Press Release|RMBS

KBRA Assigns Ratings to RCKT Mortgage Trust 2025-CES1 (RCKT 2025-CES1)

23 Jan 2025   |   New York

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KBRA assigns ratings to 19 classes of mortgage-backed notes from RCKT Mortgage Trust 2025-CES1 (RCKT 2025-CES1), a $535.8 million RMBS transaction, as of the cut-off date, sponsored by Woodward Capital Management LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of Rocket Mortgage, LLC, and EFMT Sponsor, LLC, and consists entirely of newly originated closed-end second lien mortgages (CES; 100.0%). The underlying pool is seasoned less than one months in average and comprises of 6,069 loans originated solely by Rocket Mortgage, LLC (Rocket). The collateral is characterized entirely by fully amortizing, fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) with 10-year (4.9%) and 20-year (95.1%) terms.

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Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

A description of all substantially material sources that were used to prepare the credit rating and information on the methodology(ies) (inclusive of any material models and sensitivity analyses of the relevant key rating assumptions, as applicable) used in determining the credit rating is available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) located here.

Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

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