Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Sep 1, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces its intent to sell its sixth offering this year of Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) debt notes, pending market conditions. Through the award-winning and innovative STACR program, Freddie Mac transfers a signifi... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 31, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released its Multi-Indicator Market Index® (MiMi®), showing South Carolina and two additional metro areas -- Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia -- entering their historic benchmark levels of housing activity. The national M... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 25, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates unchanged from the previous week, while still remaining near their all-time record lows. News Facts 30-year fi... More

McLEAN, VA – The following statement was released today by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) and is attributed to David Lowman, executive vice president, Single-Family Business: "Our forthcoming high loan-to-value (LTV) offering, which is scheduled to be available in October 2017, will allow eligible... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 25, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today issued the company's Monthly Volume Summary for July 2016. The summary, available on the company's website at www.FreddieMac.com/investors/volsum, provides information on Freddie Mac's mortgage-related portfolios, sec... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 23, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced a redesigned standard application for borrowers to use when they apply for a single-family mortgage. The redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) was developed jointly with Fannie Mae under the d... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 18, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moving slightly lower from the previous week, remaining near their all-time record lows. News Facts 30-year fi... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 16, 2016) - Freddie Mac's (OTCQB: FMCC) full menu of disaster relief policies is now available to homeowners whose homes were damaged or destroyed by severe storms and flooding in Louisiana. Freddie Mac's disaster relief policies are available to borrowers with h... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 15, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its monthly Outlook for August showing that for the first time since 2012, mortgage originations are expected to top $2 trillion in 2016. Low mortgage interest rates are spurring a burst of refinance activity,... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Aug 11, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates little changed from the previous week and remaining near historic lows. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage... More