Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 11, 2015) - Freddie Mac's (OTCQB: FMCC) Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) debt notes have been named "RMBS Deal of the Year" by GlobalCapital, a leading financial news and data service covering the capital markets. This is one of the premier capital markets... More

Average 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Above 4 PercentMCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 11, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates reaching new highs for 2015 with the average 30-year fixed-rat... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 11, 2015) - Freddie Mac's (OTCQB: FMCC) Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) debt notes have been named "RMBS Deal of the Year" by GlobalCapital, a leading financial news and data service covering the capital markets. This is one of the premier capital markets... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today it sold via auction 157 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) from its mortgage investment portfolio on June 3, 2015. All the properties backing these loans are located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. T... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 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 $1.3 billion in K Certificates (K-046 Certif... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it will forgo issuing a Reference Notes® security on its June 10, 2015 announcement date. The company's 2015 Reference Notes calendar designates dates that it may use to announce the issuance of Referenc... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 9, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced that Sean Becketti, an executive with broad experience in the private sector, government and academia, is joining the company as vice president and chief economist. Becketti brings extensive mortgage market r... More

Mortgage rates remain at 2015 highsMCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates remaining near their highest level of the year before bond yields began moving... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 3, 2015) -  Freddie Mac's (OTCQB: FMCC) full menu of relief policies for borrowers affected by disaster is being extended to homeowners whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the powerful storms that swept through Oklahoma and Texas in late May. Freddie Mac's d... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 2, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today priced a $425.6 million Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR®) debt notes offering, its fourth one this year. Through STACR, Freddie Mac transfers a portion of its credit risk on certain groups of loans to private invest... More