Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 30, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®), showing that many of the nation's housing markets are getting back to normal heading into the spring homebuying season. However, there are pockets of weakness, particu... More

Winning Bidders Include Non-Profit and For-Profit Entities MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 23, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it sold via auction 6,816 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) serviced by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC from its mortgage investment portfolio.... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it has obtained new insurance policies under its successful Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS®) program. Through ACIS, Freddie Mac obtains insurance policies that transfer a portion of the credit ri... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 24, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing mortgage rates moving lower for the first time in four weeks. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.71 percent with an ave... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 18, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 1.125% three-year USD Reference Notes® security due on April 15, 2019. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EADZ9, was priced at 99.967 to yield 1.136%, 12.5 basis points more than the yield on t... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 18, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB14 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust. The company expects to guarantee approximat... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 18, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates), which are multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The company expects to issue approximately $1.1 billion in K Certificates (K-053 Certi... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 17, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today updated its second quarter 2016 K Certificates Announcement Calendar.The Calendar pdf is available on the company's website at http://www.freddiemac.com/multifamily/investors/kcerts.html. Freddie Mac retains sole disc... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 17, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing mortgage rates moving higher for the third week in a row. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.73 percent with an averag... More

Majority of Boomers, Millennials and Gen Xers View Renting as More Affordable Than Homeownership MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 16, 2016) -  Despite rent increases and feeling burdened by their finances, 70 percent of renters currently feel renting is a more affordable choice than homeownersh... More