Freddie Mac News Release Archive

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

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 10, 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 $1.2 billion in K Certificates (K-LH2 Cer... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 10, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing mortgage rates moving higher for the second week in a row, while also only posting the second increase this year making mortgage rates very at... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 9, 2016) -   Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) yesterday priced its second Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) transaction this year, STACR 2016-HQA1. Through the award-winning and innovative STACR program, Freddie Mac transfers a portion of its credit risk on certain... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 8, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it will forgo issuing a Reference Notes® security on its March 8, 2016 announcement date. The company's 2016 Reference Notes calendar designates dates that it may use to announce the issuance of Reference... More