Press Release

Morningstar DBRS Confirms Credit Ratings on Bayview Opportunity Master Fund VII 2023-CPACE1, LLC

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
November 07, 2024

DBRS, Inc. (Morningstar DBRS) confirmed its credit ratings on two classes of securities included in Bayview Opportunity Master Fund VII 2023-CPACE1, LLC.

CREDIT RATING RATIONALE/DESCRIPTION
-- Transaction capital structure, current rating, and sufficient credit enhancement level.

-- Sufficient credit enhancement is in the form of an interest reserve account, excess spread, and the Class A is benefiting from subordination of Class B note.

-- The value of the commercial properties that secure the underlying assessments relative to the outstanding balance of the Assessments and the priority of the assessments being senior to a first-lien mortgage.

-- Collateral performance is within expectations with no delinquencies reported. Payments have been made according to their schedules.

-- The rating addresses the timely payment of interest and the ultimate payment of principal by the legal final maturity.

-- The transaction parties' capabilities with regards to origination, underwriting, and servicing.

-- The transaction assumptions consider Morningstar DBRS's baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereign economies, available in its commentary Baseline Macroeconomic Scenarios For Rated Sovereigns - September 2024 Update, published on September 25, 2024. These baseline macroeconomic scenarios replace Morningstar DBRS's moderate and adverse COVID-19 pandemic scenarios, which were first published in April 2020.

Morningstar DBRS' credit ratings on the applicable classes address the credit risk associated with the identified financial obligations in accordance with the relevant transaction documents. Where applicable, a description of these financial obligations can be found in the transactions' respective press releases at issuance.

Morningstar DBRS' long-term credit ratings provide opinions on risk of default. Morningstar DBRS considers risk of default to be the risk that an issuer will fail to satisfy the financial obligations in accordance with the terms under which a long-term obligation has been issued.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS

There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factor(s) that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

A description of how Morningstar DBRS considers ESG factors within the Morningstar DBRS analytical framework can be found in the Morningstar DBRS Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in Credit Ratings at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437781 (August 13, 2024).

Notes:

The principal methodology applicable to the credit ratings is Morningstar DBRS Master U.S. ABS Surveillance (August 6, 2024) https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437535.

Other methodologies referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release.

The credit ratings were initiated at the request of the rated entity.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the credit rating process for these credit rating actions.

Morningstar DBRS had access to the accounts, management and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with these credit rating actions.

These are solicited credit ratings.

Please see the related appendix for additional information regarding the sensitivity of assumptions used in the credit rating process.

DBRS, Inc.
140 Broadway, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10005 USA
Tel. +1 212 806-3277

The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: https://dbrs.morningstar.com/about/methodologies.

Operational Risk Assessment for U.S. ABS Originators and Servicers (August 06, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437545

Legal Criteria for U.S. Structured Finance (October 28, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/441840

Rating U.S. Structured Finance Transactions (October 28, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/441883

Rating U.S. Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Securitizations (August 06, 2024)
https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/437561

For more information on this credit or on this industry, visit dbrs.morningstar.com or contact us at info-DBRS@morningstar.com.

Ratings

Bayview Opportunity Master Fund VII 2023-C PACE1, LLC
  • Date Issued:Nov 7, 2024
  • Rating Action:Confirmed
  • Ratings:AAA (sf)
  • Trend:--
  • Rating Recovery:
  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Nov 7, 2024
  • Rating Action:Confirmed
  • Ratings:AA (sf)
  • Trend:--
  • Rating Recovery:
  • Issued:US
  • US = Lead Analyst based in USA
  • CA = Lead Analyst based in Canada
  • EU = Lead Analyst based in EU
  • UK = Lead Analyst based in UK
  • E = EU endorsed
  • U = UK endorsed
  • Unsolicited Participating With Access
  • Unsolicited Participating Without Access
  • Unsolicited Non-participating

ALL MORNINGSTAR DBRS RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO DISCLAIMERS AND CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. PLEASE READ THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING MORNINGSTAR DBRS RATINGS, INCLUDING DEFINITIONS, POLICIES, RATING SCALES AND METHODOLOGIES.