Archwest Capital closes $300M rated RTL securitization

Archwest Capital announced on Wednesday that it has closed a $300 million rated securitization backed by residential transition loans (RTLs), marking its third rated transaction in less than a year as the private lender expands its capital markets program. The transaction, Archwest Mortgage Trust 2026-RTL2, brings the company’s total issuance through the program to $875 million. Archwest is backed by Bain Capital. Investor demand for the latest securitization exceeded the available supply, with more than $1 billion in investor interest and new institutional investors joining the company’s capital markets platform, Archwest said. “This is a defining milestone for Archwest and reflects how quickly we have built a durable, institutional-scale capital markets program,” Shawn Miller, Archwest’s founder and CEO, said in a statement. Archwest provides business-purpose financing secured by residential, multifamily and mixed-use properties. Its products include fix-and-flip, bridge, construction, rental and multifamily loans. The 2026-RTL2 transaction is initially backed by 218 residential transition loans with an aggregate principal balance of about $217.3 million, along with roughly $98.5...