NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC today assigned preliminary ratings to five classes of single-family rental pass-through certificates from Invitation Homes 2014-SFR3 (IH 2014-SFR3), a single-family rental securitization. The preliminary ratings are based on information known to Morningstar as of Oct. 24, 2014.



    PRELIMINARY RATINGS (AS OF OCT. 24, 2014)
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    Class                                     Balance              Preliminary Ratings
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    Class A                                           $328,912,000                     AAA

    Class B                                            $88,365,000                      AA

    Class C                                            $81,000,000                      A

    Class D                                            $63,819,000                     BBB+

    Class E                                           $102,600,000                     BBB-
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The collateral backing the IH 2014-SFR3 transaction consists of approximately 4,048 single-family properties with a total value of $981,826,183. Invitation Homes has acquired all of the properties, which are 95.7 percent rented as of the collateral cutoff date of Sept. 10, 2014, with an average monthly rental payment of approximately $1,573. Properties in California and Florida constitute the majority of the pool, representing approximately 37.1 percent and 32.1 percent of the assets, respectively. Invitation Homes has acquired mortgages on the properties for the benefit of the securitization trust.

For complete details about the preliminary ratings of this transaction, Morningstar's Presale Analysis Package, including the Presale Report and the Representations, Warranties, and Enforcement Mechanisms, is available under the RMBS tab in the Ratings Reports section at https://ratingagency.morningstar.com. Information subsequently received could result in the assignment of final ratings that differ from the preliminary ratings.

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 in the Analysis and Considerations section at https://ratingagency.morningstar.com.

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