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Freddie Mac Announces Pricing of $405 Million Multifamily Small Balance Loan Securitization
Freddie Mac announces the pricing of the SB82 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust....
- Jan 14, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices $796 million Multifamily K-Deal, K-1519
Freddie Mac recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ), which are multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The company expects to issue approximately $796 million in K Certificates (K-1519... More
- Jan 14, 2021
Freddie Mac Quarterly Forecast: Housing Market Continues to Perform Strongly Primarily Driven by Historically Low Mortgage Rates
According to Freddie Mac ’s Quarterly Forecast , the current low mortgage interest rate environment is projected to continue with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging below three percent through the end of 2021.... More
- Jan 14, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices First-of-its-Kind $276 Million in Multifamily Structured Credit Risk Notes
Freddie Mac recently priced a new offering of Multifamily Structured Credit Risk (MSCR) Notes, Series 2021-MN1. The MSCR (pronounced M-SCORE) program is designed to transfer to private investors a portion of the credit risk on eligible... More
- Jan 14, 2021
Mortgage Rates Tick Up
Freddie Mac 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
- Jan 13, 2021
Freddie Mac Multifamily Leads Industry with $77.8 Billion in Multifamily Loans Securitized
Freddie Mac 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
- Jan 08, 2021
Freddie Mac Announces 2020 Year-End NAIC Designations and Price Breakpoints for STACR Debt, STACR Trust, and STACR REMIC Trust Notes
Freddie Mac 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
- Jan 07, 2021
Mortgage Rates Hit a New Record Low the First Week of 2021
Freddie Mac 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
- Jan 06, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices $1 Billion Multifamily K-Deal, K-F96
Freddie Mac 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
- Jan 05, 2021
Freddie Mac Statement on Duty to Serve Underserved Markets Plan for 2021
McLEAN, Va. – The following statement was released today by Freddie Mac 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