Freddie Mac News Release Archive

Low Down Payments: It Is Different This Time MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 22, 2015) -   Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Housing Market Insight & Outlook for July, showing how low down payment initiatives are different this time in extending the opportunity for homeowne... More

Three More Metro Areas Enter Stable Range of Housing Activity MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 22, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its updated Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®) showing the U.S. housing market continuing to slowly stabilize with three additional metro areas... More

Over Half of All States and Over a Third of Top 100 Metros Now In-Range MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its updated Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®) showing the U.S. housing market continuing to stabilize with the strongest markets real... More

Pivoting Toward Normalcy MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 23, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for June, showing that with low debt servicing costs and improving household balance sheets, more Americans may be at a point where they ar... More

Strong Buyer Demand Driving Top Performing Markets MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - May 27, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its updated Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®) showing the U.S. housing market continuing to stabilize with the most improving metro markets seeing strong... More

Can Housing Handle Higher Mortgage Rates? MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - May 19, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for May, showing that while low mortgage rates helped to keep homebuyer affordability high in the first quarter of this y... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Apr 30, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its quarterly refinance analysis for the first quarter of this year, showing that borrowers took advantage of better than expected mortgage rates to lower their monthly mortgage payment and short... More

Housing Stability Index Adds 50 Additional Metro Markets Over 60 Percent of Top 100 U.S. Housing Markets ImprovingMCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Apr 22, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its updated Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®) showing the U.S. housing market continuing to... More

Great Expectations MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Apr 9, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for April, showing the first quarter, once again, defied upbeat expectations by bringing brutal winter and a slowdown in economic activity. Regard... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its updated Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®) showing that the U.S. housing market experienced some winter doldrums. While an improving labor market and attractive mortgage rates continue to promise a stron... More