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Tenant Protections in Manufactured Housing Communities
Freddie Mac Multifamily recently enhanced our Manufactured Housing Community (MHC) offering to encourage voluntary implementation of eight key tenant protections.
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Aug 7, 2019
Sweet Green for Investors and Tenants Alike
Our first all-green KG-Deal does triple duty: supports affordable housing, helps the environment and provides new green opportunities for investors.
Jul 16, 2019
Doing More for Underserved Markets
Find out what we're doing to preserve affordable housing and promote rural and manufactured housing in the most underserved markets.
Jun 12, 2019
Freddie Mac Named CAHEC Investor of the Year
We've made great strides since re-entering the LIHTC market and we're honored to receive the 2019 Investor of the Year Award from one of our nonprofit partners, the Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation.
Research
Aug 8, 2019
Multifamily 2019 Midyear Outlook
In our research, we find that strong economic growth and the robust labor market continue to support the strength in the multifamily market.
Aug 8, 2019
Housing Supply Shortage with Mike Kingsella
How does the overall shortage of housing supply contribute to the affordability crisis?
Jul 24, 2019
Public Housing with Keely Stater and Kelly McElwain
How does Public Housing relate to educational outcomes, health partnerships and employment trends?
News Releases
Aug 16, 2019
Freddie Mac Announces Pricing of $555 Million Multifamily Small Balance Loan Securitization
Freddie Mac announces the pricing of the SB65 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust....
Aug 15, 2019
Freddie Mac Prices $1.1 Billion Multifamily K-Deal, K-096
Freddie Mac recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ), which are backed by underlying collateral consisting of fixed-rate multifamily mortgages with predominately 10-year terms....
Aug 14, 2019
Freddie Mac Prices $768 Million Multifamily K-Deal, K-F66
Freddie Mac recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ) backed by floating-rate multifamily mortgages with ten-year terms. The approximately $768 million in K Certificates (K-F66...
Viewpoints
Multifamily 2019 Midyear Outlook
In our research, we find that strong economic growth and the robust labor market continue to support the strength in the multifamily market. 2018 ended much stronger than anticipated with near record absorptions and stronger rent growth compared with the prior few years.
VP Research & Modeling
Let's Go Further
Since we launched Optigo℠ earlier this year, the name that once drew many questions has become a natural part of our daily business conversation. We use it every day as we talk about the advantages of our Optigo loans, the reach of our Optigo network and the special relationship between Freddie Mac and Optigo lenders. But we still get many questions about why we created the name and what it stands for.
VP Production & Sales
The Diminishing Supply of Affordable Units
Recent research shows that an increasing number of multifamily units are not affordable for low- and very low-income households.
VP Research & Modeling