Freddie Mac Reports Full-Year 2017 Comprehensive Income of $5.6 Billion and 

Fourth Quarter 2017 Comprehensive Loss of $3.3 Billion

Full-Year and Fourth Quarter Comprehensive Income, Excluding Significant Items1, 

Were $8.1 Billion and $2.1 Billion, Respectively

Write-down of Net Deferred Tax Asset Led to Fourth Quarter Net Loss and $0.3 Billion Draw Request to the U.S. Treasury 

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2017 Full-Year Financial Results

• Comprehensive income of $5.6 billion was affected by two significant items:

$4.5 billion, or $2.9 billion after-tax, benefit from a litigation settlement; and 

$5.4 billion write-down of the net deferred tax asset due to the impact of the recent tax reform legislation. 

• Comprehensive income, excluding the significant items1, was $8.1 billion, reflecting strong business fundamentals.

• Market-related gains of $1.2 billion after-tax primarily driven by gains from spread tightening and single-family legacy

asset dispositions.

2017 Fourth Quarter Financial Results

• Comprehensive loss of $3.3 billion, driven primarily by the $5.4 billion write-down of the net deferred tax asset.

• Excluding this write-down, comprehensive income1 was $2.1 billion, reflecting continued strong business

fundamentals.

• Market-related gains of $0.4 billion after-tax primarily driven by gains from spread tightening and single-family legacy

asset dispositions.

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2017 Business Highlights

Fundamentals Remained Strong; Continued Growth in Guarantee Businesses 

• Total guarantee portfolio grew 6 percent – highest growth rate in the past ten

years; exceeding $2 trillion for the first time.

• Total mortgage-related investments portfolio declined 15 percent to $253 billion

while the total investments portfolio declined 13 percent to $342 billion. 

“2017 was a landmark year in 

Freddie Mac’s transformation, 

reaching several very significant 

milestones. The guarantee book 

topped $2 trillion for the first time 

after growing 6 percent last year, 

the highest rate in a decade. Our 

work to innovate and reimagine the 

mortgage experience - and almost 

all business activities - has helped 

increase our competitiveness and 

made home possible for 2.3 million 

homebuying and renting families in 

2017. Notably, the number of firsttime homebuyers we funded hit a 

10-year high and we were once 

again the nation’s top multifamily 

financier. At the same time, we 

significantly lowered taxpayer 

exposure to our risks, having 

reduced impaired assets in the 

investment portfolio by nearly 30 

percent through cost-effective 

transactions, while integrating 

credit risk transfer extensively 

across both guarantee businesses. 

“We now have a fully competitive 

company that is executing on its 

mission, protecting taxpayers and 

helping to build a better housing 

finance system for the nation. We 

are all proud to be part of this 

better Freddie Mac.”

Donald H. Layton

Chief Executive Officer

Delivering on the Company's Mission 

• Provided approximately $429 billion in liquidity to the mortgage market – funded

nearly 1.5 million single-family homes and 820 thousand multifamily rental units; 

guaranteed nearly 11 million single-family homes and nearly 4 million multifamily 

rental units at year-end.

Returned $10.9 Billion to Taxpayers in 2017 

• Returned $112.4 billion to taxpayers to-date while drawing $71.3 billion through

year-end. 

• $0.3 billion will be drawn to cover fourth quarter net worth deficit; remaining

amount available under the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement will 

decline to $140.2 billion.

Single-family: Providing Liquidity to the Market while Transforming Housing 

Finance 

• Guarantee portfolio grew 4 percent during the year, reflecting increased

competitiveness and efforts to improve the mortgage experience for lenders the 

company serves. 

• Serious delinquency rate of 1.08 percent, up 8 basis points from prior year and 22

basis points from prior quarter, due to the impact of recent hurricane activity.

• Transferred a majority of credit risk2 on $280 billion in UPB of loans during 2017;

have now transferred a portion of credit risk on 35 percent of the total 

outstanding guarantee portfolio, up from 26 percent a year ago.

Multifamily: Leading the Industry 

• Guarantee portfolio grew 28 percent from prior year to $203 billion.

• Record purchase volume of $73 billion increased 29 percent from a year ago due

to continued strong market demand, expansion of new product offerings and

increased competitiveness.

• Delinquency rate continued to be near zero at 0.02 percent at year-end.

• Transferred a large majority of the credit risk2 on a record $65 billion in UPB of

loans in 2017 and on $249 billion in UPB of loans since 2009.

1 See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Highlights on page 4 and pages 15-16 for additional details and reconciliations to the comparable amounts under GAAP.

2

 As measured by modeled capital.
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McLean, VA — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today reported net income of $5.6 billion for the full-year 2017, 

compared to net income of $7.8 billion for the full-year 2016. The company also reported comprehensive income 

of $5.6 billion for the full-year 2017, compared to comprehensive income of $7.1 billion for the full-year 2016.

