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Freddie Mac is a US government sponsored enterprise, established to expand the secondary mortgage market.
Freddie Mac is a US government sponsored enterprise, established to expand the secondary mortgage market.


It buys mortgage receivables and issues mortgage-backed securities.
It buys mortgage receivables and issues mortgage-backed securities.
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* [[Mortgage]]
* [[Mortgage]]
* [[Mortgage-backed securities]]
* [[Mortgage-backed securities]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Securitisation]]
* [[Securitisation]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Security]]

Latest revision as of 03:45, 16 January 2022

Mortgages - mortgage-backed securities - United States.

(FHLMC, or Freddie Mac).

Freddie Mac is a US government sponsored enterprise, established to expand the secondary mortgage market.


It buys mortgage receivables and issues mortgage-backed securities.

Unlike the FNMA (Fannie Mae) it does not advance mortgage loans itself.


It was founded in in 1970 and is headquartered in Virginia.


See also


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