Wells Fargo Real Estate Investment (WFE) 10-Q 2016 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit (32)(a)

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Wells Fargo Real Estate Investment Corporation. (“WFREIC”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael J. Loughlin, Chief Executive Officer of WFREIC, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of WFREIC.

/s/    MICHAEL J. LOUGHLIN

Michael J. Loughlin

Chief Executive Officer

November 7, 2016