Freddie Mac News Release Archive

Impact Report Released on Earth Day Details Green Program Benefits for Environment and Essential Workforce MCLEAN, Va., April 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Efficiency improvements at properties financed with Freddie Mac ’s (OTCQB: FMCC) green bonds are projected to save enough energy to power 16,300... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB73 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust.... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ), which are backed by underlying collateral consisting of fixed-rate multifamily mortgages with predominantly 10-year terms.... More

McLEAN, Va., April 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 0.375% three-year USD Reference Notes ® security due on April 20, 2023. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAEQ8, was priced at 99.75 to yield 0.459%, 22 basis points more than the yield on... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) announced today that it plans to issue a new three-year USD Reference Notes ® security, CUSIP number 3137EAEQ8, due on April 20, 2023. The issue will settle on Monday, April 20, 2020, at benchmark size.... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.31 percent. “Mortgage rates continue to hover near all-time lows for the third... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced revisions to its Multifamily COVID-19 forbearance program to further align with CARES Act provisions related to multifamily borrowers and tenants. Freddie Mac’s program provides three months of forbearance for... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to Freddie Mac ’s (OTCQB: FMCC) Quarterly Forecast , housing markets will deviate from their typical spring surge with both home sales and house prices falling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Undoubtedly, the housing market is facing its... More

MCLEAN, Va., April 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ®  (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.33 percent, unchanged from last week. “While mortgage rates remained flat over the... More

Sixth K-Deal® with Bonds Indexed to SOFR MCLEAN, Va., April 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ), which includes a class of floating rate bonds indexed to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate... More