DBRS Assigns Provisional Ratings to Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-079

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) assigned provisional ratings to the following classes of Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-079 (the SPCs) to be issued by Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-079:

-- Class A-1 at AAA (sf)
-- Class A-2 at AAA (sf)
-- Class X1 at AAA (sf)
-- Class XAM at AA (high) (sf)
-- Class A-M at AA (sf)

All trends are Stable.

The Class X1 and XAM balances are notional.

The SPCs represent a pass-through interest in certificates to be issued by FREMF 2018-K79 Mortgage Trust. Please see the presale report for FREMF 2018-K79 Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-K79 for more information regarding the underlying certificates.

Freddie Mac guarantees (1) timely payment of interest; (2) payment of related principal on the distribution date following the maturity date of each mortgage loan, to the extent that such principal would have been distributed to the underlying Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-M certificates; (3) reimbursement of any realized losses and additional trust fund expenses allocated to the guaranteed certificates; and (4) ultimate payment of principal by the assumed final distribution date for the underlying Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-M certificates. Freddie Mac will not guarantee any other classes of underlying certificates other than the underlying guaranteed certificates. All classes will be subject to ongoing surveillance, upgrades or downgrades by DBRS after the date of issuance. The ratings assigned by DBRS at issuance are based exclusively on the credit provided by the transaction structure and underlying assets of FREMF 2018-K79 Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-K79 without regard to the Freddie Mac Guarantee. DBRS may take the Freddie Mac Guarantee into consideration for future rating actions.

Classes X1 and XAM are IO certificates that reference a single rated tranche or multiple rated tranches. The IO rating mirrors the lowest-rated reference tranche adjusted upward by one notch if senior in the waterfall.

All ratings will be subject to ongoing surveillance, which could result in ratings being upgraded, downgraded, placed under review, confirmed or discontinued by DBRS.

For more information on this transaction and supporting data, please log into www.viewpoint.dbrs.com. DBRS will continue to monitor this transaction with periodic updates provided in the DBRS Viewpoint platform.

Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

With regard to due diligence services, DBRS was provided with the Form ABS Due Diligence-15E (Form-15E), which contains the description of the information that the third party reviewed in conducting the due diligence services and a summary of the findings and conclusions. While DBRS did not require due diligence services outlined in Form-15E, DBRS did use the Data File outlined in the Independent Accountant’s Report in its analysis to determine the ratings.

The principal methodology is the North American CMBS Multi-borrower Rating Methodology, which can be found on dbrs.com under Methodologies. For a list of the Structured Finance related methodologies that may be used during the rating process, please see the DBRS Global Structured Finance Related Methodologies document on www.dbrs.com. Please note that not every related methodology listed under a principal Structured Finance asset class methodology may be used to rate or monitor an individual structured finance or debt obligation.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS had access to the accounts and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this rating action.

Please see the related appendix for additional information regarding the sensitivity of assumptions used in the rating process.

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