Freddie Mac recently issued its first real estate mortgage investment conduit backed by multifamily mortgages. Depending on how the deal performs, the government-sponsored enterprise expects to issue more multifamily REMICs on an ongoing basis. The transaction, Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates K-001, is backed by 126 mul-tifamily loans originated by CBRE Melody & Company. Freddie sold the loans to a Credit Suisse MBS trust that the Wall Street firm will sell to other investors...