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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....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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