Fitch Upgrades 2 Classes of DLJ Series 1996-CF2.CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris. upgrades and removes from Rating Watch Positive one class of DLJ DLJ Distributor License for Java DLJ Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. DLJ Drive Like Jehu (band) DLJ Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (India) DLJ Dead Letter Journal Mortgage Acceptance Corp.'s (DLJ) commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 1996-CF2, as follows: -- $12.2 million class B-3 to 'AAA' from 'A'. Fitch upgrades the following class: -- $17.8 million class B-4 to 'BBB-' from 'BB-'. In addition, Fitch affirms the following class: -- Interest-only class S at 'AAA'. Classes A-1A through B-2 have paid in full. Fitch does not rate the $6.1 million class C certificates. The upgrades to classes B-3 and B-4 are due to the increase in credit enhancement Credit Enhancement A method whereby a company attempts to improve its debt or credit worthiness. Notes: Credit enhancements take many different forms. An example of a credit enhancement would be conversion rights added on to a debt instrument in order to lower the issuing resulting from loan payoffs and amortization. As of the May 2006 distribution date, the pool has paid down 92.9% to $36.1 million from $508.6 million at issuance. After missing its balloon payment The final installment of a loan to be paid in an amount that is disproportionately larger than the regular installment. When a loan is made, repayment of the principal, which is the amount of the loan, plus the interest that is owed on it, is divided into installments due at on May 1, 2006, the 2600 Wilshire Place loan, paid off in full on May 10, 2006. This loan was the largest loan in the deal, previously representing 24.5% of the pool balance, and the payoff proceeds will be passed through in June 2006. Six of the remaining loans (53.1%) mature between July and November 2006. These six loans are all amortizing balloon loans and can prepay without penalty. If these loans payoff in full on or before their respective maturity dates, and assuming the other loans remain stable, further upgrades to class B-4 are likely. In addition to the six loans maturing in 2006, there are seven loans (46.9%) remaining in the pool, which mature between May 2011 and August 2016. Of these seven, three loans (24%) are fully amortizing and have paid down a combined 42% since issuance. The other four loans (76%) are amortizing balloon loans. Each loan is out of its respective lockout lockout, intentional closing up of a company, factory, or shop by an employer to prevent employees from working during a strike or labor dispute. The term lockout period and can prepay, provided a flat percentage prepayment penalty Prepayment penalty A fee a borrower pays a lender when the borrower repays a loan before its scheduled time of maturity. or yield maintenance is paid. Fitch is concerned about the following two loans: the Days Inn at Discovery Park (9%) and the Arbor Apartments (6.6%). These loans mature in October 2011 and August 2006, respectively. Each has seen a drop in net operating income since issuance and updated financial and occupancy data has not been provided by the borrowers. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used. In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide. of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. |
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