The article reports that the national mortgage company, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. or Freddie Mac has invested heavily in securities that have the potential to lose value in the event homeowners refinanced their mortgages. The author states that the Freddie Mac investment is risky yet he ...
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Long-term mortgage rates took a dip this week and the news could sit well with U.S. homeowners and people considering entering the housing market.
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Freddie Mac (FRE), the second-largest provider of funding for U.S. residential mortgages, on Friday said its mortgage investment portfolio declined by an annualized 9.9% rate in May, while delinquencies on loans it guarantees, which increase stress on the company’s capital, accelerated. The co...
“Although this week’s decline was slight, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage trended down to its lowest level in two years,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “Given the downward trajectory of rates, refinance activity continues to pick up, creating opportu...
The Freddie Mac data showed that 42% of mortgage applicants used the lower rates to refinance, the highest level since 2022. Beleaguered homebuyers saw a bit of relief this week when mortgage rates slipped to their lowest levels in more than a year. ...
creating the Federal National Mortgage Association, better known asFannie Maefrom its acronym, FNMA, to supply reliable, steady funding for housing. It brought a new type of mortgage to the market: the long-term, fixed-rate loan with an option to refinance anytime.2This has become the primar...