NEW YORK, July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC today assigned preliminary ratings to six classes of single-family rental pass-through certificates from Silver Bay Realty 2014-1 (SBY 2014-1), a single-family rental securitization. The preliminary ratings are based on information known to Morningstar as of July 22, 2014.



    PRELIMINARY RATINGS (AS OF JULY 22, 2014)
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    Class                                               Balance         Preliminary
                                                                             Ratings
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    Class A                                   $147,746,000        AAA

    Class B                                    $37,681,000        AA+

    Class C                                    $32,978,000        A+

    Class D                                    $30,423,000       BBB+

    Class E                                    $17,148,000       BBB

    Class F                                    $46,691,000       BBB
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The collateral backing the SBY 2014-1 transaction consists of 3,089 single-family properties with a total value of $481,026,324. Silver Bay has acquired all of the properties, which are rented as of the collateral cut-off date of June 30, 2014, with an average monthly rental payment of approximately $1,139. Properties in Arizona and Georgia constitute the majority of the pool, representing approximately 34.7 percent and 22.8 percent of the assets, respectively. Silver Bay 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 on 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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