Current Report Filing (8-k)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2017

Starwood Waypoint Homes

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-36163

80-6260391

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(Commission

file number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

8665 East Hartford Drive

Scottsdale, AZ

85255

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(480) 362-9760

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Radian Group Inc. (“Radian”), the indirect parent company of Green River Capital LLC (“GRC”), which is a service provider that provides certain broker price opinions (“BPO”) to Starwood Waypoint Homes (“SFR”), disclosed in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017 that GRC had received a letter in March 2017 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) stating that it is conducting an investigation captioned “In the Matter of Certain Single Family Rental Securitizations” and requesting information from market participants. Radian disclosed that the letter asked GRC to provide information regarding BPOs that GRC provided on properties included in single family rental securitization transactions (“Securitizations”).

On September 13, 2017, SFR received a letter from the staff of the SEC stating that it is conducting an investigation captioned “In the Matter of Certain Single Family Rental Securitizations.” The letter enclosed a subpoena that requests the production of certain documents and communications related to SFR’s (and its predecessors’) Securitizations, including, without limitation, those related to BPOs provided on properties included in Securitizations. SFR intends to cooperate with the SEC. SFR understands that other transaction parties in Securitizations have received requests in this matter.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.