MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 14, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today priced a $752.5 million Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) debt notes offering, the first high LTV deal of the year. Through STACR, its flagship credit risk transfer offering, Freddie Mac transfers a significant portion of its mortgage credit risk on certain groups of loans to private investors.
Pricing for STACR Series 2017-HQA1:
- M-1 class was one-month LIBOR plus a spread of 120 basis points.
- M-2 class was one month LIBOR plus a spread of 355 basis points.
- B-1 class was one month LIBOR plus a spread of 500 basis points.
- B-2 class was one month LIBOR plus a spread of 1275 basis points.
STACR 2017-HQA1 has a reference pool of single-family mortgages with an unpaid principal balance (UPB) of approximately $29.7 billion, consisting of a subset of fixed-rate, single-family mortgages with an original term of 241 to 360 months acquired by Freddie Mac between April 1, 2016, and July 31, 2016 and with LTVs ranging from 80 to 97 percent. Freddie Mac holds the senior loss risk in the capital structure and a portion of the risk in the Class M-1, M-2 and B-1 tranches, and also a significant portion of the first loss in the B-2 tranche.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are co-lead managers and joint bookrunners.
Freddie Mac has led the market in introducing new credit risk-sharing offerings with STACR, Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS®) and Whole Loan Securities (WLS(SM)). The company has since grown its investor base to more than 200 unique investors, including insurers and reinsurers. Since 2013, the company has transferred a significant portion of credit risk on approximately $665 billion of UPB on single-family mortgages. Freddie Mac has a STACR issuance calendar pdf to help investors plan their allocations.
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, 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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