Fannie Mae Issues $14.4 Billion of Multifamily MBS in the Fourth Quarter of 2016

Pete Bakel

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WASHINGTON, DC – Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) announced today that the company issued $14.4 billion¹ of multifamily MBS in the fourth quarter of 2016, primarily through its Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS^®) program. Fannie Mae also resecuritized $2.9 billion of DUS MBS through its Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS^™) program.

“We led the market in 2016 by issuing a record $54.9 billion of multifamily MBS, finishing the year strong with $14.4 billion in new issue securities in the fourth quarter,” said Josh Seiff, Vice President of Multifamily Capital Markets & Trading, Fannie Mae. “This is the highest volume in the history of the DUS program and is a testament to Fannie Mae’s risk-sharing model, which has provided pricing transparency and risk alignment to borrowers, lenders, and investors for the last 28 years. We look forward to continuing to provide liquidity to the multifamily market in 2017.”

The company’s DUS MBS securities provide market participants with highly predictable cash flows and call protection in defined maturities ranging from 5 to 30 years. Fannie Mae’s GeMS program consists of structured multifamily securities created from collateral specifically selected by Fannie Mae Capital Markets. Features of Fannie Mae GeMS include consistent monthly issuance, block size transactions, collateral diversity, and pricing close to par. 
Highlights of Fannie Mae’s multifamily activity in the fourth quarter of 2016 include the following:

1. MULTIFAMILY MBS BACKED BY NEW MULTIFAMILY ACQUISITIONS
   New multifamily MBS business volumes in the fourth quarter of 2016 totaled $14.4 billion. 
2. FANNIE MAE GeMS ISSUANCE/STRUCTURED SECURITIES
   Issuance of Fannie Mae’s structured multifamily securities created from collateral selected by Fannie Mae Capital Markets totaled $2.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016. This issuance volume included three Fannie Mae GeMS REMIC transactions. In addition, Fannie Mae issued $1.1 billion in Non-GeMS Megas backed by DUS MBS collateral from the broker-dealer community in the fourth quarter of 2016, adding to the liquidity of Fannie Mae DUS MBS.
3. FANNIE MAE SALES
   Fannie Mae Capital Markets sold $3.8 billion of Fannie Mae multifamily mortgage securities from its portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2016.²

For additional information about Fannie Mae’s multifamily MBS products and issuance please refer to the Multifamily MBS webpage and the MBSenger^® Publication “Over Twenty-Five Years of Multifamily Mortgage Financing Through Fannie Mae’s DUS Program” on fanniemae.com.

 Fannie Mae GeMS Issuance in the Fourth Quarter of 2016

FNA 2016-M13, Priced on December 7, 2016

 Lead Manager: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Co-Managers:   J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Loop Capital Markets

FNA 2016-M12, Priced on November 3, 2016

Lead Manager: BofA Merrill Lynch
Co-Managers:  Goldman, Sachs & Co., Jefferies LLC, and Mischler Financial Group 

 
FNA 2016-M11, Priced on October 4, 2016

Lead Manager: Credit Suisse
Co-Managers:   Amherst Pierpont Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, and Ramirez & Co.   

¹Reflects unpaid principal balance of multifamily Fannie Mae MBS issued during the period. The number excludes Fannie Mae portfolio resecuritization transactions and conversions of adjustable-rate loans to fixed-rate loans and DMBS securities to MBS securities. 

² Includes Fannie Mae GeMS sold and excludes sales of CMBS, MRB, ASAP purchases, and DMBS.

This release contains forward-looking statements. Actual outcomes may differ materially from what is indicated by these statements as a result of many factors, including market demand, macroeconomic and housing market conditions, interest rates, GSE reform, and other factors described under “Risk Factors” in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  In addition, not all securities will have the characteristics discussed in this release. Before investing in any Fannie Mae issued security, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement pursuant to which such security is offered. You should also read our most current Annual Report on Form 10-K and our reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed with the SEC available on the Investor Relations page of our Web site at www.fanniemae.com and on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov.

References in this release to dollar amounts and securities issued and/or outstanding refer to unpaid principal balances and do not reflect market valuation or other accounting adjustments.

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