Point and Redwood Trust Issue $139 Million Home Equity Investment Rated Securitization
Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Point , the leading home equity investment platform making homeownership more valuable and accessible, and Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE: RWT , “Redwood”), a leader in expanding access to housing for homebuyers and renters, announced today they have completed the first rated securitization of Point’s Home Equity Investment (“HEI”) assets, issuing approximately $139 million of rated asset-backed securities (the “Transaction”).
- Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Point , the leading home equity investment platform making homeownership more valuable and accessible, and Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE: RWT , “Redwood”), a leader in expanding access to housing for homebuyers and renters, announced today they have completed the first rated securitization of Point’s Home Equity Investment (“HEI”) assets, issuing approximately $139 million of rated asset-backed securities (the “Transaction”).
- The Transaction represents the second HEI-backed securitization that Point and Redwood have completed together, having issued the first-ever securitization backed entirely by HEIs in 2021 .
- The issuer, Point Securitization Trust 2023-1, issued approximately $117 million of senior class A-1 securities and approximately $22 million of class A-2 securities, rated A (sf) and BBB (low) (sf), respectively, by DBRS Morningstar.
- Co-sponsoring the Transaction with a subsidiary of Redwood, Point was the originator of all of the HEIs in the securitization and will continue to service such assets.