Summary Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

 Three Months Ended Full-Year

(Dollars in millions) 12/31/2017 9/30/2017 Change 2017 2016 Change

Net interest income $3,501 $3,489 $12 $14,164 $14,379 $(215)

Benefit (provision) for credit losses 262 (716) 978 84 803 (719)

Derivative gains (losses) 88 (678) 766 (1,988) (274) (1,714)

Other non-interest income (loss)1 1,227 6,152 (4,925) 8,857 774 8,083

Non-interest income (loss) 1,315 5,474 (4,159) 6,869 500 6,369

Administrative expense (558) (524) (34) (2,106) (2,005) (101)

Other non-interest expense (698) (533) (165) (2,177) (2,038) (139)

Non-interest expense (1,256) (1,057) (199) (4,283) (4,043) (240)

Income before income tax expense 3,822 7,190 (3,368) 16,834 11,639 5,195

Income tax expense (6,743) (2,519) (4,224) (11,209) (3,824) (7,385)

Net income (loss) $(2,921) $4,671 $(7,592) $5,625 $7,815 $(2,190)

Total other comprehensive income (loss) (391) (21) (370) (67) (697) 630

Comprehensive income (loss) $(3,312) $4,650 $(7,962) $5,558 $7,118 $(1,560)

 Memo Item

Guarantee fee income(1) $186 $169 $17 $662 $513 $149

(1) Guarantee fee income on a GAAP basis is primarily from the company’s multifamily business and is included in Other income (loss) on Freddie Mac’s consolidated statements of 

comprehensive income.

Financial Results Discussion

Full-Year 2017 Financial Results – Freddie Mac’s full-year 2017 net income of $5.6 billion and comprehensive 

income of $5.6 billion decreased $2.2 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, from the full-year 2016. The decrease in 

the company’s full-year 2017 results was primarily driven by two significant items: a $5.4 billion write-down of the 

company's net deferred tax asset during the fourth quarter, partially offset by the $4.5 billion, or $2.9 billion aftertax, litigation settlement received in the third quarter.

Freddie Mac's full-year 2017 comprehensive income, excluding significant items1, was $8.1 billion, an increase of 

approximately $1.0 billion from the full-year 2016, reflecting strong business fundamentals.

Market-related gains of $1.2 billion were primarily driven by a $0.9 billion gain from credit spread tightening and a 

$0.6 billion gain from single-family legacy asset dispositions, partially offset by a $0.3 billion loss from interest rate 

impacts, all after-tax.

Fourth Quarter 2017 Financial Results – The company’s fourth quarter 2017 net loss of $2.9 billion and 

comprehensive loss of $3.3 billion decreased $7.6 billion and $8.0 billion, respectively, from the third quarter of 

2017 primarily driven by the write-down of the company's net deferred tax asset in the fourth quarter and the 

litigation settlement received in the third quarter.

Freddie Mac's fourth quarter 2017 comprehensive income, excluding the write-down of the net deferred tax asset1, 

was $2.1 billion, an increase of approximately $0.3 billion from the $1.8 billion comprehensive income, excluding 

the litigation settlement1, in the third quarter of 2017, reflecting continued strong business fundamentals.

Market-related gains of $0.4 billion were primarily driven by a $0.3 billion gain from credit spread tightening and a 

$0.3 billion gain from single-family legacy asset dispositions, partially offset by a $0.1 billion loss from interest rate 

impacts, all after-tax.

1 See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Highlights on page 4 and pages 15-16 for additional details and reconciliations to the comparable amounts under GAAP.
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Selected Financial Measures

Net Interest Income

$ Billions

Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2017

• Net interest income decreased $0.2 billion from 2016 and was relatively unchanged from the third quarter. 

The decrease in full-year net interest income primarily reflected a mandated decline in the size of the 

company’s investments portfolio partially offset by higher net interest yield on both mortgage-related 

investments and other investments and increased guarantee fees.

Guarantee Fee Income(1) and Multifamily Guarantee Portfolio

(1) Guarantee fee income on a GAAP basis is primarily from the company’s multifamily business and is included in Other income (loss) on Freddie Mac’s 

consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2017

• Guarantee fee income, primarily from the company’s multifamily business, increased $149 million and $17 

million from the full-year 2016 and the third quarter of 2017, respectively, driven by larger average 

multifamily guarantee portfolio balances due to increased issuances of K Certificates and SB Certificates 

during 2017.
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Benefit (Provision) for Credit Losses

$ Millions

Full-Year 2017

• Benefit for credit losses decreased $719 million from the full-year 2016 primarily reflecting the company's 

estimate of losses related to hurricane activity in the third quarter of 2017. 

