Freddie Mac Prices $574 Million K-Deal, K-W05, Sup

MCLEAN, Va., June 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates) backed by one group of floating rate mortgages and one group of fixed-rate mortgages on multifamily properties affordable to working households earning low- to moderate-incomes. The company expects to issue approximately $574 million in K Certificates (K-W05), which are expected to settle on or about June 15, 2018. K-W05 is the fifth K-Certificate issued under the K-W series.

The underlying mortgages backing K-W05 are on workforce properties, which generally have rents that are affordable to individuals earning 80 percent or less of their area median income, excluding high cost housing markets. K-W05 Certificates are guaranteed by Freddie Mac.

K-W05 Pricing

Details

• Co-Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
• Co-Managers: Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Drexel Hamilton, LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Related Links

• The K-W05 Offering Circular Supplement: http://www.freddiemac.com/mbs/data/kw05oc.pdf
• Freddie Mac Multifamily Investor Presentation
• Multifamily Securities Investor Access database of post-securitization data from Investor Reporting Packages
• Freddie Mac workforce housing loan initiative details

The K-W05 Certificates are backed by corresponding classes issued by the FREMF 2018-KW05 Mortgage Trust (K-W05 Trust) and guaranteed by Freddie Mac. The K-W05 Trust will also issue certificates consisting of the Class B-FL, C-FL, B-FX, C-FX and R Certificates, which will not be guaranteed by Freddie Mac and will not back any class of K-W05 Certificates. 

Freddie Mac Multifamily is a leading issuer of agency-guaranteed structured multifamily securities. K-Deals are part of the company’s business strategy to transfer a portion of the risk of losses away from taxpayers and to private investors who purchase the unguaranteed subordinate bonds. K Certificates typically feature a wide range of investor options with stable cash flows and structured credit enhancement.

This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 15, 2018; all other reports Freddie Mac filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) since December 31, 2017, excluding any information "furnished" to the SEC on Form 8-K; and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, excluding any information “furnished” to the SEC on Form 8-K.

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Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Since our creation by Congress in 1970, we’ve made housing more accessible and affordable for homebuyers and renters in communities nationwide. We are building a better housing finance system for homebuyers, renters, lenders, and taxpayers. Learn more at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac and Freddie Mac’s blog FreddieMac.com/blog .

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