GMAC Municipal Mortgage Trust Announces $82 Million Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization.DENVER -- GMAC GMAC General Motors Acceptance Corporation GMAC Graduate Management Admission Council GMAC Give Me A Call GMAC Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee GMAC Genetic Modification Advisory Committee (Singapore) GMAC Give Me A Chance Municipal Mortgage Trust (GMAC MMT MMT Million Metric Tons MMT Médecins Maîtres-Toile MMT Methadone Maintenance Treatment MMT Multiple Mirror Telescope MMT Mission Management Team (International Space Station) MMT Military Training Technology ) announced that it closed a new $82 million securitization with Freddie Mac Freddie Mac: see Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FRE FRE French FRE Freddie Mac (stock symbol) FRE Federal Rules of Evidence FRE Freedom Realty Exchange FRE Freedom Party FRE Food and Resource Economics FRE Free Range Eggs FRE French Real Estate ) on November 1, 2005. GMAC MMT and its affiliates sponsored the securitization and contributed the underlying tax-exempt and taxable multifamily bonds. Freddie Mac, as the issuer, guarantees the payment of and provides a liquidity facility for the variable rate Class A certificates. The securitization was structured with three series of Freddie Mac Multifamily Class A variable rate certificates. Each series of Class A certificates was sold to institutional investors. The pool assets are secured by mortgages on 12 properties and 2,409 units. This securitization was developed under Freddie Mac's Tax-Exempt Bond Tax-exempt bond A bond usually issued by municipal, county, or state governments whose interest payments are not subject to federal and, in some cases, state and local income tax. tax-exempt bond See municipal bond. Securitization (TEBS) program. The TEBS execution is a proprietary product developed by Freddie Mac, which allows for the creation of a senior/subordinate securities structure backed by tax-exempt and taxable bonds, as well as conventional debt. James Hahn, managing director of Newman Capital LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , GMAC MMT's manager, commented, "We are very pleased that Freddie Mac was willing to work directly with GMAC MMT and its affiliates as counterparty for this efficient funding transaction. This securitization provides GMAC MMT attractive long-term senior funding and liquidity for $82 million in tax-exempt assets." "The TEBS vehicle allows Freddie Mac to bring the efficiencies of the capital markets to affordable housing," said Clayton Davis, Freddie Mac's director of Structured & Affordable Sourcing. "Using this proprietary execution, Freddie Mac expects to make affordable housing available for more families in America." Properties in the pool are deeply affordable. Most properties operate under the project-based Section 8 program Housing Assistance Payment (HAP HAP. An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the deed poll." Techn. Dict. h.t. ) contracts; some receive Interest Reduction Payments (IRPs), and all include four percent tax credits (subject to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC; often pronounced "lye-tech") is a tax credit created under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86) that gives incentives for the utilization of private equity in the development of affordable housing aimed at low-income Americans. regulations). Three properties, located in Tennessee, offer features and amenities to accommodate a predominantly physically-challenged and seniors tenant base. GMAC Municipal Mortgage Trust is a direct and indirect investor in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and other investments that generate tax-exempt income. As of October 31, 2005, the Trust's portfolio consists of interests in approximately $1 billion of mortgage revenue bonds which finance multifamily developments located across the United States. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities. The securities offered and sold have not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. Unless so registered, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of such securities laws. This news release contains forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and risks. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Issuer at the time of this release and it assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance. |
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