Morningstar Credit Ratings Assigns Preliminary Ratings for Colony American Homes 2014-1 (CAH 2014-1)

NEW YORK, March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC today assigned preliminary ratings to four classes of single-family rental pass-through certificates from Colony American Homes 2014-1 (CAH 2014-1), a single-family rental securitization. CAH 2014-1 is the second issuance of rated bonds backed by the cash flows and value of single-family rental properties. The preliminary ratings are based on information known to Morningstar as of March 20, 2014.

The collateral backing the CAH 2014-1 transaction consists of 3,399 single-family properties with a total value of $733,675,853. Colony American Homes has acquired all of the properties, which are rented as of the collateral cut-off date of Feb. 1, 2014, with an average monthly rental payment of approximately $1,389. Properties in California and Florida constitute the majority of the pool, representing approximately 37.7 percent and 20.3 percent of the assets, respectively. Colony American Homes has acquired mortgages on the properties for the benefit of the securitization trust.

For complete details about the preliminary ratings of this transaction, the Morningstar Pre-Sale Report is available via the "RMBS" tab under the "Ratings Reports" section at https://ratingagency.morningstar.com.

Morningstar's analysis of the securitization included property-level analysis of the cash flows and underlying value using the Morningstar Single-Family Rental Subordination Model. Additionally, Morningstar has incorporated the reviews of key transaction participants, such as the property manager and servicer, as well as a review of the legal structure and documentation. After Morningstar publishes the preliminary ratings and pre-sale report, it will monitor and update its ratings as necessary.  

Morningstar's "Single-Family Rental Securitization Ratings Methodology" for new-issue and surveillance ratings of securities backed by pools of single-family rental properties and the "Guide to the Morningstar Single-Family Rental Quantitative Analysis and Subordination Model," which details Morningstar's quantitative model for assessing single-family rental securities, are both available via the "Analysis and Considerations" section at https://ratingagency.morningstar.com.

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