Freddie Mac Sells $1 Billion of Seriously Delinquent Loans

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/05/16 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it sold via auction 5,364 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) from its mortgage-related investments portfolio. The loans are currently serviced by either Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or Ditech Financial, LLC. The transaction is expected to settle in December 2016, and servicing will be transferred post-settlement. The sale is part of Freddie Mac's Standard Pool Offerings (SPO®). Freddie Mac, through its advisors, began marketing the transaction on September 8, 2016, to potential bidders, including minority and women-owned businesses (MWOBs), non-profits, neighborhood advocacy funds and private investors active in the NPL market.

The loans were offered as four separate pools of geographically diverse mortgage loans. Investors had the flexibility to bid on each pool individually and/or a combination of pools. All four pools were sold at a weighted average price in the mid-70s as a percent of the total unpaid principal balance.

The loans have been delinquent for over two years, on average. Given the deep delinquency status of the loans, the borrowers have likely been evaluated previously for or are already in various stages of loss mitigation, including modification or other alternatives to foreclosure, or are in foreclosure. Mortgages that were previously modified and subsequently became delinquent comprise approximately 47.5 percent of the aggregate pool balance. The aggregate pool is geographically diverse and has a loan-to-value ratio of approximately 86 percent, based on Broker Price Opinion (BPO).

The pools and winning bidders are summarized below:

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     Description        Pool #1       Pool #2       Pool #3       Pool #4
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Unpaid Principal         $292.7        $220.0        $227.2        $222.8
Balance                 million       million       million       million
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Loan Count                1813          1283          1113          1155
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CLTV Range                                        Greater than
                                                  or equal to
                                                  90 and less   Greater than
                      Less than 90  Less than 90    than 110    or equal 110
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BPO CLTV                   71            70            99           136
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Average Months
Delinquent                 29            21            28            29
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Average Loan Balance
($000)                   161.5         171.5         204.2         192.9
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Geographical
Distribution            National      National      National      National
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Winning Bidder          Pretium       Pretium        Upland    Rushmore Loan
                        Mortgage      Mortgage      Mortgage     Management
                         Credit        Credit     Acquisition   Services LLC
                       Partners I    Partners I   Company II,
                          Loan          Loan          LLC
                      Acquisition,  Acquisition,
                           LP            LP
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Cover Bid Price         Mid-$80s      Mid-$80s     Around $70     Mid-$40s
(second-highest bid
price)
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Advisors to Freddie Mac on the transaction were Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and First Financial Network, Inc., a woman-owned business.

Through the first half of 2016, Freddie Mac sold $5.3 billion in NPLs as part of its strategy to reduce the less liquid assets in its mortgage-related investments portfolio. Requirements guiding the servicing of these transactions are focused on improving borrower outcomes and stabilizing communities. In April 2016, Freddie Mac's regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, announced enhanced requirements for NPL sales. Additional information about the company's NPL sales is at http://www.freddiemac.com/npl/.

Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Today Freddie Mac is making home possible for one in four home borrowers and is the largest source of financing for multifamily housing. Additional information is available at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac and Freddie Mac's blog at FreddieMac.com/blog.

Source: Freddie Mac

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