KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (SEMT 2023-1)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to 55 classes of mortgage pass-through certificates from Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2023-1 (SEMT 2023-1), a $332.6 million prime RMBS transaction. The collateral pool, comprising of 355 fixed-rate, fully amortizing loans is characterized by substantial borrower equity, as evidenced by the WA original LTV of 72.3% and WA original CLTV of 72.5%, and has a WA original credit score of 765.

All the mortgages in SEMT 2023-1 fall under the score of the QM rules, with approximately 96.5% and 3.2% of the pool designated as QM Safe Harbor (APOR) and QM: Rebuttable Presumption (APOR) under the General QM Final Rule (QM 2.0), respectively, and 0.3% of the pool designated as QM Safe Harbor under QM 1.0.

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Related Publications

• SEMT 2023-1 Tear Sheet
• RMBS KBRA Comparative Analytic Tool (KCAT)
• U.S. RMBS Mortgage Default and Loss Model Methodology
• U.S. RMBS Rating Methodology
• Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
• ESG Global Rating Methodology

Disclosures

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.

A description of all substantially material sources that were used to prepare the credit rating and information on the methodology(ies) (inclusive of any material models and sensitivity analyses of the relevant key rating assumptions, as applicable) used in determining the credit rating is available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) located here.

Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

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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