Approximately $14.9 Million of Notional Structured Securities Affected
New York, December 18, 2014 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has downgraded the rating of one class
in DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1998-CF1 as follows:
Cl. S, Downgraded to Caa2 (sf); previously on Jan 24,
2014 Affirmed Caa1 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating on the IO Class (Class S) was downgraded due to the decline
in the credit performance of its reference classes resulting from principal
paydowns of higher quality reference classes.
Moody's rating action reflects a base expected loss of 1.9%
of the current balance compared to 5.6% at Moody's
prior review. Moody's base expected loss plus realized losses is
now 1.7% of the original pooled balance compared to 1.9%
at the prior 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 rating of an IO class is based on the credit performance of its referenced
classes. An IO class may be upgraded based on a lower weighted
average rating factor or WARF due to an overall improvement in the credit
quality of its reference classes. An IO class may be downgraded
based on a higher WARF due to a decline in the credit quality of its reference
classes, paydowns of higher quality reference classes or non-payment
of interest. Classes that have paid off through loan paydowns or
amortization are not included in the WARF calculation. Classes
that have experienced losses are grossed up for losses and included in
the WARF calculation, even if Moody's has withdrawn the rating.
METHODOLOGY UNDERLYING THE RATING ACTION
The methodologies used in this rating were "Approach to Rating US and
Canadian Conduit/Fusion CMBS" published in December 2014, and "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 these methodologies.
DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED
Moody's review used the excel-based CMBS Conduit Model v3.0,
which it uses for both conduit and fusion transactions. Credit
enhancement levels for conduit loans are driven by property type,
Moody's actual and stressed DSCR, and Moody's property
quality grade (which reflects the capitalization rate Moody's uses
to estimate Moody's value). Moody's fuses the conduit
results with the results of its analysis of investment grade structured
credit assessed loans and any conduit loan that represents 10%
or greater of the current pool balance.
Moody's uses a variation of Herf to measure the diversity of loan
sizes, where a higher number represents greater diversity.
Loan concentration has an important bearing on potential rating volatility,
including the risk of multiple notch downgrades under adverse circumstances.
The credit neutral Herf score is 40. The pool has a Herf of 5,
the same as at Moody's last review.
When the Herf falls below 20, Moody's uses the excel-based
Large Loan Model v8.7 and then reconciles and weights the results
from the conduit and large loan models in formulating a rating recommendation.
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 December 15, 2014 distribution date, the transaction's
aggregate certificate balance has decreased by 98% to $14.9
million from $838.8 million at securitization. The
Certificates are collateralized by nine mortgage loans ranging in size
from 3% to 24% of the pool. Two loans, representing
23% of the pool, have defeased and are secured by US Government
securities.
One loan, representing 3% of the pool, is on the master
servicer's watchlist. The watchlist includes loans which meet certain
portfolio review guidelines established as part of the CRE Finance Council
(CREFC) monthly reporting package. As part of our ongoing monitoring
of a transaction, Moody's reviews the watchlist to assess which
loans have material issues that could impact performance.
Eleven loans have been liquidated from the pool, resulting in an
aggregate realized loss of $13.6 million (23% loss
severity on average). Currently, there are no loans are in
special servicing.
Moody's received full year 2013 operating results for 86% of the
pool and full or partial year 2014 operating results for 43% of
the pool. Moody's weighted average conduit LTV is 79% compared
to 88% at Moody's last review. Moody's conduit
component excludes 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 11%
to the most recently available net operating income (NOI). Moody's
value reflects a weighted average capitalization rate of 10.6%.
Moody's actual and stressed conduit DSCRs are 1.06X and 1.87X,
respectively, compared to 1.02X and 1.49X at the last
review. Moody's actual DSCR is based on Moody's net cash flow (NCF)
and the loan's actual debt service. Moody's stressed DSCR is based
on Moody's NCF and a 9.25% stressed rate applied to the
loan balance.
The top three performing conduit loans represent 56% of the pool
balance. The largest loan is the Randall's Store Loan ($3.6
million -- 24% of the pool), which is secured by a 59,000
square-foot Randall's grocery store in Sugar Land,
Texas, 24 miles south of Houston. The property is fully leased
to Randall's through November 2022, which extends five years
beyond the loan maturity date in December 2017. Moody's LTV and
stressed DSCR are 84% and 1.42X, respectively,
compared to 86% and 1.39X at the last review.
The second largest loan is the Walgreens -- Seattle Loan
($2.4 million -- 16% of the pool), which
is secured by a Walgreens located 11 miles southeast of Seattle's
Central Business District. The property is fully leased to Walgreens
through October 2056, but the tenant has an option to terminate
the lease in October 2016, one year before the loan matures.
Moody's performed a lit-dark analysis on this loan to account
for the risk of the tenant vacating the space. Moody's LTV and
stressed DSCR are 91% and 1.31X, respectively.
The third largest loan is the Walgreens -- Gresham Loan
($2.4 million -- 16% of the pool), which
is secured by a Walgreens in Gresham, Oregon, approximately
17 miles east of Portland, Oregon. The property is fully
leased to Walgreens through July 2056. Moody's LTV and stressed
DSCR are 91% and 1.31X, respectively.
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.
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for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Stephanie Sun
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Keith Banhazl
Senior Vice President
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's Downgrades One Interest-Only Class of DLJCM 1998-CF1