Freddie Mac News Release Archive

Preparing for 2015 Housing Market Opportunities MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 20, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for January, looking at some of the positive tailwinds buoying the economy at the start of the year and why some may... More

Mortgage Rates Decline for Third Consecutive WeekMCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates falling for the third consecutive week as bond yields continued... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2015) -  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 0.5% two-year USD Reference Notes® security due on January 27, 2017. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EADU0, was priced at 99.825 to yield 0.587%, or 11.5 basis points more than two-year U.S... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 14, 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 $1.1 billion in K Certificates ("K-042 Cer... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 14, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it plans to issue a new two-year USD Reference Notes® security, CUSIP number 3137EADU0, due on January 27, 2017. The issue will be priced on Thursday, January 15, 2015, and will settle on Friday, January... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 9, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today its first three Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS) transactions of 2015, where it obtained a number of insurance policies as part of the company's continued efforts to transfer credit risk to private capi... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 9, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today its first three Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS) transactions of 2015, where it obtained a number of insurance policies as part of the company's continued efforts to transfer credit risk to private capi... More

Mortgage Rates Start the New Year at New LowsMCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 8, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates starting 2015 by diving amid sliding bond yields to their lowest leve... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 7, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today announced that Raphael W. Bostic was elected as a director on the company's board. Bostic, 48, is a leading real estate economist with extensive public policy, academic and research expertise. "We are very pleased that... More

MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2015) - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) Multifamily further reduced taxpayer risk in 2014 by selling the overwhelming majority of credit risk on the mortgages it purchased to private capital investors through its Multifamily K-Deal securitization program. There were... More