Approximately $85 million of structured securities affected
New York, July 23, 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the ratings on six classes
in CSFB Mortgage Securities Corp. Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-C3 as follows:
Cl. C, Affirmed Ba3 (sf); previously on Aug 7,
2014 Affirmed Ba3 (sf)
Cl. D, Affirmed Caa2 (sf); previously on Aug 7,
2014 Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
Cl. E, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Aug 7, 2014
Downgraded to C (sf)
Cl. F, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Aug 7, 2014
Affirmed C (sf)
Cl. G, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Aug 7, 2014
Affirmed C (sf)
Cl. A-X, Affirmed Caa3 (sf); previously on Aug
7, 2014 Downgraded to Caa3 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating on the P&I class C was affirmed because the transaction's
key metrics, including Moody's loan-to-value (LTV)
ratio, Moody's stressed debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and the
transaction's Herfindahl Index (Herf), are within acceptable
ranges..
The ratings on the P&I classes D through G were affirmed because the
ratings are consistent with Moody's expected loss from specially
serviced loans and certificate undercollateralization.
The rating on the IO Class was affirmed based on the credit performance
(or the weighted average rating factor or WARF) of the referenced classes.
Moody's rating action reflects a base expected loss of 83.4%
of the current balance, compared to 52.4% at Moody's
last review. Moody's base expected loss plus realized losses is
now 8.8% of the original pooled balance, the same
as at Moody's last review. Moody's provides a current
list of base expected losses for conduit and fusion CMBS transactions
on moodys.com at:
http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF215255
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 the pool's
share of defeasance 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, loan concentration, an increase
in realized and 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.
Moody's analysis incorporated a loss and recovery approach in rating the
P&I classes in this deal since 95% of the pool is in special
servicing and performing loans only represent 5% of the pool.
In this approach, Moody's determines a probability of default for
each specially serviced loan that it expects will generate a loss and
estimates a loss given default based on a review of broker's opinions
of value (if available), other information from the special servicer,
available market data and Moody's internal data. The loss
given default for each loan also takes into consideration repayment of
servicer advances to date, estimated future advances and closing
costs. Translating the probability of default and loss given default
into an expected loss estimate, Moody's then applies the aggregate
loss from specially serviced loans to the most junior class(es) and the
recovery as a pay down of principal to the most senior class(es).
DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED
Moody's review used the excel-based Large Loan Model. 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. These aggregated
proceeds are then further adjusted for any pooling benefits associated
with loan level diversity, other concentrations and correlations.
The deal has a Herf of 7 compared to 8 as at Moody's last review.
DEAL PERFORMANCE
As of the July 17, 2015 distribution date, the transaction's
aggregate certificate balance has decreased by 95% to $85
million from $1.64 billion at securitization. The
certificates are collateralized by 14 mortgage loans ranging in size from
less than 1% to 27% of the pooled loan balance (excluding
defeasance), with the top ten loans constituting 94% of the
pooled loan balance.
The transaction is now undercollateralized as the aggregate certificate
balance has become $20 million greater than the pooled loan balance.
This disparity of principal balances is due to the servicer recovering
Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts (WODRAs) from the transaction's
principal collections and the subordinate certificates are not written
down. Moody's is currently treating this certificate undercollateralization
as a delayed loss of principal to the trust (100% expected loss).
One loan, constituting 1% of the pool, are on the master
servicer's watchlist. The watchlist includes loans that meet
certain portfolio review guidelines established as part of the CRE Finance
Council (CREFC) monthly reporting package. As part of Moody's
ongoing monitoring of a transaction, the agency reviews the watchlist
to assess which loans have material issues that could affect performance.
Twenty-four loans have been liquidated from the pool, resulting
in an aggregate realized loss of $90 million (for an average loss
severity of 53%). Twelve loans, constituting 95%
of the pooled loan balance, are currently in special servicing.
The largest specially serviced loan is the Tower at Northwoods Loan (for
$17 million -- 26.5% of the pooled loan balance),
which is secured by a 184,616 square foot (SF) office property located
in Danvers, Massachusetts, 15 miles north of Boston.
The loan was transferred to the special servicer in February 2009 and
the lender took title via foreclosure in May 2013. The loan has
been deemed non-recoverable. Occupancy for this property
was 93% at year-end 2014, compared to 92% at
year-end 2013. A March 2015 appraisal valued the property
at $16.7 million.
The remaining 11 specially serviced loans are secured by a mix of property
types. Moody's estimates an aggregate $34 million loss for
the specially serviced loans (55% expected loss on average),
not including the expected $20 loss associated with the WODRAs.
Moody's received full year 2013 and full year 2014 operating results for
100% of the pool. Moody's weighted average pool LTV
is 76%, compared to 95% at Moody's last review.
Moody's pool statistics exclude loans with structured credit assessments,
defeased and CTL loans, and specially serviced and troubled loans.
Moody's net cash flow (NCF) reflects a weighted average haircut
of 10% to the most recently available net operating income (NOI).
Moody's value reflects a weighted average capitalization rate of
9%.
Moody's actual and stressed conduit DSCRs are 1.19X and 1.24X,
respectively, compared to 1.12X and 1.09X at the last
review. Moody's actual DSCR is based on Moody's NCF
and the loan's actual debt service. Moody's stressed
DSCR is based on Moody's NCF and a 9.25% stress rate
the agency applied to the loan balance.
The two performing loans represent 5% of the pool balance.
The larger one is the Groves at Wimauma Apartments Loan ($2.8
million -- 4% of the pool), which is secured
by a 108-unit multifamily apartment property located in Wimauma,
Florida. The property was 100% occupied as of December 2014.
Moody's LTV and stressed DSCR are 75% and 1.26X, respectively,
compared to 79% and 1.21X at the last review.
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.
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.
Kevin Li
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Sandra Ruffin
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's Affirms Six Classes of CSFB 2004-C3