DBRS Morningstar Confirms All Ratings on Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-123

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS Morningstar) confirmed all ratings on the following classes of Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-123 (the SPCs) issued by Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-123:

-- Class A-1 at AAA (sf)
-- Class A-2 at AAA (sf)
-- Class X1 at AAA (sf)

All trends are Stable.

The SPCs represent a pass-through interest in certificates issued by FREMF 2021-K123 Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-K123. For more information regarding the performance of the underlying certificates, please see the DBRS Morningstar press release for FREMF 2021-K123 Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-K123 dated October 8, 2021.

Freddie Mac guarantees (1) the 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 X1 certificates; (3) reimbursement of any realized losses and additional trust fund expenses allocated to the Class A-1, Class A-2, and Class X1 certificates; and (4) the ultimate payment of principal by the assumed final distribution date for the underlying Class A-1, Class A-2, and Class X1 certificates. The ratings assigned by DBRS Morningstar at issuance are based exclusively on the credit provided by the transaction structure and underlying assets of FREMF 2021-K123 Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-K123 without regard to the Freddie Mac Guarantee. DBRS Morningstar may take the Freddie Mac Guarantee into consideration for future rating actions.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.

Class X1 is an interest-only (IO) certificate that references a single rated tranche or multiple rated tranches. The IO rating mirrors the lowest-rated applicable reference obligation tranche adjusted upward by one notch if senior in the waterfall.

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

The DBRS Morningstar Viewpoint platform provides additional information on this transaction and underlying loans including DBRS Morningstar metrics, commentary, servicer-reported cash flows, and other performance-related data.

For complimentary access to this content, please register for the DBRS Viewpoint platform at www.viewpoint.dbrsmorningstar.com. The platform includes issuer and servicer data for most outstanding CMBS transactions (including non-DBRS Morningstar rated), as well as loan-level and transaction-level commentary for most DBRS Morningstar-rated and -monitored transactions.

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

The principal methodology is North American CMBS Surveillance Methodology (March 26, 2021), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria. For a list of the structured-finance-related methodologies that may be used during the rating process, please see the DBRS Morningstar Global Structured Finance Related Methodologies document, which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com in the Commentary tab under Regulatory Affairs. 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 DBRS Morningstar Sovereign group releases baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereigns. DBRS Morningstar analysis considered impacts consistent with the baseline scenarios as set forth in the following report: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/384482/baseline-macroeconomic-scenarios-application-to-credit-ratings.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS Morningstar 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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