Freddie Mac News Release Archive

Company suspends single family foreclosure sales and evictions; confirms and expands forbearance and modification programs MCLEAN, Va., March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it is taking numerous actions to protect those affected, either directly or... More

MCLEAN, Va., March 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index ®  (AIMI ® ) annual growth rose to 11.5% – the largest increase since Q3 2010. The growth is largely attributed to mortgage rates, which saw their largest annual decline (96... More

MCLEAN, Va., March 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB72 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., March 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey â (PMMS â ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.36 percent. “As refinance applications continue to surge and lenders work to manage... More

Fourth K-Deal® with Bonds Indexed to SOFR MCLEAN, Va., March 10, 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., March 06, 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., March 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced pricing of the first Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust (SCRT) offering of 2020—a securitization of approximately $1.8 billion including both guaranteed senior and unguaranteed subordinate securities backed... More

MCLEAN, Va., March 05, 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 the lowest rate in our survey’s history which dates back to 1971.... More

More Than Half of States Face a Supply Shortage MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released an Insight elaborating on its previous research, The Major Challenges of Inadequate U.S. Housing Supply , by taking a closer look at the housing supply shortage on... More

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it issued its Monthly Volume Summary for January 2020, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities, and... More