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Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund with Boston Financial
We're helping create and preserve affordable homes across the U.S. — with our new Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Fund with Boston Financial.
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8-Nov-18
2019 Multifamily Lending Caps Announced
FHFA recently announced the 2019 multifamily lending cap will remain at $35 billion.
2-Nov-18
New Refinance Test Effective November 2
A new Refinance Test (2018Q3) is effective for all new loans, except for Small Balance Loans, starting November 2, 2018 with a grace period up to November 16, 2018.
16-Oct-18
Our New Affordable Housing Investment Fund
We've launched a new Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Investment Fund – to help create and preserve affordable rental homes across the nation.
Research
Oct 22, 2018
What Do You Think Is More Affordable?
If you've struggled to pay your rent recently, know that you're not alone. New Research by Freddie Mac Multifamily reveals that a majority of renters – 66 percent – reported difficulty affording their rent at some point over the past two years.
Oct 12, 2018
Introducing Multifamily Housing Performance Data
For the first time, we're pulling back the curtain to reveal Freddie Mac internal data on rental trends.
May 29, 2018
Steve Talks Fundamentals
Steve and Research Manager Sara Hoffmann, comment on wage growth and jobs, multifamily vacancy, supply and demand, and where the market is headed this year.
News Releases
Dec 10, 2018
Freddie Mac Green Advantage® Program is Cutting Utility Bills for Hundreds of Thousands of Low- and Middle-Income Renters
Freddie Mac today released a white paper on the impact of its Green Advantage ® program, which...
Dec 10, 2018
Freddie Mac Announces Pricing of $507 Million Multifamily Small Balance Loan Securitization
Freddie Mac announces the pricing of the SB56 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust....
Dec 07, 2018
Freddie Mac Prices $161 Million Multifamily K-Deal, K-J23
Freddie Mac recently priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ) that are backed by underlying collateral consisting of supplemental multifamily mortgages....
Viewpoints
We're Green: from Origination to Securitization
Increasingly, energy and water savings are bolstering the bottom line of multifamily property owners and their tenants' budgets - and the Freddie Mac Multifamily Green Advantage® program has made this more and more possible.
SVP, Multifamily Capital Markets
Meg McElgunn: Taking the Reins Out West
I know it sounds cliché, but there really is no place like home – especially one where you make home possible for others. That's what Freddie Mac is to me.
Senior Director, Freddie Mac SBL Production
Nashville: A Vibrant Stage for Targeted Affordable Housing
Nashville is a city where you feel things happening. Everywhere downtown there's music and artists on the verge of making it big. With the energy it radiates, you can't help feeling things are possible. So, Nashville was a fitting, vibrant stage for our biggest and best Annual Conference.
VP Targeted Affordable Sales & Investments