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Research

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Freddie Mac Multifamily conducts original research and analysis on a variety of industry topics and provides information that increases investor transparency and understanding of the performance of the collateral backing our securities.

Multifamily Research

• Introducing Our Multifamily Investment Index
  August 8, 2013
  Our initial finding: apartments still a good investment in most metropolitan areas.
• Commercial Mortgage Defaults from 1972-2011
  CRE Finance World, Summer 2013, page 42
  Freddie Mac original research on the implications of loan performance differences since the last recession.
• FHFA Releases GSE Reports on Multifamily
  May 3, 2013
  The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has published reports from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae regarding multifamily housing finance reform.
• Multifamily Real Estate Market Demand Forecast
  Freddie Mac Multifamily Research, November 5, 2012
  The Multifamily Research Group forecasts slow economic growth with an additional 1.7 million new multifamily renter households between now and 2015.
• Multifamily Property Valuations
  Freddie Mac Multifamily Research, April 2012
  The healthy multifamily market has caused some to question today’s property valuations. We show why market fundamentals support current valuations.
• Mysteries Revealed
  CRE Finance World, Summer 2011
  Freddie Mac Multifamily research on “Why CMBS Multifamily Performance is so Much Worse than Agency and Life Company Experience.”