KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Jamestown Residential 2024-1 DAC

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA Europe (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to seven classes of notes issued by Jamestown Residential 2024-1 DAC (Jamestown 2024-1). The transaction is a static RMBS securitisation collateralised by seasoned performing and reperforming mortgage loans. The provisional portfolio, aggregating 702.1 million mixed portfolio of seasoned first lien performing and re-performing mortgages that are secured by majority owner occupied (91.4%) and buy-to-let (8.6%) properties located in Ireland.

Jamestown 2024-1 is essentially a refinancing of the notes currently outstanding under Jamestown Residential 2021-1 (Jamestown 2021-1) and Mulcair Securities No. 2 DAC (Mulcair 2) and comprises of the loans which previously collateralised the transactions to be refinanced. The Jamestown 2024-1 portfolio is thus comprised of a refinancing of the Jamestown 2021-1 portfolio (64.5%) and the Mulcair 2 portfolio (35.5%). The Jamestown 2021-1 mortgage loans were originated by Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited , Start Mortgages DAC and Nua Homeloans Limited. The Mulcair 2 mortgage loans were originated by The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland , Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank Unlimited Company and ICS Building Society.

The loans comprising Jamestown 2024-1 are currently serviced by Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC and The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.

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Related Publications

• Irish Mortgage and Housing Trends
• Ireland’s RMBS Faces Inflation and Rate Headwinds
• ESG: Irish Housing: Challenges to a Greener Ireland
• Supportive Environment for Restructured Loans in Ireland

Methodologies

• RMBS: European RMBS Rating Methodology
• RMBS: European RMBS Rating Methodology Country Addendum: Republic of Ireland
• Structured Finance: 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.

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