The GSEs’ social disclosures should be as granular and specific as those reported for credit-risk transfer deals, according to investors.

With lenders pushing mortgages that include a temporary buydown feature, MBS investors are pondering prepayment behavior for the loans. Expect loans with temporary buydowns to exhibit prepayment speeds similar to ARMs, according to an industry analyst.

Freddie Mac issued 84 green single-family mortgage-backed securities in 2021 that save 192,168 million BTUs of energy per year.