Approximately $302 million of Structured Securities Affected
New York, April 24, 2014 -- Moody's Investors Service affirmed the ratings on eleven classes of Banc
of America Large Loan, Inc. Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007-BMB1. Moody's rating action
is as follows:
Cl. B, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed Aaa (sf)
Cl. C, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Upgraded to Aaa (sf)
Cl. D, Affirmed Aa1 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Upgraded to Aa1 (sf)
Cl. E, Affirmed Aa2 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Upgraded to Aa2 (sf)
Cl. F, Affirmed A1 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Upgraded to A1 (sf)
Cl. G, Affirmed Baa1 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed Baa1 (sf)
Cl. H, Affirmed Ba1 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed Ba1 (sf)
Cl. J, Affirmed Ba3 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed Ba3 (sf)
Cl. K, Affirmed B2 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed B2 (sf)
Cl. L, Affirmed Caa3 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed Caa3 (sf)
Cl. X, Affirmed Ba3 (sf); previously on Jun 27,
2013 Affirmed Ba3 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings on the P&I classes were affirmed because the transaction's
key metrics, including Moody's loan-to-value (LTV)
ratio and Moody's stressed debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), are
within acceptable ranges.
The rating on the interest only (IO) class, Class X, was affirmed
because the weighted average rating factor or WARF of the referenced classes
are consistent with Moody's expectations.
FACTORS THAT WOULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE OR DOWNGRADE OF THE RATING:
The performance expectations for a given variable indicate Moody's forward-looking
view of the likely range of performance over the medium term. Performance
that falls outside the given range can indicate that the collateral's
credit quality is stronger or weaker than Moody's had previously expected.
Factors that could lead to an upgrade of the ratings include a significant
amount of loan paydowns or amortization, an increase in defeasance
in the pool or an improvement in pool performance.
Factors that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings include a decline
in the performance of the pool, an increase in loan concentration,
an increase in expected losses from specially serviced and troubled loans
or interest shortfalls.
METHODOLOGY UNDERLYING THE RATING ACTION
The principal methodology used in this rating was "Moody's
Approach to Rating CMBS Large Loan/Single Borrower Transactions,"
published in July 2000. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED
Moody's review incorporated the use of the excel-based Large Loan
Model v 8.7. The large loan model derives credit enhancement
levels based on an aggregation of adjusted loan-level proceeds
derived from Moody's loan-level LTV ratios. Major adjustments
to determining proceeds include leverage, loan structure,
property type and sponsorship. Moody's also further adjusts
these aggregated proceeds for any pooling benefits associated with loan
level diversity and other concentrations and correlations.
DEAL PERFORMANCE
As of the April 15, 2014 payment date, the transaction's certificate
balance remains unchanged from that of the last review at $301.5
million. The Certificates are collateralized by one floating-rate
loan.
The one remaining loan in the trust is the Stamford Office Portfolio Loan
($301.5 million) which is secured by seven office properties
totaling 1.7 million square feet located in downtown Stamford,
Connecticut. The loan was modified in 2010 and has a final maturity
date in August 2014. The collateral is encumbered with additional
debt in the form of a $98.5 million subordinate mortgage
and $400 million of mezzanine debt.
As of February 2014, the portfolio was 83% leased with average
in-place base rents of $41.63 per square foot.
The portfolio's Net Cash Flow (NCF) for 2013 is $31.8
million, up from $23.8 million achieved in 2012.
Although Moody's does not expect any losses to the trust debt amount,
the loan has significant leverage held outside the trust which may hinder
its ability to refinance upon its final maturity date.
Moody's trust LTV is 91% and Moody's stressed DSCR is 1.07X.
Moody's current credit assessment is B2, the same as last review.
The pool has experienced $14 million in losses due to the liquidation
of the Readers Digest loan in February 2012. There are no interest
shortfalls as of the current payment date.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For further specification of Moody's key rating assumptions and
sensitivity analysis, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and
Sensitivity to Assumptions of the disclosure form.
Moody's did not receive or take into account a third-party
assessment on the due diligence performed regarding the underlying assets
or financial instruments related to the monitoring of this transaction
in the past six months.
The analysis includes an assessment of collateral characteristics and
performance to determine the expected collateral loss or a range of expected
collateral losses or cash flows to the rated instruments. As a
second step, Moody's estimates expected collateral losses or cash
flows using a quantitative tool that takes into account credit enhancement,
loss allocation and other structural features, to derive the expected
loss for each rated instrument.
Moody's did not use any stress scenario simulations in its analysis.
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series
or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular
rating action for securities that derive their credit ratings from the
support provider's credit rating. For provisional ratings,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the provisional rating assigned, and in relation to a definitive
rating that may be assigned subsequent to the final issuance of the debt,
in each case where the transaction structure and terms have not changed
prior to the assignment of the definitive rating in a manner that would
have affected the rating. For further information please see the
ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this rating action, and
whose ratings may change as a result of this rating action, the
associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit
rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating
review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to
the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
EunJee Park
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Keith Banhazl
VP - Sr Credit Officer/Manager
Structured Finance Group
JOURNALISTS: 212-553-0376
SUBSCRIBERS: 212-553-1653
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Moody's Affirms 11 Classes of BALL 2007 -- BMB1