KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Galton Funding Mortgage Trust 2019-2 (GFMT 2019-2)

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to 50 classes of mortgage pass-through certificates from Galton Funding Mortgage Trust 2019-2 (GFMT 2019-2).

Galton Funding Mortgage Trust 2019-2 is issued by the Sponsor (Galton Mortgage Acquisition Platform IV Sponsor LLC) that contains both qualified mortgages (QM) and Non-qualified (Non-QM) mortgages as well as loans secured by investor properties. The collateral pool also contains a significant concentration of collateral that KBRA considers to be “expanded prime” as such loans (i) are not applicable for or do not meet the definition of QM and/or (ii) possess one or more collateral attributes that represent an expansion of the credit parameters used to originate ‘super-prime’ loans. The expanded credit factors can include loans with credit scores as low as 660, DTI ratios as high as 50 or more, LTVs above 80-85%, and non-traditional income qualification such as asset depletion. Furthermore, this transaction also contains a smaller subset of loans which KBRA generally considers to be non-prime due to certain loan or borrower characteristics which include borrowers with blemished credit history and the use of bank statements to document income.

The GFMT 2019-2 mortgage pool comprises 360 first-lien mortgage loans with an aggregate principal balance of $289,483,839, as of the cut-off date. The underlying collateral consists of fixed rate mortgages (67.6%) and adjustable rate mortgages (32.4%). Most of the fixed-rate mortgages are fully amortizing throughout the life of the loan (44.7%), while the collateral contains loans that possess a 10-year interest-only term (29.4%), with the majority containing a 30-year amortization upon recast. Additionally, 28.2% of the pool was originated as investment properties and a small percentage of loans were underwritten using non-traditional documentation, such as asset qualification (1.5%), or alternative documentation such as the use of 24 months of bank statements (2.2%).

KBRA’s rating approach incorporated loan-level analysis of the mortgage pool through its Residential Mortgage Default and Loss Model, an examination of the results from third-party loan file due diligence, cash flow modeling analysis of the transaction’s payment structure, reviews of key transaction parties and an assessment of the transaction’s legal structure and documentation. This analysis is further described in our U.S. RMBS Rating Methodology.

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Gary Narvaez, Senior Director

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Hannah Brennan, Analyst

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Jack Kahan, Senior Managing Director

(646) 731-2486

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