Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, Va., June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index ® (AIMI ® ) rose by 1.8% in Q1 2020 after a modest quarterly decline (1.4%) in Q4 2019. The growth was largely driven by mortgage rates decreasing by 21 bps and supported by... More

MCLEAN, Va., June 25, 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 3.13 percent. “After the Great Recession, it took more than ten years for purchase... More

MCLEAN, Va., June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 0.25% three-year USD Reference Notes ® security due on June 26, 2023. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAES4, was priced at 99.708 to yield 0.348%, 14 basis points more than the yield on... More

MCLEAN, Va., June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) announced today that it plans to issue a new three-year USD Reference Notes ® security, CUSIP number 3137EAES4, due on June 26, 2023. The issue will settle on Friday, June 26, 2020, at benchmark size.... More

Seventh K-Deal® with Bonds Indexed to SOFR MCLEAN, Va., June 24, 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

MCLEAN, Va., June 18, 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., June 18, 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 3.13 percent, the lowest rate in our survey’s history which dates back to 1971.... More

COVID-19 Servicing Scripts and Mortgage Assistance Application translations now available Washington, D.C. – To help limited English proficiency (LEP) borrowers who are experiencing mortgage-related difficulties due to the coronavirus national emergency, today the Federal Housing Finance Agency... More

MCLEAN, Va., June 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to Freddie Mac ’s (OTCQB: FMCC) Quarterly Forecast , housing markets have been effected by the pandemic with both home sales and house price growth declining. “While the housing market undoubtedly has felt the effects of COVID-19, we are... More

Key hire furthers progress toward exit from conservatorship MCLEAN, Va., June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it has hired J.P. Morgan as a financial advisor to help facilitate the company’s recapitalization and exit from conservatorship.... More