Fourth Quarter 2017

• Benefit for credit losses was $262 million, a shift from a provision for credit losses of $716 million in the 

third quarter of 2017, driven by the company's estimate of losses from hurricane activity in the third 

quarter that increased the provision for credit losses in that period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure Highlights

In addition to analyzing the company’s results on a GAAP basis, management reviews net interest income and 

guarantee fee income on an “adjusted”, or non-GAAP, basis. These adjusted financial measures are calculated by 

reclassifying certain credit guarantee-related activities and investment-related activities between various line items 

on the company’s GAAP consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Management believes these nonGAAP financial measures are useful because they more clearly reflect the company’s sources of revenue. 

• The company’s GAAP net interest income includes the spread earned on its investments activities plus the 

guarantee fees earned by its single-family business. GAAP guarantee fees are primarily those generated by 

its multifamily business.

Adjusted net interest income is the net spread earned on the company’s investments activities, 

including the cost of funds associated with using derivatives.

Adjusted guarantee fee income consists of the revenues from guarantee fees from both the singlefamily and multifamily businesses, net of the 10 basis point guarantee fee remitted to Treasury as part 

of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011.

In 2017, the company added a new non-GAAP financial measure adjusting comprehensive income for certain 

significant items. This adjusted financial measure is calculated by excluding significant items from the company’s 

GAAP comprehensive income that are not indicative of its on-going operations. Management believes that this 

new non-GAAP financial measure is useful because it allows users to better understand the drivers of the 

company's on-going financial results. 

• The company excluded the write-down of the net deferred tax asset in the fourth quarter of 2017 from 

GAAP comprehensive income as the impact of the tax reform legislation is considered a one-time event.

• The company excluded a litigation settlement in the third quarter of 2017 from GAAP comprehensive 

income as it related to the recovery of losses on legacy securities in which the company no longer invests. 

The graphs that follow show the non-GAAP financial measures for adjusted net interest income and adjusted 

guarantee fee income.
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Adjusted Net Interest Income(1)(2) and Investments Portfolio

$ Billions

(1) Non-GAAP financial measure. For reconciliations to the comparable amounts under GAAP, see page 15 of this press release.

(2) During the first quarter of 2017, the company discontinued adjustments which reflected the reclassification of amortization of upfront cash paid and received upon acquisitions 

and issuances of swaptions and options from GAAP derivative gains (losses) to adjusted net interest income. Prior period results have been revised to conform to the current 

period presentation.

Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2017

• Adjusted net interest income decreased $0.2 billion from the full-year 2016 and was relatively unchanged 

from the third quarter of 2017.

The decrease in full-year adjusted net interest income primarily reflected a decline in the company’s 

investments portfolio, partially offset by higher net interest yield on both mortgage-related investments 

and other investments.

• The mortgage-related investments portfolio declined $45 billion, or 15 percent, from the prior year, ending 

the year at $253 billion – below the 2017 year-end mandated portfolio cap of $288 billion and just slightly 

over the 2018 year-end mandated portfolio cap of $250 billion. 

The company remained focused on reducing the balance of less liquid assets in this portfolio. The 

balance of less liquid assets was $88 billion at year-end 2017, a decline of $36 billion, or 29 percent, 

from year-end 2016. 

Less liquid assets include single-family reperforming loans, single-family seriously delinquent 

loans, multifamily unsecuritized mortgage loans not in the securitization pipeline, and mortgagerelated securities not guaranteed by a GSE or the U.S. government.

– The balance of non-agency mortgage-related securities was $5 billion at year-end 2017, a 

decline of $11 billion, or 69 percent, from year-end 2016.
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Adjusted Guarantee Fee Income(1) and Total Guarantee Portfolio

$ Billions

(1) Non-GAAP financial measure. For reconciliations to the comparable amounts under GAAP, see page 15 of this press release.

Note: Amounts may not add due to rounding.

Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2017

• Adjusted guarantee fee income increased $0.2 billion from the full-year 2016 and was relatively unchanged 

from the third quarter of 2017.

The increase in adjusted guarantee fee income primarily reflected higher multifamily income due to 

larger average multifamily guarantee portfolio balances as a result of increased issuances of K 

Certificates and SB Certificates during 2017. 

Adjusted single-family guarantee fee income was relatively unchanged from the prior year as 

higher average contractual guarantee fees on the growing guarantee portfolio were partially offset 

by lower amortization of single-family upfront fees driven by a decrease in loan prepayments. 

Adjusted single-family guarantee fee income from contractual guarantee fees is expected to 

increase over the long-term as guarantee fees on new single-family business are generally higher 

than the fees received on older vintages that continue to run off. 

• The total guarantee portfolio grew $119 billion, or 6 percent, from the prior year.
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Page 7 Segment Financial Results and Business Highlights

Freddie Mac’s operations consist of three reportable segments which are based on the types of business activities 

they perform – Single-family Guarantee, Multifamily and Capital Markets. The company presents Segment 

Earnings for each reportable segment by reclassifying certain credit guarantee-related and investment-related 

activities between various line items on its GAAP condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income 

and allocating certain revenue and expenses, including funding costs and administrative expenses, to its three 

reportable segments. For more information about Segment Earnings, see Note 13 to the financial statements 

included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and page 16 of 

this Press Release.

