Freddie Mac News Release Archive

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.79 percent. “As Treasury yields have risen, it is putting pressure on mortgage rates... More

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) issued $77.8 billion of multifamily securities in 2020. The record-setting figure demonstrates Freddie Mac’s continued industry leadership in risk transfer and use of innovative securities to move risk from taxpayers to... More

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac  (OTCQB: FMCC) today published on its website the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)  2020 filing year designations for certain STACR Debt notes and price breakpoints for certain STACR Trust and STACR REMIC Trust notes.... More

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.65 percent, the lowest rate in the survey’s history which dates back to 1971.... More

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ), which includes a class of floating rate bonds indexed to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).... More

McLEAN, Va. – The following statement was released today by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) and is attributed to Danny Gardner, Senior Vice President, Client and Community Engagement for Single-Family Business. “At Freddie Mac, we see Duty to Serve as more than a program—it is a central piece of our... More

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.67 percent. “All eyes have been on mortgage rates this year, especially the 30-year... More

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.66 percent, the lowest rate in the survey’s history which dates back to 1971.... More

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Properties participating in Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily’s Green Advantage ® program save an average of more than 2.7 million gallons of water and 1.3 million kBtu of energy per year, according to a new white paper .... More

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has extended to March 31, 2021 the deadline for requesting a new or supplemental COVID-19 forbearance agreement for its Multifamily loans. The program was previously set to terminate at the end of 2020.... More