New York, July 22, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has assigned provisional ratings to four classes of single-family rental (SFR) securities issued by Pagaya AI Technology in Housing Trust 2022-1, and sponsored by Pagaya Smartresi F1 Fund, LP, whose general partner is an indirect subsidiary of Pagaya Technologies Ltd. This will be the sponsor's first rated SFR issuance.
The securities are backed by one loan secured by mortgages on a pool of 846 single-family rental properties, managed by RENU Property Mgt LLC (80.9% by count), RW OPCO, LLC (18.7% by count) and Progress Residential Management Services, LLC (0.5% by count).
The complete rating actions are as follows:
Issuer: Pagaya AI Technology in Housing Trust 2022-1
Cl. A, Assigned (P)Aaa (sf)
Cl. B, Assigned (P)Aa3 (sf)
Cl. C, Assigned (P)A3 (sf)
Cl. D, Assigned (P)Baa3 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings are based on the recovery value and sustainable net cash flow of the collateral, the insurance coverage, the property management and servicing arrangement, the third-party review, and the transaction's structural and legal framework.
The transaction's Aaa advance rate (the ratio of senior certificate to the Moody's Value) is 39.19%. Moody's uses the advance rate to determine whether the asset value is sufficient to support a targeted rating level given the size of the transaction's liabilities. As a percentage of the BPO value, the advance rate is 33.25%.
PRINCIPAL METHODOLOGY
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Single-Family Rental Securitizations Methodology" published in July 2020 and available at https://ratings.moodys.com/api/rmc-documents/67827. Alternatively, please see the Rating Methodologies page on https://ratings.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.
Factors that would lead to an upgrade or downgrade of the ratings:
Up
Levels of credit protection that are higher than necessary to protect investors against current expectations of stress could drive the ratings up. Transaction performance depends greatly on the US macro economy and housing market. Property markets could improve from our original expectations resulting in appreciation in the value of the mortgaged property and faster property sales.
Down
Levels of credit protection that are insufficient to protect investors against current expectations of stresses could drive the ratings down. Transaction performance depends greatly on the US macro economy and housing market. Property markets could deteriorate from our original expectations resulting in depreciation in the value of the mortgaged property and slower property sales.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
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The analysis relies on an assessment of collateral characteristics to determine the collateral loss distribution, that is, the function that correlates to an assumption about the likelihood of occurrence to each level of possible losses in the collateral. As a second step, Moody's evaluates each possible collateral loss scenario using a model that replicates the relevant structural features to derive payments and therefore the ultimate potential losses for each rated instrument. The loss a rated instrument incurs in each collateral loss scenario, weighted by assumptions about the likelihood of events in that scenario occurring, results in the expected loss of the rated instrument.
Moody's quantitative analysis entails an evaluation of scenarios that stress factors contributing to sensitivity of ratings and take into account the likelihood of severe collateral losses or impaired cash flows. Moody's weights the impact on the rated instruments based on its assumptions of the likelihood of the events in such scenarios occurring.
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