Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 14, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates holding steady with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remaining near its all-time record low of 3.31 percent in Nov... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 13, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB18 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

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 13, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates) backed by floating-rate multifamily mortgages with 10-year terms. The approximately $979 million in K Certificates (K-F18 Certificates) a... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 12, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its monthly Outlook for July showing international concerns, particularly slowing growth in China and the Brexit vote in the U.K., have played a major role in driving down mortgage rates. In the most recent Pri... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced that the company will round, rather than truncate, the last digit of the factors for substantially all Single-Family and Multifamily mortgage-backed securities published on or after July 25, 2016. Currently, Fr... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 7, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates dropping further to new 2016 lows in the wake of the Brexit vote. At 3.41 percent, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 7, 2016) - The following statement was released today by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) and is attributed to David Lowman, executive vice president, single-family business: "Freddie Mac is meeting the milestones that will make the Single Security and a stronger housi... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 1, 2016) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it sold via auction 189 deeply delinquent non-performing loans (NPLs) serviced by Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC from its mortgage investment portfolio. The transaction is expected to settle in September 2016, an... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 30, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates dropping to new 2016 lows in the wake of the Brexit vote. At 3.48 percent, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is onl... More

Reaches $5 Billion ACIS Issuance Milestone MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 30, 2016) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it has obtained three new insurance policies under its successful Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS®) program, representing the largest aggregate transact... More