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FREDDIE MAC OPTIGO®
Float-to-Fixed-rate Loan (Two-Plus-Seven)
MORE CASH UPFRONT, WHEN YOU NEED IT
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ELIGIBLE BORROWERS
Must be well-qualified.
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FLOATING-RATE PERIOD
- 2 years.
- Interest only (IO), no cap required, locked-out/no prepayments.
- No supplemental loans during floating-rate period.
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FIXED-RATE PERIOD
- 7 years.
- IO subject to 7-year fixed-rate IO credit parameters with defeasance.
- Amortizing loan with defeasance.
- Securitization-ready.
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UNDERWRITING
- Compliant with current credit parameters.
- Sized based on fixed-rate.
- Must pass Refinance Test using aggregated term (2 years floating plus 7 years fixed) with 2 years of IO.
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PRICING
- Terms (subject to revisions due to market fluctuations):
- Floating-rate: 30-day Average SOFR + 20 bps.
- Fixed-rate: 7-year UST + 7-year fixed pricing + 20 bps.
- Fixed-rate is locked when the floating-rate spread is locked; index locks also available during underwriting.
- No future rate adjustments.
- Terms (subject to revisions due to market fluctuations):
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PROCESS AND CONVERSION TO FIXED-RATE
- Conversion of floating-rate to fixed-rate is automatic.
- Permits additional loan proceeds via a supplemental mortgage (pari passu); any additional proceeds will be priced at then first-mortgage pricing.
- Freddie Mac must receive request for additional proceeds no less than 150 days prior to conversion.
- For securitization purposes, updated third-party reports required prior to fixed-rate period conversion; third-party reports paid by Freddie Mac unless additional proceeds are requested.
- If original loan fails to meet Freddie Mac’s credit parameters at conversion, Freddie Mac retains the right to restructure the transaction via a split note at time of securitization.
- Supplemental loans are allowed beginning the second year of the fixed-rate period.