News & Research
Learn the latest on our business and gain market insights from our leading-edge research.
Customer News
Changes to Our Loan Docs to Address Eminent Domain
We recently made changes to our Multifamily loan documents to address recent instances of Eminent Domain.
Dec 5, 2019
New Refinance Test Effective December 5
A new Refinance Test is available. Read more to see the changes.
Nov 18, 2019
Green Goes Full Force — for Workforce
We’ve fine-tuned our Green Advantage program to focus solely on workforce housing — to make the strongest impact.
Nov 8, 2019
Bringing Our Veterans Home
Veterans Village Las Vegas provides vets and their families a place to live, a community and hope for a better future.
Research
Dec 5, 2019
Shining a Spotlight on Underserved Markets in 2019
The challenges of providing affordable housing are far-reaching and persistent. Freddie Mac's three-year Duty to Serve plan describes how we will help increase rental and homeownership opportunities...
Dec 3, 2019
Affordable Housing in High Opportunity Areas
High opportunity areas are found all over the country and are home to roughly 18% of the population. In this Duty to Serve report, we look at three properties to better understand local efforts and successes in developing affordable housing in high opportunity areas.
Nov 18, 2019
Manufactured Housing Resident-Owned Communities
Although the MHROC market is quite small, it plays an important role for residents in these areas.
News Releases
Dec 05, 2019
Freddie Mac Prices $599 Million Multifamily K-Deal, K-C07
Freddie Mac recently priced a K-C Series offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates ( K Certificates ), which are multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The company expects to issue approximately $599 million in K Certificates...
Dec 03, 2019
Freddie Mac Research Shows What It Takes to Offer Affordable Housing in High-Cost, High Opportunity Markets
Freddie Mac released a Duty to Serve white paper detailing how unique financing structures allowed for affordable...
Nov 22, 2019
Freddie Mac Prices $1.2 Billion Multifamily K-Deal, K-101
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 predominantly 10-year terms....
Viewpoints
Don’t Stop Believing - 5 Years of SBL
The official start of the Small Balance Loan (SBL) program at Freddie Mac preceded me by about 5 months.
VP Small Balance Loan Business
Clear Direction, Bright Future – Optigo 2019
2019 started as a year of change and uncertainty – and we appreciate that these twists and turns were a challenge for all of you, too. But our agility served us well, and now that the fog has lifted, we have a clear strategy forward.
SVP Production & Sales
Strong and Steady - and Even Better
We've proved that our servicing standard is strong and steady - but adaptable to the changing multifamily lending environment. Find out how we're always raising the bar.
SVP Asset Management and Operations