Single-family Guarantee Segment

Providing liquidity while transforming U.S. housing finance.

Financial Results(1)

 Three Months Ended Full-Year

(Dollars in millions) 12/31/2017 9/30/2017 Change 2017 2016 Change

Guarantee fee income $1,589 $1,581 $8 $6,094 $6,091 $3

Provision for credit losses (41) (826) 785 (816) (517) (299)

Other non-interest income 424 403 21 1,505 447 1,058

Administrative expense (363) (353) (10) (1,381) (1,323) (58)

REO operations expense (65) (38) (27) (203) (298) 95

Other non-interest expense (381) (348) (33) (1,382) (1,169) (213)

Segment Earnings before income tax expense 1,163 419 744 3,817 3,231 586

Income tax expense (405) (164) (241) (1,316) (1,061) (255)

Segment Earnings, net of taxes $758 $255 $503 $2,501 $2,170 $331

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax 42 — 42 40 (9) 49

Total comprehensive income $800 $255 $545 $2,541 $2,161 $380

(1) The financial performance of the company’s Single-family Guarantee segment is measured based on its contribution to GAAP net income (loss).

• Single-family Guarantee segment earnings increased $331 million from the full-year 2016.

The increase in segment earnings primarily resulted from a higher benefit from single-family legacy asset 

reclassifications and dispositions, partially offset by an increase in provision for credit losses attributable 

to estimated losses from recent hurricane activity and higher credit risk transfer expense due to increased 

volume of outstanding transactions.

Business Highlights

• Core loan portfolio (after 2008), which excludes HARP and other relief refinance loans, continued to grow and 

was 78 percent of the single-family credit guarantee portfolio at December 31, 2017.

• Single-family credit guarantee portfolio increased 4 percent from year-end 2016 to $1.8 trillion at year-end 

2017 driven in part by an increase in U.S. single-family mortgage debt outstanding as a result of continued 

home price appreciation, combined with the continuing stability of the company's share of U.S single-family 

origination volume.

• Average guarantee fees charged on new acquisitions were 41 basis points (net of the legislated 10 basis 

point guarantee fee remitted to Treasury as part of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011) 

for the full-year 2017, down from 45 basis points for the full-year 2016 due in part to competitive pricing 

pressures.

Average guarantee fees on the single-family credit guarantee portfolio were 34 basis points, down from 

35 basis points for the full-year 2016, due to lower amortization of upfront fees driven by a decrease in 

loan prepayments in 2017 partially offset by higher contractual guarantee fees.

• Sold $0.5 billion in UPB of seriously delinquent single-family mortgage loans and $8.2 billion of single-family 

reperforming loans during 2017, and $3.1 billion in UPB of seriously delinquent single-family mortgage loans 

and $1.1 billion of single-family reperforming loans during 2016.
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• Transferred a portion of credit risk associated with $280 billion in UPB of loans in the single-family credit 

guarantee loan portfolio during the full-year 2017; the company has now transferred a portion of the credit 

risk on nearly 35 percent of the total outstanding single-family credit guarantee portfolio.

• Provided funding for nearly 1.5 million single-family homes, approximately 663 thousand of which were 

refinance loans.

Multifamily Segment

Leading the Multifamily finance industry.

Financial Results(1)

 Three Months Ended Full-Year

(Dollars in millions) 12/31/2017 9/30/2017 Change 2017 2016 Change

Net interest income $301 $342 $(41) $1,206 $1,022 $184

Guarantee fee income 193 170 23 676 511 165

Benefit (provision) for credit losses (3) (22) 19 (13) 22 (35)

Gains (losses) on loans and other non-interest income 654 183 471 1,485 1,166 319

Derivative gains (losses) 212 22 190 181 407 (226)

Administrative expense (107) (98) (9) (395) (362) (33)

Other non-interest expense (22) (11) (11) (66) (58) (8)

Segment Earnings before income tax expense 1,228 586 642 3,074 2,708 366

Income tax expense (426) (212) (214) (1,060) (890) (170)

Segment Earnings, net of taxes $802 $374 $428 $2,014 $1,818 $196

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (142) (4) (138) (77) (236) 159

Total comprehensive income $660 $370 $290 $1,937 $1,582 $355

(1) The financial performance of the company’s Multifamily segment is measured based on its contribution to GAAP comprehensive income (loss).

• Multifamily segment comprehensive income increased $355 million from the full-year 2016.

The increase in comprehensive income was primarily due to increased net interest income driven by 

higher net interest yields and increased guarantee fee income due to continued growth in the 

multifamily guarantee portfolio. 

Higher fair value gains were driven by larger average balances due to increased new business volume, 

partially offset by less tightening of K Certificate benchmark spreads and the effects of strategic 

pricing.

