Freddie Mac News Release Archive

Over $9 Billion in Credit Risk Transferred for the Year MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac ’s Single-Family business today announced that its Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) program transferred $9.1 billion of credit risk on $231 billion of single-family mortgages from U.S.... More

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB71 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., Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 1.5% five-year USD Reference Notes ® security due on February 12, 2025. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAEP0, was priced at 99.923 to yield 1.516%, 8 basis points more than the yield on... More

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 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 3.47 percent. “With mortgage rates hovering near a five-decade low, refinance... More

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2019 financial results and filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company’s Form 10-K and press release are available... More

McLEAN, Va. , Feb. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) announced today that it plans to issue a new five-year USD Reference Notes® security, CUSIP number 3137EAEP0, due on February 12, 2025. The issue will be priced on Thursday, February 13, 2020, and will settle on Friday,... More

Second K-Deal with Bonds Indexed to SOFR MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 12, 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

Renters and Homeowners Consider their Options Given Low Mortgage Rates  Key Findings: An unprecedented number of renters (84%) believe renting is more affordable than owning, an all-time high for the survey and up 17 percentage points from February 2018.... More

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) announced today that it plans to report its fourth quarter and full-year 2019 financial results before the U.S. financial markets open on Thursday, February 13, 2020. The company will hold a conference call at 9 a.m.... More

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 06, 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 was the lowest in three years. “As rates fell for the third consecutive week, markets staged a rebound with... More