Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 27, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that Grace A. Huebscher was elected as a director on the company's board of directors. Ms. Huebscher, 57, is an executive with decades of experience in the real estate and capital markets industries. "We are... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 27, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced its offering of the Multifamily Aggregation Risk Transfer Certificates, Series 2017-KT02 (KT02 Certificates), which will be backed by multifamily mortgage loans that are awaiting sale into K-Series securitizat... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 22, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropping slightly after last week's jump. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.92... More

Recap of 2017: The Best Year in a Decade   MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 20, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its monthly Outlook for November, which analyzes the factors that have the housing markets on track for their best year in a decade by a variety of measures. Outloo... More

Second Offering Continues Support for Multifamily Affordable Housing Projects MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 17, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a new offering of credit risk transfer securities backed by Tax-Exempt Loans (TELs) made by state or local housing agencies and se... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 16, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a K-P Series offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates), which are multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The company expects to issue approximately $1 billion in K Certificates (K-P04... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 16, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB42 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

Initiative Will Provide up to $500 Million for Affordable Housing MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 16, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced its re-entry into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) market. LIHTC, the leading federal program for encouraging the investment of equit... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 16, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate moving to its highest mark since July.  News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.95... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 14, 2017) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 1.875% three-year USD Reference Notes® security due on Nov. 17, 2020. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAEK1, was priced at 99.904 to yield 1.908%, 8.5 basis points more than the yield on thr... More