Disposition of certain non-agency CMBS, coupled with spread tightening, resulted in larger gains on 

non-agency CMBS.

• Derivative gains (losses) for the Multifamily segment are largely offset by interest rate-related fair value 

changes on the loans and investment securities being economically hedged. As a result, there is minimal 

net impact on total comprehensive income for the Multifamily segment from interest rate-related 

derivatives.

Business Highlights

• Record new purchase volume of $73 billion for 2017, an increase of 29 percent from 2016, while 

outstanding loan purchase commitments increased 17 percent to $14 billion, reflecting continued strong 

market demand and strategic pricing efforts.

• Multifamily guarantee portfolio increased 28 percent from year-end 2016 to $203 billion at year-end 2017 

due to increased share of Multifamily new business volume, expansion of new product offerings and 

purchase activity related to certain targeted loans in underserved markets.

Capped Multifamily new business activity was $34 billion for 2017, while uncapped new business 

activity was $40 billion.
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The 2017 FHFA Scorecard goal was to maintain the dollar volume of annual capped multifamily 

new business activity at or below a production cap of $36.5 billion. This production cap will 

decrease to $35.0 billion in 2018.

• Transferred a large majority of the expected and stress credit losses on a record $65 billion in UPB of loans 

in 2017 and on $249 billion in UPB of loans since 2009.

Credit risk transfers primarily consisted of 53 K Certificate and 19 SB Certificate transactions that 

transferred a large majority of expected and stress credit losses associated with $61 billion in UPB of 

loans during 2017 and $239 billion in UPB of loans since 2009.

• Provided financing for approximately 820 thousand rental units in 2017 compared to 739 thousand in 

2016.

83 percent of the eligible units financed were affordable to families earning at or below area median 

incomes.

Capital Markets Segment

Enhancing the liquidity of the company’s securities in the secondary mortgage market while reducing less liquid 

assets using economically sensible transactions and responding to market opportunities in funding the company's 

business activities.

Financial Results(1)

 Three Months Ended Full-Year

(Dollars in millions) 12/31/2017 9/30/2017 Change 2017 2016 Change

Net interest income $773 $804 $(31) $3,381 $3,812 $(431)

Net impairment of available-for-sale securities

recognized in earnings 42 50 (8) 236 269 (33)

Derivative gains (losses) 170 (324) 494 (587) 1,151 (1,738)

Gains (losses) on trading securities (363) (26) (337) (570) (1,077) 507

Other non-interest income 897 5,754 (4,857) 7,813 1,865 5,948

Administrative expense (88) (73) (15) (330) (320) (10)

Segment Earnings before income tax expense 1,431 6,185 (4,754) 9,943 5,700 4,243

Income tax expense (507) (2,143) 1,636 (3,428) (1,873) (1,555)

Segment Earnings, net of taxes $924 $4,042 $(3,118) $6,515 $3,827 $2,688

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (291) (17) (274) (30) (452) 422

Total comprehensive income $633 $4,025 $(3,392) $6,485 $3,375 $3,110

(1) The financial performance of the company’s Capital Markets segment is measured based on its contribution to GAAP comprehensive income (loss).

• Capital Markets segment comprehensive income increased $3.1 billion from the full-year 2016.

The increase in comprehensive income was primarily driven by the $4.5 billion (pre-tax) litigation 

settlement received in the third quarter of 2017, partially offset by decreased net interest income driven 

by the continued reduction in the balance of the mortgage-related investments portfolio.

Business Highlights

• Continued to responsibly reduce the balance of the mortgage investments portfolio with a focus on 

reducing less liquid assets. The less liquid assets were $56 billion at year-end 2017, down $24 billion, or 

30 percent, from year-end 2016, due primarily to securitizations of $8.2 billion of reperforming loans and 

sales of $9.2 billion of non-agency mortgage-related securities and ongoing portfolio liquidations.

• Continued to maintain a presence in the agency mortgage-related securities market to strategically 

support the guarantee business.

Liquid assets held by the Capital Markets segment were 66 percent of the portfolio, or $130 billion, at 

year-end 2017, an increase from 60 percent of the portfolio, or $138 billion, at year-end 2016.
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Housing Market Support

Freddie Mac supports the U.S. housing market by executing its charter mission to ensure credit availability for new 

and refinanced mortgages as well as rental housing and helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.

Affordable Housing Goals – In December 2017, FHFA determined that Freddie Mac achieved all five single-family 

and all three multifamily affordable housing goals for 2016. At this time, based on preliminary information, the 

company believes it met all five single-family goals and all three multifamily goals for 2017. FHFA will not be able to 

make a final determination on the company's 2017 performance until market data is released in October 2018. 

Preventing Foreclosures – Freddie Mac continued to help struggling borrowers retain their homes or otherwise 

avoid foreclosure, completing approximately 75 thousand single-family loan workouts in 2017.

