Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 12, 2017) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average mortgage rates moving lower for the second consecutive week. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.12 percent wit... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 11, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it plans to issue a new three-year USD Reference Notes® security, CUSIP number 3137EAEE5, due on Jan. 17, 2020. The issue will be priced on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, and will settle on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 20... More

Multifamily Volume in 2016 Tops $56.8 Billion MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 11, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it saw a record- setting $56.8 billion in loan purchase and bond guarantee volume pdf in 2016, up from $47.3 billion in 2015. The company also announced it i... More

Approximately $25 Billion Loss Protection Provided to Taxpayers to Date MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 9, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) transferred $8.4 billion in potential credit losses on nearly $215 billion of single-family mortgages to private market investors across its four single-... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced that its Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) debt notes have received designations by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for the 2016 filing year. 2016 STACR Debt Note NAIC Designati... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 5, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moving lower for the first time in ten weeks. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.20 percent... More

$285 Million Offering Attracts Record Number of (Re)Insurers MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 3, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced its final Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS®) transaction of 2016, an insurance policy providing up to a combined maximum limit of approximate... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Dec 29, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it recently priced its second offering of a Multifamily Structured Credit Risk (SCR) Debt Note, which gives private investors a portion of the credit risk on certain multifamily mortgage loans backing targeted... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Dec 29, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moving higher for the ninth consecutive week. Despite the recent jump in mortgage rates since the election, the a... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Dec 28, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®), showing the majority of the top 100 housing markets across the country steadily improving, with one additional state, Georgia, entering its outer historic benchmark ra... More