Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results, Declares Dividend

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

Second Quarter 2026 Highlights

• Net income of $251 million
• Affordable Housing Program (AHP) assessments of $28 million
• Voluntary housing and community contributions of $30 million
• Advances totaled $124.5 billion
• Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net totaled $15.5 billion
• Letters of credit totaled $21.0 billion
• Retained earnings totaled $4.0 billion

“The Bank’s earnings remained robust during the first half of 2026 as a result of members’ continued usage of the Bank’s core liquidity products,” said Kris Williams, president and chief executive officer. “We continue to leverage our earnings to benefit our members and their communities by paying a strong dividend and contributing to our affordable housing and community investment initiatives. This year, as a result of our financial performance, we plan to contribute more than $200 million to advance affordable housing and address critical housing and community development needs across our district, reinforcing our mission to support the communities we serve.”

Dividend

The Board of Directors approved a second quarter 2026 dividend to be paid at an annualized rate of 9.95% on average activity-based stock and 6.95% on average membership stock, an increase from the prior quarter. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (the Bank) expects to make dividend payments totaling $189 million on August 11, 2026.

Liquidity Mission

The Bank provides liquidity to its members to support the housing, business, and economic development needs of their communities. Members pledge mortgage loans and other collateral to access the Bank’s core liquidity products of advances, letters of credit, and mortgage loans held for portfolio under the Mortgage Partnership Finance^® Program. During the six months ended June 30, 2026, advance balances averaged $133.5 billion, letters of credit averaged $18.8 billion, mortgage loan balances averaged $15.0 billion, and the Bank held an average of $29.7 billion of short-term assets as a ready source of liquidity for its members.

Affordable Housing and Community Impact

The Bank’s housing and community development programs are central to its mission. The Bank contributes 10% of its net income each year to its AHP, a grant program that supports the creation, rehabilitation, or purchase of affordable housing. This program includes a competitive AHP and two down payment assistance products called Home$tart and the Native American Homeownership Initiative. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Bank accrued statutory AHP assessments of $28 million and $54 million and voluntarily accrued $3 million and $5 million, to be awarded through this program.
In addition to its AHP, the Bank offers its members voluntary programs to further its housing mission. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Bank recorded a total of $30 million and $55 million in voluntary housing and community contributions, including the voluntary AHP contribution. Through its voluntary programs in 2026, the Bank:

• provided $43 million in 0% rate Housing Affordability Advances to members that originated or purchased mortgage loans from a Habitat for Humanity^® affiliate or a non-depository community development financial institution and recorded $9 million in subsidy expense, including $1 million during the second quarter;
• funded $275 million of home mortgages with an interest rate lower than the current market rate under the Mortgage Rate Relief program, which provided $24 million in grants, including $22 million during the second quarter, for those seeking affordable homeownership; and
• recorded contributions of $17 million, including $4 million during the second quarter, to its Member Impact Fund to match member donations to local housing and community development organizations.

Financial Results Discussion

Net Income – For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Bank recorded net income of $251 million and $487 million compared to $194 million and $399 million for the same periods in 2025.

Net Interest Income – For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Bank recorded net interest income of $339 million and $664 million, an increase of $50 million and $127 million when compared to the same periods in 2025. The increase during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily due to advance portfolio growth.

Other Income (Loss) – For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Bank recorded other income of $17 million and $28 million, an increase of $1 million and a decrease of $29 million when compared to the same periods in 2025, primarily due to the net changes in fair value on the Bank’s trading securities, fair value option instruments, and economic derivatives, including the related interest settlements.

Other Expense – For the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Bank recorded other expense of $77 million, a decrease of $13 million when compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to the timing of voluntary housing and community contributions. Other expense remained relatively stable during the six months ended June 30, 2026, when compared to the same period in 2025.

Assets – The Bank’s total assets increased to $212.6 billion at June 30, 2026, from $186.5 billion at December 31, 2025, driven primarily by an increase in advances and investments. Advances increased $14.3 billion due mainly to an increase in borrowings by insurance company and certain depository institution members. Investments increased $10.8 billion due primarily to an increase in federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell, and interest-bearing deposits.

Capital – Total capital increased to $11.5 billion at June 30, 2026, from $10.5 billion at December 31, 2025, primarily due to an increase in activity-based capital stock resulting from an increase in advance balances.

1        Total regulatory capital includes capital stock, mandatorily redeemable capital stock, and retained earnings. The regulatory capital ratio is calculated as regulatory capital as a percentage of period end assets.

The financial results reported in this earnings release for the second quarter of 2026 are preliminary until the Bank announces unaudited financial results in its Second Quarter 2026 Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, expected to be available next month at www.fhlbdm.com and www.sec.gov. 

The Bank is a member-owned cooperative whose mission is to be a reliable provider of funding, liquidity, and services for its members so that they can meet the housing, business, and economic development needs of the communities they serve. The Bank is wholly owned by over 1,200 members, including commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions. The Bank serves Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Bank is one of 11 regional banks that make up the Federal Home Loan Bank System.

Statements contained in this announcement, including statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates, or future predictions in the Bank’s operations, may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as believes, projects, expects, anticipates, estimates, intends, strategy, plan, could, should, may, and will or their negatives or other variations on these terms. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or uncertainty, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. A detailed discussion of the more important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ from such forward-looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. These forward-looking statements apply only as of the date they are made, and the Bank undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.