Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 23, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced a redesigned standard application for borrowers to use when they apply for a single-family mortgage. The redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) was developed jointly with Fannie Mae under the d... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 16, 2016) - Freddie Mac's (OTCQB: FMCC) full menu of disaster relief policies is now available to homeowners whose homes were damaged or destroyed by severe storms and flooding in Louisiana. Freddie Mac's disaster relief policies are available to borrowers with h... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 8, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today issued the company's stress test results for the severely adverse scenario conducted under FHFA's rule implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Dodd-Frank requires certain financial c... More

Sells $199 Million of Seasoned Loans MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 26, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it reached a binding commitment to sell via auction 846 seasoned loans serviced by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. that it currently guarantees and holds in its mortgage-relate... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced that the company will round, rather than truncate, the last digit of the factors for substantially all Single-Family and Multifamily mortgage-backed securities published on or after July 25, 2016. Currently, Fr... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 7, 2016) - The following statement was released today by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) and is attributed to David Lowman, executive vice president, single-family business: "Freddie Mac is meeting the milestones that will make the Single Security and a stronger housi... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 1, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it sold via auction 189 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) serviced by Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC from its mortgage investment portfolio. The transaction is expected to settle in September 2016, an... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 29, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced a $199 million pilot structured sale of seasoned loans it currently guarantees and holds in its mortgage-related investments portfolio. The collateral is comprised of Option ARMs and loans that were originated... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 21, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it sold via auction 2,879 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) serviced by Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC from its mortgage-related investments portfolio. The transaction is expected to settle in August... More

Leading the Market With Innovative Programs to Shift Mortgage Credit Risk to Private Investors MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 20, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) achieved a major corporate milestone this month having now transferred to private capital a significant portion of the credit ri... More