Mortgage Funding – Freddie Mac provided approximately $429 billion in liquidity to the market in 2017, funding:

• Nearly 1.5 million single-family homes, approximately 663 thousand of which were refinance loans; and

• Approximately 820 thousand multifamily rental units.
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About Freddie Mac’s Conservatorship

Since September 2008, Freddie Mac has been operating under conservatorship with FHFA as Conservator. The 

support provided by Treasury pursuant to the Purchase Agreement enables the company to maintain access to the 

debt markets and have adequate liquidity to conduct its normal business operations.

(1) Excludes the initial $1 billion liquidation preference of senior preferred stock issued to Treasury in September 2008 as consideration for Treasury’s funding commitment and the 

$3.0 billion increase in the aggregate liquidation preference of the senior preferred stock pursuant to the December 21, 2017 Letter Agreement. The company received no cash 

proceeds as a result of issuing the initial $1 billion liquidation preference of senior preferred stock or the $3.0 billion increase on December 31, 2017.

Note: Amounts may not add due to rounding.

• Based on Freddie Mac's net worth deficit of $312 million at December 31, 2017, FHFA, as Conservator, will 

submit a draw request, on the company's behalf, to Treasury under the Purchase Agreement in the amount 

of $312 million. 

• The amount of funding available to Freddie Mac under the Purchase Agreement is $140.5 billion as of 

December 31, 2017, and will be reduced to $140.2 billion upon the funding of the draw request related to 

the company's negative net worth at December 31, 2017.

• The applicable Capital Reserve Amount was $600 million in 2017 and will be $3.0 billion from January 1, 

2018 and thereafter, pursuant to the December 21, 2017 Letter Agreement.

Under the Letter Agreement, the dividend for the dividend period from October 1, 2017 through and 

including December 31, 2017 was reduced to $2.25 billion.

• Through December 31, 2017, aggregate cash dividends paid to Treasury were $41.1 billion more than 

cumulative cash draws received from Treasury.

The payment of dividends does not reduce the outstanding liquidation preference under the Purchase 

Agreement.

• The aggregate liquidation preference of the senior preferred stock increased by $3.0 billion to $75.3 billion

on December 31, 2017 pursuant to the Letter Agreement and will increase to $75.6 billion upon the funding 

of the draw request.
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Additional Information

For more information, including that related to Freddie Mac’s financial results, conservatorship and related matters, 

see the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the company’s 

Financial Results Supplement. These documents are available on the Investor Relations page of the company’s 

Web site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors.

Additional information about Freddie Mac and its business is also set forth in the company’s filings with the SEC, 

which are available on the Investor Relations page of the company’s Web site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors 

and the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. Freddie Mac encourages all investors and interested members of the 

public to review these materials for a more complete understanding of the company’s financial results and related 

disclosures.

Webcast Announcement

Management will host a conference call at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on February 15, 2018 to discuss the company’s 

results with the media. The conference call will be concurrently webcast. To access the live audio webcast, use the 

following link: https://edge.media-server.com/m6/p/kqr995hm. The replay will be available on the company’s Web 

site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors for approximately 30 days. All materials related to the call will be available 

on the Investor Relations page of the company’s Web site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors.

 

 Media Contact: Lisa Gagnon (703) 903-3385 Investor Contact: Laurie Garthune (571) 382-4732 

 

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This press release contains forward-looking statements, which may include statements pertaining to the 

conservatorship, the company’s current expectations and objectives for its Single-Family Guarantee, Multifamily 

and Capital Markets segments, its efforts to assist the housing market, liquidity and capital management, 

economic and market conditions and trends, market share, the effect of legislative and regulatory developments 

and new accounting guidance, credit quality of loans the company owns or guarantees, the costs and benefits of 

the company’s credit risk transfer transactions, and results of operations and financial condition on a GAAP, 

Segment Earnings, non-GAAP and fair value basis. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks 

and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the company’s control. Management’s expectations for the 

company’s future necessarily involve a number of assumptions, judgments and estimates, and various factors, 

including changes in market conditions, liquidity, mortgage spreads, credit outlook, actions by the U.S. 

government (including FHFA, Treasury and Congress), and the impacts of legislation or regulations and new or 

amended accounting guidance, could cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations. These 

assumptions, judgments, estimates and factors are discussed in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 

the year ended December 31, 2017, which is available on the Investor Relations page of the company’s Web site at 

www.FreddieMac.com/investors and the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. The company undertakes no obligation 

to update forward-looking statements it makes to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this 

press release.

Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. 

