DBRS Morningstar Assigns Provisional Ratings to MF1 2022-FL9 LLC

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS Morningstar) assigned provisional ratings to the following classes of notes to be issued by
MF1 2022-Fl9 LLC (the Issuer or the Trust):

-- Class A Notes at AAA (sf)
-- Class A-S Notes at AAA (sf)
-- Class B Notes at AA (low) (sf)
-- Class C Notes at A (low) (sf)
-- Class D Notes at BBB (sf)
-- Class E Notes at BBB (low) (sf)
-- Class F Notes at BB (high) (sf)
-- Class F-E Notes at BB (high) (sf)
-- Class F-X Notes at BB (high) (sf)
-- Class G Notes at BB (low) (sf)
-- Class G-E Notes at BB (low) (sf)
-- Class G-X Notes at BB (low) (sf)
-- Class H Notes at B (low) (sf)
-- Class H-E Notes at B (low) (sf)
-- Class H-X Notes at B (low) (sf)

All trends are Stable.

The initial collateral consists of 45 floating-rate mortgage loans secured by 61 transitional multifamily and manufactured housing properties, totaling $1.74 billion (61.3% of the total fully funded balance), excluding $265.8 million (9.4% of the total fully funded balance) of future funding commitments and $830.3 million (29.3% of the total fully funded balance) of pari passu debt. Five loans, representing 9.6% of the total Trust balance, are delayed-close mortgage assets, which are identified in the data tape and included in the DBRS Morningstar analysis. The Issuer has 45 days post-closing to acquire the delayed-close assets. If a delayed-close mortgage asset is not expected to close or fund prior to the purchase termination date, then any amounts remaining in the unused proceeds account up to $5.0 million will be deposited into the replenishment account. Any funds in excess of $5.0 million will be transferred to the payment account and applied as principal proceeds in accordance with the priority of payments.

The Managed transaction includes a 24-month reinvestment period. As part of the reinvestment period, the transaction includes a 120-day ramp-up acquisition period that will be used to increase the Trust balance by $64,442,434 to a total target collateral principal balance of $1,800,000,000. DBRS Morningstar assessed the ramp loans using a conservative pool construct and, as a result, the ramp loans have expected losses above the pool weighted average loan expected losses. Reinvestment of principal proceeds during the reinvestment period is subject to eligibility criteria, which, among other criteria, includes a no-downgrade Rating Agency Confirmation (RAC) by DBRS Morningstar for all new mortgage assets and funded companion participations. If a delayed-close asset is not expected to close or fund prior to the purchase termination date, the Issuer may acquire any delayed-closed collateral interest at any time during the ramp-up acquisition period. The eligibility criteria indicates that only multifamily, manufactured housing, and student housing properties can be brought into the pool during the stated ramp-up acquisition period. Additionally, the eligibility criteria establishes minimum debt service coverage ratio, loan-to-value ratio, and Herfindahl requirements. Furthermore, certain events within the transaction require the Issuer to obtain RAC. DBRS Morningstar will confirm that a proposed action or failure to act or other specified event will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade or withdrawal of the current rating. The Issuer is required to obtain RAC for all acquisitions of companion participations.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.

All ratings are subject to surveillance, which could result in ratings being upgraded, downgraded, placed under review, confirmed, or discontinued by DBRS Morningstar.

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Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

With regard to due diligence services, DBRS Morningstar was provided with the Form ABS Due Diligence-15E (Form-15E), which contains a description of the information that a third party reviewed in conducting the due diligence services and a summary of the findings and conclusions. While due diligence services outlined in Form-15E do not constitute part of DBRS Morningstar’s methodology, DBRS Morningstar used the data file outlined in the independent accountant’s report in its analysis to determine the ratings referenced herein.

The principal methodology is North American CMBS Multi-Borrower Rating Methodology (March 26, 2021), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria. For a list of the structured-finance-related methodologies that may be used during the rating process, please see the DBRS Morningstar Global Structured Finance Related Methodologies document, which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com in the Commentary tab under Regulatory Affairs. Please note that not every related methodology listed under a principal structured finance asset class methodology may be used to rate or monitor an individual structured finance or debt obligation.

The DBRS Morningstar Sovereign group releases baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereigns. DBRS Morningstar analysis considered impacts consistent with the baseline scenarios as set forth in the following report: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/384482.

Please see the related appendix for additional information regarding the sensitivity of assumptions used in the rating process.

The full report providing additional analytical detail is available by clicking on the link under Related Documents below or by contacting us at info@dbrsmorningstar.com .

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