KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to PMT Loan Trust 2025-INV4 (PMTLT 2025-INV4)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to 62 classes of mortgage backed notes from PMT Loan Trust 2025-INV4 (PMTLT 2025-INV4), a prime RMBS transaction sponsored by PennyMac Corp. (PennyMac), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT). PMTLT 2025-INV4 comprises 993 fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) with an aggregate principal balance of $355,517,432 as of the April 1, 2025 cut-off date¹. The underlying pool consists of agency-eligible loans that are collateralized by investment properties (71.9%) and second homes (28.1%). The pool is characterized by significant borrower equity in each mortgaged property, as evidenced by the WA original LTV of 73.6%. The weighted average original credit score is 776, which is well within the prime mortgage range.

KBRA’s rating approach incorporated loan-level analysis of the mortgage pool through its Residential Asset Loss Model (REALM), an examination of the results from third-party loan file due diligence, cash flow modeling analysis of the transaction’s payment structure, reviews of key transaction parties and an assessment of the transaction’s legal structure and documentation. This analysis is further described in our U.S. RMBS Rating Methodology.

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Related Publications

• PMTLT 2025-INV4 Tear Sheet
• RMBS KCAT

Methodologies

• RMBS: U.S. RMBS Rating Methodology
• 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.

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.

¹ The statistical information regarding the Mortgage Loans is based on the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of March 1, 2025, rolled forward to April 1, 2025 to take into account the scheduled amortization of the applicable Mortgage Loans.

About KBRA

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA), one of the major credit rating agencies (CRA), is a full-service CRA registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an NRSRO. Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is registered as a CRA with the European Securities and Markets Authority. Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Limited is registered as a CRA with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. In addition, KBRA is designated as a Designated Rating Organization (DRO) by the Ontario Securities Commission for issuers of asset-backed securities to file a short form prospectus or shelf prospectus. KBRA is also recognized as a Qualified Rating Agency by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission and is recognized by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a Credit Rating Provider (CRP) in the U.S.

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