/EINPresswire.com/ -- MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 12/08/15 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it sold via auction 5,311 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) serviced by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from its mortgage investment portfolio on December 4, 2015. The transaction is expected to settle in February 2015, and servicing will be transferred post-settlement. The sale is part of Freddie Mac's Standard Pool Offerings (SPO(SM)).

These loans have been delinquent for approximately three 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 32% of the aggregate pool balance. The aggregate pool is geographically diverse and has a loan-to-value ratio of approximately 91 percent, based on BPO (Broker Price Opinion).

The loans were offered as five separate pools of mortgage loans, and investors had the flexibility to bid on one or multiple pools, or bid on the aggregate of the pools. The pools, winning bidders and cover bid prices (second highest bids) are summarized below:

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 Description     Pool #1      Pool #2     Pool #3     Pool #4      Pool #5
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Unpaid           $330.5       $211.3       $184.1      $214.2      $116.0
Principal        million      million     million     million      million
Balance
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Loan Count        1,777         954         942         993          645
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CLTV Range    Less than or Greater than  Above 110      All          All
               equal to 90  90 and less
                              than or
                           equal to 110
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BPO CLTV           72           99          134          91          105
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Average            32           33           32          40          29
Months
Delinquent
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Average Loan      186.0        221.5       195.5       215.7        179.9
Balance
($000)
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Geographical    National     National     National    National    National
Distribution
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Winning          Pretium      Pretium     Rushmore      21st       Pretium
Bidder          Mortgage     Mortgage       Loan      Mortgage    Mortgage
                 Credit       Credit     Management Corporation    Credit
               Partners I   Partners I   Services,               Partners I
                  Loan         Loan         LLC                     Loan
              Acquisition, Acquisition,                         Acquisition,
                   LP           LP                                   LP
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Cover Bid       High $80s    High $60s    Low $50s    Low $60s    Low $60s
Price
(second-
highest bid
price)
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Freddie Mac, through its advisors, began marketing the transaction on November 9, 2015, to potential bidders, including minority and women-owned businesses (MWOBs), non-profits, neighborhood advocacy funds and private investors active in the NPL market.

Freddie Mac's regulator and conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), announced enhanced requirements for NPL sales, which include:

• Servicer must be approved by and in good standing with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, or FHA.
  
  
• All servicers must agree to service in accordance with applicable law.
  
  
• Servicers must prioritize loan modifications over short sales or deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and foreclosure must be the last option; and for loans that transition to REO (Real Estate Owned), servicers must encourage sales to owner occupants and non-profits.
  
  
• Servicers must comply with the requirements of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Making Home Affordable programs, including the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), and evaluate eligible borrowers for such programs.
  
  
• Servicers must evaluate all borrowers who are determined ineligible for HAMP (other than those with an imminent foreclosure sale date or vacant property) for a proprietary modification.
  
  
• Servicers must honor completed modifications, and those in trial or applications in process at the time of sale, and continue to close in-process modifications unless they are able to offer terms more favorable to borrowers.
  
  
• Subsequent servicers must agree to assume the responsibilities of the initial servicer.
  
  

Advisors to Freddie Mac on the transaction were Wells Fargo Securities, JPMorgan Securities and First Financial Network, a woman-owned business.

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 one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Additional information is available at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac and Freddie Mac's blog at FreddieMac.com/blog.

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