Freddie Mac News Release Archive

Will the New Tax Bill Dampen the Industry? MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/27/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its monthly Outlook for February, which discusses the steady increase in mortgage rates during the first eight weeks of 2018 and the effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/26/18 -- 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 $981 million in K Certificates (K-073... More

Nowhere to Go but Up? How Increasing Mortgage Rates Could Affect Housing MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/23/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released its February Insight , which looks into the effects of higher mortgage rates on home buyers, homeowners wishing to refinance, mortgage lenders, home... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/22/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ) backed by floating-rate multifamily mortgages with ten-year terms. The approximately $1.1 billion in K Certificates (K-F43 Certificates) are... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/22/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS ® ), showing the 30-year fixed mortgage rate increasing for the seventh-consecutive week. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.40 percent... More

$420 Million Transaction Features Four Pools, Including an Extended Timeline Pool Offering Targeting Smaller Investors MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/16/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today an approximately $420 million non-performing loan (NPL) transaction, which is an auction of... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/15/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 2.375% three-year USD Reference Notes ® security due on Feb. 16, 2021 . The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAEL9, was priced at 99.736 to yield 2.467%, 7 basis points more than the yield on... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/15/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB46 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 approximately... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/15/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS ® ), showing the 30-year fixed mortgage rate reaching its highest level since April 2014 . News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.38 percent... More

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/15/18 -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today reported its full year and fourth quarter 2017 financial results and filed its Annual Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ). The company's 10-K and press release are available now on its website,... More