Fannie Mae Executes Two Credit Insurance Risk Transfer Transactions on $31.8 Billion of Single-Family Loans

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On March 27, 2023, Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) announced the execution of two Credit Insurance Risk Transfer™ (CIRT™) transactions, transferring $926 million of mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers. The CIRT 2023-2 and CIRT 2023-3 involve approximately 44,000 and 54,000 single-family mortgage loans, respectively, with unpaid principal balances of $13.8 billion and $18 billion. This reduces taxpayer risk and emphasizes private capital's role in the mortgage market. Since inception, Fannie Mae has acquired $23.5 billion in insurance coverage on $793 billion of loans through the CIRT program.

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• Successful transfer of $926 million mortgage credit risk, enhancing private capital's role.
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WASHINGTON, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) announced today that it has executed two Credit Insurance Risk Transfer™ (CIRT™) transactions. As part of Fannie Mae's ongoing effort to reduce taxpayer risk by increasing the role of private capital in the mortgage market, CIRT 2023-2 and CIRT 2023-3 transferred a combined $926 million of mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers. Since inception to date, Fannie Mae has acquired approximately $23.5 billion of insurance coverage on $793 billion of single-family loans through the CIRT program, measured at the time of issuance for both post-acquisition (bulk) and front-end transactions.

"We appreciate our continued partnership with the 20 insurers and reinsurers that have committed to write coverage for these deals," said Rob Schaefer, Fannie Mae Vice President, Capital Markets.

The covered loan pool for CIRT 2023-2 consists of approximately 44,000 single-family mortgage loans with an outstanding unpaid principal balance of approximately $13.8 billion. The covered pool includes collateral with loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of 60.01 percent to 80.00 percent acquired between February 2022 and March 2022. The loans included in this transaction are fixed-rate, generally 30-year term, fully amortizing mortgages and were underwritten using rigorous credit standards and enhanced risk controls.

The covered loan pool for CIRT 2023-3 consists of approximately 54,000 single-family mortgage loans with an outstanding unpaid principal balance of approximately $18 billion. The covered pool includes collateral with loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of 80.01 percent to 97.00 percent acquired between January 2022 and March 2022. The loans included in this transaction are fixed-rate, generally 30-year term, fully amortizing mortgages and were underwritten using rigorous credit standards and enhanced risk controls.

With CIRT 2023-2, which became effective February 1, 2023, Fannie Mae will retain risk for the first 95 basis points of loss on the $13.8 billion covered loan pool. If the $131 million retention layer is exhausted, 19 reinsurers will cover the next 365 basis points of loss on the pool, up to a maximum coverage of $503.5 million.

With CIRT 2023-3, which also became effective February 1, 2023, Fannie Mae will retain risk for the first 100 basis points of loss on the $18 billion covered loan pool. If the $179.8 million retention layer is exhausted, 18 reinsurers will cover the next 235 basis points of loss on the pool, up to a maximum coverage of $422.5 million.

Coverage for these deals is provided based upon actual losses for a term of 12.5 years. Depending on the paydown of the insured pools and the principal amount of insured loans that become seriously delinquent, the aggregate coverage amounts may be reduced at the one-year anniversary and each month thereafter. The coverage on these deals may be canceled by Fannie Mae at any time on or after the five-year anniversary of the effective date by paying a cancellation fee.

As of December 31, 2022, approximately $1.1 trillion in outstanding UPB of loans in our single-family conventional guaranty book of business were included in a reference pool for a credit risk transfer transaction.

To promote transparency and to help insurers and reinsurers evaluate the CIRT program, Fannie Mae provides ongoing, robust disclosure data, as well as access to news, resources, and analytics through its credit risk transfer webpages. This includes Fannie Mae's innovative Data Dynamics^® tool that enables market participants to interact with and analyze both CIRT deals that are currently outstanding in the market and Fannie Mae's historical loan dataset. For more information on individual CIRT transactions, including pricing, please visit our Credit Insurance Risk Transfer webpage.

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FAQ

What are the CIRT transactions executed by Fannie Mae on March 27, 2023?

Fannie Mae executed two Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transactions, CIRT 2023-2 and CIRT 2023-3, transferring a total of $926 million in mortgage credit risk.

How much mortgage credit risk has Fannie Mae transferred through CIRT to date?

To date, Fannie Mae has transferred approximately $23.5 billion in mortgage credit risk through its CIRT program.

What is the outstanding unpaid principal balance of loans involved in CIRT 2023-2?

CIRT 2023-2 involves approximately 44,000 single-family mortgage loans with an outstanding unpaid principal balance of about $13.8 billion.

What is the retention layer for CIRT 2023-2?

Fannie Mae retains risk for the first 95 basis points of loss on the $13.8 billion covered loan pool in CIRT 2023-2.

When did the CIRT 2023-2 and CIRT 2023-3 transactions become effective?

Both CIRT 2023-2 and CIRT 2023-3 became effective on February 1, 2023.