegen, 646-731-2429
Director
dtegen@kbra.com
or
Akshay Maheshwari, 646-731-2394
Associate Director
amaheshwari@kbra.com
or
Nitin Bhasin, CFA, 646-731-2334
Sr. Managing Director
nbhasin@kbra.com
or
Keith Kockenmeister, 646-731-2349
Sr. Managing Director
kkockenmeister@kbra.com