DBRS Morningstar Takes Credit Rating Actions on 49 U.S. RMBS Transactions

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS Morningstar) reviewed 853 classes from 49 U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions. Of the 853 classes reviewed, DBRS Morningstar upgraded 61 credit ratings and confirmed 792 credit ratings.

The credit rating upgrades reflect positive performance trends and increases in credit support sufficient to withstand stresses at their new credit rating levels. The credit rating confirmations reflect asset performance and credit-support levels that are consistent with the current credit ratings.

The pools backing the reviewed RMBS transactions consist of prime, Alt-A, subprime, option adjustable-rate, and scratch-and-dent mortgage collateral.

The transaction assumptions consider DBRS Morningstar’s baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereign economies, available in its commentary “Baseline Macroeconomic Scenarios for Rated Sovereigns: June 2023 Update,” published on June 30, 2023 (https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/416703). These baseline macroeconomic scenarios replace DBRS Morningstar’s moderate and adverse Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic scenarios, which were first published in April 2020.

The credit rating actions are the result of DBRS Morningstar’s application of its “U.S. RMBS Surveillance Methodology,” published on March 3, 2023.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factors that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

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/416784 (July 4, 2023).

Notes:
The principal methodology applicable to the credit ratings is the U.S. RMBS Surveillance Methodology (March 3, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/410498).

Other methodologies referenced in these transactions are listed at the end of this press release.

The credit ratings assigned to the classes below materially deviate from the credit ratings implied by the predictive model. DBRS Morningstar typically expects there to be a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor or other user of the credit ratings would consider a three-notch or more deviation from the credit rating stresses implied by the predictive model to be a significant factor in evaluating the credit ratings. The rationale for the material deviations below varies among tranches being (1) dependent on another tranche’s ratings (i.e., interest-only (IO) and exchangeable tranches), or (2) additional seasoning and/or updated performance being warranted to substantiate a further upgrade.

The below tranches materially deviate because of a dependency on another rating such as (IO) or exchangeable tranches:

-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-3A
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B3-IOA
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-3B
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B3-IOB
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-3C
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-IOC

The below tranches materially deviate because of additional seasoning and/or updated performance being warranted to substantiate a further upgrade:

-- Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2006-HE2, Class A1
-- Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2006-HE2, Class A1A
-- Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2006-HE2, Class A3
-- Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-3, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-3, Class M-5
-- Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-4, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-4, Class M-2
-- Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-4, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-4, Class M-3
-- ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-HE1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HE1, Class M-5
-- ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-ASAP1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-ASAP1, Class M-1
-- Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Series 2004-R8, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Class M-2
-- Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Series 2004-R8, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Class M-3
-- Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Series 2004-R8, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Class M-4
-- Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Series 2004-R8, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Class M-5
-- Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Series 2004-R9, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R9, Class M-4
-- Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Series 2004-R9, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R9, Class M-5
-- BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2, Class A1
-- BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2, Class A5
-- C-BASS 2005-CB3 Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB3, Class M-4
-- C-BASS 2005-CB3 Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB3, Class B-1
-- C-BASS 2005-CB3 Trust, C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-CB3, Class B-2
-- Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HE1, Class A-3
-- Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HE1, Class A-4
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-AMC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AMC1, Class A-1
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-AMC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AMC1, Class A-2B
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-AMC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AMC1, Class A-2C
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE2, Class M-2
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE2, Class M-3
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE2, Class M-4
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-HE3, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE3, Class A-1
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-NC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-NC1, Class A-2D
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-NC2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-NC2, Class A-1
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-WFHE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-WFHE2, Class M-2
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-WFHE4, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-WFHE4, Class M-3
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AHL1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AHL1, Class A-2C
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AHL1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AHL1, Class M-1
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AMC2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AMC2, Class A-1
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AMC2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AMC2, Class A-2
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FS1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-FS1, Class I-A1
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FS1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-FS1, Class II-A1A
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FS1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-FS1, Class II-A1B
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FS1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-FS1, Class II-A2
-- Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Series 2007-SHL1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-SHL1, Class A
-- CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates Trust 2004-12, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-12, Class MF-2
-- CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates Trust 2004-12, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-12, Class MF-3
-- CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates Trust 2004-12, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-12, Class MF-4
-- CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates Trust 2004-12, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-12, Class MV-5
-- Agate Bay Mortgage Trust 2015-2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2015-2, Class B-3
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-3
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-4
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-3, Class B-5
-- New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-4, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2016-4, Class B-5

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.

The credit rating was initiated at the request of the rated entity.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the credit rating process for this rating action.

DBRS Morningstar had access to the accounts, management, and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this credit rating action.

This is a solicited credit rating.

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The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

RMBS Insight 1.3: U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Model and Rating Methodology (August 31, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/420108/)

Interest Rate Stresses for U.S. Structured Finance Transactions (June 9, 2023; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/415687)

Legal Criteria for U.S. Structured Finance (December 7, 2022; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/407008)

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