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KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust 2025-CES1 (GSMBS 2025-CES1)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to 8 classes of mortgage-backed notes from GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust 2025-CES1 (GSMBS 2025-CES1), a $310.6 million RMBS transaction sponsored by Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, entirely of closed-end second lien mortgages (CES; 100.0%). The underlying pool is seasoned approximately 9 months and comprises 4,214 loans, with AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation (44.2%) as the largest contributing originator. The collateral is characterized mostly by fully amortizing, fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) with 10-year (5.9%), 20-year (69.7%) and 30-year (24.5%) terms.

The GSMBS 2025-CES1 deal structure incorporates excess spread along with a sequential interest and principal payment waterfall. Losses will be allocated reverse sequentially beginning with the Class B-3 Notes through to the Class A-1A Notes.

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