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Freddie Mac Prices $838 million Multifamily K-Deal, K-1520
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 $838 million in K Certificates (K-1520...
- Apr 08, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices Approximately $1.2 Billion Securitization of Re-Performing Loans
Freddie Mac today announced pricing of the first Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust (SCRT) offering of 2021—a securitization of approximately $1.2 billion including both guaranteed senior and unguaranteed subordinate securities backed... More
- Apr 08, 2021
Mortgage Rates Drop
Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.13 percent. “After moving up for seven consecutive weeks, mortgage rates have... More
- Apr 06, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices $908 Million Multifamily K-Deal, K-F106
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
- Apr 01, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices $943 Million Multifamily K-Deal, K-F105
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
- Apr 01, 2021
Mortgage Rates Little Changed
Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.18 percent. “Although mortgage rates remain low, we are beginning to see a pullback... More
- Mar 31, 2021
Freddie Mac Multifamily Analysis Shows Impact of Expanded Benefits on Unemployed Renters During COVID-19
A new analysis from Freddie Mac Multifamily examines how expanded unemployment benefits and federal stimulus payments affected unemployed renters’ income during COVID-19 and its potential impact on the ability to pay rent.... More
- Mar 25, 2021
Freddie Mac Issues Monthly Volume Summary for February 2021
Freddie Mac today posted to its website its Monthly Volume Summary for February 2021, which provides information on Freddie Mac’s mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities, and... More
- Mar 25, 2021
Freddie Mac Prices $301 Million Sustainability Bonds Offering of Guaranteed Tax-Exempt ML Certificates
Freddie Mac recently priced a new offering of credit risk transfer securities backed by Tax-Exempt Loans (TELs) made by state or local housing agencies and secured by... More
- Mar 25, 2021
Mortgage Rates Jump Up
Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.17 percent. “During the course of the pandemic, ‘home’ has become more important than... More