Mortgage Asset Program (MAP®)

The FHLBNY is pleased to announce that we have allocated $5 million to continue to provide supplemental funding to credit enhance any qualified LMI mortgages sold into MAP in 2025 with a Loss Coverage Ratio (LC)** greater than 1.50%. The amount needed to “buy down” or credit enhance the mortgage’s LC to 1.50%, up to a maximum of 150 basis points, will be deposited into the Participating Financial Institution’s (PFI’s) Member Performance Account (MPA) on a first-come, first-served basis until the $5 million allocation is exhausted.

For example, if you sold a $250,000 LMI mortgage into MAP with an LC of 2.11%, 61 basis points, or $1,525, would be credited to your MPA. If the same mortgage had an LC of 4.0%, then the maximum credit enhancement of 150 basis points would be credited to your MPA. The supplemental credit for qualified LMI mortgages will be displayed in your monthly Loss Coverage Summary report.

LMI mortgages tend to have a higher LC, and members are required to manage the weighted average LC on their respective Master Commitment to 1.50% or lower. Offering this supplemental funding to help credit enhance LMI mortgages further aligns MAP with our mission, making it more advantageous for PFIs to book and then sell LMI mortgages to the FHLBNY.

The FHLBNY is pleased to announce the launch of a Best-Efforts Delivery Commitment option for LMI loans. This new option is designed to help our members better address housing affordability challenges by offering greater flexibility in delivering loans that serve LMI borrowers.

Under the best-efforts commitment, sellers agree to deliver a loan for a specific borrower and property by the commitment expiration date. If the loan does not close, the seller is not charged a pair-off fee for non-delivery—helping reduce financial risk and encouraging the origination of more affordable housing loans.

Key Benefits Include:

• Supports Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) that do not or cannot hedge their mortgage origination pipeline.
• Helps PFIs serve LMI borrowers and promote sustainable homeownership by minimizing risk exposure.
• Enhances MAP’s competitiveness with Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) programs by providing Best-Efforts Delivery Commitments while maintaining the pricing advantages typically associated with Mandatory execution.

How to Participate:

To take advantage of this LMI best-efforts delivery option, members must identify the member loan number beginning with “LMI” and include the subject property address in the description field of the Delivery Commitment template within the LMS Connect system.***