Since its creation by Congress in 1970, the company has made housing more accessible and affordable for 

homebuyers and renters in communities nationwide. The company is building a better housing finance system for 

homebuyers, renters, lenders and taxpayers. Learn more at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac and Freddie 

Mac’s blog FreddieMac.com/blog.
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FREDDIE MAC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended

(in millions, except share-related amounts) December 31, 

2017

September 30, 

2017

December 31, 

2017

December 31, 

2016

Interest income

Mortgage loans $16,055 $15,867 $63,735 $61,040

Investments in securities 778 821 3,415 3,855

Other 221 185 657 270

Total interest income 17,054 16,873 67,807 65,165

Interest expense (13,553) (13,384) (53,643) (50,786)

Net interest income 3,501 3,489 14,164 14,379

Benefit (provision) for credit losses 262 (716) 84 803

Net interest income after benefit (provision) for credit losses 3,763 2,773 14,248 15,182

Non-interest income (loss)

Gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt 46 27 341 (211)

Derivative gains (losses) 88 (678) (1,988) (274)

Net Impairment of available-for-sale securities recognized in earnings (1) (1) (18) (191)

Other gains (losses) on investment securities recognized in earnings 214 723 1,054 (78)

Other income 968 5,403 7,480 1,254

Non-interest income (loss) 1,315 5,474 6,869 500

Non-interest expense

Salaries and employee benefits (285) (272) (1,098) (989)

Professional services (112) (110) (452) (489)

Other administrative expense (161) (142) (556) (527)

Total administrative expense (558) (524) (2,106) (2,005)

Real estate owned operations expense (61) (35) (189) (287)

Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 expense (350) (339) (1,340) (1,152)

Other expense (287) (159) (648) (599)

Non-interest expense (1,256) (1,057) (4,283) (4,043)

Income before income tax expense 3,822 7,190 16,834 11,639

Income tax expense (6,743) (2,519) (11,209) (3,824)

Net income (loss) (2,921) 4,671 5,625 7,815

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes and reclassification adjustments:

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) related to available-for-sale securities (499) (47) (253) (825)

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) related to cash flow hedge relationships 43 26 124 141

Changes in defined benefit plans 65 — 62 (13)

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes and

reclassification adjustments (391) (21) (67) (697)

Comprehensive income (loss) $(3,312) $4,650 $5,558 $7,118

Net income (loss) $(2,921) $4,671 $5,625 $7,815

Undistributed net worth sweep and senior preferred stock dividends — (4,650) (8,869) (7,718)

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders $(2,921) $21 $(3,244) $97

Net income (loss) per common share — basic and diluted $(0.90) $0.01 $(1.00) $0.03

Weighted average common shares outstanding (in millions) — basic and diluted 3,234 3,234 3,234 3,234
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FREDDIE MAC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions, except share-related amounts) December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents $6,848 $12,369

Restricted cash and cash equivalents 2,963 9,851

Securities purchased under agreements to resell 55,903 51,548

Investments in securities, at fair value 84,318 111,547

Mortgage loans held-for-sale (includes $20,054 and $16,255 at fair value) 34,763 18,088

Mortgage loans held-for-investment (net of allowance for loan losses of $8,966 and $13,431) 1,836,454 1,784,915

Accrued interest receivable 6,355 6,135

Derivative assets, net 375 747

Deferred tax assets, net 8,107 15,818

Other assets (includes $3,353 and $2,408 at fair value) 13,690 12,358

Total assets $2,049,776 $2,023,376

Liabilities and equity

Liabilities

Accrued interest payable $6,221 $6,015

Debt, net (includes $5,799 and $6,010 at fair value) 2,034,630 2,002,004

Derivative liabilities, net 269 795

Other liabilities 8,968 9,487

Total liabilities 2,050,088 2,018,301

Commitments and contingencies

Equity

Senior preferred stock (redemption value of $75,336 and $72,336) 72,336 72,336

Preferred stock, at redemption value 14,109 14,109

Common stock, $0.00 par value, 4,000,000,000 shares authorized, 725,863,886 shares issued

and 650,054,731 shares and 650,046,828 shares outstanding — —

Additional paid-in capital — —

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) (83,261) (77,941)

AOCI, net of taxes, related to:

Available-for-sale securities (includes $593 and $782, related to net unrealized gains on

securities for which other-than-temporary impairment has been recognized in earnings) 662 915

Cash flow hedge relationships (356) (480)

Defined benefit plans 83 21

Total AOCI, net of taxes 389 456

Treasury stock, at cost, 75,809,155 shares and 75,817,058 shares (3,885) (3,885)

Total equity (312) 5,075

Total liabilities and equity $2,049,776 $2,023,376
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FREDDIE MAC

NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Interest Income to Adjusted Net Interest Income (pre-tax)

 (Dollars in millions) 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 2016 2017

GAAP Net Interest Income $3,795 $3,379 $3,489 $3,501 $14,379 $14,164

Reclassifications:

Guarantee fee income reclassified to adjusted guarantee fee income (1) (2) (1,741) (1,840) (1,921) (1,946) (7,241) (7,448)

Accrual of periodic cash settlements reclassified from derivative gain (loss) (3) (467) (429) (398) (296) (1,760) (1,590)

