Freddie Mac News Release Archive

The 30-Year Fixed has Been Below 4% Since November 2014MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 12, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moving higher amid a strong jobs report and bringing mortg... More

Homebuying Season MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 11, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for March, highlighting some of the positive tailwinds at the start of the spring homebuying season. A video preview, along with the complete Marc... More

Mortgage Rates Move LowerMCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 5, 2015) - 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 four weeks and remaining near late May, 2013 lows. Ne... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 4, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ("K Certificates"), which are multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The company expects to issue approximately $734.5 million in K Certificates ("K-KA C... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 3, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) sold via auction 1,975 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) from its mortgage investment portfolio on February 6, 2015. The loans have an aggregate unpaid principal balance (UPB) of $392 million. The transaction is e... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Mar 2, 2015) - Another strong year is expected for the multifamily markets based on the Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily economic outlook for 2015, which was released today. The key market drivers are expected to keep the multifamily market moving forward, altho... More

Mortgage rates rise for third consecutive month.MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 26, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moving higher amid solid housing data on new home sales and house... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 26, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today issued the company's Monthly Volume Summary for January 2015. The summary, available on the company's website at www.FreddieMac.com/investors/volsum, provides information on Freddie Mac's mortgage-related portfolios, s... More

U.S. Housing Market Showed a 4.4 Percent Improvement in 2014MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 25, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its newly updated Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®)showing the U.S. housing market continuing to stabilize at the national level for the fourth c... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 23, 2015) - 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-043 Cer... More