Freddie Mac reports recurring developments tied to U.S. housing finance, mortgage liquidity and its role as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Company news commonly covers the Primary Mortgage Market Survey® for conventional conforming mortgage rates, quarterly financial results, monthly volume summaries and activity across mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, delinquencies, debt activities and risk management.
Freddie Mac also reports capital markets activity connected to its Single-Family credit risk transfer programs. Updates include STACR® Structured Agency Credit Risk notes, ACIS® reinsurance transactions and tender offers for certain STACR securities, reflecting the company’s use of private capital markets to transfer residential mortgage credit risk.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) released its weekly mortgage survey, showing the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage held steady at 7.40%. The rate was unchanged from last week and above 6.27% a year earlier.
The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.71%, down from 6.73% last week but above 5.52% a year earlier. The survey covers conventional, conforming home purchase loans for borrowers with 20% down payments and excellent credit.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) released its weekly mortgage survey, showing the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate reached 7.40%.
The 30-year rate rose from 7.28% last week and compared with 6.30% a year earlier. The average 15-year fixed-rate mortgage rate was 6.73%, up from 6.60% last week and compared with 5.53% a year earlier.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) sold approximately $428 million in deeply delinquent residential mortgage loans through an auction of four pools.
The sale covers 1,968 non-performing first-lien loans, secured by properties across the country. VRMTG ACQ won pools 1–3, with unpaid principal balances of $189.0 million, $128.3 million and $71.4 million. Igloo Series VII Trust won pool 4, with $39.3 million. The transaction is expected to settle in December 2026.
Previously modified mortgages that became delinquent again represent approximately 51 percent of the aggregate pool balance. Purchasers must honor existing borrower-assistance agreements and complete pending assistance actions. Qualified bidders have until October 23, 2026, to submit bids for the separate, smaller Extended Timeline Pool Offering.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) released its mortgage market survey, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging 7.28%, up from last week.
As of October 1, 2026, the 30-year rate compared with 7.03% last week and 6.34% a year earlier. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.60%, compared with 6.42% last week and 5.55% a year earlier.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) posted its August 2026 Monthly Volume Summary on its website on September 24, 2026.
The summary covers mortgage-related portfolios, securities issuance, risk management, delinquencies, debt activities and other investments.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) reported a 7.03% average 30-year fixed mortgage rate in its September 24, 2026 survey.
The 30-year rate was up from 6.95% the previous week and 6.30% a year earlier. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.42%, up from 6.26% the previous week and 5.49% a year earlier. The Primary Mortgage Market Survey covers conventional, conforming, fully amortizing home-purchase loans for borrowers who put 20% down and have excellent credit.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.95% in its Primary Mortgage Market Survey as of September 17, 2026.
This 30-year FRM rate rose from 6.76% the prior week and from 6.26% a year earlier. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.26%, up from 6.09% last week and 5.41% a year ago. Freddie Mac’s PMMS focuses on conventional, conforming, fully amortizing home purchase loans with 20% down and excellent credit, providing a benchmark for current U.S. mortgage borrowing costs.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) plans to auction approximately $474 million of non-performing residential first-lien whole loans from its mortgage-related investments portfolio.
The loans, currently serviced by several third-party servicers, are grouped into five pools: four Standard Pool Offerings (SPO®) and one Extended Timeline Pool Offering (EXPO®) aimed at smaller investors. Bids from qualified bidders are due October 6, 2026 for the SPO pools and October 23, 2026 for the EXPO pool. Advisors on the transaction are BofA Securities and First Financial Network. The company states that seasoned loan sales help reduce less-liquid assets, and since 2011 it has sold $11.4 billion of NPLs and securitized about $81.7 billion of re-performing loans.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) reports that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.76% in its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey as of September 10, 2026.
The 30-year FRM rose from 6.71% the previous week and 6.35% a year earlier. The 15-year FRM averaged 6.09%, up from 6.04% last week and 5.50% a year ago. The PMMS tracks conventional, conforming, fully amortizing home purchase loans with 20% down and excellent credit.
Freddie Mac (FMCC) reported that the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) reached 6.71% in its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey as of September 3, 2026.
The 30-year FRM rose from 6.66% last week and 6.50% a year ago. The 15-year FRM averaged 6.04%, up from 5.98% last week and 5.60% a year earlier. The PMMS tracks conventional, conforming, fully amortizing home purchase loans with 20% down and excellent credit.