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Credit Risk Transfer Progress Report

Credit Risk Transfer Progress Report 2Q2018

Published: 11/1/2018

From the beginning of the Enterprises' Single-Family CRT programs in 2013 through the end of June 2018, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have transferred a portion of credit risk on $2.5 trillion of unpaid principal balance (UPB), with a combined Risk in Force (RIF) of about $81 billion, or 3.2 percent of UPB.  An additional $1.1 trilllion of UPB and $278 billion of RIF has been transferred to primary mortgage insurers from 2013 through the end of June 2018.  Through CRT and mortgage insurance, the majority of the underlying mortgage credit risk on mortgages targeted for CRT has been transferred to private investors.

In the first half of 2018, the Enterprises transferred risk on $367 billion of UPB with a total RIF of $12 billion.  Debt issuances accounted for 61 percent of RIF, reinsurance transactions accounted for 30 percent of RIF, lender risk sharing accounted for 6 percent of RIF, and senior/subordinate transactions accounted for 3 percent of RIF.

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