Company Overview

Congress chartered Freddie Mac in 1970 with the mission of bringing liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation’s mortgage markets and expanding homeownership and affordable rental housing opportunities. Since then, Freddie Mac has made home possible more than 50 million times.

As one of the largest purchasers of mortgage loans in the United States, Freddie Mac provides a vital link between mortgage lenders and investors. We don’t make mortgage loans directly to homebuyers. Rather, we benefit consumers by providing lenders across the country with a steady flow of low-cost mortgage funding in good times and bad. Because Freddie Mac also provides assistance for affordable rental housing, we’ve helped make home possible for more than 4 million renters.

Our mission of expanding affordable housing opportunities is the foundation of our business. It forms the framework for our business activities, shapes the products we bring to market and drives the services we provide to the nation’s housing and mortgage industry. Everything we do comes back to making America’s mortgage markets liquid and stable and increasing opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing across America.