Other reclassifications (4) (387) 57 (24) (185) (544) (539)

Total reclassifications (2,595) (2,212) (2,343) (2,427) (9,545) (9,577)

Adjusted Net Interest Income $1,200 $1,167 $1,146 $1,074 $4,834 $4,587

Reconciliation of GAAP Guarantee Fee Income* to Adjusted Guarantee Fee Income (pre-tax)

(Dollars in millions) 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 2016 2017

GAAP Guarantee Fee Income* $149 $158 $169 $186 $513 $662

Reclassifications:

Guarantee fee income reclassified from net interest income (1) (2) 1,741 1,840 1,921 1,946 7,241 7,448

Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 expense reclassified 

from other non-interest expense (5) (321) (330) (339) (350) (1,152) (1,340)

Total reclassifications 1,420 1,510 1,582 1,596 6,089 6,108

Adjusted Guarantee Fee Income $1,569 $1,668 $1,751 $1,782 $6,602 $6,770

Reconciliation of GAAP Comprehensive Income to Comprehensive Income, excluding Significant Items

(Dollars in billions) 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 2016 2017

GAAP Comprehensive Income $2.2 $2.0 $4.7 $(3.3) $7.1 $5.6

Exclusions:

Non-agency mortgage-related securities litigation settlement — — (4.5) — — (4.5)

Tax effect related to litigation settlement — — 1.6 — — 1.6

Write-down of net deferred tax asset — — — 5.4 — 5.4

Total exclusions — — (2.9) 5.4 — 2.5

Comprehensive Income, excluding Significant items (6) $2.2 $2.0 $1.8 $2.1 $7.1 $8.1

* Guarantee fee income on a GAAP basis is included in Other income (loss) on Freddie Mac’s condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Note: Columns may not add due to rounding.

For notes on reclassifications, see page 16 of this press release.
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During the first quarter of 2017, the company changed how it calculates certain components of its Segment 

Earnings for its Capital Markets segment. The purpose of this change was to more closely align Segment Earnings 

results relative to GAAP results in order to better reflect how management evaluates the Capital Markets segment. 

Prior period results have been revised to conform to the current period presentation. The change to the calculation 

of net interest income for the Capital Markets segment is also reflected in the company's calculation of adjusted 

net interest income.

The change includes:

• The discontinuation of adjustments which reflected the reclassification of amortization of upfront cash paid 

and received upon acquisitions and issuances of swaptions and options from derivative gains (losses) to 

net interest income for the Capital Markets segment.

The discontinuation of the adjustments resulted in an increase to adjusted net interest income of $1.3 

billion for 2016 to align with the current presentation. The change did not affect the calculation of 

adjusted guarantee fee income.

During the fourth quarter of 2017, the company changed its GAAP accounting for qualifying hedges due to the 

adoption of amended hedge accounting guidance. As a result, the company modified its investment activityrelated reclassifications beginning in the fourth quarter of 2017 in order to continue to reflect Segment Earnings for 

its Capital Markets segment consistently with prior periods. No prior period results required updates.

Notes on Significant Reclassifications

(1) Net guarantee fees are reclassified from GAAP net interest income to adjusted guarantee fee income.

(2) Implied guarantee fee income related to unsecuritized loans held in the mortgage investments portfolio is 

reclassified from GAAP net interest income to adjusted guarantee fee income.

(3) The accrual of periodic cash settlements of all derivatives is reclassified from GAAP derivative gains (losses) into 

adjusted net interest income to fully reflect the periodic cost associated with the protection provided by these 

contracts.

(4) Other reclassifications primarily relate to items reclassified out of GAAP net interest income, including the 

amortization of premiums and discounts associated with the company’s PCs and the loans underlying those 

PCs, amortization of non-cash premiums on single-family loans in trusts and on consolidated PCs, amortization 

of discounts on loans purchased with deteriorated credit quality that are on accrual status, the accretion of 

other-than-temporary impairments on available-for-sale securities, STACR debt note expense and net float 

income or expense.

(5) The expense related to the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 is reclassified from GAAP other 

non-interest expense to adjusted guarantee fee income. As a result of the reclassification, the revenue and 

expense related to the legislated 10 basis point increase are netted within adjusted guarantee fee income.

(6) On December 22, 2017, tax reform legislation was signed into law. The fourth quarter of 2017 and full-year 2017 

GAAP results reflect the estimated impact of the enactment of the legislation, which resulted in a $5.4 billion 

decrease in both net income and comprehensive income. The third quarter of 2017 and full-year 2017 GAAP 

results also included a benefit of $4.5 billion (pre-tax) from a settlement with the Royal Bank of Scotland plc 

related to non-agency mortgage-related securities. The tax effect related to this settlement was $(1.6) billion. 

Comprehensive income excluding the impact of these significant items is a non-GAAP financial measure. 

Management believes this measure is useful because it allows users to better understand the drivers of the 

company's on-going financial results.