MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 15, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB27 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust. The company expects to guarantee approximately $221.7 million in Multifamily SB Certificates (SB27 Certificates), which are anticipated to settle on or about February 27, 2017. Freddie Mac Small Balance Loans generally range from $1 million to $6 million and are backed by properties with five or more units. This is the second SB Certificate transaction in 2017.
SB27 Pricing
| Class | Principal/Notional Amount (mm) | Weighted Average Life (Years) |
Spread (bps) |
Coupon | Yield | Dollar Price |
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| A-5F | $16.608 | 4.09 | S + 30 | 2.4100% | 2.2578% | $100.4723 | ||||||
| A-5H | $111.968 | 4.18 | S + 48 | 2.6000% | 2.4492% | $100.4719 | ||||||
| A-7F | $4.500 | 5.69 | S + 53 | 2.7900% | 2.6752% | $100.4911 | ||||||
| A-7H | $22.572 | 5.58 | S + 70 | 2.9500% | 2.8344% | $100.4792 | ||||||
| A-10F | $59.892 | 7.34 | S + 72 | 3.0900% | 3.0013% | $100.4874 | ||||||
| A-10H | $6.154 | 7.08 | S + 98 | 3.3300% | 3.2416% | $100.4585 | ||||||
| X1 | $246.327 | 5.05 | Non-Offered | |||||||||
Details
- Sole lead manager and bookrunner: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
- Co-managers: Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC, Drexel Hamilton, LLC, FTN Financial Capital Markets, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
- 93 mortgages originated by Arbor Agency Lending, LLC
- SB27 Certificates Offering Circular pdf
- Small Balance Securitization Investor Presentation pdf
Freddie Mac is guaranteeing six senior principal and interest classes and an interest only class of securities issued by the FRESB 2016-SB27 Mortgage Trust and is also acting as mortgage loan seller and master servicer to the trust. In addition to the seven classes of securities guaranteed by Freddie Mac, the trust will issue certificates consisting of the Class B and R Certificates, which will not be guaranteed by Freddie Mac and will be sold to private investors.
The Small Balance Loan (SBL) origination initiative was first announced in October 2014, and expands the company's continuing effort to better serve less populated markets and provide additional liquidity to smaller apartment properties. Freddie Mac has a specialty network of Seller/Servicers and SBL lenders with extensive experience in this market who source loans across the country.
This announcement is not an offer to sell any securities of Freddie Mac or any other issuer. 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, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 18, 2016; 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, 2015, 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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